We have another significant retirement in the NFL, as it has been revealed that Defensive Back Patrick Peterson will be retiring on Monday.

A superstar at LSU, Peterson won the 2010 Chuck Bednarik Award, the Jim Thorpe Award, and the Jack Tatum Award, which vaulted him to the number five pick overall in the following draft.  The Arizona Cardinals were the fortunate organization to land Peterson, who brought a sweet blend of size, speed, and football IQ, which made him one of the most versatile Defensive Backs of the 2010s.

Peterson wasted no time in establishing himself in the NFL.  A starting Cornerback from day one, Peterson began his career with eight straight Pro Bowls, earning three First Team All-Pros along the way.  The former LSU Tiger was so dominant in the 2010s that he was selected to the 2010s All-Decade Team.  He finished his career with two years in Minnesota and one in Pittsburgh and compiled 36 Interceptions and 652 Combined Tackles.

Peterson last played in 2023, which makes him eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2029, and in our pre-2024 Notinhalloffame Football monitor, he was ranked #13.

We here at notinhalloffame.com would wish Patrick Peterson the best in his post-playing career.

1976 SEMI-FINAL RESULTS:

Thank you for all of your participation in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are unaware of what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946.

We have completed the years up to 1975.

For “1976,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1970. We are also following the structure in that players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool.

Each voter was asked to select 25 names from the preliminary list, and the top 25 vote-getters were named Semi-Finalists.

A week later, the voters were asked to pick 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, and next week, they will pick five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process weekly until we catch up to the current year.

32 Votes took place, with the top fifteen advancing.

This is for the “Modern Era”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals: 

This is for the “Senior Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

This is for the “Coaches/Contributors Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

We will post the Class of the 1976 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project next Saturday.

Thank you to all who contributed. If you want to be part of this project, please let us know!

The WWE Hall of Fame has reactivated its legacy wing for the Class of 2025, and Kamala, Ivan Koloff, and Dory Funk Sr will be inducted.

This is the first time the Legacy Wing has been used since 2021, and it has been criticized in the past as many of the inductee's families were not aware of the induction until it was announced publicly.  It is not known now if this is the case for these three.

Born James Harris in Mississippi, Harris first began wrestling in 1978 but adopted the Kamala gimmick in 1982 under the advice of Jerry Jarrett and Jerry Lawler.  It was a money maker, with Harris taking the gimmick across the country through multiple territories, including the WWE, where over three runs in 1984, 1986-87 & 1992-93, he had multiple main event runs and challenged for the WWF World Heavyweight Title.  He passed away in 2020.

From Quebec, Oreal Perras debuted in 1963 and first gained success as the Irishman Red McNulty, but it was not until he became “The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff that he achieved stardom.  Koloff joined the WWWF in 1969, and in 1971, he shocked the wrestling world when he pinned Bruno Sammartino to win the World Heavyweight Title.  It was a brief run, as Pedro Morales dethroned him three weeks later, but throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, Koloff worked in the WWWF/WWF and was often at the top of the card.  He also succeeded in the NWA throughout the 1980s, leading the Russian faction while winning Tag Team gold.  He passed away in 2017.

Dory Funk Sr. is best known as the father of Terry and Dory Funk Jr., who both became NWA World Heavyweight Champions, but the family's patriarch ran a successful territory in North Texas for decades.  This is also a posthumous induction, as he passed away in 1973.

While we are happy for these selections, Kamala and Koloff could have easily been done when they were both alive.

We will be revising our Notinhalloffame WWE list after Wrestlemania.

One of the greatest women’s basketball players is calling at a career.

Elena Delle Donne announced on Instagram that she is retiring from the game of Basketball.

A three-time Coastal Athletic Association Player of the Year (2011, 2012 & 2013) at the University of Delaware, Delle Donne was the 2012 NCAA Scoring Leader.  Drafted second overall by the Chicago Sky, Delle Donne won the WNBA 2013 Rookie of the Year and was third in WNBA voting.  An All-Star the first three seasons of his career, Delle Donne won the WNBA MVP in 2015 and earned her first First Team All-WNBA Selection.  She earned a second First Team All-WNBA the year after, but as she approached free agency, the Sky traded her to the Washington Mystics, where she played the remainder of her career.

Delle Donne was an All-Star in her first three seasons in D.C., and would capture her second MVP in 2019.  More importantly, she led the Mystics to a WNBA Championship.  It was the apex of her career, and her future never looked brighter, but the toll of compounding injuries were set to take its toll.

Sitting out the 2020 COVID season, Delle Donne was only able to play three more seasons before injuries took her out of the game she loved.

Internationally, she represented the United States at the 2016 Olympics and 2018 World Cup, winning Gold in both tournaments.

She last played in 2023 and is eligible for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame next year.

We here at notinhalloffame.com wish Elena Delle Donne the best in her post-playing career.