The Premier League Hall of Fame has inducted John Terry and Andrew Cole, two five-time Premier League winners.
The pair were selected from a shortlist of 15 former players for their induction, per the League’s official website, which also details how the Premier League Awards Panel and global fan votes were combined.
Joining Ashley Cole, who was also given the highest honor by the League this year, as inductees into the Premier League Hall of Fame are now number 23 and 24.
The three new inductees will be recognized on Tuesday in London at a celebration.
Ranking fourth in the Premier League’s all-time goal-scoring chart, Cole scored 187 goals from 414 appearances—including one penalty—and only received one yellow card.
He won the Golden Boot in 1993–94, his first season in the Premier League, with 34 goals for Newcastle United.
Cole won five Premier League titles, including three in succession between 1998–1999 and 2000–2001, after joining Manchester United in 1995 for a then record British transfer fee.
Cole also scored important goals during United’s historic Treble-winning campaign.
Terry has captained Chelsea to five Premier League titles, making him the most successful captain in the club’s history.
With 492 top-flight appearances, he is the league’s all-time highest-scoring defender with 41 goals and he owns the record for the most Premier League clean sheets (214).
Terry guided the Blues to their first Premier League title in 50 years in 2004–05 and they went on to add another in the following season. In 2009–10, 2014–15, and 2016–17—Terry’s last season at Stamford Bridge—more titles were won.
Terry and Cole joined Thierry Henry, Alan Shearer, Steven Gerrard, David Beckham, Dennis Bergkamp, Eric Cantona, Sergio Aguero, Didier Drogba, Vincent Kompany, Wayne Rooney, Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and a host of other ex-footballers in the hall of fame exclusive list.
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