Editing Hockey Hall of Fame (section)

====Alan Eagleson resignation====
In 1989, [[Alan Eagleson]], a longtime executive director of the [[NHL Players Association|National Hockey League Players' Association]] (NHLPA), was inducted as a builder. He resigned nine years later from the Hall after pleading guilty to [[Mail and wire fraud|mail fraud]] and embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the NHLPA pension funds.<ref>''Honoured members: the Hockey Hall of Fame'', p. 167</ref> His resignation came six days before a vote was scheduled to determine if he should be expelled from the Hall.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/article/186055 |title=Eagleson puts hockey memorabilia on block |date=February 27, 2007 |last=Hunter |first=Paul |access-date=January 10, 2008 |newspaper=Toronto Star |archive-date=April 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409125056/http://www.thestar.com/article/186055 |url-status=live }}</ref> Originally, the Hall of Fame was not going to become involved in the issue, but was forced to act when dozens of inductees, including [[Bobby Orr]], [[Ted Lindsay]] and [[Brad Park]], campaigned for Eagleson's expulsion, even threatening to renounce their membership if he was not removed. He became the first member of a sports hall of fame in North America to resign.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5DD1E3BF93BA2575BC0A965958260 |title=Eagleson Resigns Under Pressure |date=March 26, 1998 |last=Lapointe |first=Joe |access-date=January 10, 2008 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=June 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607120058/https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5DD1E3BF93BA2575BC0A965958260%2F |url-status=live }}</ref>