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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,584 posts)
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 06:26 PM Apr 18

Trump officials push Theodore Roosevelt for Pro Football Hall of Fame

Source: Washington Post

Trump officials push Theodore Roosevelt for Pro Football Hall of Fame

“I think we’re going to see Theodore Roosevelt inducted,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said at an event on Thursday.

April 18, 2026 at 2:12 p.m. EDT Today at 2:12 p.m. EDT
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President Donald Trump joined NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser last year to announce plans to host the 2027 NFL Draft in Washington. (Annabelle Gordon/For The Washington Post)

By Dan Diamond
The Trump administration has urged professional football’s leaders to induct Theodore Roosevelt into the sport’s hall of fame, with one top official predicting it will happen within the year.

“I’d say keep it a secret. Keep your fingers crossed. But I think we’re going to see Theodore Roosevelt inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said at an event Thursday at the National Portrait Gallery, touting the former president’s work to make the game safer.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/18/nfl-hall-theodore-roosevelt-trump/



There's a payoff in here somewhere.

The New York Post was the first paper to have the story. It is not acceptable as a news source in LBN.

NFL Exclusive

Senior Trump official pushing for Teddy Roosevelt’s induction into Football Hall of Fame: ‘Saved football’
By James Franey
Published April 18, 2026, 1:35 p.m. ET

https://nypost.com/2026/04/18/sports/trump-official-pushes-for-teddy-roosevelts-football-hall-of-fame-induction/
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Trump officials push Theodore Roosevelt for Pro Football Hall of Fame (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 18 OP
James Caan was great in Brian's Song. displacedvermoter Apr 18 #1
So was Billy Dee Williams. ShazzieB Apr 18 #19
Same plaque, in Bears uniforms! displacedvermoter Apr 19 #32
I attended a university with the best football team in the world. Irish_Dem Apr 18 #2
So, you went to Florida State? Lochloosa Apr 18 #6
ha ha do they have a football team? Irish_Dem Apr 18 #9
Do you know the difference between FSU's football team and a dollar bill? rubbersole Apr 18 #15
My football team is in the cold midwest, some players leave to go to Florida. Irish_Dem Apr 19 #36
Girls in Florida wear bikinis to family reunions. rubbersole Apr 19 #45
Good God, we thought the Florida coaches were lying. Irish_Dem Apr 19 #46
An Ohio State cheerleader was driving her booster sugardaddy's BMW ... rubbersole Apr 19 #48
Cheerleaders are not hired for their IQ. Irish_Dem Apr 19 #49
Cold concrete stadiums huh? Pesky1 Apr 19 #53
Go Canes genxlib Apr 19 #51
You got my vote! Permanut Apr 18 #28
WTF That's real important. Something else for Trump to claim he accomplished as his legacy. flashman13 Apr 18 #3
I nominate Ted Cruz... walkingman Apr 18 #4
I'd never heard that. 😂😂😂 underpants Apr 19 #50
Apparently, Trump doesn't have anything better to do. sop Apr 18 #5
With peace around the world, a humming economy, happy fellow countrymen, low oil prices, Wonder Why Apr 19 #38
That Was My First Thought! ProfessorGAC Apr 19 #54
Insane. Srkdqltr Apr 18 #7
Is this meant to deflect attention from the fact that TR received an actual (not g(r)ifted) Nobel Peace Prize? jls4561 Apr 18 #8
Shush, now! GenThePerservering Apr 18 #10
The D.C. Mayor doesn't blue-wave Apr 18 #11
So does Goodell actually. Both of them are there because the KPN Apr 18 #25
Not the Onion? Talitha Apr 18 #12
The real football helmet testing was done under Howard Taft's administration Brother Buzz Apr 18 #13
Kash Patel conducting an investigation into international terrorism. rubbersole Apr 18 #16
Bob Kennedy testing new treatment option displacedvermoter Apr 19 #35
Yikes, where were scientists back then? Polybius Apr 19 #40
They were busy inspecting Taft's bathrub Brother Buzz Apr 19 #47
I thought Trump was down on various displacedvermoter Apr 18 #14
Glad our government is focused on the important issues Mysterian Apr 18 #17
Roosevelt, was not a typical Republican bmichaelh Apr 18 #18
Roosevelt would've hated Trump with every fiber of his being nt Rob H. Apr 18 #20
Well that should bring down the price of gas. SunSeeker Apr 18 #21
At least 50% of the population Henry203 Apr 18 #22
He was the four-term guy, right? (ducks) eggplant Apr 18 #23
If that is right, that is sad. Teddy was a huge influence in the creation of our KPN Apr 18 #26
Teddy enacted safety regulations. BidenRocks Apr 18 #24
Pretty transparent: TR is step 1, to set precedent. Then they will demand The Dotard get it too. RockRaven Apr 18 #27
WTF is LBN? God, I hate acronyms. Firestorm49 Apr 18 #29
Late Breaking News BidenRocks Apr 19 #30
I nominate Chico Escuela for the baseball hall of fame. twodogsbarking Apr 19 #31
"Base-a-ball has been berry, berry good to me." ProudMNDemocrat Apr 19 #34
Habe a womberful day my sweet. twodogsbarking Apr 19 #39
The same TR that was in "Night At The Museum" films? ProudMNDemocrat Apr 19 #33
Ummmm, what did Teddy Roosevelt actually have to do with football? oberle Apr 19 #37
He's credited with sparking reforms that essentially saved the sport. onenote Apr 19 #43
Like the President of the United States doesn't have anything more important to do. Dyedinthewoolliberal Apr 19 #41
Every leak from the Trump administration on how they'd like to divert attention is Important News of National Interest muriel_volestrangler Apr 19 #42
There's a non-zero chance that Trump will sign an EO restoring all native team names before 2028 Prairie Gates Apr 19 #44
Setting a presidential precedent for some sports award for himself, no doubt. Ocelot II Apr 19 #52
What am I missing? Roosevelt died January 6, 1919. rsdsharp Apr 19 #55
You want to honor T.R.? valleyrogue Apr 19 #56
Bully! BidenRocks Apr 20 #57

rubbersole

(11,270 posts)
15. Do you know the difference between FSU's football team and a dollar bill?
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 08:08 PM
Apr 18

You can get 4 quarters out of a dollar bill.

🙌 - Go Canes!

Irish_Dem

(82,195 posts)
36. My football team is in the cold midwest, some players leave to go to Florida.
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:03 AM
Apr 19

They go to play for Florida schools, they have been told the girls attend class in their bikinis!

Is this actually true, the girls go to school half naked?

Some of our players have fallen for this promise hook line and sinker.

I guess it is true that Florida girls aren't wearing six layers of winter clothing a lot of the time.

rubbersole

(11,270 posts)
45. Girls in Florida wear bikinis to family reunions.
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 10:15 AM
Apr 19

Ironically, it's the spring breakers (just over) from the Midwest and North that can't seem to show enough flesh. Very pale flesh, but flesh nonetheless. I live near the beach and going to the grocery store around Easter is always a study in "nothing left to the imagination" anatomy. Not a complaint, just an observation.

Irish_Dem

(82,195 posts)
46. Good God, we thought the Florida coaches were lying.
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 11:28 AM
Apr 19

Florida girls go almost naked to family reunions with grandma and the aunts in attendance?

That would not fly in Ohio. Girls would be sent out to go get themselves covered up.

Of course what the same girls do on Easter break is their own business.

Every one told the Ohio football players the the Florida coaches were lying
and the girls in Florida did not parade around in bikinis everywhere.

But come to think of it the southern cheerleaders look like working girls.

rubbersole

(11,270 posts)
48. An Ohio State cheerleader was driving her booster sugardaddy's BMW ...
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 01:36 PM
Apr 19

..down the road when it began to sputter and stall. She coasted in to a service station and a mechanic came out and asked "What's wrong?"
She said "I don't know. It just died."
"Pop the hood and I'll take a look." After about ten minutes he looked up and said "OK, try it now."
She turned the key and it cranked right up. "What was wrong?"
He said "Crap in the carburetor."
She asked ""Well, how often do I have to do that?"

Pesky1

(84 posts)
53. Cold concrete stadiums huh?
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 02:40 PM
Apr 19

I'd invite one of those cold stadium tough teams to Gainesville, Florida early in September, when it is 85 degrees in the evening. Against one of the good Florida teams. Love to watch all the cold stadium fat boys run around dripping sweat, huffing and puffing.

I'm a Tennessee fan and have seen this heat in action.

walkingman

(11,130 posts)
4. I nominate Ted Cruz...
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 06:42 PM
Apr 18

The "Ted Cruz Curse" is a sports superstition among Texans, holding that Texas-based sports teams lose when Senator Ted Cruz attends their games or cheers for them.

Wonder Why

(7,215 posts)
38. With peace around the world, a humming economy, happy fellow countrymen, low oil prices,
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:32 AM
Apr 19

Immigration going good, no issues with corruption, an honest government and looking forward to a friendly election season, he's entitled to his first day off in a year.

ProfessorGAC

(77,212 posts)
54. That Was My First Thought!
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 02:47 PM
Apr 19

Why the heck are they even giving this effort a thought?
Who cares?
Besides, TR would have fought all the economic ideals they push.
He was hardly an ally to their philosophy. I would think they'd be more prone to trying to write him out of US hustory.

jls4561

(3,256 posts)
8. Is this meant to deflect attention from the fact that TR received an actual (not g(r)ifted) Nobel Peace Prize?
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 06:45 PM
Apr 18

If this bunch of bozos actually wanted to honor the spirit of TR, they would preserve his legacy of reverence for the natural wonders of this country.

blue-wave

(5,497 posts)
11. The D.C. Mayor doesn't
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 07:29 PM
Apr 18

have just a frown on her face. That looks like a scowl to me. Did anyone coerce her to be there?

KPN

(17,491 posts)
25. So does Goodell actually. Both of them are there because the
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 11:08 PM
Apr 18

billionaires own own Trump told them to be there, and support Trump.

Brother Buzz

(40,360 posts)
13. The real football helmet testing was done under Howard Taft's administration
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 07:38 PM
Apr 18

An Old-School Method of Testing Football Helmets from 1912

Polybius

(22,101 posts)
40. Yikes, where were scientists back then?
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:43 AM
Apr 19

I know it's 1912, but someone had to have known that it could cause permanent damage.

displacedvermoter

(4,961 posts)
14. I thought Trump was down on various
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 07:58 PM
Apr 18

rules brought in to improve safety, like kickoff rule, quarterback protection rules, and other attempts at injury prevention. Not sure what brought this on.

Mysterian

(6,607 posts)
17. Glad our government is focused on the important issues
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 08:19 PM
Apr 18

How have we not yet revolted against the insanity?

bmichaelh

(1,256 posts)
18. Roosevelt, was not a typical Republican
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 08:39 PM
Apr 18

Last edited Sat Apr 18, 2026, 11:36 PM - Edit history (1)

Has anyone told them although he is considered a Republican, he would probably have very little in common with Trump's Republican party.

He left the Republican Party and joined the Progressive Party.

He was also a trust buster in some cases.

I saw the film The Longest Day recently.

Henry Fonda, played his son in that movie and he stormed the beaches on D-Day and despite having arthritis, he refused to use that as excuse to avoid combat.


KPN

(17,491 posts)
26. If that is right, that is sad. Teddy was a huge influence in the creation of our
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 11:13 PM
Apr 18

National Forest and National Park systems. He was actually a progressive.

RockRaven

(19,705 posts)
27. Pretty transparent: TR is step 1, to set precedent. Then they will demand The Dotard get it too.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 11:16 PM
Apr 18

And why should The Dotard be in the pro football HOF? Because fuck you, that's why.

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(16,229 posts)
41. Like the President of the United States doesn't have anything more important to do.
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:56 AM
Apr 19

Even if he hadn't mis-managed everything that has come across his path during both terms in office, this would still be still be a 'what the hell are you doing?' moment.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,541 posts)
42. Every leak from the Trump administration on how they'd like to divert attention is Important News of National Interest
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 09:23 AM
Apr 19

You can tell, because this is in DU's LBN. Even if nothing has actually happened yet, all of us must go along with the Trump regime's claim that every idea that crosses his tiny mind is Important, and must be reported as Breaking.

That this is a vague description of a future argument about whether TR 's intervention in the amateur game is of sufficient import to get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame doesn't matter; US news is All Trump, All The Time. It's not just that Trump ought to have more important things to do; it's that the US, even DU, has been bent to his demented will so much that we ought to have more important things to regard as "News", but don't.

Ocelot II

(131,159 posts)
52. Setting a presidential precedent for some sports award for himself, no doubt.
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 02:39 PM
Apr 19

Supposedly he played baseball relatively competently while in high school, which he will claim entitles him to a spot in Cooperstown, or at least an MVP award. I think they give you a nice plaque. It would have to be gold, of course.

rsdsharp

(12,090 posts)
55. What am I missing? Roosevelt died January 6, 1919.
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 02:48 PM
Apr 19

The NFL was founded September 17, 1920. Teddy did zip for pro football; college football, maybe, but not pro as far as I can see.

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