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Our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame announces the 2022 Finalists

Our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame announces the 2022 Finalists
03 Dec
2022
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One of our pet projects, the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Finalists for the Class of 2022, which will be the 9th full class.  

The Semi-Finalists were decided by all of you, after being pared down from other 500 Preliminary Nominees.

There are three wings in the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame:

The Fictitious Athlete wing, whose members are: Rocky Balboa (The Rocky series), Roy Hobbs (The Natural), Crash Avis (Bull Durham), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks) Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot), Apollo Creed (Rocky), Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League), Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump), Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy), Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard), Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own), Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid), Clubber Lang (Rocky), Ivan Drago (Rocky), “Fast” Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money, Al Bundy (Married...with Children), Homer Simpson (The Simpsons), Johnny Lawrence (The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai), Jake Taylor (Major League), Sam Malone (Cheers) and Jimmy Chitwood (Hoosiers)

The Fictitious Contributor wing, whose members are: Harry Doyle (Major League), Carl Spackler (Caddyshack), Mr. Miyagi (The Karate Kid), Chubbs Peterson (Happy Gilmore), Gordon Bombay (The Mighty Ducks), Mickey Goldmill (Rocky), Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears), Coach Ernie Pantusso (Cheers), Adrian Balboa (Rocky), Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own), The Gopher (Caddyshack), Paulie Pennino (Rocky) and Norman Dale (Hoosiers)

The Fictitious Veteran wing, whose members are: Andy “Champ” Purcell (The Champ), Dennis Ryan (Take Me Out to the Ball Game), Guffy McGovern (Angels in the Outfield), Huxley College (Horse Feathers), Sport Goofy (Disney) and Joe Hardy/Joe Boyd (Damn Yankees) and Harold Lamb (The Freshman).

The Fictitious Athlete Finalists are:

Adonis Creed (Creed and Creed II, portrayed by Michael B. Jordan).  The son of former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Apollo Creed, Adonis became the World Heavyweight Champion himself.  This is the most “recent” Finalist, and he is now a three-time Finalist.

“All the Way” Mae Mordabito (A League of Their Own, portrayed by Madonna).  Mordabito played at Centerfield for the Rockford Peaches, and was the team’s leadoff hitter.  She is a Finalist for the second straight year.  Can she join Dottie Hinson into the Hall?

 

“Big Ern” Ernie McCracken (Kingpin, portrayed by Bill Murray).  While he might be unscrumptious, Big Ern was one of the best bowlers ever, and he returns as a now two-time Finalist.  If McCracken gets in, Bill Murray enters a character for the second time (Carl Spackler from Caddyshack is a contributor)

Bugs Bunny (Space Jam).  Was he better with Michael Jordan or LeBron James?  That really isn’t a debate, is it?  The animated rabbit is a Second time Finalist, and would be the first animated character to enter.

Cal Naughton Jr. (Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby, portrayed by John C. Reilly).  The ultimate second banana in racing, Naughton Jr. is a Finalist for the first time.

Danny Nonnan (Caddyshack, portrayed by Michael O’Keefe).  Noonan did not get the best lines in the movie, but never forget that it was his putt that won the contest against the Judge.  He is a Finalist for the first time, and could join many other in the famed 1980 flick.

Hamilton Porter (The Sandlot, portrayed by Patrick Renna).  Unlike Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, who did play in the Major Leagues, Porter never was going to make the Majors, but he was the one with the quickest wit.  Perhaps, he can follow Rodriguez into the Fictitious Athlete Hall, as he enters the Finals for the first time.

Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski (The Big Lebowski, portrayed by Jeff Bridges).  A pot smoking slacker who loves bowling?  Sounds good to us!  The Dude has been a Finalist three times before.

Lee (Enter the Dragon, portrayed by Bruce Lee).  Lee qualifies as he participates in what was the most unorganized martial arts tournament in memory.  He is now a four-time Finalist.

Lightning McQueen (Cars, voiced by Owen Wilson).  A previous Finalist we love our anthropomorphic animated cars, don’t we?  McQueen would win the coveted “Piston”.  Like Bugs Bunny we would have our first animated entrant if McQueen enters.

Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard: 2005, portrayed by Adam Sandler):  The earlier (and better) version starring Burt Reynolds is already in, but this is a decent film in its own right, and Sandler is believable in the role.  This version is a Finalist for the first time but if we could see Adam Sandler (Happy Gilmore & Bobby Boucher) as the first three-time entrant.

Pedro Cerrano (Major League, portrayed by Dennis Haysbert):  The voodoo practitioner was a long ball slugger who has been a Finalist three times before.  Will we see a fourth Cleveland Indian following Ricky Vaughn, Willie Hays and Jake Taylor?

 

Randy “The Ram” Robinson (The Wrestler, portrayed by Mickey Rourke).  Robinson is an aging pro wrestler barely hanging on.  He was a Finalist four years ago, and would be the first professional wrestler to enter.

Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Portrayed by Will Ferrell).  NASCAR legend, Ricky Bobby has been a Finalist three times before.  Since, he never finished first, has he always been last?   

Shane Falco (The Replacements: portrayed by Keanu Reeves).  From THE Ohio State, Falco had a second chance in Football with the Washington Sentinels, and he COULD win with that crew of misfits.  Falco is now a three-time Finalist.

You can vote for them here.

The Fictitious Athlete Contributors are:

Coach Klein (The Waterboy, portrayed by Henry Winkler):  Coach Klein was meek and mild but a coaching savant who finally had his chance to shine with defensive stud (and Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame inductee), Bobby Boucher.  He is a previous four-time Finalist.

Darcy Sears (Varsity Blues, portrayed by Ali Larter):  A Finalist for the second time, Darcy Sears is best known for her whipped cream bikini, and that might be enough for the small-town girl looking for a meal ticket out.  Amazingly, this could be the first entrant from Varsity Blues.

George Costanza (Seinfeld, portrayed by Jason Alexander):  Costanza stumbled his way into an executive position with the New York Yankees, and was almost the Assistant GM for the Mets.  Maybe that really did happen?  This is the third time as a Finalist for Costanza.

Hayden Fox (Coach, portrayed by Craig T. Nelson):  Fox is now a five-time Finalist and the former Head Coach at Minnesota State, a team he took to the National Championship.

Irv Blitzer (Cool Runnings, played by John Candy):  While there was a Jamaican Bobsled Team at the 1988 Olympics, there was no Irv Blitzer, but in the world of film, he existed, and coached them to respectability in Calgary.  He is now a two-time Finalist.

Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire, portrayed by Tom Cruise):  The most known sports agent in the fictitious world has been a Finalist three times before, though doesn’t he have only one client left?

John Kreese (The Karate Kid & Cobra Kai, portrayed by Martin Kove):  Johnny Lawrence swept the leg, but it was Sensei John Kreese who gave the order.  The evil karate instructor corrupted many a young mind for Valley dominance amongst high school karate students.  Wait, what was his motivation again?  He is now a two-time Finalist.

Lou Brown (Major League, portrayed by James Gammon):  Brown went from managing the Toledo Mudhens and landed the job as the Cleveland Indians Manager.  This is his third time as a Finalist, and could join Harry Doyle as a Major League contributor.

Terrence Mann (Field of Dreams, portrayed by James Earl Jones):  An important counter-culture writer of the 1960s, Mann is a disaffected baseball fan who travels with Kinsella to his Iowa baseball diamond.  This is his second time as a Finalist.

You can vote for them here.

The Fictitious Athlete Veterans are:

Frank Capua (Winning, portrayed by Paul Newman):  Capua long dreamt of capturing the checkered flag at the Indianapolis 500, but there are a lot of obstacles in the way to get it.  This is the first time as a Finalist for Capua, and Newman could be a two-time entrant following his “Fast” Eddie Felson induction.

Velvet Brown (National Velvet, portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor):  Brown won the steeplechase but sexism of her day meant she had to pretend to be male.  Brown is a three-time Finalist.

Walter “Kid Galahad” Gulick (Kid Galahad, portrayed by Elvis Presley):  Kid Galahad was a mechanic turned boxer.  Hey, it was better than a lot of the other Elvis films.  This is a first-time Finalist.

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