Not in Hall of Fame News

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…