The 2018 Fictitious Veteran Inductees

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Tuesday, 21 May 2024 14:41

Notinhalloffame List Update: 31-40 on Basketball Revised

The problem with running a Hall of Fame-related website is that many of the big ones we cover all have announcements within months of each other. The backbone of what we do is list-related, so this results in a long push to revise what we already have; specifically, now with our Football and Basketball Lists.

At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the fourth ten of the 2024 Basketball List, which you can comment on and vote on:

The new 31 to 40:

31. Larry Nance
32. Sam Cassell
33. Horace Grant
34. Eddie Jones
35. Ron Boone
36. Gene Shue
37. Joakim Noah
38. Stephon Marbury
39. A.C. Green
40. Hersey Hawkins

Rankings are impacted annually based on your comments and votes.

Thank you all for your patience. We will soon unveil more changes to the football and basketball lists.

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Tuesday, 21 May 2024 14:05

New Broadcaster Revealed for 2024's Hall of Fame Showdown

The NFL has announced airing details for 2024’s Hall of Fame game, revealing a new broadcaster for the first time in 52 years. While ABC or NBC have historically broadcast the game, this year’s showdown will appear live through another major sports streamer.

Details of the Big Game

This year’s Hall of Fame game is a clash between the Chicago Bears and the Houston Texans. They’ll kick off at 8 PM ET on August 1st, in the same place the Hall of Fame game has always been. If you’re new to football or don’t follow the pre-season schedule that much, that’ll be the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.

This exhibition game will usher in the rest of the NFL calendar, from pre-season to post-season games. Where sportsbooks are concerned, the Hall of Fame game is treated no differently from other games. Once the 2024 season is in full swing, football fans can also use sports betting bonuses like free bets or boosts up to 200%. Before the summer of football can truly start, however, this Hall of Fame game will kick off pre-season and welcome new talent into NFL history.

The Hall of Fame play-by-play will be provided by the guys at Monday Night Football, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, with Lisa Salters reporting from the sideline. The more perceptive among you may realize that Monday Night Football is an ESPN production, which brings us to the big shake-up with this year’s game broadcasting.

ESPN Hosts the Hall of Fame Game

For the first time since the Hall of Fame game started in 1962, ESPN will air the game with Monday Night Football handling the calling. Historically, the Hall of Fame game has been one of the only pre-season games broadcast nationally, due to how prestigious the event is for fans. ABC coverage dominated early shows, hosted through their Wide World of Sports package and then later their version of Monday Night Football before it moved to ESPN.

Since 2005, NBC’s Sunday Night Football took over from ABC. However, on special occasions, NBC’s broadcast rights to the Olympic Games interfere with their Hall of Fame game obligations. When that happens, the game is kicked over to the NFL which auctions rights to one of the other media enterprises covering games, like Fox. With the Paris Olympics coming in the summer, NBC will be too busy providing exclusive, interactive coverage of the much larger event.

As a result, ABC and ESPN will be simulcasting the event on their own channels. ABC owns ESPN, and both are owned by the Walt Disney Company, so they’re more alike than different behind the scenes. It’s a homecoming for Monday Night Football, which last hosted the Hall of Fame game in 2005, but it also marks the first time ESPN will air the game. ESPN will also have priority with Spanish-speaking viewers, as the game will be streamed by their subsidiary ESPN Deportes.

With Troy Aikman strategizing the game, the new Monday Night Football team is arguably the best qualified to cover the Hall of Fame showdown. Aikman is a Hall of Famer himself, inducted in 2006 for his work with the Dallas Cowboys, and is familiar with the Tom Benson Stadium after storming the same field back in 1999.

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Monday, 20 May 2024 09:26

RIP: Jim Otto

We lost a gridiron legend today.

Hall of Fame Center, Jim Otto, known as Mr. Raider, passed away today at the age of 86.

Otto was undrafted in 1960, as the teams in the National Football League considered the Center to be too small to take his skills to the next level. They got it wrong. The AFL took shape the same year, and the Oakland Raiders saw something in the Miami Hurricane, and Otto was given the opportunity to win the Center job with the Raiders. Otto won it as a rookie, and he would start the next (and first) 210 Games for the team.

Otto was not just the best Center of the AFL in the 1960s; he was the top man in front of the Quarterback in all of Professional Football. He became an 11-time AFL All-Star/Pro Bowl Selection and was so dominant that no other center was a first-team All-Pro in the entire history of the American Football League.

The Raiders would win the division seven times with Otto at Center, and won the AFL Championship in 1967. Otto played his entire career with the Raiders and is the best Offensive Lineman in team history.

In 1980, Otto was inducted into Canton in his first year of eligibility.

We at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the fans, family and friends of Jim Otto.

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Monday, 20 May 2024 02:03

Notinhalloffame List Update: 71-80 on Football Revised

At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the eighth ten of the 2024 Football List, which you can comment on and vote on:

The new 71 to 80:

71. Leslie O’Neal
72. Pat Swilling
73. Jay Hilgenberg
74. Alan Ameche
75. Jeff Saturday
76. Karl Mecklenburg
77. Chuck Foreman
78. Logan Mankins
79. Keith Jackson
80. Eddie Meador

Rankings are impacted annually based on your comments and votes.

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36. Gene Shue

Gene Shue's journey in the world of basketball took off at the University of Maryland, where he showcased his skills as an All-ACC Selection. As a talented and innovative guard, Shue was chosen as the third overall pick by the Philadelphia Warriors in 1954. However, a brief stint in Philadelphia ensued after a dispute over his first paycheck, leading to his trade to New York. Shue's fortunes turned when he was traded to the Fort Wayne Pistons, providing him with the opportunity to become a key starter and a standout player.

Following the relocation of the franchise to Detroit, Shue experienced the peak of his playing career. He achieved an impressive five consecutive All-Star selections from 1958 to 1962, and notably received All-NBA honors in 1959-60 and 1960-61. During these standout seasons, Shue maintained an impressive average of over 20 points per game and secured seventh and tenth place in the MVP voting, respectively.

After this remarkable phase, Shue continued to play for two more years, one with New York and the other with Baltimore. His association with the Baltimore team extended beyond his playing career, as he later took on the role of coach and achieved the remarkable feat of winning two Coach of the Year Awards.

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Sunday, 19 May 2024 10:16

Notinhalloffame List Update: 21-30 on Basketball Revised

At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the third ten of the 2024 Basketball List, which you can comment on and vote on:

The new 21 to 30:

21. Glen Rice
22. Paul Silas
23. Johnny Kerr
24. Larry Kenon
25. Rasheed Wallace
26. Rudy LaRusso
27. Peja Stojakovic
28. Tyson Chandler
29. Willie Naulls
30. Larry Johnson

Rankings are impacted annually based on your comments and votes.

Thank you all for your patience. We will soon unveil more changes to the football and basketball lists.

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Saturday, 18 May 2024 21:00

Notinhalloffame List Update: 61-70 on Football Revised

At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the seventh ten of the 2024 Football List, which you can comment on and vote on:

The new 61 to 70:

61. Rod Smith
62. John Abraham
63. Larry Grantham
64. Mike Kenn
65. Greg Lloyd
66. Marshall Goldberg
67. Gary Clark
68. Rosey Grier
69. Henry Ellard
70. Darren Woodson

Rankings are impacted annually based on your comments and votes.

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Saturday, 18 May 2024 04:54

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1960 FINAL VOTE

1960 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project Class.

Here we are! Again!!

If you have been following our Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project, you know that we have asked the rhetorical question: What if the PFHOF began in January 1946?

After soliciting and obtaining a passionate group of football fans and historians, we sent out a ballot for a Preliminary Vote, in which we asked each voter to give us 25 names as their semi-finalists and 5 in the Senior Pool. Following that, we asked the group to vote for their 15 Finalists in the Modern Era and 3 in the Senior Category. The final stage was to vote for their five Modern Era inductee and one Senior inductee.

This is the result of the fifteenth official class;

Below are the final results of this project based on 30 votes,

Remember that the group took a vote in “1960”, and we have reverted back to the top five candidates entering the Hall PROVIDING THEY MAKE 50% of the vote. This will be put to a vote again in “1963”.

This is for the “Modern Era”

*Bold indicates they have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Class of 1960:

Player	Year of Eligibility	Vote Total
Ken Kavanaugh E	5	17
Ace Gutowski FB-TB	16	13
Ward Cuff WB-QB-HB	8	13
Marshall Goldberg FB	7	12
Dick Barwegan G	1	12
Whizzer White TB-HB	14	11
Bill Osmanski FB	8	10
Buckets Goldenberg G-BB	10	7
Joe Kopcha G	19	6
George Christensen T-G	17	6
Lou Rymkus T	4	6
Bruno Banducci G	1	6
Pat Harder FB	2	5
Woody Strode E	6	4
George Svendsen C	14	3
Vic Sears T-DT	2	2

This is for the “Senior Era”, *Bold indicates they have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Class of 1960, though no one made the mandatory 50% threshold to advance.

Tony Latone	5	12
Hunk Anderson	10	9
Al Nesser	4	6
None of the Above	N/A	2

About the 1960 Inductees:

Ken Kavanaugh E, CHI 1940-41 & 1945-50: Inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project in 1960 on his 5^th Ballot. Was never inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame.

An SEC Player of the Year in 1939 with LSU, Ken Kavanaugh was chosen by the Chicago Bears the following year in the 3^rd Round of the NFL Draft. The End would be a member of the dominant “Monsters of the Midway” where the won back-to-back NFL Championships (1940 & 1941), scoring a TD in the first one (which was the lopsided 73-0 dismantling of the Washington Redskins).

Like many of his peers, Kavanaugh enlisted to serve his country in World War II, and when he returned, the former LSU Tiger picked up right where he left off. Kavanaugh would again help the Bears win the 1946 NFL Championship. He would be named a First Team All-Pro in various publications three times and would twice lead the NFL in Touchdown Receptions before he retired after 1950. He was named to the 1940's All-Decade Team.