College Football Hall of Fame
hall of fame | |
Visitors | 250,000 |
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CEO | Kimberly Beaudin |
Curator | Denis Crawford |
Website | www |
The College Football Hall of Fame is a
In August 2014, the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame opened in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The facility is a 94,256 square feet (8,756.7 m2) attraction located in the heart of Atlanta's sports, entertainment and tourism district, and is adjacent to the Georgia World Congress Center and Centennial Olympic Park.[1]
History
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.[2]
Secondary plans in 1967
Kings Mills
When the
South Bend
In September 1991, the National Football Foundation opened a national search for a new location, soliciting bids from cities.[5] It first started by offering bids to cities with local National Football Foundation chapters.[5] Thirty-five such cities replied, including South Bend, Indiana.[5]
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
On July 13, 1992, William Pearce, chairman of the National Football Foundation, made the announcement that South Bend had won the bid to host the Hall of Fame's new location.[5] South Bend had beaten out other locales, including Atlanta, Houston, the New Jersey Meadowlands, New Orleans.[5]
The new location was opened in South Bend, Indiana, on August 25, 1995. Despite estimates that the South Bend location would attract more than 150,000 visitors a year, the Hall of Fame drew about 115,000 people the first year,[6] and about 60,000 annually after that.[7]
By the late 1990s, some had already begun to criticize the Hall of Fame in South Bend as a failure, due to a lack of corporate sponsorship and poor turnout even during special events.[8]
In September 2009, Archie Manning, the chairman of the National Football Foundation, announced that the museum would be moving to Atlanta.[7] The South Bend location closed in December of 2012.[9]
Atlanta
In 2009, the
The facility is 94,256 square feet (8,756.7 m2) and contains approximately 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2) of exhibit and event space, interactive displays and a 45-yard indoor football field.[15][16] Atlanta Hall Management operates the College Football Hall of Fame.[14]
During the
Inductees
As of 2018, there are 997 players and 217 coaches enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame, representing 308 schools.[21] Thirteen players, two coaches and one inanimate object (the Goodyear Blimp)[22] were slated for induction in 2019.[23]
Players by school
Institution | Players inducted |
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Notre Dame | 48[24] |
USC | 35[25] |
Michigan | 32[26] |
Tennessee | 26[27] |
Ohio State | 26[28] |
Yale | 24[29] |
Army | 24[30] |
Oklahoma | 23[31] |
Alabama | 22[32] |
Navy | 22[33] |
Princeton | 21[29] |
Texas | 21[citation needed] |
Nebraska | 20[34] |
Penn State | 20[35] |
Pittsburgh | 19[36] |
Minnesota | 19[37] |
Harvard | 18[38] |
Stanford | 18[39] |
Penn | 17[37] |
California | 16[40] |
Georgia | 14[41] |
Georgia Tech | 14[42] |
Illinois | 13[43] |
UCLA | 13[citation needed] |
Wisconsin | 12[44] |
Washington | 12[45] |
Northwestern | 11[46] |
Purdue | 11[47] |
NC State | 10[48] |
SMU | 10[49] |
Syracuse | 10[50][51] |
Texas A&M | 10[52] |
Iowa | 10[53] |
Florida State | 9 |
Arkansas | 9[54] |
Miami | 9[citation needed] |
Michigan State | 9[55] |
Florida | 9[56] |
Auburn | 8[57] |
Boston College | 8[58] |
Baylor | 7 |
Missouri | 7 |
BYU | 6[59] |
Virginia | 5[60] |
Marshall | 5 |
Oklahoma State | 4[61] |
Houston | 4[62] |
Kansas State | 4 |
Georgia Southern | 2[63] |
Temple University | 1 |
Memphis | 1 |
Kansas | 1 |
Criteria for induction
The National Football Foundation outlines specific criteria that may be used for evaluating a possible candidate for induction into the Hall of Fame.[64]
- A player must have received major first team All-America recognition.
- A player becomes eligible for consideration 10 years after his last year of intercollegiate football played.
- Football achievements are considered first, but the post-football record as a citizen is also weighed.
- Players must have played their last year of intercollegiate football within the last 50 years.
- The nominee must have ended his professional athletic career prior to the time of the nomination.
- Coaches must have at least 10 years of head coaching experience, coached 100 games, and had at least a .600 winning percentage.[65]
The eligibility criteria have changed over time, and have occasionally led to criticism.
See also
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