Not in Hall of Fame News

Tomorrow in between the first and second quarter of the “Apple Bowl” between Washington and Washington State, former Cougar football star, Steve Gleason will be inducted into the Washington State Athletic Hall of Fame. Lettering in both Football and Baseball at WSU, Gleason was a star Linebacker starting 20 of 31 games where he was named one of the team’s co-captains and was the starting Center Fielder for the Baseball Team. Although he was undrafted in the NFL, he would go on to play seven seasons with the New Orleans Saints on Safety and Special Teams, most famously blocking a…

As you may have already heard (and if you are visiting this website, we strongly suspect that they you have) the Baseball Hall of Fame has officially issued their Hall of Fame ballot, though anyone who follows the Cooperstown based Hall knows that the ballot contains no surprises. The biggest name (in our eyes) on the ballot is Barry Bonds, the man who holds the all time record for Home Runs in the Majors, is without question (along with Roger Clemens), the most controversial.  Bonds, is entering his third year on the ballot and though he only received 34.7 %…

Major League Baseball unilaterally retired the number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in 1947.  His alma mater, UCLA has announced that the number 42 will be retired in all aspects of athletics in honor of the 75th anniversary of when he first set foot on campus. At UCLA, Robinson became the school’s first four letter athlete.  He played on the backfield of the UCLA Football team, making the Bruins team one of the first few integrated teams in the College Football.  He was also a member of the Men’s Basketball team, the Baseball (of…

The Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced their 2015 Semi-Finalists and as usual, there is nothing shocking about the list.  Regular visitors to our website know how much respect we have for their Hall of Fame and how we have patterned our Fictitious Athlete and Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on their voting schedule. The semi-finalists are listed below in the order of their rank on our Notinhalloffame.com Football List: Junior Seau:  Ranked #1 on Notinhalloffame.com.  Linebacker.  Chargers 1990-2002, Dolphins 2003-05, Dolphins 2006-09.  6 First Team All Pro Selections, 12 Pro Bowls, 1990’s All Decade Team, UPI…

The final two inductees from the online vote for Goal.com Hall of Fame have been announced and two more legends will be joining Diego Maradonna, Zinedine Zidane and Pele to this new Hall. The fourth man announced on Thursday was Hungarian superstar, the late Ferenc Puskas.  Puskas scored 84 Goals in 85 Games internationally for Hungary and took his team to the World Cup Finals in 1954.  The Hungarians did not win, but the Puskas was named the MVP for the tournament.  On the club level, Puskas starred for Budapest Honved and for Real Madrid, helping them with European Cup…