Here, as listed sport by sport, are the people who will be inducted Saturday night into the brand-new Illinois Sports Hall of Fame started by Tim Turpin.
Baseball – Luke Appling, Luis Aparicio, Harold Baines, Ernie Banks, Lou Boudreau, Mordecai”3 Finger” Brown, Jim Brownlee, Eddie Collins, Charles Comiskey, Dennis Conley, Rob Fornier, Nellie Fox, Joe Girardi, Curtis Granderson, Jerry Halstead, Ricky Henderson, Billy Herman, Bo Jackson, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ferguson Jenkins, Sam Jethroe, Richard “Itchy” Jones, Ted Kluszewski, Fred LeSage, Joe McGinnity, Howie Minas, Orestes “Minnie” Minoso, Vern Moehrs, Mike Napoleon, Al Oremus, Irish O’Reilly, Kirby Puckett, Robin Roberts, Red Ruffing, Ryne Sandberg, Ron Santo ,Red Schoendienst, Lee Smith, Robert Snyder, Bill Storrs, Dave Swisegood, Frank “Big Hurt” Thomas, Jim Thome, Bill Veeck, Billy Williams, Hack Wilson, Dick Allen, Darin Blair, Jim Bottomley, Jim Bouton, Andy Benes, Andre Dawson, Mike Dunnigan, Neil Fiala, Ray Fosse, Gary Gaetti, Whitey Herzog, Bobby Jones, Tom Lenz, Don Liddle, Derrick Lindauer, Freddy Lindstrom, Bill Madlock, Joe McGinnity, Denny McLain, Dave Montfort, Rich Sauget Sr., Rich Sauget Jr., Dale Schmittler, Dorothy “Dottie: Schroeder, Paul Stevens, Da Rond Stovall, Ray Schalk, Jay Thompson, Del Unser, Jayson Werth, Robin Yount, Ben Zobrist.
Basketball – Mark Aguirre, Neil Alexander, Doug Bruno, Quinn Buckner, Tyra Buss Davison, Maurice Cheeks, Doug Collins, Cynthia Cooper Dyke, Terry Cummings, Anthony Davis Jr., Walt Frazier, Dorothy Gaters, Artis Gilmore, Steve Goers, Yolanda Griffith, Tim Hardaway, Jay Harrington, Hersey Hawkins, Lou Henson, Rich Herrin, Ralph Hodge, Dan Issel, Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan, Johnny “Red” Kerr, Don Klaas, Evan Massey, Carl Nicks, Tony Kukok, Mike Krzyzewski, Ray Meyer, George Wilson, Candace Parker, Scottie Pippen, Gene Pingatore, David Power, Jerry Reinsdorf, Dennis Rodman, Jack Sikma, Marty Simmons, Jerry Sloan, Harry Statham, Isiah Thomas, Dwayne Wade, Forddy Anderson, Nick Anderson, Kenny Battle, Lloyd Batts, Ashley Berggren, Dee Brown, Tamika Cummings, Kofi Cockburn, Jerry Colangelo, Brian Cook, Archie Dees, Ayo Dosunmu, LaPhonso Ellis, Ron Felling, Kendall Gill, A.J. Guyton, Malcolm Hall, Andre Iguodala, Reed Jackson, Curly “Boo” Jackson, Eddie Johnson, Bennie Lewis, Nora Lewis, Shaun Livingston, Bob Love, Gene “Squeaky” Melchiorre, Rob Pelinka, J. Jonelle Polk McCloud, Joey Meyer, Charles Osburn, Roger Phegley, Cappie Poindexter, Allie Quigley, Lorene Ramsey, Will Robinson, Jay Shidler, Scott Schreffler, Robert Smith, Karen Stack, Deon Thomas, Joe Tulley, Dick Van Scyoc, Chet Walker, Bruce Weber, Deron Williams, Frank Williams.
Boxing – Samuel Berger, Olivere McCall, Gerald McClellman, Ken Norton Jr., Leatitia Robinson.
Martial Arts – Eva Jones-Young.
Bowling – Earl Anthony, Paul Krumske, Carmen Salvino.
Coaches/owners – Jim Brownlee, Dennis Conlee, Jerry Colangelo, Mike Ditka, Rob Fornier, Ozzie Guillen, George Halas, Jerry Halstead, Lou Henson, Rich Herrin, Phil Jackson, Richard “Itchy” Jones, Mike Keenan, Mike Kryzewski, Fred LaSage, Ken Leonard, Joe Madden, John Mackovic, Ray Meyer, Howie Minas, Vern Meeks, Al Oremus, Irish O’;Reilly, Gene Pingatore, Joe Quenneville, Jerery Reinsdorf, Buddy Ryan, Jerry Sloan, Robert Snyder, Margaret Stender, Bill Storrs, Bill Veeck, Mike White, Rocky Wirtz, Rich Zinanni.
Cross country – Al CArius, Tom Graves, Donald Sage, Jorge Torres, Lukas Verzbicas, Craig Virgin.
Figure skating – Dorothy Hamill.
Gymnastics – Bart Conner, Linda Matheny, Nancy Marshall.
Football – Mike Alstott, Ken Anderson, Darnell Autry, George Blanda, Al Brosky, Dick Butkus, George Connor, Kirk Cousins, Jimbo Covert, Richard Dent, Mike Ditka, John Driscol, Bill Fischer, Jimmy Garoppolo, Jim Grabowski, Otto Graham, Red Grange, George Halas, Dan Hampton, Kevin Hardy, Jim Hart, Johnny Lattner, Ken Leonard, Frank Lenti, Jordan Lynch, Steve McMichael, Donovan McNabvb, Bobby Mitcvhell, Bronko Nagurski, Ray Nitschke, Walter Payton, Williams “The Refrigerator” Perry, Frederick “Fritz” Pollard, Hugh “Shorty” Ray, Tony Romo, Simeon Rice, Knute Rockne, Gale Sayers, Mike Singletary, Scott Studell, Brian Urlacher, Kellen Winslow, Rich Zinanni, Steve Atwater, Tom Baumann, Bryan Bulager, George Conner, Luke Drone, Tony D’Oreazio, Rodney Harrison, Harry Jacobs, Chris Hinton, John Lynch, Gil Mains, Sherrick McManis, Ken Norton Jr., Mike Prior, Rich Sauget Jr., Bob Shannon, Shannon Sharpe, Don Stonesifer, Charles “Peanut” Tilman, Michael Turner, Rodney Walker, Bryant Young, Chris Zorich.
Golf –Babe Didrickson Zaharias, Bob Goalby, Todd Hamilton, Mike Small, Salley Wessels, Ashley Armstrong, Dylan Meyer, Renee Heiken Stone, Steve Stricker.
Ice hockey – Craig Anderson, Bates Battaglia, Ed Belfour, Chris Chelios, Joe Corvo, Tony Esposito, Lee Fogolin, Tony Gianato, Bobby Hull, Patrick Kane, Keith Magnuson, Stan Mikita, Mike O’Connell, Eddie Olczyk, Jeremy Roenick, Dennis Savard, Jonathan Toews, Canns Gyanato, Kendell Coyne Schofield.
LaCrosse – Steven Brooks, Jason Dube, Matt Kelly, Izzy Scahe, Matt Harris, Luke Hardy, Matt Neufeldt, ToddRassas, Anderson Bell, Hilary Bowen, Kelly Amonte Hiller.
Field hockey – Antoinette Lucas, Sannie Van Djck.
Media – Hub Arkush, Jack Rickhouse, Harry Caray, Pat Foley, David Haugh, Francis Dayle “Chick” Hearn, Scoop Jackson, Christian Kahrl, Pat Mooney, Adam Rittenberg, Steve Rushin, Hannah storn, Rick Telander, Kent Brown, Brent Musberger, Pete Swanson, Oren Tate.
Motor sports – Justin Allgaier, Gary Bettenhausen, Fred Lorenzen, Ted Musgrave, Danica Patrick, Tom Pistone.
Officials/Referees/Umpires – Jocko Conlan, Danny Crawford, Ed Hochuli, Art Holst, Cal Hubgard, Jerery Markbreit, Hank O’Day, Dave Pallone.
Soccer – Cuauhtema Blanco, C.J. Brown, Steve Cherundolo, Dieter Ferner, Rudy Glenn, Sarah Gorden, IKarl Heinz-Granitza, Lindsay Kennedy-Eversmeyer, Frank Kelopas, Pato Margetic, Brian McBride, Victor Nogueira, Will Roy, C.J. Seestadt, Steve Trittschuh, Ken Snow, Matt Eliason, Julie Ertz.
Softball – Garland Cooper, Ken Grimes, Lisa Ishikawa, Joan Joyce, Perry Perterson, Lorene Ramsey, Dot Richardson, Paul Schnarre, Randy Wolken, Rachel Folden.
Speed skating – Bonnie Blair, Shani Davis, Ken Henry, Diana Holum.
Swimming – Matt Greevers, Ryan Hald, Tom Jager, John Kinsella, Johnny Weismuller.
Tennis – Katrina M. Adams, Jimmy Conners, Andrea Jaeger, Madison Keys, Harold Osburn, Maria Mosolona, Rajeer Ram.
Track & Field – Mike Conley Sr., Dawn Harper Nelson, Al Joyner, Jackie Joyner Kersee, Harold Osborn, Bob Richards, Jim Thorpe, Tonja Buford-Barley, Perdita Felicen, Aja Evans, Jon Johnson.
Volleyball – Tara Ballard, Kelsey Robinson, Sean Rooney,Lindsey Stalzer, Mary Eggers, Michelle Bartsch-Hackley, Nancy Brookhart Chern, Peg LKopec, Jordyn Poulter.
Wrestling – Jim Hefferman, Isaiah Martinez, C.M. Punk, Adam Trapelli, Joe Williams.
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