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

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

The new 101 to 110:

101. Norm Van Lier
102. Alvan Adams
103. Derek Harper
104. Zach Randolph
105. Archie Clark
106. Eddie Johnson
107. Glenn Roberts
108. Mookie Blaylock
109. Hedo Turkoglu
110. Michael Redd

Rankings are impacted annually based on your comments and votes.

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

Here is another candidate where we have to go way back in the time machine, so much so that we predate the NBA by years.

Playing his college ball at Emory and Henry, Glenn Roberts was a one-man scoring factory posting numbers that were unheard of at the time.  Playing college ball from 1931 to 1935, Roberts averaged 19.4 Points per Game, which may not sound like it is elite, but remember the following:

There was no shot clock.

It was rare for a winning team to score 35 Points.

After every basket, the ball was placed back at center court, eating time off the clock as it continued to run.

Yeah, pretty impressive.

Let’s throw in something else:  Roberts is credited with creating (or at least being the first player to popularize) the jump shot, which shows his fingerprints all over the modern game.

Roberts would later play in the NBL, winning a championship with Akron in 1939, but this league was primarily forgotten, as were his college accomplishments. Had it been for a higher-profile school, he may have been inducted already, but history still needs to be rewritten.