Saturday, August 5, 2017

Induction Day

Congratulations to the 2017 Class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Morten Andersen
Terrell Davis
Kenny Easley
Jerry Jones
Jason Taylor
LaDanian Tomlinson
Kurt Warner

Last night they received their Gold Jackets. Today they will be inducted. Speeches and festivities. Maybe a few tears. The 2017 Class will join the previous 54 classes and bring the number of those honored in Canton to 310.

1963
Sammy Baugh
Bert Bell
Joe Carr
Earl (Dutch0 Clark
Harold (Red) Grange
George Halas
Mel Hein
William (Pete) Henry
Robert (Cal) Hubbard
Don Hutson
Earl (Curly) Lambeau
Tim Mara
George Preston Marshall
John (Blood) McNally
Bronko Nagurski
Ernie Nevers
Jim Thorpe

1964
Jimmy Conzelman
Ed Healey
Clarke Hinkle
William Roy (Link) Lyman
Mike Michalske
Art Rooney
George Trafton

1965
Guy Chamberlain
John (Paddy) Driscoll
Dan Fortman
Otto Graham
Sid Luckman
Steve Van Buren
Bob Waterfield

1966
Bill Dudley
Joe Guyon
Arnie Herber
Walt Kiesling
George McAfee
Steve Owen
Hugh (Shorty) Ray
Clyde (Bulldog) Turner

1967
Chuck Bednarik
Charles W. Bidwill, Sr.
Paul Brown
Bobby Layne
Dan Reeves
Ken Strong
Joe Stydahar
Emlen Tunnell

1968
Cliff Battles
Art Donovan
Earl (Crazylegs) Hirsch
Wayne Millner
Marion Motley
Charley Trippi
Alex Wojciechowicz

1969
Albert Glen (Turk) Edwards
Earle (Greasy) Neale
Leo Nomellini
Joe Perry
Ernie Stautner

1970
Jack Christiansen
Tom Fears
Hugh McElhenny
Pete Pihos

1971
Jim Brown
Bill Hewitt
Frank (Bruiser) Kinard
Vince Lombardi
Andy Robustelli
Y.A. Tittle
Norm Van Brocklin

1972
Lamar Hunt
Gino Marchetti
Ollie Matson
Clarence (Ace) Parker

1973
Raymond Berry
Jim Parker
Joe Schmidt

1974
Tony Canadeo
Bill George
Lou Groza
Dick (Night Train) Lane

1975
Roosevelt Brown
George Connor
Dante Lavelli
Lenny Moore

1976
Ray Flaherty
Len Ford
Jim Taylor

1977
Frank Gifford
Forrest Gregg
Gale Sayers
Bart Starr
Bill Willis

1978
Lance Alworth
Weeb Ewbank
Alphonse (Tuffy) Leemans
Ray Nitschke
Larry Wilson

1979
Dick Butkus
Yale Lary
Ron Mix
Johnny Unitas

1980
Herb Adderley
David (Deacon) Jones
Bob Lilly
Jim Otto

1981
Morris (Red) Badgro
George Blanda
Willie Davis
Jim Ringo

1982
Doug Atkins
Sam Huff
George Musso
Merlin Olsen

1983
Bobby Bell
Sid Gillman
Sonny Jurgensen
Bobby Mitchell
Paul Warfield

1984
Willie Brown
Mike McCormack
Charley Taylor
Arnie Weinmeister

1985
Frank Gatski
Joe Namath
Pete Rozelle
O.J. Simpson
Roger Staubach

1986
Paul Hornung
Ken Houston
Willie Lanier
Fran Tarkenton
Doak Walker

1987
Larry Csonka
Len Dawson
Joe Greene
John Henry Johnson
Jim Langer
Don Maynard
Gene Upshaw

1988
Fred Biletnikoff
Mike Ditka
Jack Ham
Alan Page

1989
Mel Blount
Terry Bradshaw
Art Shell
Willie Wood

1990
Junious (Buck) Buchanan
Bob Griese
Franco Harris
Ted Hendricks
Jack Lambert
Tom Landry
Bob St. Clair

1991
Earl Campbell
John Hannah
Stan Jones
Tex Schramm
Jan Stenerud

1992
Lem Barney
Al Davis
John Mackey
John Riggins

1993
Dan Fouts
Larry Little
Chuck Noll
Walter Payton
Bill Walsh

1994
Tony Dorsett
Bud Grant
Jimmy Johnson
Leroy Kelly
Jackie Smith
Randy White

1995
Jim Finks
Henry Jordan
Steve Largent
Lee Roy Selmon
Kellen Winslow

1996
Lou Creekmur
Dan Dierdorf
Joe Gibbs
Charlie Joiner
Mel Renfro

1997
Mike Haynes
Wellington Mara
Don Shula
Mike Webster

1998
Paul Krause
Tommy McDonald
Anthony Munoz
Mike Singletary
Dwight Stephenson

1999
Eric Dickerson
Tom Mack
Ozzie Newsome
Billy Shaw
Lawrence Taylor

2000
Howie Long
Ronnie Lott
Joe Montana
Dan Rooney
Dave Wilcox

2001
Nick Buoniconti
Marv Levy
Mike Munchak
Jackie Slater
Lynn Swann
Ron Yary
Jack Youngblood

2002
George Allen
Dave Casper
Dan Hampton
Jim Kelly
John Stallworth

2003
Marcus Allen
Elvin Bethea
Joe DeLamielleure
James Lofton
Hank Stram

2004
Bob (Boomer) Brown
Carl Eller
John Elway
Barry Sanders

2005
Benny Friedman
Dan Marino
Fritz Pollard
Steve Young

2006
Troy Aikman
Harry Carson
John Madden
Warren Moon
Reggie White
Rayfield Wright

2007
Gene Hickerson
Michael Irvin
Bruce Matthews
Charlie Sanders
Thurman Thomas
Roger Wherli

2008
Fred Dean
Darrell Green
Art Monk
Emmitt Thomas
Andre Tippett
Gary Zimmerman

2009
Bob Hayes
Randall McDaniel
Bruce Smith
Derrick Thomas
Ralph Wilson, Jr.
Rod Woodson

2010
Russ Grimm
Rickey Jackson
Dick LeBeau
Floyd Little
John Randle
Jerry Rice
Emmitt Smith

2011
Richard Dent
Marshall Faulk
Chris Hanburger
Les Richter
Ed Sabol
Deion Sanders
Shannon Sharpe

2012
Jack Butler
Dermotti Dawson
Chris Doleman
Cortez Kennedy
Curits Martin
Willie Roaf

2013
Larry Allen
Cris Carter
Curley Culp
Jonathan Ogden
Bill Parcells
Dave Robinson
Warren Sapp

2014
Derrick Brooks
Ray Guy
Claude Humphrey
Walter Jones
Andre Reed
Michael Strahan
Aeneas Williams

2015
Jerome Bettis
Tim Brown
Charles Haley
Bill Polian
Junior Seau
Will Shields
Mick Tingelhoff
Ron Wolf

2016
Eddie DeBartolo, Jr.
Tony Dungy
Brett Favre
Kevin Greene
Marvin Harrison
Orlando Pace
Ken Stabler
Dick Stanfel




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