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The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame has selected four new members for induction.

Former Oklahoma Baptist and NBA basketball coach Robert E. "Bob" Bass, Langston football basketball coach Caesar "Zip" Gayles, Oklahoma State wrestling great Jack VanBebber, and major league pitcher Eddie Fisher will all be inducted during ceremonies on Aug. 18 at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.

The Hall of Fame's Honors Committee selected the four from a list of over 140 nominees.

Bass made his mark on numerous levels during 25 years as a full-time coach and 28 years as an executive. During his career, Bass served as a head coach in high school, the NAIA, NCAA, ABA and the NBA. At Oklahoma Baptist, he won the NAIA national title in 1966, and advanced to the title game in 1965 and 1967. Bass then coached the ABA's Denver Rockets (now Nuggets) to the playoffs in 1967 and 1968 before moving on to Texas Tech. After several more pro stints, he wound up coaching the NBA's San Antonio Spurs before moving to their front office in 1976. Later in his career, he served in several top management positions for the Spurs and the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets. His honors include The Daily Oklahoman 1966 Coach of the Year, 1967 NAIA National Coach of the Year, and the NBA Executive of the Year in 1990 and 1997.

Gayles excelled as a player early, but found his legacy as a long-time multi-sport coach at Langston. Gayles lettered in track and was an All-American in football and basketball at Morehouse College in Atlanta. Gayles joined Langston in 1930 as a social science instructor, head football, basketball and baseball coach and athletic director. In 36 years, he won 571 basketball games,including a 51-game winning streak. His teams won or tied 10 Southwestern Athletic Conference championships, two National Negro championships, and in 1946, Langston became the first and only college team to defeat the Harlem Globetrotters. Gayles also won 146 football games at the school, including nine conference championships and two National Negro Champion titles. The Langston gymnasium is named after Gayles, who passed away in 1985.

Fisher was an All-Stateselection out of Oklahoma's now-defunct Friendship High School and an All-Big 7 selection at OU. He is best known, however, for for his efforts as a relief pitcher during a 15-year major league career. He made is big-league debut with the San Francisco Giants in 1959, and played for the Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, California Angels and St. Louis Cardinals during his career. His .600 winning percentage was the highest of any relief pitcher for the 1960s. In 1965, he finished fourth in the American League Most Valuable Player voting. He finished his career with 1,538.2 innings pitched, 812 strikeouts, an ERA of 3.41, and a won-loss record of 85-70 with 81 saves.When he retired in 1973, he ranked in baseball's top ten in relief wins and relief games.

VanBebber was born in Oklahoma's inaugural year, 1907, and was severely injured as a child before developing into one of the finest wrestlers in Oklahoma history. Undefeated in high school, VanBebber went on to wrestle on Ed Gallagher's 1929 NCAA champion Oklahoma State team, where he again went undefeated, winning his first individual title. VanBebber would add two more NCAA titles (1930, 1931), and would go on to win gold at the 1932 Olympics, becoming the only American-born wrestler for 50 years to win an Olympic Gold and three NCAA championships. A 1950 poll of coaches, sports editors and officials named VanBebber as one of America’s top 10 amateur athletes in the first half of the 20th Century. He was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1976 and passed away in Perry in 1986.