Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame explained

The Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame, located in the Hawthorne Race Course,^[1] in Stickney/Cicero, near Chicago, honors sports greats associated with the Chicago metropolitan area.^[2] It was founded in 1979 as a trailer owned by the Olympia Brewing Company parked at Soldier Field in Chicago. The Chicago Park District took over the exhibits in 1983. From 1988 the exhibits were displayed in Mike Ditka's restaurant until the restaurant closed in 1991. The Hall of Fame moved to the Maryville Academy in Des Plaines in 1996 and has operated under the guidance of Father John P. Smyth since that time.^[3] As of 2008, it was operating at Hawthorne.

Directors include Smyth, former Chicago Park District Superintendent Ed Kelly, DePaul University Athletic Director Jean Lenti-Ponsetto, and former Chicago Bears tight end Emery Moorehead. The honorees include high-school athletes, such as Babe Baranowski who quarterbacked the 1937 Leo Catholic High School team in the Prep Bowl football game in Soldier Field, viewed by a record 120,000 spectators,^[4] high-school coaches, college athletes from as far away as the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and the University of Notre Dame, as well as professional and Olympic athletes associated with Chicago. Their sports include everything from baseball, basketball, football, and hockey to bowling, fishing, golf, and horse racing. Two special awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Ray Meyer Coach of the Year Award may honor non-Chicagoans.^[5]

Honorees

Name	Sport	Position	Chicago team	Other major team
	Football	Running back	Northwestern, Bears	Chiefs
	Basketball		DePaul
		Principal	Providence St. Mel
	Basketball	Small forward	DePaul	Dallas Mavericks Detroit Pistons
	Football	Offensive lineman	Bears
	Boxing
	Baseball	Outfield First Base Third Base	White Sox	Phillies
Don Amidei	Track and Field	Coach	St. GeorgeLoyola DePaul Northwestern
	Lacrosse	Coach		Northwestern
	Football	Running back	Mt. Carmel HS Notre Dame Cardinals
	Baseball	Shortstop	Sox	Orioles, Red Sox
	Baseball	Shortstop	White Sox
	Football	Running back	Farragut HS Purdue U.	Denver Broncos
	Horse racing	Jockey
	Football	Defensive end	Bears	Browns, Saints
	Football	Offensive lineman	Northwestern	49ers
	Baseball	Shortstop First Base	Cubs
	Football	Quarterback	Leo HS
	Basketball	Coach	Mt. Carmel (Coach)	Memphis Grizzlies
	Football	Coach	Cardinals
	Baseball	Second Base	Cubs	Padres
	Writer		Daily News, Sun-Times
	Basketball	Guard, Forward	Marshall HS U. of Illinois	Hawks
	Boxing	Promoter	Host, The Sportswriters on TV
		Football	Linebacker	St. Patrick HS	Colts
		Football	Running back	U. of Chicago
		Football	Linebacker	Purdue University Bears	Packers
		Football	Owner Executive	Cardinals Bears
		Football	Owner	Cardinals
		Olympics	Speed skating	Champaign Centennial HS
		Football	Quarterback Kicker	Bears	Raiders, Oilers
		Baseball Announcer	Shortstop	Thornton HS U. of Illinois WGN	Cleveland Indians
		Football	Running back Coach	Notre Dame
		Football	Linebacker	Cardinals	Lions
		Broadcaster		Cubs, Sox, WGN
	[6]	Basketball	Coach	DuSable HS
		Basketball		DuSable HS
		Olympics	Track, official	U. of Illinois
	Basketball	Coach	DePaul (W) Loyola (M) Hustle (W)
	Basketball	Guard	Thornridge HS	Indiana U Bucks, Celtics
	Football	Linebacker	Bears
	Football	Offensive line	Cardinals	Lions
	Football	Running back	Bears	Eagles
[7]	Special Olympics	Official
[8]	Football	Linebacker Center	Vocational HS U. of Illinois Bears
		Football Basketball Track	Offensive lineman	Maine South HS Purdue U.	Redskins
		Basketball	Coach	Northwestern	Iowa State
	[9]	Basketball		American Gears	U. of Detroit
	Baseball	Pitcher	Cubs	Red Sox
	Football	Quarterback Running back		Packers
	Baseball	Broadcaster	Cubs, Sox	Cardinals
	Horse racing	President	Hawthorne Race Course
	Basketball	Guard	Von Steuben HS DePaul Chicago Packers
	Writer		Chicago Daily News
	Football	Running back Defensive back	U. of Illinois Bears
	Football	Fullback	Bears	Redskins
	Baseball	First Base	Cubs Sox
	Volleyball	Coach	UIC	Penn State
	Baseball	First Base Manager	Orphans/Cubs	Yankees
	Football	Running back Broadcaster	Cardinals	Packers
	Baseball	Pitcher	St. Rita HS	Blue Jays, Astros
	Basketball Baseball	Center, Forward First Base	Chicago Majors American Giants	Knicks, Globetrotters
	Basketball Various	Guard Owner	Bloom HS U. of Illinois	Diamondbacks, Suns
	Baseball	Owner	Sox
	Baseball	Owner	Sox
	Baseball	Owner	Sox
	Writer		Tribune
	Olympics	Track	Luther South HS
	Football	Lineman Linebacker	De La Salle HS Notre Dame Bears
	Basketball	Forward	Hersey HS DePaul Bulls	Bullets
	Football	Offensive lineman	Bears
	Politician
	Basketball	Forward	Carver HS, DePaul	Bucks, Spurs
[10]	Football	Business Manager	Bears
	Football	Lineman	Notre Dame Chicago Rockets Chicago Hornets
	Politics	Mayor	City of Chicago	De La Salle HS
	Football	Offensive lineman	Northwestern Bears
	Tennis
	Baseball	Outfield	Cubs	Expos
	Horse Racing	Jockey
	Football	Running back Defensive back Quarterback	Austin HS Northwestern Cardinals Bears	Lions
	Big Ten Basketball	Commissioner Guard		U. of North Carolina
	Football	Defensive end	Bears
	Football	Tight end Coach	Bears	Cowboys
	Baseball	Outfield	Sox	Indians
	Basketball	Coach		U. of Florida, OKC Thunder
	Football	Quarterback	Bears	Saints, Packers
	Football Baseball	Quarterback, Kicker Coach Infield	Northwestern Cardinals Bears Cubs
	Horse Racing	Executive	Arlington Park	Churchill Downs
	Football	Safety	Notre Dame Bears	Cardinals
	Baseball	Second Base Third Base Manager	Sox	Athletics
	Basketball	Guard	Loyola
	Basketball	Forward	Parker HS	Marquette, Nuggets
	Broadcaster		Sox
	Olympics	Weightlifting
	Baseball Writer	Basketball Referee	Chicago's American	Sporting News
	Hockey	Goalie	Black Hawks	Canadiens
	Baseball		St. Rita HS	Phillies, Yankees
	Golf		Northwestern
	Baseball	Second Base	Cubs	Braves
	Baseball	Pitcher	St. Rita HS Sox	Indians
	Horse Racing		Chicago's American, Daily News, Sun-Times
[11]	Bowling
	Football	Defensive back	Barrington HS Bears	Yale
	Basketball	Guard	South Shore HS Northwestern	Pistons
	Basketball	Coach	Thornridge HS	Bradley U. AD
[12]	Golf
	Baseball	Owner		Athletics
	Horse Racing	Jockey
	Football	Offensive line	Notre Dame Cardinals
	Writer		Chicago's American
	Olympics	Modern pentathlete
	Founder		Chicago Marathon
	Football	Defensive back	Loyola Academy Purdue U.	Dolphins
	Hockey	Broadcaster	Blackhawks
	Baseball	Second Base	Sox	Athletics
	Football	Quarterback		Yale
	Baseball	Umpire		American League
	Football	Quarterback, Kicker Coach	Notre Dame Mt. Carmel HS	U. of Detroit
	Football	Running back	Bears	Stanford
	Basketball	Coach	St. Rita HS Fenwick HS
[13]	Football	Quarterback	Leo HS
[14]	Basketball	Coach	Marshall HS
[15]	Football	Defensive back	Notre Dame Cardinals
	Football	Scout	Bears
	Football	Linebacker	Bears	Rams
	Horse Racing	Announcer	Bulls (Dunkin' Race Announcer)
	Football	Lineman Coach	Bears	Browns
	Football Baseball	Coach	DePaul, Joliet Catholic HS, Lewis U
	Writer		Sun-Times
	Football		Leo, De La Salle, Mendel Notre Dame
	Football	Running back	Cardinals
	Football	Fullback	U. of Illinois Bears	Packers
	Football Basketball	Quarterback Coach Guard	Northwestern	Browns Redskins Rochester Royals
	Olympics	Women's Ice Hockey
	Football	Running back	Wheaton HS U. of Illinois Bears	Yankees
	Baseball	First Base Manager	Cubs	Pirates Braves
	Football	Defensive lineman	Cardinals
	Football	Offensive lineman Athletic director	U. of Illinois
[16]	Basketball		U. of Chicago
	Baseball	Third Base Manager	Cubs
[17]	Football	NFL Referee	Bradley U.
	Football Baseball	End, Owner Outfield	Bears	Yankees
	Baseball			Yankees
	Hockey	Goaltender	Black Hawks	Red Wings
	Olympics	Yachting
	Football	Defensive end	Bears
	Football			Patriots
	Basketball	Guard	Loyola	Knicks Pacers
[18]	Football		Bears	Ohio State
	Baseball	President	American League
	?
[19]	Football	Quarterback		Cardinals
	Horse Racing	Jockey
	Baseball	Catcher Manager	Cubs	Giants
	?
	Basketball	Forward	Parker HS Notre Dame	Lakers
	?
	Football			Raiders
	Olympics	Speed Skating	Taft HS, NIU
	Baseball	Second Base Manager	Cubs	Dodgers Red Sox
	Football	Linebacker	Willowbrook HS U. of Illinois Bears
	Football	Center	Bears	Browns
[20]	Basketball	Coach	Notre Dame HS
	Football	Offensive lineman	Northwestern	Colts
	Basketball	?
[21]	Football	Coach	Loyola HS
[22]	Bowling Speedskating Bicycling
	Writer		Daily News, Sun-Times, Tribune
	Baseball	Pitcher	Cubs	Athletics
	Olympics	Speed skating
	Billiards
	Basketball	Guard	Lyons Township HS	Suns, Jazz
	Hockey	Left wing	Black Hawks	Jets
	Hockey	Left wing	Black Hawks	Red Wings
	Baseball	Catcher	Cubs	Giants
	Basketball	? Coach	Notre Dame Loyola
	Hockey	Coach, GM	Black Hawks	Red Wings
	Writer		Tribune
[23]	Golf
	Baseball	Pitcher	Cubs	Rangers
	Football	End Coach	Schurz HS Northwestern Bears
	Basketball	Coach	Mount Carmel HS Loyola Notre Dame
[24]	Baseball	Coach	Oak Park HS
	Baseball	Clubhouse manager	Cubs
	Football	Receiver	Bears	Packers
	Baseball	Cubs
	Chicago Park District	Superintendent		Oshkosh All-Stars
	Football	Offensive lineman	Evanston Township High School	Falcons
	Baseball	3B/OF Manager	Sox Cubs	Indians
	Basketball	Center Coach	Tilden Tech U. of Illinois Bulls	Suns
	Baseball	Shortstop	Cubs	Cardinals
	Olympics	Swimming
	Olympics	Swimming	Hinsdale Central HS
[25]	Basketball Baseball	Owner/Exec	Tilden Tech Loyola Sox	Cardinals
[26]	Baseball	Pitcher	Cubs	Reds
	Hockey	Defenseman	Black Hawks
[27]	Football	Coach	Richards High School
	Hockey	Defenseman	Black Hawks
[28]	Wrestling	Coach	Northwestern
	Basketball Football	Center Athletic director	Notre Dame
	Basketball	Executive	Bulls	Bullets
	Football	Defensive end	Purdue U.	Steelers
	Basketball	Coach	Weber HS	Duke
	Football	Linebacker	Bears Oak Park-River Forest HS	Dolphins
	Writer		Sun-Times
	Hockey	Right wing	Black Hawks	Rangers
	Baseball	Commissioner
	Baseball	Second Base
	Football	Running back	Notre Dame Fenwick HS	Steelers
[29]	Football Basketball	Fullback Coach	Loyola Fenwick HS
	Football	Running back Coach Athletic director	Notre Dame	NFL Commissioner
[30]	Football	Coach	Evanston HS
	Football	Coach	Notre Dame
[31]	Football	Coach	Mt. Carmel HS
	4 sports	Athletic director	DePaul U.
	Basketball	Guard Coach	Bradley	Kings
	Football	Coach	South Shore HS	Bills
	Football	Offensive lineman	St. Rita HS Bears
[32]	Olympics	Taekwondo
[33]	Horse racing Football			LA Dons
	Baseball	Third Base Outfield	Cubs Loyola Academy	Giants
	Baseball	Catcher	Sox	Browns
	Baseball	Catcher Manager	Sox	Dodgers Indians
	Tennis	Player Coach	DePaul
	Football	Fullback
	Basketball	Forward	Bulls
	Football	Quarterback	Bears
	Basketball	Coach	Loyola
	Baseball	Pitcher Manager	Sox
	Hockey	Defenseman	Black Hawks
	Football Track	Coach	St. Ignatius
	Football	Coach Executive	Cubs	Syracuse U.
[34]	Soccer
	Hockey	Right wing	Black Hawks
	Football		St. Rita HS
	Football	Referee
	Football	Running back	Cardinals
	Football	Running back	Bears	Duke U.
	Football			Michigan St.
	Olympics	Wrestling		U. of Iowa
	Football	Center	Rich East HS, U. of Illinois	Packers
[35]	Baseball	Fan	Sox
	Hockey	Executive	Blackhawks
[36]	Basketball	Coach	Weber
	Football	Cornerback	St. Rita HS
	?
	Football	Quarterback	Bears
	Football	Defensive lineman	Bears
	Horse racing	Jockey
	Basketball		Bradley U.
	Baseball	Third Base	Sox
	Olympics	Track
	Basketball	Coach	DePaul
	Basketball	Coach	DePaul
	Hockey	Center	Black Hawks
	Golf	Coach	Lake Forest HS
	Baseball	Outfield	Sox	Indians
			DePaul
	Football	Tight end	Bears
	Football	Running back	Bears
	Sportcaster		WCFL
	Football	Running back	Bears
	?
	Hockey	Center	Black Hawks
	Cross country	Coach	York HS
	Baseball	Outfield	Cubs	Phillies
	Football	Linebacker	Proviso HS, U. of Illinois	Packers
	Hockey Boxing	Executive	Black Hawks
	Sportscaster
	Football	Defensive end	Proviso East HS U. of Illinois Bears
[37]	Football	Coach
	Football		Bears	Browns
[38]	Golf
	Olympics	Miler	Loyola
[39]	Football	Coach	Schurz HS
	?
	Football	Running back	Bears	Holy Cross
	Baseball	Pitcher	Reds
	Baseball	Outfield	Cubs	Dodgers, Braves
	Football	Coach	Fenger HS
	Football	Tackle	Purdue U. Cardinals	Rams
	Tennis
	Football	Coach	Notre Dame, Northwestern
	Football		St. Philip Notre Dame Cardinals
	Basketball	Guard GM	Notre Dame Bulls	Spurs
	Football	Running back	Bears
[40]		Athletic director	Mother McAuley HS
[41]	Golf
[42]	Olympics	Wrestling		U. of Wisconsin
	Baseball	Pitcher	Sox	Tigers, Giants
	Football	End		Eagles
[43]	Basketball	Coach	St. Josephs
	Football	Running back Coach	Lane Tech HS	Akron Pros
[44]	Track	Miler		Michigan State U.
[45]	Basketball
	Football	Defensive back	Marian Catholic High School Illinois State	Packers, Colts
	Baseball	Outfield	Bradley U. Triton College	Twins
	Hockey	Wing Coach/GM	Black Hawks	Maple Leafs Kings
	Football	Lineman	Bears
	Sportscaster		WGN, WIND
[46]	Football	Referee	Big Ten
	Auto Racing
	Hockey	Coach	Black Hawks
	Baseball Basketball	Owner	Sox Bulls
	Baseball	Umpire	American League
	Baseball	Pitcher General Manager	Sox
	Baseball	Outfield	Sox	Browns, Athletics
	Basketball	Guard, Coach	Marquette University Proviso East HS	Celtics, Hawks
[47]	Olympics	Track	Thornton HS
	Football	Coach	Notre Dame
	Olympics	Track	Northwestern
[48]	Golf
	Boxer
[49]	Basketball	Guard	Loyola Stags
	Soccer	Coach	Sting
	Basketball	Guard, Forward	Carver HS	U of Michigan, Knicks
	Football	?
	Football	Lineman	Tilden Tech Notre Dame	Browns
	Football	Coach	Northwestern Western Illinois	Bills, Broncos
	Football Basketball	Coach	Shurz HS Cardinals DePaul Loyola
	Bowling
	Football	Quarterback	Purdue U.
	Baseball	Second Base Third Base	Cubs
	Baseball	Pitcher	Cubs Sox	Expos, Yankees
	Baseball	Third Base	Cubs Sox
	Basketball	Coach	Globetrotters
	Baseball	Outfield	Cubs	Reds, Cardinals, Giants
	Hockey	Center, Coach	Blackhawks	Canadiens, Lightning
	Football	Running back	Bears	Univ. of Kansas
	Football		Northwestern Cardinals
	Olympics	Figure Skating
	Basketball	Coach	U. of Illinois	U. of Kansas
	Football	Wide receiver	Notre Dame Bears Fire
	Hockey	Left wing	Black Hawks
[50]	Football	Linebacker Tight end	Notre Dame
	Baseball	Pitcher	Sox Cubs	Giants
[51]	Basketball Boxing	Coach	St. Philip HS Park District
[52]	Football		Mendel Catholic
[53]	Soccer	Midfielder	New Trier HS Sting
	?
	Horse racing	Jockey
	Baseball	First Base	Weber HS, Sox	Yankees
	Football		Cardinals
[54]	Basketball		Notre Dame
	Basketball	Forward	DePaul	Knicks
	Football	Offensive lineman	Bears
	Football	Coach	U. of Chicago
	Football	Coach	Bears
[55]	Football		U. of Illinois
	Soccer	Owner	Sting
	Football	Running back Wide receiver	Marshall HS Purdue U.	Patriots
	Basketball Baseball	Forward Pitcher	Sox Cubs	NC State Orioles
	Football	Wide receiver	Northwestern Cardinals
[56]	Basketball	Coach	Loyola
	Track		St. George High School
	Football	Kicker Sportscaster	Cardinals	Giants CBS, FOX
[57]	Basketball		Bruins
	Hockey	Defenseman General Manager	Black Hawks	Canucks
[58]	Skiing
	Boxing	Heavyweight	Promoter
	Football	Offensive lineman	Bears Notre Dame Joliet Catholic HS
	Baseball	Owner	Thillens Stadium
	Basketball	Forward	Loyola Ramblers Chicago Bruins
	Baseball	Shortstop	Cubs
	Football	Quarterback	TF North HS, Bears
[59]	Football	Notre Dame Cardinals
	Basketball	Owner	Packers
	Football	Running back	Cardinals
	Basketball	Guard, Forward	Lane Tech HS DePaul University American Gears
	Football	Center Linebacker	Bears
	Olympics	Softball
	Football	Tackle	U. of Illinois Cardinals
[60]	Football	General Manager	Bears	Lions
	Basketball	Guard	Bulls	Royals
	Football	Offensive lineman	Bears
	Basketball	Coach	St.Pats HS
Jr.	Baseball Horse racing	Owner, Executive	Sox	Browns
	Baseball	Executive	Cubs
	Golf
[61]	Football	Tackle Coach	Northwestern
	Football	Defensive back	Western Illinois U.	Steelers
	Basketball	Forward	Bradley U. Bulls	76ers
	Basketball	Guard	Mount Carmel HS	Marquette, Bucks
	Writer		Tribune
	Baseball	Third Base	Sox	Orioles, Yankees
[62]	Olympics	Swimming
	Basketball	Referee
[63]	Football	Offensive lineman	Notre Dame
	Olympics	Swimming
	Publisher
	Basketball Tumbling	Coach	Waller HS JW Tumbling
	Olympics	Track
	Baseball	Outfield	Cubs	Athletics
	Broadcaster		WGN, Cubs
	Hockey	Defenseman	Black Hawks	Sharks
	Basketball	Center	Marshall High School Bulls	1964 Olympics, Royals, SuperSonics, Suns, 76ers, Braves
	Baseball	Outfield	Cubs
	Hockey Basketball	Owner	Black Hawks Bulls	Red Wings
	Hockey	Owner	Black Hawks
[64]	Baseball Basketball Football		Loyola
	Baseball	Pitcher	Sox	Braves
	?
	Baseball	Owner	Cubs
	Baseball	Pitcher	Sox	Indians, Senators
	Football	Running back	U. of Illinois	Colts
	Boxing
	Fishing
[65]	Football	Linebacker Defensive line	Vocational HS Notre Dame Bears

External links

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