Hall of Fame Inductees
(Name/Tribe/Sport)
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1972
Alexander Arcasa - Colville - Football
Charles "Chief" Bender - Chippewa - Baseball
Wilson "Buster" Charles - Oneida - Olympic Decathlon
Albert A. Exendine - Delaware - Football
Joseph N. Guyon - Chippewa - Football
Jimmie Johnson - Stockbridge/Munsee - Football
John Levi - Arapaho - Football
John "Chief" Meyers - Cahuilla - Baseball
Allie P. Reynolds - Creek - Baseball
Theodore "Tiny" Roebuck - Choctaw - Football
Reuben Sanders - Tutanti/Rogue River - Football
Louis Tewanima - Hopi - Track and Field
Jim Thorpe - Sac and Fox - Football/Baseball/Track
Louis "Rabbit" Weller - Caddo - Football
1973
Ellison Brown - Narraqansett - Marathon
Wallace Little Finger - Sioux - Track/Field
Elmer Busch - Pomo - Football
Albert Hawley - Gros Ventre/Assiniboine - Football
Frank Hudson - Laguna - Football
Frank Mt. Pleasant - Tuscarora - Football
Walter Johnson - Paiute - Football
Jessie Renich - Choctaw - Basketball
Gus Welch - Chippewa - Football
Jimmie Wolfe Jr. - Kiowa - Football
Angelita Rosel - Sioux - Table Tennis
Bemus Pierce - Seneca - Football
Ed Rogers - Chippewa - Football
Louis R. Bruce - Mohawk/Sioux - Honorary
 
1977
Chester "Chet" Ellis - Seneca - Boxing
Stacy S. Howell - Pawnee - Basketball
Jack Jacobs - Creek - Football
Clyde "Chief" James - Modoc - Basketball
Rollie Munsell Jr. - Chickasaw - Boxing
Phillip Osif - Pima - Track/Cross Country
Robert L. Bennett - Oneida - Honorary
 
1978
Harold "Chuck" Foster - Navajo - Track/Cross Country
William "Billy" Mills - Sioux - 10K Olympic Champion
Dr. Joseph "Bud" Sahmaunt - Kiowa - Basketball
Joe Tindell Thornton - Cherokee - Archery
Egbert "Eg" Ward - Yakima - Football/Baseball/Basketball
Frank W. McDonald - Honorary -  
 
1980
Robert Gawboy - Chippewa - Swimming
Elijah "Eli" Smith - Oneida - Football/Baseball/Track
Martin F. Wheelock - Oneida - Football
 
1981
David W. Bray - Seneca - Lacross/Track
Nelson B. Levering - Omaha/Bannock - Boxing
Austin B. Tincup - Cherokee - Baseball
George P. Lavatta - Shoshone/Bannock - Honorary
 
1982
Amos Aitson - Kiowa - Football/Boxing
George Levi - Arapaho - Football
Thomas "Wahoo" Yarr - Snohomish - Football
Turner A. Cochran - Caddo/Chickasaw - Honorary
 
1985
Sampson "Sam" Bird - Blackfeet - Football
Virgil R. Franklin - Arapaho/Kiowa - Boxing
Robert "Bobby" Holmes - Ottawa - Football/Track and Field
Gordon A. House - Navajo/Oneida - Boxing
Sid Carney - Creek/Choctaw - Honorary
 
1987
Peter Hauser - Cheyenne - Football
Mayes McLain - Cherokee - Football
Arthur S. Bensell - Mackanutunne/Siletz - Football
Alex "Sonny" Sixkiller - Cherokee - Football
Wallace "Wally" Galluzzi - Honorary -  
 
1989
Clarence "Taffy" Abel - Chippewa - Hockey
James Aron Ingram - Cherokee - Baseball
Eual "Monk" Moore - Chickasaw - Baseball
Alvin L. Williams - Caddo - Boxing
 
1991
John "Johnny" Allen - Tonkawa/Sac & Fox - Football
Edwin "Ed" Moore - Creek - Football
Andrew "Andy" Payne - Cherokee - Cross Country/Football
 
1994
Moses Yellow Horse - Pawnee - Baseball
Jackson Sundown - Nex Perce - Rodeo
Sammy Jack Claphan - Cherokee - Football
 
1995
Dawn Kelly Allen - Euchee/Quapaw/Cherokee - Tennis
Karen Mackey - Santee Sioux - Judo
Thomas Stidham - Creek - Football
 
1996
Ryneldi Becenti - Navajo - Basketball
George Blue Spruce - Laguna/San Juan - Tennis
John Seller - Cherokee - Baseball
 
1997
James L. Johnson - Menominee - Football
Jimmie Earl Keel - Chickasaw - Boxing
Mike Edwards - Cherokee/Choctaw/Chickasaw - Bowling
 
2000
R. Perry Beaver - Creek - Football
Robert J. Cannon - Osage - Track
Andrew Sockalexis - Penobscot - Marathon Runner
Louis F. Sockalexis - Penobscot - Baseball
 
2004
Howard Gayle Hatch - Delaware - Weightlifting Coach, Basketball
Larry Joe Ramirez - Pascua Yaqui/Chirrirchua Apache - Baseball
Jim E. Warne, Jr - Oglala Lakota Sioux - Football
 
2006
Stephen Gachupin - Walatowa Pueblo of Jemez - Marathon, Distance Runner
Emmitt Peters - Athabascan - Dog Musher
Aloysuis "Al" Waquie - Walatowa Pueblo of Jemez - Cross Country, Distance Runner
 
2007
Dr. Noah Allen - Euchee/Creek - Coaching and Athletic Administration
William "Bill" Breddé; - Quechan/Pawnee - Football
Pete Shepherd - Santee Sioux - Football
Edward "Eddie" Burgess - Creek/Cherokee - Rodeo
Michael Gregory - Euchee/Creek - All-American Track and Field - Long Jump
2008
William Abrams Sr. - Seneca Nation of Indians - Lacrosse
Nelson (Bally) Huff - Seneca Nation of Indians - Lacrosse
Oren Lyons - Onondaga Nation - Lacrosse
Dave Powles - Oneida Nation - Football
2009
WARNER A. "TONY" COFFIN JR. - Potawatomi - Athletic Administration, Coaching
JOSEPH T. "JOE" HIPP - Blackfeet - Boxer
MELVIN ARTHUR PETERSON "PETE" - Cherokee - Tennis
GERALD L. "JERRY" TUCKWIN - Prairie Band Potawatomi - Track - Cross Country Coaching
2013
Yawna Daye Allen - Quapaw, Cherokee, Euchee - Tennis
Sid Jamieson - Upper Cayuga - Lacrosse Coach
Roy L. Old Person - Blackfeet - Distance Runner
Kenneth Osceola "John" Tiger - Seminole Nation of Oklahoma - Football
Herman Agoyo - Ohkay Owingeh - Baseball/Civic Service
Brad James Tanner - Cherokee - Bench and Dead Lifter
 



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