Basketball Hall of Fame

This is a list of inductees into the Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts. All men and women who the hall deems worthy are voted in. They include NBA and NCAA Basketball Players, basketball coaches and other people who, in one way or another, have contributed in a very special way to the history of basketball.

2002
Magic Johnson, basketball Player
Drazen Petrovic, basketball Player
Larry Brown, Head basketball Coach
Lute Olson, Head basketball Coach
Kay Yow, Head basketball Coach
Harlem Globetrotters, basketball Team

2001
John Chaney, Head basketball Coach
Mike Krzyzewski, Head basketball Coach
Moses Malone, basketball Player

2000
Danny Biasone, Contributor
Robert McAdoo, basketball Player
Charles Newton, Contributor
Pat Head Summit, basketball Coach
Isiah Thomas, basketball Player
Morgan Wootten, basketball Coach


1999
Wayne Embry, Contributor
Kevin McHale, basketball Player
Billie Moore, basketball Coach
John Thompson, basketball Coach
Fred Zollner, basketball Contributor


1998
Larry Bird, basketball Player
Jody Conradt, basketball Coach
Alexander (Alex) Hannum, basketball Coach
Marques Haynes, basketball Player
Aleksandar Nikolic, basketball Coach
Arnold (Arnie) Risen, basketball Player
++Leonard (Lenny) Wilkens, basketball Coach


1997
Pete Carril, basketball Coach
Joan Crawford, basketball Player
Denise Curry, basketball Player
Antonio Diaz-Miguel, basketball Coach
Alex English, basketball Player
Don Haskins, basketball Coach
Bailey Howell, basketball Player


1996
Kresimir Cosic, basketball Player
George Gervin, basketball Player
Gail Goodrich, basketball Player
Nancy Lieberman-Cline, basketball Player
David Thompson, basketball Player
George Yardley, basketball Player

1995
Anne Donovan, basketball Player
Aleksandr Gomelsky, basketball Coach
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball Player
John Kundla, basketball Coach
Vern Mikkelsen, basketball Player
Cheryl Miller, basketball Player
Earl Strom, basketball Referee

1994
Carol Blazejowski, basketball Player
Denzil (Denny) E. Crum, basketball Coach
Charles J. Daly, basketball Coach
Harry (Buddy) Jeannette, basketball Player
Cesare Rubini, basketball Coach

1993
Walter Bellamy, basketball Player
Julius W. Erving, basketball Player
Daniel P. Issel, basketball Player
Ann E. Meyers, basketball Player
Richard S. McGuire, basketball Player
Calvin J. Murphy, basketball Player
Uljana Semjonova, basketball Player
William T. Walton, basketball Player

1992
Sergei Belov, basketball Player
Louis P. Carnesecca, basketball Coach
Cornelius L. Hawkins, basketball Player
Robert J. Lanier, basketball Player
Alfred J. McGuire, basketball Coach
John (Jack) T. Ramsay, basketball Coach
Lusia Harris-Stewart, basketball Player
Nera D. White, basketball Player
Phillip D. Woolpert, basketball Coach

1991
Nathaniel Archibald, basketball Player
David W. Cowens, basketball Player
Lawrence Fleisher, Contributor
Harry J. Gallatin, basketball Player
Robert M. Knight, basketball Coach
Lawrence F. O'Brien, Contributor
Borislav Stankovic, Contributor


1990
David Bing, basketball Player
Elvin E. Hayes, basketball Player
Donald Neil Johnston, basketball Player
Vernon Earl Monroe, basketball Player

1989
William "Pop" Gates, basketball Player
K. C. Jones, basketball Player
++Leonard (Lenny) Wilkens, basketball Player

1988
Clyde E. Lovellette, basketball Player
Robert McDermott, basketball Player
Ralph H. Miller, basketball Coach
Westley S. Unseld, basketball Player

1987
Richard F. Barry, basketball Player
Walter Frazier, basketball Player
Robert J. Houbregs, basketball Player
Peter P. Maravich, basketball Player
Robert Wanzer, basketball Player

1986
William J. Cunningham, basketball Player
Thomas W. Heinsohn, basketball Player
William "Red" Holzman, basketball Coach
Zigmund "Red" Mihalik, Referee
Fred R. Taylor, basketball Coach
Stanley H. Watts, basketball Coach

1985


1984
Senda Berenson Abbott, Contributor
W. Harold Anderson, basketball Coach
Alfred N. Cervi, basketball Player
Marv K. Harshman, basketball Coach
Bertha F. Teague, Contributor
Nate Thurmond, basketball Player
L. Margaret Wade, basketball Coach

1983
Clifford B. Fagan, Contributor
James H. (Jack) Gardner, basketball Coach
John Havlicek, basketball Player
Samuel (Sam) Jones, basketball Player
Edward S. Steitz, Contributor

1982
William W. Bradley, basketball Player
David A. DeBusschere, basketball Player
Lloyd R. Leith, Referee
Dean E. Smith, basketball Coach
John (Jack) K. Twyman, basketball Player
Louis G. Wilke, Contributor

1981
Everett N. Case, basketball Coach
Alva O. Duer, Contributor
Clarence E. Gaines, basketball Coach
Harold E. Greer, basketball Player
Slater N. Martin, basketball Player
Frank V. Ramsey, Jr., basketball Player
Willis Reed, Jr., basketball Player

1980
Thomas B. Barlow, basketball Player
Ferenc Hepp, Contributor
J. Walter Kennedy, Contributor
Arad A. McCutchan, basketball Coach


1979
Lester Harrison, Contributor
Jerry R. Lucas, basketball Player
Oscar P. Robertson, basketball Player
Everett F. Shelton, basketball Coach
J. Dallas Shirley, Referee
Jerry A. West, basketball Player

1978
Justin M. (Sam) Barry, basketball Coach
Wilton N. Chamberlain, basketball Player
James E. Enright, Referee
Edgar S. Hickey, basketball Coach
John B. McLendon, Jr., basketball Coach
Raymond J. Meyer, basketball Coach
Peter F. Newell, basketball Coach

1977
Paul J. Arizin, basketball Player
Joseph F. Fulks, basketball Player
Clifford O. Hagan, basketball Player
John P. Nucatola, Referee
James C. Pollard, basketball Player

1976
Elgin Baylor, basketball Player
Charles T. Cooper, basketball Player
Lauren Gale, basketball Player
William C. Johnson, basketball Player
Frank J. McGuire, basketball Coach

1975
Thomas J. Gola, basketball Player
Edward W. Krause, basketball Player
Harry Litwack, basketball Coach
William W. Sharman, basketball Player

1974
Joseph R. Brennan, basketball Player
Emil S. Liston, Contributor
William F. Russell, basketball Player
Robert P. Vandivier, basketball Player

1973
Harry A. Fisher, Contributor
Maurice Podoloff, Contributor
Ernest J. Schmidt, basketball Player

1972
John Beckman, basketball Player
Bruce Drake, basketball Coach
Arthur C. Lonborg, basketball Coach
Elmer H. Ripley, Contributor
Adolph Schayes, basketball Player
John R.Wooden, basketball Coach

1971
Edgar A. Diddle, basketball Coach
Robert L. Douglas, Contributor
Paul Endacott, basketball Player
Max Friedman, basketball Player
Edward Gottlieb, Contributor
W. R. Clifford Wells, Contributor

1970
Robert J. Cousy, basketball Player
Robert L. Pettit, basketball Player
Abraham Saperstein, Contributor

1969
Bernard L. Carnevale, basketball Coach
Robert E. Davies, basketball Player

1968
Arnold J. Auerbach, basketball Coach
Henry G. Dehnert, basketball Player
Henry P. Iba, basketball Coach
Adolph F. Rupp, basketball Coach
Charles H. Taylor, Contributor

1967
Clair F. Bee, Contributor
Howard G. Cann, basketball Coach
Amory T. Gill, basketball Coach
Alvin F. Julian, basketball Coach

1966
Everett S. Dean, basketball Coach
Joe Lapchick, basketball Player

1965
Walter A. Brown, Contributor
Paul D. Hinkle, Contributor
Howard A. Hobson, basketball Coach
William G. Mokray, Contributor

1964
John W. Bunn, Contributor
Harold E. Foster, basketball Player
Nat Holman, basketball Player
Edward S. Irish, Contributor
R. William Jones, Contributor
Kenneth D. Loeffler, basketball Coach
John D. Russell, basketball Player

1963
Robert F. Gruenig, basketball Player
William A. Reid, Contributor

1962
Jack McCracken, basketball Player
Frank Morgenweck, Contributor
Harlan O. Page, basketball Player
Barney Sedran, basketball Player
Lynn W. St. John, Contributor
John A. Thompson, basketball Player

1961
Bernard Borgmann, basketball Player
Forrest S. DeBernardi, basketball Player
George H. Hoyt, Referee
George E. Keogan, basketball Coach
Robert A. Kurland, basketball Player
John J. O'Brien, Contributor
Andy Phillip, basketball Player
Ernest C. Quigley, Referee
John S. Roosma, basketball Player
Leonard D. Sachs, basketball Coach
Arthur A. Schabinger, Contributor
Christian Steinmetz, basketball Player
David Tobey, Referee
Arthur L. Trester, Contributor
Edward A. Wachter, basketball Player
David H. Walsh, Referee

1960
Ernest A. Blood, basketball Coach
Victor A. Hanson, basketball Player
George T. Hepbron, Referee
Frank W. Keaney, basketball Coach
Ward L. Lambert, basketball Coach
Edward C. Macauley, basketball Player
Branch McCracken, basketball Player
Charles C. Murphy, basketball Player
Henry V. Porter, Contributor
+John R. Wooden, basketball Player

1959
Forrest Clare Allen, basketball Coach
Henry Clifford Carlson, basketball Coach
Dr. Luther Gulick, Contributor
Edward J. Hickox, Contributor
Charles D. Hyatt, basketball Player
Matthew P. Kennedy, Referee
Angelo Luisetti, basketball Player
Walter E. Meanwell, M.D., basketball Coach
George L. Mikan, basketball Player
Ralph Morgan, Contributor
Dr. James Naismith, Contributor
Harold G. Olsen, Contributor
John J. Schommer, basketball Player
Amos Alonzo Stagg, Contributor
Oswald Tower, Contributor

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