The first baseball player was BABE RUTH. Note: Actually Ruth was one of five men elected to the first Hall of Fame class in 1936. The others: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson and Honus Wagner.
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When the inaugural Hall of Fame ballots were counted in 1936, five players had received at least 75% of the votes cast - the standard set for election by the Baseball Writers' Association of America that still exists today. Those players were the first five men elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The five players were, in order of votes: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson.
As of the 2008 season, seven men who spent the majority of their careers with the Bills are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: O.J. Simpson, Joe Delamielleure, Marv Levy, Thurman Thomas, James Lofton, Billy Shaw, and Jim Kelly.
When the inaugural Hall of Fame ballots were counted in 1936, five players had received at least 75% of the votes cast - the standard set for election by the Baseball Writers' Association of America that still exists today. Those players were the first five men elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The five players were, in order of votes: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson.
This is a very special award. JFK authorized the Green Beret in 1961. Approximately 85 men have been inducted into the US Army Special Forces Green Beret Hall of Fame as of summer 2012.
Bud Grant AND Warren Moon
With the election of Goose Gossage in 2008, there are now 286 electees in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Of those 286, 228 were elected as players, 19 were elected as managers, 8 were elected as umpires, and 31 were elected as owners or executives. Click on the 'Baseball Hall of Fame' link below to see a list of those in the Hall. this question does not say which Hall of Fame ...
Men's Hall was created in 1935.
In 1936, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson were the first five men elected to Cooperstown.
Eugene "Torchy" Clark was the men's basketball coach at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, from 1969-1983. Compiled a career record of 274-89 (.754). Member of the Florida Sports Hall of Fame and Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame, in addition to the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame. Father of Bo Clark, who led the nation in scoring during the 1978-79 season while playing for his father. Namesake of "The Torchy Clark Endowment", at UCF.
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