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RIP: Jean Beliveau

Dec 03, 2014

It was a sad day in the world of hockey as we learned of the passing of one of the sport’s true gentlemen, Jean Beliveau, who died at the age of 83.

Beliveau, played twenty seasons in the National Hockey League (1950-71) with the fabled Montreal Canadians where he had his name etched on the Stanley Cup ten times as a player. “Le Gros Bill” would earn another seven names on Lord Stanley’s mug as an executive with Habs.

On the ice, Beliveau was one of the best. Beliveau would win the coveted Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player twice in 1956 and 1964, and was named a First Team All Star six times. He would retire with 1,219 Points, which was a record for the hallowed Canadians and he would be fast tracked into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972, a year after he retired from the game.

Jean Beliveau was a great ambassador for the game of Hockey and the Montreal Canadians and we lost a major legend.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Jean Beliveau at this time.

2014 Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Class Announced!

Dec 02, 2014

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

We here at Notinhalloffame.com are very excited to unveil the first ever Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Class of 2014, the official announcement, which took place yesterday on the Bob McCown show on Sportsnet in Canada.

This class was chosen by all of you via three levels of voting in a calendar year; the Preliminary, Semi-Finals and Finals, all taking place over a calendar year, and we now have our first full class of induction; consisting of three Fictional Athletes and one Fictional Contributor.

We have to assume that all of you are fans of Baseball as all four inductees to our Fictional Athlete Hall of Fame Class of 2014 are all from that sport. Incidentally, they are all from films of the 1980’s.

The three Fictional Athletes who are entering the Hall of Fame are:

Crash Davis (Bull Durham)

Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League)

Roy Hobbs (The Natural)

Crash Davis dominated the voting from beginning to end, and at no point ever relinquished the top spot in vote tallies. Played by Kevin Costner in what was not only his best sports role, but what many feel best role period, Crash Davis was a career minor league catcher who would set the record for Home Runs in the minors. There have been many who have called Bull Durham as the best sports film ever, and Costner, who was a natural athlete, looked every bit the part.

Finishing second in the voting was Cleveland Indians Pitcher, “The Wild Thing” Ricky Vaughn, whose 100 MPH fastball, “veg-head” haircut and skull and crossbones glasses made him the most colorful of the motley group of rags to riches Indians that won their division. Next to his role as Charlie Harper in “Two and a Half Men”, Ricky Vaughn has to be the part that the enigmatic Charlie Sheen is best known for.

Roy Hobbs took the third and final spot where he pulled ahead on the second to last day and he narrowly edged out the pugilist, Apollo Creed by only a fraction of the votes. Played by Robert Redford, the Natural is a magical baseball film following the career of Hobbs, who was a nineteen year old pitching prodigy who was shot by a stalker, and had to reemerge as a thirty-five year old slugger for the fictional New York Knights.

As mentioned this Hall of Fame has a “Contributor” section, which basically reflects those in sports films and television shows who are not active participants in regards to direct athletic endeavors.

The first inductee for this category also comes form the Major League franchise, as we are pleased to announce broadcaster, Harry Doyle to our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.

The cantankerous Cleveland Indians play-by-play announcer generated the best lines of the film and was responsible for setting the mood of the film; this despite ever interacting with any of the other characters or even advancing the plot. We suspect that this could be the only announcer inducted to the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame for decades.

The induction of Harry Doyle officially marks Major League as the first film to generate two inductees.

This is the complete voting percentages in the Final Round:

Athletes:

Crash Davis                 51.7%
Ricky Vaughn              50.8%
Roy Hobbs                   49.0%
Apollo Creed                  48.6%
Reggie Dunlop               45.3%
The Hanson Brothers     42.4%
Willie Mays Hayes          32.7%
Happy Gilmore               29.9%
Al Bundy                        26.1%
Bobby Boucher               24.9%
Forrest Gump                 24.5%
Jimmy Chitwood             24.1%
Sam Malone                    19.5%
Fast Eddie Felson           16.3%
Paul Crewe (’74)              14.5%

Contributors:

Harry Doyle                   54.6%
Gordon Bombay               52.7%
Mickey Goldmill               49.5%
Carl Spackler                   49.5%
Norman Dale                    48.0%
Jimmy Dugan                   44.2%
Mr. Miyagi                        42.0%
Morris Buttermaker          25.6%
Chubbs Peterson              13.9%
Jerry Maguire                     7.8%

Here at Notinhalloffame.com, and our Fictitious Halls (The Athlete and Rock and Roll), when one class is officially inducted, the beginning of another class’s eventual induction begins.

The previous nominees who were not chosen return as preliminary nominees. Additional nominees have been added who were either new possibilities from the past calendar year or ones that were not previously nominated that have received additional consideration.

There are two changes to this year’s induction process:

The first is a major one, with the addition of a “Veterans Category”, whereby candidates from films prior to 1970 will have their own point of entry to the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame. There will be only one Veteran’s inductee this year.

The second change is that for 2015, the process will result in two “Contributor” inductees as opposed to just one. In 2016, it will revert back to one Contributor inductee and back to two in alternating years.

This means that the 2015 Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Class will have six total inductees; three Athletes, two Contributors and one Veteran.

The process will be the same as last year, whereby the Preliminary nominees will be reduced to Semi-Finalists by the spring and Finalists in the Fall.

Your online votes will decide all of the Semi-Finalists, Finalists, and the eventual Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Class of 2015.

Athletes

Contributors

Veterans

As always, we encourage you to vote and assist us with determining the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Class of 2015.

CFL HOF 2015 Class set

Nov 30, 2014

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

It is the weekend where Canadian Football celebrates their Grey Cup, and part of the festivities is the announcement of the 2015 Canadian Football Hall of Fame Class. Next year’s class will contain seven men; four players and three entering in the builders category.

Receiving the most attention of the inductees is Dave Dickenson, who still holds many records at the University of Montana. Dickenson would begin his professional career with the Calgary Stampeders, where he would help the Stamps win the Grey Cup in 1998 and would become the top player in the CFL in 2000, earning the Most Outstanding Player of the Year Award and generating interest from a few teams in the NFL.

The transition to the NFL would not be successful, but his return to the CFL saw him join the B.C. Lions and earn another Grey Cup Ring. Overall in his playing career Dickenson threw for 22,913 Yards, 154 Touchdowns and is second all-time in Completion Percentage. Currently, he is the Offensive Coordinator for the Calgary Stampeders, who will be competing for this year’s Grey Cup.

Dickenson is joined by Leroy Blugh, who spent the bulk of his career with the Edmonton Eskimos. Blugh was a member of the Eskimos 1993 Grey Cup Championship team and was named the Most Outstanding Canadian in 1996. He is currently the Defensive Line Coach for the Ottawa Redblacks.

The third player inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame is former Northern Illinois Defensive Back, Eddie Davis. Davis had a lengthy career with the Birmingham Barracudas, Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1995 to 2009 and was a four time CFL All Star.

The fourth and final player is Gene Makowski, who spent seventeen seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1995 to 2011 earning to Offensive Lineman of the Year Awards and the Grey Cup in 2007.

Bob Wetenhall who is the owner of the Montreal Alouettes since 1997; and arguably one of the men who resurrected professional football in Montreal join these four players, as does Bob O’Billovich, a former player and long time coach and administrator and Larry Reda who also enters as a builder.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the Canadian Football Hall of Fame Class of 2015.

Steve Gleason to the WSU HOF

Nov 28, 2014

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

Tomorrow in between the first and second quarter of the “Apple Bowl” between Washington and Washington State, former Cougar football star, Steve Gleason will be inducted into the Washington State Athletic Hall of Fame.

Lettering in both Football and Baseball at WSU, Gleason was a star Linebacker starting 20 of 31 games where he was named one of the team’s co-captains and was the starting Center Fielder for the Baseball Team. Although he was undrafted in the NFL, he would go on to play seven seasons with the New Orleans Saints on Safety and Special Teams, most famously blocking a punt on national television for his team’s first home game after Hurricane Katrina.

Sadly in 2011, he announced that he was suffering from ALS and has been active in raising awareness of the disease.

The Washington State Athletic Hall of Fame first took shape in 1978. Steve Gleason becomes the 178th member of this Hall of Fame.