The Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame is a hall of fame celebrating sportspeople in the Washington, D.C. area. It is located in left field of Nationals Park and was established in 1980 as the Washington Hall of Stars at the former RFK Stadium.
Nominees for inclusion, as determined by a selection committee, "must have gained prominence in the Washington area through their achievements in sports as an athlete, coach, owner, executive, member of the media or contributor." Washington Redskins founding owner George Preston Marshall was removed in 2020 due to his alleged racism.
Hall of fame list Name Sport Year InductedJen AdamsLacrosse2023 Pauline Betz Addie Tennis Pre-2011 George Allen Football Marty Aronoff Broadcasting 2018 Arnold “Red” Auerbach Basketball 1980 Mike Barrowman Swimming 2021 Cliff Battles Football Pre-2011 Sammy Baugh Football 1980 Elgin Baylor Basketball 2013 Bobby Beathard Football Ken Beatrice Broadcasting 2020 James Thomas “Cool Papa” Bell Baseball 2015 Melissa Belote Swimming Pre-2011 Deane Beman Golf Arthur “Dutch” Bergman Football Andrew Beyer Sportswriting 2019 Len Bias Basketball 2018 Dave Bing Basketball 2013 Ossie Bluege Baseball Pre-2011 Peter Bondra Hockey 2018 Herman Boone Football 2020 Tom Boswell Sportswriting 2015 Gordon Bradley Soccer Pre-2011 Christine Brennan Broadcasting 2016 Glenn Brenner Broadcasting 2012 Gene Brito Football Pre-2011 Charlie Brotman Broadcasting James Brown Broadcasting 2011 Larry Brown Football Pre-2011 Tom Brown Football 2019 Steve Buckhantz Broadcasting 2018 Dave Butz Football Pre-2011 Austin Carr Basketball 2020 George Case Baseball Pre-2011 Charley Casserly Football 2024 James “Ted” Chambers Lacrosse Pre-2011 Phil Chenier Basketball Sasho Cirovski Soccer 2019 Gary Clark Football 2020 Maurice “Maus” Collins Football 2013 Jack Kent Cooke Football Pre-2011 Joe Cronin Baseball Adrian Dantley Basketball 2012 Dominique Dawes Gymnastics 2011 Donald Dell Tennis Pre-2011 Juan Dixon Basketball 2017 Tom Dolan Swimming 2019 Charles “Lefty” Driesell Basketball 2014 Bill Dudley Football Pre-2011 Bob Dwyer Basketball 2020 Lee Elder Golf Pre-2011 Jill Ellis Soccer 2020 Len Elmore Basketball 2022 Marco Etcheverry Soccer 2016 Patrick Ewing Basketball John Feinstein Sportswriting 2021 Bob Ferry Basketball Pre-2011 Danny Ferry Basketball 2019 Pat Fischer Football Pre-2011 Ray Flaherty Football 2019 Len Ford Football 2015 Bobby Foster Boxing Pre-2011 Brenda Frese Basketball 2017 Ralph Friedgen Football2023 Joe Gallagher Basketball 2012 Marty Gallagher Boxing Pre-2011 Mike Gartner Hockey 2013 Bob Geoghan Basketball 2022 Jim Gibbons Broadcasting Pre-2011 Joe Gibbs Football Josh Gibson Baseball 1980 Leon “Goose” Goslin Baseball Pre-2011 Darrell Green Football 2012 Clark Griffith Baseball 1980 Russ Grimm Football Pre-2011 Chris Hanburger Glenn Harris Broadcasting 2017 Stanley “Bucky” Harris Baseball Pre-2011 Len Hauss Football Elvin Hayes Basketball Neal Henderson Hockey 2021 Frank Herzog Football 2016 Grant Hill Basketball 2018 Chuck Hinton Baseball Pre-2011 Phil Hochberg Broadcasting 2013 Gil Hodges Baseball Pre-2011 Johnny Holliday Broadcasting 2014 Ken Houston Football Pre-2011 Frank Howard Baseball Sam Huff Football Joe Jacoby Dick James Sally Jenkins Sportswriting 2021 Mark "Too Sharp” Johnson Boxing 2022 Walter Johnson Baseball 1980 Wil Jones Basketball 2020 Joe Judge Baseball 1980 Sonny Jurgensen Football Pre-2011 Charlie “Choo-Choo” Justice Harmon Killebrew Baseball Billy Kilmer Football Olaf Kolzig Hockey 2014 Tony Kornheiser Sportswriting 2017 Sam Lacy Sportswriting 2012 Rod Langway Hockey Pre-2011 Eddie LeBaron Football Katie Ledecky Swimming 2017 Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing Pre-2011 Walter “Buck” Leonard Baseball Ted Leonsis Hockey, Basketball 2015 Mark Lerner Baseball 2022 Ted Lerner Baseball 2014 Earl Lloyd Basketball 2016 Vince Lombardi Football Pre-2011 John Lucas Basketball 2020 Lew LuceFootball2023 Steve Mamakos Boxing Pre-2011 Dexter Manley Football 2016 Charles Mann Football Pre-2011 Fred “Firpo” Marberry Baseball 2021 Horace “Bones” McKinney Basketball Pre-2011 Tom McMillen Basketball 2017 Missy Meharg Field Hockey 2016 George Michael Broadcasting 2013 Wayne Millner Football Pre-2011 Bob Milloy Football 2016 Holley Mims Boxing Pre-2011 Bobby Mitchell Football Brian Mitchell Football 2011 Art Monk Football Pre-2011 Jaime Moreno Soccer 2018 Mark Moseley Football Pre-2011 Dick Motta Football 2021 Bryan Murray Hockey 2015 Buddy Myer Baseball 2018 Mike Nelms Football 2017 Ken Niumatalolo Football2023 Brig Owens Football Pre-2011 Kevin Payne Soccer 2019 Hyman Perlo Basketball 2016 Phil Perlo Football Richie Petitbon Football 2015 David Poile Hockey 2018 Abe Pollin Basketball Pre-2011 Shirley Povich Sportswriting Vince Promuto Football Paul Rabil Lacrosse 2021 Cathy Reese Lacrosse 2019 Sam Rice Baseball 2013 John Riggins Football Pre-2011 Allie Ritzenberg Tennis 2019 David Robinson Basketball 2015 Eleni Rossides Tennis 2018 George Selkirk Baseball Pre-2011 Eunice Kennedy Shriver Special Olympics 2015 Morris “Mo” Siegel Sportswriting Pre-2011 Roy Sievers Baseball Jerry Smith Football George Solomon Sportswriting 2014 Harold Solomon Tennis 2016 Willie Stewart Football 2011 Bessie Stockard Basketball 2012 Paul Tagliabue Football 2017 Charley Taylor Football Pre-2011 Joe Theismann John Thompson, Jr Basketball 2015 Cecil Travis Baseball Pre-2011 Wes Unseld Basketball Mickey Vernon Baseball Alan Webb Track 2022 Ron Weber Broadcasting 2017 Michael Weiss Figure Skating 2014 Chris Weller Basketball Marty WestGolf2023 Guy Harris “Doc” White Baseball 2015 Michael Wilbon Sportswriting 2011 Dave Williams Broadcasting Pre-2011 Doug Williams Football Pre-2011 Edward Bennett Williams Gary Williams Basketball 2015 Walt Williams Basketball 2018 Maury Wills Baseball 2015 Christy Winters Scott Basketball 2022 Warner Wolf Broadcasting 2015 Bob Wolff Broadcasting 2013 Willie Wood Football Morgan Wootten Basketball 2011 Raymond “Sonny” Workman Hockey Pre-2011 Early Wynn Baseball Ed Yost London Fletcher Football 2026 Tommy Amaker Basketball 2026 Elana Meyers Taylor Bobsleigh 2026 Elena Delle Donne Basketball 2026
Teams of distinction Name Sport Year Inducted 2017–18 Washington Capitals Hockey 2019 2019 Washington Mystics Basketball 2020 2019 Washington Nationals Baseball 2020 2021 Washington Spirit Soccer 2022
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