Alabama Sports Hall of Fame

Alabama Sports Hall of Fame

The Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (ASHOF) is a state museum located in Birmingham, Alabama dedicated to communicating the state’s athletic history. The museum displays over 5,000 objects related to athletes who were born in Alabama or earned fame through athletics that reflects positively upon the state, usually through excellence at an educational institution or sporting event in Alabama. The ASHOF was established by state legislative act on August 14, 1967. [http://www.ashof.org/index.php?submenu=AboutUs&src=gendocs&link=AboutUs&PHPSESSID=1f2eeb6b2286100e91627209edbf4563] Alabama Sports Hall of Fame; About Us] [http://www.ashof.org/index.php?src=faq] Alabama Sports Hall of Fame; Frequently Asked Questions]

Membership

The ASHOF currently lists over 200 inductees, including five of the top 15 athletes selected as the greatest of the last century by ESPN. Nationally prominent members include Jesse Owens, Hank Aaron, Joe Louis, Willie Mays, Carl Lewis, and Paul "Bear" Bryant. [ [http://www.800alabama.com/things-to-do/alabama-attractions/details.cfm?id=222] Alabama Tourism Department; Alabama Sports Hall of Fame] A complete list can be found on the museum’s official website.

The museum has an annual induction banquet each year, where it inducts between six and eight persons who have contributed to the athletic arena in some capacity. At least two of these inductees are in the "old-timer" category, which covers persons before the modern sports era.

Each year also brings a "Distinguished Sportsman" inductee. This is usually an Alabama sportsman, but may instead be a "Distinguished American Sportsman", if voted as such by the Board of Directors. Two notable examples of an American Sportsman would be President George Herbert Walker Bush and Bob Hope.

Class of 2007

*Wilbur Jackson
*Buck Johnson
*Barry Krauss
*David Marsh
*Sonny Smith
*Gene Washington
*Jason Sankey

Old-Timer

*Jerry Duncan
*Al Lary (posthumous induction)

Distinguished Alabama Sportsman (split election)

*David Housel
*Mal Moore

Facility

The ASHOF is located in a convert|33000|sqft|m2|sing=on building in downtown Birmingham, adjacent to the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex and across an intersection from the Southeastern Conference headquarters. The collection spans three floors of the building. The facility includes the 75 seat Bryant-Jordan Theater. [http://www.birminghamal.org/ttd-attractions-detail.asp?ID=0200265] Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau; Alabama Sports Hall of Fame]

Collection

Over 5,000 objects are displayed in the museum. The Heisman Trophies won by Auburn University athletes Pat Sullivan and Bo Jackson are both displayed, as is a hounds tooth hat worn by University of Alabama coach “Bear” Bryant, life size dioramas, athletic equipment and historic uniforms.

Museum leadership

The current executive director is William Legg, who helped spearhead the revitalization of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1992 with a new facility. The current museum is a showplace of sports memorabilia and is often used as an example of how an effective sports museum should be presented.

The curator responsible for the display of artifacts is Dr. Avalee Willoughby. She was recognized in 2007 with the Frank "Pig" House Award.

References

External links

* [http://www.ashof.org/ Alabama Sports Hall of Fame]


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