Pitt Hall of Fame

[giveitarest]

Just saw this on the Post Gazette site announcing the creation of a Pitt HOF. Great to hear even if long overdue.

Kudos to Heather Lyke

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...r-lyke-ad-bill-hillgrove/stories/201801220109

 

[MarshallGoldberg]

Who are some of the likely inductees OUTSIDE of the revenue sports?

 

[giveitarest]

Who are some of the likely inductees OUTSIDE of the revenue sports?

Not sure but off the top of my head thinking Roger Kingdom.
The Peery's, Pat Santoro

 

[upj87]

Who are some of the likely inductees OUTSIDE of the revenue sports?

guessing we cannot sneak Carlton Haselrig in from UPJ...Considering main campus's lack of national champs they might want to give him a mulligan...

 

[ThePanthers]

Bout time!

 

[prez41]

John Woodruff

 

[DiehardPanther]

Excellent Idea!

 

[Pittx9]

Great idea. I was reading the criteria though, I would've liked to see james Conner be a part of the inaugural class but that's not a possibility though hoping they'd make an exception. This is stil gonna be a pretty cool hall though, if national champions are one way to get in I'd guess Dorsett and/or majors are probably gonna be inaugural inductees.

 

[db_3]

guessing we cannot sneak Carlton Haselrig in from UPJ...Considering main campus's lack of national champs they might want to give him a mulligan...

I'm on it....one for UPJ.

 

[HailToPitt725]

What’s even more interesting about it- the HOF logo is in the old colors. The change is happening, folks.

 

[YourPittDanceTeam]

Just saw this on the Post Gazette site announcing the creation of a Pitt HOF. Great to hear even if long overdue.

Kudos to Heather Lyke

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...r-lyke-ad-bill-hillgrove/stories/201801220109

Awesome idea!!! Maybe they can place it inside of the new football stadium that the school needs to build.

 

[JoseLind13]

Looks like I need to get a new crayon drawing together of the HOF being built in the middle of the OC Lot to crush the dreams of that guy with the horrible new pitt stadium website and gofundme page.

 

[MarshallGoldberg]

We should tarp the hall of fame so it maximizes the amount of hall of famers per wing.

 

[Las Panteras]

Sue Heon

Won Olympic gold as a swimmer at PITT.

Early 80's I beleive

 

[daminals76]

No other college program has had a greater collection of talent come through their doors over the years.... none.

 

[Jsr862]

Bill hilgrove

 

[melwood]

Josh Tyler, Baseball

 

[CrazyPaco]

This is long overdue.

Pitt did actually have an athletics hall of fame through the first couple of decades of the 20th century, but that is all but forgotten.

Alumni and all-time greatest Pitt coaches, Doc Carlson and Jock Sutherland, should be the first two in it or it has zero credibility.

They actually need to go through decade by decade and look at everyone starting with the 1870s.

 

[CrazyPaco]

guessing we cannot sneak Carlton Haselrig in from UPJ...Considering main campus's lack of national champs they might want to give him a mulligan...

You mean beside Hugh and Ed Peery (3X each), Joe Solomon, Ed DeWitt, Tom Alberts, Ron Schirf, Paul Powell, Larry Lauchle, Jim Harrison, Pat Santoro (2X), and Keith Gavin?

Your inaugural class for wrestling, IMO: Rex Peery (coach), Ed Peery, Hugh Peery (all three are in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame), Rande Stottlemyer (coach), and Pat Santoro.

Jock Sutherland will get in for football but he also wrestled and threw for T&F.

 

[Jpripper88]

Awesome. Hopefully, we can get our nomination through and be there for the inaugural class.

 

[RaleighPittFan]

One of our very own posters was selected as an era selection person, joeydavid, for the 1976 to 1990 era.

"Era representatives

Alex Kramer (Pre-1960s); Donna Sanft (1961-1975); Joey David (1976-1990); Lousaka Polite (1991-2005); and Elizabeth Kline (2006-Present)."

http://triblive.com/sports/college/...-announces-creation-of-its-first-hall-of-fame

 

[Jpripper88]

Sue Heon

Won Olympic gold as a swimmer at PITT.

Early 80's I beleive

She was in the 84 Olympics but placed 4th. One of the better Pitt swimmers of the 70s and 80s, but probably not at the top.

 

[CrazyPaco]

Sue Heon

Won Olympic gold as a swimmer at PITT.

Early 80's I beleive

Other Olympians include Angie Lopez in 1976 and Joanna Budzis (for Poland) in 2008.

Individual National Champions include Kathy Stetler (1978 50-yard butterfly) and Dominic Giordano (3 meter board in 2016).

So your inaugural class, IMO, is Heon, Stetler, Giordano, Chuck Knoles (coach), and Julian Krug (coach) although there are likely some other older individuals.

 

[CrazyPaco]

This is long overdue.

Alumni and all-time greatest Pitt coaches, Doc Carlson and Jock Sutherland, should be the first two in it or it has zero credibility.

Also should with no question be in the inaugural class: the most accomplished (and ignored) NCAA athlete in Pitt history: 7X National Champion, 15X All-American, 14-time Big East Champion, World Champion and NCAA Silver Anniversary team member Trecia Kaye-Smith.

 

[Jpripper88]

Other Olympians include Angie Lopez in 1976 and Joanna Budzis (for Poland) in 2008.

Individual National Champions include Kathy Stetler (1978 50-yard butterfly) and Dominic Giordano (3 meter board in 2016).

So your inaugural class, IMO, is Heon, Stetler, Giordano, Chuck Knoles (coach), and Julian Krug (coach) although there are likely some other older individuals.

Agreed and add Pulley and Jackson. Stetler also was the first 4 time All American woman at Pitt.

 

[MarshallGoldberg]

Also should with no question be in the inaugural class: the most accomplished (and ignored) NCAA athlete in Pitt history: 7X National Champion, 15X All-American, 14-time Big East Champion, World Champion and NCAA Silver Anniversary team member Trecia Kaye-Smith.

Never been able to find a picture of her in Pitt gear, which is a bummer. To be fair, that was right before every picture ever taken started to get loaded to the internet. I am sure such things exist somewhere in the Documenting Pitt archives.

 

[TD_istheman]

John Sauer

 

[upj87]

You mean beside Hugh and Ed Peery (3X each), Joe Solomon, Ed DeWitt, Tom Alberts, Ron Schirf, Paul Powell, Larry Lauchle, Jim Harrison, Pat Santoro (2X), and Keith Gavin?

Your inaugural class for wrestling, IMO: Rex Peery (coach), Ed Peery, Hugh Peery (all three are in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame), Rande Stottlemyer (coach), and Pat Santoro.

Jock Sutherland will get in for football but he also wrestled and threw for T&F.

was not talking just wrestling but national titles in general...however, none on your list have 6 NCAA titles and a pro bowl appearance. No one has ever and since they changed the rules, no one ever will...

 

[CrazyPaco]

Never been able to find a picture of her in Pitt gear, which is a bummer. To be fair, that was right before every picture ever taken started to get loaded to the internet. I am sure such things exist somewhere in the Documenting Pitt archives.

I have the color version of this somewhere....Page 35: http://pittsburghpanthers.com/documents/2017/6/26//0506_media_guide_1_.pdf?id=6503

BTW, documenting Pitt now has every Pitt News scanned in from 1910 to 1998.

 

[pittdan77]

If Beano Cook isn't first ballot, first class, I'm calling shenanigans.

 

[CrazyPaco]

was not talking just wrestling but national titles in general...however, none on your list have 6 NCAA titles and a pro bowl appearance. No one has ever and since they changed the rules, no one ever will...

Well that's fair, but you specifically posted the following, which was just about national champions:

guessing we cannot sneak Carlton Haselrig in from UPJ...Considering main campus's lack of national champs they might want to give him a mulligan...

Clearly the main campus does not lack national champions as your post stated where it would need to give a mulligan to someone that didn't actual earn a varsity letter in the Department of Athletics which is creating this Hall for its former athletes. UPJ has their own Hall.

Haselrig is one of the most accomplished collegiate wrestlers of all time, but he didn't wrestle as a Panther for the University of Pittsburgh. But I would have no problem if they had a separate listing/area to highlight some of the regional campuses' greatest athletes. I actually think that would be nice, actually, to tip the hat to the regionals as part of a larger Pitt family.

 

[JoseLind13]

Where do we write in our votes for former WWE wrestler Price Albert?

 

[melwood]

Where do we write in our votes for former WWE wrestler Price Albert?

MATT BLOOM #73!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Saboteur]

Who are some of the likely inductees OUTSIDE of the revenue sports?

Johhny Majors.

 

[bubba31]

porn star harry reems

 

[Las Panteras]

Nm

 

[rmf05]

I think Gibby Welch captained and won 3 different national champs in 3 different sports (Football, Basketball and T&F). He was AA in at least FB.

 

[giveitarest]

Wasn't Ralph Cindrich an AA in both FB and Wrestling?

 

[upj87]

Well that's fair, but you specifically posted the following, which was just about national champions:


Clearly the main campus does not lack national champions as your post stated where it would need to give a mulligan to someone that didn't actual earn a varsity letter in the Department of Athletics which is creating this Hall for its former athletes. UPJ has their own Hall.

Haselrig is one of the most accomplished collegiate wrestlers of all time, but he didn't wrestle as a Panther for the University of Pittsburgh. But I would have no problem if they had a separate listing/area to highlight some of the regional campuses' greatest athletes. I actually think that would be nice, actually, to tip the hat to the regionals as part of a larger Pitt family.

ok, here is a tongue. now here is a cheek. place the former into the latter.

and then there is you.

Seriously, I was not serious about Haselrig but compared to other div 1 universities overall athletic success with national championships I would guess Pitt is in the bottom third but thanks for the wrastling history lesson. .

 

[CrazyPaco]

ok, here is a tongue. now here is a cheek. place the former into the latter.

and then there is you.

Seriously, I was not serious about Haselrig but compared to other div 1 universities overall athletic success with national championships I would guess Pitt is in the bottom third but thanks for the wrastling history lesson. .

In wrestling, Pitt actually has the 15th most total all-time individual wrestling national champions.