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 look at how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that the Detroit Tigers will be retiring the number 10 of Jim Leyland. This has been an incredible year for Leyland, who will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this July.  He also has been announced as an impending member of the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame.  Leyland…

The College Football Hall of Fame announced the monstrous list of nominees for the Class of 2025. They will be announced early next year. The nominees are: FBS Players: Flozell Adams, Michigan State, Offensive Tackle, 1994-97.  Adams was outstanding with the Spartans, where he was a three-time All-Big Ten Selection.  In 1997, he allowed only two Sacks and was named the Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year. Erick Anderson, Michigan, Linebacker, 1988-91.  Anderson was twice named to the First Team All-Big 10, and in 1991, he won the Butkus Award and Jack Lambert Trophy.  He is the only player…

1961 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…

1961 SEMI-FINAL RESULTS: Thank you for all of you who have participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are unaware of what that is, we acted as if the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946. We have completed the years up to 1960. For “1961,” a Preliminary Vote with over 100 players whose playing career ended by 1954. 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…