Not in Hall of Fame News

The College Football Hall of Fame has announced 75 former players and 6 former coaches who are on the ballot for the 2014 Class.  To qualify for the Hall, a player must be an All American at least once.  Below are the 75 players chosen for the ballot: Trev Alberts, LB, Nebraska Eric Bieniemy, RB, Colorado Dre Bly, DB, North Carolina Tony Boselli, OT, USC Brian Bosworth, LB, Oklahoma Bob Breunig, LB, Arizona State Jerome Brown, DT, Miami Ruben Brown, OT, Pitt Larry Burton, WR, Purdue Dave Butz, DT, Purdue Freddie Carr, LB, UTEP Mark Carrier, S, USC Wes Chandler,…

Professional Wrestling lost another legend today, as the British star, Billy Robinson passed away at the age of 74.  Robinson was a true International star, as he was successful in multiple continents, and he executed multiple styles that made him not just known as a “shooter” in the ring, but one who was comfortable with whatever style was presented for him. Robinson was a very successful amateur and professional wrestler in his native United Kingdom and planted his North American flag in Verne Gagne’s American Wrestling Association, where he became a top star.  Robinson held titles in All Japan, the…

The 2014 International Tennis Hall of Fame has announced their latest class, and it is headlined by American Lindsay Davenport, who was ranked number one in the female ranks multiple times, first hitting that mark in 1998.  She would win 38 career tournaments, three of which were Grand Slams.  These were the French (1996), Wimbledon (1999) and the U.S. Open (1997).  Davenport also added the Olympic Gold Medal in Atlanta in 1996 and the WTA Championship in 1999. As good as Davenport was, she was often overlooked, even in her home country, as (ok, we’ll say it), smaller and prettier…

We apologize, as this retirement slipped right by us.  Perhaps we were still in a hangover over Canada’s win in Men’s Hockey in the Olympics.  A few days ago, there was another retirement worth reporting on, this time in the world of Hockey. Milan Hejduk, who did not play this year officially, announced his retirement from professional Hockey.  He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in 1994 and debuted in the NHL when the team relocated to Colorado in 1998.  The Czech born player would play fourteen seasons in the NHL, all for the Avalanche where he would have 805…

We have a lot that we are working on here at Notinhalloffame.com, one of which is a look at each major franchise’s respective Hall of Fame and Retired Numbers.  That won’t be for a while but as you have seen, every time there is an addition to a team’s Hall or a new retired number, we will comment on it here. Today, the Atlanta Braves have announced the 26th, 27th and 28th members of their Hall of Fame.  The biggest name is Javy Lopez, who was their Catcher for parts of twelve seasons playing 1,156 Games for the Atlanta Braves. …