Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
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The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is a sports hall of fame located in Portsmouth, Virginia. Founded in 1972, it moved to its current location in 2005.[1] More than 200 athletes, coaches, administrators and others have been inducted into the hall.
The museum also features interactive exhibits which allow children to test their skills in basketball, football, baseball, soccer and more. There are nine exhibit areas featuring twenty sports.
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[edit] Sports inductees
- A
- B
- Marvin Bass
- Ed Beard
- William "Pete" Bennett
- Melvin Blassingham
- Chuck Boone
- Yogi Hightower Boothe
- Allan Bristow
- Larry Brooks
- Roosevelt Brown
- Roger Brown
- Jimmie Bryan
- Herbert Bryant
- Al Bumbry
- Harold "Hal" Burrows
- Raymond Bussard
- C
- Hunter Carpenter
- Alfred Casey
- Carter "Nellie" Catlett
- Harry "Red" Caughron
- Bill Chambers
- Joseph "Scrap" Chandler
- Christopher Chenery
- Lynn Chewning
- Gary Clark
- Jack Cloud
- Jim Coates
- Julius "Julie" Conn
- Eugene F. "Gene" Corrigan
- Lou Creekmur
- Fanny C. Crenshaw
- Ralph Cummins
- Dell Curry
- D
- Carroll Dale
- Bobby Dandridge
- Raymond Dandridge
- Jean McLean Davis
- Meb Davis
- Leon Day
- Roland Day
- Steven DeLong
- Bobby Dodd
- Tom Dolan
- Jim Dombrowski
- Anne Donovan
- Albert "Rasty" Doran
- Otis Douglas
- Lefty Driesell
- James Driver
- Jim Ducibella
- Bullet Bill Dudley
- Tom Duquette
- E
- F
- Earl Faison
- Donna Floyd Fales
- Beattie Feathers
- Richard "Dick" Fletcher
- Dr. Harrison Flippin
- Henry "Hank" Foiles
- William Fuller
- J. Stokeley Fulton
- G
- H
- Archie Hahn
- Charles Haley
- Granny Hamner
- Chandler Harper
- Frank Havens
- Whitney Hedgepeth
- John Hilton
- Bob Holland
- Terry Holland
- H. Lester Hooker
- Stuart "Stukie" Hoskins
- Henry Hucles
- George S. Hughes
- Richard "Dick" Humbert
- Ricky Hunley
- J
- W.S. "Pedie" Jackson
- Mary Patton Janssen
- Betty Jaynes
- Walter "Whirlwind" Johnson
- Arthur "Art" Jones
- Brian Jordan
- Henry Jordan
- K
- Herman "Bucky" Keller
- Ted Keller
- Junius Kellogg
- Jerome Kersey
- Leroy Keyes
- Robert "Bob" Kilbourne
- Glenn C. Knox
- L
- George Lacy
- Willie Lanier
- Henry E. Lauterbach
- Frank Lawrence
- James Leech
- Doris Leigh
- Jim Lemon
- William H. Lewis
- Joseph "Buddy" Lex
- Nancy Lieberman
- Henry "Monk" Little
- Earl Lloyd
- Frank Loria
- M
- Jane Mack
- Thad Madden
- Moses Malone
- Shelley Mann
- Dr. Thompson Mann
- Dr. John Mapp
- Laura Mapp
- Willard Marshall
- Billy Martin Sr.
- Lily Harper Martin
- Eugene Noble "Buck" Mayer
- Penelope McBride
- Clyde McCullough
- Mac McEver
- John McKenna
- Lee McLaughlin
- George McQuinn
- Paul Mellon
- William "Bill" Merner
- Edwin "Ed" Merrick
- Arthur "Bud" Metheny
- Walt Michaels
- C.P. "Sally" Miles
- Louis "Weenie" Miller
- Robert "Emory Express" Miller
- Charles Moir
- Herman Moore
- Leotus "Lee" Morrison
- Frank O. Moseley
- Benita Fitzgerald Mosley
- Alonzo Mourning
- Joseph "Joe" Muha
- N
- O
- P
- Joe Palumbo
- Clarence "Ace" Parker
- Barry Parkhill
- Frank Peake
- Larry Peccatiello
- Charles "Bolo" Perdue
- Deacon Phillippe
- Malcolm "Mac" Pitt
- Lou Plummer
- Bob Porterfield
- Russ Potts
- George Preas
- Kelli James Precourt
- William "Dick" Price
- Abisha "Bosh" Pritchard
- George "Gummy" Proctor
- R
- Vito Ragazzo
- Gerrard "Buster" Ramsey
- Ulmo "Sonny" Randle
- Victor "Vic" Raschi
- Paul W. Rice
- Melissa Belote Ripley
- Eppa Rixey
- Melvin "Mel" Roach
- Dave Robbins
- Glenn Roberts Sr.
- Bobby Ross
- Bob Rowland
- Ricky Rudd[2]
- Warren Rutledge
- S
- Ralph Sampson
- Taylor Sanford
- Paul Sawyer
- Herb Scott
- Thomas C. Scott
- Thomas L. Scott
- Wendell Scott
- Richard "Dick" Shea
- Bill Shellenberger
- J. Dallas Shirley
- Paul Shu
- E. Gray Simons
- Dr. Caroline B. Sinclair
- Ida Simmons Slack
- Barton "Barty" Smith
- Bruce Smith
- C. Alphonso Smith
- Richard A. Smith
- J.C. Snead
- Norm Snead
- Sam Snead
- Bobby Spangler
- Wynsol Spencer
- Robert "Bob" Spessard
- Hope Spivey
- Dawn Staley
- Hugh Stephens
- Dwight Stephenson
- Bryant Stith
- Chuck Stobbs[3]
- Curtis Strange
- Tom Strange
- Francis Lee Summers
- Charlie Sumner
- T
- Lawrence Taylor
- Bob Thalman
- Charles "Rosie" Thomas
- William "Bill" Thomas
- Tommy Thompson
- Syd Thrift
- Eric Tipton
- John Todd
- Curtis M. "Pops" Turner
- Dave Twardzik
- E.P. "Cy" Twombly
- U
- V
- W
- Jesse "Sonny" Wade
- Lanny Wadkins
- Joe Weatherly
- Paul Webb
- George Welsh
- Helmut Werner
- Mark West
- J.R. Wilburn
- Richard "Buzzy" Wilkinson
- Ken Willard
- Charles H. Williams
- Leigh Williams
- Lawrence "Lefty" Wilson
- Glen & Leonard Wood
- Lew Worsham
- Y
[edit] Other notable inductees
[edit] References
- ^ Hoyer, Meghan (2005-04-23), A day full of fanfare as Portsmouth opens sports museum, Virginian-Pilot, http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=85464&ran=13149, retrieved 2007-11-24
- ^ Rudd among '07 inductees for Virginia Hall of Fame, Virginian-Pilot, 2006-12-05, http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=115507&ran=239829, retrieved 2007-11-24
- ^ Schudel, Matt (2008-07-25), Chuck Stobbs; Senators Pitcher in 1950s, Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/24/AR2008072403791.html, retrieved 2008-07-25
- ^ http://vshfm.com/inductees.html Retrieved 2008-11-30.