Texas Sports Hall of Fame

Once it made its first induction (baseball star Tris Speaker) in 1951, Texas became the first U.S. state to have a sports hall of fame.

The sports writers unanimously agreed with Johnson and in 1951 baseball great Tris Speaker was the inaugural inductee and Texas became the first state to honor its athletes with a hall of fame.

Their plan was realized on April 16, 1993 when Waco had its grand opening for the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.

The selection committee, consisting of at least 21 sports journalists from various Texas newspapers, meets annually to review the nominees and make a ballot.

[1] The Hall of Fame, with assistance from the selection committee, notifies the winning nominees once the voting process has completed.