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  Football Hall Of Fame -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame is a museum dedicated to football in Canada (either players of Canadian football or Canadian players of football of other kinds), located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend, Indiana, is a hall of fame devoted to college football.
The hall features memorials and memorabilia of great American football players and coaches of the past as well as areas to test your own punting, passing, blocking, speed, and agility.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/57/football-hall-of-fame.html   (787 words)

  
 Kenny Dalglish | Top Class Football Player Manager | Biograghy
Scotland were eliminated at the group stage, even though they were undefeated.
Despite an initially strong performance, Dalglish's dismantling of one of the most exciting footballing sides in the Premiership lost him the support of the fans, and he was sacked by Newcastle early in August 1998.
Inaugural Inductee to the English Football Hall of Fame, 2002
sport.y2u.co.uk /Football_England/FAp_Kenny_Dalglish.htm   (1744 words)

  
 Television Academy Hall of Fame Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
approved Hall of Fame and Academy related events...
Herb Brodkin, MacNeil/Lehrer, Lorne Michaels, Carl Reiner, Fred Rogers, Fred Silverman and Ethel Winant Announced as Next Inductees Into The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.
PRNewswire/ -- The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) Hall of Fame Committee...
www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/Television_Academy_Hall_of_Fame.html   (102 words)

  
 England Player Honours - Football Association England National Team Hall of Fame
The Football Association, with no fanfare apparent, launched a hall of fame for England national team players on its website as it was reformatted in mid-May, 2002, just before the World Cup final tournament began.
In the wake of failed attempts to launch commercial halls of fame in England and elsewhere, it was fitting that the Football Association, rather than some private company or organisation, took on the task.
The Football Association is correct in taking the view that a hall of fame does not require an expensive physical structure or grandiose marketing schemes.
www.englandfootballonline.com /TeamHons/HonsHallFameFaEng.html   (883 words)

  
 Arkansas Track & Field Hall of Fame
A track & football standout at Little Rock Central; a member of 3 state HS championship track teams 1956, 1957 and 1958, ran the 100‑yd, 220-yd, and 440-yd dashes and was a member of the state record holding 440-, 880- and Mile Relay teams.
Hall served as the Associate Director of the Arkansas Activcities Association from 1970 to 1996.
Hall was among the first inductees to the Arkansas High School Coaches Association-Arkansas Officials Association Fall of Fame in 1995.
www.angelfire.com /ar/atca/hallfame.html   (9344 words)

  
 Hall of Famer Q&A with Mike Ditka - Pro Football Hall of Fame
Coach - since you coached a Hall of Fame running back and you are a Hall of Famer yourself, I'm sure you have a good idea of the make-up of a Hall of Fame player, whether at TE or RB.
I think the Hall of Fame is a tremendous honor and it's a great individual honor to anybody who gets in it.
I was on the senior committee and really it's hard to say that any of those senior guys who were brought up shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame and I really believe that in the bottom of my heart.
www.profootballhof.com /history/release.jsp?release_id=407   (1829 words)

  
 Kenny Dalglish Pictures Pics Profile Biography
Hall, the club’s majority shareholder and president, believes a succession of poor buys by managers Kenny Dalglish, Ruud Gullit, Bobby Robson and Graeme Souness have cost them since he stepped down in 1997.
Hall told the Daily Mail: “It’s clear to me and everyone that some of the players brought by previous managers simply haven’t been good enough.
Hall, who is currently in discussions to sell his majority shareholding, is backing Roeder to turn around the club’s fortunes.
www.football-rumours.com /kennydalglish.html   (938 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: A Scottish Football Hall of Fame (Mainstream Sport): Books: John Cairney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
A Scottish Football Hall of Fame is an original overview of the beautiful game as it developed north of the Tweed by a man who still remembers seeing his first Hampden game at the age of seven.
Football memories, and A Scottish Football Hall of Fame are made of moments like these.
Every generation throws up its own football field magicians and The Scottish Football Hall of Fame encapsulates the Saturday afternoon spell cast by fine footballers for ordinary working men who lived to cheer on their heroes every week.
www.amazon.co.uk /Scottish-Football-Hall-Mainstream-Sport/dp/1840189207   (554 words)

  
 England Player Honours - International Football Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame's British organisers, chief among them Gordon Taylor, head of the Professional Footballers' Association, claimed their selection process collected more than 500,000 votes over the Internet and through the post from football fans in 110 countries.
The Hall of Fame website is still accessible, but it has not been updated for several years.
Far better that an international football organisation take charge of an international hall of fame, and far better that there be only one hall of fame purporting to recognise the best players from all over the world.
www.englandfootballonline.com /TeamHons/HonsHallFameInt.html   (811 words)

  
 Western Australian Football Hall of Fame : Hall of Champions
Scotland has provided the local scene with many players and Robert Cherry is just one of them born in the bonnie country in 1922.
Born in Scotland, "Wee" Jimmy Gordon emigrated to Australia in 1910 and joined Rangers before moving on to Northern Casuals in 1913, the year the club was formed.
Alex (Sandy) Marr was born in Scotland in 1892 and arrived in WA in 1911, aged 19.
members.iinet.net.au /~jacob/wasoccer/halloffame/HallOfChampions.htm   (7526 words)

  
 Scottish Football - Culture - Global Friends of Scotland
As the 19th century gave way to the 20th, football became a worldwide phenomenon as clubs and leagues were established in every country in the world, but the game suffered a derailment during the First World War.
In Scotland the Second Division was scrapped and the First Division struggled as thousands of young men swapped boots and balls for gas masks and rifles.
Scotland’s performance statistics in the World Cup since World War II are, like the Scottish football team itself, a scintillating blend of the sublime and the ridiculous.
www.friendsofscotland.gov.uk /culture/football.html   (1395 words)

  
 History: Chronology (1980-1999) - Pro Football Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
ABC's NFL Monday Night Football finished the 1994-95 television season as the fifth highest-rated show out of 146 with a 17.8 average rating, the highest finish in the 25-year history of the series, April 18.
The Pro Football Hall Of Fame in Canton, Ohio, completed an $8.9 million expansion including a $4 million contribution by the NFL clubs, October 14.
The transfer of the Oilers from Houston to Nashville for the 1998 season was approved by a vote of the NFL clubs at a meeting in Atlanta, April 30.
www.profootballhof.com /history/general/chronology/1980-1999.jsp   (7612 words)

  
 Scottish Football Association: The Scottish FA: Scotland :
The Hall Of Fame is a permanent feature in the Scottish Football Museum to honour the truly great players, managers and officials who have reached the pinnacle of their profession and have made a significant contribution to Scotland’s football reputation through their skill, spirit and determination.
The Hall of Fame has quickly established itself as a ’must see’ for every true football fan and everyone involved in this great game.
To nominate the football personality you would like to see in The Scottish Football Hall Of Fame at The Scottish Football Museum in Hampden Park, please click the email link and send us your nomination.
www.scottishfa.co.uk /scottish_football.cfm?curpageid=688   (206 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Singh elected to World Golf Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Hall of Fame officials two years ago added a stipulation that if no one gets 65%, the players with the most votes will be elected provided he is on at least 50% of the ballots.
It was the second time the Hall of Fame changed its criteria, lowering the standard from 75% to 65% in 2001 after no one from the PGA Tour was elected.
The World Golf Hall of Fame refused to say how many ballots were returned or how many votes Singh, Nelson and other candidates received; it only released percentages.
www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/2005-04-20-hall-singh_x.htm   (879 words)

  
 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Doug is being inducted to the Hall of Fame as "a truly great player." While at Nassau Community College in 1970 and 1971, he was a two-time First Team Junior College All-American and named Nassau's Most Valuable Player twice.
He was captain of the freshman football team in 1921, the varsity football team in 1924 and won the "Most Valuble Football Player Award" in.
Stranahan was a fine all-around athlete both in school and college winning letters in football, basketball and baseball in high school, and football, track and lacrosse at Union.
www.uslacrosse.org /museum/halloffame/list_alpha.php?letter=S   (2890 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Scotland | National soccer legends honoured
Scotland footballing legends Denis Law, Willie Henderson and Danny McGrain have launched a national Hall of Fame at Hampden Park's football museum.
Similar to the Hall of Fame for players with 50 caps or more, the attraction aims to honour former players who did not reach that milestone.
They have been a very big part of the Scottish football scene and I think it is only fair that they are allowed to be brought into it as well.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/scotland/3570464.stm   (450 words)

  
 Tom Boyd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas "Tom" Boyd (born November 24, 1965 in Glasgow) is a former football player.
He was comfortable with the ball on either foot in any position in defence, a rare and valuable commodity in football.
He scored an own goal while playing for Scotland against Brazil in the opening match of the 1998 World Cup.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_Boyd   (124 words)

  
 The International Rugby Hall of Fame
Brown was born on 1 November 1947 in Troon and attended the town's Marr College.
He was the son of Jock Brown, the former Clyde and Scotland football goalkeeper, and was the younger brother of lock forward Peter Brown, who played for his country 27 times.
Playing his club rugby for Marr and West of Scotland, Brown won the first of his 30 caps for Scotland against South Africa in 1969.
www.rugbyhalloffame.com /pages/brown2001.htm   (261 words)

  
 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Nevin D. "Ned" Harkness, one of lacrosse's most successful coaches, was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a truly great coach who has contributed noteworthy services to the game of lacrosse over the years.
He was educated at the Western High School, graduating in 1926, then on to the University of Maryland, graduating with a BS degree in 1930.
She started the program at the George School and then coached at Swarthmore College, where she also served as the chair of the Department of Physical Education and Athletics for Women from 1965 to 1979, and then the Associate Chair for the Department of Physical.
www.uslacrosse.org /museum/halloffame/list_alpha.php?letter=H   (1730 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Sport - Football - Hearts Hall of Fame
Scotland's No 1 may already, at 23, be the best goalkeeper in his club's history.
Your Hall of Fame has left out too many players that were great servant to the club and great players who have now been forgotten.
Robbie Neilson in the Hall of fame for 1 tackle - you must be joking, against AEK Athens he was a yard slow in fact Hearts have had better.
sport.scotsman.com /football.cfm?id=1331402006   (1167 words)

  
 Boston Rugby - Old Gold Rugby Football Club - Boston Rugby » Hall of Fame
Was considered by Hall of Fame Members Jim Mattera and Bob Collier their best player in the first couple of years.
It is with great pleasure that the Old Gold RFC Hall of Fame announces the induction of Doug DeMeritt into the hall.
Given all of this, Doug certainly was worthy of the Hall of Fame induction, but his greatest achievements were still to come as Club President.
www.oldgoldrugby.com /hall-of-fame   (2424 words)

  
 Western Australian Football Hall of Fame : Hall of Recognition
Mick Mateljan is known as the father of football in the Swan region.
He was a member of WA football’s ruling board for many years and filled the position of State team manager for an extended time.
He settled in Geraldton in 1957, and until his death in 1995 he was the face of football in the coastal town.
members.iinet.net.au /~jacob/wasoccer/halloffame/HallOfRecognition.htm   (4052 words)

  
 Did You Know? - Scottish Sports Hall of Fame
During 2002, an initial list of 100 sporting greats was considered by a panel of experts and 50 were selected to form a Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.
Instead, there is a good representation from earlier times too, though the names may not be too familiar today - it is part of the intention of the Hall of Fame to rectify that.
Many of the present day sports stars were present as "inductees" at the launch of this Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in December 2002 at the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh.
www.rampantscotland.com /know/blknow_sports.htm   (1133 words)

  
 MOHAMMED SALIM
Salim was born in colonial Calcutta in 1904.
However, after a few months in Scotland, Salim began to feel homesick and was determined to return to India.
Majumdar was told by Salim's son Rashid, who lives in Calcutta: "Celtic tried to persuade my father to stay by offering to organise a charity match in his honour, giving him five per cent of the gate proceeds.
www.indianfootball.com /data/halloffame/salim_mohammed.html   (799 words)

  
 Hearts | Have your say...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The countdown to the Heart of Midlothian Hall of Fame is on!
Craig Gordon is the youngest nominee but the Scotland goalkeeper richly deserves his status.
Dave Mackay is one of the giants of British football, having won league titles on both sides of the border with Hearts, Tottenham and Derby.
www.heartsfc.premiumtv.co.uk /page/HallofFame   (491 words)

  
 LyricsVault: Hall of fame: Paul Carrack
By the end of 1996 he was opening for Sting's UK tour, and sang duet with Sting nightly.
Being a huge football fan, Paul Carrack was honoured with singing the British National Anthem prior to the World Cup game between Scotland and England at England's Wembley Stadium.
After England's win over Scotland Paul was considering staying with the team to bring continued luck, but his Tour with Sting was still underway.
www.lyricsvault.net /halloffame/Paul_Carrack.html   (1123 words)

  
 2006 Hall of Fame Inductees
He co-captained the L-R football team in 1951 and the basketball team in 1952, making the All-North State Conference football team as a defensive guard in 1951, and was a second-team all-conference player in basketball, known for strong rebounding and defense.
LARRY A. of Hickory achieved great success as coach of high school football, track and golf teams, and was honored as conference coach of the year on many occasions.
But they all say he deserves to be in the Hall as much for the strength of his character, and his ongoing desire to see the young people he taught and coached become successful.
www.hickorymetrosports.com /hall_of_fame.htm   (1538 words)

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