Famous athletes and sportsmen already received already lots of sports gifts from their fans, their management committee to awards for their achievement in sports. But to be given a Sports Hall of Fame award is priceless for these athletes. This is to acknowledge the success and the contribution of athletes in any sports they were into. Like this list of top American great athletes of 20^th century that was profiled by ESPN.

Michael Jordan         Basketball

Babe Ruth                  - Baseball

Muhammad Ali         - Boxing

Jim Brown                 - NFL Football

Wayne Gretzky        - Hockey

Jesse Owens              - Sprint

Jim Thorpe                - Baseball, football, also decathlon and pentathlon

Willie Mays                - Baseball

Jack Nicklaus             - Gulf

Babe Didrikson         - basketball, track, golf, baseball, tennis, swimming, diving, boxing, volleyball, handball, bowling, billiards, skating and cycling

Joe Louis Jr.              - Boxing

ESPN Listed 100  Athletes and these are only the top 10 from their list.