A car racer and course designer, Bill France Sr. had his greatest early success as a promoter on the beaches of Daytona. France did well, but he recognized the need to create a standardized circuit where rogue promotors could not stiff drivers and consistency across the sport could breed. With that in mind, he spearheaded the creation of NASCAR in 1948.

On the surface, this might seem like a strange choice for a nomination, but the contributions of Dr. James Andrews to sports is unquantifiable.

Ron Wolf won two Super Bowls as a scout with the Oakland Raiders, but he had far greater success when he finally made it to the position of general manager with the Green Bay Packers.

Dana White, who was the manager for Tito Ortiz and Chuck Lidell, learned that the Semaphore Entertainment Group, which owned the Ultimate Fighting Championship, was looking to sell. Mixed Martial Arts had drawn some good numbers on pay per view, but it struggled overall with negative perception and was hemorrhaging money. White convinced his friend, Lorenzo Fertitta, to bankroll buying the company, which they did with White as its president.

Where would ice sports be without the ice resurfacer, or as we know it as the Zamboni?

The coaching career of Joe Gibbs began in 1964 at San Diego State, where he was their offensive line coach before moving to Florida State and USC in the same capacity. Elevating to the running back coach with Arkansas, and then the St. Louis Cardinals, Gibbs ascended to the role of offensive coordinator with Tampa Bay and San Diego under Don “Air” Coryell.

Sports historians have called Walter Camp the "Father of American Football,"; four words that make him worthy of a sports-based hall of fame.

A multi-sport athlete at Yale, Amos Alonzo Stagg became one of the most known coaches in the first half of the 20th century.

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 become a high school football coach and arguably the most successful one in Ohio history, winning four National Championships and six State Championships.

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 never existed.