Hall of Fame
The history of Northampton Saints is one filled with illustrious names. To recognise and honour their time in the black, green and gold the club established its Hall of Fame in 2004. To date 12 legendary players have been inducted:
- Ron Jacobs- Prop
- David Powell- Prop
- Ray Longland- Prop
- Gary Pearce- Prop
- Vince Cannon- Lock
- Don White- Flanker
- Tim Rodber- Back row
- Dickie Jeeps- Scrum-half
- Gordon Sturridge- Fly-half
- Jeff Butterfield- Centre
- Edgar Mobbs- Winger
- Garry Pagel- Prop (admitted 2012)
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Famous quotes containing the words hall of, hall and/or fame:
“Her cabined, ample spirit,
It fluttered and failed for breath.
Tonight it doth inherit
The vasty hall of death.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)
“In football they measure forty-yard sprints. Nobody runs forty yards in basketball. Maybe you run the ninety-four feet of the court; then you stop, not on a dime, but on Miss Liberty’s torch. In football you run over somebody’s face.”
—Donald Hall (b. 1928)
“Those poor farmers who came up, that day, to defend their native soil, acted from the simplest of instincts. They did not know it was a deed of fame they were doing. These men did not babble of glory. They never dreamed their children would contend who had done the most. They supposed they had a right to their corn and their cattle, without paying tribute to any but their governors. And as they had no fear of man, they yet did have a fear of God.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)