Ford Hall of Fans Sweepstakes

The Ford Hall of Fans was created in partnership with the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The National Football League (NFL) is wildly popular and there are team Super Fans throughout the league. Ford Motor Company and the Pro Football Hall of Fame decided to honor these dedicated fans not only with a brand new Ford F-150, but also with a visit from an NFL hall-of-famer, their own enshrinement ceremony and permanent spot in the Hall!

The sweepstakes was open nationwide for fan submissions from the weekend of the Hall of Fame Game through roughly three quarters of the season. Once closed, submissions were carefully reviewed by a committee resulting in the selection of the final six contestants. The final six were then added to the website and we opened a voting period where visitors could vote for their favorite fan once per day during the duration of the contest.

This website was built using PHP on the Laravel framework with a MySQL database for storing submissions and voting results. Although I don't have any screenshots, we also developed a private sweepstakes administration interface where the committee could login to review submissions and vote counts in real-time.

This amazing program for football fans ran for four good years, but was unfortunately discontinued after the 2022 enshrinement ceremony. The following fans now have their own special place within the hallowed halls of the Pro Football Hall of Fame alongside NFL legends past and present. If you have a chance, stop by the Hall in Canton, Ohio and check out the display.

Class of 2022: Michael Banks, a Detroit Lions fan; Amy Nolan, a New York Giants fan; and Terence Young, a Chicago Bears fan.

Class of 2021: Arizona Cardinals fan Kristi Brown, Las Vegas Raiders fan Wayne Mabry, aka, “the Violator,” and Cleveland Browns fan Ray Prisby, aka, “Showdawg.”

Class of 2020: Kansas City Chiefs fan Janel Carbajo, aka, “Puppet Lady,” Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan Keith Kunzig, aka, “Big Nasty,” and Denver Broncos fan Rob Garner.

Class of 2019: Miami Dolphins fan Roger Avila, aka, “Dolfan Maniac,” Pittsburgh Steelers fan Rick Holman and Chicago Bears fan Don Wachter, aka, “Bearman.”