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Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame

HONOR

Established 1979.

Official Website:
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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Alvin Attles
Basketball
7-Nov-1936   Warriors Head Coach, 1970-83
Rick Barry
Basketball
28-Mar-1944   NBA Hall of Famer
Fred Biletnikoff
Football
23-Feb-1943   Raiders WR, Hall of Famer
Matt Biondi
Swimmer
8-Oct-1965   Competitive swimmer, 10 Olympic medals
George Blanda
Football
17-Sep-1927 27-Sep-2010 Football hall-of-famer played 340 games
Vida Blue
Baseball
28-Jul-1949   Cy Young Award winning pitcher
John Brodie
Football
14-Aug-1935   Former San Francisco 49ers QB
Willie Brown
Football
2-Dec-1940   NFL Hall of Famer
Don Budge
Tennis
13-Jun-1915 26-Jan-2000 First ever to win Grand Slam
Orlando Cepeda
Baseball
17-Sep-1937   MLB first baseman
Joe DiMaggio
Baseball
25-Nov-1914 8-Mar-1999 Where have you gone
Dennis Eckersley
Baseball
3-Oct-1954   Hall of Famer, renowned pitcher
John Elway
Football
28-Jun-1960   1999 Superbowl MVP
Rollie Fingers
Baseball
25-Aug-1946   MLB needs more handlebar moustaches
Peggy Fleming
Figure Skating
27-Jul-1948   Olympic gold medal winning ice skater
Curt Flood
Baseball
18-Jan-1938 20-Jan-1997 Tried to topple MLB's antitrust exemption
Dan Fouts
Football
10-Jun-1951   San Diego Chargers QB
Lefty Gomez
Baseball
26-Nov-1908 17-Feb-1989 El Goofy
Catfish Hunter
Baseball
8-Apr-1946 9-Sep-1999 Pitched a perfect game in 1968
Reggie Jackson
Baseball
18-May-1946   Baseball player, candy bar
Bruce Jenner
Track and Field
28-Oct-1949   US Olympic track and field star
Jackie Jensen
Baseball
9-Mar-1927 14-Jul-1982 American League MVP, 1958
Jimmy Johnson
Football
31-Mar-1938   Former Cornerback, San Francisco 49ers
K. C. Jones
Basketball
25-May-1932   Boston Celtics
Ronnie Lott
Football
8-May-1959   FOX NFL Sunday
Hank Luisetti
Basketball
16-Jun-1916 17-Dec-2002 Invented one-handed shot
John Madden
Football
10-Apr-1934   Gregarious Sports Announcer
Gino Marchetti
Football
2-Jan-1927   NFL Hall of Famer
Juan Marichal
Baseball
20-Oct-1937   Nine-time All-Star SF Giants pitcher
Billy Martin
Baseball
16-May-1928 25-Dec-1989 NY Yankees manager, fired 5 times
Bob Mathias
Sports Figure
17-Nov-1930 2-Sep-2006 Decathlon athlete turned Congressman
Ollie Matson
Football
1-May-1930 19-Feb-2011 NFL Hall of Famer
Willie Mays
Baseball
6-May-1931   Baseball Hall of Famer
Willie McCovey
Baseball
10-Jan-1938   521 homers, 18 grand slams
John McEnroe
Tennis
16-Feb-1959   Winner of 17 Grand Slam titles
Joe Montana
Football
11-Jun-1956   San Francisco 49ers QB
Joe Morgan
Baseball
19-Sep-1943   National League MVP, 1975-76
Ernie Nevers
Football
11-Jun-1902 3-May-1976 NFL Hall of Famer
Pete Newell
Basketball
3-Aug-1915 17-Nov-2008 Influential NCAA coach
Jim Otto
Football
5-Jan-1938   Hall of fame center, Oakland Raiders #00
Jim Plunkett
Football
5-Dec-1947   Superbowl MVP
Jerry Rice
Football
13-Oct-1962   Hall of Fame NFL wide receiver
Frank Robinson
Baseball
31-Aug-1935   MVP for both AL and NL
Bill Russell
Basketball
12-Feb-1934   Boston Celtics, five time MVP
Art Shell
Football
26-Nov-1946   Former Raiders player, coach
Willie Shoemaker
Jockey
19-Aug-1931 12-Oct-2003 Greatest 20th century jockey
O. J. Simpson
Football
9-Jul-1947   Searching tirelessly for the real killers
Mark Spitz
Swimmer
10-Feb-1950   Olympic swimmer
Ken Stabler
Football
25-Dec-1945   Oakland Raiders QB
Willie Stargell
Baseball
6-Mar-1940 9-Apr-2001 National League MVP 1979
Lynn Swann
Football
7-Mar-1952   Pittsburgh Steelers receiver
Nate Thurmond
Basketball
25-Jul-1941   NBA Hall of Famer
Y. A. Tittle
Football
24-Oct-1926   Quarterback, NFL hall of famer
Gene Upshaw
Football
15-Aug-1945 20-Aug-2008 NFL Hall-of-Fame Guard, NFLPA Leader
Bill Walsh
Football
30-Nov-1931 30-Jul-2007 49ers Head Coach, 1979-88
Tom Watson
Golf
4-Sep-1949   Three-time Vardon Trophy winner
Kristi Yamaguchi
Figure Skating
12-Jul-1971   Olympic figure skater
Steve Young
Football
11-Oct-1961   49ers Quarterback


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