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The Hall of Fame is housed at The National Football Museum in Preston, England. The Hall aims to celebrate and highlight the achievements of top English Footballers and Footballers who have played in England. New members are added each year, with a ceremony described as the Oscars of English Football being held in October. Image File history File links Halloffamelogo. ...
The National Football Museum is a museum in Preston, England, founded to preserve, conserve and interpret several important collections of Association Football memorabilia. ...
Preston is a city and local government district in Lancashire, England and is located on the River Ribble. ...
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Members of the Hall of Fame are selected by a panel made up of some of the biggest names in the game including Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Charlton and Mark Lawrenson. To be considered for induction players/managers must be 30 years of age or older and have played/managed for at least 5 years in England. Sir Alex Ferguson (born Alexander Chapman Ferguson, December 31, 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish football manager, currently managing Manchester United F.C.. He has won more trophies than any other manager in the history of English football and been in charge of Manchester United for over 1000 matches. ...
Sir Robert Bobby Charlton, CBE (born 11 October 1937) Ashington, Northumberland is a former English professional football player who won a World Cup medal and the European Footballer of the Year award in 1966. ...
Mark Thomas Lawrenson (born Preston, Lancashire, June 2, 1957) was a defender in the Liverpool and Irish football teams of the 1980s; he later became a prominent radio and television pundit for the BBC. // Mark Lawrenson began his career, as a 17 year-old, with his hometown club, Preston North...
The Hall honours many top footballers from history and is on permanent display at the National Football Museum. A book, "Hall of Fame, Football’s Greatest Heroes: The National Football Museum Hall Of Fame", was published in October 2005 by Robson Books. The National Football Museum is a museum in Preston, England, founded to preserve, conserve and interpret several important collections of Association Football memorabilia. ...
2002 Inaugural Inductees
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Gordon Banks OBE (born December 30, 1937) is a former English footballer, elected in a poll by the IFFHS as the second best goalkeeper of the 20th Century. ...
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Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona (born 24 May 1966 in Paris raised in Marseille) is a French former footballer of the late 1980s and 1990s. ...
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John Charles in his 2nd period as a Leeds United player John Charles, CBE (27 December 1931 – 21 February 2004) was a Welsh football player. ...
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Sir Robert Bobby Charlton, CBE (born 11 October 1937) Ashington, Northumberland is a former English professional football player who won a World Cup medal and the European Footballer of the Year award in 1966. ...
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William Ralph Dean (January 22, 1907 - March 1, 1980), popularly known as Dixie Dean, was an English football player and the most prolific goal-scorer in English football history,[1] best known for his legendary exploits at Everton. ...
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Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish MBE (born 4 March 1951 in Dalmarnock, Glasgow) is a former Scottish international football player. ...
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Jack Newman (born July 3, 1902, Brightwater, Nelson, died September 23, 1996, Nelson) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in three Tests from 1932 to 1933. ...
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Peter Doherty was a football (soccer) player and manager from Northern Ireland. ...
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Duncan Edwards (October 1, 1936 - February 21, 1958) was an English international footballer. ...
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Sir Thomas Finney, OBE (born 5 April 1922, Preston) is a former English footballer, famous for his loyalty to his league club, Preston North End, and for his performances in the English national side. ...
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Paul John Gascoigne (born 27 May 1967 in Gateshead, England), often referred to as Gazza, is a retired English football player who is widely regarded as one of the most gifted footballers of his generation. ...
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James Peter Jimmy Greaves (born 20 February 1940) is an English former football player, Englands third highest goalscorer, and more recently a television pundit. ...
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John Norman Haynes (October 17, 1934 - October 18, 2005), better known as Johnny Haynes, was an English footballer who played a club-record 658 games and scored 158 goals for Fulham Football Club between 1952 and 1970. ...
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Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE (born February 14, 1951 in Armthorpe, South Yorkshire, England)[1] is a former English football coach and one of the all-time greatest players. ...
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Denis Law (born February 24, 1940, in Aberdeen, Scotland) is a retired Scottish football player, who enjoyed a long and successful career as a striker from the 1950s to the 1970s. ...
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Nathaniel Lofthouse, OBE, (born August 27, 1925), better known as Nat Lofthouse, was an English footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers for his whole career. ...
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David Craig Mackay is a former Scottish footballer and football manager who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 14 November 1934. ...
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Sir Stanley Matthews (February 1, 1915 - February 23, 2000) was a football player of genius and one of the greats of the English game. ...
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Robert Frederick Chelsea Bobby Moore, OBE (born Barking, England, April 12, 1941 - died London, February 24, 1993) was an English footballer. ...
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Bryan Robson OBE (born January 11, 1957) is a former England, West Bromwich Albion, and Manchester United footballer who also captained his country. ...
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Peter Leslie Shilton OBE (born Leicester, England, 18 September 1949) was an outstanding goalkeeper who holds the record for playing more games than any other player. ...
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Billy Wright, CBE (6 February 1924 – 3 September 1994) was an English footballer for Wolverhampton Wanderers. ...
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Lily Parr(Lillian) was born in 1899(1905?) in St Helens, Merseyside and became one of the greatest British Female Football legends that ever lived. ...
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Sir Matthew Busby (Orbiston, Glasgow May 26, 1909 - January 20, 1994) was a football player and manager, most noted for his spell managing Manchester United F.C. during the 1950s and 1960s As a player, Busby enjoyed spells at Manchester City F.C and Liverpool F.C. and played at...
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Brian Howard Clough, OBE (21 March 1935 – 20 September 2004) was a successful footballer and subsequently football manager, most notable for his success with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. ...
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Sir Alex Ferguson (born Alexander Chapman Ferguson, December 31, 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish football manager, currently managing Manchester United F.C.. He has won more trophies than any other manager in the history of English football and been in charge of Manchester United for over 1000 matches. ...
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Bob Paisley OBE (born 23 January 1919, died 14 February 1996) was an English football player who became best known for being one of the most successful managers ever in English football whilst managing his only team Liverpool Football Club in the 1970s and 1980s. ...
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Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey (born January 22, 1920 in Dagenham, Essex; died April 28, 1999) was a footballer and manager of the English national football team from 1963 to 1974. ...
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2003 Inductees
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Alan James Ball, MBE (born May 12th 1945 in Farnworth, Lancashire) is an English former professional footballer and football club manager. ...
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Robert Dennis Blanchflower, known as Danny Blanchflower (February 10, 1926 in Belfast - December 9, 1993) was a footballer, football manager, and journalist who captained Spurs during their double-winning season of 1961. ...
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The Pat Jennings mural on the Northern Ireland wall of heroes outside Windsor Park Patrick Anthony Jennings OBE (born June 12, 1945 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland) is a former football player. ...
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Tommy Lawton (October 6, 1919 - November 6, 1996) was an English association footballer. ...
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Gary Winston Lineker, OBE (born 30 November 1960 in Leicester) is a former English international football striker who scored ten goals in two World Cups for the England national team and is currently a sports broadcaster for the BBC. He is also known for appearing in adverts for the Walkers...
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Stanley Harding Stan Mortensen (born May 26, 1921 in South Shields, died May 22, 1991) was an English footballer, most famous for his part in the 1953 FA Cup Final (aka The Matthews Final), where he became the first and - thus far - only player ever to score a hat-trick...
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Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE (IPA: , born 18 November 1963 in Gladsaxe, Denmark) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and was voted the Worlds Best Goalkeeper in 1992 and 1993. ...
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Arthur Wharton, (October 28, 1865 – December 13, 1930) was the first black professional association football player in the world. ...
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Hope Powell (born on 8 December 1966) is the coach of the England football (soccer) womans team. ...
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Herbert Chapman (January 19, 1878 – January 6, 1934) was an English football player and manager. ...
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Stan Cullis, (October 25, 1916 - February 28, 2001), was a football player and manager, most notably for Wolverhampton Wanderers. ...
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Playing in his only international Bill Nicholson OBE (26 January 1919 - 23 October 2004) was an English football player, coach, manager and scout who devoted his life to Tottenham Hotspur in North London. ...
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Sir Robert William Robson Sir Robert William Robson, known as Bobby Robson (born February 18, 1933) is a football manager and former football player. ...
2004 Inductees
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Viv Anderson: “I couldn’t believe it when I heard the news I was to be inducted here tonight. When I look around the room, I can’t believe I’m in the same league as some of these legends. I’ve been running around like a little kid getting autographs all evening.”
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Sir Geoff Hurst
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 Roy Keane: “It is a tremendous honour. When I was a young lad playing football in Ireland I never would have dreamed I’d be here tonight.” -
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Alan Shearer
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Anthony Alexander Adams MBE (born 10 October 1966) is an English former football player who is currently assistant manager of Portsmouth. ...
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William Billy John Bremner (born Stirling, Scotland, 9 December 1942; died Doncaster, England, 7 December 1997) was captain of the Leeds United football team of the 1960s and 1970s. ...
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Vivian Anderson (born 29 August 1956) was the first black football player to represent England. ...
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Sir Geoff Hurst, MBE (born December 8, 1941) is a footballer best known for scoring three goals in the 1966 World Cup Final helping England to win the World Cup for their first and only time. ...
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Roy Maurice Keane (born 10 August 1971, Cork, Ireland) is a former Irish professional footballer and the current manager of English Premier League club Sunderland, the winners of the 2006-07 Coca-Cola Championship. ...
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Wilf Mannion (May 16, 1918 - April 14, 2000) was a footballer who played for Middlesbrough from 1937 until 1954, scoring 110 goals in 368 appearances. ...
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Alan Shearer OBE (born 13 August 1970 in Gosforth, Tyne and Wear) is an English former professional footballer who played for the English national team and three English Premiership clubs: Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. ...
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Sue Lopez MBE has been one of the most prominent figures in England’s women’s football for the last three decades. ...
Managers -
 Dario Gradi: “When I look at the list of names I am now joining, I feel humbled by the whole experience.” -
Don Revie
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Dario Gradi MBE (born Milan, Italy, 8 July 1941) has become one of English footballs most respected managers and coaches. ...
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Donald George Revie, OBE, (10 July 1927 - 26 May 1989), was a football player for Leicester City, Hull City, Sunderland, Manchester City and Leeds United as a deep-lying centre forward. ...
2005 Inductees
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John Charles Bryan Barnes (born November 7, 1963 in Kingston, Jamaica) was a hugely successful and well known Jamaican-born English football player of the 1980s and 1990s, and was once the manager of Celtic F.C. // Having moved to England as a boy, Barnes was noticed by Watford whilst...
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Colin Bell is a former English football player. ...
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John Jack Charlton OBE (born Ashington, Northumberland, May 8, 1935) was a footballer who spent his whole career in the successful Leeds United side of the 1960s and 1970s and won the World Cup with England. ...
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Ryan Joseph Giggs, OBE [1](born Ryan Joseph Wilson on 29 November 1973 in Cardiff) is a Welsh footballer, currently playing for Manchester United in the English Premiership, and formerly for the Welsh national team prior to his retirement from international football on June 2, 2007. ...
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Alexander Wilson James (September 14, 1901 — June 1, 1953) was a Scottish footballer, and is most noted for being one of Arsenal F.C.s greatest players of all time. ...
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Bernhard Carl Bert Trautmann OBE (born October 22, 1923 in Bremen, Germany) is a German football goalkeeper who played for Manchester City for many years. ...
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Women's Inductee -
Debbie Bampton
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Howard Kendall is an English football manager and former player. ...
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Sir Walter Winterbottom, CBE (January 31, 1913 in Oldham, England – February 16, 2002) was manager of the England football team from 1946 until 1962. ...
2006 Inductees The 2006 Inductees were announced on the 30 August by Howard Kendall on behalf of the selection panel. The award ceremony was held on the 19 October in Liverpool. Howard Kendall is an English football manager and former player. ...
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Liam Brady (born February 13, 1956 in Dublin, Ireland) is a former footballer, who is now a coach and television pundit. ...
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Alan David Hansen (born Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, June 13, 1955) is a television football pundit and a former football player. ...
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Roger Hunt MBE (born Golborne, Lancashire 20th July 1938) was a footballer whose predatory instincts made him one of the English games most feared and respected strikers. ...
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John Edward Thompson Jackie Milburn, (May 11, 1924 – October 9, 1988), also known to fans as Wor Jackie or Jackie Mellbairn and the first World Wor in reference to his global fame, was a football player for Newcastle United and England. ...
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Martin Stanford Peters MBE, (born November 8, 1943 in Plaistow, London) was a football player and hero of the victorious England team which won the 1966 World Cup. ...
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Ian James Rush MBE (born 20 October 1961) is a Welsh footballer who played as a striker and is best known for playing with Liverpool. ...
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Gianfranco Zola, OBE, born July 5, 1966 in Oliena, Sardinia, is a retired Italian footballer. ...
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Ron Greenwood CBE (November 11, 1921 — February 8, 2006) was an English football player and manager, best known for being manager of the English national football team from 1977 until 1982. ...
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Arsène Wenger OBE (born October 22, 1949 in Strasbourg) is a French football manager. ...
External links
Official website - The National Football Museum Hall of Fame Pages
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