Not in Hall of Fame News
1998 PRELIMINARY RESULTS: Thank you to all who participated in the Pro…
11th Jul, 2026
Read More
Not in Hall of Fame News
Regular visitors of notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the…
8th Jul, 2026
Read More
Not in Hall of Fame News
Last January, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2026,…
8th Jul, 2026
Read More
Not in Hall of Fame News
This season, the Buffalo Bills will begin play in their new facility,…
5th Jul, 2026
Read More
Not in Hall of Fame News
Last January, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2026,…
4th Jul, 2026
Read More
Not in Hall of Fame News
Yes, we know that this is taking a while! As many of…
4th Jul, 2026
Read More
From the Desk of the Chairman
Modern sports analytics has transformed the way fans, analysts, and bettors evaluate…
6th Jul, 2026
Read More
From the Desk of the Chairman
Parents sign thousands of youth sports liability agreements annually without realizing that…
29th Jun, 2026
Read More
The Buck Stops Here
Welcome to a special episode of The Buck Stops Here! Host Kirk…
26th Jun, 2026
Read More
From the Desk of the Chairman
The modern music industry thrives on global connectivity, with artists performing in…
23rd Jun, 2026
Read More
From the Desk of the Chairman
If you’re a sports fan, the way you engage with your favorite…
19th Jun, 2026
Read More
From the Desk of the Chairman
Major League Baseball's long season creates a betting environment where odds change…
17th Jun, 2026
Read More
100 Active Potential Football Hall of Famers
-
#41 Overall, Stefon Diggs, New England Patriots, #6 Wide Receiver2024 Pre-Season Rank #38, 2023 Pre-Season Rank #48, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #57, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #118. Peak Period 2019-23 Stefon Diggs joined the… -
#94 Overall, Jamal Adams, Las Vegas Raiders, Strong Safety, #5 Safety2024 Pre-Season Rank #95, 2023 Pre-Season Rank #90, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #86, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #94, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #116. Peak Period: 2018-22…in Safeties -
#43 Overall, Minkah Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Steelers, Free Safety, #3 Safety2024 Pre-Season Rank #56, 2023 Pre-Season Rank #63, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #99, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #108, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #140. Peak Period 2019-23.…in Safeties -
#26 Overall, Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams, #6 Quarterback2024 Pre-Season Rank #31, 2023 Pre-Season Rank #37, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #37, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #59, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #67. Peak Period: 2011-15.…in Quarterbacks
Visit the Fictitious Halls of Fame!
You May Also Like...
EDITOR’S CHOICE
DDT's Pop Flies
When the veterans committee (VC), officially convening as the Contemporary Baseball Era…
Live Music Head
Project/Objectan interview with André Cholmondeleyby Live Music HeadOriginally published at timessquare.com on…
LATEST RANKINGS
MOST POPULAR RANKINGS
Committee Chairman
Kirk Buchner, "The Committee Chairman", is the owner and operator of the site. Kirk can be contacted at [email protected] .
Penny Hardaway to enter the Orlando Magic HOF
Jan 13, 2017
Published in
Not in Hall of Fame News
As we (slowly) continue our way to the Top 50 of each franchise, the next step will be to look at how each team celebrates their former players/executives.
As such it is news to us that the Orlando Magic has announced that former star, Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway will become the fifth member of their organization’s Hall of Fame.
In 1993, Hardaway was drafted with the 3rd overall pick by Golden State but was subsequently traded to Orlando with other first round picks for the rights to #1 overall pick Chris Webber. Joining Shaquille O’Neal, Hardaway took the Magic to 50 wins, and finished 2nd in Rookie of the Year voting behind Webber.
The next two seasons were arguably the best of Penny’s career and that of the Orlando Magic. Hardaway and O’Neal anchored the Magic to their first ever NBA Finals and the team would have 57 and 60 Wins respectively. Penny was an All Star in both of those seasons and was named a First Team All-NBA Selection and averaged over 20 Points and 7 Assists per Game.
While Hardaway would be named an All Star for the next two seasons, the fortunes of the Orlando Magic had changed. Shaq would sign a deal with the Los Angeles Lakers and Penny had to carry the offensive load. He still had a 20 Point per Game season in 1996-97 and earned Third Team All NBA honors but a severe knee injury took him out of most of the 1997-98 campaign.
He would return for one more season (his sixth) but he was no longer the same player and he would be traded to the Phoenix Suns prior to the 1999-2000 season.
Overall, as a member of the Orlando Magic, Penny Hardaway played 365 Games averaging 19.0 Points, 6.3 Assists, 4.6 Rebounds and 1.9 Steals per Game.
Hardaway joins Co-Founder Pat Williams, Nick Anderson (the first player drafted by the team and current Community Ambassador), Shaquille O’Neal and Senior Chairman, Rich DeVos.
The ceremony will take place on January 20, on their home game against the Milwaukee Bucks.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway for earning this honor.
As such it is news to us that the Orlando Magic has announced that former star, Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway will become the fifth member of their organization’s Hall of Fame.
In 1993, Hardaway was drafted with the 3rd overall pick by Golden State but was subsequently traded to Orlando with other first round picks for the rights to #1 overall pick Chris Webber. Joining Shaquille O’Neal, Hardaway took the Magic to 50 wins, and finished 2nd in Rookie of the Year voting behind Webber.
The next two seasons were arguably the best of Penny’s career and that of the Orlando Magic. Hardaway and O’Neal anchored the Magic to their first ever NBA Finals and the team would have 57 and 60 Wins respectively. Penny was an All Star in both of those seasons and was named a First Team All-NBA Selection and averaged over 20 Points and 7 Assists per Game.
While Hardaway would be named an All Star for the next two seasons, the fortunes of the Orlando Magic had changed. Shaq would sign a deal with the Los Angeles Lakers and Penny had to carry the offensive load. He still had a 20 Point per Game season in 1996-97 and earned Third Team All NBA honors but a severe knee injury took him out of most of the 1997-98 campaign.
He would return for one more season (his sixth) but he was no longer the same player and he would be traded to the Phoenix Suns prior to the 1999-2000 season.
Overall, as a member of the Orlando Magic, Penny Hardaway played 365 Games averaging 19.0 Points, 6.3 Assists, 4.6 Rebounds and 1.9 Steals per Game.
Hardaway joins Co-Founder Pat Williams, Nick Anderson (the first player drafted by the team and current Community Ambassador), Shaquille O’Neal and Senior Chairman, Rich DeVos.
The ceremony will take place on January 20, on their home game against the Milwaukee Bucks.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway for earning this honor.
The Top 50 Florida Panthers are now up!
Jan 13, 2017
Published in
Not in Hall of Fame News
Our process is slowly continuing as we have another Top 50 to present in our look at the best players for every major sports team.
The random process continues as we now look at one of the newer teams in the National Hockey League, The Florida Panthers.
While the Panthers do not have that many trips to the playoffs, they did reach the Stanley Cup Finals in their infancy, a surprise trip in 1996, their third year of existence. As of this writing, they haven’t been back since, but some good players have suited up in Miami.
As this is a young team, the Top 50 Florida Panthers are likely to have significant fluctuation in the upcoming years but for now, you can find the complete list here.
We will however state here that Goaltender, Roberto Luongo has been named by Notinhalloffame.com as the greatest Florida Panther to date.
The remaining top five are 2. Robert Svehla, 3. Olli Jokinen, 4. John Vanbiesbrouck, 5. Pavel Bure.
You know what we want you to do!
Take a look and let us know what you think!
In three weeks, our next Top 50 team will be coming to Notinhalloffame.com
Note: Hockey lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics and post-season accolades.
This list is up to the end of the 2015-16 Season.
The random process continues as we now look at one of the newer teams in the National Hockey League, The Florida Panthers.
While the Panthers do not have that many trips to the playoffs, they did reach the Stanley Cup Finals in their infancy, a surprise trip in 1996, their third year of existence. As of this writing, they haven’t been back since, but some good players have suited up in Miami.
As this is a young team, the Top 50 Florida Panthers are likely to have significant fluctuation in the upcoming years but for now, you can find the complete list here.
We will however state here that Goaltender, Roberto Luongo has been named by Notinhalloffame.com as the greatest Florida Panther to date.
The remaining top five are 2. Robert Svehla, 3. Olli Jokinen, 4. John Vanbiesbrouck, 5. Pavel Bure.
You know what we want you to do!
Take a look and let us know what you think!
In three weeks, our next Top 50 team will be coming to Notinhalloffame.com
Note: Hockey lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics and post-season accolades.
This list is up to the end of the 2015-16 Season.
Gaylord Perry supports Bonds, slams Rose
Jan 12, 2017
Published in
Not in Hall of Fame News
It has felt that for years that existing Baseball Hall of Famers have been constantly stating that PED users have no place in Cooperstown. As such, it took us by surprise when Hall of Fame Pitcher, Gaylord Perry said today that he thought Barry Bonds deserves to be inducted.
It took place in a conference call from Diamond Resorts, and while it was not exactly a glowing endorsement, it was considering that it came from a Hall of Famer over the age of 60:
“I think he’ll get in eventually. If you have a player like that, pretty soon, you put him in.’’
While this is not exactly a ringing endorsement, compared to his Hall of Fame peers it really is!
Perry may have had a somewhat lackadaisical endorsement of Barry Bonds, he had an adamant stance against Pete Rose:
“Pete did the worst thing possible, worse than steroids,…he put money on games, win or lose. He’s paying the price.”
Quite the different stance regarding Rose isn’t it?
Gaylord Perry was not the only Baseball Hall of Fame inductee who was on this conference call. John Smoltz was also on this call and he had a softer stance in regards to Bonds:
“I’m trying to figure out what is actual, and what isn’t, To me, the one thing forgotten in this thing is the mission statement. Character is a big part of it. You have to not only have the numbers, but the character that matches it
If you have first-hand knowledge that a player used, or has publicly acknowledged it, I think it’s an easy decision. When it is circumstance and evidence, and you don’t know, and just follow the rumor mill, that’s difficult for the writer to be judge and jury.”
This is not exactly an endorsement for Bonds, but it is not a condemnation either.
As it stands now, Bonds and his “PED brethren” are on the outside looking in, but from revealed ballots it looks like he and his ilk are inching closer to the 75% needed to get in. As some writers have put it, the fact Bud Selig has been chosen by the Today’s Game Committee, it is harder to omit the players who juiced up under his watch.
The Baseball Hall of Fame will announce their Class of 2017 on the 17th of January.
This could be the most interesting vote yet!
The College Football HOF Announces the 2017 Class
Jan 10, 2017
Published in
Not in Hall of Fame News
January is all about the Hall of Fame isn’t it?
The College Football Hall of Fame has announced thirteen new entries for the Class of 2017 comprising of three Head Coaches and ten former players.
Head Coach, Steve Spurrier. For many, this is the headliner of the 2017 Class. Spurrier was already inducted as a player from his stint with Florida where he won the 1986 Heisman Trophy. As a Head Coach, Spurrier took over the reigns of Duke where in three years (1987-89) he would win one ACC Championship and two ACC Coach of the Years. He would move to his alumni, the University of Florida where he would win five SEC Titles and seven SEC Coach of the Year Awards. Most importantly, he would take the Gators to the National Championship in 1996. He was Florida’s coach for 12 seasons.
After a less than stellar performance coaching the Washington Redskins, Spurrier returned to the SEC and took over the reigns of the South Carolina Gamecocks. He would win one SEC title and another two SEC Coach of the Year Awards. His overall Coaching record is 228-89-2.
Head Coach, Danny Ford. Ford took over as the Head Coach of the Clemson Tigers in 1978 and in 1981 he took the University to a consensus National Championship. He would be named the ACC Coach and Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year in ’81 and is a five time ACC Champion. He would also coach at Arkansas. Ford had a coaching record of 122-59-5 and a 6-3 Bowl record.
Head Coach, Larry Kehres. A former Quarterback at Mount Union, Larry Kehres would return as an Assistant Coach in 1974 and would be named their Head Coach in 1986, a position he would hold until 2012. He would win 11 Division III Championships for Mount Union.
Quarterback, Peyton Manning. Manning would become the #1 Draft Pick in 1998 after becoming a superstar at the University of Tennessee. Manning would be named an All-American in 1997 and won the Davey O’Brien Award, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, the Maxwell Award and was named the SEC Player of the Year. Manning threw for 11,201 Yards with 89 Touchdowns.
Quarterback, Matt Leinart. Out of USC, Matt Leinart won a multitude of awards including the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year (twice), the Manning Award, the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and of course the Heisman Trophy in 2004. He would throw for 10,693 Passing Yards with 99 Touchdown Passes. Most importantly, he took the Trojans to a National Championship in 2004.
Marshall Faulk, Running Back. Faulk is already a Pro Football Hall of Famer and a Super Bowl Champion. At San Diego State, the Running Back would finish 2nd and 4th in Heisman Trophy Voting (’92 and ’93 respectively) and rushed for 4,589 Yards with 57 Touchdowns as an Aztec. He would win the NCAA Rushing Title in 1992 and is a two time Consensus All-American.
Adrian Paterson, Running Back. At Georgia Southern, Peterson set the Rushing Record in Division IAA with 6.559 Yards. He would also win the Walter Payton Award in 1999.
Kirk Gibson, Wide Receiver. Gibson would become far more known for his prowess in Baseball, winning two World Series Championships, but at Michigan State he caught 112 passes for 2,347 Yards and 24 Touchdowns. He would have the most Receiving Yards in the Big 10 twice.
Offensive Tackle, Bob McKay. McKay was a Consensus All-American at the University of Texas and helped the Longhorns win the National Championship in 1969.
Bob Crable, Linebacker. Crable was a two time Consensus All-American at Notre Dame who had 521 career Tackles.
Brian Urlacher, Linebacker. Urlacher was a star player at the University of New Mexico where he was named a Consensus All-American and the MWC Player of the Year in 1999. He would have 442 Tackles in his collegiate career and would also be used as a Kick Returner and occasional Wide Receiver.
Dat Nguyen, Linebacker. Playing at Texas A&M, Dat Nguyen changed the perception of the Asian-American Football Player. With the Aggies, he led his school in Tackles four straight years and in 1998 was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, won the Chuck Bednarik Award, The Vince Lombardi Award and was a Consensus All-American.
Mike Ruth, Defensive Tackle. Ruth would win the Outland Trophy and Consensus All-American Honors in 1985. He played for Boston College.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the 2017 College Football Hall of Fame Class.
The College Football Hall of Fame has announced thirteen new entries for the Class of 2017 comprising of three Head Coaches and ten former players.
Head Coach, Steve Spurrier. For many, this is the headliner of the 2017 Class. Spurrier was already inducted as a player from his stint with Florida where he won the 1986 Heisman Trophy. As a Head Coach, Spurrier took over the reigns of Duke where in three years (1987-89) he would win one ACC Championship and two ACC Coach of the Years. He would move to his alumni, the University of Florida where he would win five SEC Titles and seven SEC Coach of the Year Awards. Most importantly, he would take the Gators to the National Championship in 1996. He was Florida’s coach for 12 seasons.
After a less than stellar performance coaching the Washington Redskins, Spurrier returned to the SEC and took over the reigns of the South Carolina Gamecocks. He would win one SEC title and another two SEC Coach of the Year Awards. His overall Coaching record is 228-89-2.
Head Coach, Danny Ford. Ford took over as the Head Coach of the Clemson Tigers in 1978 and in 1981 he took the University to a consensus National Championship. He would be named the ACC Coach and Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year in ’81 and is a five time ACC Champion. He would also coach at Arkansas. Ford had a coaching record of 122-59-5 and a 6-3 Bowl record.
Head Coach, Larry Kehres. A former Quarterback at Mount Union, Larry Kehres would return as an Assistant Coach in 1974 and would be named their Head Coach in 1986, a position he would hold until 2012. He would win 11 Division III Championships for Mount Union.
Quarterback, Peyton Manning. Manning would become the #1 Draft Pick in 1998 after becoming a superstar at the University of Tennessee. Manning would be named an All-American in 1997 and won the Davey O’Brien Award, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, the Maxwell Award and was named the SEC Player of the Year. Manning threw for 11,201 Yards with 89 Touchdowns.
Quarterback, Matt Leinart. Out of USC, Matt Leinart won a multitude of awards including the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year (twice), the Manning Award, the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and of course the Heisman Trophy in 2004. He would throw for 10,693 Passing Yards with 99 Touchdown Passes. Most importantly, he took the Trojans to a National Championship in 2004.
Marshall Faulk, Running Back. Faulk is already a Pro Football Hall of Famer and a Super Bowl Champion. At San Diego State, the Running Back would finish 2nd and 4th in Heisman Trophy Voting (’92 and ’93 respectively) and rushed for 4,589 Yards with 57 Touchdowns as an Aztec. He would win the NCAA Rushing Title in 1992 and is a two time Consensus All-American.
Adrian Paterson, Running Back. At Georgia Southern, Peterson set the Rushing Record in Division IAA with 6.559 Yards. He would also win the Walter Payton Award in 1999.
Kirk Gibson, Wide Receiver. Gibson would become far more known for his prowess in Baseball, winning two World Series Championships, but at Michigan State he caught 112 passes for 2,347 Yards and 24 Touchdowns. He would have the most Receiving Yards in the Big 10 twice.
Offensive Tackle, Bob McKay. McKay was a Consensus All-American at the University of Texas and helped the Longhorns win the National Championship in 1969.
Bob Crable, Linebacker. Crable was a two time Consensus All-American at Notre Dame who had 521 career Tackles.
Brian Urlacher, Linebacker. Urlacher was a star player at the University of New Mexico where he was named a Consensus All-American and the MWC Player of the Year in 1999. He would have 442 Tackles in his collegiate career and would also be used as a Kick Returner and occasional Wide Receiver.
Dat Nguyen, Linebacker. Playing at Texas A&M, Dat Nguyen changed the perception of the Asian-American Football Player. With the Aggies, he led his school in Tackles four straight years and in 1998 was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, won the Chuck Bednarik Award, The Vince Lombardi Award and was a Consensus All-American.
Mike Ruth, Defensive Tackle. Ruth would win the Outland Trophy and Consensus All-American Honors in 1985. He played for Boston College.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the 2017 College Football Hall of Fame Class.
