BILLINGS — Montana Football Hall of Fame chairman Rick Halmes loves the organization and has cherished every class that has been inducted since the inaugural set of inductees was honored in 2016.
So, when Halmes gushes over this year’s inductees — the eighth class, as the Class of 2020 was honored in 2021 due to the coronavirus crisis — one knows those being honored with enshrinement in either the Players, Legacy, or Support category are truly a remarkable group.
“This might be our most newsworthy class yet,” Halmes recently wrote in an email to The Billings Gazette and 406 MT Sports.
Rick Halmes announces during the Montana Football Hall of Fame blazer ceremony at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Halmes, who now lives in Belt, is the chairman of the hall.
Halmes, 75, who moved back to his hometown of Belt last July after spending 34 years in Billings, said he couldn’t wait to make it back to Billings for the event.
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“Even with all the health issues I’ve had the past three years, it is still exciting,” he said.
The banquet begins at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center. A meet and greet, “where you can shake hands with the players and take pictures with them” Halmes said, starts at 5 p.m.
Only a limited number of tickets remain, with 36 left as of Wednesday afternoon, said Halmes. Tickets are available for $100 by calling Janet Schuh at 406-598-3297 or at Universal Athletic stores in Montana.
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