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2015 Pro Football Class Announced!

Feb 01, 2015

It’s Official!

The Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced their Hall of Fame Class of 2015 and our favorite five week period where the Baseball, Rock and Roll and Pro Football Hall of Fames all announce their Classes.

This year’s class includes:

Junior Seau, the number one player on our Notinhalloffame.com list. Seau was not only regarded as one of the best Linebackers of his era, but of all time.

Charles Haley, the only man with five Super Bowl rings. Haley has been eligible since 2005 and has been a Finalist every year since 2010.

Jerome Bettis, who has been eligible since 2011 and was a Finalist every year. The former Pittsburgh Steeler and Super Bowl winner in his final game is currently sixth all-time in Rushing Yards.

Tim Brown, who has been a Finalist the past six years and has finally overcome the logjams of Wide Receivers ahead of him. Brown is a former nine time Pro Bowl Selection.

Will Shields, the long time Kansas City Chief Offensive Lineman who was a nine time Pro Bowler.

Mick Tingelhoff, this year’s lone Senior Candidate and seventeen year veteran Center from the Minnesota Vikings.

Ron Wolf, one of two Finalists in the new Contributors category. Wolf was a Finalist last year, and his evaluation of player personnel made champions out of both the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers.

Bill Polian, the other Contributor Finalist, who was the architect of the Bills power in the early 1990’s and longtime executive with the Indianapolis Colts.

This marks the second consecutive snub for Marvin Harrison, who has stat wise and accolade wise has been the top Wide Receiver on the ballot.

Another notable exception is Kurt Warner, who entering his first year on the ballot was expected by many to make it in. The same goes for Orlando Pace, his teammate with the St. Louis Rams, who did not get in.

All three of the Coaches who were nominated, Jimmy Johnson, Tony Dungy and Don Coryell were not chosen.

Kevin Greene, John Lynch and Morten Andersen also were not chosen.

We would like to congratulate this year’s Class for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and in one month’s time, we will unleash the new list for next year.

Loretta Lynn to headline the ACL HOF's Second Class

Jan 31, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

The Austin City Limits Hall of Fame has just announced their second ever group of inductees which will be officially inducted this June.

The next class will be headlined by the “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, Loretta Lynn, a country music legend and long time staple of the ACL program. Lynn will be joined by the West Virginia originated, though Austin based band, Asleep at the Wheel, who were multiple time performers at the stage show.

Tex-Mex accordion legend, Falco Jiminez, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and the original ACL production team will also be inducted.

Last year’s inaugural class included Stevie Ray Vaughn and Willie Nelson and the ceremony was hosted by Academy Award winning actor, Matthew McConaughey.

Austin City Limits remains after forty years as one of the most important music shows in the United States and it runs weekly on PBS.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate this year’s inductees and the ACL show and Austin, Texas for giving us one of the best music scenes in America.

Martin Brodeur Retires

Jan 27, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

A major retirement took place in the world of professional hockey as St. Louis Blues Goalie, Martin Brodeur announced that his playing career is over and has accepted a position with the Blues front office.

After sitting out the first few months as an unrestricted free agent, Brodeur signed with the Blues and played seven games when the teams starting Goalie, Brian Elliott went down to injury. Upon Elliott’s return, Brodeur was relegated back to the number three role, and was not expected to see much playing time.
It is an end to one of the most successful careers that a Goalie has ever had.

Prior to this season, Brodeur spent twenty-one seasons with the New Jersey Devils where he would win the Stanley Cup three times in 1995, 2000 and 2003 and would have a career playoff record of 113 and 91 with a 2.02 GAA. In the regular season, Brodeur is the all time career leader in wins (691) and is 140 wins over Patrick Roy who is second. In addition to his three rings, Martin Brodeur won the Vezina Trophy four times, the William M. Jennings Trophy five times, the Calder Trophy, was a First Team All Star three times and a Second Team All Star four times. He is also a two time Olympic Gold Medalist with Canada in 2002 and 2010.

Brodeur will be eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018, and should be a lock for the enshrinement on his first year of eligibility.

We would like to thank Martin Brodeur on what will be Hall of Fame career, and wish him success in the Blues front office.

Arnold Schwarzenegger to the WWE HOF

Jan 26, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

It was reported by TMZ, that Arnold Schwarzenegger will be the next inductee to the WWE Hall of Fame and will be part of their “Celebrity Wing”. TMZ was the first to report that Randy “Macho Man” Savage would be part of the class.

Schwarzenegger has been a longtime fan of the WWE and has befriended many past superstars, namely Bruno Sammartino who ha inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame two years ago and Jesse “The Body” Ventura who appeared in three of his movies. He has also done film work with Professor Toru Tanaka and Andre the Giant.

The former Governor of California has made multiple appearances on WWE television, the first and most famous when he appeared on Smackdown in 1999 receiving a replica title belt as the “World Box Office” Champion. He would later that show get physically involved in a match, where he decked Triple H.

Schwarzenegger was Bruno Sammartino’s inductor at the 2013 Hall of Fame and appeared on RAW last year along with Hulk Hogan and Joe Manganiello and beat down The Miz.

We would like to congratulate the WWE for this get, and Schwarzenegger for adding another accolade to his belt.