The NFL regular season has not started yet but as far as the Pro Football Hall of Fame goes, the “regular season” has begun as they have announced their first official candidate for 2019. Former Kansas City Chief Safety, Johnny Robinson has been announced as this year’s lone Senior Nominee for Canton.

From LSU, Robinson was a first round draft pick in both the NFL and AFL, and he eschewed the Detroit Lions who drafted him for the upstart league and a place on the Dallas Texans roster. In his first two seasons, Robinson was used as a Flanker and did reasonably well accruing 1,870 Yards from Scrimmage with 15 Touchdowns however it was when he changed positions to Safety where his star really began to rise.

Robinson became the team’s starting Right Safety and in 1962 they would win the AFL Championship though the celebration in Dallas was short lived as the franchise relocated to Kansas City and became the Chiefs. Robinson really became a star in the AFL at this time as he would be named a Pro Bowler seven of the eight next seasons and was all named to the First Team five times. He would lead his league twice in Interceptions and would pick 57 passes in total.

Helping the Chiefs to two more AFL Championships, Robinson’s highwater mark was his performance in Super Bowl IV where he recovered a fumble and an interception that was huge in the Chiefs’ first ever Super Bowl win.

Robinson is a member of the All-AFL team and is ranked #7 on our Football list on Notinhalloffame.com

Based on the track record of the past Senior Nominees the odds are excellent that Robinson will get inducted.

The University of Colorado has announced who will be in their 2018 Athletic Hall of Fame. This group will be the 14th in Hall of Fame history.

The class consists of:

Pete Brock 1972-75 Football: Brock played Center for Colorado and The Sporting News would name him a First Team All-American in his Senior Year. He would be a first round draft pick (by the New England Patriots) where he played twelve seasons.

Hatfield Chilton 1923-26 Football, Baseball & Basketball: Chilton was a three sports star for the Buffaloes and is credited for creating the “jump pass”.

Charlie Gardner 1963-66 Basketball: Gardner played Center for Colorado where he was a two time First Team All Big Eight Selection. Over 70 Games, he averaged 12.1 Points and 6.9 Rebounds per Game.

Daniel Graham 1998-2001 Football: Graham played Tight End at the University where as a Senior he was a Consensus All-American and the winner of the John Mackey Award as the Nation’s top Tight End. Graham would be a first round draft pick and would go onto win two Super Bowls with the New England Patriots.

Jay Howell 1974-76 Baseball: Howell would become the only former Colorado Buffalo to win a World Series Ring.

Ron Scott 1963-67 Football & 2010-18 Administrator: Scott started for three years at Middle Guard and helped the Buffaloes win the Bluebonnet Bowl in 1967. He would return officially in 2010 as the Director of Development for Athletics and also the Executive Director of the Alumni C Club.

Steve Sidwell 1963-73 Football: Sidwell played football for the Buffaloes and than would go on to be an Assistant Coach for seven years after.

Kordell Stewart 1991-94 Football: Stewart was a dynamic Quarterback for the Buffaloes and he was ranked a second team All-American in 1994. He would also take them to a 1993 Aloha Bowl and 1995 Fiesta Bowl and over his collegiate career he threw for 6,481 Yards and 33 Touchdowns and rushed for 1,725 Yards with 15 going into end zone. He would play 11 seasons in the NFL most notably with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Donna Waller 1984-87 Track and Field: Waller was a two-time All-American and former Big Eight Champion in the 60 Yard Hurdles and 100 Meter Angels.

Chuck Williams 1965-68 Basketball: Williams would score 18.0 Points per Game as a Senior and he would later be a two-time All Star in the ABA.

Lucie Zikova 2005-08 Women’s Skiing: Zikova was a three time All-American in the Slalom and two time All-American in the Giant Slalom. She was also the 2006 NCAA Slalom Champion.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the latest members of the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame.

It was announced today that former WWF World Tag Team Champion, Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart passed away today at the age of 63. According to Ross Hart the cause was a seizure, which was brought on by complications from Alzheimer’s Disease.

Neidhart was a shotput specialist on the national level and played football and was good enough to be invited to both the Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders pre-season camps, though he failed to make either team.

Like many football players, Neidhart got into professional wrestling and trained under Stu Hart in Calgary, where he would work for the promotion for four years. He would earn the nickname of “The Anvil” for entering an anvil toss contest at the Calgary Stampede. Neidhart would begin working for other promotions (Georgia Championship Wrestling, Mid South, Championship Wrestling from Florida, New Japan) and he would join the World Wrestling Federation in 1985 after Stampede was sold to Vince McMahon and he was part of that deal.

Neidhart began his WWF run as a single under the management of Mr. Fuji but that would quickly change when his contract was sold to Jimmy Hart and he would later be paired with Bret Hart to form the Hart Foundation. The tandem would wrestle in the mid card for two years until they won the Tag Team Championships from the British Bulldogs in early 1987. They would hold it until November of that year until they lost it to Strike Force (Rick Martel & Tito Santana) and for the period between Wrestlemania IV and Wrestlemania VI they would continue to team up though they both pursued solo careers at the same time. They would regain the Tag Titles at Summer Slam 1990 and would lose it to the Nasty Boys at Wrestlemania VII and shortly after the team split for good with Bret Hart embarking on a successful solo career and Neidhart going on a different path.

The Anvil would try his hand at commentary, which was not really his forte and he would return to form a tag team with Owen Hart as the “New Foundation”. The new tag team didn’t go far as he was fired for unprofessional conduct. Neidhart would work in the indies and briefly in WCW and would return in 1994 again at the side of Owen during his feud with his brother Bret. Neidhart would receive World Heavyweight Title shots against Bret in ’94 was he was fired shortly after for no-showing events.

He would return in 1996 for a brief run as the masked “Who”, but in 1997 he was back on the roster with the five man Hart Foundation, though following Bret’s departure to WCW, Neidhart and Davey Boy Smith would follow their brother-in-law to Atlanta, though Neidhart was basically used as enhancement talent.

Neidhart would suffer from drug addiction in his later years and would be in and out of rehab. He would also make appearances on Total Divas with his daughter Natalya, who has been with the WWE for the last ten years.

We here at Notinalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the family, friends and fans of Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart.

Barry Bonds had his #25 retired by the San Francisco Giants today and while that is news to us, the bigger deal by far is the public endorsement he received for the Baseball Hall of Fame by Willie Mays, who was on hand to honor Bonds had this to say during the ceremony:

“Give somebody honor that deserves to be in the Hall of Fame…When you get there you’ll say ‘Man, how did I get here?’ And I want him to have that honor. On behalf of all the people in San Francisco and the country, vote this guy in!”

His decree was meant by a huge ovation at AT&T Park.

Mays was with the Giants for the best run of his first ballot Hall of Fame career and is the godfather to Bonds. Bonds’ Hall of Fame momentum is gaining as he received 56.4% of the ballot last year, well up from the 36.2% he had on his first year of eligibility, which was in 2013. He has four more years on the ballot.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Barry Bonds on receiving this honor and for what it is worth we agree with Willie Mays.