Former Tar Heel standouts Tyler Hansbrough, the ACC’s all-time leading scorer and only four-time first-team All-America men’s basketball player in league history, and Eddie Pope, a five-time MLS All-Star and starter for the United States Men’s National Team in the 2002 World Cup, were inducted Friday in the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.
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\nThey were among 10 inductees in the Class of 2026 joining Chip Beck (golf), Heather Bergsma (speed skating), Louis Breeden (football), Leonard Hamilton (basketball), Richard Huntley (football), John Isner (tennis), Norvell Lee (basketball) and Jerry Winterton (wrestling). Kelvin Sampson was elected but deferred his induction for a year.
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\nHansbrough and Pope are the 65th and 66th former Tar Heel players, coaches and athletic directors to be inducted in the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n
University of North Carolina Members of the NC Sports Hall of Fame
\nDonna Andrews (women’s golf)
\nScott Bankhead (baseball)
\nGeorge Barclay (football)
\nJim Beatty (men’s track)
\nPete Brennan (men’s basketball)
\nRod Broadway (football)
\nMack Brown (football)
\nJason Brown (football)
\nKelvin Bryant (football)
\nJack Cobb (men’s basketball)
\nDennis Craddock (cross country, track and field)
\nBrad Daugherty (men’s basketball)
\nWalter Davis (men’s basketball)
\nAnson Dorrance (women’s soccer)
\nBill Dooley (football)
\nLaura Dupont (women’s tennis)
\nWoody Durham (media)
\nGreg Ellis (football)
\nChuck Erickson (athletic director, golf)
\nBob Fetzer (athletic director, track and field)
\nRaymond Floyd (men’s golf)
\nPhil Ford (men’s basketball)
\nMike Fox (baseball)
\nLee Gliarmis Sr. (football, men’s soccer)
\nBill Guthridge (men’s basketball)
\nTyler Hansbrough (men’s basketball)
\nMarshall Happer (men’s tennis)
\nDee Hardison (football)
\nSylvia Hatchell (women’s basketball)
\nBunn Hearn (baseball)
\nKen Huff (football)
\nAntawn Jamison (men’s basketball)
\nBobby Jones (men’s basketball)
\nMichael Jordan (men’s basketball)
\nCharlie Justice (football)
\nClyde King (baseball)
\nDavis Love III (men’s golf)
\nPage Marsh (women’s golf)
\nBob McAdoo (men’s basketball)
\nDon McCauley (football)
\nMonk McDonald (men’s basketball)
\nBones McKinney (men’s basketball)
\nPaul Miller (football)
\nAllen Morris (men’s tennis)
\nHugh Morton (photo journalism)
\nBob Quincy (sports information)
\nJulius Peppers (football)
\nEddie Pope (men’s soccer)
\nWalter Rabb (baseball)
\nLennie Rosenbluth (men’s basketball)
\nLee Shaffer (men’s basketball)
\nKaren Shelton (field hockey)
\nDon Skakle (men’s tennis)
\nFloyd “Chunk” Simmons (men’s track)
\nCharlotte Smith (women’s basketball)
\nDean Smith (men’s basketball)
\nJerry Stackhouse (men’s basketball)
\nEd Sutton (football)
\nJohn Swofford (football, director of athletics)
\nDanny Talbott (football\/baseball)
\nJake Wade (media)
\nTony Waldrop (men’s track)
\nSue Walsh (women’s swimming)
\nHarvie Ward (men’s golf)
\nArt Weiner (football)
\nCarla Werden (women’s soccer)
\nBurgess Whitehead (baseball)
\nRoy Williams (men’s basketball)
\nHarry Williamson (men’s track)
\nJames Worthy (men’s basketball)<\/p>\n
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