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Semi-Finalists named for the Fictitious Athlete HOF!



Last November, The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame announced Rocky Balboa as their inaugural inductee.  The Class of 2014 Semi-Finalists has been announced, which were the result of online voting.  50 Athletes and 30 Contributors have advanced to the next round, where voting is permitted until August 15th of this year.



The 50 Athlete Semi-Finalists are:



A.C. Slater (Saved by the Bell)

Al Bundy (Married, With Children)

Al Czervik (Caddyshack)

All the Way May Mortabito (A League of Their Own)

Amanda Whurlitzer (The Bad News Bears)

Apollo Creed (Rocky, Rocky II and Rocky III)

Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot)

Billy Bob (Varsity Blues)

Billy Chapel (For Love of the Game)

Billy Hoyle (White Men Can’t Jump)

Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy)

Bodhi (Point Break)

Bugs Bunny (Space Jam)

Bud (Air Bud)

Calvin Ebby “Nuke” LaLoosh (Bull Durham)

Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks Trilogy)

Clubber Lang (Rocky III)

Crash Davis (Bull Durham)

Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid)

Dean Youngblood (Youngblood)

Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own)

Fast Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money)

Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)

Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)

Ivan Drago (Rocky IV)

Jack Elliott (Mr. Baseball)

Jake Taylor (Major League & Major League II)

Jesus Shuttlesworth (He Got Game)

Jimmy Chitwood (Hoosiers)

Jon Moxon (Varsity Blues)

Kelly Leak (The Bad News Bears Trilogy)

Kenny Powers (Eastbound and Down)

Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore)

Hanson Brothers, The (Slap Shot)

Paul “Wrecking” Crewe ’74 (Burt Reynolds) (The Longest Yard)

Paul “Wrecking” Crewe ’05 (Adam Sandler) (The Longest Yard)

Peter LaFleur (Dodgeball)

Randy “The Ram” Robinson (The Wrestler)

Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot)

Ricky Bobby (Talledega Nights)

Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League and Major League II)

Roy Hobbs (The Natural)

Roy McEvoy (Tin Cup)

Sam Malone (Cheers)

Scott Howard “The Wolf” (Teen Wolf)

Shane Falco (The Replacements)

Ty Webb (Caddyshack)

White Goodman (Dodgeball)

Willie “Mays” Hays (Major League)

Zeus (No Holds Barred)



The 30 Contributors Semi-Finalists are:



Adrian Balboa (Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV & Rocky V)

Annie Savoy (Bull Durham)

Arliss Michaels (Arliss)

Caretaker ’74 (James Hampton) (The Longest Yard)

Caretaker ’05 (Chris Rock) The Longest Yard)

Carl Spackler (Caddyshack

Cassidy (The Wrester)

Chubbs Peterson (Happy Gilmore)

Clyde (Every Which Way But Loose & Any Which Way You Can)

Coach Ernie Pantusso (Cheers)

Coach Klein (The Waterboy)

Frankie Dunn (Million Dollar Baby)

Gordon Bombay (The Mighty Ducks Trilogy)

Gus Lobel (Trouble With the Curve)

Harry Doyle (Major League & Major League 2)

Hayden Fox (Coach)

Helen “Mama” Boucher (The Waterboy)

Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire)

Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own)

John Kreese (The Karate Kid)

Ken Reeves (The White Shadow)

Luther Van Dam (Coach)

Mickey Goldmill (Rocky, Rocky II & Rocky III)

Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears) ‘76

Mr. Larsen (Happy Gilmore)

Mr. Miyagi (The Karate Kid)

Norman Dale (Hoosiers)

Patches O’Houllihan (Dodgeball)

Ray Kinsella (Field of Dreams)

The Gopher (Caddyshack)


On August 15, the top Fictitious Athletes and top seven Fictitious Contributors will advance to become this year’s Finalists.  Voting will then begin again, and the three Athletes and the one Contributor with the most votes will become the Class of 2014 and join Rocky Balboa into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.

Of note, are the multiple appearances by characters played by Adam Sandler and Kevin Costner who are on the ballot three times each.  The Rocky Series gave us five Semi-Finalists, with Caddyshack and Major League netting four Semi-Finalists. 



The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is the sister site of Notinhalloffame.com, which has annually ranked those not in the major sports and music Halls of Fame in North America since 2009.  The direct link is www.notinhalloffame.com/fictitious-athlete-hall-of-fame.  We encourage you to vote for the next round, and give us your thoughts.






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