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1963 SEMI-FINAL RESULTS: Thank you for all of your participation in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are unaware of what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946. We have completed the years up to 1962. For “1963,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1956. We are also following the structure in that players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool. Each voter was asked to select 25…
Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important that the Washington State University Hall of Fame will add five names to its Athletic Hall of Fame. The ceremony will take place on September 6. The Washington State University Hall of Fame Class of 2024 are: Allssa Brooks-Johnson – Women’s Track & Field – 2013-18:  Brooks-Johnson was a two-time All-American in the…
Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that the University of Utah will be adding six names to its Athletic Hall of Fame. The ceremony will take place on September 27. The University of Utah Class of 2024 are: Pipi Hollingsworth – Softball – 1984-87.  Hollingsworth batted .368 as a senior and took the school to a High…
1963 PRELIMINARY RESULTS: Thank you to all who participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are still determining what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946. We have completed the first 16 years thus far. For “1963,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 100 players whose playing career ended by 1955. We are also following the structure in that players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool. Each voter was asked to select…
Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that the Los Angeles Chargers will be inducting former owners, Alex and Faye Spanos to their franchise Hall of Fame. This will bring a total of 43 members to the Hall. Alex Spanos bought the San Diego Chargers in 1984 and oversaw the team until his death in 2018. His wife,…
During the NBA free agency season, a significant player retired from the game of basketball. Kemba Walker, 34, announced his retirement. Walker was a dominant force at UConn, leading the Huskies to a national championship in 2011, where he was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player, the Big East Tournament MVP, and a consensus first team All-American.  For his efforts, he was drafted by the Charlotte Bobcats (later Hornets) ninth overall in 2011, the team he remains most associated with. Walker broke out in the 2015-16 campaign, where he was second in Most Improved Player of the Year voting…
Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that Eastern Kentucky has announced the newest members of their Athletic Hall of Fame. The Class consists of seven individual athletes and one team. The new members will be: Ole Hesselbjerg (Track/Cross Country 2011-15):  From Denmark, Hesselbjerg won two Bronze Medals in the NCAA Outdoor Championships and was a three-time First…
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 Hockey and Basketball Lists. At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the next ten of the 2024 Basketball List, which you can comment on and vote on: The new 111 to 120: 111. Kevin Porter112. Jeff Malone113. Derek Fisher114. Jack Coleman115. Darrell Griffith116. Danny Manning117. Dan…
Orlando Cepeda, a teammate of Willie Mays who died a week ago, passed away. He was 86 years old. Cepeda debuted in 1958 with the San Francisco Giants where he won the National League Rookie of the Year.  He was named to the next six All-Star Games, and the slugger won the Home Run (46) and RBI (142) Titles.  He was later traded to the St. Louis Cardinals, where he helped them win the World Series in 1967.  Cepeda also played for Atlanta, Oakland, Boston and Kansas City and retired with 379 Home Runs, 1,365 RBIs and a .297 Batting…
1962 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project Class. Here we are!  Again!! If you have been following our Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project, you know that we have asked the rhetorical question: What if the PFHOF began in January 1946? After soliciting and obtaining a passionate group of football fans and historians, we sent out a ballot for a Preliminary Vote, in which we asked each voter to give us 25 names as their semi-finalists and 5 in the Senior Pool. Following that, we asked the group to vote for their 15 Finalists in the Modern Era…