Houston Sports Hall of Fame

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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.

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Inductees

NameSportPositionTeam
Earl Campbell FootballRunning backOilers
Hakeem Olajuwon BasketballCenterRockets, University of Houston
Nolan Ryan BaseballPitcherAstros, Alvin High School
Jack Burke, Jr [1] Golf
George Foreman Boxing
A. J. Foyt Auto racing
Dan Pastorini FootballQuarterbackOilers
Mary Lou Retton Gymnastics
Carl Lewis Track and FieldUniversity of Houston
Rudy Tomjanovich BasketballForward, Head CoachRockets
Andre Johnson FootballWide receiverTexans
Bill Yeoman FootballHead CoachUniversity of Houston
Guy Lewis BasketballHead CoachUniversity of Houston
Jeff Bagwell BaseballFirst basemanAstros
Craig Biggio BaseballSecond baseman, Catcher, Center fieldAstros
Sheryl Swoopes BasketballForwardComets
Clyde Drexler BasketballGuardRockets, University of Houston, Sterling High School
Roger Clemens BaseballPitcherAstros, Spring Woods High School
Elvin Hayes BasketballForward, CenterRockets, University of Houston
Bruce Matthews FootballGuard, Center, Offensive tackleOilers
Lance Berkman BaseballOutfielder, First basemanAstros, Rice University
Cynthia Cooper BasketballGuardComets
Warren Moon FootballQuarterbackOilers

References

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