List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame facts for kids

The Hockey Hall of Fame.

This is a list of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Hockey Hall of Fame was established in 1943 and located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a hall of fame and museum dedicated to the history of ice hockey. Originally, there were two categories for induction, players and builders, and in 1961, a third category for on-ice officials was introduced. 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 added into the category, but in 2000 the board of directors eliminated it and those inductees are now considered to be in the player category.

As of 2017, there are 271 players, 105 builders and 16 on-ice officials in the Hall of Fame. Eleven of the honourees have been added after their death.

Members

Players

Georges Vézina, inducted in 1945.

Lester Patrick, inducted in 1947.

Newsy Lalonde, inducted in 1950.

Maurice Richard, inducted in 1961.

Charlie Conacher, inducted in 1961.

Clint Benedict, inducted in 1965.

Mario Lemieux, inducted in 1997.

Wayne Gretzky, inducted in 1999.

Patrick Roy, inducted in 2006.

Mark Messier, inducted in 2007.

The Player category has been in existence since the beginning of the Hall of Fame and the first players were added in 1945. Since then, 238 players have been added. For a person to be added 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 2007, a maximum of four players can be added in one year but the greatest number of players ever added in a year was 27, in 1962. They were added because the Hall of Fame was trying to induct many pre-NHL era players. 218 of the player inductees are Canadian-born, while only 10 European-born players have been added. The NHL team with the most player inductees is the Toronto Maple Leafs, with 55. Seventy-five defencemen are in the Hall of Fame, more than any other current position, while only 35 goaltenders have been added.

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 added into the category, but in 2000, the board of directors removed it, and now those inductees are considered to be in the player category.

Georges Vézina, inducted in 1945.

Cyclone Taylor, inducted in 1947.

Newsy Lalonde, inducted in 1950.

Nels Stewart, inducted in 1952.

Maurice Richard, inducted in 1961.

Syl Apps, inducted in 1961.

Didier Pitre, inducted in 1963.

Bobby Clarke, inducted in 1987.

Darryl Sittler, inducted in 1989.

Larry Robinson, inducted in 1995.

Börje Salming, inducted in 1996.

Mario Lemieux, inducted in 1997.

Bryan Trottier, inducted in 1997.

Michel Goulet, inducted in 1998.

Wayne Gretzky, inducted in 1999.

Paul Coffey, inducted in 2004.

Patrick Roy, inducted in 2006.

Mark Messier, inducted in 2007.

Glenn Anderson, inducted in 2008.

Igor Larionov, inducted in 2008.

Brian Leetch, inducted in 2009.

Year	Name	Position	Nationality
1945	Baker, Hobey Hobey Baker	F	United States
1945	Gardiner, CharlieCharlie Gardiner	G	Canada/ Great Britain
1945	Gerard, EddieEddie Gerard	D–LW	Canada
1945	McGee, FrankFrank McGee	C–R	Canada
1945	Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	C	Canada
1945	Phillips, TommyTommy Phillips	LW–RW	Canada
1945	Pulford, HarveyHarvey Pulford	D	Canada
1945	Stuart, HodHod Stuart	D	Canada
1945	Vezina, GeorgesGeorges Vézina	G	Canada
1947	Bowie, Russell Russell Bowie	C–R	Canada
1947	Clapper, DitDit Clapper	D–RW	Canada
1947	Joliat, AureleAurèle Joliat	LW	Canada
1947	Nighbor, FrankFrank Nighbor	C	Canada
1947	Patrick, LesterLester Patrick	D–G–R	Canada
1947	Shore, EddieEddie Shore	D	Canada
1947	Taylor, CycloneCyclone Taylor	C–D–R	Canada
1949	Bain, Dan Dan Bain	C	Canada
1949	Ross, ArtArt Ross	D	Canada
1950	Davidson, AllanAllan Davidson	RW	Canada
1950	Drinkwater, GrahamGraham Drinkwater	D	Canada
1950	Grant, MikeMike Grant	D	Canada
1950	Griffis, SilasSilas Griffis	D–R	Canada/ United States
1950	Lalonde, NewsyNewsy Lalonde	D–R	Canada
1950	Malone, JoeJoe Malone	C	Canada
1950	Richardson, GeorgeGeorge Richardson	D	Canada
1950	Trihey, HarryHarry Trihey	C–R	Canada
1952	Boon, DickieDickie Boon	D	Canada
1952	Cook, BillBill Cook	RW	Canada
1952	Goheen, MooseMoose Goheen	D–LW	United States
1952	Johnson, MooseMoose Johnson	D	Canada
1952	MacKay, MickeyMickey MacKay	C–R	Canada
1952	Stewart, NelsNels Stewart	C	Canada
1958	Boucher, FrankFrank Boucher	C	Canada
1958	Clancy, KingKing Clancy	D	Canada
1958	Cleghorn, SpragueSprague Cleghorn	D	Canada
1958	Connell, AlecAlec Connell	G	Canada
1958	Dutton, RedRed Dutton	D	Canada
1958	Foyston, FrankFrank Foyston	C	Canada
1958	Fredrickson, FrankFrank Fredrickson	C	Canada
1958	Gardiner, HerbHerb Gardiner	D	Canada
1958	Hay, GeorgeGeorge Hay	LW	Canada
1958	Irvin, DickDick Irvin	C	Canada
1958	Johnson, ChingChing Johnson	D	Canada
1958	Keats, DukeDuke Keats	C	Canada
1958	Lehman, HughieHughie Lehman	G	Canada
1958	McNamara, GeorgeGeorge McNamara	D	Canada
1958	Moran, PaddyPaddy Moran	G	Canada
1959	Adams, JackJack Adams	C	Canada
1959	Denneny, CyCy Denneny	LW	Canada
1959	Thompson, TinyTiny Thompson	G	Canada
1960	Boucher, BuckBuck Boucher	D	Canada
1960	Mantha, SylvioSylvio Mantha	D	Canada
1960	Walker, JackJack Walker	C–LW–R	Canada
1961	Apps, SylSyl Apps	C	Canada
1961	Conacher, CharlieCharlie Conacher	RW	Canada
1961	Day, HapHap Day	D	Canada
1961	Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	G	Canada
1961	Hall, JoeJoe Hall	D	Canada/ Great Britain
1961	LeSueur, PercyPercy LeSueur	G–RW	Canada
1961	Rankin, FrankFrank Rankin	R	Canada
1961	Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	Canada
1961	Schmidt, MiltMilt Schmidt	C	Canada
1961	Seibert, OliverOliver Seibert	C	Canada
1961	Stuart, BruceBruce Stuart	R	Canada
1962	Broadbent, PunchPunch Broadbent	RW	Canada
1962	Hyland, HarryHarry Hyland	RW	Canada
1962	Maxwell, SteamerSteamer Maxwell	R	Canada
1962	Noble, RegReg Noble	C–D–LW	Canada
1962	Schriner, SweeneySweeney Schriner	LW	Canada
1962	Smith, AlfAlf Smith	RW	Canada
1963	Cameron, HarryHarry Cameron	D	Canada
1963	Crawford, RustyRusty Crawford	C–LW	Canada
1963	Darragh, JackJack Darragh	RW	Canada
1963	Gardner, JimmyJimmy Gardner	LW	Canada
1963	Gilmour, BillyBilly Gilmour	RW	Canada
1963	Goodfellow, EbbieEbbie Goodfellow	C–D	Canada
1963	Green, ShortyShorty Green	F	Canada
1963	Hern, RileyRiley Hern	G	Canada
1963	Hooper, TomTom Hooper	F	Canada
1963	Hutton, BouseBouse Hutton	G	Canada
1963	Laviolette, JackJack Laviolette	D–LW	Canada
1963	McGimsie, BillyBilly McGimsie	C	Canada
1963	Pitre, DidierDidier Pitre	D–R–RW	Canada
1963	Primeau, JoeJoe Primeau	C	Canada
1963	Ruttan, JackJack Ruttan	D	Canada
1963	Seibert, EarlEarl Seibert	D	Canada
1963	Simpson, Bullet JoeBullet Joe Simpson	D	Canada
1963	Stanley, BarneyBarney Stanley	D–RW	Canada
1963	Walsh, MartyMarty Walsh	C	Canada
1963	Watson, Harry E.Harry E. Watson	C	Canada
1963	Westwick, RatRat Westwick	G–R	Canada
1963	Whitcroft, FrederickFrederick Whitcroft	R	Canada
1963	Wilson, PhatPhat Wilson	D	Canada
1964	Bentley, DougDoug Bentley	LW	Canada
1964	Durnan, BillBill Durnan	G	Canada
1964	Siebert, BabeBabe Siebert	D–LW	Canada
1964	Stewart, Black JackBlack Jack Stewart	D	Canada
1965	Barry, MartyMarty Barry	C	Canada
1965	Benedict, ClintClint Benedict	G	Canada
1965	Farrell, ArthurArthur Farrell	F	Canada
1965	Horner, RedRed Horner	D	Canada
1965	Howe, SydSyd Howe	D–LW	Canada
1965	Marshall, JackJack Marshall	C–D	Canada
1965	Mosienko, BillBill Mosienko	RW	Canada
1965	Russel, BlairBlair Russel	C–RW	Canada
1965	Russell, ErnieErnie Russell	C–R	Canada
1965	Scanlan, FredFred Scanlan	F	Canada
1966	Bentley, MaxMax Bentley	C	Canada
1966	Blake, ToeToe Blake	LW	Canada
1966	Bouchard, EmileÉmile Bouchard	D	Canada
1966	Brimsek, FrankFrank Brimsek	G	United States
1966	Kennedy, TedTed Kennedy	C	Canada
1966	Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	Canada
1966	Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	Canada
1966	Pratt, BabeBabe Pratt	D	Canada
1966	Reardon, KenKen Reardon	D	Canada
1967	Broda, TurkTurk Broda	G	Canada
1967	Colville, NeilNeil Colville	C–D	Canada
1967	Oliver, HarryHarry Oliver	RW	Canada
1968	Cowley, BillBill Cowley	C	Canada
1969	Abel, SidSid Abel	C–LW	Canada
1969	Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall	RW	Canada
1969	Kelly, RedRed Kelly	C–D	Canada
1969	Worters, RoyRoy Worters	G	Canada
1970	Dye, BabeBabe Dye	RW	Canada
1970	Gadsby, BillBill Gadsby	D	Canada
1970	Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	Canada
1971	Jackson, BusherBusher Jackson	LW	Canada
1971	Roberts, GordonGordon Roberts	LW	Canada
1971	Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	Canada
1971	Weiland, CooneyCooney Weiland	C	Canada
1972	Beliveau, JeanJean Béliveau	C	Canada
1972	Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	Canada
1972	Holmes, HapHap Holmes	G	Canada
1972	Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	Canada
1972	Smith, HooleyHooley Smith	C–D–RW	Canada
1973	Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	Canada
1973	Rayner, ChuckChuck Rayner	G	Canada
1973	Smith, TommyTommy Smith	C–R–LW	Canada
1974	Burch, BillyBilly Burch	C–D	Canada/ United States
1974	Coulter, ArtArt Coulter	D	Canada
1974	Dunderdale, TommyTommy Dunderdale	C	Canada/ Australia
1974	Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	Canada
1975	Armstrong, GeorgeGeorge Armstrong	RW	Canada
1975	Bailey, AceAce Bailey	LW	Canada
1975	Drillon, GordieGordie Drillon	RW	Canada
1975	Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	G	Canada
1975	Pilote, PierrePierre Pilote	D	Canada
1976	Bower, JohnnyJohnny Bower	G	Canada
1976	Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush	D	Canada
1977	Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C–LW	Canada
1977	Horton, TimTim Horton	D	Canada
1978	Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate	RW	Canada
1978	Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	Canada
1978	Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	Canada
1979	Howell, HarryHarry Howell	D	Canada
1979	Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	D	Canada
1979	Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	Canada
1980	Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	G	Canada
1980	Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick	C–LW	Canada
1980	Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	Canada
1981	Bucyk, JohnnyJohnny Bucyk	LW	Canada
1981	Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich	LW	Canada
1981	Stanley, AllanAllan Stanley	D	Canada
1982	Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	Canada
1982	Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	RW	Canada
1982	Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	Canada
1983	Dryden, KenKen Dryden	G	Canada
1983	Hull, BobbyBobby Hull	LW	Canada
1983	Mikita, StanStan Mikita	C	Canada
1984	Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	Canada
1984	Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	C	Canada
1984	Parent, BernieBernie Parent	G	Canada
1985	Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	Canada
1985	Olmstead, BertBert Olmstead	LW	Canada
1985	Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	Canada
1986	Boivin, LeoLeo Boivin	D	Canada
1986	Keon, DaveDave Keon	C	Canada
1986	Savard, SergeSerge Savard	D	Canada
1987	Clarke, BobbyBobby Clarke	C	Canada
1987	Giacomin, EddieEddie Giacomin	G	Canada
1987	Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperrière	D	Canada
1988	Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	G	Canada
1988	Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur	RW	Canada
1988	O'Connor, BuddyBuddy O'Connor	C	Canada
1988	Park, BradBrad Park	D	Canada
1989	Lewis, HerbieHerbie Lewis	LW	Canada
1989	Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	C	Canada
1989	Tretiak, VladislavVladislav Tretiak	G	Russia/ Soviet Union
1990	Barber, BillBill Barber	LW	Canada
1990	Flaman, FernieFernie Flaman	D	Canada
1990	Perreault, GilbertGilbert Perreault	C	Canada
1991	Bossy, MikeMike Bossy	RW	Canada
1991	Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	Canada
1991	Pulford, BobBob Pulford	C–LW	Canada
1991	Smith, ClintClint Smith	C	Canada
1992	Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne	C	Canada
1992	Dumart, WoodyWoody Dumart	LW	Canada
1992	Gainey, BobBob Gainey	LW	Canada
1992	McDonald, LannyLanny McDonald	RW	Canada
1993	Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe	D	Canada
1993	Laprade, EdgarEdgar Laprade	C	Canada
1993	Shutt, SteveSteve Shutt	LW	Canada
1993	Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	Canada
1994	Conacher, LionelLionel Conacher	D	Canada
1994	Watson, Harry P.Harry P. Watson	LW	Canada
1995	Cook, BunBun Cook	LW	Canada
1995	Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson	D	Canada
1996	Bauer, BobbyBobby Bauer	RW	Canada
1996	Salming, BorjeBörje Salming	D	Sweden
1997	Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	C	Canada
1997	Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	C	Canada
1998	Conacher, RoyRoy Conacher	LW	Canada
1998	Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet	LW	Canada
1998	Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny	C	Slovakia/ Czechoslovakia
1999	Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	C	Canada
2000	Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen	RW	United States
2000	Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	Canada
2001	Fetisov, ViacheslavViacheslav Fetisov	D	Russia/ Soviet Union
2001	Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	RW	Canada
2001	Hawerchuk, DaleDale Hawerchuk	C	Canada
2001	Kurri, JariJari Kurri	RW	Finland
2002	Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	Canada
2002	Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	LW	Canada
2002	Langway, RodRod Langway	D	United States
2003	Fuhr, GrantGrant Fuhr	G	Canada
2003	LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine	C	United States
2004	Bourque, RayRay Bourque	D	Canada
2004	Coffey, PaulPaul Coffey	D	Canada
2004	Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	D	Canada
2005	Kharlamov, ValeriValeri Kharlamov	LW	Soviet Union
2005	Neely, CamCam Neely	RW	Canada
2006	Duff, DickDick Duff	LW	Canada
2006	Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	G	Canada
2007	Messier, MarkMark Messier	C	Canada
2007	MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis	D	Canada
2007	Stevens, ScottScott Stevens	D	Canada
2007	Francis, RonRon Francis	C	Canada
2008	Anderson, GlennGlenn Anderson	RW	Canada
2008	Larionov, IgorIgor Larionov	C	Russia/ Soviet Union
2009	Hull, BrettBrett Hull	RW	United States/ Canada
2009	Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	D	United States
2009	Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille	LW	Canada
2009	Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	C	Canada
2010	Ciccarelli, DinoDino Ciccarelli	RW	Canada
2010	James, AngelaAngela James	C	Canada
2010	Granato, CammiCammi Granato	C	United States
2011	Belfour, EdEd Belfour	G	Canada
2011	Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	C	Canada
2011	Howe, MarkMark Howe	D	United States
2011	Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk	C	Canada
2012	Bure, PavelPavel Bure	RW	Russia/ Soviet Union
2012	Oates, AdamAdam Oates	C	Canada
2012	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	C	Canada
2012	Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	C	Sweden
2013	Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios	D	United States
2013	Heaney, GeraldineGeraldine Heaney	D	Canada
2013	Niedermayer, ScottScott Niedermayer	D	Canada
2013	Shanahan, BrendanBrendan Shanahan	LW	Canada
2014	Blake, RobRob Blake	D	Canada
2014	Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	C	Sweden
2014	Hasek, DominikDominik Hašek	G	Czech Republic
2014	Modano, MikeMike Modano	C	United States
2015	Fedorov, SergeiSergei Fedorov	C	Russia/ Soviet Union
2015	Housley, PhilPhil Housley	D	United States
2015	Lidstrom, NicklasNicklas Lidström	D	Sweden
2015	Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	D	Canada
2015	Ruggiero, AngelaAngela Ruggiero	D	United States
2016	Lindros, EricEric Lindros	C	Canada
2016	Makarov, SergeiSergei Makarov	RW	Russia/ Soviet Union
2016	Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	G	Canada
2017	Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk	LW	Canada
2017	Goyette, DanielleDanielle Goyette	F	Canada
2017	Kariya, PaulPaul Kariya	LW	Canada
2017	Recchi, MarkMark Recchi	RW	Canada
2017	Selanne, TeemuTeemu Selänne	RW	Finland
2018	Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	G	Canada
2018	Hefford, JaynaJayna Hefford	RW	Canada
2018	St. Louis, MartinMartin St. Louis	RW	Canada
2018	Yakushev, AlexanderAlexander Yakushev	LW	Soviet Union
2019	Guy Carbonneau	C	Canada
2019	Václav Nedomanský	C	Czechoslovakia
2019	Hayley Wickenheiser	C	Canada
2019	Sergei Zubov	D	Unified Team/ Russia

Builders

Lord Stanley, inducted in 1945.

H. Montagu Allan, inducted in 1945.

Frank Patrick, inducted in 1958.

Clarence Campbell, inducted in 1966.

Father David Bauer, inducted in 1989.

Scotty Bowman, inducted in 1991.

Glen Sather, inducted in 1997.

The Builder category has been in existence since the beginning of the Hall of Fame and the first builders were added 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, 96 builders have been added. For a person to be added 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 added in one year.

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 added 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 added as a builder, but he would resign from the Hall in 1998 after pleading guilty of mail fraud and embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars. 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 fourteen have been added. For an official to be added 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 added in one year.

Images for kids

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  Patrick Roy, inducted in 2006.

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  Frank Patrick, inducted in 1950.

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  Punch Imlach, inducted in 1984.

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  Ray Scapinello, inducted in 2008.