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We are thrilled here at Notinhalloffame.com to announce that our own hall, The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame presents the six new members of the seventh full class, the Class of 2020.  

This was all decided by you, after being pared down first from over 500 Preliminary Nominees to 50 Semi-Finalists, to 15 Finalists and now to the Class of 2020.

There are three wings in the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame:

The Fictitious Athlete wing, whose members are: Rocky Balboa (The Rocky series), Roy Hobbs (The Natural), Crash Avis (Bull Durham), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks) Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot), Apollo Creed (Rocky), Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League), Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump), Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy), Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard), Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own), Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid), Clubber Lang (Rocky), Ivan Drago (Rocky) and “Fast” Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money.

The Fictitious Contributor wing, whose members are: Harry Doyle (Major League), Carl Spackler (Caddyshack), Mr. Miyagi (The Karate Kid), Chubbs Peterson (Happy Gilmore), Gordon Bombay (The Mighty Ducks), Mickey Goldmill (Rocky), Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears), Coach Ernie Pantusso (Cheers) and Adrian Balboa (Rocky)

The Fictitious Veteran wing, whose members are: Andy “Champ” Purcell (The Champ), Dennis Ryan (Take Me Out to the Ball Game), Guffy McGovern (Angels in the Outfield), Huxley College (Horse Feathers) and Sport Goofy.

The members of the 2020 Fictitious Hall of Fame Class are:

Athletes:

Al Bundy (Married With Children).  Bundy has been a Finalist every single year of the Hall’s existence with the Polk High football star finishing fourth on two occasions.  He is most famous for scoring four touchdowns in a game, and he also led the Newmarket Mallers to a league championship in baseball.  Bundy was also an excellent bowler.

We are pleased to induct Al Bundy into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.

Homer Simpson (The Simpsons).  The multi-time Semi Finalist has excelled in multiple sports including Softball, Boxing and Mixed Curling.  He has played alongside Daryll Strawberry, fought a heavyweight champion (Drederick Tatum) and was in the Olympics with his wife.  Homer has been a Finalist before, and he has all the skills you expect from a fictional athlete.

We are pleased to induct Homer Simpson into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.

Johnny Lawrence (The Karate Kid).  Lawrence was the lead fighter of the Cobra-Kai who terrorized Daniel LaRusso in 1984 in Fresno.  Lawrence’s loss to LaRusso tormented him for decades.  A Semi-Finalist last year, Lawrence is a Finalist for the first time, and on the strength of the Netflix Series, Cobra Kai, he advances all the way to the Hall.

We are pleased to induct Johnny Lawrence into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.

The other finalists were Adonis Creed (Creed & Creed II), Al Czervik (Caddyshack), “All the Way” Mae Mordabito (A League of Their Own), “Big Ern” Ernie McCracken (Kingpin), Billy Chapel (For Love of the Game), Bud (Air Bud), Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski (The Big Lebowski), Lee (Enter the Dragon), Lightning McQueen (Cars), Peter Lafleur (Dodgeball), Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby), Shane Falco (The Replacements).

Contributors:

Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own):  Since the inception of the Fictitious Athlete Hall, Dugan has been a Finalist.  He had 500 career Home Runs, and would later helm the Rockford Peaches.  That job might have helped him gain sobriety.

We are pleased to induct Jimmy Dugan into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.

The Gopher (Caddyshack):  The gopher has been terrorizing groundskeepers at Bushwood Country Club for years, and he has been known to dance to Kenny Loggins songs.  

We are pleased to induct The Gopher into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.

The other finalists were Caretaker (The Longest Yard ’05), Coach Klein (The Waterboy), Frank Drebin (The Naked Gun), George Costanza (Seinfeld), Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire), John Kreese (The Karate Kid), Ken Reeves (The White Shadow), Lou Brown (Major League), Norman Dale (Hoosiers), Patches O’Houlihan (Dodgeball), Pepper Brooks (Dodgeball), Ray Kinsella (Field of Dreams) and Terrence Mann (Field of Dreams)

Fictitious Athlete Veterans:

Joe Boyd/Joe Hart (Damn Yankees):  The superfan of the Washington Senators instantly became the team’s biggest star.

We are pleased to induct Joe Boyd/Joe Hart into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.

The other finalists were Harold Lamb (The Freshman) and Joe Pendleton/Bruce Farnsworth/Murdoch (Here Comes Mr. Jordan)

What happens when one class is inducted?  We ask you to help us with the new one!

Voting is up for the Preliminary Nominees for 2021.

You can vote for the Fictitious Athletes here. 

You can vote for the Fictitious Contributors here.

You can vote for the Fictitious Veterans here.

We thank you all for your support.

Exit Peyton Manning.  Enter Andrew Luck.