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By
logging onto
www.SportsHumanitarian.com sports
fans everywhere can witness the induction of Largent, a
Seattle Seahawks Pro Football Hall of Famer and former
U.S. congressman, Killebrew, a Minnesota Twins National
Baseball Hall of Famer, and Smith, an NBA World Champion
and Olympic gold medalist who played with NBA teams in
Miami, Atlanta, Portland, San Antonio, New Orleans and
Charlotte.
“We are
thrilled to bring the Boise induction of Steve Largent,
Harmon Killebrew and Steve Smith to a world-wide
audience,” said Larry Maneely, president of the board of
the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame. “Their
humanitarian accomplishments are impressive. Steve
Largent, Harmon Killebrew and Steve Smith have set the
bar high for all of us.”
The
Humanitarian Hall of Fame’s annual Humanitarian Awards
will also be presented as part of the induction
ceremonies. Legendary Georgia football coach Vince
Dooley and his wife Barbara will receive the
Hall’s Nell and John Wooden Lifetime
Coaching Achievement Award and Ohio’s Bobby Martin, who
broke physical limits and mended racial bridges while
playing high school football without legs, will receive
the Founder’s Award. Nampa Idaho’s Bill Lofholm, a
longtime caretaker of baseball fields in the suburban
Boise community, will receive the Don Simplot Idaho
Award.
The
two-hour program will include exclusive interviews with
Humanitarian Hall of Fame inductees and award recipients
at the conclusion of the stream along with appearances
by several well-known
sports figures including former Green Bay Packer star
and Super Bowl I and II champion Jerry Kramer, former
Michigan State basketball coach Jud Heathcote, and Boise
State University players Jared Zabransky,
Korey Hall and Mike T. Williams.
The
Humanitarian Hall of Fame, located on the Boise State
University campus, annually inducts individuals who are
world-class in athletic ability, role models in their
community and have a strong record of humanitarian
efforts. Since President Gerald R. Ford served as its
first honorary chairman in 1994 over 30
sports-humanitarians have been enshrined including
tennis great Arthur Ashe, major league baseball pioneer
Jackie Robinson, NFL coaching legend Tom Landry, the
NBA’s David Robinson, and soccer great Pelé.
About The
World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame
The World
Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame (www.SportsHumanitarian.com),
located on the Boise State University campus in Boise,
Idaho, recognizes individuals and organizations from the
world of amateur and professional athletics who, through
their humanitarian efforts, distinguish themselves as
role models in the community.
Since 1994
over thirty role models with world-class athletic
ability and exceptional humanitarian achievements have
been inducted to the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of
Fame. Each spring the induction ceremony includes
recipients of an annual humanitarian awards program that
recognizes community achievement in all corners of the
sporting world through its President’s Award, Pro Team
Community Award, Don Simplot Idaho Humanitarian Award,
the Tradition of Excellence Award presented to a Heisman
Trophy winner, and the Nell and John Wooden Humanitarian
Lifetime Coaching Achievement Award. Each year the Hall
of Fame, in partnership with Boise’s MPC Computers Bowl,
honors a player from each team with its Student
Humanitarian Award. The World Sports Humanitarian Hall
of Fame is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is
open weekdays to visitors and humanitarians of all ages.
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