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.

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