The 2022 Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is announced!
One of our pet projects, the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the six new members comprising the Class of 2022, which is the 9th full class.
There are three wings in the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame:
The Fictitious Athlete wing, whose members are: Rocky Balboa (The Rocky series), Roy Hobbs (The Natural), Crash Avis (Bull Durham), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks) Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot), Apollo Creed (Rocky), Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League), Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump), Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy), Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard), Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own), Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid), Clubber Lang (Rocky), Ivan Drago (Rocky), “Fast” Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money, Al Bundy (Married...with Children), Homer Simpson (The Simpsons), Johnny Lawrence (The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai), Jake Taylor (Major League), Sam Malone (Cheers) and Jimmy Chitwood (Hoosiers).
The Fictitious Contributor Wing, whose members are: Harry Doyle (Major League), Carl Spackler (Caddyshack), Mr. Miyagi (The Karate Kid), Chubbs Peterson (Happy Gilmore), Gordon Bombay (The Mighty Ducks), Mickey Goldmill (Rocky), Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears), Coach Ernie Pantusso (Cheers), Adrian Balboa (Rocky), Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own), The Gopher (Caddyshack), Paulie Pennino (Rocky) and Norman Dale (Hoosiers).
The Fictitious Veteran Wing, whose members are: Andy “Champ” Purcell (The Champ), Dennis Ryan (Take Me Out to the Ball Game), Guffy McGovern (Angels in the Outfield), Huxley College (Horse Feathers), Sport Goofy (Disney) and Joe Hardy/Joe Boyd (Damn Yankees) and Harold Lamb (The Freshman).
Who joins them? Let’s find out!
The Fictitious Athlete Class of 2023 are:
Adonis Creed (Creed and Creed II, portrayed by Michael B. Jordan). The son of former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Apollo Creed, Adonis became the World Heavyweight Champion himself. This is the most “recent” inductee, and the one with the greatest fictitious athlete pedigree.
Lee (Enter the Dragon, portrayed by Bruce Lee). Lee qualifies as he participated in what was the most unorganized martial arts tournament in memory; which considering he lived, he won? That being said, is there a more realistic combatant in any fictional contest?
Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Portrayed by Will Ferrell). NASCAR legend, Ricky Bobby finally enters the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame, and auto racing is well represented. He wasn’t “first” to get in, but despite his famous credo, is not “last”.
The Fictitious Athlete Contributors are:
Irv Blitzer (Cool Runnings, played by John Candy): While there was a Jamaican Bobsled Team at the 1988 Olympics, there was no Irv Blitzer. In Cool Runnings, he did exist, as a disgraced former American bobsledder who cheated in the 1960 Olympics. He found his redemption with the Jamaican bobsledders, and coached them to respectability in .
John Kreese (The Karate Kid & Cobra Kai, portrayed by Martin Kove): Johnny Lawrence swept the leg, but it was Sensei John Kreese who gave the order. The evil karate instructor corrupted many a young mind for Valley dominance amongst high school karate students, and decades later, he did it all again.
The Fictitious Athlete Veteran is:
Frank Capua (Winning, portrayed by Paul Newman): Capua long dreamt of capturing the checkered flag at the Indianapolis 500, but there are a lot of obstacles in the way to get it. Newman is now a three-time entrant following his “Fast” Eddie Felson and Reggie Dunlop induction.
This now means we are underway for voting on the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Class of 2023.
You are voting for Semi-Finalists and can vote for them here:
When you can, please support our site and cast your vote for the Class of 2023!
As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com thank you for your support.
Our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame announces the 2022 Finalists
One of our pet projects, the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Finalists for the Class of 2022, which will be the 9th full class.
The Semi-Finalists were decided by all of you, after being pared down from other 500 Preliminary Nominees.
There are three wings in the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame:
The Fictitious Athlete wing, whose members are: Rocky Balboa (The Rocky series), Roy Hobbs (The Natural), Crash Avis (Bull Durham), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks) Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot), Apollo Creed (Rocky), Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League), Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump), Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy), Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard), Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own), Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid), Clubber Lang (Rocky), Ivan Drago (Rocky), “Fast” Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money, Al Bundy (Married...with Children), Homer Simpson (The Simpsons), Johnny Lawrence (The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai), Jake Taylor (Major League), Sam Malone (Cheers) and Jimmy Chitwood (Hoosiers)
The Fictitious Contributor wing, whose members are: Harry Doyle (Major League), Carl Spackler (Caddyshack), Mr. Miyagi (The Karate Kid), Chubbs Peterson (Happy Gilmore), Gordon Bombay (The Mighty Ducks), Mickey Goldmill (Rocky), Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears), Coach Ernie Pantusso (Cheers), Adrian Balboa (Rocky), Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own), The Gopher (Caddyshack), Paulie Pennino (Rocky) and Norman Dale (Hoosiers)
The Fictitious Veteran wing, whose members are: Andy “Champ” Purcell (The Champ), Dennis Ryan (Take Me Out to the Ball Game), Guffy McGovern (Angels in the Outfield), Huxley College (Horse Feathers), Sport Goofy (Disney) and Joe Hardy/Joe Boyd (Damn Yankees) and Harold Lamb (The Freshman).
The Fictitious Athlete Finalists are:
Adonis Creed (Creed and Creed II, portrayed by Michael B. Jordan). The son of former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Apollo Creed, Adonis became the World Heavyweight Champion himself. This is the most “recent” Finalist, and he is now a three-time Finalist.
“All the Way” Mae Mordabito (A League of Their Own, portrayed by Madonna). Mordabito played at Centerfield for the Rockford Peaches, and was the team’s leadoff hitter. She is a Finalist for the second straight year. Can she join Dottie Hinson into the Hall?
“Big Ern” Ernie McCracken (Kingpin, portrayed by Bill Murray). While he might be unscrumptious, Big Ern was one of the best bowlers ever, and he returns as a now two-time Finalist. If McCracken gets in, Bill Murray enters a character for the second time (Carl Spackler from Caddyshack is a contributor)
Bugs Bunny (Space Jam). Was he better with Michael Jordan or LeBron James? That really isn’t a debate, is it? The animated rabbit is a Second time Finalist, and would be the first animated character to enter.
Cal Naughton Jr. (Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby, portrayed by John C. Reilly). The ultimate second banana in racing, Naughton Jr. is a Finalist for the first time.
Danny Nonnan (Caddyshack, portrayed by Michael O’Keefe). Noonan did not get the best lines in the movie, but never forget that it was his putt that won the contest against the Judge. He is a Finalist for the first time, and could join many other in the famed 1980 flick.
Hamilton Porter (The Sandlot, portrayed by Patrick Renna). Unlike Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, who did play in the Major Leagues, Porter never was going to make the Majors, but he was the one with the quickest wit. Perhaps, he can follow Rodriguez into the Fictitious Athlete Hall, as he enters the Finals for the first time.
Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski (The Big Lebowski, portrayed by Jeff Bridges). A pot smoking slacker who loves bowling? Sounds good to us! The Dude has been a Finalist three times before.
Lee (Enter the Dragon, portrayed by Bruce Lee). Lee qualifies as he participates in what was the most unorganized martial arts tournament in memory. He is now a four-time Finalist.
Lightning McQueen (Cars, voiced by Owen Wilson). A previous Finalist we love our anthropomorphic animated cars, don’t we? McQueen would win the coveted “Piston”. Like Bugs Bunny we would have our first animated entrant if McQueen enters.
Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard: 2005, portrayed by Adam Sandler): The earlier (and better) version starring Burt Reynolds is already in, but this is a decent film in its own right, and Sandler is believable in the role. This version is a Finalist for the first time but if we could see Adam Sandler (Happy Gilmore & Bobby Boucher) as the first three-time entrant.
Pedro Cerrano (Major League, portrayed by Dennis Haysbert): The voodoo practitioner was a long ball slugger who has been a Finalist three times before. Will we see a fourth Cleveland Indian following Ricky Vaughn, Willie Hays and Jake Taylor?
Randy “The Ram” Robinson (The Wrestler, portrayed by Mickey Rourke). Robinson is an aging pro wrestler barely hanging on. He was a Finalist four years ago, and would be the first professional wrestler to enter.
Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Portrayed by Will Ferrell). NASCAR legend, Ricky Bobby has been a Finalist three times before. Since, he never finished first, has he always been last?
Shane Falco (The Replacements: portrayed by Keanu Reeves). From THE Ohio State, Falco had a second chance in Football with the Washington Sentinels, and he COULD win with that crew of misfits. Falco is now a three-time Finalist.
The Fictitious Athlete Contributors are:
Coach Klein (The Waterboy, portrayed by Henry Winkler): Coach Klein was meek and mild but a coaching savant who finally had his chance to shine with defensive stud (and Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame inductee), Bobby Boucher. He is a previous four-time Finalist.
Darcy Sears (Varsity Blues, portrayed by Ali Larter): A Finalist for the second time, Darcy Sears is best known for her whipped cream bikini, and that might be enough for the small-town girl looking for a meal ticket out. Amazingly, this could be the first entrant from Varsity Blues.
George Costanza (Seinfeld, portrayed by Jason Alexander): Costanza stumbled his way into an executive position with the New York Yankees, and was almost the Assistant GM for the Mets. Maybe that really did happen? This is the third time as a Finalist for Costanza.
Hayden Fox (Coach, portrayed by Craig T. Nelson): Fox is now a five-time Finalist and the former Head Coach at Minnesota State, a team he took to the National Championship.
Irv Blitzer (Cool Runnings, played by John Candy): While there was a Jamaican Bobsled Team at the 1988 Olympics, there was no Irv Blitzer, but in the world of film, he existed, and coached them to respectability in Calgary. He is now a two-time Finalist.
Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire, portrayed by Tom Cruise): The most known sports agent in the fictitious world has been a Finalist three times before, though doesn’t he have only one client left?
John Kreese (The Karate Kid & Cobra Kai, portrayed by Martin Kove): Johnny Lawrence swept the leg, but it was Sensei John Kreese who gave the order. The evil karate instructor corrupted many a young mind for Valley dominance amongst high school karate students. Wait, what was his motivation again? He is now a two-time Finalist.
Lou Brown (Major League, portrayed by James Gammon): Brown went from managing the Toledo Mudhens and landed the job as the Cleveland Indians Manager. This is his third time as a Finalist, and could join Harry Doyle as a Major League contributor.
Terrence Mann (Field of Dreams, portrayed by James Earl Jones): An important counter-culture writer of the 1960s, Mann is a disaffected baseball fan who travels with Kinsella to his Iowa baseball diamond. This is his second time as a Finalist.
The Fictitious Athlete Veterans are:
Frank Capua (Winning, portrayed by Paul Newman): Capua long dreamt of capturing the checkered flag at the Indianapolis 500, but there are a lot of obstacles in the way to get it. This is the first time as a Finalist for Capua, and Newman could be a two-time entrant following his “Fast” Eddie Felson induction.
Velvet Brown (National Velvet, portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor): Brown won the steeplechase but sexism of her day meant she had to pretend to be male. Brown is a three-time Finalist.
Walter “Kid Galahad” Gulick (Kid Galahad, portrayed by Elvis Presley): Kid Galahad was a mechanic turned boxer. Hey, it was better than a lot of the other Elvis films. This is a first-time Finalist.
When you can, please support our site and cast your vote for the Class of 2020!
As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com thank you for your support.
Our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame announces the Semi-Finalists
One of our pet projects, the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Semi-Finalists for the Class of 2022, which will be the 9th full class.
The Semi-Finalists were decided by all of you, after being pared down from other 500 Preliminary Nominees.
There are three wings in the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame:
The Fictitious Athlete wing, whose members are: Rocky Balboa (The Rocky series), Roy Hobbs (The Natural), Crash Avis (Bull Durham), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks) Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot), Apollo Creed (Rocky), Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League), Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump), Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy), Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard), Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own), Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid), Clubber Lang (Rocky), Ivan Drago (Rocky), “Fast” Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money, Al Bundy (Married...with Children), Homer Simpson (The Simpsons), Johnny Lawrence (The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai), Jake Taylor (Major League), Sam Malone (Cheers) and Jimmy Chitwood (Hoosiers)
The Fictitious Contributor wing, whose members are: Harry Doyle (Major League), Carl Spackler (Caddyshack), Mr. Miyagi (The Karate Kid), Chubbs Peterson (Happy Gilmore), Gordon Bombay (The Mighty Ducks), Mickey Goldmill (Rocky), Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears), Coach Ernie Pantusso (Cheers), Adrian Balboa (Rocky), Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own), The Gopher (Caddyshack), Paulie Pennino (Rocky) and Norman Dale (Hoosiers)
The Fictitious Veteran wing, whose members are: Andy “Champ” Purcell (The Champ), Dennis Ryan (Take Me Out to the Ball Game), Guffy McGovern (Angels in the Outfield), Huxley College (Horse Feathers), Sport Goofy (Disney) and Joe Hardy/Joe Boyd (Damn Yankees) and Harold Lamb (The Freshman).
The Fictitious Athlete Semi-Finalists are:
Adonis Creed (Creed and Creed II, portrayed by Michael B. Jordan). The son of former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Apollo Creed, Adonis became the World Heavyweight Champion himself. This is the most “recent” Semi-Finalist, he was a Finalist the last two years.
Al Czervik (Caddyshack, portrayed by Rodney Dangerfield). Czervik is now a two-time Finalist, and his win over the “snobs” at Bushwood Country Club is still golf legend.
“All the Way” Mae Mordabito (A League of Their Own, portrayed by Madonna). Mordabito played at Centerfield for the Rockford Peaches, and was the team’s leadoff hitter. She as a Finalist for the first time last year.
Amanda Whurlitzer (The Bad News Bears, portrayed by Tatum O’Neal). With the exception of the drunken manager, Morris Buttermaker, the Bears have not yielded a Hall of Famer, and we have a returning Semi-Finalist in the female Pitcher, who helped change the fortunes of the hard luck little league team.
Anakain Skywalker (Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, portrayed by Jake Lloyd). The first Star Wars prequel is universally regarded as disappointing, but when Darth Vader was a child, he became the top pod racer on Tattooine. He is a returning Semi-Finalist, so this clearly matters to you!
Andrew Clark (The Breakfast Club, portrayed by Emilio Estevez). We never saw Clark wrestle but we know he taped the hairy ass cheeks of a classmate together to earn Saturday detention. He is now a two-time Semi-Finalist.
“Big Ern” Ernie McCracken (Kingpin, portrayed by Bill Murray). While he might be unscrumptious, Big Ern was one of the best bowlers ever, and he returns as a multi-time Semi-Finalist.
Billy Hoyle (White Men Can’t Jump, portrayed by Woody Harrelson). White men actually can jump, but it takes until the end of the movie to do it. Hoyle was a street ball hustler, and he is Semi-Finalist for the third time.
Bodhi (Point Break, portrayed by Patrick Swayze). Did any athlete surf off in a more majestic way? Part criminal and part surfer, Bodhi is a returning Semi-Finalist.
Bugs Bunny (Space Jam). Was he better with Michael Jordan or LeBron James? That really isn’t a debate, is it? The animated rabbit is a returning Semi-Finalist.
Cal Naughton Jr. (Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby, portrayed by John C. Reilly). The ultimate second banana in racing, Naughton Jr. is a returning Semi-Finalist.
Chazz Michael Michaels (Blades of Glory, portrayed by Will Ferrell). CMM was a star solo figure skater who found a second life as a pair skater with his former adversary. This is also a former Finalist.
Danny Nonnan (Caddyshack, portrayed by Michael O’Keefe). Noonan did not get the best lines in the movie, but never forget that it was his putt that won the contest against the Judge.
Dorf (Dorf, Portrayed by Tim Conway). A diminutive golfer, Dorf had a series of “instructional” videos over the years. He was a Semi-Finalist three years ago.
Frederick “Ogre” Palowaski (Revenge of the Nerds, portrayed by Donald Gibb). From Adams College, Ogre was more obsessed with beating up nerds than playing football, although he did eventually join the Tri-Lambs. How did his pro career go?
Greg Goldberg (The Mighty Ducks Trilogy, portrayed by Shaun Weiss). Every great hockey dynasty needs a great Goalie. Goldberg was good enough, and great at the one-liners. Goldberg was a Finalist for the last two years.
Hamilton Porter (The Sandlot, portrayed by Patrick Renna). Unlike Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, who did play in the Major Leagues, Porter never was going to make the Majors, but he was the one with the quickest wit. Perhaps, he can follow Rodriguez into the Fictitious Athlete Hall. He is a four-time Semi-Finalist.
Henry Rowengartner (Rookie of the Year, portrayed by Thomas Ian Nicholas). A freak accident turned the pre-teen Rowengartner into a star Pitcher for the Cubs, but it only took another accident to undo it. He is a multi-time Semi-Finalist.
Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski (The Big Lebowski, portrayed by Jeff Bridges). A pot smoking slacker who loves bowling? Sounds good to us! The Dude has been a Finalist twice before.
Jesus Shuttlesworth (He Got Game, portrayed by Ray Allen). A multi-time Semi-Finalist, yet surprisingly never a Finalist, we have perhaps the best and most natural performance by a Basketball player in a film.
Johnny Utah (Point Break, portrayed by Keanu Reeves). This is the first time that Utah made the Semis, as everyone’s favorite FBI/surfer joins Bodhi as a Semi. Whoa!!!
Lee (Enter the Dragon, portrayed by Bruce Lee). Lee qualifies as he participates in what was the most unorganized martial arts tournament in memory. He is a three-time Finalist.
Lightning McQueen (Cars, voiced by Owen Wilson). A previous Finalist we love our anthropomorphic animated cars, don’t we? McQueen would win the coveted “Piston”.
Maggie Fitzgerald (Million Dollar Baby, portrayed by Hilary Swank). Finally, the up-and-coming female boxer makes it to the Semis.
Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard: 2005, portrayed by Adam Sandler): The earlier (and better) version starring Burt Reynolds is already in, but this is a decent film in its own right, and Sandler is believable in the role. Can Sandler get in a third time?
Pedro Cerrano (Major League, portrayed by Dennis Haysbert): The voodoo practitioner was a long ball slugger who has been a Finalist before.
Randy “The Ram” Robinson (The Wrestler, portrayed by Mickey Rourke). Robinson is an aging pro wrestler barely hanging on. He was a Finalist four years ago.
Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Portrayed by Will Ferrell). NASCAR legend, Ricky Bobby has been a Finalist three times before. Since, he never finished first, has he always been last?
Shane Falco (The Replacements: portrayed by Keanu Reeves). From THE Ohio State, Falco had a second chance in Football with the Washington Sentinels, and he COULD win with that crew of misfits.
The Fictitious Athlete Contributors are:
Charlie Kenton (Real Steel, portrayed by Hugh Jackman): Now a two-time Semi-Finalist, we assume you all must really like Wolverine, as Charlie Kenton seems like an unlikely candidate, but here is the former fighter turned robots to train as boxers.
Clyde (Every Which Way but Loose and Any Which Way You Can, portayed by Manis): Why? Because every great bare-knuckle prize fighter needs an orangutang as a sidekick.
Coach Klein (The Waterboy, portrayed by Henry Winkler): Coach Klein was meek and mild but a coaching savant who finally had his chance to shine with defensive stud (and Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame inductee), Bobby Boucher. He is a previous Finalist.
Darcy Sears (Varsity Blues, portrayed by Ali Larter): A three-time Semi-Finalist, Darcy Sears is best known for her whipped cream bikini, and that might be enough for the small town girl looking for a meal ticket out.
Eric Taylor (Friday Night Lights, portrayed by Kyle Chandler): We have been waiting for this! At some point, we knew you would recognize Friday Night Lights, and their Head Coach, Eric Taylor is finally here as a first time Semi-Finalist.
George Costanza (Seinfeld, portrayed by Jason Alexander): Costanza stumbled his way into an executive position with the New York Yankees, and was almost the Assistant GM for the Mets. Maybe that really did happen?
Hayden Fox (Coach, portrayed by Craig T. Nelson): Fox is a four-time Finalist and the former Head Coach at Minnesota State, a team he took to the National Championship.
Irv Blitzer (Cool Runnings, played by John Candy): While there was a Jamaican Bobsled Team at the 1988 Olympics, there was no Irv Blitzer, but in the world of film, he existed, and coached them to respectability in Calgary. He was a Finalist for the first time last year.
Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire, portrayed by Tom Cruise): The most known sports agent in the fictitious world has been a Finalist three times before, though doesn’t he have only one client?
John Kreese (The Karate Kid & Cobra Kai, portrayed by Martin Kove): Johnny Lawrence swept the leg, but it was Sensei John Kreese who gave the order. The evil karate instructor corrupted many a young mind for Valley dominance amongst high school karate students. Wait, what was his motivation again?
Lacey Underall (Caddyshack, portrayed by Cindy Morgan): Suck in your gut when you are in the pool when you look at the hottest woman in Bushwood. Hey, did she even like golf?
Lou Brown (Major League, portrayed by James Gammon): Brown went from managing the Toledo Mudhens and landed the job as the Cleveland Indians Manager. He has been a Finalist twice before.
Sonny Weaver Jr (Draft Day, portrayed by Kevin Costner): Weaver Jr wheeled and dealed his way to the most exciting Draft in NFL history, though we have no idea how any of this panned out.
Terrence Mann (Field of Dreams, portrayed by James Earl Jones): An important counter-culture writer of the 1960s, Mann is a disaffected baseball fan who travels with Kinsella to his Iowa baseball diamond. This is his first time as a Finalist.
The Fictitious Athlete Veterans are:
Frank Capua (Winning): Capua long dreamt of capturing the checkered flag at the Indianapolis 500, but there are a lot of obstacles in the way to get it.
Greta Muller (One in a Million, portrayed by Sonja Henie): Muller was an Olympic figure skater, which had to be a stretch for Sonja Henie to play.
Velvet Brown (National Velvet, portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor): Brown won the steeplechase but sexism of her day meant she had to pretend to be male.
Walter “Kid Galahad” Gulick (Kid Galahad, portrayed by Elvis Presley): Kid Galahad was a mechanic turned boxer. Hey, it was better than a lot of the other Elvis films.
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The 2021 Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is finally announced!
Oh, what a special day.
When you run a website called Notinhalloffame.com, you are naturally obsessed with existing Halls of Fame. The natural progression is creating your own.
Actually, we have three!
The first one we built was the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame, in 2013, with Rocky Balboa enshrined as the inaugural inductee. Since that time, we have had an open vote where you, the people, decided who should be inducted.
In the years after, you have inducted into the Athlete wing, Roy Hobbs (The Natural), Crash Avis (Bull Durham), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks) Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot), Apollo Creed (Rocky), Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League), Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump), Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy), Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard), Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own), Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid), Clubber Lang (Rocky), Ivan Drago (Rocky), “Fast” Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money, Al Bundy (Married...with Children), Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) and Johnny Lawrence (The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai).
After a delayed vote, (let’s say due to COVID-19), the Class of 2021 is now official based on your votes, staggered over three stages.
This year, the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Athlete Wing welcomes:
Jake Taylor: Major League & Major League 2. Taylor (Tom Berenger) joins his fellow teammates from Cleveland, Ricky Vaughn and Willie “Mays” Hays into the Hall. The veteran Catcher would later parlay his wits into an interim managerial role with the team.
Jimmy Chitwood: Hoosiers. Chitwood (Maris Valainis) finally enters the Hall after making the Final round four previous times. His skill took small town Hickory to the Indiana State Basketball Championship in 1954, an upset of epic proportions.
Sam Malone: Cheers. A finalist every year since we have been doing this, “Mayday” (Ted Danson) brings his five years as a Red Sox Relief Pitcher into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
You can view their complete bios here.
The Contributor Wing has previously inducted Harry Doyle (Major League), Carl Spackler (Caddyshack), Mr. Miyagi (The Karate Kid), Chubbs Peterson (Happy Gilmore), Gordon Bombay (The Mighty Ducks), Mickey Goldmill (Rocky), Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears), Coach Ernie Pantusso (Cheers), Adrian Balboa (Rocky), Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own), and the Gopher (Caddyshack).
This year, the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Contributor Wing welcomes:
Norman Dale: Hoosiers. In the same year that Jimmy Chitwood finally enters, another perennial Finalist from Hoosiers enters with Norman Dale (Gene Hackman). Dale led Hickory to a win at State, and atoned for many of his past misdeeds.
Paulie Pennino: Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV and Rocky V. Paulie joins the Rocky series brethren as the downtrodden sister of Adrian, and eventual cornerman of the Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World.
You can view their complete bios here.
The Veteran Wing has previously inducted Andy “Champ” Purcell (The Champ), Dennis Ryan (Take Me Out to the Ball Game), Guffy McGovern (Angels in the Outfield), Huxley College (Horse Feathers), Sport Goofy (Disney) and Joe Hardy/Joe Boyd (Damn Yankees).
This year, the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Veteran Wing welcomes:
Harold Lamb: The Freshman. Lamb played college football for Tate University, and the undersized talent got the girl at the end.
Voting has now begun for the Class of 2022, which we hope you will take part in.
As always, we thank you for your support, and we are excited to keep this project alive!
We announce the Finalists for our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame
One of our pet projects, the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Finalists for the Class of 2021, which will be the 7th full class.
The Semi-Finalists were decided by all of you, after being pared down from other 500 Preliminary Nominees.
There are three wings in the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame:
The Fictitious Athlete wing, whose members are: Rocky Balboa (The Rocky series), Roy Hobbs (The Natural), Crash Avis (Bull Durham), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks) Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot), Apollo Creed (Rocky), Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League), Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump), Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy), Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard), Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own), Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid), Clubber Lang (Rocky), Ivan Drago (Rocky), “Fast” Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money, Al Bundy (Married...with Children), Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) and Johnny Lawrence (The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai).
The Fictitious Contributor wing, whose members are: Harry Doyle (Major League), Carl Spackler (Caddyshack), Mr. Miyagi (The Karate Kid), Chubbs Peterson (Happy Gilmore), Gordon Bombay (The Mighty Ducks), Mickey Goldmill (Rocky), Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears), Coach Ernie Pantusso (Cheers), Adrian Balboa (Rocky), Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own), and the Gopher (Caddyshack)
The Fictitious Veteran wing, whose members are: Andy “Champ” Purcell (The Champ), Dennis Ryan (Take Me Out to the Ball Game), Guffy McGovern (Angels in the Outfield), Huxley College (Horse Feathers), Sport Goofy (Disney) and Joe Hardy/Joe Boyd (Damn Yankees).
The Fictitious Athlete Semi-Finalists are:
Adonis Creed (Creed and Creed II). The son of former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Apollo Creed, Adonis became the World Heavyweight Champion himself. This is the most “recent” Finalist, and has returned to last round for the second straight year.
Al Czervik (Caddyshack). Czervik was a Finalist last year for the first time, and his win over the “snobs” at Bushwood Country Club is still golf legend.
“All the Way” Mae Mordabito (A League of Their Own). Mordabito played at Centerfield for the Rockford Peaches, and was the team’s leadoff hitter. This is her first time as a Finalist.
Chazz Michael Michaels (Blades of Glory). CMM was a star solo figure skater who found a second life as a pair skater with his former adversary. This is also a former Finalist.
Greg Goldberg (The Mighty Ducks Trilogy). Every great hockey dynasty needs a great Goalie. Goldberg was good enough, and great at the one-liners. Goldberg is a Finalist for the first time.
Jack Elliott (Mr. Baseball). Elliott was a fading star for the Detroit Tigers and was traded to the Tokyo Giants, where he had last kick at the can. This is the first time he made it as a Finalist.
Jake Taylor (Major League). Taylor was the hero with a bunt in the first Major League, where the veteran Catcher of the Cleveland Indians was the on-field leader of the rags to riches story. He would later become their interim manager, and he is a five-time Semi-Finalist, and now a two-time Finalist.
Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski (The Big Lebowski). A pot smoking slacker who loves bowling? Sounds good to us! The Dude has been a Finalist twice before.
Jimmy Chitwood (Hoosiers). Chitwood was the star basketball player at Hickory High whom without the Norman Dale led team would not have won the Indiana State tournament in 1957. Chitwood has been a Finalist once before.
Lee (Enter the Dragon). Lee qualifies as he participates in what was the most unorganized martial arts tournament in memory. This is his third time as a Finalist.
Peter LaFleur (Dodgeball). LaFleur led his Average Joe’s Gym team to a win in the Dodgeball Open in Las Vegas. He is now a three-time Finalist.
Randy “The Ram” Robinson (The Wrestler). Robinson is an aging pro wrestler barely hanging on. He was a Finalist three years ago.
Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby). NASCAR legend, Ricky Bobby has been a Finalist two times before.
Roy McAvoy (Tin Cup): A three-time Semi-Finalist, and now one-time Finalist, McAvoy is a club pro who finally made it to a PGA event.
Sam Malone (Cheers): Malone pitched for the Boston Red Sox for five seasons in a relief pitcher capacity. “Mayday” is now a four-time Finalist.
The Fictitious Athlete Contributors are:
Annie Savoy (Bull Durham): Savoy was the longtime muse for many a minor league baseball player who was played for the Durham Bulls. She is a former Finalist, and had at least been a Semi-Finalist every year.
Caretaker (The Longest Yard ’05): The Chris Rock version is a Finalist for the first time after four straight years as a Semi-Finalist.
Frank Drebin (The Naked Gun): The. Detective from the Police Squad in L.A. pretended to be a Major League Umpire, while on the case. He was a Semi-Finalist last year, and a first-time Finalist.
Frankie Dunn (Million Dollar Baby): Dunn trained many a boxer, and he broke his own rules to coach his first female.
Hayden Fox (Coach): Fox is a four-time Finalist and the former Head Coach at Minnesota State.
Irv Blitzer (Cool Runnings): While there was a Jamaican Bobsled Team at the 1988 Olympics, there was no Irv Blitzer, but in the world of film, he existed, and coached them to respectability in Calgary. This is his first time as a Finalist.
Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire): The most known sports agent in the fictitious world has been a Finalist twice before.
Lou Brown (Major League): Brown went from managing the Toledo Mudhens and landed the job as the Cleveland Indians Manager. He has been a Finalist once before.
Norman Dale (Hoosiers): Dale is a four-time Finalist and he led the small town Hickory High to a state championship in 1957.
Paulie Pennino (Rocky): Paulie is a friend, cornerman and brother-in-law to former Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Rocky Balboa. He is now a three-time Finalist.
Terrence Mann (Field of Dreams): An important counter-culture writer of the 1960s, Mann is a disaffected baseball fan who travels with Kinsella to his Iowa baseball diamond. This is his first time as a Finalist.
The Fictitious Athlete Veterans are:
Harold Lamb (The Freshman): Lamb played college football for Tate University, and the undersized talent got the girl at the end.
Greta Muller (One in a Million): Muller was an Olympic figure skater, which had to be a stretch for Sonja Henie to play.
Velvet Brown (National Velvet): Brown won the steeplechase but sexism of her day meant she had to pretend to be male.
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Major Announcement: Our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Announces the 2021 Semi-Finalists
One of our pet projects, the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Semi-Finalists for the Class of 2020, which will be the 7th full class.
The Semi-Finalists were decided by all of you, after being pared down from other 500 Preliminary Nominees.
There are three wings in the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame:
The Fictitious Athlete wing, whose members are: Rocky Balboa (The Rocky series), Roy Hobbs (The Natural), Crash Avis (Bull Durham), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks) Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot), Apollo Creed (Rocky), Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League), Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump), Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy), Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard), Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own), Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid), Clubber Lang (Rocky), Ivan Drago (Rocky), “Fast” Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money, Al Bundy (Married...with Children), Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) and Johnny Lawrence (The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai.
The Fictitious Contributor wing, whose members are: Harry Doyle (Major League), Carl Spackler (Caddyshack), Mr. Miyagi (The Karate Kid), Chubbs Peterson (Happy Gilmore), Gordon Bombay (The Mighty Ducks), Mickey Goldmill (Rocky), Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears), Coach Ernie Pantusso (Cheers), Adrian Balboa (Rocky), Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own), and the Gopher (Caddyshack)
The Fictitious Veteran wing, whose members are: Andy “Champ” Purcell (The Champ), Dennis Ryan (Take Me Out to the Ball Game), Guffy McGovern (Angels in the Outfield), Huxley College (Horse Feathers), Sport Goofy (Disney) and Joe Hardy/Joe Boyd (Damn Yankees).
The Fictitious Athlete Semi-Finalists are:
A.C. Slater (Saved by the Bell). The former amateur wrestling star at Bayside High has been a Semi-Finalist every year, but a Finalist only once. Slater also played for Bayside’s football team.
Adonis Creed (Creed and Creed II). The son of former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Apollo Creed, Adonis became the World Heavyweight Champion himself. This is the most “recent” Semi-Finalist.
Al Czervik (Caddyshack). Czervik was a Finalist last year for the first time, and his win over the “snobs” at Bushwood Country Club is still golf legend.
Alex Moran (Blue Mountain State). Moran was a rare breed of Quarterback, as he was a pivot who loved being the backup. He returns to the semi-finals after being absent last year.
“All the Way” Mae Mordabito (A League of Their Own). Mordabito played at Centerfield for the Rockford Peaches, and was the team’s leadoff hitter.
Amanda Whurlitzer (The Bad News Bears). Whurlitzer was the star pitcher for Morris Buttermaker’s little league team in California. Whurlitzer was a Finalist last year.
Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace). Skywalker is here for his youthful prowess as a pod racer. This unique sport is one that he would finally win in what we assume was his last race.
Anne Marie Chadwick (Blue Crush). This is the first time that Chadwick has made the list of Semi-Finalists, and is the lone surfer to make it this far this year.
“Big Ern” Ernie McCracken (Kingpin). “Big Ern” was the most recognized bowler in the circuit. McCracken has been a multi-time Semi-Finalist.
Billy Bob (Varsity Blues). Billy Bob was the Offensive Lineman for West Canaan (Texas) and is a Semi-Finalist for the second straight time.
Billy Chapel (For Love of the Game). As a veteran with the Detroit Tigers, Chapel pitched a perfect game. He has always been a Semi-Finalist.
Billy Hoyle (White Men Can’t Jump). Hoyle was a street basketball hustler who has the on-court skills but not necessarily the mind of a hustler.
Bud (Air Bud). What sport could this golden retriever not do? He did it all, and he returns as a Semi-Finalist for the sixth time.
Bugs Bunny (Space Jam & Space Jam: A New Legacy). Bugs Bunny teamed with Michael Jordan to defeat the Monstars, and has now reappeared with LeBron James to take on the Goon Squad.
Cal Naughton Jr. (Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby). Naughton Jr. returns to the Semi-Finals after a two-year absence. He wasn’t always first, so was he mostly last?
Charles Jefferson (Fast Times at Ridgemont High). We always wondered if Jefferson got those Earth, Wind and Fire tickets from Damone. Regardless, Jefferson might have given the best defensive performance ever in California High School Football.
Chazz Michael Michaels (Blades of Glory). CMM was a star solo figure skater who found a second life as a pair skater with his former adversary. This is also a former Finalist.
Danny Noonan (Caddyshack). Noonan might not have been close to the most colorful or quotable character in the film, but he sank the winning putt that won it at the end of the flick. He returns to the Semi-Finals.
Drederick Tatum (The Simpsons). Springfield’s top boxer has a striking resemblance to Mike Tyson.
Ebby Calvin “Nuke” Laloosh (Bull Durham). Nuke was mentored by longtime minor league Catcher, Crash Davis, and he parlayed his million dollar arm to a spot in the “show”.
Flash Gordon (Flash Gordon). Before he saved the galaxy, he was the Quarterback for the New York Jets. He was a Semi-Finalist for the first time two years ago.
Greg Goldberg (The Mighty Ducks Trilogy). Every great hockey dynasty needs a great Goalie. Goldberg was good enough, and great at the one-liners.
Hamilton Porter (The Sandlot). Porter played on his local sandlot baseball team, though he was more known for his comedic stylings then his hitting acumen.
Henry Rowengartner (Rookie of the Year). A freak arm injury turned the 12-year old’s arm into a fastball machine. He played briefly for the Chicago Cubs and is a four-time Semi-Finalist.
Ignacio/Nacho (Nacho Libre). Ignacio wrestled professionally in Mexico, and he is a multi-time Semi-Finalist.
Ishmael (Kingpin). Ishmael learned to bowl in Amish country and almost competed in the Reno Open. While he didn’t bow in that tournament, he had a lot of fun along the way.
Jack Elliott (Mr. Baseball). Elliott was a fading star for the Detroit Tigers and was traded to the Tokyo Giants, where he had last kick at the can. This is the second time he has been a Semi-Finalist.
Jackie Moon (Semi-Pro). Moon was the player/owner for the Flint Tropics and has been a past Finalist.
Jake Taylor (Major League). Taylor was the hero with a bunt in the first Major League, where the veteran Catcher of the Cleveland Indians was the on-field leader of the rags to riches story. He would later become their interim manager, and he is a five-time Semi-Finalist.
Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski (The Big Lebowski). A pot smoking slacker who loves bowling? Sounds good to us! The Dude has been a previous Semi-Finalist.
Jesus Shuttlesworth (He Got Game). Shuttlesworth was a highly recruited basketball player at Lincoln High. Amazingly, he has only reached the Semi-Finals three times.
Jimmy Chitwood (Hoosiers). Chitwood was the star basketball player at Hickory High whom without the Norman Dale led team would not have won the Indiana State tournament in 1957. Chitwood has been a Finalist once.
Lee (Enter the Dragon). Lee qualifies as he participates in what was the most unorganized martial arts tournament in memory. This is his fourth time as a Semi-Finalist.
Lincoln Hawk (Over the Top). Surprisingly, this is the first time that the arm wrestler from the Trucker’s Division has made the Semi-Finals.
Mighty Steel Leg Sing (Shaolin Monk). For the first time, Sing is a Semi-Finalist, and the addition of this soccer phenom makes it a truly international affair.
Pedro Cerrano (Major League). The Cleveland Indians outfielder and voodoo master was known for his booming Home Runs. Cerrano is a two-time Finalist.
Peter Griffin (Family Guy). While he is rotund and middle-aged, he became a star briefly for the New England Patriots, that is until Tom Brady’s jealousy resulted him in being traded to the London Sillynannies. This is his first foray into the Semi-Finals.
Peter LaFleur (Dodgeball). LaFleur led his Average Joe’s Gym team to a win in the Dodgeball Open in Las Vegas. He is a two-time Finalist.
Quick Rick Roberts (Body Slam). A surprise first-time Semi-Finalist, Roberts brought rock and wrestling together, an anthesis of his portrayer, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper.
Randy “The Ram” Robinson (The Wrestler). Robinson is an aging pro wrestler barely hanging on. He was a Finalist three years ago.
Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby). NASCAR legend, Ricky Bobby has been a Finalist two times.
Rip (No Holds Barred): In this universe, Rip is not only the biggest wrestler in the world, but the biggest television star in the world.
Roy McAvoy (Tin Cup): A three-time Semi-Finalist, McAvoy is a club pro who finally made it to a PGA event.
Sam Malone (Cheers): Malone pitched for the Boston Red Sox for five seasons in a relief pitcher capacity. “Mayday” is a three-time Finalist.
Scott Howard (Teen Wolf): When Howard transformed into the “Wolf” he was the top basketball star in High School. He has been a semi-finalist twice.
Shane Falco (The Replacements): A former two-time Finalist, the former Ohio State Buckeye was a replacement player Quarterback for the Washington Sentinels.
White Goodman (Dodgeball): Every sports hero needs a counterpart, and White Goodman is better than you, and you know it.
The Fictitious Athlete Contributors are:
Annie Savoy (Bull Durham): Savoy was the longtime muse for many a minor league baseball player who was played for the Durham Bulls. She is a former Finalist, and had at least been a Semi-Finalist every year.
April Buchanan (Eastbound and Down): April is the loving ex-wife of former baseball reliever, Kenny Powers.
Arliss Michaels (Arliss): Arliss was the super sports agent for many years, and he represented many all-stars from multiple sports.
Ben Wightman (Fever Pitch): Wightman owns premium season tickets at Fenway, and could be the biggest Red Sox fan.
Caretaker (The Longest Yard ’74): This was the man who made the Mean Machine possible, and is also a former Semi-Finalist.
Caretaker (The Longest Yard ’05): See above. The same applies.
Charlie Kenton (Real Steel): A first-time semi-finalist, Kenton helps robots box.
Chester Lee (Ladybugs): Lee would briefly coach a youth girls soccer team. Why? We don’t remember.
Coach Klein (The Waterboy): The Head Coach of South Central Louisiana State was a play-making genius and a previous Finalist.
Darcy Sears (Varsity Blues): Who was the hottest woman at West Canaan? It was Darcy Sears. She is a two-time Semi-Finalist.
Frank Drebin (The Naked Gun): The. Detective from the Police Squad in L.A. pretended to be a Major League Umpire, while on the case. He was a Semi-Finalist last year.
Frankie Dunn (Million Dollar Baby): Dunn trained many a boxer, and he broke his own rules to coach his first female.
George Costanza (Seinfeld): Costanza shockingly became an executive with the New York Yankees and is a two-time Semi-Finalist.
Hayden Fox (Coach): Fox is a three-time Finalist and the former Head Coach at Minnesota State.
Irv Blitzer (Cool Runnings): While there was a Jamaican Bobsled Team at the 1988 Olympics, there was no Irv Blitzer, but in the world of film, he existed, and coached them to respectability in Calgary.
Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire): The most known sports agent In the fictitious world has been a Finalist twice.
John Kreese (The Karate Kid): Kreese is a two-time Semi-Finalist and was the leader of the Cobra-Kai. This is his second straight year as a Semi-Finalist.
Lou Brown (Major League): Brown went from managing the Toledo Mudhens and landed the job as the Cleveland Indians Manager. He has been a Finalist once.
Norman Dale (Hoosiers): Dale is a three-time Finalist and he led the small town Hickory High to a state championship in 1957.
Patches O’Houlihan (Dodgeball): O’Houlihan was a former dodgeball star who trained the Average Joe’s Gym for their tournament in Las Vegas. He was a Finalist last year.
Paulie Pennino (Rocky): Paulie is a friend, cornerman and brother-in-law to former Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Rocky Balboa. He is a two-time Finalist.
Terrence Mann (Field of Dreams): An important counter-culture writer of the 1960s, Mann is a disaffected baseball fan who travels with Kinsella to his Iowa baseball diamond. This is his second time as a Semi-Finalist.
The Fictitious Athlete Veterans are:
Frank Capua (Winning): Capua was racing in the Indianapolis 500 amidst the backdrop of a love triangle.
Harold Lamb (The Freshman): Lamb played college football for Tate University, and the undersized talent got the girl at the end.
Greta Muller (One in a Million): Muller was an Olympic figure skater, which had to be a stretch for Sonja Henie to play.
Velvet Brown (National Velvet): Brown won the steeplechase but sexism of her day meant she had to pretend to be male.
Ward “Kid Galahad” Guisenberry (Kid Galahad ‘37): Guisenberry went from the farm to become a top contender in the world of boxing.
Walter “Kid Galahad” Gulick (Kid Galahad ‘61): See above, only substitute mechanic for farm boy.
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The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Announces the Class of 2020
We are thrilled here at Notinhalloffame.com to announce that our own hall, The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame presents the six new members of the seventh full class, the Class of 2020.
This was all decided by you, after being pared down first from over 500 Preliminary Nominees to 50 Semi-Finalists, to 15 Finalists and now to the Class of 2020.
There are three wings in the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame:
The Fictitious Athlete wing, whose members are: Rocky Balboa (The Rocky series), Roy Hobbs (The Natural), Crash Avis (Bull Durham), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks) Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot), Apollo Creed (Rocky), Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League), Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump), Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy), Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard), Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own), Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid), Clubber Lang (Rocky), Ivan Drago (Rocky) and “Fast” Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money.
The Fictitious Contributor wing, whose members are: Harry Doyle (Major League), Carl Spackler (Caddyshack), Mr. Miyagi (The Karate Kid), Chubbs Peterson (Happy Gilmore), Gordon Bombay (The Mighty Ducks), Mickey Goldmill (Rocky), Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears), Coach Ernie Pantusso (Cheers) and Adrian Balboa (Rocky)
The Fictitious Veteran wing, whose members are: Andy “Champ” Purcell (The Champ), Dennis Ryan (Take Me Out to the Ball Game), Guffy McGovern (Angels in the Outfield), Huxley College (Horse Feathers) and Sport Goofy.
The members of the 2020 Fictitious Hall of Fame Class are:
Athletes:
Al Bundy (Married With Children). Bundy has been a Finalist every single year of the Hall’s existence with the Polk High football star finishing fourth on two occasions. He is most famous for scoring four touchdowns in a game, and he also led the Newmarket Mallers to a league championship in baseball. Bundy was also an excellent bowler.
We are pleased to induct Al Bundy into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
Homer Simpson (The Simpsons). The multi-time Semi Finalist has excelled in multiple sports including Softball, Boxing and Mixed Curling. He has played alongside Daryll Strawberry, fought a heavyweight champion (Drederick Tatum) and was in the Olympics with his wife. Homer has been a Finalist before, and he has all the skills you expect from a fictional athlete.
We are pleased to induct Homer Simpson into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
Johnny Lawrence (The Karate Kid). Lawrence was the lead fighter of the Cobra-Kai who terrorized Daniel LaRusso in 1984 in Fresno. Lawrence’s loss to LaRusso tormented him for decades. A Semi-Finalist last year, Lawrence is a Finalist for the first time, and on the strength of the Netflix Series, Cobra Kai, he advances all the way to the Hall.
We are pleased to induct Johnny Lawrence into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
The other finalists were Adonis Creed (Creed & Creed II), Al Czervik (Caddyshack), “All the Way” Mae Mordabito (A League of Their Own), “Big Ern” Ernie McCracken (Kingpin), Billy Chapel (For Love of the Game), Bud (Air Bud), Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski (The Big Lebowski), Lee (Enter the Dragon), Lightning McQueen (Cars), Peter Lafleur (Dodgeball), Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby), Shane Falco (The Replacements).
Contributors:
Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own): Since the inception of the Fictitious Athlete Hall, Dugan has been a Finalist. He had 500 career Home Runs, and would later helm the Rockford Peaches. That job might have helped him gain sobriety.
We are pleased to induct Jimmy Dugan into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
The Gopher (Caddyshack): The gopher has been terrorizing groundskeepers at Bushwood Country Club for years, and he has been known to dance to Kenny Loggins songs.
We are pleased to induct The Gopher into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
The other finalists were Caretaker (The Longest Yard ’05), Coach Klein (The Waterboy), Frank Drebin (The Naked Gun), George Costanza (Seinfeld), Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire), John Kreese (The Karate Kid), Ken Reeves (The White Shadow), Lou Brown (Major League), Norman Dale (Hoosiers), Patches O’Houlihan (Dodgeball), Pepper Brooks (Dodgeball), Ray Kinsella (Field of Dreams) and Terrence Mann (Field of Dreams)
Fictitious Athlete Veterans:
Joe Boyd/Joe Hart (Damn Yankees): The superfan of the Washington Senators instantly became the team’s biggest star.
We are pleased to induct Joe Boyd/Joe Hart into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
The other finalists were Harold Lamb (The Freshman) and Joe Pendleton/Bruce Farnsworth/Murdoch (Here Comes Mr. Jordan)
What happens when one class is inducted? We ask you to help us with the new one!
Voting is up for the Preliminary Nominees for 2021.
You can vote for the Fictitious Athletes here.
You can vote for the Fictitious Contributors here.
You can vote for the Fictitious Veterans here.
We thank you all for your support.
We announce the Semi-Finalists for the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame
One of our pet projects, the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Semi-Finalists for the Class of 2020, which will be the 7thfull class.
The Semi-Finalists were decided by all of you, after being pared down from other 500 Preliminary Nominees.
There are three wings in the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame:
The Fictitious Athlete wing, whose members are: Rocky Balboa (The Rocky series), Roy Hobbs (The Natural), Crash Avis (Bull Durham), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks) Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot), Apollo Creed (Rocky), Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League), Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump), Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy), Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard), Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own), Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid), Clubber Lang (Rocky), Ivan Drago (Rocky) and “Fast” Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money.
The Fictitious Contributor wing, whose members are: Harry Doyle (Major League), Carl Spackler (Caddyshack), Mr. Miyagi (The Karate Kid), Chubbs Peterson (Happy Gilmore), Gordon Bombay (The Mighty Ducks), Mickey Goldmill (Rocky), Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears), Coach Ernie Pantusso (Cheers) and Adrian Balboa (Rocky)
The Fictitious Veteran wing, whose members are: Andy “Champ” Purcell (The Champ), Dennis Ryan (Take Me Out to the Ball Game), Guffy McGovern (Angels in the Outfield), Huxley College (Horse Feathers) and Sport Goofy.
The Fictitious Athlete Semi-Finalists are:
A.C. Slater (Saved by the Bell). The former amateur wrestling star at Bayside High has been a Semi-Finalist every year, but a Finalist only once. Slater also played for the school’s football team.
Adonis Creed (Creed and Creed II). The son of former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Apollo Creed, Adonis became the World Heavyweight Champion himself. This is the most “recent” Semi-Finalist.
Al Bundy (Married With Children). Bundy has been a Finalist every single year of the Hall’s existence with the Polk High football star finishing fourth on two occasions. He is most famous for scoring four touchdowns in a game.
Al Czervik (Caddyshack). Czervik was a Finalist last year for the first time, and his win over the “snobs” at Bushwood Country Club is still golf legend.
“All the Way” Mae Mordabito (A League of Their Own). Mordabito played at Centerfield for the Rockford Peaches, and was the team’s leadoff hitter.
Amanda Whurlitzer (The Bad News Bears). Whurlitzer was the star pitcher for Morris Buttermaker’s little league team in California. Whurlitzer was a Finalist last year.
“Big Ern” Ernie McCracken (Kingpin). “Big Ern” was the most recognized bowler in the circuit. McCracken has been a multi-time Semi-Finalist.
Billy Bob (Varsity Blues). Billy Bob was the Offensive Lineman for West Canaan (Texas) and is a Semi-Finalist for the first time.
Billy Chapel (For Love of the Game). As a veteran with the Detroit Tigers, Chapel pitched a perfect game. He has always been a Semi-Finalist.
Billy Hoyle (White Men Can’t Jump). Hoyle was a street basketball hustler who has the on-court skills but not necessarily the mind of a hustler.
Bodhi (Point Break). Was there a better combination surfer/thief than Bodhi? Not a chance! He is a Semi-Finalist for the third time.
Brian Schute (Vision Quest). Schute is a Semi-Finalist for the first time and he was the seemingly invincible amateur wrestler from Hoover High.
Bud (Air Bud). What sport could this golden retriever not do? He did it all, and he returns as a Semi-Finalist for the fifth time.
Bugs Bunny (Space Jam). Bugs Bunny teamed with Michael Jordan to defeat the Monstars.
Chazz Michael Michaels (Blades of Glory). CMM was a star solo figure skater who found a second life as a pair skater with his former adversary. This is also a former Finalist.
Dave Stoller (Breaking Away). Stoller loved Italian bicycling and the “Cutter” had a chance to compete with his friends. Amazingly, this is the first time that he has made the Semi-Finals.
Dean Youngblood (Youngblood). An American Hockey Player, Youngblood plied his trade north of the border for the Hamilton Mustangs. The skilled sniper was a Finalist last year.
Doug “The Thug” Glatt (Goon). Glatt could barely skate, but he became the popular enforcer for the Halifax Highlanders. Glatt was a Finalist last year.
Eddie Harris (Major League). The Major League franchise has yielded three inductees, and this is the first Semi-Final appearance for the veteran spitballer.
Flash Gordon (Flash Gordon). Before he saved the galaxy, he was the Quarterback for the New York Jets. He was a Semi-Finalist for the first time last year.
Henry Rowengartner (Rookie of the Year). A freak arm injury turned the 12-year old’s arm into a fastball machine. He played briefly for the Chicago Cubs and is a three-time Semi-Finalist.
Homer Simpson (The Simpsons). The multi-time Semi Finalist has excelled in multiple sports including Softball, Boxing and Mixed Curling. He has played along side Daryll Strawberry, fought a heavyweight champion (Drederick Tatum) and was in the Olympics with his wife.
Ignacio/Nacho (Nacho Libre). Ignacio wrestled professionally in Mexico, and he is a multi-time Semi-Finalist.
Jack Elliott (Mr. Baseball). Elliott was a fading star for the Detroit Tigers and was traded to the Tokyo Giants, where he had last kick at the can. This is the second time he has been a Semi-Finalist.
Jackie Moon (Semi-Pro). Moon was the player/owner for the Flint Tropics and has been a past Finalist.
Jake Taylor (Major League). Taylor was the hero with a bunt in the first Major League, where the veteran Catcher of the Cleveland Indians was the on-field leader of the rags to riches story. He would later become their interim manager, and he is a four-time Semi-Finalist.
Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski (The Big Lebowski). A pot smoking slacker who loves bowling? Sounds good to us! The Dude has been a previous Semi-Finalist.
Jesus Shuttlesworth (He Got Game). Shuttlesworth was a highly recruited basketball player at Lincoln High. Amazingly, he has only reached the Semi-Finals twice.
Jimmy Chitwood (Hoosiers). Chitwood was the star basketball player at Hickory High whom without the Norman Dale led team would not have won the Indiana State tournament in 1957. Chitwood has been a Finalist once.
Johnny Lawrence (The Karate Kid). Lawrence was the lead fighter of the Cobra-Kai who terrorized Daniel LaRusso in 1984 in Fresno. Lawrence’s loss to LaRusso tormented him for decades.
Kelly Leak (The Bad News Bears). Leak was the best player for the Bears, the little league team in California that was more known for their shenanigans. Leak has been a perpetual Semi-Finalist, but has never been a Finalist.
Kenny Powers (Eastbound and Down). Powers was a former relief pitcher who fell from grace and was trying to find his way back to the Majors. He is a two-time Finalist.
Lee (Enter the Dragon). Lee qualifies as he participates in what was the most unorganized martial arts tournament in memory. This is his third time as a Semi-Finalist.
Lightning McQueen (Cars). McQueen is one of the most successful anthropomorphic automobiles that race. This is a two-time Semi-Finalist.
Pedro Cerrano (Major League). The Cleveland Indians outfielder and voodoo master was known for his booming Home Runs. Cerrano is a two-time Finalist.
Peter LaFleur (Dodgeball). LaFleur led his Average Joe’s Gym team to a win in the Dodgeball Open in Las Vegas. He is a two-time Finalist.
Philo Beddoe (Every Which Way But Loose). Beddoe is a legendary bare-knuckle fighter who has an orangutan for a sidekick. Amazingly, it works. Beddoe is a Semi-Finalist for only the second time.
Randy “The Ram” Robinson (The Wrestler). Robinson is an aging pro wrestler barely hanging on. He was a Finalist three years ago.
Ray Finkle (Ace Ventura: Pet Ventura). Finkle was the Miami Dolphins’ Place Kicker, but his miss cost the Dolphins the Super Bowl. This is his second time as a Semi-Finalist.
Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby). NASCAR legend, Ricky Bobby has been a Finalist two times.
Rod Tidwell (Jerry Maguire):Arizona Cardinals Wide Receiver, Rod Tidwell was the star (and only) client of Jerry Maguire. Surprisngly, this is the only time that he has made the Semi-Finals.
Roy McAvoy (Tin Cup): A three-time Semi-Finalist, McAvoy is a club pro who finally made it to a PGA event.
Sam Malone (Cheers): Malone pitched for the Boston Red Sox for five seasons in a relief pitcher capacity. “Mayday” is a three-time Finalist.
Scott Howard (Teen Wolf): When Howard transformed into the “Wolf” he was the top basketball star in High School. He has been a semi-finalist twice.
Shane Falco (The Replacements): A former two-time Finalist, the former Ohio State Buckeye was a replacement player Quarterback for the Washington Sentinels.
Sidd Finch (Sports Illustrated): Finch was signed by the New York Mets (who he never played for), and could throw a baseball 168 mph.
Terry Tate (Reebok Commercials): Tate didn’t play Linebacker on the gridiron, but rather in offices across the United States.
Thornton Melon (Back to School): Melon used to do the “Triple Lindy” on Coney Island and decades later he brought it back to win a diving competition for Grand Lakes College.
Uncle Drew (Uncle Drew): This is the first year that Uncle Drew is on the Ballot and he made it to the Semi-Finals. He is the “oldest” Semi-Finalist.
Warren Coolidge (The White Shadow): Coolidge was the star player for Ken Reeves’ Carver High School team. He never made the NBA, but became an orderly at St. Eligius in Boston. This is his third time as a Semi-Finalist.
The Fictitious Athlete Contributors are:
Annie Savoy (Bull Durham): Savoy was the longtime muse for many a minor league baseball player who was played for the Durham Bulls. She is a former Finalist, and had at least been a Semi-Finalist every year.
Arliss Michaels (Arliss): Arliss was the super sports agent for many years, and he represented many all-stars from multiple sports.
Birdie (Above the Rim): Birdie is the neighborhood gangster involved in streetball.
Cameron Tucker (Modern Family): Tucker became a High School Football Coach in Los Angeles.
Caretaker (The Longest Yard ’74): This was the man who made the Mean Machine possible, and is also a former Semi-Finalist.
Caretaker (The Longest Yard ’05): See above. The same applies.
Clyde (Every Which Way But Loose): Clyde is the only orangutan to make it as a Semi-Finalist, and this is the third time it has happened.
Coach Klein (The Waterboy): The Head Coach of South Central Louisiana State was a play-making genius and a previous Finalist.
Darcy Sears (Varsity Blues): Who was the hottest woman at West Canaan? It was Darcy Sears. She is a two-time Semi-Finalist.
Dr. Andre Nowczik (The League): The good Doctor was a Semi-Finalist once before and is the only fantasy league player to make it this far.
Frank Drebin (The Naked Gun): The. Detective from the Police Squad in L.A. pretended to be a Major League Umpire, while on the case. He was a Semi-Finalist last year.
George Costanza (Seinfeld): Costanza shockingly became an executive with the New York Yankees and is a two-time Semi-Finalist.
Hayden Fox (Coach): Fox is a three-time Finalist and the former Head Coach at Minnesota State.
Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire): The most known sports agent In the fictitious world has been a Finalist twice.
Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own): Since the inception of the Fictitious Athlete Hall, Dugan has been a Finalist. He had 500 career Home Runs, and would later helm the Rockford Peaches. Dugan has been a Finalist every year.
John Kreese (The Karate Kid): Kreese is a two-time Semi-Finalist and was the leader of the Cobra-Kai. This is his second straight year as a Semi-Finalist.
Ken Reeves (The White Shadow): A former Chicago Bull, Reeves became the head coach at Carver High in California. Reeves has been an annual Semi-Finalist.
Lou Brown (Major League): Brown went from managing the Toledo Mudhens and landed the job as the Cleveland Indians Manager. He has been a Finalist once.
Norman Dale (Hoosiers): Dale is a three-time Finalist and he led the small town Hickory High to a state championship in 1957.
Patches O’Houlihan (Dodgeball): O’Houlihan was a former dodgeball star who trained the Average Joe’s Gym for their tournament in Las Vegas. He was a Finalist last year.
Paulie Pennino (Rocky): Paulie is a friend, cornerman and brother-in-law to former Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Rocky Balboa. He is a two-time Finalist.
Pepper Brooks (Dodgeball): Brooks worked as the color commentator for the Dodgeball tournament on the “Ocho”. Brooks is a three-time Semi-Finalist.
Ray Kinsella (Field of Dreams): Kinsella built a baseball diamond in his Iowa cornfield where dead baseball players came to play. He is a one-time Finalist.
Terrence Mann (Field of Dreams): An important counter-culture writer of the 1960s, Mann is a disaffected baseball fan who travels with Kinsella to his Iowa baseball diamond. This is his second time as a Semi-Finalist.
The Gopher (Caddyshack): The gopher has been terrorizing groundskeepers at Bushwood Country Club for years, and he has been known to dance to Kenny Loggins songs. He is a three-time Semi-Finalist.
The Fictitious Athlete Veterans are:
Amos Dodd (Pigskin Parade): The simple Texan was recruited to play at Texas State, where he led the team in an upset win over Yale.
Harold Lamb (The Freshman): Lamb played college football for Tate University, and the undersized talent got the girl at the end.
Joe Boyd/Joe Hart (Damn Yankees): The superfan of the Washington Senators instantly became the team’s biggest star.
Joe Pendleton/Bruce Farnsworth/Murdoch (Here Comes Mr. Jordan): If you want a story about a reincarnated boxer, this is it!
Luis “Mountain” Rivera (Requiem for a Heavyweight): Rivera is a former Heavyweight boxing contender who is the victim of boxing’s seedy underbelly.
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Our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Announces the Class of 2019
We apologize for the delay, as many of other projects have taken precedence in the last month, but we are proud to announce our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Class of 2020.
Based entirely on all of your on-line votes, this is the 6thfull class.
After a one-year vote, through a Preliminary and Semi-Finalist vote, two of the foes of Rocky Balboa are entering the Hall. Clubber Lang (Rocky III) and Ivan Drago (Rocky IV) join Balboa and fellow Rocky series regular, Apollo Creed. These two are joined by the pool shark, Fast Eddie Felson, from The Hustler and the Color of Money
They join Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid), Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own), Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard), Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy), Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump), Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League), Apollo Creed (Rocky), Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Crash Davis (Bull Durham), Roy Hobbs (The Natural) and Rocky Balboa, the inaugural inductee.
Rocky is represented again in the contributor section, as his wife, Adrian Balboa finally makes the Hall. She is joined by Coach Ernie Pantusso, former Red Sox Coach and bartender from Cheers. Our first animated character is also inducted, as Sport Goofy enters via the Veteran’s category.
Clubber Lang (Mr. T) finally advances into the Hall, after multiple appearances as a Finalist. After the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Rocky Balboa, had multiple title defenses, he ran into a buzzsaw in Lang, who was the meanest competitor he ever faced. Land destroyed Balboa to win the Title, but in the highly anticipated rematch, Balboa secured the assistance of his former nemesis, Apollo Creed. Lang was knocked out in the rematch, and never was champion again.
Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) was an undefeated amateur from the Soviet Union who had a perfect 100-0 record, with all wins by knockout. He agreed to an exhibition match against Apollo Creed, where he decimated the former champion so badly, that he caused him to die in the ring. Creed was avenged by the Heavyweight Champion, Rocky Balboa, who travelled to the U.S.S.R. and defeated Drago in a long punishing bout. Drago went into hiding in Ukraine, and reemerged with his son, Viktor, mentoring him to a World Heavyweight Title match against Apollo’s son, Adonis.
“Fast” Eddie Felson (Paul Newman). Felson was a small-time pool hustler who challenged the legendary Minnesota Fats. He lost badly in his first attempt, but after a turn of tragic events would soundly defeat the legend. Twenty-five years later, he would stake a young Vincent Lauria. Newman has previously been inducted as Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot)
Adrian Balboa (Talia Shire) has always been a Finalist, but on the sixth ballot, she finally makes the Contributor Wing of the Hall. Equal inspiration and equal wet blanket, she is loved deeply by her husband, Rocky.
Coach Ernie Pantusso (Nicholas Colassanto) was a former coach with the Boston Red Sox, and mentor to former relief pitcher, Sam Malone. When Malone purchased a bar named Cheers, Pantusso joined him as a bartender. Offering sage and often dim-witted advice with a kind heart, Coach was a beloved part of the Cheers gang. He died in 1985.
Sport Goofy becomes the first animated entrant into the Hall. The anthropomorphic dog has been demonstrating exemplarily sportsmanship for decades in every sport imaginable.
Voting has now begun on the 2020 Class and the Preliminary Nominees are now up.
You can find them here.
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Our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Announces the Finalists for the 2019 Class
We love this day!
One of our pet projects, The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is announcing the Finalists for the Class of 2019.
This will be the 6thfull class, and it is all based on your online votes.
As in past years, we have a Preliminary Group, which is pared down to Semi-Finalists. After four months of your voting, here are the results:
The Fictitious Athlete Finalistsare:
Al Bundy:Married With Children (Football star at Polk High in Chicago, IL). Every year that we have been doing this, Al Bundy had reached the Finals. In two occasions, he finished fourth in voting, just missing out on induction. Will this be the year for the down on his luck shoe salesman?
Al Czervik: Caddyshack (Amateur golfer who challenged the status quo at Bushwood Country Club). After many years as a semi-finalist, the less than posh (but very rich) amateur golfer makes his debut as a finalist. He could join Carl Spackler, the Bushwood groundskeeper as a Caddyshack inductee.
“All The Way” Mae Mordabito: A League of Their Own (Centerfielder for the Rockford Peaches). Arguably the best comedic performance that Madonna ever had, “All The Way” Mae could join teammate, Dottie Hinson, who got in last year,
Amanda Whirtlitzer: Bad News Bears: (Female Little League Pitcher for the Bears). From the original film, Whurlitzer’s arrival to the team changed the fortunes of the Bears. This is the first time that she has been a Finalist.
Billy Chapel: For Love of the Game (Aging Starting Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers). Should Chapel get in, this will be the second induction for a baseball player portrayed by Kevin Costner. The first was as Crash Davis in Bull Durham.
Chazz Michael Michaels: Blades of Glory (Champion Singles and Pairs Figure Skater). If it always seems that there is a Will Ferrell character as a Finalist, it is because there always is. This is the only fictional figure skater to make the Finals.
Clubber Lang: Rocky III: (Former Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World). Lang has been a Finalist three times and is one of the best sports villains ever.
Dean Youngblood: Youngblood (Left Wing for the Minor League Hamilton Mustangs). Youngblood led voting of all the semi-finalists but all votes are wiped clean for a fresh start. This is his second time as a Finalist.
“Fast” Eddie Felson: The Hustler and The Color of Money (Pool Shark).
“Fast” Eddie returns as a Finalist for the third time. To date, there is no billiards player in the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
Hamilton Porter: The Sandlot (Pre-teen who played baseball at the local sandlot). This is the first time that Hamilton Porter has made the Finals, and if he gets in, he would join his former Sandlot teammate, Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez.
Homer Simpson: The Simpsons (Softball player on his company team, Mixed Curler Olympian and Heavyweight Boxer). The “Homer at the Bat” episode is featured in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Could he get in here too?
Ivan Drago: Rocky IV (Former Soviet Heavyweight Boxer). Drago is a Finalist for the third time. With Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed already in the Hall, an induction for either Clubber Lang or Drago would give the Rocky franchise its third Fictional Athlete.
Jake Taylor: Major League & Major League 2 (Catcher and Interim Manager of the Cleveland Indians). This is the first time that Taylor has made the Finals, and there are already three representatives from Major League in.
Jimmy Chitwood: Hoosiers (Forward at Hickory High). Chitwood is a Finalist for the third time.
Pedro Cerrano: Major League, Major League 2 & Major League 3: Back to the Minors (Outfielder for the Cleveland Indians). Cerrano is a Finalists for the second straight year.
Shane Falco: The Replacements (Quarterback who once starred for Ohio State and becomes a replacement player for the Washington Sentinels). Falco is once again a Finalist, and to date there are no inductees from The Replacements.
You can vote for the Fictitious Athletes HERE.
The Fictitious Athlete Contributor Semi-Finalistsare:
Adrian Balboa: Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV and Rocky V (Girlfriend, and later Wife of Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Rocky Balboa). Yo! Adrian! The late wife of Rocky Balboa has been a Finalists every year since we began, but has always come up short.
Coach Ernie Pantusso: Cheers (Former Baseball Coach turned bartender). Pantusso had made it all the way up to the majors as a coach with the Boston Red Sox
Darcy Sears: Varsity Blues (High School student who dates West Cannan Quarterbacks). This may not be the most empowered female on the ballot, but here she is, as a Finalist for the first time.
Irv Blitzer: Cool Runnings (Coach of the 1988 Jamaican Bobsled Team). While there really was a 1988 Jamaican Bobsled Team, they were not coached by an American named Irv Blitzer. This is the first time that he has been a Finalist.
Jimmy Dugan: A League of Their Own (Former Baseball Player and Manager of the Rockford Peaches). Dugan has been a Finalist every year since the Hall’s inception, and missed out twice as the runner-up.
Ken Reeves: The White Shadow (Head Basketball Coach at Carver High). This is the second time that the former Chicago Bull turned high school basketball coach has been a Finalist.
Lou Brown: Major League and Major League 2 (Manager of the Cleveland Indians). Major League has many inductees, but the former employee of Tire World is not one of them…yet.
Norman Dale: Hoosiers (Head Basketball Coach at Hickory High) Dale has been a Finalist every year, and to date there is nobody from Hoosiers in the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
Patches O’Houlihan: Dodgeball (Former Dodgeball star and Dodgeball Coach for Average Joe’s Gym). In the fictional sports world, there is no greater star than Patches O’Houlihan. As we see him as a trainer, he qualifies as a contributor. This is his first time as a Finalist.
Ray Kinsella: Field of Dreams (Builder of a baseball diamond in a cornfield that attracted dead baseball players). If you build it, he will come. If you vote for him, he gets in. This is Kinsella’s second time as a Finalist.
You can vote for the Fictitious Contributors HERE.
The Fictitious Veteran Finalistsare:
Joe Boyd/Joe Hart: Damn! Yankees (Superfan of the Washington Senators who becomes a player for them)
Luis “Mountain” Rivera: Requiem of a Heavyweight (Heavyweight Boxing Contender)
Sport Goofy: Multiple films and television (Multi-Sport Athlete)
You can vote for the Fictitious Veterans HERE.
The Existing Inductees for our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame are:
Fictitious Athlete:
Apollo Creed: Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III and Rocky IV
Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez: The Sandlot
Bobby Boucher: The Waterboy
Charlie Conway: The Mighty Ducks, The Mighty Ducks 2 and The Mighty Ducks 3
Crash Davis: Bull Durham
Daniel LaRusso: The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid 2 and The Karate Kid 3
Dottie Hinson: A League of Their Own
Forrest Gump: Forrest Gump
The Hanson Brothers: Slap Shot
Happy Gilmore: Happy Gilmore
Paul “Wrecking” Crewe: The Longest Yard ‘74
Reggie Dunlop: Slap Shot
Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn: Major League and Major League 2
Rocky Balboa: Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V & Rocky Balboa
Roy Hobbs: The Natural
Willie “Mays” Hayes: Major League
Fictitious Contributors:
Carl Spackler: Caddyshack
Chubbs Peterson: Happy Gilmore
Gordon Bombay: The Mighty Ducks, The Mighty Ducks 2 and The Mighty Ducks 3
Harry Doyle: Major League, Major League 2 and Major League 3: Back to the Minors
Mickey Goldmill: Rocky, Rocky II and Rocky III
Morris Buttermaker: The Bad News Bears
Mr. Miyagi: The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid 2, The Karate Kid 3 and The Next Karate Kid
Fictitious Veterans:
Andy “Champ” Purcell: The Champ ‘31
Dennis Ryan: Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Guffy McGovern: Angels in the Outfield
Huxley College: Horse Feathers
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Our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Semi-Finalists are up! Time to Vote!
Big news from us as or Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame as our Semi-Finalists for the Class of 2019 have been selected based on your on-line votes.
The Fictitious Athlete Semi-Finalistsare:
A.C. Slater: Saved By The Bell (Wrestling and Football star at Bayside High)
Adonis Creed: Creed & Creed 2 (Son of Apollo Creed and Heavyweight Boxer)
Al Bundy:Married With Children (Football star at Polk High in Chicago, IL)
Al Czervik: Caddyshack (Amateur golfer who challenged the status quo at Bushwood Country Club)
Alex Moran: Blue Mountain State (Backup Quarterback at Blue Mountain State)
“All The Way” Mae Mordabito: A League of Their Own (Centerfielder for the Rockford Peaches)
Amanda Whirtlitzer: Bad News Bears: (Female Little League Pitcher for the Bears)
Anakin Skywalker: Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Menace (Pod Racer on Tatooine)
“Big Ern” Ernie McCracken: Kingpin (Champion bowler)
Billy “The Great” Hope: Southpaw (Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion)
Billy Chapel: For Love of the Game (Aging Starting Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers)
Brian “Smash” Williams: Friday Night Lights (Running Back for the Dillon High Panthers)
Bugs Bunny: Space Jam: (Basketball Player for the Toon Squad)
“Captain Chaos” Victor Prinzi: The Cannonball Run & The Cannonball Run II (Racer in the Coast-to-Coast Drive across country)
Calvin Cambridge: Like Mike: (Shooting Guard for the Los Angeles Knights for half of a season)
Charlie Tweeder: Varsity Blues (Wide Receiver for West Canaan High)
Chazz Michael Michaels: Blades of Glory (Champion Singles and Pairs Figure Skater)
Chris Ostreicher: American Pie, American Pie 2 and American Reunion (Lacrosse star at East Great Falls High and future Sports Anchor)
Clubber Lang: Rocky III: (Former Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World)
Dean Younblood: Youngblood (Left Wing for the Minor League Hamilton Mustangs)
Doug “The Thug” Glatt: Goon and Goon 2: The Last of the Enforcers (Enforcer for the Halifax Highlanders)
Drederick Tatum: The Simpsons (Former Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World)
“Fast” Eddie Felson: The Hustler and The Color of Money (Pool Shark)
Flash Gordon: Flash Gordon (Quarterback for the New York Jets)
Greg Goldberg:: The Mighty Ducks, The Mighty Ducks 2 and The Mighty Ducks 3 (Goalie for the Mighty Ducks)
Hamilton Porter: The Sandlot (Pre-teen who played baseball at the local sandlot)
Henry Rowengartner: Rookie of the Year (Chicago Cub Pitcher for half a season)
Homer Simpson: The Simpsons (Softball player on his company team, Mixed Curler Olympian and Heavyweight Boxer)
Ignacio/Nacho: Nacho Libre (Mexican Professional Wrestler)
Ivan Drago: Rocky IV (Former Soviet Heavyweight Boxer)
Jackie Moon: Semi-Pro (Player/Owner of the ABA’s Flint Tropics)
Jake Taylor: Major League & Major League 2 (Catcher and Interim Manager of the Cleveland Indians)
Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski: The Big Lebowski (Amateur Bowler)
Jesus Shuttlesworth: He Got Game (Highly Recruited Forward at Lincoln High)
Jimmy Chitwood: Hoosiers (Forward at Hickory High)
Johnny Lawrence: The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid Part II and Cobra Kai (Amateur Karate competitor in California)
Julian Washington: Any Given Sunday (Running Back for the Miami Sharks)
Kelly Leak: The Bad News Bears, The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training and The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (Centerfielder for the California based Little League Team called the Bears)
Kevin “Thad” Castle: Blue Mountain State (Linebacker for Blue Mountain State)
Lee: Enter the Dragon (Competitor in an unnamed tournament on an unnamed island)
Lightning McQueen: Cars and Cars 2 (Race Car)
Pedro Cerrano: Major League, Major League 2 & Major League 3: Back to the Minors (Outfielder for the Cleveland Indians)
Peter LaFleur: Dodgeball (Captain of the Average Joe’s Gym Dodgeball Team)
Randy “The Ram” Robinson: The Wrestler (Professional Wrestler)
Ray Finkle: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Miami Dolphins Place Kicker who missed a key Field Goal in the Super Bowl)
Ricky Bobby: Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby (Multi-Race winner on the NASCAR Circuit)
Sam Malone: Cheers (Former Relief Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox)
Shane Falco: The Replacements (Quarterback who once starred for Ohio State and becomes a replacement player for the Washington Sentinels)
“Steamin” Willie Beamen: Any Given Sunday (Quarterback for the Miami Sharks)
Terry Tate: Commercials (Office Linebacker)
You can vote for the Fictitious Athletes HERE.
The Fictitious Athlete Contributor Semi-Finalistsare:
Adrian Balboa: Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV and Rocky V (Girlfriend, and later Wife of Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Rocky Balboa)
Annie Savoy: Bull Durham (Sexual muse of many players for the Durham Bulls)
Bagger Vance: The Legend of Bagger Vance (African-American ghost who in the 1930s helps a white golfer gain confidence)
Billy Heywood: Little Big League (Owner of the Minnesota Twins)
Bud Kilmer: Varsity Blues (Football Coach of the West Kannan Coyotes)
Cameron Tucker: Modern Family (High School Football Coach)
Caretaker: The Longest Yard ’05 (Assistant Coach and Equipment Manager for the Mean Machine)
Cassidy: The Wrestler (Stripper who gets into a relationship with a professional wrestler)
Clyde: Every Which Way Be Loose and Any Which Way You Can (Orangutan who is a sidekick for Bare-Knuckle Boxer, Philo Beddoe)
Coach Ernie Pantusso: Cheers (Former Baseball Coach turned bartender)
Coach Klein: The Waterboy (Head Football Coach at Southwest Louisiana State)
Darcy Sears: Varsity Blues (High School student who dates West Cannan Quarterbacks)
Eric Taylor: Friday Night Lights (Dillon High School Football Head Coach)
Ernie Capadino: A League of Their Own (Baseball Scout)
Frank Drebin: The Naked Gun (Police Squad Detective who went undercover as an umpire in a California Angels game)
George Costanza: Seinfeld (Executive in the New York Yankees Organization)
Hayden Fox: Coach (Head Football Coach at Minnesota State and the Orlando Breakers)
Irv Blitzer: Cool Runnings (Coach of the 1988 Jamaican Bobsled Team)
Jimmy Dugan: A League of Their Own (Former Baseball Player and Manager of the Rockford Peaches)
Ken Reeves: The White Shadow (Head Basketball Coach at Carver High)
Lacey Underall: Caddyshack (Hot girl at Bushwood Country Club)
Lou Brown: Major League and Major League 2 (Manager of the Cleveland Indians)
Mr. Larson: Happy Gilmore (Former Employer and fan of Happy Gilmore)
Norman Dale: Hoosiers (Head Basketball Coach at Hickory High)
Patches O’Houlihan: Dodgeball (Former Dodgeball star and Dodgeball Coach for Average Joe’s Gym)
Paulie Pennino: Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V & Rocky Balboa (Brother-In-Law and Cornerman of Rocky Balboa)
Pepper Brooks: Dodgeball (Dodgeball Commentator on ESPN: The Ocho)
Ray Kinsella: Field of Dreams (Builder of a baseball diamond in a cornfield that attracted dead baseball players)
Tony D’Amato: Any Given Sunday (Head Coach of the Miami Sharks)
You can vote for the Fictitious Contributors HERE.
The Fictitious Veteran Semi-Finalistsare:
Joe Boyd/Joe Hart: Damn! Yankees (Superfan of the Washington Senators who becomes a player for them)
Luis “Mountain” Rivera: Requiem of a Heavyweight (Heavyweight Boxing Contender)
Maish Rennick: Requiem of a Heavyweight (Manager of Luis “Mountain” Rivera)
Sport Goofy: Multiple films and television (Multi-Sport Athlete)
Walter “Kid Galahad” Gulick: Kid Galahad ’61 (Boxer)
You can vote for the Fictitious Veterans HERE.
The Existing Inductees for our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame are:
Fictitious Athlete:
Apollo Creed: Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III and Rocky IV
Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez: The Sandlot
Bobby Boucher: The Waterboy
Charlie Conway: The Mighty Ducks, The Mighty Ducks 2 and The Mighty Ducks 3
Crash Davis: Bull Durham
Daniel LaRusso: The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid 2 and The Karate Kid 3
Dottie Hinson: A League of Their Own
Forrest Gump: Forrest Gump
The Hanson Brothers: Slap Shot
Happy Gilmore: Happy Gilmore
Paul “Wrecking” Crewe: The Longest Yard ‘74
Reggie Dunlop: Slap Shot
Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn: Major League and Major League 2
Rocky Balboa: Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V & Rocky Balboa
Roy Hobbs: The Natural
Willie “Mays” Hayes: Major League
Fictitious Contributors:
Carl Spackler: Caddyshack
Chubbs Peterson: Happy Gilmore
Gordon Bombay: The Mighty Ducks, The Mighty Ducks 2 and The Mighty Ducks 3
Harry Doyle: Major League, Major League 2 and Major League 3: Back to the Minors
Mickey Goldmill: Rocky, Rocky II and Rocky III
Morris Buttermaker: The Bad News Bears
Mr. Miyagi: The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid 2, The Karate Kid 3 and The Next Karate Kid
Fictitious Veterans:
Andy “Champ” Purcell: The Champ ‘31
Dennis Ryan: Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Guffy McGovern: Angels in the Outfield
Huxley College: Horse Feathers
Voting for this round will go on to until October 1, where we will announce our 15 Fictitious Athletes, 10 Fictitious Contributors and 3 Fictitious Veterans.
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We have announced our 2018 Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Class!
The Class of 2018 of our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame has been announced!
After a one year vote, California karate star, Daniel LaRusso, former Rockford Peach, Dottie Hinson and NFL star turned inmate, Paul “Wrecking” Crewe” have been named to the Hall.
They join Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy), Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump), Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League), Apollo Creed (Rocky), Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Crash Davis (Bull Durham), Roy Hobbs (The Natural) and Rocky Balboa, the inaugural inductee.
Little League Coach, Morris Buttermaker enters as a contributor and Huxley College (The Marx Brothers) enters in the Veteran’s category.
Every year since the Hall’s inception Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) has been a Finalist and this year he finally broke through as the leading vote getter. The winner of the 1984 All-Valley Karate Tournament is getting a new look in the YouTube program, Cobra Kai.
Dottie Hinson becomes the first female to enter the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame. Hinson (Geena Davis) played one season in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and the Catcher was clearly the best player not only on her team but in the league. This is the first induction from the movie, “A League of Their Own”.
From the original Longest Yard in 1974, Paul “Wrecking” Crewe went from the NFL to the prison football in what was the arguably the grittiest sports movie of the 1970’s. Reynolds, who died earlier this year may have received some sympathy votes as none of his many characters have ever finished in the top ten in voting before.
Morris Buttermaker was a former Pitcher turned down and out little league coach/pool cleaner. Portrayed by Walter Matthau, this was in the original (and by far the best) Bad News Bears and he is the first from the franchise to get inducted.
The legendary Marx Brothers enter for their work on the College Football farce, Horse Feathers.
Voting has now begun on the 2019 Class and the Preliminary Nominees are now up.
You can find them here.
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Our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Announces the Finalists for the 2018 Class!
It’s that time again!
Last December, our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame announced it’s fourth full class as voted by a one year long vote by the public.
That class saw Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy), Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump) and Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League) join previous inductees, Apollo Creed (Rocky), Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Crash Davis (Bull Durham), Roy Hobbs (The Natural) and Rocky Balboa, the inaugural inductee.
Like in previous years, the opening round began with over 300 Fictional Athletes and over 100 Contributors, which has now been reduced to 20 Fictional Athletes, 10 Fictional Contributors and 3 Veterans for the Semi-Final Round.
The Finalists for each respective category are as follows:
The 20 Fictitious Athlete Semi-Finalists are:
A.C. Slater (Saved by the Bell)
Al Bundy (Married…With Children)
Al Czervik (Caddyshack)
“Big Ern” Ernie McCracken (Kingpin)
Bud (Air Bud)
Clubber Lang (Rocky III)
Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid)
Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own)
“Fast” Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money)
Ivan Drago (Rocky IV)
Jake Taylor (Major League)
Jimmy Chitwood (Hoosiers)
Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard, 1974)
Peter LaFleur (Dodgeball)
Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights)
Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy (Tin Cup)
Sam Malone (Cheers)
Scott Howard “The Wolf” (Teen Wolf)
Shane Falco (The Replacements)
Ty Webb (Caddyshack)
The 10 Fictitious Contributors Semi-Finalists are:
Adrian Balboa (Rocky)
Annie Savoy (Bull Durham)
Coach Ernie Pantusso (Cheers)
Hayden Fox (Coach)
Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire)
John Kreese (The Karate Kid)
Lou Brown (Major League)
Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears)
Ray Kinsella (Field of Dreams)
The Gopher (Caddyshack)
The 3 Fictitious Veterans are:
Harold Lamb (The Freshman)
Huxley College (Horse Feathers)
Joe Boyd/Joe Hart (Damn! Yankees)
Online voting can be found here for the Fictional Athletes.
Online voting can be found here for the Fictional Athletic Contributors,
Online voting can be found here for the Fictional Athletic Veterans.
The Finalists for all three categories will be announced in late December of this year.
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When you gave a chance cast your vote!
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Our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Announces the Semi-Finalists
It’s that time again!
Last December, our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame announced it’s fourth full class as voted by a one year long vote by the public.
That class saw Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy), Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump) and Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League) join previous inductees, Apollo Creed (Rocky), Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Crash Davis (Bull Durham), Roy Hobbs (The Natural) and Rocky Balboa, the inaugural inductee.
Like in previous years, the opening round began with over 300 Fictional Athletes and over 100 Contributors, which has now been reduced to 50 Fictional Athletes, 20 Fictional Contributors and 5 Veterans for the Semi-Final Round.
The Finalists for each respective category are as follows:
The 50 Fictitious Athlete Semi-Finalists are:
A.C. Slater (Saved by the Bell)
Adonis Creed (Creed)
Al Bundy (Married…With Children)
Al Czervik (Caddyshack)
Alex Moran (Blue Mountain State)
“All the Way” May Mordabito (A League of Their Own)
Amanda Whurlitzer (The Bad News Bears)
“Big Ern” Ernie McCracken (Kingpin)
Billy Chapel (For Love of the Game)
Bud (Air Bud)
Bugs Bunny (Space Jam)
Cal Naughton Jr. (Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby)
Chazz Michael Michaels (Blades of Glory)
Clubber Lang (Rocky III)
Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid)
Dave “Killer” Carlson (Slap Shot)
Dean Youngblood (Youngblood)
Derice Bannock (Cool Runnings)
Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own)
Doug “The Thug” Glatt (Goon)
“Fast” Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money)
Flash Gordon (Flash Gordon)
Greg Goldberg (The Mighty Ducks)
Hamilton Porter (The Sandlot)
Henry Rowengartner (Rookie of the Year)
Ivan Drago (Rocky IV)
Jackie Moon (Semi-Pro)
Jake Taylor (Major League)
Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski (The Big Lebowski)
Jimmy Chitwood (Hoosiers)
Johnny Lawrence (Karate Kid)
Kelly Leak (The Bad News Bears)
Kevin “Thad” Castle (Blue Mountain State)
Lee (Enter the Dragon)
Lightning McQueen (Cars)
Monty Brewster (Brewster’s Millions)
Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard, 1974)
Pedro Cerrano (Major League)
Peter LaFleur (Dodgeball)
Randy “The Ram” Robinson (The Wrestler)
Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights)
Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy (Tin Cup)
Sam Malone (Cheers)
Sanka Coffee (Cool Runnings)
Scott Howard “The Wolf” (Teen Wolf)
Shane Falco (The Replacements)
Shooter McGavin (Happy Gilmore)
Tanner Boyle (Bad News Bears)
Ty Webb (Caddyshack)
The 10 Fictitious Contributors Semi-Finalists are:
Adrian Balboa (Rocky)
Annie Savoy (Bull Durham)
Cameron Tucker (Modern Family)
Claudia (Kingpin)
Coach Ernie Pantusso (Cheers)
Coach Klein (The Waterboy)
Darcy Sears (Varsity Blues)
Hayden Fox (Coach)
Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire)
Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own)
John Kreese (The Karate Kid)
Ken Reeves (The White Shadow)
Lacey Underall (Caddyshack)
Lou Brown (Major League)
Luther Van Dam (Coach)
Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears)
Ray Kinsella (Field of Dreams)
Terrence Mann (Field of Dreams)
The Gopher (Caddyshack)
The 6 Fictitious Veterans are:
Frank Capua (Winning)
Harold Lamb (The Freshman)
Huxley College (Horse Feathers)
Joe Boyd/Joe Hart (Damn! Yankees)
Online voting can be found here: http://www.notinhalloffame.com/the-voting/2018-fictitious-athlete-second-round
The Finalists for all three categories will be announced in September of this year.
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Our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame announces the 2017 Finalists!
Last December, our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame announced it’s third full class as voted by a one year long vote by the public.
That class comprised Apollo Creed (Rocky), Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot) and Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks) and they joined previous inductees; The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Crash Davis (Bull Durham), Roy Hobbs (The Natural) and Rocky Balboa, the inaugural inductee.
Like in previous years, the opening round began with over 300 Fictional Athletes and over 100 Contributors, which has now been been reduced to 20 Fictional Athletes, 10 Fictional Contributors and 3 Veterans for the Semi-Final Round.
The Finalists for each respective category are as follows:
The 20 Fictitious Athlete Semi-Finalists are:
Al Bundy (Married…With Children)
Al Czervik (Caddyshack)
Alex Moran (Blue Mountain State)
Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy)
Brian “Smash” Parker (Friday Night Lights)
Bud (Air Bud)
Bugs Bunny (Space Jam)
Clubber Lang (Rocky III)
Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid)
Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own)
Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)
Jackie Moon (Semi-Pro)
Kenny Powers (Eastbound and Down)
Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard, 1974)
Peter LaFleur (Dodgeball)
Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights)
Sam Malone (Cheers)
Shane Falco (The Replacements)
Tim Riggins (Friday Night Lights)
Willie “Mays” Hays (Major League)
The 10 Fictitious Contributors Semi-Finalists are:
Coach Klein (The Waterboy)
Hayden Fox (Coach)
Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own)
Lou Brown (Major League)
Mickey Goldmill (Rocky, Rocky II & Rocky III)
Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears)
Norman Dale (Hoosiers)
Patches O’Houlihan (Dodgeball)
Ray Kinsella (Field of Dreams)
The Gopher (Caddyshack)
The 3 Fictitious Veterans are:
Guffy McGovern (Angels in the Outfield)
Huxley College (Horse Feathers)
Joe Boyd/Joe Hart (Damn! Yankees)
Online voting can be found here: http://www.notinhalloffame.com/the-voting/2017-fictitious-athlete-final-round
The Finalists for all three categories will be announced on December 20, 2017.
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When you gave a chance cast your vote!
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Time to Vote! Our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame has announced the Semi-Finalists!
That class comprised Apollo Creed (Rocky), Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot) and Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks) and they joined previous inductees; The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Crash Davis (Bull Durham), Roy Hobbs (The Natural) and Rocky Balboa, the inaugural inductee.
Like in previous years, the opening round began with over 300 Fictional Athletes and over 100 Contributors, which has been reduced to 50 Fictional Athletes, 25 Fictional Contributors and 5 Veterans for the Semi-Final Round.
The Semi-Finalists for each respective category are as follows:
The 50 Fictitious Athlete Semi-Finalists are:
A.C. Slater (Saved by the Bell)
Adonis Creed (Creed)
Al Bundy (Married…With Children)
Al Czervik (Caddyshack)
“All the Way” May Mordabito
Alex Moran (Blue Mountain State)
Amanda Whurtlitzer (The Bad News Bears)
Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars: Episode I)
“Big Ern” Ernie McCracken (Kingpin)
Billy Chapel (For Love of the Game)
Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy)
Brian “Smash” Parker (Friday Night Lights)
Bud (Air Bud)
Bugs Bunny (Space Jam)
Charles Jefferson (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
Chazz Michael Michaels (Blades of Glory)
Clubber Lang (Rocky III)
Cole Trickle (Days of Thunder)
Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid)
Dave “Killer” Carlson (Slap Shot)
Dean Youngblood (Youngblood)
Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own)
Doug Remer (BASEketball)
Doug “The Thug” Glatt (Goon)
Drederick Tatum (The Simpsons)
Ebby Calvin “Nuke” LaLoosh (Bull Durham)
“Fast” Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money)
Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)
Frederick “Ogre” Palowaski (Revenge of the Nerds)
Greg Goldberg (The Mighty Ducks)
Henry Rowengartner (Rookie of the Year)
Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
Ivan Drago (Rocky IV)
Jackie Moon (Semi-Pro)
Jake Taylor (Major League)
Jesus Shuttlesworth (He Got Game)
Joe Cooper (BASEketball)
Jon Moxon (Varsity Blues)
Kelly Leak (The Bad News Bears)
Kenny Powers (Eastbound and Down)
Lee (Enter the Dragon)
Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard, 1974)
Pedro Cerrano (Major League)
Peter LaFleur (Dodgeball)
Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights)
Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy (Tin Cup)
Sam Malone (Cheers)
Shane Falco (The Replacements)
Tim Riggins (Friday Night Lights)
Willie “Mays” Hays (Major League)
The 25 Fictitious Contributors Semi-Finalists are:
Adrian Balboa (Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV & Rocky V)
Annie Savoy (Bull Durham)
Cameron Tucker (Modern Family)
Caretaker ’74 (The Longest Yard)
Cassidy (The Wrestler)
Coach Ben Fredericks (Freaks and Geeks)
Coach Klein (The Waterboy)
Frankie Dunn (Million Dollar Baby)
Hayden Fox (Coach)
Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire)
Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own)
Ken Reeves (The White Shadow)
Lacey Underall (Caddyshack)
Lou Brown (Major League)
Mickey Goldmill (Rocky, Rocky II & Rocky III)
Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears)
Mr. Larsen (Happy Gilmore)
Norman Dale (Hoosiers)
Patches O’Houlihan (Dodgeball)
Pepper Brooks (Dodgeball)
Paulie Pennino (Rocky)
Ray Kinsella (Field of Dreams)
Terrence Mann (Field of Dreams)
The Gopher (Caddyshack)
Wilbur “Shooter” Flatch (Hoosiers)
The 5 Fictitious Veterans are:
Guffy McGovern (Angels in the Outfield)
Harold Lamb (The Freshman)
Huxley College (Horse Feathers)
Joe Boyd/Joe Hart (Damn! Yankees)
Luis “Mountain” Rivera (Requiem for a Heavyweight)
The top fifteen Athletes, the top ten Contributors and the top three Veterans will advance to the Final Round.
The Finalists for all three categories will be announced on August 30, 2017.
Gang, you know what weLast December, Out Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame announced it’s third full class as voted by a one year long vote by the public.
That class comprised Apollo Creed (Rocky), Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot) and Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks) and they joined previous inductees; The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Crash Davis (Bull Durham), Roy Hobbs (The Natural) and Rocky Balboa, the inaugural inductee.
Like in previous years, the opening round began with over 300 Fictional Athletes and over 100 Contributors, which has been reduced to 50 Fictional Athletes, 25 Fictional Contributors and 5 Veterans for the Semi-Final Round.
The Semi-Finalists for each respective category are as follows:
The 50 Fictitious Athlete Semi-Finalists are:
A.C. Slater (Saved by the Bell)
Adonis Creed (Creed)
Al Bundy (Married…With Children)
Al Czervik (Caddyshack)
“All the Way” May Mordabito
Alex Moran (Blue Mountain State)
Amanda Whurtlitzer (The Bad News Bears)
Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars: Episode I)
“Big Ern” Ernie McCracken (Kingpin)
Billy Chapel (For Love of the Game)
Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy)
Brian “Smash” Parker (Friday Night Lights)
Bud (Air Bud)
Bugs Bunny (Space Jam)
Charles Jefferson (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
Chazz Michael Michaels (Blades of Glory)
Clubber Lang (Rocky III)
Cole Trickle (Days of Thunder)
Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid)
Dave “Killer” Carlson (Slap Shot)
Dean Youngblood (Youngblood)
Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own)
Doug Remer (BASEketball)
Doug “The Thug” Glatt (Goon)
Drederick Tatum (The Simpsons)
Ebby Calvin “Nuke” LaLoosh (Bull Durham)
“Fast” Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money)
Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)
Frederick “Ogre” Palowaski (Revenge of the Nerds)
Greg Goldberg (The Mighty Ducks)
Henry Rowengartner (Rookie of the Year)
Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
Ivan Drago (Rocky IV)
Jackie Moon (Semi-Pro)
Jake Taylor (Major League)
Jesus Shuttlesworth (He Got Game)
Joe Cooper (BASEketball)
Jon Moxon (Varsity Blues)
Kelly Leak (The Bad News Bears)
Kenny Powers (Eastbound and Down)
Lee (Enter the Dragon)
Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard, 1974)
Pedro Cerrano (Major League)
Peter LaFleur (Dodgeball)
Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights)
Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy (Tin Cup)
Sam Malone (Cheers)
Shane Falco (The Replacements)
Tim Riggins (Friday Night Lights)
Willie “Mays” Hays (Major League)
The 25 Fictitious Contributors Semi-Finalists are:
Adrian Balboa (Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV & Rocky V)
Annie Savoy (Bull Durham)
Cameron Tucker (Modern Family)
Caretaker ’74 (The Longest Yard)
Cassidy (The Wrestler)
Coach Ben Fredericks (Freaks and Geeks)
Coach Klein (The Waterboy)
Frankie Dunn (Million Dollar Baby)
Hayden Fox (Coach)
Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire)
Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own)
Ken Reeves (The White Shadow)
Lacey Underall (Caddyshack)
Lou Brown (Major League)
Mickey Goldmill (Rocky, Rocky II & Rocky III)
Morris Buttermaker (The Bad News Bears)
Mr. Larsen (Happy Gilmore)
Norman Dale (Hoosiers)
Patches O’Houlihan (Dodgeball)
Pepper Brooks (Dodgeball)
Paulie Pennino (Rocky)
Ray Kinsella (Field of Dreams)
Terrence Mann (Field of Dreams)
The Gopher (Caddyshack)
Wilbur “Shooter” Flatch (Hoosiers)
The 5 Fictitious Veterans are:
Guffy McGovern (Angels in the Outfield)
Harold Lamb (The Freshman)
Huxley College (Horse Feathers)
Joe Boyd/Joe Hart (Damn! Yankees)
Luis “Mountain” Rivera (Requiem for a Heavyweight)
The top fifteen Athletes, the top ten Contributors and the top three Veterans will advance to the Final Round.
The Finalists for all three categories will be announced on August 30, 2017.
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Here is the link for the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Votes on the Athletes:
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Our Fictitious Athlete HOF Announces the 2017 Class!
The third full class of the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame has been announced and the six new entries encompass the sports of baseball, hockey, golf and boxing.
Joining previous inductees, The Hanson Brothers, Happy Gilmore, Reggie Dunlop Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn, Crash Davis, Roy Hobbs and inaugural inductee, Rocky Balboa are Apollo Creed (Rocky), Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks) and Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot). The contributor section welcomes Gordon Bombay (The Mighty Ducks) and Chubbs Peterson (Happy Gilmore) and the first veteran’s category inductee chosen this year was Dennis Ryan (Take Me Out to the Ball Game).
This year’s leading vote getter was Apollo Creed. Portrayed by Carl Weathers in four of the Rocky films, Apollo was the former Heavyweight Champion of the World and would become the closest friend of the man who defeated him for the title, Rocky Balboa. Creed would die tragically in the ring in an exhibition match gone wrong, though his legacy lives on through his son, and Light Heavyweight contender, Adonis Creed. It should be noted that Apollo finished fourth two years ago.
Finishing second in the vote is Charlie Conway, the central character from the Mighty Ducks franchise. Conway was never presented as the star of the team, but he was their undeniable heart and the favorite of many aspiring hockey players. Conway finished fourth in the voting last year.
The third and final athletic inductee is this year’ lone baseball entry, Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez from The Sandlot. While it is revealed that Rodriguez would one day become a star player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, we see him as the star of his sandlot team and the one you wished was your best friend when you were a kid.
These fictional athletes were elected over the process of a yearlong online vote, which started with over 300 Preliminary Candidates, was reduced to 50 Semi-Finalists, then reduced to an elite 15 in a Final Round, which produced the first Full Class of the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
These new inductees beat out the following finalists (in order of their vote totals) in the Final Round:
- Tim Riggins (Friday Night Lights)
- Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League)
- Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)
- Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy)
- Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights)
- Alex Moran (Blue Mountain State)
- Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own)
- Shane Falco (The Replacements)
- Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid)
- Al Bundy (Married…With Children)
- Kenny Powers (Eastbound and Down)
- Dean Youngblood (Youngblood)
Like “real” Athletic Halls of Fame, the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame has a “wing” for contributors; again decided by three stages of online voting.
Like last year two Fictitious Contributors were voted in as opposed to one from the first year.
Joining Harry Doyle, Mr. Miyagi and Carl Spackler are Chubbs Peterson (Happy Gilmore) and Gordon Bombay (The Mighty Ducks).
The selection of Chubbs Peterson means that Carl Weathers is a double inductee this year and that the film Happy Gilmore, now has two inductees. Gordon Bombay’s induction also makes it a double entry class for the Mighty Ducks franchise.
Peterson and Bombay beat out the following finalists (in order of their vote totals) in the Final Round:
- Mickey Goldmill (Rocky)
- Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own)
- Lou Brown (Major League)
- Ray Kinsella (Field of Dreams)
- Norman Dale (Hoosiers)
- Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire)
- The Gopher (Caddyshack)
- Adrian Balboa (The Mighty Ducks)
Last year, the first Veteran’s Inductee was chosen as Andy “The Champ” Purcell from the original “The Champ” (1931). This year he is joined by Dennis Ryan, which was played by the “Chairman of the Board”, Frank Sinatre in Take Me Out to the Ballgame.
So, what comes next?
The 2017 Preliminary Vote, which is now up for all of you!
The Fictitious Athletes Preliminary Vote can be found here.
The Fictitious Contributors Preliminary Vote can be found here.
The Fictitious Veterans Vote can be found here.
Gang, we ask you to support our Hall and cast your vote!
We have named the Finalists for our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame!
This year the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame will be inducting fictional characters from three categories, Athletes, Contributors and the Veteran’s Category, which focuses on fictional sports characters prior to 1970.
The 15 Athlete Finalists are:
Al Bundy (Ed O’Neill in Married…With Children), who once scored four touchdowns in a high school football game for Polk High in Chicago. Bundy is a Finalist for the third year in a row.
Alex Moran (Darin Brooks in Blue Mountain State), the backup Quarterback from BMS who was more interested in partying than the gridiron. This is the first time that Moran has been a Finalist.
Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers in Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III & Rocky IV), the former Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World. Like Al Bundy, Creed is also a Finalist for the third year in a row.
Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (Mike Vitar in The Sandlot), who was the leader of his youth “sandlot” team and would eventually play for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Bobby Boucher (Adam Sandler in the Waterboy) who would lead the South Central Louisiana State Mud Dogs to victory in the Bourbon Bowl. This is the third Finalist appearance for the Mud Dog.
Charlie Conway (Joshua Jackson in the Mighty Ducks trilogy), the leader of a youth league hockey team in Minnesota.
Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio from the Karate Kid trilogy) who won the 1984 All-Valley Karate Tournament.
Dean Youngblood (Rob Lowe from Youngblood) a rookie American player for the Hamilton Mustangs. This is Youngblood’s first time as a Finalist.
Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis from A League of Their Own) was the star catcher for the Rockford Peaches. Hinson is the only female to make this years Finals, and the first ever.
Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump) a star football player at the University of Alabama, a ping pong prodigy and long distance runner. Gump has been a finalist all three years.
Kenny Powers (Danny McBride in Eastbound and Down), a down on his luck relief pitcher trying to get back to the Majors.
Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell in Talladega Nights), a NASCAR driver who faces a new rival from France. Bobby is a Finalist for the second time.
Shane Falco (Keanu Reeves in The Replacements), a replacement Quarterback for the Washington Sentinels. Falco was last seen choking in the Sugar Bowl. This is Falco’s first appearance as a Finalist.
Tim Riggins (Taylor Kitsch in Friday Night Lights), the Running Back for the Dillon Panthers. Riggins is the first member of the Friday Night Lights program to make the Finals.
Willie “Mays” Hayes (Wesley Snipes in Major League), the centerfielder for the Cleveland Indians. This is the third time that Hayes has been a Finalist.
The 10 Contributor Finalists are:
Adrian Balboa (Talia Shire in the Rocky series), the wife of Rocky Balboa. This is Adrian’s third time as a Finalist.
Chubbs Peterson (Carl Weathers in Happy Gilmore), the one handed golf pro who taught Gilmore the finer points of the game of golf. This is the third consecutive Finalist appearance for Peterson.
Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez in The Mighty Duck Trilogy) a lawyer turned youth hockey coach. Bombay is returning for his second year as a Finalist.
Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire) the sports agent who suddenly developed a moral code. Maguire is a Finalist for the third time.
Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own) who belted over 500 Homer Runs as a pro but was best known for the line “There’s no crying in Baseball) as a coach in women’s baseball. Dugan has been a Finalist three times.
Lou Brown (James Gammon in Major League & Major League II), the coach of the Cleveland Indians. Brown is returning to the Finals for the second straight time.
Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith Rocky, Rocky II & Rocky III), the trainer of inaugural Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame entry, Rocky Balboa. Goldmill is a Finalist for the second time after being absent from the finals last year.
Norman Dale (Gene Hackman in Hoosiers), a former College Head Coach seeking redemption at small Hickory High in Indiana. Dale has been a Finalist all three years.
Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams), who built a baseball diamond in his Iowa cornfield due to the voices that told him, “If you build it, they will come.”
The Gopher (Caddyshack & Caddyshack 2), who caused mischief for groundskeeper, Carl Spackler at Bushwood Country Club.
The 3 Veteran Finalists are:
Dennis Ryan (Frank Sinatra in Take Me Out to the Ballgame), a baseball player for the fictional Wolves franchise.
Joe Boyd/Joe Hart (Tab Hunter in Damn! Yankees), a die hard fan of the Washington Senators who sells his soul so that he can help his favorite team defeat the New York Yankees.
Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet), who disguised herself as a boy so that she could race her horse in the Grand National Steeplechase.
As per the last two rounds, the Finalists will be open to a public vote where by visitors to the site can vote for five Fictitious Athletes, three Fictitious Contributors and one Fictitious Veteran.
Voting for the Finalists will be online until December 12, where on December 1, 2015 the second full class for the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame will be announced.
This group will join inaugural inductee, Rocky Balboa (The Rocky series) and past inductees consisting of Roy Hobbs (The Natural), Ricky Vaughn (Major League), Crash Davis (Bull Durham), Andy “The Champ” Purcell (The Champ), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Harry Doyle (Major League), Mr. Miyagi (The Karate Kid series) and Carl Spackler (Caddyshack).
A new addition for us at the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is our official spokes model, Haley Reagan from North Carolina, who brings us her own unique views on sports and pop culture.
Her introductory Q&A can be found here: http://www.notinhalloffame.com/home/news/7761-meet-haley-reagan-our-new-spokes-model
Voting for the Final Round can be found here for the Athletes:
http://www.notinhalloffame.com/the-voting/2016-fictitious-athletes-final-round
Voting for the Final Round can be found here for the Contributors:
http://www.notinhalloffame.com/the-voting/2016-fictitious-contributors-final-round
Voting for the Final Round can be found here for the Veterans:
http://www.notinhalloffame.com/the-voting/2016-fictitious-veterans-final-round
Gang, you know what we want you to do!
Cast your votes and let us know who should make our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame!
Meet Haley Reagan, our new spokes model!
Every great website needs an identity, and we here at Notinhalloffame.com and The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame decided to go one step further.
We have found ourselves a spokes model, and just in time, as we will be unveiling the Finals for the 2016 FAHOF Class.
Out of Wilmington, North Carolina, we would like to present to you Haley Reagan, an avid sports and pop culture buff who knows how to grill a perfect t-bone and pair it with just the right beer…but enough from us.
Let’s let Haley tell you about herself!
I grew up in Wisconsin. I think that despite what people think about the Midwest, or WI in particular, it’s the best place to be from. I once read this thing on Facebook that said Wisconsin girls are the ones you take home to meet your mom, but can out-drink your dad, which couldn’t be more true.
A large influence in my life was my brother, Mason, who served as a U.S. Marine. He and his best friends taught me pretty much everything I needed to know about growing up. Things like how to throw a punch and shotgun a beer, but also what friendship means, and the fine line between right and wrong. This is starting to sound like a country song… I sincerely apologize.
They also sparked my love for sports; I was the water girl for their football team growing up and loved every minute of it. The worst part was I wanted to get out there and play but my mom wouldn’t let me. I’ll never let her live that down!
Sports are a big part of my life. I look forward to different parts of the year based on seasons and play-offs. Life is just really complicated sometimes, and sports aren’t that bad. There are rules and guidelines, but for the most part it’s just up to who played better that day. Nice and simple. Plus, you can always disappear from reality for a bit watching Aaron Rodgers throw a hail-mary, or Cam Newton run in a touchdown. It’s constant, and sometimes that’s nice.
We asked Haley very pertinent questions revolving around the world of sports, fictional sports and what is the perfect beer pairing.
What is your favorite sports movie and why?
Well, this is easy. I grew up watching The Replacements with my brother almost every day. I loved it because of the same reason most guys do –
Annabell. She wasn’t just super hot, but she knew football & was a daddy’s girl, I really identified with her. And of course I love it because of Falco. Everybody loves an underdog, and he epitomizes that role. His character represented an all-out good guy, and great football player. And he wins! He gets the girl and wins the game… what more can you ask for?
What is your ideal sporting event to attend live?
A GB Packers vs. Carolina Panthers game. I was born in GB but have been living in the Carolinas for almost 5 years. It’s sort of like the Packers are my main squeeze but the Panthers are my side chick I can’t break it off with. I just have a soft spot for them. Ultimately I would wish for a Packer win though, if I had to choose.
Who is your favorite sports team in each major sport?
I like to keep it local. Green Bay Packers for football, All of my aunts, uncles, and cousins still live there and it’s a huge part of my family and who I am.
Baseball it’s the Brewers, because, well, have you ever tailgated at a Brewer’s game before? Yeah, shit gets wild. I know that is a bad reason…But they are the only baseball team I’ve really been able to watch. You don’t really have to expect a whole lot from them but a good time.
As far as basketball, let me premise this by saying I have really strong feelings about basketball. I get really angry watching it, but that is because I’m used to contact sports where people can handle a nudge or a shove, and it makes me CRAZY that basketball players fly back and throw their hands up every time someone looks their way. Anyway, I really have enjoyed watching the Golden State Warriors and seeing Steph Curry do his thing. I think he’s awesome for the game, and I’m all about heart – which that guy definitely has.
Hockey, now this is going to seem like it’s coming from left-field but the Philadelphia Flyers. I’ve had a chance to go to plenty of their games, and I love the atmosphere. Part of what I love about a team is their fanbase…
I get real deep and ask myself, what do I want to be a part of?
For Hockey, it’s the Flyers. If you really look into their history of being the most badass bunch of dudes in the NHL, it’s both interesting and exciting to me.
This season, a bit of a letdown, but the best part about sports is there’s always next season.
Golf is an easy one. Rory McIlroy. I just love the guy. I think he’s got so much talent, and such a way about him. He has the ability to conquer the game better than anyone because he’s got control of his thoughts (for the most part). That’s the secret after all, it’s a head game.
It has to be asked. What is the best beer to watch sports with?
Why thank you for asking. If I’m back home in WI, it’s Spotted Cow from New Glarus Brewing Co. (I’ll be expecting my free case, thank you!). But, since moving to the Carolinas I’ve taken on another favorite, Yuengling. For those of you who aren’t familiar, it’s not a Chinese beer. I only say that because I actually went to a bar the few first months I was down here and asked for “That Chinese beer” and got a look like I had seven heads. Hey, not every moment is a proud one. But yeah, Yuengling is a great game-day beer without question.
The Semi Finalists Announced for the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame. Time to Vote!
It wasn’t that long ago when we created the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame and after two and a half years we have inducted seven athletes, three contributors and one veteran.
In that last paragraph, the emphasis needs to be placed on the word “we”, as with the exception of inaugural inductee, Rocky Balboa, the voting has been all up to the general public, and for all of the support that we have received we would like to thank you all!
However as always it is onward and upward for us, and the Semi-Finalists for the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Class of 2016. This year, we have 44 Athletes, 20 Contributors and 5 Veterans awaiting your vote.
Here are the 44 Fictional Athletes, with a little backstory on each.
1. Al Bundy (Married…With Children)
The Fullback from Polk High never made it to the big time, but high school legend from Chicago has been a Finalist the last two years.
2. Al Czervik (Caddyshack)
“Hey everybody! We’re all going to get laid!” Al Czervik was not the best golfer from Caddyshack, but he was the one you wanted to party with the most.
3. Alex Moran (Blue Mountain State)
This is the first time that a character from Blue Mountain State made the Semi Finalist round.
4. Amanda Whurtlitzer (The Bad News Bears)
The female fastball pitcher from California Little League was a Semi-Finalist before in 2014.
5. Apollo Creed (Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III & Rocky IV)
The father of potential future Hall of Famer, Adonis Creed, Apollo Creed missed out by only 3 votes in 2014 (finishing 4th) and he finished 5th last year.
6. Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot)
A finalist last year, Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez is the only Semi-Finalist from the Sandlot. There were three last year.
7. “Big Ern” Ernie McCracken (Kingpin)
Bill Murray got in last year as a contributor for his role as Carl Spackler in Caddyshack. Ernie McCracken has been a Semi-Finalist in the last two years, the only Kingpin character to do so.
8. Billy Hoyle (White Men Can’t Jump)
Billy Hoyle was a Semi-Finalist last year.
9. Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy)
Bobby Boucher, the most dominating college football player in Bourbon Bowl history has been a Finalist the last two years.
10. Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks)
Charlie Conway was a Finalist last year after not making the Semi-Finals the year before.
11. Charles Jefferson (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
This is the first Semi-Finalist nod for Jefferson.
12. Chazz Michael Michaels (Blades of Glory)
Chazz Michael Micahels is the only figure skater to make the Semi-Finals; which he did last year in 2015.
13. Clubber Lang (Rocky III)
The former fictional World Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World was a Finalist last year after failing to make the Semis the year before.
14. Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid)
The All-Valley Karate Champion of 1984 was a Finalist last year and a Semi-Finalist the year before.
15. Danny Noonan (Caddyshack)
A Semi-Finalist for the second year in a row, it needs to be remembered that it was Danny Noonan who sank the winning putt.
16. Dean Youngblood (Youngblood)
Did Dean Youngblood become a star after his stint with the Hamilton Mustangs? We don’t know, but this is his first trip to the Semi-Finals.
17. Dottie Hinson (A League of Their Own)
This year, Dottie Hinson is the lone Rockford Peach (player) to make the Semi-Finals.
18. “Fast” Eddie Felson (The Hustler & The Color of Money)
The lone pool player of the group, “Fast” Eddie was a Finalist in 2014.
19. Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)
The most versatile fictional athlete ever has been a Finalist the last two years.
20. Frederick “Ogre” Palowaski (Revenge of the Nerds & Revenge of the Nerds 2)
This is the first time that “Ogre” made the Semis. Finally his work in the Greek Olympics at Adams College is paying off!
21. Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
Is Homer Simpson the worst athlete here? Maybe, but he has quite the body of work and is a Semi-Finalist for the third year in the row.
22. Ivan Drago (Rocky IV)
The Siberian Bull never did win the World Heavyweight Title but does have Apollo Creed’s blood on his gloves.
23. Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski (The Big Lebowski)
The Big Lebowski is a legendary cult film, and “The Dude” makes his second Semi-Finalist appearance.
24. Jesus Shuttlesworth (He Got Game)
Shockingly, this is the first time that Jesus Shuttlesworth has made the Semi-Finals.
25. Jimmy Chitwood (Hoosiers)
Chitwood was a Finalist last year, and is likely to be the only player from Hickory High to make the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
26. Jon Moxon (Varsity Blues)
This is the first time that a player from West Canaan has made the Semi-Finalist Round.
27. Kelly Leak (The Bad News Bears)
To date there has yet to be a Bad News Bear make the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame. Kelly Leak is a Semi-Finalist for the third straight year.
28. Kenny Powers (Eastbound and Down)
Kenny Powers was a Finalist last year and a Semi-Finalist the year before.
29. Lucas Bly (Lucas)
This is the first time that Lucas Bly has made the Semi-Finals.
30. Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard, 1974)
The Burt Reynolds version of this character was a Finalist in 2014 and a Semi-Finalist last year.
31. Paul “Wrecking” Crewe (The Longest Yard, 2005)
Adam Sandler’s version of Paul Crewe has been a Semi-Finalist once before in 2014.
32. Pedro Cerrano (Major League)
Pedro Cerrano was a Semi-Finalist last year. Perhaps he will put a voodoo spell to get him to the Finals!
33. Ricky Bobby (Talladega Nights)
This is the third consecutive Semi-Finalist appearance for Ricky Bobby.
34. Rod Tidwell (Jerry Maguire)
Surprisingly, this is the first time that Tidwell made the list of Semi-Finalists.
35. Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy (Tin Cup)
“Tin Cup” is making his second Semi-Finals and first since 2014.
36. Sam Malone (Cheers)
The former Red Sox closer has been a Finalist for the last two years.
37. Sidney Dean (White Men Can’t Jump)
This is the first time that Sidney Dean has joined his “partner”, Billy Hoyle, as a Semi-Finalist.
38. Shane Falco (The Replacements)
This is the second consecutive Semi-Finalist appearance for the former Sugar Bowl participant, Shane Falco.
39. Terry Tate (Reebok)
Another surprising first time Semi-Finalist, is the Reebok spokesman, Terry Tate, the Office Linebacker.
40. Thad Castle (Blue Mountain State)
Like Alex Moran, this is the first time that someone from Blue Mountain State has advanced to the Semi-Finals.
41. Tim Riggins (Friday Night Lights)
This is the first ever Semi-Finalist nod for a character from the Friday Night Lights television series.
42. Ty Webb (Caddyshack)
Ty Webb has been a Semi-Finalist for the last two years.
43. Warren Coolidge (The White Shadow)
Warren Coolidge marks the first player from Carver High to make the Semi-Finalist Round.
44. Willie “Mays” Hays (Major League)
Willie “Mays” Hays has been a Finalist for the last two years.
The 20 Fictitious Contributors Semi-Finalists are:
1. Adrian Balboa (Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV & Rocky V)
Adrian has been a Finalist the last two years.
2. Arliss Michaels (Arliss)
This is the first time that love him or hate him superagent, Arliss Michaels, has made the Semi-Finals.
3. Bud Kilmer (Varsity Blues)
Bud Kilmer has a stadium named after him and has always received the most support of all characters from Varsity Blues. This is his third consecutive appearance as a Semi-Finalist.
4. Cameron Tucker (Modern Family)
A large surprise here as high school football coach, Cameron Tucker, makes his first Semi-Finals.
5. Caretaker ’74 (The Longest Yard)
This is the only “Caretaker” to make the Semi-Finals
6. Chubbs Peterson (Happy Gilmore)
Chubbs Peterson has been a Finalist for the past two years. This is also the closest that Carl Weathers has been in regards to the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
7. Coach Ernie Pantusso (Cheers)
The Coach has been a Semi-Finalist the last two years.
8. Gordon Bombay (The Mighty Ducks Trilogy)
Gordon Bombay narrowly missed out in 2014 and was again a Finalist for 2015.
9. Hayden Fox (Coach)
The former National Championship winning Coach has been a Finalist the last two years.
10. Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire)
Show me the money! Jerry Maguire has been a Finalist the last two years, but finished last in that round both years.
11. Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own)
He hit 500 Home Runs for Mr. Harvey and told us that there is no crying in Baseball. Dugan has been a Finalist twice.
12. John Kreese (The Karate Kid)
This is the first time that John Kreese made the Semi-Finals.
13. Ken Reeves (The White Shadow)
With Ken Howard passing away this year, perhaps sentiment will push Ken Reeves through.
14. Lou Brown (Major League)
Lou Brown was a Finalist last year but did not make the Semi-Finals the year before.
15. Mickey Goldmill (Rocky, Rocky II & Rocky III)
Mickey Goldmill has been a Finalist the last two years and finished in the top five both times.
16. Mike Leak (The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training)
The senior Leak was Semi-Finalist in 2014.
17. Norman Dale (Hoosiers)
Coach Norman Dale has been a Finalist each of the past two years.
18. Ray Kinsella (Field of Dreams)
Surprisingly, nobody from this film has made the Finalists for the Contributor Section.
19. The Gopher (Caddyshack)
It’s a gopher. It’s a puppet. It is also a Semi-Finalist for the third year in the row.
20. Wilbur “Shooter” Flatch (Hoosiers)
“Shooter” is a third time Semi-Finalist.
The 5 Fictitious Veterans are:
1. Dennis Ryan (Take Me Out to the Ball Game)
This is the second time that Dennis Ryan has made the Semi-Finals and was a Finalist last year.
2. Joe Boyd/Joe Hart (Damn! Yankees)
Joe Boyd/Joe Hart was a Semi-Finalist last year.
3. Kid Galahad (Kid Galahad ‘61)
This is the first time that either Kid Galahad version has made a Semi-Final.
4. Ron Catlan (Number One)
We are shocked on this one, as even Charlton Heston hated this movie.
5. Velvet Brown (National Velvet)
The Elizabeth Taylor character was a Semi-Finalist last year.
The top fifteen Athletes, the top ten Contributors and the top three Veterans will advance to the Final Round.
The Finalists for all three categories will be announced on August 15, 2016.
The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame, along with its sister site, The Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is part of Notinhalloffame.com, a pop culture/sports website that first launched in 2009.
Voting for each round is here:
The Fictitious Athletes
The Fictitious Contributors
The Fictitious Veterans
We here at Notinhalloffame.com ask all of you to cast your votes and tell us who the Finalists should be!
We thank you for your support and are excited to keep this new endeavor going!