Which sports players deserve entrance into their Hall of Fame the most?
So many great players in sports history have yet to hear their names called to the Hall of Fame. Which one stands out to you the most?
Actually I just commented on this in a forum recently, but I definitely think Pete Rose should be in the baseball HOF. I understand what he did was scrupulous/immoral, but the HOF is suppose to be for accolades on the field. Bottom line, he is the greatest hitter in MLB history.
I'm in full agreement. The guy was the best at what he did. Gambling should've gotten him fired, not thrown out of the league.
Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds. They were first ballot hall of famers before the whole PED era.
No doubt. The fact nothing has been proven about either of them should lend to this issue.
I think "The Bus" will get in eventually. It just may take a couple years.
Wrote a piece a few years ago along this line http://teapartycrasher.hubpages.com/hub … top-Canton
I would like to suggest three quarterbacks that aren't in the Pro Football Hall of Fame — Ken Anderson, Jim Plunkett, and Ken Stabler. These were all great forerunners to the modern QB, heavy on completion percentage. Anderson was maybe the prototype of the west-coast offense passer, albeit in Cincinnati, where Bill Walsh was the offensive coordinator. Anderson led the NFL in completion percentage in 1974, '82, and '83, completing over 70 percent in '82. Stabler led the league in completion percentage in 1973, and '76. In 1979, he utilized two tight ends, Dave Casper and Raymond Chester, who became the first tight-end tandem to each have 50 or more catches in the same season. Plunkett also liked to throw to the tight end, as Todd Christensen led the league in receptions in 1983 and '86. Plunkett started in two Super Bowl victories for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. You'd think that'd be enough to get him into Canton. The only other two-time winners behind center who aren't in the Hall of Fame are active — Tom Brady and Eli Manning.
I'd say Stabler deserves to get in first given how successful he was in a powerhouse AFC during the '70s, particularly against those great Steeler teams. Anderson has the stats to back him up while Plunkett has the rings. They all deserve it.
Haven't heard much about him but I know he is big in hockey circles.
He may have been "black listed" because of a "bout" with alcoholism. He is American Indian and there is a significant and I believe just movement to get him in the hall before he passes on...
by CJ Kelly 10 years ago
Does Don Mattingly deserve to be in the Hall of Fame?Now I know he does not have the numbers, but I'm not a stats guy. I go by what I saw and he was a great Yankee. Yes, it matters if you play in New York. The pressure is that much greater. A .300 average in NY is like a .325 average in Kansas...
by CJ Kelly 10 years ago
Does Mark McGwire deserve to be in the Hall of Fame?My opinion is absolutely not. He clearly benefitted from juicing and his performance in front of Congress was disgraceful. I would vote in Bonds and Clemens, but no one else from that era.
by Gary Anderson 12 years ago
Luke Donald won the PGA tour money list and the European tour money list, both in the same year. If he doesn't win a major is this historic feat worthy of the golf hall of fame?
by mintinfo 11 years ago
Should Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Sammy Sosa be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?The Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for 2013 was just released. Given these players alleged steroid involvement, should they be voted in the Hall?
by Joseph Frankina III 10 years ago
He was caught gambling. He has been permanently banned from baseball including the Hall of Fame. Is this a fair punishment? Are there other players who have committed worse crimes who are not banned from the game or the Hall of Fame? Should they be banned?
by Bruce A. Beaudet 11 years ago
Will Roger Clemens get into the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot?Give a detailed answer.
Copyright © 2024 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2024 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |