Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame facts for kids

The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is located in Jackson, Mississippi. The hall of fame was established in 1961 and is currently located in a museum that displays the achievements of Mississippi athletes. The museum opened on July 4, 1996. It is opposite the Smith-Wills Stadium, former home of several minor-league baseball teams.

Museum

Among the exhibits in the museum are the "Dizzy Dean Museum", the "Viking Classic Exhibit", which gives the history of Mississippi's PGA golf tournament (now known as the Sanderson Farms Championship, and the "Wendy's High School Gallery", which recognizes the Wendy's High School Heisman winners from Mississippi, as well as past and current state champions.

Hall of fame procedures

• Selection guidelines: See footnote
• Eligibility requirements: See footnote

Inductees

For list of inductees by sport, see footnote For list of inductees by year, see footnote For alphabetical list of inductees, see footnote

A–J

K–Z

K Doug Kenna, Jr., 1970 Don Kessinger, 1984 Tyrone Keys, 2009 Eddie Khayat, 2004 Robert Khayat, 2000 Bruiser Kinard, 1961 Mike Kinnison, 2011 Steve Knight, 2015 Ike Knox, Jr., 1964 Sylvia Howell Krebs, 1996 L Wendell Ladner, 1988 A.C. "Butch" Lambert, Sr., 2000 Jimmy Lear, 1991 Hal Lee, 1974 Earl Leggett, 2002 Sam Leslie, 1968 D.D. Lewis, 1987 Ken Lindsay, 2001 Freddie Little, 1995 James Harol Lofton, 1999 Carla Lowry, 1985 M All Star Buddy Myer Carl Maddox, 1989 Jeffrey Malone, 2012 Con Maloney, 2011 Archie Manning, 1989 Fred McAfee, 2015 Deuce McAllister, 2014 Babe McCarthy, 1974 Jimmie McDowell, 1999 Bucky McElroy, 1981 David McIntosh, 1973 Allyn McKeen, 1977 Eric McNair, 1963 Steve McNair, 2014 Shorty McWilliams, 1963 Eddie Merrins, 2000 Terrence Metcalf, 2021 Abe Mickal, 1985 Cary Middlecoff, 1996 Mary Mills, 1987 Crawford Mims, 1995 Willie Mitchell, 1966 Bilbo Monaghan, 1996 John Montgomery, 1974 Wilbert Montgomery, 2019 Bucky Moore, 1965 Robert Morgan, 2009 George Morris, 1983 Dot Easterwood Murphy, 1999 Buddy Myer, 1971 Larry Myricks, 2001 N Thomas Neville, Jr., 1984 Jack Nix, 1988 Dudy Noble, 1961 O Roy Oswalt, 2019 Don Owens, 2004 P Rafael Palmeiro, 2012 Corky Palmer, 2011 Jackie Parker, 1972 Claude Passeau, 1964 Jimmy Patton, 1972 Walter Payton, 1993 Hugh Pepper, 1977 Ray Perkins, 1998 Bubba Phillips (John Melvin Phillips), 1972 George Pillow, 1983 Ron Polk, 1998 Barney Poole, 1965 J.E. "Buster" Poole, 1964 Ray Poole, 1968 Johnny Pott, 1993 Jay Powell, 2017 Richard Price, 2019 Ennis Proctor, 2012 Vic Purvis, 2006

R Dave Randall, 2021 Walter Reed, 1999 Anton Reel, 2006 Andy Reese, 1969 Joe Renfroe, 1982 Nick Revon, 1985 Jerry Rice, 2007 Willie Richardson, 1979 Troy Ricks, 2007 Stanley Robinson, 1961 Langston Rogers, 2013 John Rubenstein, 2013 Charles Rugg, 2005 S Lester Sack, 1991 Billy Sam, 1965 Tom Sawyer, 1992 Donald Scott, 1963 George "Boomer" Scott, 2007 George Sekul, 2002 Billy Shaw, 1996 Jackie Sherrill, 2016 Purvis Short, 1999 Jackie Slater, 2003 Calvin Smith, 2014 Larry Smith, 2016 Ralph "Catfish" Smith, 2002 Riley Smith, 1984 Tad Smith, 1969 Leroy "L.T." Smith, 1998 Lake Speed, 2010 William Spencer, 1968 Jack Spinks, 1984 Billy Stacy, 1979 Bob Stevens, 2003 Hook Stone, 1967 Lafayette Stribling, 2018 John Stroud, 2009 Red Stroud, 1990 Clyde Stuart, 1968 Scott Suber, 1993 Walter Suggs, 2006 Walter "Polie" Sullivan, 1973 Bull Sullivan, 1984 Tom Swayze, 1978 T Michael D. "Mike" Taylor, 1997 Pete Taylor, 1990 Marvin Terrell, 2001 Chuck Thomas, 1975 Kenneth Toler, 2010 Willie Totten, 2004 MK Turk, 2005 U P. W. "Bear" Underwood, 1986 Delbert Bernard "Del" Unser, 1997 V B.O. Van Hook, 1981 Thad Vann, 1971 Johnny Vaught, 1976 Dorothy Vest, 1980 Sam Vick, 1967 W Lily Wade, 1974 Gerald "Gee" Walker, 1969 Joe Walker, 2018 Wesley Walls, 2016 Carl Walters, Sr., 1993 Fred Walters, 1971 Charlie Ward, 1979 Thomas "Randy" Watkins, 2021 Skeeter Webb, 1978 Hunter G. Weddington, 1983 Clarence Weatherspoon, 2015 Paul Wells, 1970 Gwen White, 2015 Willye White, 1981 Dave Whitney, Sr., 1991 "Gentle" Ben Williams, 1997 Richard Williams, 2014 Jerrel Wilson, 2011 Pat Wilson, 1969 Spec Wilson, 1967 Sammy Winder, 1998 Archie Wright-Moore, 2018