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RIP: Mike McCormack
Nov 16, 2013
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The world of American Football lost another legend in Mike McCormack. He entered the Football Hall of Fame in 1984 after a great career in the National Football League. His best seasons were with the Cleveland Browns where he was named to six Pro Bowls and helped them capture two Football Championships. McCormack would later have a run as a Head Coach, though he was not as successful as he was as a player.
More recently, McCormack is credited with bringing professional football to the Carolinas, where he served as a consultant to the ownership group. He was named the organization’s first President and General Manager which he served for five years until he retired.
McCormack died of natural causes at the age of 83. We here at Notinhalloffame.com offer our condolences to the friends and family of Mike McCormack at this time.
RIP: Todd Christensen
Nov 15, 2013
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Five time Pro Bowl selection and #91 rank of our Notinhalloffame.com football list, Todd Christensen passed away at the age of 57 due to complications from a liver transplant. The former Running Back from BYU transitioned slowly to the Tight End position, but once he acclimated to the spot, he was one of the NFL’s most productive players in a five year stretch in the 1980’s.
Christensen led the National Football League in Receptions twice (1983 & 1985) and set a record both times for catches by a Tight End. He was selected as First Team All Pro twice and a Second Team All Pro twice. Christensen retired after the 1988 season with 461 receptions for 5,872 yards and 41 touchdowns. He captured two Super Bowl rings with the Raiders in Super Bowl XV & XVIII.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com offer our condolences to the friends and family of Todd Christensen at this time.
Hockey HOF Inductions Tonight
Nov 12, 2013
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It is Hockey Hall of Fame Weekend, and the Class of 2013 and you can say this is one of the most “Champion” loaded group in a long time. The four men with NHL experience who are going in this weekend, all have their names etched on the Stanley Cup.
Scott Niedermayer hoisted Lord Stanley’s grail four times and was a two time Olympic Gold Medalist. He is joined by a pair of three time Cup winners in Chris Chelios and Brendan Shanahan. The fourth man to enter the Hall is Fred Shero, who coached the Philadelphia Flyers to two Stanley Cups in the 1970’s.
This raises a question that we want to look at in the upcoming months: How much does winning a Championship raise an athlete’s chances to enter a Hall of Fame? There have been many Hall of Famers in all four major North American sports in which inductees have never been a champion. Conversely, there have been Playoff MVPS that have never come close to the Hall of Fame.
Different sports place a higher premium on championships, and though we have not all the research we need to do, we believe that Hockey places a bit of a higher premium on it. Classes like this one show it.
New Additions to the National Toy Hall of Fame
Nov 08, 2013
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Initially, we never paid attention to the Toy Hall of Fame. We can’t say that we ever plan to do a section in the near future about the toys who are not in that Hall of Fame, but as it is gaining traction, we thought it might be worth mentioning that the latest class has been selected.
The 2013 Toy Hall of Fame has added two, increasing the overall total to 53. The ancient game of Chess has been added as has the Rubber Duck. Frankly we can’t think of two completely different toys.
These two selections beat out bubbles, the board game Clue, Fisher-Price Little People, little green Army men, the Magic 8 Ball, My Little Pony, Nerf toys, the Pac-Man video game, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the scooter.
The Toy Hall of Fame is entering its 15th year of existence.