Texas Sports Hall of Fame Ballot

[Smoaky]

I'm honored to be a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame Nomination Committee.

 

The committee met on Tuesday, June 5th, and here are the results.

 

I nominated twelve people with connections to East Texas, and will continue to represent the area over the next several years.

 

David Smoak

 

Deadline for Texas Sports Hall of Fame nominations June 1st

Selection Committee Meeting - Set Ballots June 5, 2007

Mail Ballots to TSHOF Inductees & OVM Members June 26, 2007

Deadline for ballot return August 1, 2007

Selection Committee Receives Ballots & Results of TSHOF Inductee & OVM Voting August 15,2007

Deadline for ballot return September 1, 2007

TSHOF Announces Class of 2007 September 15, 2007

 

 

 

Ballot set for

TSHOF “Class of 2007” Voting

 

(Waco) – The Texas Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee, comprised of media members around the state and chaired by Dave Campbell of Texas Football Magazine fame, has set the final ballot of nominees (see attached) to be voted on for induction in February of 2008 in Waco. Six nominees from the primary ballot and two from the veterans’ ballot will comprise the Class of 2007.

 

Official Voting Members of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame (open to the public) will once again be able to help the selection committee determine the newest class. Those who have joined the museum’s Official Voting Member Program (OVM) will receive their ballots by the end of this month. The OVM sign-up deadline to be able to vote for the upcoming class is July 15, 2006. The public can join and receive an official ballot by going to the museum’s website, www.tshof.org. The official announcement of the Class of 2007 will be made in September. Again, the ceremonies to enshrine the Class of 2007 will take place in February of 2008 in Waco.

 

2007 PRIMARY BALLOT NOMINEES

 

SHAWN ANDAYA - Softball / Texas A&M

LETA ANDREWS - Basketball Coach / Granbury High School girls

BILL BRADLEY - Football – University of Texas

RAY CHILDRESS – Football – Texas A&M / Houston Oilers

CLARISSA DAVIS-WRIGHTSIL. – Basketball / University of Texas

SPIKE DYKES. Football Coach / Texas Tech

D I C K & BUTCH HARMON - Golf Instruction / Houston

MICHAEL IRVIN – Football – Dallas Cowboys

LOUIE KELCHER - Football – SMU

TOMMY KRAMER – Football - Rice

BRUCE LIETZKE – Golf / University of Houston

DONNA LOPIANO – Former Women’s Athletic Director / University of Texas

MIKE MODANO – Hockey – Dallas Stars

G.A. MOORE JR. – High School Football Coach / Pilot Point & Celina

JAMES MORRIS – Track & Field / South Plains College

KYLE ROTE JR. – Soccer / NASL Dallas Tornado

GREGG POPOVICH – Basketball / San Antonio Spurs

LOVIE SMITH – Football Coach / Chicago Bears

LEON SPENCER – Basketball Coach / Trinity Valley C.C.

BILLY TUBBS – Basketball Coach / Lamar & Oklahoma

 

 

 

2007 VETERAN BALLOT NOMINEES

 

 

JOHNNY ROLAND – Football / Corpus Christi native

JIM RAY SMITH – Football – Baylor

WILLIE WELLS (dec.) – Baseball, Negro Leagues / Austin native

ABE LEMONS (dec.)– Basketball Coach / University of Texas

TOM CHANDLER (dec.) – Baseball Coach / Texas A&M

SUE GUNTER (dec.) – Basketball Coach / Stephen F. Austin

DAVE MARR (dec.) – Golf / Houston

ED SPRINKLE (dec.) – Football / Chicago Bears / Bradshaw native

GOOSE GONSOULIN – Football / Port Arthur native

ABNER HAYNES – Football / Dallas Texans

WALLY MOON – Baseball / Texas A&M

JACK LUMMUS (dec.) – Football – Ennis native

[cheaptrick77]

If I had a vote (including write-ins):

• Gordie Howe (write-in)

• Brian Leetch (write-in)

• Eddie Mathews (write-in)

• Mike Modano

• Red Murff (write-in)

• Louis Santop (write-in)

• Dean Stafford (write-in)

• Willie Wells