TAKE A TOUR OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SPORTS HALL OF FAME MUSEUM

The NC Sports Hall of Fame is located in downtown Raleigh on the third floor of the NC Museum of History and across from the fantastic Museum of Natural Sciences, so you can be forgiven for not knowing it was here!

The Hall of Fame celebrates excellence and extraordinary achievement in athletics, and commemorates and memorializes exceptional accomplishments in sports for the inspiration and enjoyment of all North Carolinian’s.

Michael Jordan

Jordan’s display highlights his illustrious career, from his collegiate days at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill to his more than 1,000 regular season games during his NBA career.

The Carolina Hurricanes

The National Hockey League (NHL) first arrived in North Carolina in 1997 when the Hartford Whalers relocated to Raleigh and became the Carolina Hurricanes.

North Carolina Women In Sports

While many North Carolina high schools were offering girls’ basketball as early as the 1920s, in 1972, Congress passed educational legislation that included Title IX, which prohibited, in part, discrimination against girls and women in athletics.

The first North Carolinian to compete in the Olympic Games was Harry Williamson, a track and field athlete from High Point who attended UNC–Chapel Hill qualified to race in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.

North Carolinians In Olympic Sports

Football

When you think of college football in North Carolina, ACC schools receive most of the attention, but East Carolina University (UCU) and Appalachian State University (App State) also boast successful football programs.

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