Election 2009
Vote for the Wall of Fame. Vote for Right To Play
The Sporting Wall of Fame, situated in the headquarters of Infostrada Sports in the Netherlands and on the web: walloffame.infostradasports.com, aims to select 500 of the best sportsmen and sportswomen across a vast array of sports.
The members of the Wall of Fame are a continuing subject of debate and therefore we are introducing an annual ballot to decide which sportsman and sportswoman will be added to the Wall of Fame. So choose your favourites and not only help create the best Wall of Fame but also support Right To Play! For every vote Infostrada Sports will donate 5 euro cents to help Right To Play continue its great work.
Please vote here
The Wall of Fame nominees
One male and one female athlete will be added to the Wall of Fame. These are the nominees:
Men:
- Paul Breitner (Football) - scored in two World Cup finals, winning one and losing the other. Also won European Championship, European Champions Cup and seven domestic championships in West Germany and Spain.
- Jan Raas (Cycling - Road) - 1979 World Road Cycling Champion who also won Ronde van Vlaanderen twice, Paris - Roubaix and Milan - San Remo amongst his 100+ professional wins. Raas also won the Amstel Gold Race five times and 10 Tour de France stages.
- Kapil Dev (Cricket) - Indian all-rounder who captained India to World Cup success in 1983. He was named as Indian Cricketer of the Century by cricket reference book Wisden in 2002.
Women:
- Shirley Fry (Tennis) - won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments during the 1950s and was the third woman to achieve this. She also won 12 Grand Slam women's doubles tournaments in the same period, completing the career Grand Slam in doubles in 1957 at the Australian Open.
- Lisa Leslie (Basketball) - three-time WNBA MVP who retired from the sport at the beginning of 2009. She was the first woman to dunk the ball in a WNBA match and became the first WNBA player to scored over 6000 points. She currently holds the league records for points, rebounds and PRA (points+rebounds+assists)
- Beryl Burton (Cycling) - Five time world champion on the track (in individual pursuit), Burton won world championship track cycling medals in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She was also road race world champion in 1960 and 1967. Burton also set a 12 hour time trial record of 277.25 miles in 1967, a distance which was not surpassed by a man until two years later.
Right To Play
Right To Play is an international humanitarian organisation that uses sport and play programs to improve health, develop life skills, and foster peace for children and communities in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Working in both the humanitarian and development context, Right To Play trains local community leaders as Coaches to deliver its programs in countries affected by war, poverty, and disease in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and South America.
Infostrada Sports
Infostrada Sports is a worldwide provider of comprehensive sports statistics and information services. The core of Infostrada Sports' activities are its sports databases. All facts and figures on matches, athletes, teams, results, competitions, tournaments, stadiums, sponsors and much more are stored in what are now considered to be one of the world's largest sports databases.
Infostrada Sports not only covers facts and figures, but also historical results, articles, biographies, actual statistics and sports-related material such as photos, news, calendars and memorabilia on over 100 sports.
- Infostrada Sports donates 5 euro cents to Right To Play for every vote, with a minimum total of 1000 Euros and a maximum of 5000 Euros.
- Right To Play has no ties with the nominated athletes.
