Houston Sports Hall of Fame

The Houston Sports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame that honors sports figures from or associated with the Houston area that have made a significant impact in their sport. It is located in Downtown Houston at GreenStreet. The inductees can come from major professional sports teams as well as college or high school teams in Greater Houston. If the sport is a non-team sport, such as boxing and golf, they may get inducted by growing up in the area.

Inductees

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NameSportPositionTeam
Earl CampbellFootballRunning backOilers
Hakeem OlajuwonBasketballCenterRockets, University of Houston
Nolan RyanBaseballPitcherAstros, Alvin High School
Jack Burke, Jr [1]Golf
George ForemanBoxing
A. J. FoytAuto racing
Dan PastoriniFootballQuarterbackOilers
Mary Lou RettonGymnastics
Carl LewisTrack and FieldUniversity of Houston
Rudy TomjanovichBasketballForward, Head CoachRockets
Andre JohnsonFootballWide receiverTexans
Bill YeomanFootballHead CoachUniversity of Houston
Guy LewisBasketballHead CoachUniversity of Houston
Jeff BagwellBaseballFirst basemanAstros
Craig BiggioBaseballSecond baseman, Catcher, Center fieldAstros
Sheryl SwoopesBasketballForwardComets
Clyde DrexlerBasketballGuardRockets, University of Houston, Sterling High School
Roger ClemensBaseballPitcherAstros, Spring Woods High School
Elvin HayesBasketballForward, CenterRockets, University of Houston
Bruce MatthewsFootballGuard, Center, Offensive tackleOilers
Lance BerkmanBaseballOutfielder, First basemanAstros, Rice University
Cynthia CooperBasketballGuardComets
Warren MoonFootballQuarterbackOilers

References

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  1. ^ "Houston Sports Hall of Fame announces 4 inductees for 2019 class". 4 December 2018.
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