College Football Hall of Fame by the numbers
Crunching some numbers on the College Football Hall of Fame:
1,155
Players and coaches in the Hall of Fame — 948 players and 207 coaches
5,060,000
National Football Foundation’s estimate of how many people have played and coached college football at all levels since the first game in 1869, meaning one of every 4,400 has made the Hall of Fame
54
Inductees in the Hall of Fame’s inaugural class of 1951, including such legends and pioneers of the game as Walter Camp, Red Grange, Knute Rockne, Amos Alonzo Stagg and Jim Thorpe
16
Hall of Famers elected this year, including former Georgia Tech quarterback Joe Hamilton
50
Notre Dame players (44) and coaches (6) in the Hall of Fame, the most from any school
131
Quarterbacks in the Hall of Fame, about 14 percent of all players who have been elected
1
Placekicker in the Hall of Fame — Georgia’s Kevin Butler
About the Author
Tim Tucker, a long-time AJC sports reporter, often writes about the business side of the games. He also had stints as the AJC's Braves beat writer, UGA beat writer, sports notes columnist and executive sports editor. He was deputy managing editor of America's first all-sports newspaper, The National Sports Daily.
