List of Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame Inductees
List of Inductees

List of Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame Inductees

Section Title: List of Inductees
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MSG Walk of Fame Inductees

Name	Date Inducted (yyyy-mm-dd)	Category	Ref	Comment

First	Last

Kareem	Abdul-Jabbar	1992-09-15	sport: basketball

Muhammad	Ali	1992-09-15	sport: boxing

Larry	Bird	1992-09-15	sport: basketball

Bill	Bradley	1992-09-15	sport: basketball

Wilt	Chamberlain	1992-09-15	sport: basketball

Bob	Cousy	1992-09-15	sport: basketball

Glenn	Cunningham	1992-09-15	sport: track

Jack	Dempsey	1992-09-15	sport: boxing

Wayne	Gretzky	1992-09-15	sport: hockey

Nat	Holman	1992-09-15	sport: basketball, coach

Red	Holzman	1992-09-15	sport: basketball, coach

Gordie	Howe	1992-09-15	sport: hockey

Michael	Jordan	1992-09-15	sport: basketball

Joe	Lapchick	1992-09-15	sport: basketball, coach

Rod	Laver	1992-09-15	sport: tennis

Joe	Louis	1992-09-15	sport: boxing

Rocky	Marciano	1992-09-15	sport: boxing

George	Mikan	1992-09-15	sport: basketball

Bobby	Orr	1992-09-15	sport: hockey

Jesse	Owens	1992-09-15	sport: track

Willis	Reed	1992-09-15	sport: basketball

Maurice	Richard	1992-09-15	sport: hockey

Oscar	Robertson	1992-09-15	sport: basketball	For his college career.

Sugar Ray	Robinson	1992-09-15	sport: boxing

Bill	Russell	1992-09-15	sport: basketball

Elton	John	1992-10-10	entertainment: music	John was the first entertainer to be inducted, for "his many memorable appearances there".

Chris	Evert	1993-08-30	sport: tennis	Evert, Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King were the first women inducted into the MSG Walk of Fame.

Billie Jean	King	1993-08-30	sport: tennis	King, Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert were the first three women to be inducted into the MSG Walk of Fame.

Martina	Navratilova	1993-08-30	sport: tennis	Navratilova, Chris Evert and Billie Jean King were the first three women to be inducted into the MSG Walk of Fame.

Billy	Joel	1993-10-8	entertainment: music	2nd entertainer and 30th person to be inducted.

Marv	Albert	1996-10-29	sportscaster	First sportscaster inducted.

Lou	Carnesecca	1996-10-29	sport: basketball, coach

Oscar	De La Hoya	1996-10-29	sport: boxing

Patrick	Ewing	1996-10-29	sport: basketball

Joe	Frazier	1996-10-29	sport: boxing

Walt	Frazier	1996-10-29	sport: basketball

Rod	Gilbert	1996-10-29	sport: hockey

Steffi	Graf	1996-10-29	sport: tennis

Jackie	Joyner-Kersee	1996-10-29	sport: track

Carl	Lewis	1996-10-29	sport: track

John	McEnroe	1996-10-29	sport: tennis

Mark	Messier	1996-10-29	sport: hockey

Dave	DeBusschere	1997-10-21	sport: basketball

Phil	Esposito	1997-10-21	sport: hockey

Rolling Stones	1998-01-17	entertainment: music	First band to be inducted.

Scott	Hamilton	1998-03-14	sport: figure skating	First figure skater to be inducted.

Carol	Blazejowski	2003-09-18	sport: basketball	Inducted for scoring 52 points in a single game in 1977, before the era of 3-point baskets.

Harry	Howell	2003-09-18	sport: hockey

Dick	McGuire	2003-09-18	sport: basketball

Vince	McMahon	2003-09-18	sport: wrestling

Bob	Wolff	2003-09-18	sportscaster

George	Harrison	2006-08-01	entertainment: music	For the 35th anniversary of his ‘Concert for Bangladesh’, which raised over $15 million for UNICEF.

Teresa	Weatherspoon	2006-08-05	sport: basketball

Harry	Gallatin	2015-05-11	sport: basketball

Eddie	Giacomin	2015-05-11	sport: hockey

Grateful Dead	2015-05-11	entertainment: music	The Grateful Dead were to have been inducted in the 1990s, but the induction was postponed due to the death of the band's lead guitarist and singer, Jerry Garcia.

George	Kalinsky	2015-05-11	MSG: official photographer

Sentence(s)

In 1993, Joel was the second entertainer to be inducted into the Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame.

final_sentence: In 1993, Joel was the second entertainer to be inducted into the Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame.