Lionel for the Philly Sports Hall of Fame

We have many interconnected goals here at Lionel's Den and we should never lose sight of our magnetic north - calling on LaSalle basketball to return to greatness. However, we need small wins when we can get them.

The Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame, founded in 2002, is dedicated "to developing a sports hall of fame for Philadelphia as a means to preserve and promote the rich history of Philadelphia sports." Pro legends and college phenoms, players and coaches, arenas and stadiums - the Philly HOF is designed to recognize greatness in all forms.

What's LaSalle's corner of the yet to be built hall look like? Tom Gola, in. Joe Verdeur, LaSalle gold medal swimmer, in. Lionel? Shockingly, the namesake of this blog has yet to be enshrined. You can understand him not going ahead of Gola, but come on, the fourth class just welcomed a field hockey player and a soccer player.

You can try to ignore 3,217 points, but you can't ignore that many emails. I just submitted a nomination form and the response said "Thank-you. Your nomination has been received. Your choice is now eligible for consideration for Inductee Class IV." Is that all it took? Is it possible no one nominated him the past 5 years?


Use this link to lobby Lionel for the PHOF