Not in Hall of Fame News
Dwight Howard to be inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame
Mar 16, 2025
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Committee Chairman
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 on March 24, Dwight Howard will be inducted into the Orlando Magic Hall of Fame. Howard, who was recently named a Finalist for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame last month, will become the 13th member of the Magic Hall of Fame. Drafted first overall in 2004, Howard played…
The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1975 Preliminary VOTE
Mar 15, 2025
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Committee Chairman
1975 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 29 years thus far. For “1975,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 100 players whose playing career ended by 1969. 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…
The Video Game Hall of Fame names the 2025 Finalists
Mar 14, 2025
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Committee Chairman
One of or favorite institutions, the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, NY, has announced that one of its Hall of Fames, the Video Game Hall of Fame, has unveiled the 2025 nominees. Nominated are: Age of EmpiresAngry BirdsCall of Duty 4: Modern WarfareDefenderFroggerGolden EyeGolden TeeHarvest MoonMattel FootballQuakeNBA 2KTamagotchi The winners will be enshrined on May 8.
Our All Time Top 50 San Diego Padres have been revised to reflect the 2024 Season
Mar 14, 2025
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Committee Chairman
Yes, we know that this is taking a while! As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 San Diego Padres. As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following: 1. Advanced Statistics. 2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League. 3. Playoff accomplishments.…
Our Notinhalloffame.com Baseball List has been revised from 261-280
Mar 13, 2025
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Committee Chairman
We are diligently working away at Notinhalloffame on revising our Baseball and Football lists to reflect the winter’s respective classes. As such, we are pleased to announce that we have revised 261-280 on the NIHOF Baseball list. Those ranked are: #261. Jose Reyes#262. Chris Carpenter#263. Toby Harrah#264. Lenny Dykstra#265. Frank White#266. Willie McGee#267. Deacon Phillippe#268. Red Lucas#269. Mike Tieran#270. Jim Gilliam#271. Adrian Gonzalez#272. Jose Rijo#273. Fred Tenney#274. Theodore Breitenstein#275. Eddie Stanky#276. Devon White#277. Roy White#278. Moises Alou#279. Andy Messersmith#280. Hardy Richardson The current (and under construction) list is here. Look for more updates soon! Thank you all for your support…
Our Notinhalloffame.com Baseball List has been revised from 241-260
Mar 11, 2025
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Committee Chairman
We are diligently working away at Notinhalloffame on revising our Baseball and Football lists to reflect the winter’s respective classes. As such, we are pleased to announce that we have revised 241-260 on the NIHOF Baseball list. Those ranked are: #241. Frank Viola#242. Jim Perry#243. Chuck Knoblauch#244. Jack Powell#245. Charlie Root#246. Joe Judge#247. Bill White#248. Mort Cooper#249. Ken Williams#250. Bob Welch#251. Chet Lemon#252. Mel Stottlemyre#253. Larry French#254. Paul O’Neill#255. Amos Otis#256. Ed Morris#257. George Scott#258. Ken Singleton#259. Jon Matlack#260. Herman Long The current (and under construction) list is here. Look for more updates soon! Thank you all for your support…
Our Notinhalloffame.com Baseball List has been revised from 221-240
Mar 09, 2025
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Committee Chairman
We are diligently working away at Notinhalloffame on revising our Baseball and Football lists to reflect the winter’s respective classes. As such, we are pleased to announce that we have revised 221-240 on the NIHOF Baseball list. Those ranked are: #221. Mark Belanger#222. Eddie Rommell#223. Bob Friend#224. Jimmy Ryan#225. Harvey Haddix#226. Babe Herman#227. Al Orth#228. Tony Phillips#229. Magglio Ordonez#230. Tommy Henrich#231. Dick Groat#232. Art Fletcher#233. Rudy York#234. Nap Rucker#235. Guy Hecker#236. Will White#237. Harry Breechen#238. Davey Lopes#239. Pedro Guerrero#240. Ed Konetchy The current (and under construction) list is here. Look for more updates soon! Thank you all for your support…
Our Notinhalloffame.com Baseball List has been revised from 201-220
Mar 09, 2025
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Committee Chairman
We are diligently working away at Notinhalloffame on revising our Baseball and Football lists to reflect the winter’s respective classes. As such, we are pleased to announce that we have revised 201-220 on the NIHOF Baseball list. Those ranked are: #201. Lefty O’Doul#202. Brian Giles#203. John Franco#204. Jose Bautista#205. Claude Passeau#206. Kenny Rogers#207. Tony Fernandez#208. Wally Berger#209. Bobby Schantz#210. Jack Fournier#211. Cy Williams#212. Jack Stivetts#213. Ellis Burks#214. George Mullin#215. Del Pratt#216. Steve Rogers#217. Cecil Cooper#218. Lave Cross#219. Roger Peckinpaugh#220. Gil McDougald The current (and under construction) list is here. Look for more updates soon! Thank you all for your support…
Lex Luger going into the WWE Hall of Fame
Mar 09, 2025
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Committee Chairman
The WWE Hall of Fame has rectified one of their biggest omissions as Lex Luger will be part of the 2025 Class. It was announced by WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, who visited Luger while he was working on his mobility with Diamond Dallas Page. Rhodes surprised Luger with the news, much to his delight. After his professional football career ended, Luger was trained for wrestling by Hiro Matsuda, and he would shortly join Championship Wrestling from Florida where he wrestled for nearly two years before joining Jim Crockett Promotions and adding “The Total Package” to his already colorful name. Luger…
The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1974 Final VOTE
Mar 08, 2025
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Committee Chairman
1974 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 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. We then asked the group to vote for their 15 Finalists in the Modern Era and 3…