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The first Hall of Fame class was in 1936 and featured the induction of five members: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson (posthumously), Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner.
There was no one person. The first five were Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson, and Walter Johnson.
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SteveActually, the inaugural Hall of Fame class in 1963 consisted of several big names: Sammy Baugh, Bert Bell, Joe Carr, Earl "Dutch" Clark, Harold "Red" Grange, George Halas, Mel Hein, Wilbur "Pete" Henry, Robert "Cal" Hubbard, Don Hutson, Earl "Curly" Lambeau, Tim Mara, George Preston Marshall, John "Johnny Blood" McNally, Bronko Nagurski, Ernie Nevers and Jim Thorpe.
MLB: Jackie Robinson, elected in 1962.
NFL: Emlen Tunnell, elected in 1967.
NBA: Bill Russell, elected in 1975.
NHL: Grant Fuhr, elected in 2003.
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Ty Cobb was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.
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Effa Manley (1900-81), who was co-owner of the Newark Eagles of the Negro Leagues in the 1930s and 1940s, was the first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Christy Mathewson, who was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1936. He was buried at Lewisburg Cemetary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania on October 10, 1925.
