The problem with running a Hall of Fame-related website is that many of the big ones we cover all have announcements within months of each other.  The backbone of what we do is list-related, resulting in a long push to revise what we already have, specifically now with our Football and Basketball Lists.

At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the next twenty-five of the 2024 Football List, which you can comment on and vote on:

The new 176 to 200:

176. Dick Barwegan
177. Charley Hennigan
178. Cornell Green
179. Charley Brock
180. Bob Baumhower
161. Tank Younger
182. Buford “Baby” Ray
183. Bob Hoernschemeyer
184. Asante Samuel
185. Rich Jackson
186. Jim Katcavage
187. Matt Blair
188. Ken Kavanaugh
189. Abe Woodson
190. Nate Newton
191. Tom Sestak
192. Bill Forester
193. Brian Waters
194. Tim McDonald
195. Don Perkins
196. Steven Jackson
197. Jim Lachey
198. Brandon Marshall
198. Butch Byrd
199. Frank Minnifield
200. Dave Krieg

Rankings are impacted annually based on your comments and votes.

Thank you all for your patience. We will soon unveil more changes to the football and basketball lists.

Before he became a fixture on the right side of Lombardi's legendary linebacking corps, Bill Forester spent the early 1950s quietly doing whatever the Packers asked of him on defense. Taken in the third round out of SMU in 1953, the versatile Texan spent his first few seasons shifting between middle guard and left linebacker as Green Bay searched for defensive identity—yet his diagnosing ability and relentless pursuit kept him anchored as a defensive starter long before the franchise turned the corner.

Forester's career trajectory changed dramatically with the arrival of Vince Lombardi in 1959. Settling permanently at right linebacker alongside Ray Nitschke and Dan Currie, Forester blossomed into one of the most dominant linebackers of his generation. His rare pass-coverage instincts and lateral pursuit made him the brain and backbone of Lombardi's defense, reeling off four consecutive Pro Bowl selections from 1959 through 1962.

Forester’s prime coincided directly with Green Bay's ascent to global football supremacy. He earned three consecutive First-Team AP All-Pro honors (1960–1962) and served as defensive team captain during Green Bay's back-to-back NFL Championship runs in 1961 and 1962. In the 1961 NFL Championship Game, Forester's front seven held the New York Giants to just 130 total yards in a 37–0 shutout victory at City Stadium.

Over his eleven-year career—spent entirely in Titletown—Forester compiled an extraordinary turnover total for an outside linebacker, snagging 21 career interceptions for 247 return yards and a touchdown, while adding 15 fumble recoveries and an estimated 18.5 career sacks.

In 1974, the Green Bay Packers formally honored his championship leadership and decade of excellence by inducting him into the team’s Hall of Fame.

Used as both a Linebacker and a Guard, Bill Forester arguably was at his best on the defensive side of the gridiron.  A 3^rd Round Pick from SMU in 1953, Forester played his entire career with the Green Bay Packers, where he went from the outhouse to the penthouse.  Green Bay was in a down period in the '50s but slowly worked its way toward respectability, and Forester was a big part of that.  He really came into his own in 1959, when he earned his first of four straight Pro Bowls, with the last three earning him First Team All-Pro honors.  By this time, Forester was mostly used at Linebacker gobbling up rushers and acting as a veteran presence.  He would help the Pack win the NFL Championship in 1961 and 1962.