Northeast Georgia Sports Hall of Fame announces first inductees

GAINESVILLE - Sixty-eight athletes from northeast Georgia who have achieved national
recognition have been chosen as the first inductees into the Northeast Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.

The hall of fame will be a part of
the Northeast Georgia History Center in Gainesville, which opened this spring.

Inductions are planned on an annual basis and a committee, chaired by Phil Jackson, retired longtime sports editor of The Times, has been appointed to consider future nominations.

The initial induction ceremony will be held August 28. The sports represented by this first group of athletes are baseball, football,
basketball, auto racing, soccer, golf, weightlifting, and equestrian.


2004 Initial list of Inductees

*(D) - deceased

BASEBALL

Alf Anderson

Cris Carpenter

Spurgeon "Spud" Chandler (D)

Ty Cobb (D)

Jeff Cooper

Jody Davis

Warner Fusselle

Weldon Henley (D)

Bill Kennedy

Johnny Mize (D)

Cy Moore (D)

Joe Pittard (D)

Jack Roberts

Billy Wilson (D)

Ivey Wingo (D)



FOOTBALL

Terry Allen

Sidney Allred

Cy Bell (D)

D.J. Campbell

Bucky Curtis

Dee Dowis

Damon Evans

Chan Gailey

Charlie Gignilliat

Avery Hall

Corey Hulsey

Cliff Kimsey

Bobby Lamb

Billy Lothridge (D)

Billy Martin

Paul Randolph

Preston Ridlehuber

Billy Joe "Dude" Thompson (D)

Tommy West

Chester Willis

Mike Wilson

Ronnie Wilson

Steve Wilson



BASKETBALL

Sally Bell

Julius Brown

Dale Davis

Brenda Hill

Mahogeny Hudson

John "Whack" Hyder (D)

Lynn Jarrett

Martha Moss

Mike Nordholz

Brenda Paul

Kitty Rucker

Luke Rushton

Maxie Skinner

Antoine Whelchel



AUTO RACING

"Doc" Bundy

Bill Elliott

Roy Hall (D)

Bud Lunsford

Raymond Parks

Loy Seay (D)



SOCCER

Stephanie Yarem Ransom



GOLF

Tommy Aaron

Reg Murphy

Tommy Valentine

DeWitt Weaver

Madge McDonald Zorn (D)



WEIGHTLIFTING

Paul Anderson (D)

Tom Hardman



EQUESTRIAN

Fred Hooper (D)

Boyd Hudgins