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 276 to 300:

276. Keith Millard
277. Derrick Johnson
278. Stanley Morgan
279. Leon Gray
280. David Akers
281. Buster Ramsey
282. Beattie Feathers
283. Russ Francis
284. Carson Palmer
285. Keith Brooking
286. Dennis Smith
287. Frank Cope
288. Charles Mann
289. Ed “Too Tall” Jones
290. Rich Gannon
291. Seth Joyner
292. E.J. Holub
293. Mel Gray
294. Bart Oates
295. Fred Arbanas
296. Michael Vick
297. Bill Stanfill
298. George Svendsen
299. Hanford Dixon
300. Mike Quick 

*Denotes First Year of Eligibility.

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.

It was announced that former Kansas City Chief, Fred Arbanas, passed away at the age of 82.

Like many in the early '60s, Fred Arbanas was drafted by both the NFL and the AFL, but usually, those who chose the AFL were drafted higher by the new organization.  This wasn't the case with Arbanas, who was a 7^th Round Selection by the Dallas Texans, where the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2^nd Round.

No matter, as Arbanas would go on to the All-AFL Team at Tight End.  He was an AFL All-Star as a rookie, and with the Texans, he would help them win the Championship, but the organization would relocate to Kansas City, where they were rechristened as the Chiefs.  Arbanas would continue his elite status at TE, where he would have another four AFL All-Star appearances and had First Team All-Pro honors three times (1963, 1964 & 1966).  He would aid Kansas City in winning the AFL title in 1966 and 1969, the latter where he would win his only Super Bowl Ring (IV).

Arbanas retired after 1970, recording 3,101 Yards and 34 Touchdowns, both high numbers for someone who played his position in the 1960s.

In our latest Notinhalloffame.com list of those to consider for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Arbanas was ranked #254.  Arbanas was inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame in 1973.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends, fans and family of Fred Arbanas.

Like many in the early '60s, Fred Arbanas was drafted by both the NFL and the AFL, but usually, those who chose the AFL were drafted higher by the new organization.  This wasn't the case with Arbanas, who was a 7^th Round Selection by the Dallas Texans, where the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2^nd Round.

No matter, as Arbanas would go on to the All-AFL Team at Tight End.  He was an AFL All-Star as a rookie, and with the Texans, he helped them win the Championship, but the organization relocated to Kansas City, where it was rechristened the Chiefs.  Arbanas continued his elite status at TE, earning four more AFL All-Star selections and three First Team All-Pro honors(1963, 1964 & 1966).  He helped Kansas City win the AFL title in 1966 and 1969, the latter when he won his only Super Bowl Ring (IV).

Arbanas retired after 1970, recording 3,101 Yards and 34 Touchdowns, both high numbers for someone who played his position in the 1960s.

Before tight ends were routinely split out wide like oversized slot receivers, Fred Arbanas set the gold standard for what the position required in the upstart American Football League. Selected by the Dallas Texans in the second round of the 1961 AFL Draft out of Michigan State, Arbanas arrived as a bone-crushing blocker who doubled as a lethal downfield threat and immediately became the prototype flex weapon for Hank Stram's creative offensive schemes.

Arbanas made his debut during the 1962 campaign and wasted no time establishing himself as the league’s premier tight end. He secured an AFL All-Star selection as a rookie while helping lead the Texans to an overtime victory over the Houston Oilers in the 1962 AFL Championship Game. His broad frame allowed him to seal off defensive ends in Stram's signature trap-and-sweep running attack, while his soft hands made him Len Dawson’s favorite target whenever pass rushers collapsed the pocket.

Arbanas sustained that elite form across the middle of the decade, earning five AFL All-Star selections (1962–1965, 1967) and three consensus First-Team All-AFL nods (1964, 1966, 1967). Even after suffering a serious eye injury in 1964 that permanently altered his vision, his toughness and field awareness never wavered. He remained a central fixture through the franchise's transition to Missouri, capturing a second league title in 1966 and starting in the inaugural AFL-NFL World Championship Game.

His decorated career peaked during the 1969 postseason. Arbanas anchored the line as Kansas City claimed its third AFL title before defeating the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV, cementing the franchise's place in gridiron history. He retired following the 1970 campaign, having played every single snap of his nine-year professional career exclusively for the Texans/Chiefs organization. He had 198 receptions for 3,101 receiving yards (15.7 Y/R), 34 receiving touchdowns, and in 1973, Arbanas was inducted into the Chiefs Hall of Fame.