FSHOF Legends Dinner

Don Garlits
Alias, Big Daddy/Swamp Rat
Sport Championship Drag racing
Achievement - Winner of 17
National Championships & 144
major open events
Year Inducted - 1972
Nick Kotys
Football Coach
Achievement – In 20 years, lead
Coral Gables High School to a
160-33-9 record with six state and
four national championships
Year Inducted - 1984
Nat Moore
Football – Running Back
Achievement – Broke almost every
Miami Dolphins team record
during his 13 years in the NFL,
including 510 receptions for 7,547
yards and 74 touchdowns
Year Inducted - 1988
Doug Sanders
Golf
Achievement – Won 20 PGA
tournaments and finished 13
times in the top-10 at major
championships
Year Inducted - 1972
Rick Casares
Football – Fullback
Achievement – Completed a 10-year NFL
career, including 59 touchdowns, five
consecutive pro bowl selections and
ranked 3rd all time with 5,675 rushing
yards
Year Inducted - 1972
Ray Graves
Football Coach
Achievement – Led Florida to five
bowl appearances and was the
winningest coach in Florida
football history until Steve
Spurrier surpassed him in 1996
Year Inducted - 1972
Hal Smeltzly
Baseball Coach
Achievement – Coached for 34 years at
the collegiate and international levels
and piloted Florida Southern College to
six NCAA South Regional
Championships and three NCAA
Division II National Titles
Year Inducted – 1987
Wade Boggs
Baseball – Third Base
Achievement – Only 20th-Century player with
seven straight 200-hit seasons; reached base
safely in 80 percent of games played; began
career with 10 consecutive seasons hitting
above .300; a five-time batting champion who
also lead the league in on-base percentage and
intentional walks six times each; a 12-time allstar, hit .328 with 3,010 hits and 1,412 walks.
Year Inducted – 2003
Donnie Allison
Autoracing
Achievement – Won 10 Winston
Cup races, 17 poles and 115 top10 finishes as a member of the
famed “Alabama Gang”
Year Inducted – 2000
Mike Martin
Baseball Coach
Achievement – Sixth all-time winningest
coach in NCAA Division-I college
baseball history, second all-time
winning percentage and the eighth
coach to reach 1,400 collegiate
baseball wins.
Year Inducted – 2005
Earl Morrall
Football – Quarterback
Achievement – Played in 255
games, completing 1,379 passes
for 20,809 yards, 161 touchdowns
and Pro Bowl appearances in
1957 and 1968
Year Inducted – 2000
Angelo Dundee
Boxing Coach
Achievement – Worked with 15 world
boxing champions, including
Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard,
Jose Napoles, George Foreman, Jimmy
Ellis, Carmen Basilio and Luis
Rodriguez
Year Inducted – 1976
Bill Peterson
Football Coach
Achievement – Considered one of the unique
characters in college sports, Peterson is
credited with bringing the pro passing game
to college football. He is also known as the
"Coach of Coaches", having tutored such
coaches as Joe Gibbs, Bill Parcells, Bobby
Bowden, Don James, Dan Henning, Ken
Meyer.
Year Inducted – 1975