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Oregon Sports Hall of Fame

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Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
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The Oregon Sports Hall of Fame honors Oregon athletes, teams, coaches, and others who have made a significant contribution to sports in Oregon. The first class was inducted in 1980, with new inductees added every fall. Operated by the Oregon Sports Action, the physical museum is currently closed in preparation for moving to another facility.

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History and organization

The Oregon Sports Hall of Fame inducted its first class of 54 members in 1980, a diverse group that included Olympians Mack Robinson, Don Schollander and Frank Troeh, Boston Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky, NFL hero Norm van Brocklin, Heisman Trophy winner Terry Baker, high jump innovator Dick Fosbury, and basketball coaching legend Slats Gill.

New members are inducted each fall, at the Oregon Sports Awards ceremony held in recent years at the Reser Theater in Beaverton, Oregon.

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Scholarships

As part of its educational mission to promote the values and rewards of participation in sports, the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in coordination with the McTarnahan Trust grants scholarships given to outstanding Oregon student athletes who will be attending Oregon colleges. Scholarship winners are honored during the Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Facility

From 1986 to 1997, the museum was located in a 3,000-square-foot (280 m2) basement under the Standard Insurance Center in downtown Portland, Oregon.[1] In 1997, the museum moved to a nearby facility featuring 7,000 square feet (700 m2) of space with hands-on exhibits, videos, and memorabilia, such as Terry Baker's Heisman Trophy (the first Heisman given to a West Coast athlete), Mack Robinson's Olympic jersey, one of Dale Murphy's Golden Gloves, and Bill Walton's jersey from the 1977 Portland Trail Blazers NBA championship game.

In mid-2008, StanCorp re-claimed the space containing the museum in order to expand their own office space. The museum then relocated to the headquarters of Oregon Sports Action in Beaverton, Oregon with exhibits viewable in the lobby area of a building that also hosted the offices of multiple amatuer sports organizations. That building was replaced in 2019 and the museum is currently closed in preparation for moving to an as-yet determined location.[2][3]

Inductees

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The current members of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame are listed below.

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Teams

The Hall of Fame has also inducted these teams:

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