It was announced today that B.J. Thomas, the Country/Pop star known for many hits in the 1970s, passed away after a long battle with lung cancer.  He was 78 years old.

Thomas first achieved success in 1966 with a cover of Hank Williams’ song, “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”, but would have his first top five hit two years later with “Hooked on a Feeling”.  His first of two number one hits, “Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head”, a song written by Burt Bacharach, became not only synonymous with Thomas, but with Paul Newman, who was doing bicycling stunts to it during the hit film, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”.  It settled Thomas into a more Adult Contemporary path, and he continued to have hits throughout the 1970s, most notably in 1975 with his second number one, “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song”.

Thomas would also win many Grammys in the Gospel category, and would be known in the 80s for “As Long as We Got Each Other”, the theme from the ABC Sitcom, “Growing Pains”.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends, fans and family of B.J. Thomas. 

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021 revision of our top 50 Seattle Seahawks of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NFL. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

This is our first revision after our inaugural unveiling, with only three elevations, though it reflects twice in our top five.  There are no new entries.

As always, we present our top five here.

1. Russell Wilson

2. Walter Jones

3. Steve Largent

4. Bobby Wagner

5. Cortez Kennedy

You can find the entire list here.

Wilson moved up from #3, surpassing Jones and Largent.  We now consider the Quarterback the best Seahawk of all-time.  Wagner was #5 on our last list, and passed fellow defensive star, Kennedy.

Wide Receiver, Tyler Lockett climbed up three spots to #42.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.

Mark Eaton, former NBA All-Star, passed away at age 64.  He went out for a bike ride last night but did not return home.  It is unavailable at this time as to specifically what caused his death.

Eaton stood at 7’ 4”, and joined the Utah Jazz after being taken with the 72nd Overall Pick in the NBA Draft.  Playing his college ball at UCLA, Eaton used his size to be a defensive force, leading the league in Blocks per Game four times, and was a five-time All-Defensive Selection.  In the 1984-85 and 1988-89 season, Eaton was named the Defensive Player of the Year, and in the latter year was also an All-Star.

He played his entire pro career with the Jazz, retiring after the 1992-93 Season, and had career averages of 6.0 Points, 7.9 Rebounds and 3.5 Blocks per Game.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the fans, friends and family of Mark Eaton. 

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021 revision of our top 50 Dallas Cowboys of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NFL. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

This is our first revision after our inaugural unveiling, with only one slight elevation. There are no new entries.

1. Emmitt Smith

2. Bob Lilly

3. Roger Staubach

4. Randy White

5. Mel Renfro

You can find the entire list here.

The only jump was Running Back, Ezekiel Elliot, who advanced one spot to #47.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.