We here at Notinhalloffame.com are very excited to unveil the first ever Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Class of 2014, the official announcement, which took place yesterday on the Bob McCown show on Sportsnet in Canada.
This class was chosen by all of you via three levels of voting in a calendar year; the Preliminary, Semi-Finals and Finals, all taking place over a calendar year, and we now have our first full class of induction; consisting of three Fictional Athletes and one Fictional Contributor.
We have to assume that all of you are fans of Baseball as all four inductees to our Fictional Athlete Hall of Fame Class of 2014 are all from that sport. Incidentally, they are all from films of the 1980’s.
The three Fictional Athletes who are entering the Hall of Fame are:
Crash Davis (Bull Durham)
Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League)
Roy Hobbs (The Natural)
Crash Davis dominated the voting from beginning to end, and at no point ever relinquished the top spot in vote tallies. Played by Kevin Costner in what was not only his best sports role, but what many feel best role period, Crash Davis was a career minor league catcher who would set the record for Home Runs in the minors. There have been many who have called Bull Durham as the best sports film ever, and Costner, who was a natural athlete, looked every bit the part.
Finishing second in the voting was Cleveland Indians Pitcher, “The Wild Thing” Ricky Vaughn, whose 100 MPH fastball, “veg-head” haircut and skull and crossbones glasses made him the most colorful of the motley group of rags to riches Indians that won their division. Next to his role as Charlie Harper in “Two and a Half Men”, Ricky Vaughn has to be the part that the enigmatic Charlie Sheen is best known for.
Roy Hobbs took the third and final spot where he pulled ahead on the second to last day and he narrowly edged out the pugilist, Apollo Creed by only a fraction of the votes. Played by Robert Redford, the Natural is a magical baseball film following the career of Hobbs, who was a nineteen year old pitching prodigy who was shot by a stalker, and had to reemerge as a thirty-five year old slugger for the fictional New York Knights.
As mentioned this Hall of Fame has a “Contributor” section, which basically reflects those in sports films and television shows who are not active participants in regards to direct athletic endeavors.
The first inductee for this category also comes form the Major League franchise, as we are pleased to announce broadcaster, Harry Doyle to our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
The cantankerous Cleveland Indians play-by-play announcer generated the best lines of the film and was responsible for setting the mood of the film; this despite ever interacting with any of the other characters or even advancing the plot. We suspect that this could be the only announcer inducted to the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame for decades.
The induction of Harry Doyle officially marks Major League as the first film to generate two inductees.
This is the complete voting percentages in the Final Round:
Athletes:
Crash Davis 51.7%
Ricky Vaughn 50.8%
Roy Hobbs 49.0%
Apollo Creed 48.6%
Reggie Dunlop 45.3%
The Hanson Brothers 42.4%
Willie Mays Hayes 32.7%
Happy Gilmore 29.9%
Al Bundy 26.1%
Bobby Boucher 24.9%
Forrest Gump 24.5%
Jimmy Chitwood 24.1%
Sam Malone 19.5%
Fast Eddie Felson 16.3%
Paul Crewe (’74) 14.5%
Contributors:
Harry Doyle 54.6%
Gordon Bombay 52.7%
Mickey Goldmill 49.5%
Carl Spackler 49.5%
Norman Dale 48.0%
Jimmy Dugan 44.2%
Mr. Miyagi 42.0%
Morris Buttermaker 25.6%
Chubbs Peterson 13.9%
Jerry Maguire 7.8%
Here at Notinhalloffame.com, and our Fictitious Halls (The Athlete and Rock and Roll), when one class is officially inducted, the beginning of another class’s eventual induction begins.
The previous nominees who were not chosen return as preliminary nominees. Additional nominees have been added who were either new possibilities from the past calendar year or ones that were not previously nominated that have received additional consideration.
There are two changes to this year’s induction process:
The first is a major one, with the addition of a “Veterans Category”, whereby candidates from films prior to 1970 will have their own point of entry to the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame. There will be only one Veteran’s inductee this year.
The second change is that for 2015, the process will result in two “Contributor” inductees as opposed to just one. In 2016, it will revert back to one Contributor inductee and back to two in alternating years.
This means that the 2015 Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Class will have six total inductees; three Athletes, two Contributors and one Veteran.
The process will be the same as last year, whereby the Preliminary nominees will be reduced to Semi-Finalists by the spring and Finalists in the Fall.
Your online votes will decide all of the Semi-Finalists, Finalists, and the eventual Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Class of 2015.
Athletes
Contributors
Veterans
As always, we encourage you to vote and assist us with determining the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Class of 2015.
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