Houston Sports Hall of Fame

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.

Inductees

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Name Sport Position Team
Earl Campbell Football Running back Oilers
Hakeem Olajuwon Basketball Center Rockets, University of Houston
Nolan Ryan Baseball Pitcher Astros, Alvin High School
Jack Burke, Jr [1] Golf
George Foreman Boxing
A. J. Foyt Auto racing
Dan Pastorini Football Quarterback Oilers
Mary Lou Retton Gymnastics
Carl Lewis Track and Field University of Houston
Rudy Tomjanovich Basketball Forward, Head Coach Rockets
Andre Johnson Football Wide receiver Texans
Bill Yeoman Football Head Coach University of Houston
Guy Lewis Basketball Head Coach University of Houston
Jeff Bagwell Baseball First baseman Astros
Craig Biggio Baseball Second baseman, Catcher, Center field Astros
Sheryl Swoopes Basketball Forward Comets
Clyde Drexler Basketball Guard Rockets, University of Houston, Sterling High School
Roger Clemens Baseball Pitcher Astros, Spring Woods High School
Elvin Hayes Basketball Forward, Center Rockets, University of Houston
Bruce Matthews Football Guard, Center, Offensive tackle Oilers
Lance Berkman Baseball Outfielder, First baseman Astros, Rice University
Cynthia Cooper Basketball Guard Comets
Warren Moon Football Quarterback Oilers

References

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