List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame facts for kids
The Hockey Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum dedicated to the history of ice hockey. It was established in 1943 and is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Originally, there were two categories for induction, players and builders, and in 1961, a third category for on-ice officials was introduced. In 2010, a subcategory was established for female players. In 1988, a "veteran player category" was established in order to "provide a vehicle for players who may have been overlooked and whose chances for election would be limited when placed on the same ballot with contemporary players". Eleven players were inducted into the category, but in 2000 the board of directors eliminated it and those inductees are now considered to be in the player category.
For a person to be inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame, he or she must be nominated by an elected 18-person selection committee which includes Hockey Hall of Fame members and media personalities. Each committee member is allowed to nominate one person in each category per year, and candidates must receive the support of 75% of the members of the committee that are present, or a minimum of ten votes. In any given year, there can be a maximum of four male players, two female players, and a combined two in the builders and on-ice officials categories. For a player, referee, or linesman to be nominated, the person must have been retired for a minimum three years. Builders may be "active or inactive". The induction ceremony is held at the current Hall of Fame building and was first broadcast by The Sports Network in 1994.
The Hockey Hall of Fame also displays "Media honourees", who have been awarded the "Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award", which is awarded by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association to "distinguished members of the newspaper profession whose words have brought honour to journalism and to hockey", or the "Foster Hewitt Memorial Award", which is awarded by the NHL Broadcasters' Association to "members of the radio and television industry who made outstanding contributions to their profession and the game during their career in hockey broadcasting". However, the media honourees are not considered full inductees, and are not included in this list. The winners are announced and honoured at different times than the other honourees. Foster Hewitt is the only media honouree inducted in his own right into the Hall, as a builder.
As of 2023, there are 299 players (including ten women), 115 builders and 16 on-ice officials in the Hockey Hall of Fame. 17 honourees have been inducted posthumously.
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Members
Players
The player category has been in existence since the beginning of the Hall of Fame and the first nine players were inducted in 1945. For a person to be inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a player, they must have been retired for a minimum of three years and must be nominated by an elected 18-person selection committee. The waiting period was waived for ten players deemed exceptionally notable: Dit Clapper (1947), Maurice Richard (1961), Ted Lindsay (1966), Red Kelly (1969), Terry Sawchuk (1971), Jean Beliveau (1972), Gordie Howe (1972), Bobby Orr (1979), Mario Lemieux (1997), and Wayne Gretzky (1999). Following Wayne Gretzky's retirement, it was announced that the waiting period would no longer be waived for any player except under "certain humanitarian circumstances".
As of 2012, a maximum of four players can be inducted in one year but the greatest number of players inducted in a year was 23, in 1963. They were inducted because the Hall of Fame was trying to induct many pre-NHL era players. Sometimes noted as 1962 inductees, the pre-NHL era players were named at the 1962 Hall of Fame luncheon at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), but were inducted one year later, in 1963 at the CNE. 232 of the player inductees are Canadian-born, while 16 European-born players have been inducted. The NHL team with the most player inductees is the Toronto Maple Leafs (previously the Toronto St. Patricks and Toronto Arenas), with 60. Seventy-seven defencemen are in the Hall of Fame, more than any other current position, while only 36 goaltenders have been inducted.
In 1988, a "veteran player category" was established in order to "provide a vehicle for players who may have been overlooked and whose chances for election would be limited when placed on the same ballot with contemporary players". Eleven players were inducted into the category, but in 2000, the board of directors eliminated it, and now those inductees are considered to be in the player category.
C | Centre |
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LW | Left wing |
D | Defence |
RW | Right wing |
G | Goaltender |
R | Rover |
F | Forward |
Year | Name | Position | Nationality |
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1945 | Hobey Baker | F | United States |
Charlie Gardiner | G | Canada/Great Britain | |
Eddie Gerard | D–LW | Canada | |
Frank McGee | C–R | Canada | |
Howie Morenz | C | Canada | |
Tommy Phillips | LW–RW | Canada | |
Harvey Pulford | D | Canada | |
Hod Stuart | D | Canada | |
Georges Vezina | G | Canada | |
1947 | Russell Bowie | C–R | Canada |
Dit Clapper | D–RW | Canada | |
Aurele Joliat | LW | Canada | |
Frank Nighbor | C | Canada | |
Lester Patrick | D–G–R | Canada | |
Eddie Shore | D | Canada | |
Cyclone Taylor | C–D–R | Canada | |
Dan Bain | C | Canada | |
Art Ross | D | Canada | |
1950 | Allan Davidson | RW | Canada |
Graham Drinkwater | D | Canada | |
Mike Grant | D | Canada | |
Silas Griffis | D–R | Canada/United States | |
Newsy Lalonde | C | Canada | |
Joe Malone | C | Canada | |
George Richardson | D | Canada | |
Harry Trihey | C–R | Canada | |
1952 | Dickie Boon | D | Canada |
Bill Cook | RW | Canada | |
Moose Goheen | D–LW | United States | |
Moose Johnson | D | Canada | |
Mickey MacKay | C–R | Canada | |
Nels Stewart | C | Canada | |
1958 | Frank Boucher | C | Canada |
King Clancy | D | Canada | |
Sprague Cleghorn | D | Canada | |
Alec Connell | G | Canada | |
Red Dutton | D | Canada | |
Frank Foyston | C | Canada | |
Frank Fredrickson | C | Canada | |
Herb Gardiner | D | Canada | |
George Hay | LW | Canada | |
Dick Irvin | C | Canada | |
Ching Johnson | D | Canada | |
Duke Keats | C | Canada | |
Hughie Lehman | G | Canada | |
George McNamara | D | Canada | |
Paddy Moran | G | Canada | |
1959 | Jack Adams | C | Canada |
Cy Denneny | LW | Canada | |
Tiny Thompson | G | Canada | |
1960 | Buck Boucher | D | Canada |
Sylvio Mantha | D | Canada | |
Jack Walker | C–LW–R | Canada | |
1961 | Syl Apps | C | Canada |
Charlie Conacher | RW | Canada | |
Hap Day | D | Canada | |
George Hainsworth | G | Canada | |
Joe Hall | D–RW | Canada/Great Britain | |
Percy LeSueur | G–RW | Canada | |
Frank Rankin | R | Canada | |
Maurice Richard | RW | Canada | |
Milt Schmidt | C | Canada | |
Oliver Seibert | C | Canada | |
Bruce Stuart | R | Canada | |
1962 | Punch Broadbent | RW | Canada |
Harry Hyland | RW | Canada | |
Steamer Maxwell | R | Canada | |
Reg Noble | C–D–LW | Canada | |
Sweeney Schriner | LW | Canada | |
Alf Smith | RW | Canada | |
1963 | Harry Cameron | D | Canada |
Rusty Crawford | C–LW | Canada | |
Jack Darragh | RW | Canada | |
Jimmy Gardner | LW | Canada | |
Billy Gilmour | RW | Canada | |
Ebbie Goodfellow | C–D | Canada | |
Shorty Green | F | Canada | |
Riley Hern | G | Canada | |
Tom Hooper | F | Canada | |
Bouse Hutton | G | Canada | |
Jack Laviolette | D–LW | Canada | |
Billy McGimsie | C | Canada | |
Didier Pitre | D–R–RW | Canada | |
Joe Primeau | C | Canada | |
Jack Ruttan | D | Canada | |
Earl Seibert | D | Canada | |
Bullet Joe Simpson | D | Canada | |
Barney Stanley | D–RW | Canada | |
Marty Walsh | C | Canada | |
Harry E. Watson | C | Canada | |
Rat Westwick | G–R | Canada | |
Frederick Whitcroft | R | Canada | |
Phat Wilson | D | Canada | |
1964 | Doug Bentley | LW | Canada |
Bill Durnan | G | Canada | |
Babe Siebert | D–LW | Canada | |
Black Jack Stewart | D | Canada | |
1965 | Marty Barry | C | Canada |
Clint Benedict | G | Canada | |
Arthur Farrell | F | Canada | |
Red Horner | D | Canada | |
Syd Howe | D–LW | Canada | |
Jack Marshall | C–D | Canada | |
Bill Mosienko | RW | Canada | |
Blair Russel | C–RW | Canada | |
Ernie Russell | C–R | Canada | |
Fred Scanlan | F | Canada | |
1966 | Max Bentley | C | Canada |
Toe Blake | LW | Canada | |
Emile Bouchard | D | Canada | |
Frank Brimsek | G | United States | |
Ted Kennedy | C | Canada | |
Elmer Lach | C | Canada | |
Ted Lindsay | LW | Canada | |
Babe Pratt | D | Canada | |
Ken Reardon | D | Canada | |
1967 | Turk Broda | G | Canada |
Neil Colville | C–D | Canada | |
Harry Oliver | RW | Canada | |
1968 | Bill Cowley | C | Canada |
1969 | Sid Abel | C–LW | Canada |
Bryan Hextall | RW | Canada | |
Red Kelly | C–D | Canada | |
Roy Worters | G | Canada | |
1970 | Babe Dye | RW | Canada |
Bill Gadsby | D | Canada | |
Tom Johnson | D | Canada | |
1971 | Busher Jackson | LW | Canada |
Gordon Roberts | LW | Canada | |
Terry Sawchuk | G | Canada | |
Cooney Weiland | C | Canada | |
1972 | Jean Beliveau | C | Canada |
Bernie Geoffrion | RW | Canada | |
Hap Holmes | G | Canada | |
Gordie Howe | RW | Canada | |
Hooley Smith | C–D–RW | Canada | |
1973 | Doug Harvey | D | Canada |
Chuck Rayner | G | Canada | |
Tommy Smith | C–R–LW | Canada | |
1974 | Billy Burch | C–D | Canada/United States |
Art Coulter | D | Canada | |
Tommy Dunderdale | C | Canada/Australia | |
Dickie Moore | LW | Canada | |
1975 | George Armstrong | RW | Canada |
Ace Bailey | LW | Canada | |
Gordie Drillon | RW | Canada | |
Glenn Hall | G | Canada | |
Pierre Pilote | D | Canada | |
1976 | Johnny Bower | G | Canada |
Bill Quackenbush | D | Canada | |
1977 | Alex Delvecchio | C–LW | Canada |
Tim Horton | D | Canada | |
1978 | Andy Bathgate | RW | Canada |
Jacques Plante | G | Canada | |
Marcel Pronovost | D | Canada | |
1979 | Harry Howell | D | Canada |
Bobby Orr | D | Canada | |
Henri Richard | C | Canada | |
1980 | Harry Lumley | G | Canada |
Lynn Patrick | C–LW | Canada | |
Gump Worsley | G | Canada | |
1981 | Johnny Bucyk | LW | Canada |
Frank Mahovlich | LW | Canada | |
Allan Stanley | D | Canada | |
1982 | Yvan Cournoyer | RW | Canada |
Rod Gilbert | RW | Canada | |
Norm Ullman | C | Canada | |
1983 | Ken Dryden | G | Canada |
Bobby Hull | LW | Canada | |
Stan Mikita | C | Canada/Slovakia | |
1984 | Phil Esposito | C | Canada |
Jacques Lemaire | C | Canada | |
Bernie Parent | G | Canada | |
1985 | Gerry Cheevers | G | Canada |
Bert Olmstead | LW | Canada | |
Jean Ratelle | C | Canada | |
1986 | Leo Boivin | D | Canada |
Dave Keon | C | Canada | |
Serge Savard | D | Canada | |
1987 | Bobby Clarke | C | Canada |
Eddie Giacomin | G | Canada | |
Jacques Laperriere | D | Canada | |
1988 | Tony Esposito | G | Canada |
Guy Lafleur | RW | Canada | |
Buddy O'Connor | C | Canada | |
Brad Park | D | Canada | |
1989 | Herbie Lewis | LW | Canada |
Darryl Sittler | C | Canada | |
Vladislav Tretiak | G | Russia/USSR | |
1990 | Bill Barber | LW | Canada |
Fernie Flaman | D | Canada | |
Gilbert Perreault | C | Canada | |
1991 | Mike Bossy | RW | Canada |
Denis Potvin | D | Canada | |
Bob Pulford | C–LW | Canada | |
Clint Smith | C | Canada | |
1992 | Marcel Dionne | C | Canada |
Woody Dumart | LW | Canada | |
Bob Gainey | LW | Canada | |
Lanny McDonald | RW | Canada | |
1993 | Guy Lapointe | D | Canada |
Edgar Laprade | C | Canada | |
Steve Shutt | LW | Canada | |
Billy Smith | G | Canada | |
1994 | Lionel Conacher | D | Canada |
Harry P. Watson | LW | Canada | |
1995 | Bun Cook | LW | Canada |
Larry Robinson | D | Canada | |
1996 | Bobby Bauer | RW | Canada |
Borje Salming | D | Sweden | |
1997 | Mario Lemieux | C | Canada |
Bryan Trottier | C | Canada | |
1998 | Roy Conacher | LW | Canada |
Michel Goulet | LW | Canada | |
Peter Stastny | C | Slovakia/Czechoslovakia | |
1999 | Wayne Gretzky | C | Canada |
2000 | Joe Mullen | RW | United States |
Denis Savard | C | Canada | |
2001 | Viacheslav Fetisov | D | Russia/USSR |
Mike Gartner | RW | Canada | |
Dale Hawerchuk | C | Canada | |
Jari Kurri | RW | Finland | |
2002 | Bernie Federko | C | Canada |
Clark Gillies | LW | Canada | |
Rod Langway | D | United States | |
2003 | Grant Fuhr | G | Canada |
Pat LaFontaine | C | United States | |
2004 | Ray Bourque | D | Canada |
Paul Coffey | D | Canada | |
Larry Murphy | D | Canada | |
2005 | Valeri Kharlamov | LW | USSR |
Cam Neely | RW | Canada | |
2006 | Dick Duff | LW | Canada |
Patrick Roy | G | Canada | |
2007 | Ron Francis | C | Canada |
Al MacInnis | D | Canada | |
Mark Messier | C | Canada | |
Scott Stevens | D | Canada | |
2008 | Glenn Anderson | RW | Canada |
Igor Larionov | C | Russia/USSR | |
2009 | Brett Hull | RW | United States/Canada |
Brian Leetch | D | United States | |
Luc Robitaille | LW | Canada | |
Steve Yzerman | C | Canada | |
2010 | Dino Ciccarelli | RW | Canada |
Angela James | C | Canada | |
Cammi Granato | C | United States | |
2011 | Ed Belfour | G | Canada |
Doug Gilmour | C | Canada | |
Mark Howe | D | United States | |
Joe Nieuwendyk | C | Canada | |
2012 | Pavel Bure | RW | Russia/USSR |
Adam Oates | C | Canada | |
Joe Sakic | C | Canada | |
Mats Sundin | C | Sweden | |
2013 | Chris Chelios | D | United States |
Geraldine Heaney | D | Canada | |
Scott Niedermayer | D | Canada | |
Brendan Shanahan | LW | Canada | |
2014 | Rob Blake | D | Canada |
Peter Forsberg | C | Sweden | |
Dominik Hasek | G | Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia | |
Mike Modano | C | United States | |
2015 | Sergei Fedorov | C | Russia/USSR |
Phil Housley | D | United States | |
Nicklas Lidstrom | D | Sweden | |
Chris Pronger | D | Canada | |
Angela Ruggiero | D | United States | |
2016 | Eric Lindros | C | Canada |
Sergei Makarov | RW | Russia/USSR | |
Rogie Vachon | G | Canada | |
2017 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | Canada |
Danielle Goyette | F | Canada | |
Paul Kariya | LW | Canada | |
Mark Recchi | RW | Canada | |
Teemu Selanne | RW | Finland | |
2018 | Martin Brodeur | G | Canada |
Jayna Hefford | RW | Canada | |
Martin St. Louis | RW | Canada | |
Alexander Yakushev | LW | USSR | |
2019 | Guy Carbonneau | C | Canada |
Vaclav Nedomansky | C | Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia | |
Hayley Wickenheiser | C | Canada | |
Sergei Zubov | D | Russia | |
2020 | Marian Hossa | RW | Slovakia |
Jarome Iginla | RW | Canada | |
Kevin Lowe | D | Canada | |
Kim St-Pierre | G | Canada | |
Doug Wilson | D | Canada | |
2022 | Daniel Alfredsson | RW | Sweden |
Roberto Luongo | G | Canada | |
Riikka Sallinen | C | Finland | |
Daniel Sedin | LW | Sweden | |
Henrik Sedin | C | Sweden | |
2023 | Tom Barrasso | G | United States |
Henrik Lundqvist | G | Sweden | |
Caroline Ouellette | F | Canada | |
Pierre Turgeon | C | Canada | |
Mike Vernon | G | Canada |
- Indicates that the three-year waiting period was waived for a player who was deemed to be especially notable.
A. Player was inducted into the Veteran Player category. In 2000, it was merged with the Player category.
Source: 1945–2003: Honoured Members: Hockey Hall of Fame and newspapers.
Builders
The builder category has been in existence since the beginning of the Hall of Fame and the first builders were inducted in 1945. A builder is a person who has contributed to the development of the game of hockey, and as the name refers, one who has built the game forward. Since then, 102 builders have been inducted. For a person to be inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder, they may be "active or inactive" and must be nominated by an elected 18-person selection committee. As of 2007, a maximum of two builders can be inducted in one year.
Year | Name |
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1945 | H. Montagu Allan |
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby | |
1947 | Frank Calder |
W. A. Hewitt | |
Francis Nelson | |
William Northey | |
John Ross Robertson | |
Claude C. Robinson | |
James T. Sutherland | |
1950 | Frank Patrick |
1958 | George Dudley |
James E. Norris | |
Al Pickard | |
Donat Raymond | |
Conn Smythe | |
Lloyd Turner | |
1960 | Charles Adams |
John Kilpatrick | |
Frank J. Selke | |
1961 | George V. Brown |
Paul Loicq | |
Fred Waghorne | |
1962 | Frank Ahearn |
Walter A. Brown | |
Frederick Hume | |
James D. Norris | |
Ambrose O'Brien | |
Frank Smith | |
1963 | Leo Dandurand |
Tommy Gorman | |
Frederic McLaughlin | |
1964 | Angus Daniel Campbell |
Frank Dilio | |
1965 | Foster Hewitt |
Tommy Lockhart | |
1966 | Clarence Campbell |
1968 | Jimmy Dunn |
Jim Hendy | |
1969 | Al Leader |
Bruce Norris | |
1970 | Robert Lebel |
1971 | Arthur Wirtz |
1972 | Weston Adams |
1973 | Hartland Molson |
1974 | Charles Hay |
Tommy Ivan | |
Anatoly Tarasov | |
Carl Voss | |
1975 | Frank Buckland |
William M. Jennings | |
1976 | Jack Gibson |
Philip Dansken Ross | |
Bill Wirtz | |
1977 | Bunny Ahearne |
Harold Ballard | |
Joseph Cattarinich | |
1978 | Jack Bickell |
Sam Pollock | |
William Thayer Tutt | |
1979 | Gordon Juckes |
1980 | Jack Butterfield |
1982 | Emile Francis |
1983 | Harry Sinden |
1984 | Punch Imlach |
Jake Milford | |
1985 | John Mariucci |
Rudy Pilous | |
1986 | Bill Hanley |
1987 | John Ziegler |
1988 | Ed Snider |
1989 | Father David Bauer |
1990 | Bud Poile |
1991 | Scotty Bowman |
1992 | Keith Allen |
Bob Johnson | |
Frank Mathers | |
1993 | Frank Griffiths |
Seymour Knox | |
Fred Page | |
1994 | Brian O'Neill |
1995 | Günther Sabetzki |
Bill Torrey | |
1996 | Al Arbour |
1997 | Glen Sather |
1998 | Athol Murray |
1999 | Scotty Morrison |
2000 | Walter Bush |
2001 | Craig Patrick |
2002 | Roger Neilson |
2003 | Mike Ilitch |
Brian Kilrea | |
2004 | Cliff Fletcher |
2005 | Murray Costello |
2006 | Harley Hotchkiss |
Herb Brooks | |
2007 | Jim Gregory |
2008 | Ed Chynoweth |
2009 | Lou Lamoriello |
2010 | Jim Devellano |
Daryl Seaman | |
2013 | Fred Shero |
2014 | Pat Burns |
2015 | Bill Hay |
Peter Karmanos Jr. | |
2016 | Pat Quinn |
2017 | Clare Drake |
Jeremy Jacobs | |
2018 | Gary Bettman |
Willie O'Ree | |
2019 | Jim Rutherford |
Jerry York | |
2020 | Ken Holland |
2022 | Herb Carnegie |
2023 | Ken Hitchcock |
Pierre Lacroix |
Former members
On March 30, 1993, it was announced that Gil Stein, who at the time was the president of the National Hockey League, had been inducted into the Hall of Fame. There were immediate allegations that he had engineered his election through manipulation of the hall's board of directors and by telling them to change the rules for selection. Two lawyers, hired by the league to lead an investigation, recommended that Stein's selection be overturned, although it was soon revealed that Stein had previously decided to turn down the induction.
In 1989, Alan Eagleson was inducted as a builder, but he resigned from the Hall in 1998 after pleading guilty of mail fraud and embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars, these crimes having been perpetrated against NHL players and tournaments. His resignation came shortly before a vote was held to expel him.
On-ice officials
The on-ice official category has been in existence since 1961 and since then sixteen have been inducted. For an official to be inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame, they must be retired for a minimum of three years and must be nominated by an elected 18-person selection committee. As of 2007, a maximum of one on-ice official can be inducted in one year.
Year | Name |
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1961 | Chaucer Elliott |
Mickey Ion | |
Cooper Smeaton | |
1962 | Mike Rodden |
1963 | Bobby Hewitson |
1964 | Bill Chadwick |
1967 | Red Storey |
1973 | Frank Udvari |
1981 | John Ashley |
1987 | Matt Pavelich |
1988 | George Hayes |
1991 | Neil Armstrong |
1993 | John D'Amico |
1999 | Andy Van Hellemond |
2008 | Ray Scapinello |
2014 | Bill McCreary |