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Tom Higgins to the NASCAR HOF
Jul 05, 2014
Published in Not in Hall of Fame News
The NASCAR Hall of Fame has announced that Tom Higgins will become the fourth recipient of the Squier-Hall Media Award, which similar to the Ford C. Frick Award in Baseball earns him automatic induction into the Hall of Fame.
Higgins began his writing career in 1957 and would join the Charlotte Observer in 1964 where some of his duties included covering Motor Sports. It would soon become evident that this would be his calling and in 1980 he would become the first beat reporter for the NASCAR circuit (still working for the Charlotte Observer), and he would hold that title until his semi-retirement in 1997. Higgins has already been the recipient of numerous writing awards in the field of NASCAR and motorsports journalism, and this is the final, and highest accolade for him to receive.
The Award was named after legendary NASCAR broadcasters Ken Squier and Barney Hall, who were also the recipients of the award in 2013. The ceremony for the NASCAR Hall of Fame will take place January of next year.
Coming Soon this Summer and Fall
Jun 30, 2014
Published in Not in Hall of Fame News
As it is a common occurrence here for us at Notinhalloffame.com, we would like to keep all of you aware of what is being planned for our continued growth at Notinhalloffame.com.
Hopefully, you have noticed our new “Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame”, which now is accepting votes for the second round for the 2014 Class. If you like that, then you will love the “Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” which follows the same platform, where your favorite fake bands duel for the privilege of being part of the inaugural class. We are hopeful of launching the voting this summer. Once that voting commences, the First Round will be open to the public. As all of you can imagine, we are very excited about this addition to our website!
We still have a lot more updates coming. In two months we plan to unveil the new NASCAR and Hockey Lists. In both cases, the men we had placed at the number one slot has been inducted, and there will be significant changes to each list’s top ten.
We are also looking towards future possibilities. By the Fall, we should have up additional names who will soon be eligible for the Hall of Fame in Baseball, Hockey and Basketball, and you can voice your opinion on where (or if) they should be ranked on future lists.
There will also be a major addition in November that we have mentioned earlier. We will be looking at all major North American sports franchise and how they have conducted themselves in terms of franchise Halls of Fame, Rings of Honor, Retired Numbers and other methods by which they have honored their past players and contributors. This will be illustrated in a fluid rank that we will also ask your input on.
We thank all of you for continued support and we look forward to continue to bring you new content on a regular basis.
Pat Miletich to the UFC HOF
Jun 30, 2014
Published in Not in Hall of Fame News
According to the respected website, MMA Junkie, the UFC will be inducting Pat Miletich to their Hall of Fame on July 6th of this year at the main stage of the UFC Fan Expo in Las Vegas. Miletich won a Welterweight tournament, which occurred at UFC 16 in 1998 by defeating both Townsend Saunders and Chris Brennan in the same night.
Later that year, at UFC Brazil (also known as UFC 17.5), Miletich would score his biggest win, becoming the promotion’s inaugural Welterweight Champion defeating Mikey Burnett. He would successfully defend the Title four times before succumbing to Carlos Newton in 2001. Although Miletich would never become a UFC Champion again, he was one of the early lighter weight stars of Mixed Martial Arts and retired with an overall MMA record of 29-7-2 (8-2 in the UFC).
After he was finished as an active competitor, Pat Miletich would become a respected trainer, producing future main event talent such as Matt Hughes and Robbie Lawler. Miletich becomes the twelfth fighter to enter the MMA Hall of Fame, and we here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate him for receiving this honor.
2014 Hockey HOF Class Announced!
Jun 23, 2014
Published in Not in Hall of Fame News
One of our favorite days of the year is here! Today, the Hockey Hall of Fame has announced their Class of 2014, and in what has become a tradition for the Toronto based institution there were little surprises in the way of obvious snubs.
We had Czech Goalie, Dominik Hasek at number one on our list of those who should be considered for the Hockey Hall of Fame when he first became eligible this year, and to the shock of nobody “The Dominator” enters on his first year of eligibility. Hasek won everything worth winning in Hockey as he captured the Hart Trophy twice, the Vezina six times, the Stanley Cup and Olympic Gold. We are sure that he was a no-brainer in the eyes of the committee and the easiest choice of the lot.
Hasek is joined by another European and former Hart Trophy recipient, Peter Forsberg. The Swedish forward was number four on our list, and won the Stanley Cup twice with the Colorado Avalanche and the Olympic Gold Medal twice with Sweden. Forsebrg had a stellar 1.25 Points per Game Average in his career and also won the Art Ross Trophy for the most Points in the NHL in 2003.
Keeping with the International flavour of this year’s class, is American born Mike Modano who also enters the Hockey Hall of Fame on his first year eligible. Modano was a seven time All Star and took the Dallas Stars to their first ever Stanley Cup and his popularity solidified the game of Hockey in Texas. He is also the all-time leader in Points scored by an American born player. We had Modano ranked at the number five spot.
The final player chosen this year was a minor surprise in our eyes, as Rob Blake makes his way to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Blake (who we had ranked at number 18) also won the Stanley Cup with Colorado and was named the leagues top Defenceman in 1998. Like Hasek and Forsberg, he has an Olympic Gold Medal, which was won with Canada in 2002.
The Hockey Hall of Fame also chose Pat Burns, the former Coach of the Year who died a few years ago. There was a major push within the Internet to have him elected before he passed away, as he was openly battling cancer, so that he could receive this before he died. Burns was the Jack Adams Trophy Winner representing the NHL Coach of the Year three times. This has to be a bittersweet moment for his family.
The Hockey Hall of Fame will also induct former Referee, Bill McCreary who officiated nearly 2,000 Games between 1984 and 2011.
Notable omissions are Eric Lindros, Paul Kariya and Dave Andreychuk. Lindros in particular, has been the subject of many articles touting his candidacy for enshrinement.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate this year’s Hockey Hall of Fame Class. We intend to have our revised Hockey List for 2015 out by August of this year.