Tottenham Hotspur have announced that one of the club’s biggest legends and most celebrated captains of the modern era has become the latest to enter the Hall of Fame.
Last week, Tottenham announced plans to relaunch their Hall of Fame, with the initiative being first launched in 2004 and paused later in 2017 when White Hart Lane was demolished.
45 Spurs legends had already been inducted into the Hall of Fame, and they have been joined by three more legends in recent days.
On Monday, it was announced that Chris Hughton and Tottenham’s first captain Bobby Buckle have been inducted into the Hall of Fame, and the pair have now been joined in the exclusive club by a modern-day legend.
First Tottenham legends in March 2004
- Bill Nicholson
- Bill Brown
- Peter Baker
- Ron Henry
- Danny Blanchflower
- Maurice Norman
- Dave Mackay
- Cliff Jones
- John White
- Bobby Smith
- Les Allen
- Terry Dyson
- Terry Medwin
May 2004
- Keith Burkinshaw
October 2004
- Pat Jennings
Tottenham Hall of Fame induction March 2005
- Gary Mabbutt
May 2005
- Alan Mullery
November 2005
- Gary Lineker
March 2006
- Martin Peters
December 2006
- Glenn Hoddle
April 2007
- Martin Chivers
February 2008
- Ossie Ardiles
- Ricky Villa
May 2008
- Clive Allen
- Teddy Sheringham
December 2008
- David Ginola
February 2009
- Paul Allen
- Chris Waddle
December 2009
- Darren Anderton
- Steffen Freund
May 2010
- Phil Beal
- Ralph Coates
- John Pratt
December 2013
- Mike England
- Alan Gilzean
November 2014
- Ray Clemence
Posthumous Tottenham Hall of Fame inductions
- Jimmy Dimmock
- Arthur Grimsdell
- Willie Hall
- Ted Ditchburn
- Ron Burgess
October 2015
- Graham Roberts
- Paul Miller
April 2016
- Jimmy Greaves
- Steve Perryman
Tottenham’s most recent Hall of Fame inductees in September 2026
- Chris Hughton
- Bobby Buckle
- Ledley King
Ledley King becomes latest entrant into Tottenham’s Hall of Fame
Spurs have announced that former club captain and one of the club’s best-ever centre-backs, Ledley King, has become the 48th player to make it into the Hall of Fame.
The defender came through the Tottenham academy and made his debut at Anfield in 1999, and would go on to make 323 appearances for the Lilywhites.
King was a one-club man until the end, and his career was cut short at the age of just 31, with his knee problems forcing him into an early retirement in 2012.
The centre-back captained the team to the 2008 League Cup and played a key role in the club’s qualification for the Champions League for the first time in 2010.
After retirement, King was named Club Ambassador, a role he has held since, and he even briefly worked as part of Tottenham’s coaching staff under Jose Mourinho
King was one of the most naturally talented defenders in Premier League history
The players who played alongside and against King regularly name him as one of the best centre-backs they have witnessed.
That includes Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, who famously said that the former Tottenham man was the only defender who could cleanly win the ball from him without fouling or shirt pulling (SPORTbible).
King’s knee issues meant that he barely trained during the latter part of his career, and if not for his injury problems, the former Spurs captain would have got more than the 16 England caps he won through his career.