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College(s) played for Position Year inducted (link to HOF bio) Bob Babich: Miami (OH) Linebacker: 1994: Everett Bacon: Wesleyan: Quarterback: 1966: Reds Bagnell: Pennsylvania: Halfback: 1977: Champ Bailey: Georgia: Defensive back: 2022: Johnny Bailey: Texas A&I: Running back: 2000: Hobey Baker: Princeton: Quarterback: 1975: Johnny Baker ...
NameCollege (s) Played ForPositionYear Inducted (link To Hof Bio)TackleIllinois, PurdueGuardQuarterbackOklahoma, UCLAQuarterbackInductees. Only 0.02% of college football players and coaches can claim the honor of being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Learn more about every record-breaking, trophy-hoisting inductee below.
The List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees is divided into alphabetical lists of players and of coaches who have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, which is devoted to celebrating college football in the United States.
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Early plans
In 1949, Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, was selected as the site for football's Hall of Fame, via a vote by thousands of sportswriters, coaches, and athletic leaders. Rutgers was chosen for the location because Rutgers and Princeton played the first game of intercollegiate football in New Brunswick on November 6, 1869. Secondary plans in 1967 called for the Hall of Fame to be located at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the location of the first contest under...
Kings Mills
When the New York Attorney General's office began its own investigation, the foundation moved to Kings Mills, Ohio in suburban Cincinnati, where a building finally was constructed adjacent to Kings Island in 1978. In choosing the site, it had been hoped that the museum could attract the same visitors attending the adjacent Kings Island amusement park, but this failed to happen. The Hall opened with good attendance figures early on, but visitation dwindled dramatically as time went on and neve...
South Bend
In September 1991, the National Football Foundation opened a national search for a new location, soliciting bids from cities. It first started by offering bids to cities with local National Football Foundation chapters. Thirty-five such cities replied, including South Bend, Indiana. The South Bend bid proposal was led by Bill Starks and Edward "Moose" Krause of the South Bend chapter of the National Football Foundation, who then approached South Bend mayor Joe E. Kernan about the concept. Ker...
As of 2018, there are 997 players and 217 coaches enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame, representing 308 schools. Thirteen players, two coaches and one inanimate object (the Goodyear Blimp)were slated for induction in 2019.
The National Football Foundation outlines specific criteria that may be used for evaluating a possible candidate for induction into the Hall of Fame. 1. A player must have received major first team All-America recognition. 2. A player becomes eligible for consideration 10 years after his last year of intercollegiate football played. 3. Football ach...
Founded in 1951 by the National Football Foundation, the College Football Hall of Fame immortalizes the greatest of the amateur gridiron. 5.1 million people have coached or played the game and less than 1,300 are inductees in the Hall. This makes the College Football Hall of Fame an extremely selective group of individuals.
Jan 11, 2021 · The 2021 College Football Hall of Fame Class will officially be inducted during the 63rd NFF Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas at the ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas on Dec. 7 alongside the 2020 Hall of Fame Class (the 2020 event was canceled due to COVID-19).
Jan 10, 2022 · The 2022 College Football Hall of Fame Class will officially be inducted during the 64th NFF Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas on Dec. 6 at the Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Click here for more information on the event.
