Scheduled to appear in Waco for the Induction Ceremonies are former  Houston Oilers owner Bud Adams. Houston Astros infielder Lance Berkman, former Baylor WR Lawrence Elkins, former University of Texas & MLB pitcher Burt Hooton, former Dallas Cowboys LB Chuck Howley, former Rice & Minnesota Viking QB Tommy Kramer, former Dallas Cowboys DE Harvey Martin (deceased), Baylor women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey, former Dallas Cowboys RB and asst. coach Dan Reeves and former SMU basketball star and Dallas Chaparrals GM & coach Max Williams. 


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CLASS OF 2009

BUD ADAMS. Co-founded the American Football League with Lamar Hunt. The AFL celebrates its 50th anniversary this season. One of two surviving original owners along with Buffalo’s Ralph Wilson, Adams & Clint Murchison brought professional football to Texas in 1960. The Oilers won the first two AFL titles & lost the championship game the third season. During the Luv Ya Blue era under Bum Phillips & Earl Campbell, the Oilers came within one victory of the Super Bowl two times. In the Run-and-Shoot era with Warren Moon, the Oilers made the playoffs a league-best seven consecutive years. Since moving his franchise to Nashville, the renamed Titans played in their first Super Bowl. After the Oilers moved, Houston built Reliant Stadium, Minute Maid Park & the Toyota Center.  Was also part owner of the Astros in 1962 & the owner of the Houston Mavericks basketball team in the American Basketball Association from 1967 to 1969.

LANCE BERKMAN. Waco TX native. Graduated from New Braunfels Canyon HS. All-America outfielder at Rice (1995-97). Career at Rice had a .385 average, 67 HRs & 272 RBIs. 1997 Nat’l College Player of the Year by Nat’l Collegiate Baseball Writers Assn. Currently plays 1B for Houston Astros (in 9th season with Astros) Career ML stats (through Aug. 30, 2009) - 1,548 hits, 306 HRs,  1,026 RBIs and a .300 average.   

LAWRENCE ELKINS.  Led Brownwood HS to 1960 state championship. Baylor WR 1963 & 1964 Consensus All SWC & All-American.  144 career receptions at Baylor for 2,094 yards & 19 TDs.  In 1963 led the nation & set a SWC record with 70 receptions for 873 yards & 8 TDs. Played in the 1965 East West Shrine Game, Coaches All-America Game & was MVP of the Hula Bowl. Played in the AFL with the Houston Oilers from 1965-1968 before injuries ended his career. Selected to the College Football HOF in 1994.  

BURT HOOTON. University of Texas pitcher 1969-71. Had a 35-3 record, 2 no-hitters, a 1.14 career ERA & 386 strikeouts. Hooton led Texas to three SWC titles & two trips to the College World Series. 2nd pick of the 1971 draft. Threw a no-hitter for the Chicago Cubs during his rookie season. Had a 151-136 career ML record & 3.38 ERA, 1,491 K’s with Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers & Texas Rangers. Made the All-Star team in 1981. Inducted into the National College Baseball HOF in 2008. Texas retired his number in 2009.

CHUCK HOWLEY.  Dallas Cowboys LB 1961-73. Made the NFL All-Pro team six times. Only player in history to be named MVP of the Super Bowl (V) from a losing team. Six time Pro Bowl selection. Inducted into the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor on October 30, 1977. Tom Landry - “I don’t know that I’ve seen anybody better at linebacker than Howley.”

TOMMY KRAMER. San Antonio, TX native. Threw three TDs & 257 yards in the 1971 4A title game victory over Wichita Falls. Senior season at Rice he led the nation in passing, consensus All-America & SWC selection, finished 5th in Heisman voting. Set school records at Rice for yards in a season (3,317 in 1976) & career passing yards with 6,197. Minesota Vikings QB from 1977-89, New Orleans 1990. 1986 Pro Bowl selection. Career 24,777 yards with 159 TD passes.  

HARVEY MARTIN (dec.)  South Oak Cliff HS. NAIA All-American as a senior at East Texas State in 1972. Led East Texas State to a National Championship in 1972. Lone Star Conference Player of the Decade for the 1970s.  DE for Dallas Cowboys 1973-1983. Four time Pro Bowl selection (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979). Four time All-Pro (1976, 1977, 1979, 1982). NFL All-Decade Team 1970s. 1977 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Co-MVP of Super Bowl XII with Randy White. Cowboys team leader in sacks for seven seasons. 114 career sacks.

KIM MULKEY. Baylor women’s basketball coach since 2000-01 season. In eight seasons at Baylor (216-59 record) she has eight straight 20 win seasons & seven NCAA tournament appearances. Advanced to the WNIT final in 2003. 2005 NCAA championship over Michigan State  - 3rd ever in Texas history & the first basketball title in Big 12 history. Joins Dean Smith & Bob Knight as the only people to have won NCAA basketball title as a player & as a coach. Coached four All-Americans  at Baylor. Mulkey’s record is Top 10 nationally in winning percentage.

DAN REEVES. Native of Rome, Georgia. The former South Carolina football star was a Dallas Cowboys RB/QB from 1965-1972.  Reeves had 1,990 rushing yards & 1,693 receiving yards. His best year came in 1966 when he rushed for seven touchdowns, good for a tie for second in the league & was voted to The Sporting News All Pro Team. The Cowboys made the playoffs every year of Reeves's playing days - reaching the Super Bowl twice & culminating in a 24-3 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI following the 1971 season.  Protégé of Tom Landry who served as an assistant coach with the Dallas Cowboys from 1970-1980.  

MAX WILLIAMS. Avoca, TX native. Considered the founder of pro basketball in Texas. Three-time all-state basketball selection. Led Avoca basketball to a 44-1 record in 1955 & the Class B state title over Big Sandy. Williams scored 1,264 points in 1955. Credited as the first prep player in Texas to use the behind-the-back dribble. Scored 30 points for Texas squad in the Oil Bowl All-Star game. All-SWC basketball player at SMU in 1960. Graduated as the third all-time scorer in SMU history. Helped organize the ABA’s Dallas Chaparrals & served as the team’s GM & Coach for two seasons starting in 1969-70.