BRADFORD has been home to many legends in all sorts of different fields over the years and it is time to honour those who have made the biggest impact.

This is the 18th part of a regular series with the latest five inductees into the Telegraph & Argus's Bradford Hall of Fame.

They can be people who were either born in the Bradford district, or made a huge name through an association to the city.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus:

BRIAN CLOSE

Cricket legend Close captained Yorkshire to four County Championship titles and was at the time the youngest man to make his test debut for England at age 18.

He played in 22 test matches for England. He scored almost 35,000 runs as a batsman and made 52 centuries. He also took 1,168 wickets as a bowler, 800 catches as a fielder and one stumping as a stand-in wicket-keeper.

He also made nine appearances for Bradford City in the 1950s, scoring five goals.

He has a street, Brian Close Walk, named after him in Baildon and he died, aged 84, in 2015.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Jill Atkins, centre, pictured in 2012 Jill Atkins, centre, pictured in 2012

JILL ATKINS

Former Great Britain and England international Atkins enjoyed a hugely successful hockey career.

In her career, she won 249 caps for England and represented Great Britain in three Olympic Games, winning a European gold medal and an Olympic bronze at Barcelona.

One of the highlights of her career was scoring two goals against Germany in the last 10 minutes of the match after being 2-0 down, earning Great Britain a 3-2 win at the Atlanta Games.

She won a bronze medal at the Barcelona Olympics 1992 for Hockey and is the daughter of ex-Bradford City player Denis Atkins.

She scored for Bradford Ladies Hockey team in her last ever match in April 2003 before retiring.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus:

JOHN BATEMAN

Bradford-born Bateman, 27, is a major star in rugby league, both in England and Australia.

He made his professional debut for Bradford Bulls in 2011 and went on to make 35 appearances, scoring nine tries.

The second row moved to Wigan Warriors, scoring 34 tries in 132 matches between 2014 and 2018.

He made the move Down Under, joining Canberra Raiders, a two-year spell which included a defeat in the 2019 Grand Final.

This year he has returned home to re-join Wigan Warriors.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus:

BRYAN MOSLEY

He will forever be known as shopkeeper Alf Roberts, a Coronation Street regular from 1961 to New Year's Eve 1998 when the character died in his sleep in a special farewell episode.

Ill health was behind producers' decision to retire him from the programme.

Alf was married to Audrey, who is still in the soap now, and he even became Mayor of Weatherfield.

Bryan, 67, collapsed and died in Shipley town centre in February 1999.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Jayne, left, as Yana in Coronation StreetJayne, left, as Yana in Coronation Street

JAYNE TUNNICLIFFE

Bingley-born Jayne is also best known for her role on the famous cobbles of Weatherfield.

She played Yana, who was Cilla Battersby-Brown's best friend and her partner in crime in many funny storylines.

She worked with Cilla in Wong's Chippy on Rosamund Street until its closure in 2007.

Yana also went on Cilla's honeymoon with her instead of Cilla's husband Les Battersby, who annoyed Cilla for trashing all the wedding presents at their reception.

Jayne appeared in 53 episodes of the soap between 2004 and 2007.

She also appeared in the 2017 comedy film Funny Cow, which was partly filmed in Saltaire. She also appeared in drama Happy Valley, which was filmed in Yorkshire.

Those already inducted are: Melody Ludi, Rodney Bewes, Harvey Smith, Julia Varley, Smokie, Richard Dunn, Ian Beesley, Sir Edward Appleton, James Mason, Yvonne McGregor, Greg Abbott, Ian Ormondroyd, Paul Jewell, Terry Dolan, John Hendrie, Billy Pearce, Joe Johnson, Len Shackleton, Joolz Denby, Steve Abbott, Anita Rani, Dennis Mitchell, David Wilson, Mary Tamm, Bruce Bannister, Harry Gration, Richard Whiteley, Billie Whitelaw, Mollie Sugden, Kimberley Walsh, Bobby Campbell, Jimmy Speirs, Julian Rhodes and Family, Phil Parkinson, Stephen Darby, James Lowes, Robbie Hunter-Paul, Leon Pryce, Amy Hardcastle, Ellery Hanley, Harry Corbett, Professor Ajay Mahajan, Professor David Sharpe, Frederick Delius, Dave Whelan, Gareth Gates, Andrea Dunbar, Steve Abbott, Duncan Preston, Tim Booth, Ces Podd, Jim Laker, Gary Havelock, Dean Harrison, Bobby Vanzie, Dean Richards, Rudi Leavor, Kiki Dee, Professor Mahendra Patel, John Wood, Marsha Singh, Chris Kamara, Trevor Foster, Barbara Castle, Tino Valdi, Adrian Moorhouse, Tasmin Archer, Dynamo, Timothy West, Javed Bashir, Fattorini Family, Ade Edmondson, Sir Ken Morrison, Ruby Bhatti, Adil Rashid, JB Priestley, Zayn Malik, Sarah Khan Bashir, Captain Sir Tom Moore, Margaret McMillan, Stuart McCall, David Hockney, Brian Noble, Sharon Beshenivsky, Jack Tordoff.