most european football leagues give stars to teams that win the championship. why not adjusting it and giving stars (or eddies) as an icon right to the players name. one eternal one golden eddie. 5+ eternal some blackish badass eddie icon. and so on, something in this direction would be cool too. so everytime you see the name in arena and trooper section (or hall of fame :P )your name will popup with a eddie icon. or in iron maiden letters...
but well another thing that only affects a few people, so not worth developing time i fear. or you give it to the top 10 in different colours, that would affect far more people.