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The Fictitious Athlete HOF Announces Our Class of 2015!
Dec 30, 2015
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With all of your help the second full class of the Fictitious Athlete has been announced and unlike last year’s baseball sweep, the six new inductees represent five other sports.
The Hanson Brothers, Happy Gilmore and Reggie Dunlop join inaugural inductee, Rocky Balboa and last year’s class of Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn, Crash Davis and Roy Hobbs into the participant section of the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame. The contributor section welcomes Carl Spackler and Mr. Miyagi and the first veteran’s category inductee was chosen with Andy “The Champ” Purcell”.
The Hanson Brothers, from the 1977 film, Slap Shot received the most votes by a wide margin this year. The scene stealing siblings were played three real hockey players (David Hanson, Steve Carlson & Jeff Carlson) and wore tin foil on their knuckles, taped up eye glasses and would fight anyone. They were without question the breakout stars of the cult sports film.
Finishing second in the vote is Happy Gilmore, from the film of the same name. The titular character played by Adam Sandler, transfered his booming slap shot into prowess on the golf course. The character has inadvertently caused more amateur golfers to ask golf balls if they were to good for their home and experiment with hockey sticks on the golf course.
The third and final athletic inductee again comes from Slap Shot. The lead character, Reggie Dunlop was played by the legendary Paul Newman who portrayed the player/coach with every ounce of charisma he had. The film saw Dunlop, an aging veteran pull every trick he had to keep his team, the Charlestown Chiefs from folding.
These fictional athletes were elected over the process of a yearlong online vote, which started with over 300 Preliminary Candidates, was reduced to 50 Semi-Finalists, then reduced to an elite 15 in a Final Round, which produced the first Full Class of the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
These new inductees beat out the following finalists (in order of their vote totals) in the Final Round:
- Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks)
- Apollo Creed (Rocky)
- Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League)
- Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)
- Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights)
- Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy)
- Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot)
- Al Bundy (Married…With Children)
- Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid)
- Kenny Powers (Eastbound and Down)
- Sam Malone (Cheers)
- Clubber Lang (Rocky III)
Like “real” Athletic Halls of Fame, the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame has a “wing” for contributors; again decided by three stages of online voting. This year however there were two Fictitious Contributors selected as opposed to one form last year.
Joining Harry Doyle (Major League) who was the first contributing inductee from last year’s vote are Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita), the karate instructor from the Karate Kid series of movies and Carl Spackler, the groundskeeper played by Bill Murray in Caddyshack.
Mr. Miyagi and Carl Spackler beat out the other finalists (in order of their vote totals) in the Final Round:
- Ray Kinsella (Field of Dreams)
- Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own)
- Norman Dale (Hoosiers)
- Chubbs Peterson (Happy Gilmore)
- Mickey Goldmill (Rocky)
- Lou Brown (Major League)
- Gordon Bombay (The Mighty Ducks)
- Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire)
- Bud Kilmer (Varsity Blues)
For the first time ever, a Veteran’s Inductee was chosen as Andy “The Champ” Purcell from the original “The Champ”, which was released in 1931. This beat out the other two finalists Dennis Ryan (Frank Sinatra) from Take Me Out to the Ballgame and Joy Boyd (Tab Hunter) from Damn Yankees.
The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame launched in November, 2014. As per the 2015 ballot, the 2016 Ballot begins again with over 300 preliminary nominees, who will again be reduced to Semi Finalists and Finalists until we unveil next year’s class on December 30, 2016.
As per last year, there will be three categories for next year, with Athletes, Contributors, and a new category of Veteran Candidates, who are fictitious athletic characters who existed before 1970.
Are you ready to vote for the next class?
You can go right to the voting here!
http://www.notinhalloffame.com/the-voting/2016-fictitious-athletes-round-1
The Hanson Brothers, Happy Gilmore and Reggie Dunlop join inaugural inductee, Rocky Balboa and last year’s class of Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn, Crash Davis and Roy Hobbs into the participant section of the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame. The contributor section welcomes Carl Spackler and Mr. Miyagi and the first veteran’s category inductee was chosen with Andy “The Champ” Purcell”.
The Hanson Brothers, from the 1977 film, Slap Shot received the most votes by a wide margin this year. The scene stealing siblings were played three real hockey players (David Hanson, Steve Carlson & Jeff Carlson) and wore tin foil on their knuckles, taped up eye glasses and would fight anyone. They were without question the breakout stars of the cult sports film.
Finishing second in the vote is Happy Gilmore, from the film of the same name. The titular character played by Adam Sandler, transfered his booming slap shot into prowess on the golf course. The character has inadvertently caused more amateur golfers to ask golf balls if they were to good for their home and experiment with hockey sticks on the golf course.
The third and final athletic inductee again comes from Slap Shot. The lead character, Reggie Dunlop was played by the legendary Paul Newman who portrayed the player/coach with every ounce of charisma he had. The film saw Dunlop, an aging veteran pull every trick he had to keep his team, the Charlestown Chiefs from folding.
These fictional athletes were elected over the process of a yearlong online vote, which started with over 300 Preliminary Candidates, was reduced to 50 Semi-Finalists, then reduced to an elite 15 in a Final Round, which produced the first Full Class of the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
These new inductees beat out the following finalists (in order of their vote totals) in the Final Round:
- Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks)
- Apollo Creed (Rocky)
- Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League)
- Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)
- Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights)
- Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy)
- Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot)
- Al Bundy (Married…With Children)
- Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid)
- Kenny Powers (Eastbound and Down)
- Sam Malone (Cheers)
- Clubber Lang (Rocky III)
Like “real” Athletic Halls of Fame, the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame has a “wing” for contributors; again decided by three stages of online voting. This year however there were two Fictitious Contributors selected as opposed to one form last year.
Joining Harry Doyle (Major League) who was the first contributing inductee from last year’s vote are Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita), the karate instructor from the Karate Kid series of movies and Carl Spackler, the groundskeeper played by Bill Murray in Caddyshack.
Mr. Miyagi and Carl Spackler beat out the other finalists (in order of their vote totals) in the Final Round:
- Ray Kinsella (Field of Dreams)
- Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own)
- Norman Dale (Hoosiers)
- Chubbs Peterson (Happy Gilmore)
- Mickey Goldmill (Rocky)
- Lou Brown (Major League)
- Gordon Bombay (The Mighty Ducks)
- Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire)
- Bud Kilmer (Varsity Blues)
For the first time ever, a Veteran’s Inductee was chosen as Andy “The Champ” Purcell from the original “The Champ”, which was released in 1931. This beat out the other two finalists Dennis Ryan (Frank Sinatra) from Take Me Out to the Ballgame and Joy Boyd (Tab Hunter) from Damn Yankees.
The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame launched in November, 2014. As per the 2015 ballot, the 2016 Ballot begins again with over 300 preliminary nominees, who will again be reduced to Semi Finalists and Finalists until we unveil next year’s class on December 30, 2016.
As per last year, there will be three categories for next year, with Athletes, Contributors, and a new category of Veteran Candidates, who are fictitious athletic characters who existed before 1970.
Are you ready to vote for the next class?
You can go right to the voting here!
http://www.notinhalloffame.com/the-voting/2016-fictitious-athletes-round-1
Memories Are Made of This
Dec 29, 2015
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History of Number One Songs
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Dean Martin
Memories Are Made of This
Dean Martin
Memories Are Made of This
RIP: Lemmy
Dec 29, 2015
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In the world of heavy metal, this is a loss of epic proportions. Today, at the age of 70, bass guitarist and front man of Motorhead, Lemmy Kilmister died after a brief but aggressive bout of cancer.
Born in 1945 in Stoke-on-Trent, England, would first break into the musical spotlight with Hawkwind, the space rock outfit where he would spend three years, but after leaving the band he would form Motorhead in 1975, and the group would be considered pioneers of speed metal, specifically the fast pace of Lemmy, whose gravelly voice was the perfect pairing for the powerful sound.
Motorhead would become one of the most successful metal bands of all time and easily one of the most historically significant of the genre. The band put out 22 studio albums, most notably, the 1980 album, Ace of Spades, which featured the song of the same name. The band was set to embark on a world tour to promote their latest album.
This death sadly comes only a few weeks after former drummer, Phil Taylor died at the age of 61.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Lemmy at this time, and for us, we are going to do what Lemmy would want. Play his music loud and drink excessively.
Born in 1945 in Stoke-on-Trent, England, would first break into the musical spotlight with Hawkwind, the space rock outfit where he would spend three years, but after leaving the band he would form Motorhead in 1975, and the group would be considered pioneers of speed metal, specifically the fast pace of Lemmy, whose gravelly voice was the perfect pairing for the powerful sound.
Motorhead would become one of the most successful metal bands of all time and easily one of the most historically significant of the genre. The band put out 22 studio albums, most notably, the 1980 album, Ace of Spades, which featured the song of the same name. The band was set to embark on a world tour to promote their latest album.
This death sadly comes only a few weeks after former drummer, Phil Taylor died at the age of 61.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Lemmy at this time, and for us, we are going to do what Lemmy would want. Play his music loud and drink excessively.
RIP: Meadowlark Lemon
Dec 28, 2015
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One of the greatest basketball players of all time died yesterday, though this is a man who never played in the NBA, but did play for the most recognizable team worldwide. Meadowlark Lemon passed away in Scottsdale, Arizona at the age of 83.
Lemon was a member of the Harlem Globetrotters for over twenty years and was one of the most recognizable faces of the organization. The “Clown Prince of Basketball” first joined the team in 1954 and stayed with them until 1978 where he appeared in at least 16,000 Games in over 100 countries.
A contract dispute would see Lemon set up his own touring company, and he would venture out in television and films, most notably in the basketball film, “The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh”.
While Lemon was never in the pros, in his prime, he was viewed to be one of the best in the game. Lemon would be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2003.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Meadowlark Lemon at this time.
Lemon was a member of the Harlem Globetrotters for over twenty years and was one of the most recognizable faces of the organization. The “Clown Prince of Basketball” first joined the team in 1954 and stayed with them until 1978 where he appeared in at least 16,000 Games in over 100 countries.
A contract dispute would see Lemon set up his own touring company, and he would venture out in television and films, most notably in the basketball film, “The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh”.
While Lemon was never in the pros, in his prime, he was viewed to be one of the best in the game. Lemon would be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2003.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Meadowlark Lemon at this time.