Nathan’s Wall of Fame removes 84-87 champs
A group from roadfood.com toured New York City hot dog restaurants and took a picture of the Nathan’s Wall of Fame which reveals that the champions from 1984 to 1987 have been dropped to make for space for future winners. Removing these listings eliminates whatever inaccuracies they might have contained, but discrepancies are still present between the remaining entries and newspaper archives.
| Wall of Fame | Newspaper Archives | |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Birgit Felden – 9.5 | Birgit Felden – 9.5 (10 minutes) |
| 1985 | Oscar Rodriguez – 11.75 | Oscar Rodriguez – 11.75 |
| 1986 | Don Wolfman – 12 | Mark Heller – 15.5 (10 minutes) |
| 1987 | Don Wolfman – 12 | Don Wolfman – 13.5 (10 minutes) |
| 1988 | Jay Green – 13 | Jay Green – 10 |
| 1989 | Jay Green – 14 | Jay Green – 15.5 |
| 1990 | Mike DeVito – 16 | Mike DeVito & Jay Green – 15 (tie) |
Maureen Dowd, now a famous columnist, wrote the article about the 1984 contest. She does not mention the winner’s name.
We will see if the truncation of the champions listing will foreshadow modifications to the picture section of the Wall of Fame.
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Anonymous said
March 20, 2008 @ 12:33 pm
It’s about time they change those pictures. There are a lot of pioneers of competitive eating whose everlasting contributions to the sport should be erased permanently.
anonymous said
March 20, 2008 @ 12:50 pm
Dont tell that to Don Lerman
Anonymous said
March 20, 2008 @ 2:42 pm
bull sh-t t to anoymous 12;33he pioneers pictures should remain forever .without them there would be no sport today
Anonymous said
March 20, 2008 @ 8:50 pm
To the wanabees,When the day comes that you compete and actually win an even then and only then will you ever be able to criticize the champs of the past.What have you ever done to deserve your picture up there””
Anonymous said
March 21, 2008 @ 2:30 am
The sarcasm was laid on pretty thick in the first comment. You guys really couldn’t sense it? Are you kidding me?
anonymous said
March 21, 2008 @ 10:44 am
There is alot of sarcasm on many of the comments replying to posts but some of you are too dumb to pick up on it Ex: Luther
Rhonda Evans said
March 21, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
I think that Wall of Fame is a wonderful, wonderful thing, and it must feel very special to be either mentioned or pictured on it..
The closest I’ll ever get to being associated with The Wall will be as someone who has accidentally drifted into the background of a camera shot of a fan trying to take a picture of the wall itself.