white photographs the players' numbers are nearly invisible. During a difficult 1-10 season in 1984, football head coach Bill McCartney employed black "throwback" jerseys for an emotional lift for the games against Oklahoma and Nebraska, without success. In April 1985, the CU athletic teams were given the option of blue or black. The football team chose to wear black, and at Folsom Field the background for the signature "Colorado" arc (at the base of the seats behind the south end zone), blue for four years, was repainted black as well. On the football uniforms, the blue was reduced to a stripe on the sleeve for three seasons (1985–87) before being dropped completely in 1988. In 2007, CU debuted new football jerseys that reintegrated silver as a uniform color. Facilities University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame Criteria for automatic selection: Three-time all-conference selection, two-time All-American, trophy winner or previously retired jersey. Beginning in 2015, the school went from a two-year to one year induction cycle to catch up on its history. Inductees are nominated by their peers in the Alumni C Club or by members of the selection committee. Class of 1998 Byron White (football, basketball, baseball, track, 1935–38) Class of 1999 Gil Cruter (track, 1934–37) Burdette "Burdie" Haldorson (basketball, 1952–55) William "Kayo" Lam (football, 1933–35) Joe Romig (football, 1959–61) Lisa Van Goor (basketball, 1981–85) Class of 2000 David Bolen (track, 1946–48) Jimmie Heuga (skiing, 1961–63) Dean Lahr (wrestling, 1962–64) Pat Patten (wrestling, cross country, track, 1940–47) Class of 2002 Dick Anderson (football, 1965–67) Harry Carlson (baseball coach, athletic director, 1927–65) Darian Hagan (football, 1988–91) Carroll Hardy (baseball, football, track, 1951–54) Hale Irwin (golf, football, 1964–67) Russell "Sox" Walseth (men's and women's basketball coach, 1956–76 and 1980–83) Class of 2004 Don Branby (football, basketball, baseball, 1949–52) Eddie Crowder (football coach, athletic director 1963–84) Cliff Meely (basketball, 1968–71) Frank Potts (track coach, 1927–68) Shelley Sheetz (basketball, 1991–95) Bill Toomey (track, 1959–61) John Wooten (football, 1956–58) Class of 2006 1959 NCAA Champion Ski Team Bobby Anderson (football) Fred Casotti (sports information director, historian) Adam Goucher (cross country, track, 1994–97) Bill Marolt (skiing champion, skiing coach, athletic director) Bill McCartney (football coach, 1982–94) Class of 2008 Don Campbell (track, 1946–50) Frank Clarke (football, 1954–56) Kara Grgas-Wheeler (cross country, track, 1996-2002) Billy Lewis (basketball, track, 1957–60) Dave Logan (football, basketball, 1972–76) John Stearns (baseball, football, 1970–73) Claude Walton (track, 1933–36) Dal Ward (football, administration,