“There are others, but it is likely that from this list the five Hall of Famers from this century will be chosen.” Havey J. Boyle, “Mirrors of Sport,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 10, 1935, p18
No earliest use given in 2009 Dickson Baseball Dictionary
NOTE: The baseball team of New York University was known as the Hall of Famers, after the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on its campus in the Bronx (now Bronx Community College).
