The English Football Hall of Fame is housed at the National Football Museum in Preston, England. The Hall aims to celebrate and highlight the achievements of the top English footballing talents, and non-English players and managers who have become significant figures in the English leagues. New members are added each year, with a ceremony described as the 'Oscars of English Football' being held in September/October.
Members of the Hall of Fame are selected by a panel. Initially, this panel comprised former players Jimmy Armfield, Sir Trevor Brooking (also vice-president of the museum), Jimmy Hill, Mark Lawrenson and Gordon Taylor, all of whom had become professional pundits and/or senior figures in the game after retiring. They have since been joined by ex-England manager Graham Taylor and a group of the country's most eminent football historians (who advise on the selection of players from the game's early days). All surviving inductees to the hall are also granted an additional place on the panel, for all following years after their selection.
To be considered for induction players/managers must be 30 years of age or older and have played/managed for at least five years in England. The only exception to this rule is Duncan Edwards, who died at the age of 21 in the Munich air disaster (and whose playing career had been cut short just two months before the requisite five years).
The hall is on permanent display at the museum. An accompanying book, The Football Hall of Fame: The Official Guide to the Greatest Footballing Legends of All Time, was first published in October 2005 by Robson Books. Authored by Robert Galvin (one of the aforementioned historians on the panel), it is updated every year with the newest inductees, containing an in-depth profile about the career and reputation of each one.
In recent years, other regular categories of induction have been established alongside the main players, managers and women's categories. Chiefly, this has been done in recognition of football's central role in English culture. The Football Foundation Community Champion category honours players who have devoted their spare time to the grassroots level of the sport, while the FA Football for All Award is presented to leading pioneers of the various forms of football that are played by disabled people.
From 2009, the Museum now commemorates whole teams alongside its awarding of individual players and coaches.
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2002 Inaugural Inductees
Players
Gordon Banks
George Best
Eric Cantona
John Charles- Sir Bobby Charlton
Kenny Dalglish- William "Dixie" Dean
- Peter Doherty
- Duncan Edwards
- Sir Tom Finney
- Paul Gascoigne
- Jimmy Greaves
- Johnny Haynes
- Kevin Keegan
- Denis Law
- Nat Lofthouse
- Dave Mackay
- Sir Stanley Matthews
- Bobby Moore
- Bryan Robson
- Peter Shilton
- Billy Wright
Women's Inductee
Managers
2003 Inductees
Players
- Alan Ball
- Danny Blanchflower
- Pat Jennings
- Tommy Lawton
- Gary Lineker
- Stan Mortensen
Peter Schmeichel- Arthur Wharton
Women's Inductee
Managers
2004 Inductees
Players
Women's Inductee
Managers
Special Category - Ambassador of Football
Sepp Blatter - the president of FIFA was honoured to mark the world federation's centenary, becoming the first figure outside the English game to be honoured by the Museum.
2005 Inductees
Players
Women's Inductee
Managers
2006 Inductees
Players
Women's Inductee
Managers
2007 Inductees
Players
- Peter Beardsley
Dennis Bergkamp (Fans' choice - in conjunction with BBC Football Focus)- Glenn Hoddle
- Mark Hughes
- Billy Meredith
- Graeme Souness
- Nobby Stiles
Women's Inductees
- Karen Walker
- Joan Whalley
Football Foundation Community Champion
FA Football for All Award
- Stephen Daley
Manager
Special Category - 150th Anniversary of the World's Oldest Club
2008 Inductees
Players
- Jimmy Armfield
- David Beckham
- Steve Bloomer
- Thierry Henry
- Emlyn Hughes (Fans' choice - in conjunction with Sky Sports)
- Paul Scholes
- Ray Wilson
Women's Inductee
Football Foundation Community Champion
FA Football for All Award
- Steve Johnson
Manager
2008 Special Awards - European Hall of Fame
In 2008, the museum was invited to stage an additional awards dinner in Liverpool at the ACC Liverpool as part of the city's European Capital of Culture celebrations. This time, the selection panel deliberated to select the English game's greatest players and managers on the criteria of their performance for English clubs in European competitions and/or their successful periods with clubs on the Continent. In addition to this was a commemoration of the two teams largely responsible - from an English perspective - for creating the legend of the European Cup.
Players
Managers
Teams
All-Time Great European Footballer
- Michel Platini - the current UEFA president became the second figure outside the English game to be honoured by the Museum
In addition, fans of the host city's two major clubs respectively picked their favourite performers from European games:
2009 Inductees
Players
Ossie Ardiles- Cliff Bastin
- Sir Trevor Brooking
- George Cohen
- Frank McLintock
- Len Shackleton
- Teddy Sheringham
- Frank Swift
Women's Inductee
Managers
Teams
- Aston Villa of the 1890s
- Aston Villa of 1982
- Manchester City of 1968-70
- Manchester United's Busby Babes
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