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NYC Basketball Hall of Fame

Basketball Hall of Fame in New York City, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The New York City Basketball Hall of Fame celebrates over 120 years of basketball history in the city that has come to be known as the "Mecca of Basketball" aka in New York City - recognizing and honoring the best basketball players, coaches, referees, promoters and contributors in the history of New York.

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Candidates for the hall are nominated for the honor by the public and chosen annually by a select committee consisting of Hall of Famers, media personalities, former players and coaches.

The governing body of the hall was most recently appointed by their peers in July 2025 for a two-year term.

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The New York City Basketball Hall of Fame's inaugural class was inducted in May 1990. The hall's first class included all-time basketball superstars Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Billy Cunningham, Coach Arnold “Red” Auerbach, Coach Claire Bee, Bob Cousy, William “Pop” Gates, Connie Hawkins, Coach Dick McGuire, Holcombe Rucker, Adolph Schayes and Ms. Zelda Spoelstra.

The second class was no less stunning: Dolly King, Fuzzy Levane, Ned Irish, Tiny Archibald, Bobby Wanzer, Bob Douglas and Coaches Red Sarachek, Lenny Wilkins, Nat Holman and Red Holtzman.

A similar level of greatness has continued throughout the years.

A total of twenty eight classes of inductees were enshrined between 1990 and 2017. Declining health and the sad passing of the legendary founders Robert A. "Bob" Williams, Howard "Garf" Garfinkel, Cecil Watkins, Tom Konchalski, Larry "Scout" Pearlstein, Bill Travers and most recently Howie Evans, the Hall found itself in need of new leadership.[1] The only remaining Founder is the esteemed Peter Vecsey (Class of 2001)- who is well on his way to achieving his lifelong goal – to outlive everyone born in 1943.


On 24 May 2023 a newly constituted board was elected. The Class of 2024 was inducted on Sept. 19 of that year before a roaring crowd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and the Class of 2025 was announced in May of that year.

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Inductees

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Listed by induction year

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

  • Fred Crawford
  • Larry Fleischer
  • Charlie Hoxie
  • Albert King
  • Chris Mullin
  • Mark Reiner
  • Solly Walker

2003

  • Ed Conlin
  • Floyd Layne
  • Alfred "Butch" Lee
  • John Roche
  • Danny Lynch
  • Richard "Chink" Gaines
  • 1959-60 Boys High Team

2004

2005

  • John Bach
  • Jack Curran
  • Lou Eisenstein
  • Clarence "Puggy" Bell
  • Vern Fleming
  • Lenny Rosenbluth
  • Willie Rubenstein
  • Dwayne "Pearl" Washington
  • The Original Celtics Team

2006

  • Stacey Arceneaux
  • George Gregory
  • Jamal Mashburn
  • Nevil "Butch" Shed
  • Willie Cager
  • Mark Jackson
  • Rick Pitino
  • Mickey Crowley
  • Tommy Kearns
  • John "Honey" Russell
  • Willie Worsley

2007

  • Burt Beagle
  • Walter Berry
  • Al Bianchi
  • Bobby Cremins
  • Mario Elie
  • Ed Pinckney
  • Hank Rosenstein
  • Bob Wolff

2008

  • Kenny Anderson
  • Louis "LuLu" Bender
  • Pete Gillen
  • Joe Goldstein
  • Bob McCullough
  • Sam Perkins
  • Rod Strickland
  • Eddie Younger

2009

2010

  • George Johnson
  • Teddy Jones
  • Barney Sedran
  • Anthony Mason
  • Joe Mullaney
  • Isaac "Rab" Walthour
  • Phil Sellers
  • George Kalinsky

2011

  • Kenny Charles
  • Jim Larranaga
  • Donnie Walsh
  • Sonny Dove
  • Debbie Mason
  • John Warren
  • Tom Henderson
  • Mike Saunders

2012

  • Dick Bavetta
  • Donald Goldstien
  • Ricky Sobers
  • Ray Felix
  • Jack Kaiser
  • Charley Yelverton
  • Chuck Granby
  • Connie Simmons

2013

  • Vaughn Harper
  • Don Kennedy
  • Hank Whitney
  • Jerry Harkness
  • Manny Sokal
  • Lee Jones
  • George Thompson

2014

  • Craig "Speedy" Claxton
  • Hugh Evans
  • Mike Riordan
  • Felipe Lopez
  • Jack Rohan
  • Charlie Davis
  • Tom Owens
  • Christ the King HS 1993

2015

2016

2017

2018-2023


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2024

2025

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