Tadashi Henry "Bozo" Wakabayashi (?? ??) (1908-1965), a member of the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame Inaugural Induction Class of 1998, was a professional baseball player in Japan. He attended President William McKinley High School in Honolulu before heading to Japan and Hosei University, where he won three Tokyo Big6 Baseball League championships and became the first itcher to win 40 games and holds the college league record for career games pitched (87). In 1936, Wakabayashi signed to play in the first professional baseball league in Japan, where he led the Osaka Tigers to championships in 1940 and 1944. The Hawaiian-born second generation Japanese American renounced his American citizenship in 1941, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Following the war, he returned to professional baseball, doubling as a manager and player, on his march towards 233 career wins. In 1950, he joined the Pacific League Mainichi Orions and became the oldest pitcher to record a shut-out win. He retired in 1953 after notching his 1000th strikeout. He won the league MVP award in 1944 and 1947, and was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964. After retiring, he was given a position in the Mainichi franchise, but left after only one year to become a coach for the Tombow Unions. He worked as a pitching coach for the Taiyo Whales, and became the head coach for the Nishitetsu Lions in 1963. He lost a battle with stomach cancer in 1965. The Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame was first established in 1977 in an Executive Order signed by Governor Benjamin Cayetano. In 2003, Governor Linda Lingle signed into law a bill passed by the State Legislature to confirm the permanency of the Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame as a self-sustaining non-profit organization and designated it the "state museum for sports history in the islands." Athletes are nominated in chronological order and/or by decade. The first class was inducted in 1998 and selected from among those who distinguished themselves from 1849 -1959, the historical benchmark prior to Statehood. Every nominee for induction must receive an 80 percent approval rating by the Selection Committee and unanimous approval by the Commission. The Hall of Fame currently maintains displays at Aloha Stadium, Honolulu International Airport, and a flagship exhibition at the Bishop Museum's Paki Hall, featuring inductee photographs, profiles and memorabilia.

As a coach first and then as the managing general partner, Al Davis turned the Oakland Raiders into one of the most successful franchises in professional football. Building on an unwavering philosophy that stressed a strong-armed quarterback, a powerful offensive line and a man-to-man defense, Davis’s teams played in five Super Bowls and, in an eight-year period beginning in 1976, won three of them. In Davis’s first 40 years with the franchise, the team suffered only seven losing seasons, won 12 division championships and played in 12 conference championship games. For many years, his teams were known for a physical, almost intimidating style of play. Davis also was renown for hiring the first African-American coach in the modern NFL and hiring a female as his team’s chief executive. Davis was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992. He was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame in 2010, and his plaque can be found at SFO Gate 81. The Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame, started in 1979 by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce’s Sports Committee and former president of the San Francisco 49ers, Lou Spadia, honors the Bay Area’s athletic legends. The first Enshrinement Banquet was held in 1980 and honored Bay Area sports legends Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays, Hank Luisetti, Ernie Nevers and Bill Russell. Each enshrinee receives a bronze plaque of their likeness which is displayed at the banquet and featured in the United Airlines terminal at SFO International Airport before being moved to a permanent location near the stadium, university, golf club, or school they were involved with in the Bay Area. San Francisco International Airport (IATA: SFO, ICAO: KSFO, FAA LID: SFO), located 13 miles south of downtown San Francisco in unincorporated San Mateo County, offers non-stop links with more than 30 international points on 25 international carriers. The Bay Area's largest airport connects non-stop with more than 65 cities in the U.S. on 20 domestic airlines. The airport originally opened on May 7, 1927 as Mills field Municipal Aiport and was renamed San Francisco Municipal Airport in 1931, with the Municipal replaced by International in 1955. SFO was voted “North America’s Best Airport” in 2008 by passengers for its outstanding customer service and amenities. In 2007, the San Francisco International Airport was ranked #121 on the AIA 150 America's Favorite Architecture list.