Augustana College Athletics

The “Tribe of Vikings Hall of Fame” has an interesting history at Augustana. It was the brainchild of former Augustana Director of Athletics Vince Lundeen and the first class was inducted on February 19, 1977. There were six inductions from 1977 through 1982. In Lundeen’s wisdom, he drew up a charter that broke the individual classes into decades so as to better compare athletes within workable time frames. The “Hall of Honor”, as it was formerly known, inducted classes by decades until 1982 when it came time to move into the 1960’s. At that time, the selection committee decided to cut the 1960’s in half, inducting seven athletes who graduated between 1960 and 1965.

Lundeen retired following the 1981-82 school year and with his retirement the “Hall of Honor” went into a dormant period that lasted two decades. For 20 years, from 1982 until homecoming weekend of 2002, the number of members in the “Tribe of Vikings Hall of Honor” stayed at 49. It was reinstated in 2002 and with it came a name change as well, as the honorees would now be inducted into the “Tribe of Vikings Hall of Fame”.

The “Hall of Fame” now inducts a class each year at homecoming. 2010 was the first time that the induction did not include athletes from specific graduation years.  Instead, it began an open phase that included any former Augustana athlete who graduated before the year 1999. The Hall of Fame constitution precludes athletes from being inducted until at least 10 years after their graduation. 

*NOTE: No induction ceremony took place in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19

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