The Long Island Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1984 to honor sports figures who lived or played on Long Island, New York.
The physical location was a small display[1] on the lower level of the now "dark and dormant"[2] Nassau Coliseum[3] through at least 1994.
[4] Among the first inductees chosen were American footballers John Schmitt,[5] Jim Brown[3] and Ed Danowski,[6] basketball's Julius Erving,[3] polo's Tom Hitchcock,[6] Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford,[3] ice hockey's Mike Bossy,[6] Dodger catcher Roy Campanella[6] and bowler Andy Varipapa.
[6] Early induction ceremonies were formal events, with a 1987 report that a "black-tied crowd will be out in force.
"[7][8] The Long Island Sports Hall of Fame is now defunct.