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RIP: Jim Otto
May 20, 2024
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Committee Chairman
We lost a gridiron legend today. Hall of Fame Center, Jim Otto, known as Mr. Raider, passed away today at the age of 86. Otto was undrafted in 1960, as the teams in the National Football League considered the Center to be too small to take his skills to the next level. They got it wrong. The AFL took shape the same year, and the Oakland Raiders saw something in the Miami Hurricane, and Otto was given the opportunity to win the Center job with the Raiders. Otto won it as a rookie, and he would start the next (and…
Notinhalloffame List Update: 71-80 on Football Revised
May 20, 2024
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Committee Chairman
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, so this results in a long push to revise what we already have; specifically, now with our Football and Basketball Lists. At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the eighth ten of the 2024 Football List, which you can comment on and vote on: The new 71 to 80: 71. Leslie O’Neal72. Pat Swilling73. Jay Hilgenberg74. Alan Ameche75. Jeff Saturday76. Karl Mecklenburg77.…
Notinhalloffame List Update: 21-30 on Basketball Revised
May 19, 2024
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Committee Chairman
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, so this results in a long push to revise what we already have; specifically, now with our Football and Basketball Lists. At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the third ten of the 2024 Basketball List, which you can comment on and vote on: The new 21 to 30: 21. Glen Rice22. Paul Silas23. Johnny Kerr24. Larry Kenon25. Rasheed Wallace26. Rudy LaRusso27.…
Notinhalloffame List Update: 61-70 on Football Revised
May 18, 2024
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Committee Chairman
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, so this results in a long push to revise what we already have; specifically, now with our Football and Basketball Lists. At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the seventh ten of the 2024 Football List, which you can comment on and vote on: The new 61 to 70: 61. Rod Smith62. John Abraham63. Larry Grantham64. Mike Kenn65. Greg Lloyd66. Marshall Goldberg67.…
The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1960 FINAL VOTE
May 18, 2024
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Committee Chairman
1960 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…
Notinhalloffame List Update: 51-60 on Football Revised
May 17, 2024
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Committee Chairman
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, so this results in a long push to revise what we already have; specifically, now with our Football and Basketball Lists. At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the sixth ten of the 2024 Football List, which you can comment on and vote on: The new 51 to 60: 51. Billy Howton52. Jerry Mays53. Walt Sweeney54. Jake Scott55. London Fletcher56. Ed Budde57.…
Notinhalloffame List Update: 11-20 on Basketball Revised
May 17, 2024
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Committee Chairman
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, so this results in a long push to revise what we already have; specifically, now with our Football and Basketball Lists. At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the second ten of the 2024 Basketball List, which you can comment on and vote on: The new 11 to 20: 11. Maurice Lucas 12. Penny Hardaway 13. Amar’e Stoudamire 14. Shawn Marion 15.…
The Brooklyn Nets to retire Vince Carter's #15
May 16, 2024
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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 intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives. As such, it is important to us that the This October, the Brooklyn Nets will be bestowing a significant honor upon recently elected Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, Vince Carter, by retiring his iconic number 15. Vince Carter's tenure with the Toronto Raptors was a defining era for the team. He not only won the Rookie…
Notinhalloffame List Update: 41-50 on Football Revised
May 16, 2024
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Committee Chairman
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, so this results in a long push to revise what we already have; specifically, now with our Football and Basketball Lists. At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the fourth ten of the 2024 Football List, which you can comment on and vote on: The new 41 to 50: 41. Dick Schafrath42. James Harrison43. Pat Harder44. John Brodie45. Hines Ward46. Eric Allen47.…
Notinhalloffame List Update: 1-10 on Basketball Revised
May 14, 2024
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Committee Chairman
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, so this results in a long push to revise what we already have; specifically, now with our Football and Basketball Lists. At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the first ten of the 2024 Basketball List, which you can comment on and vote on: The new 1 to 10: 1. Larry Foust2. Shawn Kemp3. Max Zaslofsky4. Buck Williams5. Gus Williams6. Kevin Johnson7.…