Manuel Hinojosa
Inducted 2017
Hometown: Port Isabel
High School: Mission High School
College: Pan American University
Best Known for: Sports Historian
b. December 6, 1949
Hinojosa goes above and beyond the preservation of Sports history in the Rio Grande Valley. A graduate of Mission High School, he was recently inducted into the International Latin Sports Hall of Fame.
However, it is Hinojosa’s artistic abilities have received national recognition. His paintings have not only attracted the likes of Beckett Magazine, who have printed various pieces including Mickey Mantle, David Robinson and Dan Marino, but he also created an impressive sports museum housing many of his autographed paintings collected over the last three decades. Hinojosa’s most renowned work of art is the Tom Landry mural in Mission which was dedicated in 1995 by Coach Landry himself.
Hinojosa, alongside his wife and brother, co-owns Doubleday’s Sports Bar and Museum in Port Isabel. The museum exhibits the largest sports memorabilia collection in Texas. The RGV Sports Hall of Fame museum is currently housed at Doubleday’s.
Hinojosa has been involved in the RGV Sports Hall of Fame exhibits “Sports Heroes of the Rio Grande Valley” at the Historic Brownsville Museum (October 2014) and the “History of Baseball in the Rio Grande Valley” at The University of Texas-Pan American (2006). He was a selected as a panelist for the McAllen Monitor’s RGV Football’s “100 Greatest” series marking the 100th season of Valley football.
