DENVER — What do a CU basketball standout, an All-Star shortstop, a World Cup skiing champion, a Broncos Ring of Famer, and a Hall of Fame basketball coach all have in common? They're all part of the newest class that will be inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.
Here are the 2025 Colorado Sports Hall of Fame inductees.
Mikaela Shiffrin
She holds the record for most World Cup ski wins — regardless of gender — with 98. In 2023, she broke Lindsey Vonn's wins record for women which had been 82. Vonn is also in the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 2020. That same ski season, Shiffrin went on to break the overall wins record of 86.
Simon Fletcher
The Broncos Ring of Famer played his entire 11-year career in Denver. He is second on the Broncos' all-time sacks leaderboard, behind only Von Miller, with 97.5. Fletcher was added to the Broncos Ring of Fame in 2016. He appeared in all 172 games during his playing career.
Lisa Van Goor
Van Goor holds the distinction of being the only University of Colorado basketball player, man or woman, to record more than 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds for their career. The 6-foot, 4-inch center was twice a finalist for national Player of the Year during her career at CU. She was inducted into the CU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.
Bubbles Anderson
Theodore "Bubbles" Anderson was the only Denver-born player to play in the Negro Leagues. Anderson started out playing for the semi-pro Denver White Elephants, an all-Black team, at the age of 15. In 1922, when he was 17, Anderson, who primarily played second base, was signed by the Kansas City Monarchs. He went on to play three more seasons in the Negro Leagues with the Washington Potomacs, Birmingham Black Barons and the Indianapolis ABCs.
Bubbles served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He died from a gastric ulcer when he was 38. Anderson is buried at Fairmount Cemetery.
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Larry Brown
Brown coached the Nuggets for five seasons from 1974-1979, winning ABA Coach of the Year awards in 1975 and 1976. During his stint with the Nuggets, the team had a 251-134 regular season record.
Brown is the only head coach to have ever won an NCAA championship and an NBA championship during their careers. He has been inducted into both the NCAA College Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
Troy Tulowitzki
Everyone join in <clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, TULO!> Troy Tulowitzki played 10 of his 13 Major League Baseball seasons with the Rockies. He finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year voting in 2007, helping Colorado that year to its only World Series appearance. "Tulo" won Gold Gloves in back-to-back years, and was awarded two Silver Sluggers as a Rockie.
The Colorado Sports Hall of Fame & Museum is located at Gate 1 on the west side of Empower Field at Mile High, at 1701 Bryant Street in Denver.
A banquet celebrating the inductees is set for April 9, 2025 at the Hilton Denver City Center at 1701 California St. Tickets to attend the banquet are $250 each.
