The Michigan Sports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...

 to honor Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

 sports people. It was organized in 1954 by Michigan Lieutenant Governor Philip Hart

Philip Hart

Philip Aloysius Hart was a Democratic United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until 1976. He was nicknamed the Conscience of the Senate.-Early years:...

, Michigan State University

Michigan State University

Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...

 athletic director

Athletic director

An athletic director is an administrator at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic programs...

 Biggie Munn

Biggie Munn

Clarence Lester "Biggie" Munn was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator in the United States. He was the head football coach at Albright College , Syracuse University , and most notably Michigan State College , where his 1952 squad won a national championship...

, president of the Greater Michigan Foundation Donald Weeks, general manager

General manager

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 of the Detroit Lions

Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

 W. Nicholas Kerbeway and George Alderton of the Lansing State Journal

Lansing State Journal

The Lansing State Journal is a daily newspaper published in Lansing, Michigan owned by Gannett.-Overview:The Lansing State Journal is the sole daily newspaper published in metropolitan Lansing...

. The inaugural class was inducted in 1955. James Stark is executive director of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame and Scott Leshner is its chairman. Because of the economy, the Hall of Fame did not induct any members in 2008 and 2009.

Eleven members were inducted to the Hall of Fame from the Class of 2010. They were: Bob Becker

Bob Becker

Robert Charles Becker was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1897 to 1898, playing in six career games.-External links:...

, George Blaha

George Blaha

George Blaha has been the radio and television play-by-play voice of the Detroit Pistons since the 1976–77 NBA season...

, Bill Flemming

Bill Flemming

William Norman "Bill" Flemming was an American television sports journalist who was one of the original announcers for the ABC Sports show Wide World of Sports.-Early life:...

, Steve Fraser

Steve Fraser

Steve Fraser was the 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 198 lb weight class. A native of Hazel Park, Michigan, Fraser was a Michigan High School Athletic Association state wrestling champion and later an All-American in wrestling at the University of Michigan...

, Marian Ilitch, Peter Karmanos, Rick Leach, Meg Mallon, Herman Moore

Herman Moore

Herman Joseph Moore is a former American National Football League wide receiver. At George Washington High School in Danville he played mostly as a kicker and also as a tight end. He went to the University of Virginia, where he was a 2-sport athlete...

, Eddie Murray, Jack Roush

Jack Roush

Jack Roush is the founder, CEO, and co-owner along with John Henry of Roush Fenway Racing, a NASCAR team headquartered in Concord, North Carolina, and is Chairman of the Board of Roush Enterprises....

 and Jon Urbanchek

Jon Urbanchek

Jon Urbanchek is an American swimming coach, best known for his 22-year tenure as the Men's Swimming & Diving Head Coach for the University of Michigan...

.

The Michigan Sports Hall of Fame also sponsors the Michigan MAC Trophy

Michigan MAC Trophy

The Michigan MAC Trophy is given to the Michigan Mid-American Conference university – Central Michigan University , Eastern Michigan University and Western Michigan University – which defeats the other two schools in the same sport in the same regular season.There are two separate...

.

1950s

• Jack Adams, 1955
• Dutch Clark, 1959
• Sam Crawford
  Sam Crawford
  Samuel Earl Crawford , nicknamed "Wahoo Sam", was a Major League Baseball player who played outfield for the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957....
  
  , 1958
• Ty Cobb
  Ty Cobb
  Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb , nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born in Narrows, Georgia...
  
  , 1955
• Mickey Cochrane
  Mickey Cochrane
  Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochrane was a professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers...
  
  , 1956
• Gus Dorais
  Gus Dorais
  Charles Emile "Gus" Dorais was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He played college football as a quarterback at the University of Notre Dame, where he was an All-American in 1913, and then professionally with the Fort Wayne Friars and Massillon Tigers...
  
  , 1958
• Ray Fisher
  Ray Fisher
  Ray Lyle Fisher was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball. His debut game took place on July 2, 1910. His final game took place on October 2, 1920...
  
  , 1959
• Charlie Gehringer
  Charlie Gehringer
  Charles Leonard Gehringer , nicknamed “The Mechanical Man,” was a German-American Major League Baseball second baseman who played 19 seasons for the Detroit Tigers...
  
  , 1956

• George Gipp
  George Gipp
  George "The Gipper" Gipp was a college football player who played for the University of Notre Dame. Gipp was selected as Notre Dame's first All-American and is Notre Dame's second consensus All-American , after Gus Dorais. Gipp played multiple positions, most notably halfback, quarterback, and...
  
  , 1957
• Hank Greenberg
  Hank Greenberg
  Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenberg , nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank" or "The Hebrew Hammer," was an American professional baseball player in the 1930s and 1940s. A first baseman primarily for the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg was one of the premier power hitters of his generation...
  
  , 1958
• Walter Hagen
  Walter Hagen
  Walter Charles Hagen was a major figure in golf in the first half of the 20th century. His tally of eleven professional majors is third behind Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods . He won the U.S. Open twice, and in 1922 he became the first native-born American to win the British Open, which he went on...
  
  , 1955
• Harry Heilmann
  Harry Heilmann
  Harry Edwin Heilmann , nicknamed “Slug,” was a Major League Baseball player who played 17 seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1952.Heilmann was a line drive hitter who won four American League batting crowns: in 1921, 1923, 1925 and...
  
  , 1956
• Willie Heston
  Willie Heston
  William Martin "Willie" Heston was an American football player and coach. He played halfback at San Jose State University and the University of Michigan. Heston was the head football coach for Drake University in 1905 and North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now North...
  
  , 1955
• Gordie Howe
  Gordie Howe
  Gordon "Gordie" Howe, OC is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played for the Detroit Red Wings and Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League , and the Houston Aeros and New England Whalers in the World Hockey Association . Howe is often referred to as Mr...
  
  , 1957
• Hughie Jennings
  Hughie Jennings
  Hugh Ambrose Jennings was a Major League Baseball player and manager from 1891 to 1925. Jennings was a leader, both as a batter and as a shortstop, with the Baltimore Orioles teams that won National League championships in 1894, 1895, and 1896. During the three championship seasons, Jennings had...
  
  , 1958
• Stanley Ketchel
  Stanley Ketchel
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  , 1959

• Marion Ladewig
  Marion Ladewig
  Marion Ladewig was an American ten-pin bowler. She was named Female Bowler of the Year by the Bowling Writers Association of America a record nine times between 1950 and 1963...
  
  , 1959
• Joe Louis
  Joe Louis
  Joseph Louis Barrow , better known as Joe Louis, was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949. He is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time...
  
  , 1955
• Matt Mann, 1959
• Bennie Oosterbaan
  Bennie Oosterbaan
  Benjamin Gaylord "Bennie" Oosterbaan was a three-time first team All-American football end for the Michigan Wolverines football team, two-time All-American basketball player for the basketball team and an All-Big Ten Conference baseball player for the baseball team...
  
  , 1958
• Allen Stowe, 1959
• Eddie Tolan
  Eddie Tolan
  Thomas Edward "Eddie" Tolan , nicknamed the "Midnight Express", was an American track and field athlete who compete in the Sprints. He set world records in the 100 yard dash and 100 meters event and Olympic records in the 100 meters and 200 meters events...
  
  , 1958
• Garfield Wood
  Garfield Wood
  Garfield ‘Gar’ Arthur Wood was an American inventor, entrepreneur, motorboat builder and racer who held the world water speed record on several occasions. He was the first man to travel over 100 miles per hour on water....
  
  , 1956
• Fielding H. Yost, 1955

1960s

• Sid Abel
  Sid Abel
  Sidney Gerald Abel was a Canadian professional hockey player and later coach in the National Hockey League...
  
  , 1967
• Lloyd Brazil
  Lloyd Brazil
  Lloyd Brazil was an American athlete, coach and athletic director at the University of Detroit for 38 years. He played halfback for the University of Detroit football team from 1927–1929 and was selected as an All-American in 1928 and 1929. After graduating, he remained at the University of...
  
  , 1961
• Tommy Bridges
  Tommy Bridges
  Thomas Jefferson Davis Bridges was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career with the Detroit Tigers from 1930 to 1946...
  
  , 1963
• Walter Briggs, Sr., 1969
• Michael "Dad" Butler, 1960
• Fritz Crisler
  Fritz Crisler
  Herbert Orin "Fritz" Crisler was an American football coach who is best known as "the father of two-platoon football," an innovation in which separate units of players were used for offense and defense. Crisler developed two-platoon football while serving as head coach at the University of...
  
  , 1960
• Kiki Cuyler
  Kiki Cuyler
  Hazen Shirley "Kiki" Cuyler was a Major League Baseball right fielder from 1921 until 1938. He was born in Harrisville, Michigan.Cuyler broke into the big leagues in 1921 with the Pittsburgh Pirates and became a fixture in the lineup in 1924...
  
  , 1963
• Wish Egan
  Wish Egan
  Aloysius Jerome "Wish" Egan was a Major League Baseball player and scout.-Playing career:Born in Evart, Michigan, Egan played three seasons as a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals . He started 3 games for the Tigers in September 1902...
  
  , 1960
• Benny Friedman
  Benny Friedman
  Benjamin "Benny" Friedman was an American football quarterback who played for the University of Michigan , Cleveland Bulldogs , Detroit Wolverines , New York Giants , and Brooklyn Dodgers .He is generally considered the first great passer in professional football...
  
  , 1961
• Ebbie Goodfellow
  Ebbie Goodfellow
  Ebenezer Robertson "Poker Face" Goodfellow, "Ebbie" for short, was a Canadian ice hockey player who played in the NHL for fourteen seasons with the Detroit Red Wings from 1929 to 1944 as both a forward and defenceman...
  
  , 1968
• Goose Goslin
  Goose Goslin
  Leon Allen "Goose" Goslin was a left fielder in Major League Baseball known for his powerful left-handed swing and dependable clutch hitting. He played 18 seasons with the Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns, and Detroit Tigers, from until...
  
  , 1965
• Tom Harmon
  Tom Harmon
  Thomas Dudley Harmon was a star player in American college football, a sports broadcaster, and patriarch of a family of American actors...
  
  , 1962
• Bill Hewitt, 1961

• Guy Houston, 1963
• Jean Hoxie, 1965
• Hayes Jones
  Hayes Jones
  Hayes Wendell Jones is a former American athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1964 Summer Olympics.Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Hayes Jones was quite short for a hurdler , but his outstanding speed, great start, and nearly perfect technique won him many championship titles.Jones burst onto the...
  
  , 1969
• George Kell
  George Kell
  George Clyde Kell was an American baseball third baseman who played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox , Chicago White Sox , and Baltimore Orioles in the American League, who went on to become a baseball broadcaster for 40 years.-Playing career:In college, Kell...
  
  , 1969
• Harry Kipke, 1968
• John Kobs
  John Kobs
  John H. Kobs was an American athlete and coach. He was the head baseball coach at Michigan State University from 1925 to 1963 where he compiled a career record of 576–377–16. He also coached men's basketball and ice hockey at Michigan State...
  
  , 1968
• Bobby Layne
  Bobby Layne
  Robert Lawrence "Bobby" Layne was an American football quarterback who played for 15 seasons in the National Football League. He played for the Chicago Bears in 1948, the New York Bulldogs in 1949, the Detroit Lions from 1950–1958, and the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1958–1962...
  
  , 1966
• Kid Lavigne
  Kid Lavigne
  George Henry "Kid" Lavigne was an American boxer from Michigan. He was the second American boxer to hold the lightweight champion, winning the title on June 1, 1896.-Pro career:...
  
  , 1965
• Ted Lindsay
  Ted Lindsay
  Robert Blake Theodore Lindsay is a former professional ice hockey player, a forward for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League . He scored over 800 points in his Hockey Hall of Fame career, won the Art Ross Trophy in 1950, and won the Stanley Cup four times...
  
  , 1966
• Heinie Manush
  Heinie Manush
  Henry Emmett Manush , nicknamed "Heinie" due to his German heritage, was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964....
  
  , 1964
• Fred Matthaei, 1964
• Jacob Mazer, 1967
• George Mullin
  George Mullin (baseball)
  George Joseph Mullin was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played fourteen seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators of the American League and the Indianapolis Hoosiers/Newark Pepper of the Federal League.-Career Overview:Mullin holds the Detroit Tigers...
  
  , 1962

• Biggie Munn
  Biggie Munn
  Clarence Lester "Biggie" Munn was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator in the United States. He was the head football coach at Albright College , Syracuse University , and most notably Michigan State College , where his 1952 squad won a national championship...
  
  , 1961
• Hal Newhouser
  Hal Newhouser
  Harold "Prince Hal" Newhouser was an American pitcher for Major League Baseball who played 17 seasons from 1939 to 1955, mostly with the Detroit Tigers of the American League...
  
  , 1962
• Branch Rickey
  Branch Rickey
  Wesley Branch Rickey was an innovative Major League Baseball executive elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967...
  
  , 1961
• Schoolboy Rowe
  Schoolboy Rowe
  Lynnwood Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, primarily for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  , 1961
• Germany Schulz
  Germany Schulz
  Adolph George "Germany" Schulz was an All-American American football center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1904 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1908. While playing at Michigan, Schulz is credited with having invented the spiral snap and with developing the practice of standing behind the...
  
  , 1960
• George Sisler
  George Sisler
  George Harold Sisler , nicknamed "Gentleman George" and "Gorgeous George," was an American professional baseball player for 15 seasons, primarily as first baseman with the St. Louis Browns...
  
  , 1960
• Horton Smith
  Horton Smith
  Horton Smith was an American professional golfer, who is best known as the first man to win the Masters Tournament.- Tournament career :...
  
  , 1960
• Doak Walker
  Doak Walker
  Ewell Doak Walker, Jr. was an American football player who is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was a teammate of Bobby Layne in high school and the NFL.-Early life:...
  
  , 1967
• Al Watrous
  Al Watrous
  Albert Andrew Watrous was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1920s and 1930s....
  
  , 1962
• Byron White
  Byron White
  Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White won fame both as a football halfback and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed to the court by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, he served until his retirement in 1993...
  
  , 1962
• Adolph Wolgast
  Adolph Wolgast
  Adolphus Wolgast , nicknamed Michigan Wildcat, was a world lightweight boxing champion.-Biography:He was born on 8 February 1888, his siblings were, fellow boxers Johnny Wolgast and Al Wolgast....
  
  , 1964
• George Young
  George Young
  George Young may refer to:In politics:*Sir George Young, 6th Baronet, UK Conservative Party politician*George Young, Lord Young , Scottish politician and judge...
  
  , 1966
• Ralph Young
  Ralph Young
  Ralph Stuart "Pep" Young was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. During his nine major league seasons, he played with the New York Yankees , Detroit Tigers , and Philadelphia Athletics .-Background:Young was a right-handed second baseman and switch hitter...
  
  , 1962

1970s

• Vince Banonis
  Vince Banonis
  Vincent Joseph Banonis was an American football center and defensive tackle in the National Football League. He played for the Chicago Cardinals from 1942–1950 and the Detroit Lions from 1951–1953. He attended the University of Detroit. Banonis was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame in...
  
  , 1975
• Les Bingaman
  Les Bingaman
  Lester Alonza Bingaman was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League. Bingaman played seven seasons with the Detroit Lions, starting in 1948. He earned trips to the Pro Bowl in 1951 and 1953...
  
  , 1971
• Sam Bishop, 1977
• Bob Calihan
  Bob Calihan
  Robert J. Calihan was an American basketball player and coach.Calihan played for the University of Detroit Mercy from 1937 to 1940. He led his team in scoring during each of his three seasons and became the school's first All-American honoree in 1939...
  
  , 1971
• Don Canham
  Don Canham
  Donald Canham was a track and field athlete and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at the University of Michigan from 1968 to 1988. There, he became nationally renowned for his ability to market and sell products bearing the name or logo of the school...
  
  , 1978
• Duffy Daugherty
  Duffy Daugherty
  Hugh Duffy Daugherty was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Michigan State University from 1954 to 1972, where he compiled a career record of 109–69–5. Duffy's 1965 and 1966 teams won national championships...
  
  , 1975
• Dave DeBusschere
  Dave DeBusschere
  David Albert DeBusschere was an American NBA and major league baseball player and coach in the NBA. In 1996, DeBusschere was named as one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history....
  
  , 1977
• Alex Delvecchio
  Alex Delvecchio
  Alexander Peter "Fats" Delvecchio is a former ice hockey player and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.After playing a single junior league season for the Oshawa Generals of the OHA Delvecchio joined the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League for the 1952 season, and helped the team to...
  
  , 1977
• Gerald Ford
  Gerald Ford
  Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
  
  , 1977
• Henry Ford
  Henry Ford
  Henry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry...
  
  , 1978
• Charles Forsythe, 1970
• Lyman Frimodig
  Lyman Frimodig
  Lyman L. "Frim" Frimodig was an American athlete, college basketball coach and athletic administrator. He was the only athlete in the history of Michigan State University to receive ten varsity letters, four each in basketball and baseball and two in football. He held the school's single-game...
  
  , 1976
• Lofton Greene, 1974

• Ace Gutowsky
  Ace Gutowsky
  LeRoy Erwin "Ace" Gutowsky was an American football fullback. He played professional football for eight years from 1932 to 1939 and set the NFL career rushing record in October 1939. He held the Detroit Lions' career and single-season rushing records until the 1960s.-Early years:Gutowsky was...
  
  , 1979
• David Holmes, 1975
• Hudson High School Football Team, 1976
• Al Kaline
  Al Kaline
  Albert William "Al" Kaline is a former Major League Baseball right fielder. He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Kaline played his entire 22-year baseball career with the Detroit Tigers. Kaline still works for the Tigers as a front office official. Because of his lengthy career and...
  
  , 1978
• Chuck Kocsis
  Chuck Kocsis
  Charles R. Kocsis was an American amateur golfer.The Golf Association of Michigan voted Chuck Kocsis the Michigan amateur golfer of the century and was a member of the first class elected into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame...
  
  , 1974
• Ron Kramer
  Ron Kramer
  Ronald J. Kramer was a multi-sport college athlete and professional American football player. Before embarking on a career in the National Football League, he lettered in football, basketball, and track at the University of Michigan in the 1950s...
  
  , 1971
• Ann Marston
  Ann Penelope Marston
  Ann Penelope Marston was an unrivaled archery champion prior to her death from stroke, caused by complications of diabetes, at age 32. She was the U.S.A. National Archery Champion from 1949-1960....
  
  , 1977
• Fr. James Martin, 1978
• Terry McDermott
  Terry McDermott (speed skating)
  Richard Terrance "Terry" McDermott is a former speed skater from the United States.He was born in Essexville, Michigan....
  
  , 1972
• Earl Morrall
  Earl Morrall
  Earl Edwin Morrall is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. Morrall, who also occasionally punted, played 21 seasons in the National Football League as both a starter and reserve. In the latter capacity, he became known as the greatest backup quarterback in NFL...
  
  , 1979
• Frank Navin
  Frank Navin
  Francis Joseph Navin was the principal owner of the Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball for 27 years, from 1909 to 1935. He also served as vice president and acting president of the American League....
  
  , 1976
• James F. Norris, 1976
• Buddy Parker
  Buddy Parker
  Raymond "Buddy" Parker is a former football player and coach in the National Football League who served as head coach for three teams: the Chicago Cardinals, the Detroit Lions and the Pittsburgh Steelers....
  
  , 1976

• John Pingel
  John Pingel
  John Spenser Pingel was an American football halfback. He played for the Michigan State Spartans and was selected as a first-team All-American in both 1937 and 1938. He holds the all-time NCAA record for most punting yards in a season with 4,138 yards in 1938...
  
  , 1973
• Warren Orlick, 1979
• George Richards, 1976
• Billy Rogell
  Billy Rogell
  William George "Billy" Rogell was an American baseball player who played 14 years in Major League Baseball, primarily as a shortstop for the Detroit Tigers. He made his major league debut on April 14, 1925 and played his last game August 25, 1940...
  
  , 1970
• Mauri Rose
  Mauri Rose
  Mauri Rose was an American racecar driver.He started from the pole position driving a Maserati in the 1941 Indianapolis 500, but spark plug problems put him out of the race after sixty laps. He then took over the Wetteroth/Offenhauser car being driven by Floyd Davis that had started in 17th place....
  
  , 1972
• Philip Sachs, 1973
• Terry Sawchuk
  Terry Sawchuk
  Terrance Gordon Sawchuk was a Ukrainian-Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers.-Early life and playing career:Sawchuk was born and raised...
  
  , 1974
• Norbert Schemansky
  Norbert Schemansky
  Norbert Schemansky was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States.Schemansky was the first weightlifter to earn four Olympic medals, despite missing the 1956 Olympic Games due to back problems....
  
  , 1976
• Joe Schmidt
  Joe Schmidt
  Joseph Paul Schmidt is a former American football player and coach at both the collegiate and professional levels. His 13-year career with the National Football League's Detroit Lions gained him a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1973.-Collegiate career:Schmidt grew up in Pittsburgh,...
  
  , 1970
• Graham Steenhoven, 1979
• Lorenzo Wright
  Lorenzo Wright
  Lorenzo Christopher Wright was a Detroit native and star athlete at Miller High School and Wayne State University; Wright is renowned for his noteworthy accomplishments in the sport of track and field....
  
  , 1973
• Rudy York
  Rudy York
  Preston Rudolph York was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox , Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics . York was born in Ragland, Alabama...
  
  , 1972
• Fred Zollner
  Fred Zollner
  Fred Zollner was called "Mr. Pro Basketball" as the founder and longtime owner along with his sister Janet of the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons and a key figure in the merger of National Basketball League and Basketball Association of America into the National Basketball Association in 1949.Zollner,...
  
  , 1976

1980s

• Mike Adray, 1983
• Lem Barney
  Lem Barney
  Lemuel Joseph "Lem" Barney is a former American Football cornerback who played for the Detroit Lions. He was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992.-College years:...
  
  , 1985
• Dave Bing
  Dave Bing
  David "Dave" Bing is the mayor of Detroit, Michigan, a businessman, and a retired American professional basketball player who played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association , primarily for the Detroit Pistons...
  
  , 1984
• Jim Bunning
  Jim Bunning
  James Paul David "Jim" Bunning is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and politician.During a 17-year baseball career, he pitched from 1955 to 1971, most notably with the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Phillies. When he retired, he had the second-highest total of career...
  
  , 1981
• Jim Campbell
  Jim Campbell (baseball executive)
  James A. "Jim" Campbell was an American baseball executive in Major League Baseball. He served 43 seasons with the Detroit Tigers organization, 27 of them as either general manager or president....
  
  , 1985
• Norm Cash
  Norm Cash
  Norman Dalton Cash was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who spent almost his entire career with the Detroit Tigers...
  
  , 1984
• Jack Castignola, 1988
• Lynn Chandnois
  Lynn Chandnois
  Lynn Chandnois was a former standout professional American football player who earned All-American honors for the Michigan State Spartans in 1949, the NFL Player Of The Year award for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1952 and twice made it to the Pro Bowl.After both his parents died, Lynn, who was born...
  
  , 1988
• Jack Christiansen
  Jack Christiansen
  -External links:*Pro Football Hall of Fame: *...
  
  , 1986
• Istvan Danosi, 1985
• Chuck Davey
  Charles Pierce Davey
  Charles Pierce Davey, better known as Chuck Davey, was an American-born welterweight boxer and boxing commissioner for the state of Michigan.- Career :...
  
  , 1980
• Pete Dawkins
  Pete Dawkins
  Peter Miller Dawkins is a Heisman Trophy winner, Rhodes Scholar, U.S. Army Brigadier General, and Republican candidate for Senate. He is the former vice chairman of Citigroup Private Bank.-Early life, education and athletic career:...
  
  , 1987
• Pete Elliott
  Pete Elliott
  -External links:...
  
  , 1983
• Andy Farkas
  Andy Farkas
  Andrew Geza Farkas was an American football fullback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Detroit Lions.-Early life:Farkas was born in Clay Center, Ohio of Hungarian origins, and attended St...
  
  , 1983
• John Fetzer
  John Fetzer
  John Earl Fetzer was a radio and television executive who was best known as the owner of the Detroit Tigers from 1961 through the early 1980s.- Biography :...
  
  , 1984
• Bill Freehan
  Bill Freehan
  William Ashley Freehan is a former professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers...
  
  , 1982

• Bill Gadsby
  Bill Gadsby
  William Alexander Gadsby was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Chicago Black Hawks, New York Rangers, and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League....
  
  , 1986
• Chick Harbert, 1989
• Ernie Harwell
  Ernie Harwell
  William Earnest "Ernie" Harwell was an American sportscaster, known for his long career calling play-by-play of Major League Baseball games. For 55 years, 42 of them with the Detroit Tigers, Harwell called the action on radio and/or television...
  
  , 1989
• John Hiller
  John Hiller
  John Frederick Hiller is a former left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Detroit Tigers. After suffering a heart attack in 1971, he returned to the team and recorded 38 saves in – a major league record until 1983, and a team record until 2000...
  
  , 1989
• Robert Hoernschemeyer
  Robert Hoernschemeyer
  Robert James "Bob" "Hunchy" Hoernschemeyer , was a former American football Running Back for the Chicago Rockets , Brooklyn Dodgers , Chicago Hornets , Detroit Lions...
  
  , 1985
• Willie Horton, 1987
• Glenn Johnson
  Glenn Johnson
  Glenn Johnson is an Australian association footballer who played as a forward. He was born in Sydney and played for Sydney Olympic in-between two spells at Blacktown City Demons. Following his second spell at Blacktown he was transferred to of the Football League, and played five league games for...
  
  , 1988
• Joe Joseph, 1980
• Alex Karras
  Alex Karras
  Alexander George "Alex" Karras , nicknamed "The Mad Duck", is a former football player, professional wrestler, and actor, best known for his stint with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League from 1958–1962 and 1964-1970 and for his role as Mongo in the film Blazing Saddles...
  
  , 1980
• Cliff Keen
  Cliff Keen
  Clifford Patrick Keen was an American coach who served as the head coach of the University of Michigan collegiate wrestling team from 1925 to 1970. He led the Michigan Wolverines to 13 Big Ten Conference championships, and coached 68 All-American wrestlers...
  
  , 1981
• Nick Kerbawy, 1985
• Dick "Night Train" Lane, 1988
• Bob Lanier
  Bob Lanier (basketball)
  Robert Jerry "Bob" Lanier, Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player who played for the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA.Lanier was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992....
  
  , 1989
• Yale Lary
  Yale Lary
  Robert Yale Lary is a former American football player.After graduating from North Side High School in 1949, he attended Texas A&M University, where he was a standout in football and baseball...
  
  , 1988
• Mickey Lolich
  Mickey Lolich
  Michael Stephen Lolich is a former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1962 until 1979 who played the majority of his career with the Detroit Tigers.-Baseball career:...
  
  , 1982
• Don Lund
  Don Lund
  Donald Andrew Lund is a former backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers . He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  , 1987

• John MacInnes
  John MacInnes
  John J. MacInnes was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender and NCAA hockey head coach. He was born in Toronto, Ontario.-Playing career:...
  
  , 1984
• Dick McAuliffe
  Dick McAuliffe
  Richard John McAuliffe is a former American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop and second baseman for the Detroit Tigers from to and for the Boston Red Sox from to . He was a part of the Tigers' 1968 World Series championship, and was known for his...
  
  , 1986
• Kayo Morgan, 1987
• Bill Muncey
  Bill Muncey
  William Edward "Bill" Muncey was an American hydroplane racing legend from La Mesa, California. He won 62 races, the most races in the history of the sport...
  
  , 1983
• Jeanne Omelenchuk, 1984
• Donald Ridler, 1981
• Will Robinson, 1982
• Bo Schembechler
  Bo Schembechler
  Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler, Jr. was an American football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Miami University from 1963 to 1968 and at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1989, compiling a career record of 234–65–8...
  
  , 1989
• Virgil Trucks
  Virgil Trucks
  Virgil Oliver Trucks is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1941 through 1958, Trucks played for the Detroit Tigers , St. Louis Browns , Chicago White Sox , Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 1985
• Bob Ufer
  Bob Ufer
  Bob Ufer was the lead broadcaster for the Michigan Wolverines football team for 37 years, starting in 1944. He has been inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor.-Early years:...
  
  , 1982
• Willis Ward
  Willis Ward
  Willis F. Ward was a track and field athlete and American football player who was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1981....
  
  , 1981
• Vic Wertz
  Vic Wertz
  Victor Woodrow Wertz was a Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder. He had a seventeen year career from 1947 to 1963. He was signed as a free agent by the Detroit Tigers in 1942 and played for the Tigers, St...
  
  , 1983
• Bob Westfall
  Bob Westfall
  Robert Barton "Bullet Bob" Westfall was an American football fullback who played for the University of Michigan and the Detroit Lions . He was a consensus first-team All-American in 1941 and a first-team All-Pro player in 1945...
  
  , 1986
• George Wilson
  George Wilson (football coach)
  George Wilson was a professional football end and later a coach for the National Football League's Detroit Lions and the American Football League's Miami Dolphins....
  
  , 1980
• Shelia Young-Ochowicz, 1988

1990s

• Herb Adderley
  Herb Adderley
  Herbert Allen Adderley is a former American football cornerback who played for the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League....
  
  , 1996
• Sparky Anderson
  Sparky Anderson
  George Lee "Sparky" Anderson was an American Major League Baseball manager. He managed the National League's Cincinnati Reds to the 1975 and 1976 championships, then added a third title in 1984 with the Detroit Tigers of the American League. He was the first manager to win the World Series in both...
  
  , 1992
• Carl Angelo, 1994
• Terry Barr
  Terry Barr
  Terry Albert Barr was an American football wide receiver. He played for nine seasons in the NFL, all with the Detroit Lions....
  
  , 1995
• Red Berenson, 1996
• Cloyce Box
  Cloyce Box
  Cloyce Kennedy Box was an American football end in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, where he was voted into two Pro Bowls. He played college football at Louisiana Tech in 1944 and then at West Texas A&M University. He was drafted in the 20th round of the 1948 NFL Draft by the...
  
  , 1991
• Scotty Bowman
  Scotty Bowman
  William Scott "Scotty" Bowman is a retired National Hockey League head coach. He holds the record for most wins in league history, with 1,244 wins in the regular season and 223 in the Stanley Cup playoffs. He coached the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, and...
  
  , 1999
• Wally Burkemo, 1990
• Bob Carey
  Bob Carey (American racecar driver)
  Bob Carey was an American race car driver. He was killed in a crash at Ascot Park, in an attempt to set a new lap record.-Career:...
  
  , 1990
• Paul Carey
  Paul Carey (broadcaster)
  Paul Carey is an American broadcaster and sportscaster who broadcast professionally in six different decades and is a member of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.-Early life:...
  
  , 1992
• Don Coleman
  Don Coleman
  Don Edwin Coleman is a former American football player. Coleman played high school football at Flint Central High School and college football at Michigan State University. He was a unanimous All-American in 1951, the first African-American All-American football player at Michigan State...
  
  , 1997
• Chuck Daly
  Chuck Daly
  Charles Jerome "Chuck" Daly was an American basketball head coach. He led the Detroit Pistons to consecutive National Basketball Association Championships in 1989 and 1990, and the Dream Team to the men's basketball gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He had a 14-year NBA coaching...
  
  , 1996
• James David
  James David
  James Theodoric David was an American football defensive back for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League. He attended Colorado A&M.-College career:...
  
  , 1997
• Dick Enberg
  Dick Enberg
  Richard Alan "Dick" Enberg is an American sportscaster. He currently provides play-by-play for telecasts of San Diego Padres baseball on 4SD, following a long career calling various sports for such networks as NBC, CBS, and ESPN...
  
  , 1995
• Al Fracassa, 1999
• Eddie Futch
  Eddie Futch
  Eddie Futch was a boxing trainer. Among the fighters he trained are Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, and Trevor Berbick, four of the five men to defeat Muhammad Ali....
  
  , 1997
• Kirk Gibson
  Kirk Gibson
  Kirk Harold Gibson is a former Major League Baseball player and currently the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. As a player, Gibson was an outfielder who batted and threw left-handed...
  
  , 1999
• Leon Hart
  Leon Hart
  Leon Joseph Hart was an American football tight end and defensive end. He was raised in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh....
  
  , 1997
• Spencer Haywood
  Spencer Haywood
  Spencer Haywood is a retired American professional basketball player.- High school :In 1964, Haywood moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he attended Pershing High School...
  
  , 1993

• Thomas Hearns
  Thomas Hearns
  Thomas "Hitman" Hearns is a retired American boxer. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra" and more famously "The Hitman", Hearns became the first boxer in history to win world titles in four divisions. He would also become the first fighter in history to win five world titles in five different divisions...
  
  , 1997
• Dave Hill
  Dave Hill (golfer)
  James David Hill was an American professional golfer. He was the brother of golfer Mike Hill.Hill was born in Jackson, Michigan. He attended the University of Detroit, where he played on the golf team. Hill won 13 times on the PGA Tour, three of which came during his career year of 1969, when he...
  
  , 1993
• Mike Hill, 1994
• Gordon Johncock
  Gordon Johncock
  Gordon Johncock is a former racing driver, best known as a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and the 1976 USAC Marlboro Championship Trail champion. Johncock was most often simply referred to as "Gordy."...
  
  , 1992
• Magic Johnson
  Magic Johnson
  Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association . After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Lakers...
  
  , 1998
• Vinnie Johnson
  Vinnie Johnson
  Vincent "Vinnie" Johnson is a retired American professional basketball player and a key player as sixth man for the Detroit Pistons during the team's NBA championships of 1989 and 1990.-College basketball career:...
  
  , 1997
• Leonard "Red" Kelly
  Red Kelly
  Leonard Patrick "Red" Kelly, CM is a retired Canadian ice hockey player in the NHL. He played on more Stanley Cup winning teams than any player who never played for the Montreal Canadiens, and is the only player to be part of two of the nine dynasties recognized by the NHL in its history...
  
  , 1998
• Micki King
  Micki King
  Maxine Joyce King is a former competitive diver and diving coach. She was a gold medal winner at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the three meter springboard event....
  
  , 1993
• Harvey Kuenn
  Harvey Kuenn
  Harvey Edward Kuenn was an American player, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. As a shortstop and outfielder, he played with the Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , San Francisco Giants , Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 1993
• Bill Laimbeer
  Bill Laimbeer
  William "Bill" Laimbeer, Jr. is a retired National Basketball Association player for the Detroit Pistons. Playing at center, the 6'11" Laimbeer was a four-time All-Star and integral part of the Pistons teams that won two championships...
  
  , 1999
• Ray Lane
  Ray Lane
  Ray Lane is a sports broadcasting figure in Detroit, Michigan. During the late 1940s, Ray played baseball and basketball for the Stags of Mackenzie High School...
  
  , 1997
• Eddie Lubanski
  Eddie Lubanski
  Eddie Lubanski was one of the greatest bowlers of all time. He was in the Guinness book of World Records. He had the highest lifetime average of 204 for over 25 years.-References:*...
  
  , 1992
• Budd Lynch
  Budd Lynch
  Frank Joseph James "Budd" Lynch is the Detroit Red Wings' public address announcer at Joe Louis Arena, a position he has held since 1985. He began his career in 1949 as the team's radio play-by-play announcer...
  
  , 1994
• Bruce Martyn
  Bruce Martyn
  Bruce Martyn is a former American sportscaster, logging over 45 years behind the mike. Mr. Martyn was the radio voice of the Detroit Red Wings from 1964–1995.After earning his degree from Lake Superior State University in his hometown of Sault Ste...
  
  , 1996
• Ron Mason
  Ron Mason
  Ron Mason is a Canadian former ice hockey player, head coach and university executive. As head coach of various universities, notably including Michigan State University , he became the winningest ice hockey coach in NCAA history with 924 career wins...
  
  , 1994
• Charlie Maxwell
  Charlie Maxwell
  Charles Richard Maxwell , nicknamed "Smokey," "Paw Paw," , "Sunday Punch" and "Sunday Charlie," is a former professional baseball outfielder...
  
  , 1997
• Barney McCosky
  Barney McCosky
  William Barney McCosky was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. From 1939 through 1953, he played for the Detroit Tigers , Philadelphia Athletics , Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians . McCosky batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  , 1995
• Reggie McKenzie
  Reggie McKenzie (guard)
  Reginald McKenzie is a former American football player. He played at the offensive guard position for the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1971 and was a consensus first-team All-American in 1971. He also who played 13 years of professional football for the Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks...
  
  , 1994
• Denny McLain
  Denny McLain
  Dennis Dale "Denny" McLain is a former American professional baseball player, and the last major league pitcher to win 30 or more games during a season —a feat accomplished by only thirteen players in the 20th century....
  
  , 1991

• Bob Miller
  Bob Miller (football player)
  Robert Marguesse Miller was an American football offensive/defensive tackle with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League from 1952 to 1958....
  
  , 1999
• Van Patrick
  Van Patrick
  Van Patrick was an American sportscaster, best known for his play-by-play work with the Detroit Lions and Detroit Tigers....
  
  , 1991
• Roger Penske
  Roger Penske
  Roger S. Penske is the owner of the automobile racing team Penske Racing, the Penske Corporation, and other automotive related businesses. A winning racer in the late 1950s, Penske was named 1961's Sports Car Club of America Driver of the Year by Sports Illustrated...
  
  , 1999
• Bob Reynolds, 1998
• Robin Roberts, 1999
• Sugar Ray Robinson
  Sugar Ray Robinson
  Sugar Ray Robinson was an African-American professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances in the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight...
  
  , 1991
• Cazzie Russell, 1991
• Charlie Sanders
  Charlie Sanders
  Charles Alvin Sanders is a former American football player who played tight end for the Detroit Lions from 1968-77. On February 3, 2007, Sanders was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.-Playing career:...
  
  , 1990
• Hal Schram, 1990
• Bubba Smith
  Bubba Smith
  Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith was an American professional football player who became an actor after his retirement from the sport. He first came into prominence at Michigan State University, where he twice earned All-American honors as a defensive end on the Spartans football team...
  
  , 1993
• Billy Sims
  Billy Sims
  Billy Sims is a former college football and NFL running back. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1978.-Early years:...
  
  , 1990
• Mickey Stanley
  Mickey Stanley
  Mitchell Jack "Mickey" Stanley was a baseball player for the Detroit Tigers from 1964-1978. Stanley was known as a superb defensive outfielder over his 15-year career, though he is best remembered for the last few weeks of the 1968 season.-Early life:Stanley prepped at Ottawa Hills High School in...
  
  , 1994
• Emanuel Steward
  Emanuel Steward
  Emanuel Steward is an American boxing trainer, commentator and inductee of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame.-Life and career:...
  
  , 1996
• Isiah Thomas
  Isiah Thomas
  Isiah Lord Thomas III , nicknamed "Zeke",is the men's basketball coach for the FIU Golden Panthers, and a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association from 1981 until 1994. He led the "Bad Boys" to the NBA...
  
  , 1998
• Rudy Tomjanovich
  Rudy Tomjanovich
  Rudolph Tomjanovich, Jr. , nicknamed Rudy T., is an American retired basketball player and coach who coached the Houston Rockets to two consecutive NBA championships. He is currently a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers.-Early life:...
  
  , 1995
• Ty Tyson
  Ty Tyson
  Edwin L. "Ty" Tyson was an American sports broadcaster and radio play-by-play announcer.-Early life:Tyson was born in Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania and he attended Penn State University. As a young man, he played ball and acted in nearby Tyrone, Pennsylvania. While acting in a play, he met another...
  
  , 1996
• Franklin "Muddy" Waters, 1992
• George Webster, 1998

2000s

• Kathy Arendsen, 2003
• Jane "Peaches" Bartkowicz, 2002
• Greg Barton
  Greg Barton
  Greg Barton is an American sprint kayaker who competed from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s....
  
  , 2007
• Frank Beckmann, 2007
• Bob Becker
  Bob Becker
  Robert Charles Becker was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1897 to 1898, playing in six career games.-External links:...
  
  , 2010
• George Blaha
  George Blaha
  George Blaha has been the radio and television play-by-play voice of the Detroit Pistons since the 1976–77 NBA season...
  
  , 2010
• Gates Brown
  Gates Brown
  William James "Gates" Brown is a former Major League Baseball player who spent his entire career with the Detroit Tigers...
  
  , 2002
• Henry Carr
  Henry Carr
  Henry Carr is a former American track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.-Early life:...
  
  , 2000
• Anthony Carter, 2000
• Lou Creekmur
  Lou Creekmur
  Louis Creekmur was an NFL left offensive tackle/guard for the Detroit Lions from 1950-59. He was also used as a defensive lineman in critical situations...
  
  , 2003
• Julie Crone, 2005
• William Davidson
  William Davidson
  William Morse "Bill" Davidson, J. D. was an American businessman who was President, Chairman and CEO of Guardian Industries, one of the world's largest manufacturers of architectural and automotive glass...
  
  , 2004
• Joe DeLamielleure
  Joe DeLamielleure
  Joseph Michael DeLamielleure is a former American football offensive lineman who was an All-American at Michigan State. He was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 1973 NFL Draft. He won All-Rookie Honors, after finding out a physical condition with his irregular heartbeat was...
  
  , 2004
• Herb Deromedi
  Herb Deromedi
  Herb Deromedi is a former American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Central Michigan University from 1978 to 1993, compiling a record of 110–55–10. He was also the athletic director for Central Michigan from 1994 to 2006...
  
  , 2004
• Jim Devellano, 2006
• Leo Diegel, 2005
• Dan Dierdorf
  Dan Dierdorf
  Daniel Lee "Dan" Dierdorf is a former American football player and current television sportscaster. He played 13 NFL seasons and has worked for ABC's Monday Night Football and CBS as a color commentator since retiring from football....
  
  , 2001
• Dave Diles, 2006
• Joe Dumars
  Joe Dumars
  Joe Dumars III , nicknamed Joe D, is a retired American basketball player in the NBA, and currently the Detroit Pistons' President of Basketball Operations....
  
  , 2003
• Bump Elliott
  Bump Elliott
  Chalmers W. "Bump" Elliott is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played halfback at Purdue University and the University of Michigan...
  
  , 2002
• Joe Falls
  Joe Falls
  Joseph Francis Falls was an American journalist. He began his career in his native New York City. At the age of 17 in 1945, he took a job as a copyboy for the Associated Press. After an apprenticeship of eight years, Falls moved to the Detroit bureau of the AP.In Detroit, Falls flourished...
  
  , 2000
• Bill Flemming
  Bill Flemming
  William Norman "Bill" Flemming was an American television sports journalist who was one of the original announcers for the ABC Sports show Wide World of Sports.-Early life:...
  
  , 2010
• William Clay Ford, Sr.
  William Clay Ford, Sr.
  William Clay Ford, Sr. is the youngest of the four children of Edsel Ford and the youngest grandchild of Henry Ford.-Biography:...
  
  , 2005
• Steve Fraser
  Steve Fraser
  Steve Fraser was the 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 198 lb weight class. A native of Hazel Park, Michigan, Fraser was a Michigan High School Athletic Association state wrestling champion and later an All-American in wrestling at the University of Michigan...
  
  , 2010
• George Gervin
  George Gervin
  George "The Iceman" Gervin is a retired American professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association for the Virginia Squires, San Antonio Spurs, and Chicago Bulls...
  
  , 2001
• Sonny Grandelius
  Sonny Grandelius
  Everett John "Sonny" Grandelius was an American football player, coach, announcer, and executive. He served as the head coach at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1959 to 1961, compiling a record of 20–11...
  
  , 2006

• Jerry Green, 2003
• Jud Heathcote
  Jud Heathcote
  George Melvin "Jud" Heathcote is a former college basketball coach. He was a head coach for 24 seasons at the collegiate level: five at Montana and 19 at Michigan State...
  
  , 2000
• John Herrington, 2001
• Desmond Howard
  Desmond Howard
  Desmond Kevin Howard is a former NFL wide receiver, punt returner, and kickoff returner.He played football for the University of Michigan from 1989–1991 and won the Heisman Trophy in 1991...
  
  , 2007
• Mike Ilitch
  Mike Ilitch
  Michael "Mike" Ilitch Sr. is an American entrepreneur and owner of the Detroit Red Wings and the Detroit Tigers. In addition to his sports ownerships, he is the founder and owner of Little Caesars Pizza since 1959, which has become an international fast food franchise...
  
  , 2004
• Marian Ilitch, 2010
• Ron Johnson, 2005
• Jim Kaat
  Jim Kaat
  James Lee "Jim" Kaat , nicknamed "Kitty", is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins , Chicago White Sox , Philadelphia Phillies , New York Yankees , and St...
  
  , 2002
• Peter Karmanos, 2007/2008
• Greg Kelser
  Greg Kelser
  Gregory Kelser is a retired American basketball player and current television color commentator. Kelser played in the NBA from 1979–1986 and is best known for his standout career at Michigan State....
  
  , 2006
• Johnny Kline, 2005
• Paul Krause
  Paul Krause
  Paul James Krause is a former American football defensive back who played in the National Football League...
  
  , 2005
• Diane Laffey, 2006
• Pat LaFontaine
  Pat LaFontaine
  Patrick Michael LaFontaine is an American former ice hockey center in the National Hockey League who spent his entire career playing for the league's New York-based teams; LaFontaine skated for the New York Islanders from 1983 until 1991, the Buffalo Sabres from 1991 until 1997, and the New York...
  
  , 2004
• Rick Leach, 2010
• Mike Lucci
  Mike Lucci
  Mike Lucci is a former National Football League player for the Cleveland Browns for 3 seasons from 1962 to 1964 and 9 seasons with the Detroit Lions from 1965 to 1973. Lucci played collegiately at the University of Tennessee and for one year at the University of Pittsburgh.He was a 6'2", 230-pound...
  
  , 2004
• Dan Majerle
  Dan Majerle
  Daniel Lewis Majerle is a retired American professional basketball player and currently an assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. Known by his fans as "Downtown Dan," "Thunder Dan," and "Dan the Man," he played 14 years in the NBA, primarily with the Phoenix Suns, also with the Miami...
  
  , 2006
• Meg Mallon, 2010
• J. P. McCarthy
  J. P. McCarthy
  Joseph Priestley "J.P." McCarthy II was a radio personality best known for his over 30 years of work as the morning man and interviewer on station WJR in Detroit, Michigan.-Early life:...
  
  , 2001
• Jack McCloskey
  Jack McCloskey
  John William "Jack" McCloskey is a retired American basketball player, coach and executive in the NBA. He served in World War II as a lieutenant commanding a landing ship for Marines. He played one game for the Philadelphia Warriors during the 1953 season, scoring 6 points in that game...
  
  , 2006
• Herman Moore
  Herman Moore
  Herman Joseph Moore is a former American National Football League wide receiver. At George Washington High School in Danville he played mostly as a kicker and also as a tight end. He went to the University of Virginia, where he was a 2-sport athlete...
  
  , 2010
• Jack Morris
  Jack Morris
  John Scott "Jack" Morris is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He played in 18 big league seasons between 1977 and 1994, mainly for the Detroit Tigers, and won 254 games throughout his career...
  
  , 2001
• Jack Moss, 2005
• Shirley Muldowney
  Shirley Muldowney
  Shirley Muldowney , also known professionally as "Cha Cha" Muldowney and the "First Lady of Drag Racing", is a pioneer in professional auto racing. She was the first woman to receive a license from the National Hot Rod Association to drive a top fuel dragster...
  
  , 2003
• Eddie Murray, 2010
• Jim Northrup, 2000

• Lance Parrish
  Lance Parrish
  Lance Michael Parrish, aka "Big Wheel", is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers , Philadelphia Phillies , California Angels , Seattle Mariners , Cleveland Indians , Pittsburgh Pirates , and the Toronto Blue Jays...
  
  , 2002
• Calvin Peete
  Calvin Peete
  Calvin Peete is an American professional golfer. He was the most successful African-American on the PGA Tour, with 12 wins, before the emergence of Tiger Woods....
  
  , 2005
• George Perles
  George Perles
  George J. Perles is a former American football player and coach. He was a defensive line coach, defensive coordinator, and assistant head coach for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers from 1972–1981 and the head coach at Michigan State University from 1983–1994...
  
  , 2005
• Billy Pierce
  Billy Pierce
  Walter William Pierce is a former left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Chicago White Sox. He was the team's star pitcher between 1952 and 1961, and was named the American League's top pitcher in 1956 and 1957 after being runner-up in both 1953...
  
  , 2003
• George Puscas, 2004
• Glen Rice
  Glen Rice
  Glen Anthony Rice is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. The 6'8" tall Rice was a three-time NBA All-Star guard/forward, ranking 11th in NBA history with 1,559 three-point field goals made during his 15-year career. As a player, Rice won an NCAA Men's Division...
  
  , 2007
• Jack Roush
  Jack Roush
  Jack Roush is the founder, CEO, and co-owner along with John Henry of Roush Fenway Racing, a NASCAR team headquartered in Concord, North Carolina, and is Chairman of the Board of Roush Enterprises....
  
  , 2010
• H. G. Salsinger
  H. G. Salsinger
  Harry George "H.G." Salsinger was sports editor of The Detroit News for 49 years.Salsinger was born in Ohio in 1885. In 1907, he started writing for The Cincinnati Post....
  
  , 2002
• Barry Sanders
  Barry Sanders
  Barry Sanders is a former American football running back who spent all of his professional career with the Detroit Lions in the NFL. Sanders left the game just short of the all-time rushing record...
  
  , 2003
• Clark Scholes, 2007
• Ray Scott
  Ray Scott (basketball)
  John Raymond Scott is a retired American professional basketball player and former head coach of the Detroit Pistons...
  
  , 2007
• Chris Spielman
  Chris Spielman
  Charles Christopher "Chris" Spielman is a former American football player and is currently an analyst for ESPN's coverage of college football games.-Football career:...
  
  , 2004
• Fred Stabley, 2004
• Turkey Stearnes
  Turkey Stearnes
  Norman Thomas "Turkey" Stearnes was an African American center fielder in the Negro leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.-Early Life and career:...
  
  , 2007
• Black Jack Stewart, 2000
• Frank Tanana
  Frank Tanana
  Frank Daryl Tanana is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He was the California Angels' 1st round draft pick in 1971....
  
  , 2006
• Alan Trammell
  Alan Trammell
  Alan Stuart Trammell is a retired American baseball shortstop of the Detroit Tigers from to . Trammell, nicknamed "Tram", played his entire career with the Tigers, highlighted by a World Series championship in and an American League East division championship in . Although his arm was not...
  
  , 2000
• Norm Ullman
  Norm Ullman
  Norman Victor Alexander Ullman is a former ice hockey forward.-Playing career:Norm Ullman began his career with the Edmonton Oil Kings of the WCJHL, before moving to the Edmonton Flyers of the WHL...
  
  , 2007
• Jon Urbanchek
  Jon Urbanchek
  Jon Urbanchek is an American swimming coach, best known for his 22-year tenure as the Men's Swimming & Diving Head Coach for the University of Michigan...
  
  , 2010
• Brad Van Pelt
  Brad Van Pelt
  Brad Alan Van Pelt was an American football linebacker who played fourteen seasons in the National Football League....
  
  , 2002
• Wayne Walker
  Wayne Walker
  Wayne Harrison Walker is a former professional football player and sports broadcaster. He played in the NFL for fifteen seasons, from 1958-72 for the Detroit Lions. A starter throughout his career, #55 played in 200 regular season games as a 6'2", 225 lb...
  
  , 2001
• Sam Washington
  Sam Washington
  Sam Washington is a former professional American football player who played defensive back for four seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals.-References:...
  
  , 2007
• Lou Whitaker, 2000
• George Yardley
  George Yardley
  George Harry Yardley III , best known as simply George Yardley, was an NBA Hall of Fame basketball player. He was the first player in history to score 2,000 points in one season, breaking the 1,932-point record held by fellow Hall of Famer George Mikan...
  
  , 2001
• Steve Yzerman
  Steve Yzerman
  Stephen Gregory "Steve" Yzerman is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League...
  
  , 2007

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