Easily the most racially insensitive name on the ballot, “Spearchucker” Jones (allegedly named due to his prowess with a javelin) was an army doctor in the Korean War who was also a professional Football player. We will ignore the fact that there were no known African American doctors serving in Korean M*A*S*H units and also ignore the television version, who lasted only a few episodes. Here, we are going to look at the cinematic version played by one of our favorite athlete turn actors, Fred “The Hammer” Williamson; who the 4077^th held out of the first half of the climactic football game, so that the surgeons could up the bet, and then input their ringer. We will grant that M*A*S*H easily could have been made without “Spearchucker” Jones, but the 4077^th could not have won the game without him.



The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
M*A*S*H (1970)

Actor:
Fred Williamson

Position Portrayed:
Running Back

Played for:
The M*A*S*H 4077^th/San Francisco 49ers

Why you should vote for him:
The army doctors don’t win that football game without Jones.

Why you should not vote for him:
His character was not relevant enough to get past for the first season of the T.V. version.

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Wesley Snipes may have been in many sports related films, but Sidney Dean may have been the best one. As a street ball hustler, he showed us swagger (before we even used that as a word), trash talking, and intelligence in a package designed to drain buckets on the pavement. We will grant that Snipes was one half of what was a perfectly cast package, but though the fashions may date the film, Wesley’s role was timeless.



The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
White Men Can’t Jump (1992)

Actor:
Wesley Snipes

Position Portrayed:
N/A

Played for:
Himself

Why you should vote for him:
We could argue (and we are) that this is Snipes’ best sports related role.

Why you should not vote for him:
He was one half of a great equation (with Woody Harrelson) and would the film have worked without that chemistry?

Shooter McGavin was the perfect foil to Happy Gilmore. Where Gilmore (Adam Sandler) was a man of the people, Shooter was an arrogant elitist who represented the old school ideal if the sport. McGavin was a talented player on the golf tour, but his sliminess oozed throughout the picture and this was the prime example of the character you “loved to hate”. To this day, we know that we are not the only ones who see Christopher McDonald (who is constantly working in film and television) and can only see him as “Shooter McGavin”. That may be a testament to what this Hall of Fame is about.



The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Happy Gilmore (1996)

Actor:
Christopher McDonald

Why you should vote for him:
Despite being a goofy comedy, this is one of the better sports villains in history.

Why you should not vote for him:
Was he too unlikable to get votes?

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For a Hockey movie, there was not that much of the sport in it, and by the time the Mystery, Alaska team played an inconceivable game against the New York Rangers (of which no actual Rangers played in), we didn’t care. Based on reviews and DVD sales, you didn’t either. Russell Crowe was the star of the film, so we are giving his Sheriff John Biebe character a token nomination.



The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Mystery, Alaska (1999)

Actor:
Russell Crowe

Position Portrayed:
Forward

Played for:
Mystery, Alaska

Why you should vote for him:
We don’t know; because you loved Crowe in Gladiator?

Why you should not vote for him:
This was not a great sports film.

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