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The NBA Hall of Fame classes

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NBA Hall of Fame classes
1959-1984 | 1985-2009

1959

James Naismith Harold G. Olsen John J. Schomer Amos Alonzo Stagg Oswald Tower Forrest C. “Phog” Allen Henry Clifford Carlson Luther H. Gulick Edward J. “Ed” Hickox Charles D. “Chuck” Hyatt George Mikan James Walter Kennedy Angelo “Hank” Luisetti Walter E. Meanwell Ralph Morgan Original Celtics First Team

1960

Ernest A. Blood Victor Hanson George T. Hepbron Frank W. Keaney Ward L. Lambert Edward C. “Ed” Macauley Emmett B. “Branch” McCracken Charles C .Murphy Henry V. Porter John R. Wooden (player)

1961

Buffalo Germans Bernhard “Bennie” Borgmann Forrest S. DeBernardi George H. Hoyt George E. Keogan Robert A. “Bob” Kurland John J. O’Brien Andy Phillip Ernest C. Quigley David H. Walsh John S. Roosma Leonard D. Sachs Arthur A. Schabinger Christian “Chris” Steinmetz David “Dave” Tobey Arthur L. Trester Edward A. “Ed” Wachter

1962

Jack D. McCracken Frank Morgenweck Harlan O. “Pat” Page Barney Sedran Lynn W. St. John John Thompson

1963

New York Renaissance Robert F .Gruenig William A. Reid

1964

John W. Bunn Harold E. “Bud” Foster Nat Holman Edward S. “Ned” Irish R. William Jones Kenneth D. “Ken” Loeffler John D. Russell

1965

Walter A. Brown Paul D. “Tony” Hinkle Howard A. Hobson William G. “Bill” Mokray

1966

Everett S. Dean Joseph B. “Joe” Lapchick

1968

Clair F. Bee Howard G. Cann Amory T. Gill Alvin F. Julian

1969

Arnold J. “Red” Auerbach Henry G. Dehnert Henry P. “Hank” Iba Adolph F. Rupp Charles H. “Chuck” Taylor

1970

Bernard L. “Ben” Carnevale Robert E. Davies

1971

Robert J. “Bob” Cousy Robert L. “Bob” Pettit Abraham M. “Abe” Saperstein

1972

Edgar A. “Ed” Diddle Robert L. “Bob” Douglas Paul Endacott Max “Marty” Friedman Edward “Ed” Gottlieb W.R. Clifford “Cliff” Wells

1973

John Beckman Bruce Drake Arthur C. “Dutch” Lonborg Elmer H. Ripley Adolph “Dolph” Schayes John R. Wooden (coach)

1974

Harry A. Fisher Maurice Podoloff Ernest J. Schmidt

1975

Bill Sharman (player) Joseph R. “Joe” Brennann Emil S. Liston William F. “Bill” Russell Robert P. Vandivier

1976

Thomas J. “Tom” Gola Edward W. “Ed” Krause Harry Litwack

1977

Elgin Baylor Charles T. Cooper Lauren “Laddie” Gale William C. Johnson Alfred J. “Al” McGuire

1978

Paul J. Arizin Joseph F. “Joe” Fulks Clifford O. “Cliff” Hagan John P. Nucatola James C. “Jim” Pollard

1979

Justin M. “Sam” Barry Wilton N. “Wilt” Chamberlain James E. “Jim” Enright Edgar S. “Ed” Hickey John B. McLendon Raymond J .”Ray” Meyer Peter F. “Pete” Newell

1980

Lester “Les” Harrison Jerry R. Lucas Oscar P. Robertson Everett F .Shelton J. Dallas Shirley Jerry A. West

1981

Thomas B. “Tom” Barlow Ferenc Hepp James Walter Kennedy Arad A. McCutchan

1982

Everett N. Case Alva O. Duer Clarence E. Gaines Slater N. Martin Frank V. Ramsey Willis Reed Harold E. “Hal” Greer

1983

William W. “Bill” Bradley David A. “Dave” DeBusschere Lloyd R. Leith Dean E. Smith John K. “Jack” Twyman Louis G. Wilke

1984

Clifford B. “Cliff” Fagan James H. “Jack” Gardner John J. Havlicek Samuel “Sam” Jones Edward S. “Ed” Steitz
1959-1984 | 1985-2009

1985

Senda Berenson Abbott W. Harold Anderson Alfred N. “Al” Cervi Marv K. Harshman Bertha F. Teague Nate Thurmond L. Margaret Wade

1986

William J. “Billy” Cunningham Thomas W. “Tommy” Heinsohn William “Red” Holzman Zigmund J. “Red” Mihalik Fred R. Taylor Stanley H. “Stan “Watts

1987

Richard F. “Rick” Barry Walter “Walt” Frazier Robert J. “Bob” Houbregs Peter P. “Pete” Maravich Robert F. “Bobby” Wanzer

1988

Clyde E. Lovellette Robert “Bobby” McDermott Ralph H. Miller Westley S. “Wes” Unseld

1989

William P. Gates K. C. Jones Leonard R. “Lenny” Wilkens (player)

1990

David “Dave” Bing Elvin E. Hayes Neil Johnston Vernon “Earl” Monroe

1991

Nathaniel “Nate” Archibald David W. “Dave” Cowens Lawrence “Larry” Fleisher Harry J. Gallatin Robert M. “Bob” Knight Lawrence F. “Larry” O’Brien Borislav “Boris” Stankovic

1992

Sergei A. Belov Louis P. “Lou” Carnesecca Lusia Harris-Stewart Cornelius L. “Connie” Hawkins Robert J. “Bob” Lanier Alfred J. “Al” McGuire John T. “Jack” Ramsay Nera D. White Phillip D. “Phil” Woolpert

1993

Walter “Walt” Bellamy Julius W. Erving Daniel P. “Dan” Issel Ann E. Meyers Richard J. “Dick” McGuire Calvin J. Murphy UljanaS emjonova

1994

Carol A. Blazejowski Denzil E. “Denny” Crum Charles J. “Chuck” Daly Harry E. “Buddy” Jeannette Cesare Rubini

1995

Anne T. Donovan Aleksandr J. Gomelsky Kareem Abdul-Jabbar John A. Kundla Arild Verner Agerskov (Vern) Mikkelsen Cheryl Miller Earl Strom

1996

Kresimir Cosic George Gervin Gail C. Goodrich Nancy I. Lieberman David O. Thompson George H. Yardley

1997 Peter J. “Pete” Carril Joan Crawford Denise M. Curry Antonio Diaz-Miguel Alexander “Alex” English Donald L. “Don” Haskins Bailey E. Howell

1998

Larry J. Bird Jody Conradt Alexander M. “Alex” Hannum Marques O. Haynes Aleksandar “Aza” Nikolic Arnold D. “Arnie” Risen Leonard R. “Lenny” Wilkens (coach)

1999

Wayne R. Embry Kevin E. McHale Billie J. Moore John R. Thompson Fred Zollner

2000

Daniel “Danny” Biasone Robert A. McAdoo Charles Martin Newton Pat Head Summitt Isiah L. Thomas Morgan B. Wootten

2001

John Chaney Michael “Mike” Krzyzewski Moses E. Malone

2002

Harlem Globetrotters Larry Brown Earvin “Magic” Johnson Robert “Lute” Olson Drazen Petrovic Sandra Kay Yow

2003

Leon Barmore Francis D. “Chic” Hearn Meadowlark Lemon Earl F. Lloyd Dino Meneghin Robert L. Parish James A. Worthy

2004

Jerry Colangelo Drazen Dalipagic Clyde Drexler Bill Sharman (coach) Maurice Stokes Lynette Woodard

2005

Jim Boeheim Hubert “Hubie” Brown Jim Calhoun Sue Gunter Hortenciade Fatima Marcari

2006

Geno Auriemma Charles Barkley Joe Dumars Alessandro “Sandro” Gamba Dave Gavitt Jacques Dominique Wilkins

2007

Van Chancellor Pedro Ferrandiz Phil Jackson Mirko Novosel Marvin Rudolph Texas Western Roy Williams

2008

Adrian Dantley William Davidson Patrick Ewing Hakeem Olajuwon Pat Riley Cathy Rush Dick Vitale

2009

Michael Jordan David Robinson Jerry Sloan John Stockton C. Vivian Stringer