Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees 1959-1990

Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees

Class of 1959
The First Team
Original Celtics
Forrest C. “Phog” Allen, Coach
Henry Clifford Carlson, Coach
Luther H. Gulick, Contributor
Edward J. Hickox, Contributor
Charles D. Hyatt, Player
Matthew P. Kennedy, Referee
Angelo Luisetti, Player
Walter E. Meanwell, M.D., Coach
George L. Mikan, Player
Ralph Morgan, Contributor
Dr. James Naismith, Contributor
Harold G. Olsen, Contributor
John J. Schommer, Player
Amos Alonzo Stagg, Contributor
Oswald Tower, Contributor

Class of 1960
Ernest A. Blood, Coach
Victor A. Hanson, Player
George T. Hepbron, Referee
Frank W. Keaney, Coach
Edward C. Macauley, Player
Branch McCracken, Player
Charles C. Murphy, Player
Henry V. Porter, Contributor
John R. Wooden, Player

Class of 1961
Buffalo Germans
Bernard Borgmann, Player
Forrest S. DeBernardi, Player
George H. Hoyt, Referee
George E. Keogan, Coach
Robert A. Kurland, Player
John J. O’Brien, Contributor
Andy Phillip, Player
Ernest C. Quigley, Referee
John S. Roosma, Player
Leonard D. Sachs, Coach
Arthur A. Schabinger, Contributor
Christian Steinmetz, Player
David Tobey, Referee
Arthur L. Trester, Contributor
Edward A. Wachter, Player
David H. Walsh, Referee

Class of 1962
Jack McCracken, Player
Frank Morgenweck, Contributor
Harlan O. Page, Player
Barney Sedran, Player
Lynn W. St. John, Contributor
John A. Thompson, Player

Class of 1963
New York Rens
Robert F. Guenig, Player
William A. Reid, Contributor

Class of 1964
John W. Bunn, Contributor
Harold E. Foster, Player
Nat Holman, Player
Edward S. Irish, Contributor
R. William Jones, Contributor
Kenneth D. Loeffler, Coach
John D. Russell, Player

Class of 1965
Walter A. Brown, Contributor
Paul D. Hinkle, Contributor
Howard A. Hobson, Coach
William K. Mokray, Contributor

Class of 1966
Everett S. Dean, Coach
Joe Lapchick, Player

Class of 1968
Clair F. Bee, Contributor
Howard G. Cann, Coach
Amory T. Gill, Coach
Alvin F. Julian, Coach

Class of 1969
Arnold J. Auerbach, Coach
Henry G. Dehnert, Player
Henry P. Iba, Coach
Adolph F. Rupp, Coach
Charles H. Taylor, Contributor

Class of 1970
Bernard L. Carnevale, Coach
Robert E. Davies, Player

Class of 1971
Robert J. Cousy, Player
Robert L. Pettit, Player
Abraham Saperstein, Contributor

Class of 1972
Edgar A. Diddle, Coach
Robert L. Douglas, Contributor
Paul Endacott, Player
Max Friedman, Player
Edward Gottlieb, Contributor
W. R. Clifford Wels, Contributor

Class of 1973
John Beckman, Player
Bruce Drake, Coach
Arthur C. Lonborg, Coach
Elmer H. Ripley, Contributor
Adolph Schayes, Player
John R. Wooden, Coach

Class of 1974
Harry A. Fisher, Contributor
Maurice Podoloff, Contributor
Ernest J. Schmidt, Player

Class of 1975
Joseph R. Brennan, Player
Emil S. Liston, Contributor
William F. Russell, Player
Robert P. Vandivier, Player

Class of 1976
Thomas J. Gola, Player
Edward W. Krause, Player
Harry Litwack, Coach
Bill W. Sharman, Player

Class of 1977
Elgin Baylor, Player
Charles T. Cooper, Player
Lauren Gale, Player
William C. Johnson, Player
Frank J. McGuire, Coach

Class of 1978
Paul J. Arizin, Player
Joseph F. Fulks, Player
Clifford O. Hagan, Player
John P. Nucatola, Referee
James C. Pollard, Player

Class of 1979
Justin M. (Sam) Barry, Coach
Wilton N. Chamberlain, Player
James E. Enright, Referee
Edgar S. Hickey, Coach
John B. McLendon, Jr., Contributor
Raymond J. Meyer, Coach
Peter F. Newell, Contributor

Class of 1980
Lester Harrison, Contributor
Jerry R. Lucas, Player
Oscar P. Robertson, Player
Everett F. Shelton, Coach
J. Dallas Shirley, Referee
Jerry A. West, Player

Class of 1981
Thomas B. Barlow, Player
Ferenc Hepp, Contributor
J. Walter Kennedy, Contributor
Arad A. McCutchan, Coach

Class of 1982
Everett N. Case, Coach
Alva O. Duer, Contributor
Clarence E. Gaines, Coach
Harold E. Greer, Player
Slater N. Martin, Player
Frank V. Ramsey, Jr., Player
Willis Reed, Jr., Player

Class of 1983
William W. Bradley, Player
David A. DeBusschere, Player
Lloyd R. Leith, Referee
Dean E. Smith, Coach
John (Jack) K. Twyman, Player
Louis G. Wilke, Contributor

Class of 1984
Clifford B. Fagan, Contributor
James H. (Jack) Gardner, Coach
John Havlicek, Player
Samuel (Sam) Jones, Player
Edward S. Steitz, Contributor

Class of 1985
Sendra Berenson Abbott, Contributor
W. Harold Anderson, Coach
Alfred N. Cervi, Player
Mary K. Harshman Coach
Bertha F. Teague, Contributor
Nate Thurmond, Player
L. Margaret Wade, Coach

Class of 1986
William J. Cunningham, Player
Thomas W. Heinsohn, Player
William “Red” Holzman, Coach
Zigmund “red” Mihalik, Referee
Fred R. Taylor, Coach
Stanley H. Watts, Coach

Class of 1987
Richard F. Barry, Player
Walter Frazier, Player
Robert J. Houbregs, Player
Peter P. Maravich, Player
Robert Wanzer, Player

Class of 1988
Clyde E. Lovellette, Player
Robert McDermott, Player
Ralph H. Miller, Coach
Westley S. Unseld, Player

Class of 1989
William “Pop” Gates, Player
K.C. Jones, Player
Leonard (Lenny) Wilkens, Player

Class of 1990
David Bing, Player
Elvin E. Hayes, Player
Donald Neil Johnston, Player
Vernon Earl Monroe, Player