What MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL teams had a lot of players on them who eventually made the Halls of Fame for their respective sports? What teams had the most (and, more importantly, how did they finish that season)?
The 2000-2001 Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche had two players (Patrick Roy, Ray Borque) who are already in the Hall of Fame, and three more (Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, Rob Blake) who are virtual locks to go in when they are eligible. Adam Foote has a 50-50 chance of getting in. Chris Drury will get votes when he is eligible.
That was an awesome team.
Lemme throw together a quick list of the Oakland Raiders’ HOFs…
Their year with the most was 1974, when they had 7 players (Fred Biletnikoff, George Blanda, Willie Brown, Dave Casper, Jim Otto, Art Shell and Gene Upshaw) and 2 non-players (coach John Madden and owner Al Davis). They went 12-2 that year, losing (as usual) in the AFC championship game to the Steelers. They won their first Super Bowl two years later in 1986, though they lost Otto and Blanda by that time (but added Ted Hendricks).
To go along with the 2000-2001 Colorado Avalanche, look for the Detroit Red Wings from any year of the past 10 years to be a candidate for this one as well.
At one point, they had Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull, Dominek Hasek, Chris Chelios, Sergei Federov, and quite a few other serious candidates as well.
In 1928, and then between 1930 and 1933, the Yankees every year had nine future Hall of Famers playing for them. (It’s wasn’t the same nine guys every year.)
I don’t know this for a fact but the '62-'63 Celtics have to be at the top of the list.
Bob Cousy, John Havlicek, Tommy Heinsohn, KC Jones, Sam Jones, Clyde Lovelette, Frank Ramsey, Bill Russell; 8 on a roster of 12 is disgusting. And Red Auerbach was a Hall of Fame coach, to boot.
Oh, and that team, give or take a few players from year to year, won 11 championships in 13 years.
1975 Cincinnati Reds only have four,which suprised me -Johnny Bench,Joe Morgan , Tony Perez and manager Sparky Anderson.
George Foster isn’t in or Dave Concepion.They are still elgible I think(any chance either gets in?)
Course they had Pete Rose also.
77 Reds had the same except Tom Seaver was there,Perez wasn’t.
Does the Little League have a Hall of Fame? Drury was the winning pitcher in the 1989 championship game.
Of teams I’ve followed closely, the 2005 Astros look like the high point. 2 sure HOFers, Biggio and Clemens (assuming there aren’t any new and better steroids allegations), plus Bagwell who should be in as well, plus 3 possibles in Roy Oswalt, Lance Berkman, and Andy Pettite. (I don’t care for Pettite as a hall of famer, but if he keeps going long enough he could easily put up 260-270 or more wins.)
The Mariners of the late 90s had 3 sure HOFers, and a a possible 4th, even though they never really won anything. Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr., and Randy Johnson are the locks and Edgar Martinez is the maybe.
The Red Wings of late 40s to early 50s featured
Abel,Lindsay.Howe,Sawchuck,Lumley,Glen Hall,Ivan,Gadsby,Pronovost,Norris,Kelley,Delvecchio,And Jack Adams. But when there were so few teams ,they had to be better.
The 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers sure had their share:
- QB Terry Bradshaw
- Receiver Lynn Swann
- RB Franco Harris
- Linebacker Jack Lambert
- Cornerback Mel Blount
- Tackle Mean Joe Greene
- Linebacker Jack Ham
- Receiver John Stallworth
- Center Mike Webster
- Head coach Chuck Noll
- Owner Art Rooney
Yes, but Chris Drury is not in it.
The 1927 Philadephia Athletics had more Hall of Fame players on the team than the 1927 Yankees, often called the greatest team of all time. The A’s had Mickey Cochrane, Jimmy Foxx, Al Simmons, Ty Cobb, Lefty Grove, Eddie Collins, and Zach Wheat, plus manager Connie Mack. The Yankees that year had Ruth, Gehrig, Lazzeri, Earl Combs, Waite Hoyt, Herb Pennock, and manager Miller Huggins.
At one point in the mid-70s, there were more Hall of Famers that played in 1927 than those who never played that year. It’s probably still the year with the most HOFers active.
What about the 1961 Green Bay Packers?
Herb Adderley, cornerback
Willie Davis, defensive end
Forrest Gregg, offensive tackle
Paul Hornung, running back
Henru Jordan, defensive tackle
Ray Nitschke, linebacker
Jim Ringo, center
Bart Starr, quarterback
Jim Taylor, running back
Emlen Tunnell, safety
Willie Wood, safety
And of course, Vince Lombardi, the head coach
You misnumbered - there are two number nines. And since Dan Rooney was team president at the time and has since made the Hall himself - you’re up to a dozen.
From 1913 to 1968, The Yankeeshad at least one member who was in the HoF.
Incidentally, my high school counts two Hall of Famers among its alumni (in football and baseball), which may not be a record but is awfully impressive.
The Giants had a future Hall of Famer play on their team every year for 100 years in a row, from the founding of the franchise in 1883 all the way to 1982 (Joe Morgan.) And then for two more years they were managed by a Hall of Famer, Frank Robinson.