Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 3, 1 Malaki 2014 — Polynesian Football Hall of Fame [ARTICLE]

Polynesian Football Hall of Fame

The Polynesian Cultural Center will be the permanent home of the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame. The Lā'ie attraction, whieh in January 2015 will open a Hall of Fame exhibit between the main entrance and the Paeihe Theater, will be the site of future induction ceremonies. A ceremony for the inaugural class of 2014 inductees was held in January at the Hawai'i Convention Center. Among the honorees were U.S. Naval Academy head eoaeh Ken Niumatalolo; the late Herman "Squirmin' Herman" Wedemeyer, the first Polynesian to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame; retired Chicago Bears' center Olin Kreutz and the late San Diego Chargers Hall of Famer Junior Seau. In a press release, PCC said it plans to work with the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame board to develop youth and community educational initiatives and marketing programs to promote the exhibit and Polynesia's plaee in the history of football. For more on the Hall of Fame, see the December issue of Ka Wai Ola online at www.oha.org/kwo.

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