Saturday, 20 December 2025
The 2025 Class of Inductees (35)
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If Babe Ruth was the most important American athlete of the 1920s, was Jack Dempsey far behind?
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One of the most intimidating men ever to stand on a pitcher's mound, Bob Gibson played his entire 17-year career with the St. Louis Cardinals, where he won two World…
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One of the most explosive running backs in NFL history, Gale Sayers was a two-time All-American at Kansas who still boasts the rookie record for Touchdowns (22). A two-time Rushing…
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We can't imagine the racism that Jack Johnson endured during his lifetime. Nobody should have to.
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One of the first elite Mixed Martial Arts fighters in the UFC, Randy Couture is the first fighter to have won World Titles in multiple weight classes.
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From the state of Iowa, Dan Gable stayed home early in his athletic career, going to Iowa State, where he was the most successful wrestler in school history. Gable won…
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From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, Mike Schmidt was the most dominant Third Baseman in the Majors. Nobody else was even close.
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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in the first-ever class in 1936, Honus Wagner was not just the best shortstop of his era but has been called by many…
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The son of the legendary Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt Jr was born to race on the NASCAR circuit…and dominate it.
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When Ty Cobb retired 4,191 Hits, it seemed to be an unbreakable mark. Pete Rose had other ideas.
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Basketball was a different game when George Mikan began to play in the early 1940s, so much so that it was believed that his 6’ 10” frame was a liability…
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An All-American at Holy Cross, Bob Cousy was dubbed the “Houdini of the Hardcourt” for his playmaking skills and evolution of basketball passing. Cousy became a legend with the Boston…
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With all due respect to every other Wide Receiver in pro football, there is no other greater player at that position than Jerry Rice.
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Initially a pairs skater, Kristi Yamaguchi elected to focus on a singles career, which proved to be the correct decision.
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Dale Earnhardt did not cast an imposing figure, but when he was in his stock car, clad in black, the "Intimidator" had no problem bullying anyone on the track.
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One of the more eccentric baseball players, Rickey Henderson, was also one of the quickest, swiping 1,406 bases and shattering the previous record from Lou Brock. The master of the…
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The 1990s had its share of superstars, controversies, and up-and-down times, but there was one smile that lit up every ballpark he entered, and it belonged to Ken Griffey Jr.
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Barry Sanders won the Heisman as a member of the Oklahoma Sooners, and the elusive running back immediately became one of the offensive players in the National Football League.
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Considered one of the greatest female athletes regardless of sport or nationality, Jackie Joyner-Kersee won medals in four different Olympic Games, placing her in rare company.
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An All-American at Tennessee, Reggie White’s pro career began in the USFL with the Memphis Showboats. He landed in Philadelphia when the USFL folded, and he quickly became the best…
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In 1973, Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs, a 55-year-old former men's champion in the "Battle of the Sexes," a televised event that put more eyeballs on the sport of…
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A Chicago Bear for his entire professional playing career, Walter Payton would be the one to eclipse Jim Brown’s rushing record, and he for a time, he was the all-time…
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Arguably the top male tennis star of the 1970s, Jimmy Connors was ranked #1 for 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1978 and held that rank another 108 weeks on…
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Eric Heiden had already dominated speed skating in the three years leading up to the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics, but what he accomplished at that event has never been duplicated.
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Arthur Ashe was the first African-American male to be a star in the world of tennis, who faced many of the racial obstacles that Althea Gibson dealt with years before.…
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After playing four years at Tennessee-Martin, Pat Summitt became a graduate student at Tennessee. The Lady Vols coach suddenly retired, and at age 22, Summitt stepped in to fulfill the…
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One of the most effortless statements to make in football coaching is that Eddie Robinson was the most successful ever in historically black colleges. You can (and we will) go…
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Lou Holtz’s first head coaching job was in 1969 when he was hired at the College of William & Mary. He did well, bringing his squad to the Tangerine Bowl,…
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