The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is located in Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...

. The hall of fame

Hall of Fame

A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...

 was established in 1961 and is currently located in a museum that displays the achievements of Mississippi athletes. The museum opened on July 4, 1996. It is opposite the Smith-Wills Stadium, home of the Central League's Jackson Senators minor-league baseball team.

Museum

Among the exhibits in the museum are the "Dizzy Dean Museum", the "Viking Classic Exhibit", which gives the history of Mississippi's PGA golf tournament, and the "Wendy's High School Gallery", which recognizes the Wendy's High School Heisman

Wendy's High School Heisman

The Wendy's High School Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , named after former college football player and coach John Heisman, is a prestigious award in American high-school athletics. It is sponsored by Wendy's Restaurants...

 winners from Mississippi, as well as past and current state champions.

Inductees

For list of inductees by sport, see footnote

For list of inductees by year, see footnote

For alphabetical list of inductees, see footnote

A–J

A

• Billy Ray Adams, 1987
• Warner Alford, 2003
• Pop Allen, 1994
• Lance Alworth
  Lance Alworth
  Lance Dwight Alworth is a former American collegiate and Professional Football wide receiver. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame...
  
  , 1988
• Charles Armstrong, 1976
• Bonner Arnold, 1978
• James Ashmore
  James Ashmore (basketball)
  James Ashmore is a retired basketball player.Ashmore attended Mississippi State University from 1954-57 after growing up in New Market, Missouri. He played on the MSU basketball team and was notable for being Mississippi's first college basketball player to score more than 1,000 career points,...
  
  , 1986

B

• Johnny Baker
  Johnny Baker (athlete)
  John Hendrix "Johnny" Baker III is a former American football linebacker and tight end. He played college football at Mississippi State University, where he was a linebacker and an offensive end. He played professionally in the American Football League for the Houston Oilers from 1963 through...
  
  , 1986
• Lee Baker, 2004
• Coolidge Ball
  Coolidge Ball
  Coolidge Ball, born in Indianola, Mississippi, was the first African American athlete to play any sport at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Ball played forward for the Ole Miss basketball team. Because freshmen were not allowed to play with the varsity team back then, Ball...
  
  , 2008
• Calvin Barbour, 1975
• Lem Barney
  Lem Barney
  Lemuel Joseph "Lem" Barney is a former American Football cornerback who played for the Detroit Lions. He was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992.-College years:...
  
  , 1986
• Doby Bartling
  Doby Bartling
  -External links:...
  
  , 1977
• James Baxter
  James Baxter
  James Baxter played rugby union for the English rugby union side between at the turn of the 20th century and won a silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics for sailing in the 12-metre class....
  
  , 1969
• James "Cool Papa" Bell, 1995
• Mickey Bellande, 1974
• Verlon Marion Biggs, 2002
• J.T. "Blondy" Black
  J.T. "Blondy" Black
  John Thomas "Blondy" Black was a professional American football player.Black was born in Philadelphia, Mississippi. He attended Mississippi State University from 1939 to 1942, where he played football and ran track. He was the offensive cornerstone of MSU's only undefeated football team in 1940...
  
  , 1976
• Thermon Blacklidge, 1971
• Bernard Blackwell, 2001
• Felix "Doc" Blanchard, 1994
• Don Blasingame
  Don Blasingame
  Don Lee Blasingame was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played with the St. Louis Cardinals , San Francisco Giants , Cincinnati Reds , Washington Senators and Kansas City Athletics . Blasingame batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  , 1980
• Ralph Boston
  Ralph Boston
  Ralph Harold Boston is an American athlete. He was an all around athletic star, but he is best remembered for his successes in the long jump during the 1960s....
  
  , 1976
• Denver Brackeen, 1982
• Leon Bramlett, 1988
• Robert Brazile
  Robert Brazile
  Robert Lorenzo Brazile, Jr. is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League. Nicknamed "Dr. Doom", Brazile played from 1975-1984 for the Houston Oilers.-Professional career:...
  
  , 2007
• Johnny Brewer, 2004
• Bobby Brien, 1985
• Ray Brown, 2006
• Willie Brown, 1995
• Jackson Brumfield, 2001
• Ju Burghard, 1970
• Ode Burrell
  Ode Burrell
  Ode Burrell, Jr. was an American college and professional football player. A halfback, he played college football at Mississippi State University, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Houston Oilers from 1964 through 1969. He was an American Football League All-Star...
  
  , 1997
• Guy Bush
  Guy Bush
  Guy Terrell Bush was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, nicknamed the Mississippi Mudcat....
  
  , 1973

C

• Lindy Callahan, 2004
• Buck Cameron, 1983
• Mack Cameron, 1999
• Jack Carlisle, 2004
• James Ray Carpenter, 2003
• Marino Casem
  Marino Casem
  Marino "The Godfather" Casem is a former American football coach and athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at Alabama State University, Alcorn State University, and Southern University. Casem was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.-Biography:Casem was...
  
  , 1994
• Gene Chadwick, 1973
• William "Billy" Chadwick, 2006
• Van Chancellor
  Van Chancellor
  Van Chancellor is the former Louisiana State University women's basketball coach. He was named head coach on April 11, 2007, replacing Pokey Chatman. In 2001, Van Chancellor was elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee...
  
  , 2005
• Lloyd Clark, 2006
• Will Clark
  Will Clark
  William Nuschler Clark, Jr. is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball best known for his years with the San Francisco Giants from to .Will was known by the nickname of "Will the Thrill"...
  
  , 2008
• Robert "Ace" Cleveland, 1998
• Leroy Braxton "Roy" Cochran, 1997
• Reggie Collier
  Reggie Collier
  Reginald C. Collier is a former professional American football player. Best known as a dynamic college football star, Collier had a short-lived professional career in both the United States Football League and National Football League.Collier played collegiate football as a quarterback for the The...
  
  , 2008
• Bobby Collins
  Bobby Collins
  Robert Young "Bobby" Collins is a Scottish former football player, best known for his successful spells at Celtic, Everton and Leeds United...
  
  , 2000
• Charlie Conerly
  Charlie Conerly
  Charles Albert Conerly, Jr. was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the New York Giants from 1948 through 1961. Conerly was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1966.-College career:Conerly attended and played college football at the University of...
  
  , 1966
• Hamp Cook, 1996
• Johnie Cooks
  Johnie Cooks
  Johnie Earl Cooks is a former professional American football player who was drafted by the Baltimore Colts as the second overall pick in the 1982 NFL Draft. A 6'4", . linebacker from Mississippi State University, Cooks played in ten NFL seasons from 1982-1991 for the Colts, New York Giants, and...
  
  , 2004
• Hunter Corhern, 1989
• Paul Covington, 2008
• Harry Craft
  Harry Craft
  Harry Francis Craft was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. Born in Ellisville, Mississippi, he was an center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds from 1937–1942...
  
  , 1975
• A.G. Crawford, 1 972
• Bobby Crespino, 1994
• Jack Cristil, 1991
• Hugh Critz, 1963

D

• Roland Dale
  Roland Dale
  Roland Hall Dale is a former American football end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins for one season in 1950...
  
  , 1995
• Jim Davenport
  Jim Davenport
  James Houston Davenport is a former Major League Baseball infielder who played his entire career with the San Francisco Giants . The right-handed batter and thrower attended The University of Southern Mississippi.He played in one World Series in 1962, as the Giants lost to the New York Yankees...
  
  , 1983
• Wobble Davidson, 1986
• Art Davis
  Art Davis
  Art Davis was a double-bassist, known for his work with various seminal jazz musicians including Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, and Max Roach.-Biography:...
  
  , 1981
• Harper Davis
  Harper Davis
  Julius Harper Davis, Jr. is a former American football player and coach. He played professionally as a defensive back in the All-America Football Conference and the NFL...
  
  , 1980
• Eagle Day
  Eagle Day
  Eagle Day may refer to:* Eagle Day, a quarterback and punter in the NFL and CFL.* Adlertag , first day of operations in the German Operation Eagle Attack during the Battle of Britain....
  
  , 1981
• Dizzy Dean
  Dizzy Dean
  Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in one season. Dean was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953....
  
  , 1990
• Hill Denson, 2008
• Hanford Dixon
  Hanford Dixon
  Hanford Dixon is a former professional American football cornerback who played his entire career for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL. Dixon made the Pro Bowl three times, in 1986, 1987 and 1988. He was drafted by the Browns out of The University of Southern Mississippi with the 22nd pick in the...
  
  , 2005
• Kayo Dottley, 1971
• Jim Dunaway
  Jim Dunaway
  James Kenneth Dunaway born September 3, 1941 in Columbia, Mississippi) was an American football player. A defensive tackle, he played college football at the University of Mississippi, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills, as part of a defensive line that...
  
  , 1990

E

• Hal Easterwood, 2005
• Jim Edwards
  Jim Edwards
  James Stewart "Jim" Edwards, PC is a former Canadian politician.He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 general election as a Progressive Conservative from Alberta. He served as a parliamentary secretary to several ministers in the government of Prime Minister Brian...
  
  , 1966
• T.B. Ellis
  T.B. Ellis
  Tellis B. Ellis was a head football coach at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. He led the Tigers to a 24-21-3 record from 1946 to 1951 before being replaced by future College Football Hall of Fame coach John Merritt....
  
  , 2002
• Doug Elmore
  Doug Elmore
  James Douglas Elmore was an American football punter in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football and baseball at the University of Mississippi.-Early life:...
  
  , 1993
• Buddy Elrod, 1975

F

• Jess Fatheree, 1964
• Nollie Felts, 1967
• Dave "Boo" Ferriss, 1964
• Agnes Fitz-Hugh, 1975
• Charlie Flowers
  Charlie Flowers
  Charlie Flowers is a retired American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997. He played professionally for the American Football League's Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers and New York Titans....
  
  , 1985
• Lee Floyd, 1991
• Joe Fortunato
  Joe Fortunato
  Joseph Francis Fortunato is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League.Fortunato played 12 seasons for the Chicago Bears . As a linebacker, he made the Pro Bowl five times, and was named to the NFL 300 Greatest Players team. He wore #31 with the Chicago Bears...
  
  , 1978
• Bill Foster, 2003
• Bobby Franklin, 2005
• Doss Fulton, 1986

G

• Tranny Gaddy, 1965
• K.P. Gatchell, 1966
• Smylie Gebhart, 1987
• Joe Gibbon
  Joe Gibbon
  Joseph Charles Gibbon is a former professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of 13 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Houston Astros. Gibbon was a member of the 1960 World Series champion Pirates...
  
  , 1979
• Jake Gibbs
  Jake Gibbs
  Jerry Dean "Jake" Gibbs is a former Major League Baseball player who played for the New York Yankees as a platoon catcher from 1962 to 1971. His strong hit record in 1968 earned him the nickname "Dead-Eye" Gibbs...
  
  , 1976
• Kline Gilbert
  Kline Gilbert
  Kline Gilbert was a professional American football offensive tackle in the National Football League. He played five seasons for the Chicago Bears .-References:...
  
  , 1977
• Jennifer Gillom
  Jennifer Gillom
  Jennifer "Grandmama" Gillom is a former WNBA basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002...
  
  , 2008
• Peggie Gillom, 1998
• Tom Goode
  Tom Goode
  Thomas Guinne Goode is a retired American football offensive lineman who played professionally for nine years from 1962 to 1970. He spent his first eight campaigns in the American Football League with the Houston Oilers and Miami Dolphins...
  
  , 1982
• Bill Goodrich, 2005
• W.C. Gorden, 1997
• Country Graham, 1963
• Larry Grantham
  Larry Grantham
  Larry Grantham is a former American collegiate and Professional Football player.A member of the "Ole Miss" Athletic Hall of Fame, he was a linebacker of the University of Mississippi who came to the American Football League's New York Titans in the 1960 college draft and helped form the backbone...
  
  , 1980
• Mildrette Netter Graves, 2003
• Reed Green, 1966
• L. C. Greenwood
  L. C. Greenwood
  L.C. Henderson Greenwood is a former American football defensive end for the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers.-College career:...
  
  , 1996
• Jack Gregory, 2000
• Paul Gregory
  Paul Gregory
  Paul Edwin Gregory [Pop] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1932 through 1933 for the Chicago White Sox...
  
  , 1982
• Wilburn Glynn Griffing, 2002
• Sue Gunter
  Sue Gunter
  Sue Gunter was a women's college basketball coach. She is best known as the head coach of the LSU Lady Tigers basketball team....
  
  , 2003
• Ray Guy
  Ray Guy
  William Ray Guy is a retired American football punter for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. Coming from the University of Southern Mississippi, he was the only pure punter ever to be drafted in the first round of the NFL draft when the Oakland Raiders selected him in 1973.Guy was a key member of...
  
  , 1994

H

• Goat Hale, 1961
• Parker Hall, 1970
• Slats Hardin
  Glenn Hardin
  Glenn Foster "Slats" Hardin was an American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1936 Summer Olympics....
  
  , 1991
• Lou Hart, 2007
• Bob Hartley
  Bob Hartley
  Robert Hartley is a former head coach in the National Hockey League. He coached the Colorado Avalanche from 1998–2002, period during which he won the Stanley Cup . He also coached the Atlanta Thrashers from the 2003 up until the beginning of the 2007, when he was fired after the Thrashers got off...
  
  , 1994
• Marion L. Henley, 1993
• Carolyn Henry, 2002
• W.E. "Slew" Hester, 1968
• Gene Hickerson
  Gene Hickerson
  Robert Gene Hickerson was a former American Football offensive guard who played for the Cleveland Browns in a fifteen-year career from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1973. Hickerson was a six-time Pro Bowler from 1965 to 1970...
  
  , 1979
• Stan Hindman
  Stan Hindman
  Stanley Chatham Hindman is a former professional American football defensive lineman in the National Football League for seven seasons for the San Francisco 49ers....
  
  , 1988
• Dick Hitt, 1965
• Joel Hitt, 1972
• Dobie Holden, 1970
• Junie Hovious, 1967
• Bailey Howell
  Bailey Howell
  Bailey E. Howell is a former professional basketball player now enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. A 6'7" forward from Mississippi State University, he played 12 seasons in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons, Baltimore Bullets, Boston Celtics, and Philadelphia...
  
  , 1977
• Kent Hull, 2003
• Doug Hutton, 1995

I

• Joe S. Iupe, Jr., 2005

J

• Harold Jackson
  Harold Jackson (American football)
  Harold Leon Jackson is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League from 1968 through 1983. Jackson was drafted in the 12th round of the 1968 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams...
  
  , 1989
• Bert Jenkins, 1999
• M.C. Johnson, 1978
• Samye Johnson, 2002
• Orsmond Jordan, Jr., 2001

K–Z

K

• Doug Kenna, Jr., 1970
• Donnie Kessinger, 1984
• Eddie Khayat
  Ed Khayat
  Edward Michael "Ed" Khayat is a former college and professional football defensive lineman who played in the National Football League and for the American Football League's Boston Patriots. He was also later a head coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. His career record as a coach is 8-15-2...
  
  , 2004
• Robert Khayat
  Robert Khayat
  -External links:*...
  
  , 2000
• Bruiser Kinard, 1961
• Ike Knox, Jr., 1964
• Sylvia Howell Krebs, 1996

L

• Wendell Ladner
  Wendell Ladner
  Wendell Ladner was an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball at The University of Southern Mississippi where he became a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity....
  
  , 1988
• A.C. "Butch" Lambert, Sr., 2000
• Jimmy Lear, 1991
• Hal Lee
  Hal Lee
  Harold Burnham Lee , was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1930-1936. He would play for the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Braves, and Brooklyn Robins.-External links:...
  
  , 1974
• Earl Leggett
  Earl Leggett
  Earl Franklin Leggett was an American football defensive lineman in the NFL for the Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams, and the New Orleans Saints. He played college football at Louisiana State University...
  
  , 2002
• Sam Leslie
  Sam Leslie
  Samuel Andrew Leslie was a first baseman for Major League Baseball's New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers from 1929 to 1938....
  
  , 1968
• D. D. Lewis (Dallas Cowboys)D.D. Lewis, 1987
• Ken Lindsay, 2001
• Freddie Little
  Freddie Little
  Freddie Little Freddie Little Freddie Little (born 1936-04-25 in Picayune, MS, is a former American boxer at light middleweight.- Professional career :Little turned pro in 1957 and challenged for the World, WBC, and WBA light middleweight title against Ki-Soo Kim, but lost by split decision in...
  
  , 1995
• James Harol Lofton, 1999
• Carla Lowry, 1985

M

• Carl Maddox
  Carl Maddox
  Carl Maddox was the athletics director of Louisiana State University and Mississippi State University. The Carl Maddox Field House on the LSU campus is named after him.-Honors and awards:Maddox was awarded the Corbett Award in 1986.-External links:*...
  
  , 1989
• Archie Manning
  Archie Manning
  Elisha Archibald "Archie" Manning III is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League, playing for the New Orleans Saints from 1971 to 1982, then for the Houston Oilers and Minnesota Vikings...
  
  , 1989
• Babe McCarthy
  Babe McCarthy
  James Harrison "Babe" McCarthy , sometimes called "Ol' Magnolia Mouth" or just "Magnolia Mouth", was an American professional and collegiate basketball coach. McCarthy was originally from Baldwyn, Mississippi...
  
  , 1974
• Jimmie McDowell, 1999
• Bucky McElroy, 1981
• David McIntosh, 1973
• Allyn McKeen
  Allyn McKeen
  Allyn McKeen was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at West Tennessee State Normal School, now the University of Memphis, from 1937 to 1938 and at Mississippi State College, now Mississippi State University, from 1939 to 1948, compiling a career college football...
  
  , 1977
• Eric McNair
  Eric McNair
  Donald Eric McNair , was a Major League Baseball shortstop from 1929-1942. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox...
  
  , 1963
• Shorty McWilliams, 1963
• Eddie Merrins, 2000
• Abe Mickal
  Abe Mickal
  Abe "Miracle" Mickal was an American football player. He was named to the College Football Hall of Fame for his career as a halfback at LSU. Although selected in the 1936 NFL Draft, Mickal did not play professionally...
  
  , 1985
• Cary Middlecoff
  Cary Middlecoff
  Emmett Cary Middlecoff was a dentist who gave up his practice to become a professional golfer on the PGA Tour in the 1940s....
  
  , 1996
• Mary Mills, 1987
• Crawford Mims, 1995
• Willie Mitchell, 1966
• Bilbo Monaghan, 1996
• John Montgomery, 1974
• Bucky Moore, 1965
• George Morris, 1983
• Dot Easterwood Murphy, 1999
• Buddy Myer
  Buddy Myer
  Charles Solomon "Buddy" Myer was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1925 to 1941.An excellent hitter, he batted .300 or better in eight full seasons, and retired with a career average of .303. He walked more than twice as many times as he struck out...
  
  , 1971
• Larry Myricks
  Larry Myricks
  Larry Myricks was an American athlete, who mainly competed in the men's long jump event.A durable jumper, Myricks first broke onto the track scene in 1976. While competing for Mississippi College he was the NCAA Champion, in the long jump. He followed that up with a second place at U. S...
  
  , 2001

N

• Thomas Neville, Jr., 1984
• Jack Nix, 1988
• Dudy Noble
  Dudy Noble
  Clark Randolph "Dudy" Noble was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, track athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator.Noble was born in Learned, Mississippi...
  
  , 1961

O

• Don Owens, 2004

P

• Jackie Parker
  Jackie Parker
  John Dickerson "Jackie" Parker was an American football player who became an All-American in college football and an outstanding professional football player in the Canadian Football League at the running back, quarterback, defensive back, and kicker positions. He is primarily known for his play...
  
  , 1972
• Claude Passeau
  Claude Passeau
  Claude William Passeau was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From through , Passeau played with the Pittsburgh Pirates , Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs . He batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 1964
• Jimmy Patton
  Jimmy Patton
  James Russell Patton was an American football defensive back in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He was a five-time Pro Bowler...
  
  , 1972
• Walter Payton
  Walter Payton
  Walter Jerry Payton was an American football running back who played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League for thirteen seasons. Walter Payton was known around the NFL as "Sweetness". He is remembered as one of the most prolific running backs in the history of American football...
  
  , 1993
• Hugh Pepper, 1977
• Ray Perkins, 1998
• J.M. "Bubba" Phillips, 1972
• George Pillow, 1983
• Ron Polk
  Ron Polk
  Ronald Polk was a long-time head baseball coach at Mississippi State and is considered the "Father of SEC Baseball". He is by far the winningest coach in school and SEC history in all sports. In 28 seasons as the coach, he has to date compiled a 1139-590-2 record. His career record stands at...
  
  , 1998
• Barney Poole
  Barney Poole
  George Barney Poole was an American football end in the National Football League for the New York Yanks, the Dallas Texans, the Baltimore Colts, and the New York Giants. Poole also played football in the All-America Football Conference for the New York Yankees...
  
  , 1965
• J.E. "Buster" Poole
  Jim Poole (American football)
  James Eugene "Buster" Poole was a professional American football wide receiver who played for seven seasons for the New York Giants and the Chicago Cardinals in the National Football League.In 1964, he was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.-References:...
  
  , 1964
• Ray Poole
  Ray Poole
  Ray Smith Poole was an American offensive and defensive end in the National Football League who played for the New York Giants from 1947 to 1952. Born in Gloster, Mississippi, he graduated from Crosby High School in Crosby, Mississippi, then attended the University of North Carolina before...
  
  , 1968
• Johnny Pott, 1993
• Vic Purvis, 2006

R

• Walter Reed
  Walter Reed
  Major Walter Reed, M.D., was a U.S. Army physician who in 1900 led the team that postulated and confirmed the theory that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species, rather than by direct contact...
  
  , 1999
• Anton Reel, 2006
• Andy Reese
  Andy Reese
  Andrew Jackson Reese was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants, appearing at all four infield and all three outfield positions....
  
  , 1969
• Joe Renfroe, 1982
• Nick Revon, 1985
• Jerry Rice
  Jerry Rice
  Jerry Lee Rice is a retired American football wide receiver. He is generally regarded as the greatest wide receiver of all time and one of the greatest players in National Football League history...
  
  , 2007
• Troy Ricks, 2007
• Willie Richardson
  Willie Richardson
  Willie Louis Richardson is a former professional American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League. He played nine seasons for the Baltimore Colts and the Miami Dolphins...
  
  , 1979
• Stanley Robinson
  Stanley Robinson
  Stanley Robinson is an American basketball player with the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League. Robinson was drafted by the Orlando Magic with a disappointing 59th overall pick at the 2010 NBA Draft...
  
  , 1961
• Charles Rugg, 2005

S

• Lester Sack, 1991
• Billy Sam, 1965
• Tom Sawyer
  Tom Sawyer
  Thomas "Tom" Sawyer is the title character of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer . He appears in three other novels by Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , Tom Sawyer Abroad , and Tom Sawyer, Detective .Sawyer also appears in at least three unfinished Twain works, Huck and Tom...
  
  , 1982
• Don Scott
  Don Scott
  Donald Arthur Scott was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party of Manitoba member of the Manitoba legislature from 1981 to 1988....
  
  , 1963
• George "Boomer" Scott, 2007
• George Sekul, 2002
• Billy Shaw
  Billy Shaw
  William Lewis "Billy" Shaw is an American former college and professional football player.Drafted in 1961 by the American Football League's Buffalo Bills, Billy Shaw of Georgia Tech was the prototypical "pulling guard" who despite his size held his own against much bigger defensive linemen like...
  
  , 1996
• Purvis Short
  Purvis Short
  Purvis Short is a retired American professional basketball player, who starred with the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association during the 1980s...
  
  , 2000
• Jackie Slater, 2003
• Ralph "Catfish" Smith, 2002
• Riley Smith
  Riley Smith (American football)
  Riley Henry Smith was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He was the second player taken in the 1936 NFL Draft and was the first player that was signed from the draft that played in the NFL...
  
  , 1984
• Tad Smith, 1969
• Leroy "L.T." Smith, 1998
• W.O. Spencer, 1968
• Jack Spinks
  Jack Spinks
  John Robert "Jack" Spinks was a professional American football fullback in the National Football League. He played five seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers , the Chicago Cardinals , the Green Bay Packers , and the New York Giants . The stadium for the Alcorn State Braves is named in honor of Jack...
  
  , 1984
• Billy Stacy
  Billy Stacy
  Billy Stacy is a former American professional football player who played five seasons in the National Football League for the Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals. He was selected to one Pro Bowl....
  
  , 1979
• Bob Stevens, 2003
• Luscia Harris Stewart, 1990
• Hook Stone, 1967
• Red Stroud, 1990
• Clyde Stuart, 1968
• Scott Suber, 1993
• Walter Suggs
  Walter Suggs
  Walt Suggs was a college and professional American football player. An offensive and defensive lineman, he played college football at Mississippi State University, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Houston Oilers from 1962 through 1969, and for the National Football...
  
  , 2006
• Walter "Polie" Sullivan, 1973
• Bull Sullivan, 1984
• Tom Swayze, 1978

T

• Michael D. "Mike" Taylor, 1997
• Pete Taylor
  Pete Taylor
  Pete Taylor was a radio and television sportscaster who worked for radio station KRNT and television station KCCI in Des Moines, Iowa...
  
  , 1990
• Marvin Terrell
  Marvin Terrell
  Marvin Terrell, Jr. is a former American college and professional football guard who played four seasons in the American Football League from 1960-1963 for the Dallas Texans and Kansas City Chiefs...
  
  , 2001
• Chuck Thomas, 1975
• Willie Totten
  Willie Totten
  Willie "Satellite" Totten is the former head coach of the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils football team, a job he held from 2002 to 2009...
  
  , 2004
• MK Turk, 2005

U

• P. W. "Bear" Underwood, 1986
• Delbert Bernard "Del" Unser, 1997

V

• B.O. Van Hook, 1981
• Pie Vann, 1971
• John Vaught, 1976
• Dorothy Vest
  Dorothy Vest
  Dorothy Crowe Vest was a world class female tennis player from Jackson, Mississippi. She is the eponym of Jackson's Dorothy Vest Tennis Center.Vest is known for establishing the sport of tennis in Mississippi...
  
  , 1980
• Sam Vick, 1967

W

• Margaret Wade
  Margaret Wade (basketball coach)
  Lily Margaret Wade was an American basketball player and coach. She played high school basketball for Cleveland High School and college basketball for Delta State University in 1930-1932. The women's basketball program was discontinued at that college after she graduated...
  
  , 1974
• Gerald "Gee" Walker
  Gee Walker
  Gerald Holmes "Gee" Walker was a Major League Baseball outfielder. During his fifteen year career, he played with the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, and Cincinnati Reds...
  
  , 1969
• Carl Walters, Sr., 1993
• Fred Walters
  Fred Walters
  Fred James Walters [Whale] was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 6' 1", 210 lb., Walters batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , 1971
• Charlie Ward
  Charlie Ward
  Charlie Ward, Jr. is a retired American professional NBA basketball player, college football Heisman Trophy winner, Davey O'Brien Award winner and a Major League Baseball draftee. Ward is considered one of the best all-around athletes in the last quarter century...
  
  , 1979
• Skeeter Webb
  Skeeter Webb
  James Laverne "Skeeter" Webb was a Major League Baseball infielder who played twelve season in the major leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals , Cleveland Indians , Chicago White Sox , Detroit Tigers , and Philadelphia Athletics...
  
  , 1978
• Hunter G. Weddington, 1983
• Paul Wells
  Paul Wells
  Paul Wells is a Canadian journalist and pundit, currently working as a columnist for Maclean's. His column previously appeared in the back page slot famously occupied for many years by Allan Fotheringham, but is now kept at the front of the magazine with other columns.- Background :Wells was born...
  
  , 1970
• Willye White, 1981
• Dave Whitney, Sr., 1991
• "Gentle" Ben Williams, 1997
• Pat Wilson
  Pat Wilson
  Pat Wilson is an Australian singer and journalist. Wilson wrote for Go-Set, a 1960s and 1970s pop music newspaper, under the pen-name "Mummy Cool" during 1971–1972. Wilson released several singles in the early 1980s including the hit single "Bop Girl"...
  
  , 1969
• Spec Wilson, 1967
• Sammy Winder
  Sammy Winder
  Sammy Winder is a former professional American football running back who spent his entire professional career playing for the Denver Broncos, from 1982 to 1990....
  
  , 1998

External links

• Home page. Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum official website
• Alabama-Mississippi Chapter Hall of Fame (US Lacrosse). National Lacrosse Hall of Fame webpage. US Lacrosse website.