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The game behind the honours.
A foundation’s roll of honour, three homes and a building in downtown Atlanta offer several ways into the story of the College Football Hall of Fame.
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A roll of honour
The National Football Foundation founded the Hall in 1951 to honour the players and coaches of the college game.
Players become eligible ten years after their last college season and must have received major first-team All-America recognition; coaches need at least ten years as a head coach and 100 games.
Three homes
Before Atlanta, the Hall had buildings at Kings Mills, Ohio, from 1978 to 1992 and in South Bend, Indiana, from 1995 to 2012.
The Atlanta building opened on 23 August 2014, with interactive galleries and a 45-yard indoor football field.
The people of the game
As of the class of 2026, the Hall honours 1,129 players and 241 coaches from 328 schools.
This history belongs to the sport and the people who shaped it. The History page offers a longer introduction, and the timeline gives a short route through selected milestones.
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Sources & further reading
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