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•Hit 755 career home runs

•Broke Babe Ruth’s home run record when he hit his 715th April 8, 1974

•Played for Atlanta Braves from 1966 to 1974

•Member of Baseball Hall of Fame and 24 MLB All-Star squads

Class of 2005

•Qualifying for the U.S. Amateur 16 consecutive times

•Won seven major Amateur titles

•Shot 62 at East Lake Country Club at age 73, breaking Bobby Jones record of 63

•Member of Southern Golf, GA Tech , Georgia Golf and Georgia Sports Halls of Fame

Class of 2007

•Boston Marathon winner in 1977

•Won five of the first six Peachtree Road Races

•Three-time winner of the Atlanta Marathon

Class of 2007

•Atlanta Falcons quarterback for 11 years, leading Falcons to two Divisional Championships

•NFL Rookie of the Year and Pro Bowl quarterback for two years

•Holds four Atlanta Falcons passing records

Class of 2008

•Atlanta Falcons head coach from 1977 to 1982

•Led Falcons to team’s first playoff (1978) and division championship (1980)

•Named Coach of the Year by multiple organizations following the 1977, 1978 and 1980 seasons

•Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl became part of the BCS in 2014 with his active participation

Class of 2015

•Sports writer for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution

•Honored 19 times by the Associated Press as Sports Writer of the Year

•Covered  50-plus Masters golf tournaments and Kentucky Derbys during his career

Class of 2006

•Charter member of the Atlanta Sports Council, leading efforts to bring major sports events to Atlanta

•Driving force behind the Atlanta Tipoff Club for 40 years

•Expanded the Naismith Awards to include five categories for outstanding basketball performance

Class of 2012

•One of America’s most successful high school coaches, coaching 126 Atlanta teams in all sports, with 101 championships

•Named winningest active varsity basketball coach in the country with a 1,372-413 record

•Holds national record for winning 129 consecutive home basketball games

Class of 2013

•Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame

•Won a Silver Olympic Medal playing with the USA women’s basketball team in Montreal

•Led Greater Atlanta Christian to three Georgia high school championships

•First Georgia female to receive full college athletic scholarship

Class of 2014

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Class of 2017

•Atlanta Braves broadcasting team for 33 years

•Recipients of 15 Sportscaster of the Year awards

•Members of the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame

Class of 2009

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Class of 2016

•In 23 years as Braves Manager, won over 2000 games

•Led the Atlanta Braves to 15 straight Division Titles and the World Series Championship

Class of 2005

•Led Georgia Tech to the Final Four basketball tournament in 1990

•Coached Georgia Tech basketball for 20 years

•Mentored several future NBA players while at Tech

Class of 2006

•Starting Center for the Packers in Super Bowl I and for the Colts in Super Bowls III and V

•Played  10 years in the NFL

•Became Ga State University’s first football Coach

Class of 2010

•Compiled a 165-64-8 record in 21 years as head football coach at Georgia Tech

•Led the Yellow Jackets to 13 major bowl games, winning nine

•The Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award for Bowl Championship Series football coaches whose programs represent quality on and off the field bears his name

Class of 2005

•Set record in the 200 meter sprint at 1964 Olympics

•Only American women to hold 3 different AAU titles at different times

Class of 2009

•Two time winner of the Daytona 500 NASCAR Race

•Named one of NASCAR’s top 50 drivers

•Enjoyed a 29-year racing career

Class of 2008

•Scored 1,710 points, 989 rebounds at Marietta HS

•All-American; 2 time All-State; 3 time All-Cobb County; and 2 time Cobb Player of the Year•3 time All-SEC and 2 time All-American at UT

•1st round draft pick in the 1983 NBA Draft

•Scored 19,004 points with 1,719 three-pointers in his 17-year career

Class of 2015

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Class of 2017

•Led the New York Nicks to the franchise's only two NBA Championships

•Named to the NBA’s 50th Anniversary All Time Team

•Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Basketball HOF in 1987

Class of 2009

•Named MVP when the Atlanta Braves    won the 1995 World Series

• Pitched 305 winning games in the Majors (244 with the Braves)

• Two time Cy Young Award winner

• Named an MLB All Star ten times

Clss of 2010

•Southwest Dekalb High School coach for 28 years

•250 wins earned playoff slots 25 times, resulting in a State title and 13 regional championships

•More than 200 of his players earned college scholarships with 186 receiving degrees

Class of 2010

•Emmy award-winning Atlanta sportscaster

•Named Georgia Sportscaster of the Year for broadcast excellence.

•Named a “Lifetime Member” of the Touchdown Club of Atlanta for his passion and dedication to the sport

Class of 2012

•Inspiration for the Heisman Trophy, the nation’s oldest football award given annually to the most outstanding player in college football

•GA Tech football coach for 16 seasons posting a record of 102-29-7

•Won National Championship in 1917

Class of 2009

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Class of 2017

•Boxing’s only 4-time Heavyweight Champion

•Professional record of 44 wins, 10 losses, 1 draw

•Ranked the Greatest Cruiserweight of all time by The Boxing Scene

•Bronze Medal winner in the 1984 Olympics

Class of 2006

•Scored 17,940 points in 13 seasons

•Six-time NBA All Star

•Named to the 1967 NBA All-Rookie Team

•Inducted into Georgia Sports Hall of Fame

•Named Humanitarian of the Year by the Retired NBA Players Assn.

Class of 2007

•Played defensive lineman for Atlanta Falcons for 10 years

•Selected 6 times for NFL Pro Bowl

•Atlanta Falcons’ career sack leader

•1968 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year

Classof 2008

•Atlanta Braves Announcer from 1962 – 1999

•Georgia Broadcaster of the year in 1977, 1983, and 1986

•Member Braves Hall of Fame

Class of 2007

•Considered the greatest golfer who ever competed

•Won 13 major championships 

•Only player ever to have won golf’s “Grand Slam”

Clss of 2005

•Booker T. Washington High School

•Georgia High School Coach of the Year Four Years in a Row (1968 – 1971)

Clss of 2009

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Class of 2016

•Two-time All American at Ga Tech

•SEC MVP,  All-Conference, and Leading Scorer

•Named to top 100 college players ever by Sporting News

•Coached college teams to four national titles

Class of 2009

•Created the 20-year-old High School Football Classic, opening  the Georgia Dome to high school football

•Named Girls Basketball Coach of the Year (1972) and Football Coach of the Year four times by Ga. Athletic Coaches Assn.

•Kell High School bears the name of this Cobb County coach

Class of 2014

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Class of 2016

•U.S. Olympic Team double gold medalist, swimming

•Inducted into International Swimming Hall of Fame

•Voted America’s Top Breast-Stroker of the Century by US Swimming

•Jonesboro’s Lundquist Aquatic Center named in his honor

Class of 2013

•Rose from ball park peanut vendor to President and Owner of the Atlanta Crackers

•Team won 10 pennants under his leadership

•Called “Mr. Atlanta Baseball”

•Instrumental in bringing the Braves to Atlanta

Class of 2013

•Coached Columbia high school teams to 5 State championships

•and 500 wins

•Named Coach of the Year four times by the Georgia Sports Writers Association and the AJC

•More than 60 of McCrary’s former players have signed major college-basketball scholarships

Class of 2012

•Olympic medalist in 400 m track and field, winning two Gold and one Bronze medals

•Gold Medalist, the Goodwill Games and the World Indoor Championships

•Three-time NCAA All-American while at Georgia Tech

•Coached Dunwoody High Girls to the State track championships in 2013

Class of 2014

•Won gold and set a world record in long jump in the 1988 Seoul Paralympics

•Won a silver medal in the long jump in 1992 Barcelona Paralympics 

•World record holder in the 100 meter from 1982 to 1987

•14 time national high and long jump winner

•Morehouse College alumnus

Class of 2015

•Played First Base on the 1938 Atlanta Black Crackers Championship Team

•Four-time Negro League All Star

Class of 2006

•Played both offense and defense for Bobby Dodd’s Ramblin’ Wreck squad that had 23 straight victories in the 1950s; including two SEC titles and Orange and Sugar Bowl victories

•Georgia Tech’s leading tackler in 1952 with 114 tackles

•Earned Academic All-American as a linebacker and served as team captain in 1952, leading the Jackets to 12-0  record. 

Clss of 2015

•Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist

•Undefeated in 122 races for 400-meter hurdles

•Set the world record in his event four times

•Named Athlete of the Year in 1980 and 1984

Class of 2008

•First round draft pick by Atlanta Braves, where he played for 15 seasons

•Youngest player in history to win consecutive MVP awards

•7-time All Star player, 5-time Gold Glove winner, and earned four Silver Slugger awards

•Jersey number retired by Braves

Class of 2007

•Winner of 10 Professional Golfer’s Association tournaments, including three major championships

•Winner of 19 Champions Tour events

•Played on three Ryder Cup teams

•Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame

Class of 2010

•Won 266 games in his 21 seasons with the Atlanta Braves with his knuckleball pitch

•Five-time All Star, notching 3,342 career strikeouts

•Five-time Golden Gloves winner

•Inducted into National  Baseball Hall of Fame

Class of 2006

•Atlanta Falcons’ first-ever draft pick

•Led team in tackles in 10 of 11 years

•Earned five trips to the NFL Pro Bowl

•Had 294 tackles as a rookie in 1966, a record that still stands to this

•Named NFL Man of the Year

Class of 2005

•Gold Medal Olympic Track and Field sprinter in the 4x100 meter relay

•Set five world sprinting records

•Three-time All-American and international champion.

Class of 2012

•4-time National Basketball Association All-Star, ringing 90.4% of free throws

•Two time All-American basketball guard while at Georgia Tech

•Four time All-ACC Team

•Led Yellow Jackets to ACC championship in 1985

Class of 2011

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Class of 2017

•First team All-American for three consecutive years, a record in Georgia Tech football

•Named to Georgia Tech’s All-Time Team in 1991

•Member, Ga Tech Hall of Fame & Georgia Sports Hall of Fame

•Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002.

Class of 2012

•Ga Tech Athletic Director (1980- 1997) who built state-of-the-art athletics facilities, successful sports programs, big-name coaches and successful student athletes

•Developed the acclaimed “Total Person Concept” which has served as the model for more than 170 schools nationwide

•Transformed Georgia Tech’s campus for the 1996 Olympics

Clas of 2013

•Running back for the NFL Super Bowl XXII champion Washington Redskins

•In seven NFL seasons, rushed over 7,000 yards with 54 touchdowns

•Won the Heisman Trophy

•Named college football All-American

Class of 2014

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Class of 2017

•Only American athlete to play in both a World Series and a Super Bowl

•In 5 years with the Falcons, he intercepted 24 passes yielding 10 touchdowns

•Played four years for the Atlanta Braves

•Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011

Class of 2013

•General Manager of the Atlanta Braves for 15 years, leading them to win the 1995 World Series and 14 Division Titles

•Published Built to Win, chronicling his tenure with the Braves

•Named MLB Executive of the Year in 1985 while with the Kansas City Royals

Class of 2008

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Class of 2016

•Pitched on the 1995 Atlanta Braves World Series Championship Team

•Played with the Atlanta Braves for two decades

•Eight-time All-Star and winner of the 1996 NL Cy Young Award

•Had more than 200 wins, 150 saves, and 3,000 strikeouts

Class of 2014

•Founded the Peachtree Road Race in 1970

•Founding member of the Atlanta Track Club

•Ran 73 marathons

Class of 2011

•Won 58 professional women’s golfing events, including 11 major tournaments

•Co-founder of the LPGA

•Inducted into six golfing Halls of Fame

•Authored two books on golfing for women

Class of 2008

•Played in Super Bowl XXXIII and Five Pro Bowls as an Atlanta Falcon

•Elected into College Football Hall of Fame in 2007

•Member of the Falcons Ring of Honor

Class of 2011

•A visionary whose impact on Atlanta sports will never be erased

•Owner of Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks, and World Championship Wrestling

•Creator of the Goodwill Games

•1977 America’s Cup Winner

Class of 2014

•A visionary whose impact on Atlanta sports will never be erased

•Owner of Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks, and World Championship Wrestling

•Creator of the Goodwill Games

•1977 America’s Cup Winner

Class of 2006

•Played in 246 games in 18 seasons as an Atlanta Falcons center

•Six-time National Football League Pro-Bowler

•Member of Falcons Ring of Honor and Georgia Sports Hall of Fame

Class of 2007

•Atlanta Braves broadcasting team for 33 years

•Recipients of 15 Sportscaster of the Year awards

•Members of the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame

Class of 2009

•Played eleven years for the Atlanta Hawks, contributing to four consecutive 50-win seasons

•Nine-time NBA All-Star

•Two-time NBA Slam Dunk champion

•Scored over 25,000 points in NBA

•Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame 

Class of 2005

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Class of 2016

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Class of 2017