Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Inductees (72)
In 1936, Jesse Owens set the track world on fire by winning four Gold Medals. It was believed that in 1984, Carl Lewis could do the same thing.
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Matt Biondi made the Olympics ahead of schedule, at age 19, making the 1984 Los Angeles Games, where he won Gold in the 4x100 Freestyle. It was a great start,…
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You can’t talk about scoring in basketball without mentioning Wilt Chamberlain, one of the most prolific scorers in the history of the game. Chamberlain, a seven-time scoring champion, is the…
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The American Basketball Association had its share of talent, but nobody shone brighter than “Dr. J” Julius Erving. Erving signed with the ABA out of UMass, and the superstar would…
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Willie Mays played two years with Birmingham of the Negro Leagues before he signed with the New York Giants, and it would not take long before the “Say Hey Kid”…
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Racing from 1958 to 1992, "The King" Richard Petty is not just one of the most successful auto racers of all-time; he is easily amongst the most popular. It is…
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The long and incredible career of Martina Navratilova began in the Soviet Bloc country of Czechoslovakia, where at age 18, Czech officials demanded that she return home as the budding…
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If it had four wheels, A.J. Foyt could drive it…and win. Over his illustrious career, Foyt made history as the only driver to have won the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona…
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If Babe Ruth was the first baseball player to be a national celebrity, Joe DiMaggio was the first to be one part of an athlete/celebrity power couple when he was…
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Peggy Fleming was the elegant swan, and Dorothy Hamill was the "girl next door." This is a compliment to them both as you could not take your eyes off of…
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Babe Ruth was the first superstar on the New York Yankees, but it did not take long before he was joined by another one, Lou Gehrig.
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There have been women who won Olympic Gold in Ladies’ figure skating before Peggy Fleming won in Grenoble in 1968, but with all due respect, Fleming's grace and unique style…
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From Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente was not the first Latin American star in Major League Baseball, but he was the first one who transcended the sport.
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The American League had Babe Ruth. The National League had Rogers Hornsby.
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Jack Nicklaus is one of the most recognized and successful golfers ever, and depending on the metric, you can argue the best of all-time.
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While she was still at UCLA, Flo-Jo qualified for the 1980 Olympics Moscow in the 100 m, but she did not compete due to the U.S. boycott. At the 1984…
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While Arnold Palmer was not the first superstar of golf, he was the first of the television era, making him the sport's top attraction.
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When you think of American auto racing, a few names automatically come to mind, but no name fits it better than Mario Andretti when you think of speed. It just…
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In 1932, Mildred “Babe” Didrikson had one of the best Olympics of any American female, winning Gold in the 80 m hurdles and the javelin while also capturing Silver in…
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The 1970s were loaded with the most compelling heavyweights of boxing, and Joe Frazier was among them.
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Two years after leading Notre Dame to a National Championship, Joe Montana would be drafted by the San Francisco 49ers, where he took over as their starting quarterback back late…
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The position of quarterback is always evolving, and the men who excelled in that position eighty years ago show little resemblance to those today. If a bridge from the early…
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We say this with all due respect to every other football coach, but there is no other coach more synonymous with the game than Vince Lombardi.
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In the Big Four of North American sports leagues, there is only one true small market team. That is the Green Bay Packers, and without Curly Lambeau, they would have…
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What would the Boston Celtics be without Red Auerbach? They might still have the same name, but they would not be the Boston Celtics.
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Paul Brown was an undersized player even by the standards of the 1920s, but through determination, he became a starting quarterback at the University of Miami of Ohio. Brown would…
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"Mr. Everything." "Papa Bear."Two nicknames. Both of which are perfect.
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A multi-sport athlete at Yale, Amos Alonzo Stagg became one of the most known coaches in the first half of the 20th century.
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