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The 'Oregon Sports Hall of Fame' honors Oregon athletes, teams, coaches, and others who have made a a significant contribution to sports in Oregon.

Contents

History and organization

Scholarships

Facility

Inductees

External links

History and organization

The Oregon Sports Hall of Fame inducted its first class of 54 members in 1980, a diverse group that included Olympians Mack Robinson, Don Schollander and Frank Troeh, Boston Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky, NFL hero Norm van Brocklin, Heisman trophy winner Terry Baker, high jump innovator Dick Fosbury, and basketball coaching legend Slats Gill.
New members are inducted each fall, in a ceremony held in recent years at the Multnomah Athletic Club.
The 2007 induction ceremony will occur on September 25 2007 and induct the following new members: 2007 Oregon Hall of Fame inductees

★ Lance Deal -- Track and Field (University of Oregon track coach, won silver medal in hammer throw at 1996 Summer Olympics)

★ Joe Etzel -- Coaching (athletic director, basketball coach, and baseball player at the University of Portland)

★ Ryan Grossenbacher -- Handball (oldest competitor to win a USHA National Open Title, six-time Oregon singles champion)

★ Robert "Pudgy" Hunt -- Masters Athlete (held state high school basketball scoring record until broken by Kevin Love in 2007; on 10 AAU masters basketball national championship teams)

★ Mary Ayotte-Law -- Gymnastics (Oregon State gymnast, won 1982 national championship in floor exercise, third overall)

★ Shannon MacMillan -- Soccer (University of Portland soccer, winner of 1995 Hermann Award, won gold medal in soccer at 1996 Summer Olympics)

★ Jim Shanley -- Football (halfback for University of Oregon in 1955-57, co-captain of Rose Bowl team, played professionally with the Green Bay Packers)

★ Dewey Sullivan -- Coaching (football coach at Dayton High School, national high school coach of the year in 2001)

Scholarships

As part of its educational mission to promote the values and rewards of participation in sports, the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame grants as many as nine $2,000 scholarships given to outstanding Oregon student athletes who will be attending Oregon colleges. Scholarship winners are honored during the Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Facility

The Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is located in downtown Portland, Oregon and is operated by the Oregon Sports Trust. The facility houses over 7,000 square feet of space and features hands-on exhibits, videos, and memorabilia, such as Terry Baker's Heisman trophy (the first Heisman given to a West Coast athlete), Mack Robinson's Olympic jersey, one of Dale Murphy's Golden Gloves, and Bill Walton's jersey from the 1977 Portland Trail Blazers NBA championship game.

Inductees

The current members of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame are listed below.

Sport	Hall of Fame members
Auto Racing	Hershel McGriff, Monte Shelton, Len Sutton
Baseball	Earl Averill Jr.,Wally Backman, Eddie Basinski, Bill Beard, Carson "Skeet" Bigbee, Scott Brosius, Bobby Doerr, Howard Fox, Johnny Frederick, Joe Gordon, Roy Helser, Larry Jansen, Sylvester Johnson, Ad Liska, Mickey Lolich, Walter McCredie, Dale Murphy, Johnny Pesky, Harold Reynolds, Dave Roberts, Wes Schulmerich, Wayne Twitchell, Pete Ward, Dick Whitman, Ken Williams, Wade Williams, Artie Wilson, Jack Wilson, Rick Wise
Basketball	Danny Ainge, Bob Anet, Greg Ballard, Jim Barnett, Lew Beck, Jim Boutin, Terrell Brandon, Mel Counts, Cliff Crandall, John Dick, Clyde Drexler, Eddie Durno, Lauren "Laddie" Gale, Dave Gambee, Buck Grayson, A. C. Green, Jim Jarvis, Wally Johansen, Steve Johnson, Steve Jones, Hunk Latham, Ron Lee, Ed Lewis, Jim Loscutoff, Maurice Lucas, John Mandic, Wally Palmberg, Jim Paxson, Geoff Petrie, Jack Riley, Ephraim "Red" Rocha, Carol Menken-Schaudt, Charlie Sitton, Katy Steding, Dave Twardzik, Bill Walton, Charlie Warren, Richard Washington, Algot "Swede" Westergren, Urgel "Slim" Wintermute
Bowling	Gloria Bouvia, Marshall Holman, Tom Perry
Boxing	Joe Kahut, Ray Lampkin Jr., Denny Moyer, Tom Moyer
Broadcasting	Bob Blackburn, Doug LaMear, Bill Schonely
Coaching	Pokey Allen, Dee Andros, Bill Bowerman, Prink Callison, Len Casanova, Ralph Coleman, Tom DeSylvia, Jack Dunn, Paul Durham, Amory "Slats" Gill, Harold Hauk, Bill Hayward, Howard Hobson, Joe Huston, Eldon Jenne, Roy S. "Spec" Keene, Don Kirsch, Hank Kuchera, Hal Laycoe, Roy Love, Bill McArthur, Bobb McKittrick, Ralph Miller, Tommy Prothro, E. Robert Quinn, Jack Ramsay, Don Requa, Ad Rutschman, Fred Spiegelberg, Lon Stiner, Pete Susick, Dale O. Thomas, James "Mush" Torson, Paul Valenti, Eric Waldorf, John Warren, Ted R. Wilson
Duathlon	Liz Downing
Equestrian	Kevin Freeman
Fencing	Michael Marx
Football	Bill Austin, Sam Baker, Terry Baker, Emery Barnes, Steve Barnett, Ted Bates, John Beckett, Bob Berry, Del Bjork, Vern Burke, Jules "Zuck" Carlson, Ken Carpenter, Ross Carter, Todd Christensen, George Christensen, Jack Crabtree, James V. Dixon, Don Durdan, Brad Ecklund, Bill "Earthquake" Enyart, Dan Fouts, Joe Francis, Russ Francis, Norman "Red" Franklin, Dave Grayson, Bobby Grayson, Quentin Greenough, Bob Grim, Chas "Shy" Huntington, Dick James, Johnny Kitzmiller, Jake Leicht, Woodley Lewis, Percy Locey, Neil Lomax, Howard Maple, Bill McKalip, Mike Mikulak, Chris Miller, Hal Moe, Bill Morgan, Raymond "Butch" Morse, Jack Patera, Pete Pifer, George A. "Gap" Powell, Steve Preece, Ahmad Rashad, Mel Renfro, Reuben Sanders, Ade "Tar" Schwammel, Vic Sears, George Shaw, Bill Steers, Aaron Thomas, Norman Van Brocklin, Dave Wilcox, John Witte, Len Younce, Gary Zimmerman
Golf	Mary Budke, Bruce Cudd, Bob Duden, H. Chandler Egan, Bob Gilder, Marian Herron, Peter Jacobsen, Don Moe, Millard Rosenblatt, Oscar F. Willing, Dick Yost, Grace DeMoss Zwahlen
Gymnastics	Chari Knight
Handball	Ed Grossenbacher, Jack Scrivens
Hockey	Andy Aitkenhead, Don Head, Art Jones
Masters Athlete	Robert "Mac" MacTarnahan, Lavelle Stoinoff
Multi Sport Athlete	Claude Hines, Mel Krause, Dan Miles, Royce McDaniel, Steve Pauly
Rodeo	Larry Mahan
Skiing	Gretchen Fraser, Hjalmar Hvam, Bill Johnson, Jean Saubert
Soccer	Clive Charles
Softball	Margaret Dobson, Carolyn Fitzwater, Betty Evans Grayson, Erv Lind, Teri Mariani, Jackie Rice
Swimming and Diving	Jack Cody, Brenda Helser, Louis "Hap" Kuehn, Nancy Merki Lees, Kim Peyton McDonald, Thelma Payne, Norman Ross, Don Schollander, Della Sehorn, Carolyn Wood, Suzanne Zimmerman
Table Tennis	Judy Bochenski Hoarfrost
Tennis	Sam Lee, Emery Neale, Jack Neer
Track and Field	Margaret Johnson Bailes, Jim Bailey, Percy Bell, Wade Bell, Dyrol Burleson, Rudy Chapa, Otis Davis, Bill Dellinger, Dick Fosbury, Alfred "A.C." Gilbert, Jim Grelle, Morgan Groth, Martin Hawkins, Ralph Hill, Joni Huntley, Harry Jerome, Dave Johnson, Dan Kelly, H. W. Kerrigan, Ed Moeller, Dan O'Brien, Steve Prefontaine, Mack Robinson, Alberto Salazar, Mary Slaney, Forrest Smithson, Les Steers, Neil Steinhauer, Grant Swan, Jerry Tarr, George Varoff, Mac Wilkins
Volleyball	Lynda Johnson
Trap Shooting	Frank Troeh
Wrestling	Ron Finley, Jess Lewis, Chester Newton, Robin Reed, Rick Sanders
Special Contribution to Sports	Ormond Bean, Rocky Benevento, Bob Blackburn, John Eggers, Harry Glickman, L.H. Gregory, Leo Harris, Robert A. Hudson, Jimmy Jones, Murray Kemp, Philip H. Knight, Knott Street Boxing Club, Dorothea Lensch, Al Lightner, Joe Loprinzi, Multnomah Athletic Club, Bob Newland, Nike Inc., G.P. "Jerry" O'Malley, George Pasero, Pendleton Round-Up, Rube Ross, Harold Taylor, Tournament Golf Foundation, Rolla Vollstedt, George Yerkovich

The Hall of Fame has also inducted these teams:

★ 1917 University of Oregon Rose Bowl Champions

★ 1939 Oregon "Tall Firs" Basketball Team

★ 1942 Oregon State Rose Bowl Champions

★ 1944 Lind-Pomeroy Softball World Champions

★ 1948 University of Oregon Football

★ 1948-49 Oregon State Basketball

★ 1958 Drain Black Sox

★ 1960-61 Portland Buckaroos

★ 1962 University of Oregon Track Team

★ 1962-63 Oregon State Men's Basketball Team

★ 1964 Oregon Track & Field

★ 1964 Erv Lind Softball World Champions

★ 1965-66 Oregon State Men's Basketball Team

★ 1966 Linfield Baseball NAIA Champions

★ 1967 Oregon State Football

★ 1969 Contractor's, Inc. American Legion Baseball National Champions

★ 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers

★ 1980-81 Oregon State Men's Basketball Team

External links

★ Oregon Sports Hall of Fame & Museum