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Days after the Pittsburgh Pirates announced him as a member of their 2023 Hall of Fame Class, former Shortstop, Dick Groat, passed away at the age of 92. Groat was one of the greatest college athletes ever at Duke University, where he was so good at both basketball and baseball that he is in both of those sports colligate Halls of Fame.  Professionally, Groat opted to play baseball…well at first anyway. Groat signed with the Pirates after his stint with the Blue Devils, and he went straight to the parent club as opposed to going to the minors.  Groat was the second…

Professional Football lost another great one yesterday with the passing of Dave Wilcox, who was 80 Years old Drafted from the University of Oregon in the Third Round in 1964, Dave Wilcox won the Left Linebacker role during his rookie season, and he would hold on to it until he retired after the 1974 Season. Wilcox went to his first Pro Bowl in 1966 and would begin a six-year streak of that honor in 1968.  Twice a First Team All-Pro, Wilcox used his freakish strength to repel blockers and get to his intended target.  Wilcox was a devastating tackler and had good…

We have another significant retirement in the National Football League, as Defensive Tackle, Gerald McCoy has retired. The Third Overall Pick from Oklahoma in the 2010 Draft, McCoy played his first nine years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, winning the starting LDT job as a rookie. From 2012 to 2017, McCoy was chosen for the Pro Bowl, with three of those years earning All-Pro Selections (one First Team & two Second Team). After suffering severe injuries in 2020, McCoy, who played for Carolina in 2019, had one appearance for Las Vegas in 2021. He retires with 59.5 Sacks and 334…

It is time for a massive update here at Notinhalloffame.com where one of our core lists have been revised. The list in question is those worthy of Pro Football Hall of Fame consideration. The first thing that we obviously do with the football list is remove those who were inducted. This took out: Ronde Barber Chuck Howley Joe Klecko Darrelle Revis Ken Riley Joe Thomas Zach Thomas DeMarcus Ware Many of the above were in our top ten, resulting in a monstrous shift at the top of our mountain. With those remaining, we factored votes and comments that came from…

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 Atlanta Braves have announced that they will be retiring his number 25 this season. From Curacao, Andruw Jones made his debut with the Braves at age 19 and it was clear from the beginning that this was a star in the making.  Jones would have his first…