Committee Chairman
Basketball HOF Nominees are out
North American Nominations (31 Nominees)
From this list, a candidate needs seven of nine votes from the North American committee to become a finalist. Finalists will be announced in February at the NBA All-Star Game. They are ranked alphabetically, and their rank (should they have one) is indicated in parenthesis.
Johnny Bach
Dick Bavetta
Gene Bess
Maurice Cheeks (#20)
Jack Curran
Bobby Dandridge (#8)
Lefty Driesell
Bill Fitch
Cotton Fitzsimmons
Travis Grant
Tim Hardaway (#11)
Spencer Haywood (#3)
Robert Hughes
Kevin Johnson (#17)
Marques Johnson (First-Time Nominee) (#14)
Gene Keady
Bernard King (#2)
Guy Lewis
Danny Miles
William “Speedy” Morris (First-Time Nominee)
Dick Motta
Curly Neal
Gary Payton (First-Time Nominee) (#1)
Rick Pitino
Mitch Richmond (#13)
Paul Silas (#34)
Eddie Sutton
Jerry Tarkanian
Rudy Tomjanovich (#45)
Paul Westphal (#29)
Gary Williams
Women Nominations (12 Nominees)
From this list, a candidate needs five of seven votes from the North American committee to become a finalist. Finalists will be announced in February at the NBA All-Star Game. Please note, with all due respect to the fine female athletes who are nominated that we do not rank them on our list.
Leta Andrews
Jennifer Azzi
Laurie Byrd (First-Time Nominee)
Kathy Delaney-Smith
Sylvia Hatchell
Rebecca Lobo
Muffet McGraw (First-Time Nominee)
Kim Mulkey
Harley Redin
Theresa Shank
Dawn Staley
Theresa Weatherspoon
ABA (14 Nominees)
The ABA Committee can vote in one candidate from this list as a Direct Elect into the Class of 2013. This Direct Elect will be announced in February at the NBA All-Star Game.
Zelmo Beaty (#41)
Ron Boone (#99)
Roger Brown (#43)
Mack Calvin
Louie Dampier (#49)
Donnie Freeman
Warren Jabali
Jimmy Jones
Bob “Slick” Leonard
Freddie Lewis
George McGinnis (#18)
Dennis Murphy (First-Time Nominee)
Charlie Scott (#42)
Willie Wise
Early African-American Pioneers (17 Nominees)
The Early African-American Pioneer Committee can vote in one candidate from this list as a Direct Elect into the Class of 2013. This Direct Elect will be announced in February at the NBA All-Star Game.
Clarence Bell
Wyatt Boswell
Zack Clayton
Nat Clifton
Chuck Cooper
Edwin Henderson
Johnny Issacs
Inman Jackson
Clarence Jenkins
Bucky Lew
Hudson Oliver
Cumberland Posey
Al Pullins
James Ricks
Paul Robeson
Eyre Saitch
William Smith
Veterans (24 Nominees)
The Veterans Committee can vote in one candidate from this list as a Direct Elect into the Class of 2013. This Direct Elect will be announced in February at the NBA All-Star Game.
Carl Braun
Charles Eckman
Leroy Edwards
Clarence “Bevo” Francis
Buck Freeman
Richie Guerin (#33)
Bobby Hall
Joe Hammond (First-Time Nominee)
Robert Harrison
Cam Henderson
Robert Hopkins
Bobby Knight
Jim Loscutoff
Loyola of Chicago
Willie Naulls (#80)
Philadelphia SPHAS (First-Time Nominee)
Mel Riebe
Glenn Roberts
Guy Rodgers (#94)
Holcombe Rucker
Ken Seusens
Paul Seymour
Tennessee A&I
Max Zaslofsky (#9)
International (13 Nominees)
The International Committee can vote in one candidate from this list as a Direct Elect into the Class of 2013. This Direct Elect will be announced in February at the NBA All-Star Game.
Mickey Berkowitz
Tal Brody
Jackie Chazalon
Vlade Divac (#35)
Nick Galis
Lindsay Gaze
Vladimir Kondrashin
Sarunas Marciulionis
Thiago Pasos
Manuel Sainz
Oscar Schmidt
Togo Soares
Ranko Zeravica
Contributor (21 Nominees)
The Contributor Committee can vote in one candidate from this list as a Direct Elect into the Class of 2013. This Direct Elect will be announced in February at the NBA All-Star Game.
Al Attles
Ed Bilik
Marty Blake
Vic Bubas
Ken Cochran (First-Time Nominee)
Harry Glickman (First-Time Nominee)
Curt Gowdy
Russ Granik (First-Time Nominee)
Del Harris (First-Time Nominee)
Tom Jernstedt
John Kline
Red Klotz
Jerry Krause
Johnny Most
Billy Packer
George Raveling
Jerry Reinsdorf (First-Time Nominee)
Gene Shue
Jim Valvano
Donnie Walsh
Frank Walsh (First-Time Nominee)
The Finalist and Direct Elect announcements will take place on Friday, February 15th, with likely as little pomp and circumstance as this announcement had.
The 1949 Hockey HOF Class is up
Art Ross
Dan Bain
It may be a small addition, but gang you know the drill. Check it out, and cast your votes. Look for upcoming classes soon!
Ray Lewis to retire
Although it has been widely speculated for some time that this would be the final season of Ray Lewis’ career, today he made it official announcing that he will not return to active competition next season.
Lewis still at least one more game in him, as he will return to the Baltimore Ravens’ lineup after a triceps injury took him out for the entire regular season. The Ravens are entering the playoff as the number 4 seed in the AFC, and even if they win (thus extending the career of Lewis) this weekend, this is likely to be the linebacker’s final game in front of the Baltimore crowd.
Ray Lewis will go down as one of the greatest Defensive players in National Football League history. He is a two time Defensive Player of the Year, the Super Bowl MVP of 2000, a thirteen time Pro Bowler and a seven time First Team All Pro Selection. There should be zero doubt that he will enter the Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility (which is 2019).
We thank Ray Lewis for his wonderful career, and look forward to see what he will do next. Based on what we hear on the Raven’s sidelines, may we suggest motivational speaking?
The 1947 Hockey HOF Class is up
As you may have noticed, we here Notinhalloffame is actually looking at those who are IN the Hockey Hall of Fame. We have uploaded a chance for you to look at the 1945 Class, so now we naturally continue chronologically with the next class which was in 1947.
This class consists of:
Aurele Joliat
Claude Robinson
Cyclone Taylor
Dit Clapper
Eddie Shore
Frank Calder
Frank Nighbor
James Sutherland
John Ross Robertson
Lester Patrick
Russell Bowie
W.A. Hewitt
William Northey
You know the drill. Check it out, and cast your votes. Look for upcoming classes soon