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
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