Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Rather than naming its hall of fame the "NFL Hall of Fame", the National Football League calls it the Pro Football Hall of Fame, even though its displays and inductees are dominated by NFL teams and players. The Hall is located in Canton, Ohio, the birthplace of the NFL in 1920. The first Board of Selectors was comprised of sportswriters from the fourteen cities with NFL teams. Although there were eight American Football League teams in existence at the time, none of them were represented. Several of the first selectors had previously been on the NFL payroll as officials or executives. Dick McCann, long-time general manager of the Washington Redskins, was named the hall's first director on April 4, 1962. Redskins owner George Preston Marshall was among the first inductees announced on January 29, 1963. The building opened in Canton, Ohio on September 7, 1963 with 17 charter inductees. Inductees into the hall of fame are listed below. Each entry includes the year of induction and the span of time spent with the team. When a person significantly contributed to more than one club, he is listed repeatedly (e.g., George Blanda is listed with the Chicago Bears, Houston Oilers (now the Tennessee Titans) and Oakland Raiders). This is somewhat ironic, since the Bears thought Blanda was "washed up" when they released him in 1958, and he has no love lost for them (see "NFL Rejects"). Because of the financial support of the hall by the NFL, and because the initial members of its board of selectors were from NFL cities only, the NFL preference of the hall is evident to this day, and some American Football League players with excellent credentials have been excluded. Reinforcing the contention that the selection process is flawed, was the belated selection of the great AFL coach Hank Stram a full nine years after the induction of Bud Grant, the NFL coach that Stram's team defeated in Super Bowl IV. Table of contents 1 Arizona Cardinals 2 Buffalo Bills 3 Chicago Bears 4 Cincinnati Bengals 5 Cleveland Browns 6 Dallas Cowboys 7 Detroit Lions 8 Green Bay Packers 9 Indianapolis Colts 10 Kansas City Chiefs 11 Miami Dolphins 12 Minnesota Vikings 13 New England Patriots 14 New Orleans Saints 15 New York Giants 16 New York Jets 17 Oakland Raiders 18 Philadelphia Eagles 19 Pittsburgh Steelers 20 Saint Louis Rams 21 San Diego Chargers 22 San Francisco 49ers 23 Seattle Seahawks 24 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 25 Tennessee Titans 26 Washington Redskins 27 Defunct Clubs 28 See also: 29 Links Arizona Cardinals (Chicago Cardinals - 1920-1959; St. Louis Cardinals - 1960-1987; Phoenix Cardinals - 1988-1993) Charles Bidwell (1967) - 1933-1947 Jimmy Conzelman (1964) - 1940-1942, 1946-1948 Dan Dierdorf (1996) - 1971-1983 John "Paddy" Driscoll (1965) - 1920-1925 Dick "Night Train" Lane (1974) - 1954-1959 Ollie Matson (1972) - 1952, 1954-1958 Ernie Nevers (1963) - 1929-1931 Jackie Smith (1994) - 1963-1977 Charley Trippi (1968) - 1947-1955 Larry Wilson (1978) - 1960-1972 Buffalo Bills Joe DeLamielleure (2003) - 1973-1979, 1985 Jim Kelly (2002) - 1986-1996 Marv Levy (2001) - 1986-1997 James Lofton (2003) - 1989-1992 Billy Shaw (1999) - 1961-1969 O. 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Simpson (1985) - 1969-1977 Chicago Bears (Decatur Staleys - 1920; Chicago Staleys - 1921) Doug Atkins (1982) - 1955-1966 George Blanda (1981) - 1949-1958 Dick Butkus (1979) - 1965-1973 George Connor (1975) - 1948-1955 Mike Ditka (1988) - 1961-1966 John "Paddy" Driscoll (1965) - 1920, 1926-29, 1956-57 Jim Finks (1995) - 1974-1982 Dan Fortmann (1965) - 1936-1943 Bill George (1974) - 1952-1965 Harold "Red" Grange (1963) - 1925, 1929-1934 George Halas (1963) - 1920-1983 Dan Hampton (2002) - 1979-1990 Ed Healey (1964) - 1922-1927 Bill Hewitt (1971) - 1932-1936 Stan Jones (1991) - 1954-1965 Sid Luckman (1965) - 1939-1950 William Roy "Link" Lyman (1964) - 1926-1928, 1930-1931, 1933-1934 George McAfee (1966) - 1940-1941, 1945-1950 George Musso (1982) - 1933-1944 Bronko Nagurski (1963) - 1930-1937, 1943 Walter Payton (1993) - 1975-1987 Gale Sayers (1977) - 1965-1971 Mike Singletary (1998) - 1981-1992 Joe Stydahar (1967) - 1936-1942, 1945-1946 George Trafton (1964) - 1920-1932 Clyde "Bulldog" Turner (1966) - 1940-1952 Cincinnati Bengals Anthony Muņoz (1998) - 1980-1992 Charlie Joiner (1996) - 1972-1975 Cleveland Browns Jim Brown (1971) - 1957-1965 Paul Brown (1967) - 1946-1962 Joe DeLamielleure (2003) - 1980-1984 Len Ford (1976) - 1950-1957 Frank Gatski (1985) - 1946-1956 Otto Graham (1965) - 1946-1955 Lou Groza (1974) - 1946-1959, 1961-1967 Leroy Kelly (1994) - 1964-1973 Dante Lavelli (1975) - 1946-1956 Mike McCormack (1984) - 1954-1962 Bobby Mitchell (1983) - 1958-1961 Marion Motley (1968) - 1946-1953 Ozzie Newsome (1999) - 1978-1990 Paul Warfield (1983) - 1964-1969, 1976-1977 Bill Willis (1977) - 1946-1953 Dallas Cowboys Tony Dorsett (1994) - 1977-1987 Tom Landry (1990) - 1960-1988 Bob Lilly (1980) - 1961-1974 Mel Renfro (1996) - 1964-1977 Tex Schramm (1991) - 1960-1988 Roger Staubach (1985) - 1969-1979 Randy White (1994) - 1975-1988 Detroit Lions (Portsmouth Spartans - 1930-1933) Lem Barney (1992) - 1967-1977 Jack Christiansen (1970) - 1951-1958 Earl "Dutch" Clark (1963) - 1931-1932, 1934-1938 Lou Creekmur (1996) - 1950-1959 Bill Dudley (1966) - 1947-1949 Dick "Night Train" Lane (1974) - 1960-1965 Yale Lary (1979) - 1952-1953 - 1956-1964 Bobby Layne (1967) - 1950-1958 Joe Schmidt (1973) - 1953-1965 Doak Walker (1986) - 1950-1955 Alex Wojciechowicz (1968) - 1938-1946 Green Bay Packers Herb Adderly (1980) - 1961-1969 Tony Canadeo (1974) - 1941-1944, 1946-1952 Willie Davis (1981) - 1960-1969 Forrest Gregg (1977) - 1956, 1958-1970 Arnie Herber (1966) - 1930-1940 Clarke Hinkle (1964) - 1932-1941 Paul Hornung (1986) - 1957-1962, 1964-1966 Cal Hubbard (1963) - 1929-1933, 1935 Don Hutson (1963) - 1935-1945 Henry Jordan (1995) - 1959-1969 Earl "Curly" Lambeau (1963)- 1919-1949 James Lofton (2003) - 1978-1986 Vince Lombardi (1971) - 1959-1968 John (Blood) McNally (1963) -1929-1933, 1935-1936 Mike Michalske (1964) - 1929-1935, 1937 Ray Nitschke (1978) - 1958-1972 Jim Ringo (1981) - 1953-1963 Bart Starr (1977) - 1956-1971 Jim Taylor (1976) - 1958-1966 Willie Wood (1989) - 1960-1971 Indianapolis Colts (Baltimore Colts - 1953-1983) Raymond Berry (1973) - 1955-1967 Eric Dickerson (1999) - 1987-1991 Art Donovan (1968) - 1953-1961 Weeb Ewbank (1978) - 1954-1962 Ted Hendricks (1990) - 1969-1973 John Mackey (1992) - 1963-1971 Gino Marchetti (1972) - 1953-1964, 1966 Lenny Moore (1975) - 1956-1967 Jim Parker (1973) - 1957-1967 Johnny Unitas (1979) - 1956-1972 Kansas City Chiefs (Dallas Texans - 1960-1962) Marcus Allen (2003) - 1993-1997 Bobby Bell (1983) - 1963-1974 Buck Buchanan (1990) - 1963-1975 Len Dawson (1987) - 1962-1975 Lamar Hunt (1972) - 1960-present Willie Lanier (1986) - 1967-1977 Joe Montana (2000) - 1993-1994 Jan Stenerud (1991) - 1967-1979 Hank Stram (2003) - 1960-1974 Miami Dolphins Nick Buoniconti (2001) - 1969-1974, 1976 Larry Csonka (1987) - 1968-1974, 1979 Bob Griese (1990) - 1967-1980 Jim Langer (1987) - 1970-1979 Larry Little (1993) - 1969-1980 Don Shula (1997) - 1970-1995 Dwight Stephenson (1998) - 1980-1987 Paul Warfield (1983) - 1970-1974 Minnesota Vikings Jim Finks (1995) - 1964-1973 Bud Grant (1994) - 1967-1983, 1985 Paul Krause (1998) - 1968-1979 Alan Page (1988) - 1967-1978 Fran Tarkenton (1986) - 1961-1966, 1972-1978 Ron Yary (2001) - 1968-1981 New England Patriots (Boston Patriots - 1960-1970) Nick Buoniconti (2001) - 1962-1968 John Hannah (1991) - 1973-1985 Mike Haynes (1997) - 1976-1982 New Orleans Saints Jim Finks (1995) - 1986-1993 Hank Stram (2003) - 1976-1977 New York Giants Morris "Red" Badgro (1981) - 1930-1935 Roosevelt Brown (1975) - 1953-1965 Frank Gifford (1977) - 1952-1960, 1962-1964 Mel Hein (1963) - 1931-1945 Sam Huff (1982) - 1956-12963 Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans (1978) - 1936-1943 Tim Mara (1963) - 1925-1959 Wellington Mara (1997) - 1937-present Steve Owen (1966) - 1926-1953 Andy Robustelli (1971) - 1956-1964 Ken Strong (1967) - 1933-1935, 1939, 1944-1947 Fran Tarkenton (1986) - 1967-1971 Lawrence Taylor (1999) - 1981-1993 Y.A. Tittle (1971) - 1961-1964 Emlen Tunnell (1967) - 1948-1958 Arnie Weinmeister (1984) - 1950-1953 New York Jets (New York Titans - 1960-1962) Weeb Ewbank (1978) - 1963-1973 Don Maynard (1987) - 1960-1972 Joe Namath (1985) - 1965-1976 John Riggins (1992) - 1971-1975 Oakland Raiders (Los Angeles Raiders - 1982-1994) Marcus Allen (2003) - 1982-1992 Fred Biletnikoff (1988) - 1965-1978 George Blanda (1981) - 1967-1975 Willie Brown (1984) - 1967-1978 Dave Casper (2002) - 1974-1980 Al Davis (1992) - 1963-present Mike Haynes (1997) - 1983-1989 Ted Hendricks (1990) - 1975-1983 James Lofton (2003) - 1987-1988 Howie Long (2000) - 1981-1993 Jim Otto (1980) - 1960-1974 Art Shell (1989) - 1968-1982 Gene Upshaw (1987) - 1967-1981 Philadelphia Eagles Chuck Bednarik (1967) - 1949-1962 Bert Bell (1963) - 1933-1940 Sonny Jurgensen (1983) - 1957-1963 James Lofton (2003) - 1993 Tommy McDonald (1998) - 1957-1963 Earle "Greasy" Neale (1969) - 1941-1950 Pete Pihos (1970) - 1947-1955 Steve Van Buren (1965) - 1944-1951 Pittsburgh Steelers (Pittsburgh Pirates - 1933-1940) Mel Blount (1989) - 1970-1983 Terry Bradshaw (1989) - 1970-1983 Bill Dudley (1966) - 1942 - 1945-1946 Joe Greene (1987) - 1969-1981 Jack Ham (1988) - 1971-1982 Franco Harris (1990) - 1972-1983 John Henry Johnson (1987) - 1960-1965 Walt Kiesling (1966) - 1937-1944, 1949-1961 Jack Lambert (1990) - 1974-1984 Bobby Layne (1967) - 1958-1962 Chuck Noll (1993) - 1969-1991 Art Rooney (1964) - 1933-1988 Dan Rooney (2000) - 1955-present John Stallworth (2002) - 1974-1987 Ernie Stautner (1969) - 1950-1963 Lynn Swann (2001) - 1974-1982 Mike Webster (1997) - 1974-1988 Saint Louis Rams (Cleveland Rams - 1937-1945; Los Angeles Rams - 1946-1994) George Allen (2002) - 1966-70 Eric Dickerson (1999) - 1983-1987 Tom Fears (1970) - 1948-1956 Elroy Hirsch (1968) - 1949-1957 David "Deacon" Jones (1980) - 1961-1971 James Lofton (2003) - 1993 Tom Mack (1999) - 1966-1978 Ollie Matson (1972) - 1959-1962 Merlin Olsen (1982) - 1962-1976 Dan Reeves (1967) - 1941-1971 Jackie Slater (2001) - 1976-1995 Norm Van Brocklin (1971) - 1949-1957 Bob Waterfield (1965) - 1945-1952 Jack Youngblood (2001) - 1971-1984 San Diego Chargers (Los Angeles Chargers - 1960) Lance Alworth (1978) - 1962-1970 Dan Fouts (1993) - 1973-1987 Sid Gillman (1983) - 1960-1969, 1971 Charlie Joiner (1996) - 1976-1986 Larry Little (1993) - 1967-1968 Ron Mix (1979) - 1960-1969 Kellen Winslow (1995) - 1979-1987 San Francisco 49ers Jimmy Johnson (1994) - 1961-1976 Ronnie Lott (2000) - 1981-1990 Hugh McElhenny (1970) - 1952-1960 Joe Montana (2000) - 1979-1992 Leo Nomellini (1969) - 1950-1963 Joe Perry (1969) - 1948-1960, 1963 Bob St. Clair (1990) - 1953-1963 Y.A. Tittle (1971) - 1951-1960 Bill Walsh (1993) - 1979-1988 Dave Wilcox (2000) - 1964-1974 Seattle Seahawks Steve Largent (1995) - 1976-1989 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Lee Roy Selmon (1995) - 1976-1984 Tennessee Titans (Houston Oilers - 1960-1996; Tennessee Oilers - 1997-1998) Elvin Bethea (2003) - 1968-1983 George Blanda (1981) - 1960-1966 Earl Campbell (1991) - 1978-1984 Dave Casper (2002) - 1980-83 Ken Houston (1986) - 1967-1972 Charlie Joiner (1996) - 1969, 1972 Mike Munchak (2001) - 1982-1993 Washington Redskins (Boston Braves - 1932; Boston Redskins - 1933-1936) George Allen (2002) - 1971-77 Cliff Battles (1968) - 1932-1937 Sammy Baugh (1963) - 1937-1952 Bill Dudley (1966) - 1950-1951 - 1953 Albert Glen "Turk" Edwards (1969) - 1932-1940 Ray Flaherty (1976) - 1936-1942 Joe Gibbs (1996) - 1981-1992; 2004- Ken Houston (1986) - 1973-1980 Sam Huff (1982) - 1964-1967 - 1969 Sonny Jurgensen (1983) - 1964-1974 George Preston Marshall (1963) - 1932-1969 Wayne Millner (1968) - 1936-1941, 1945 Bobby Mitchell (1983) - 1962-1968 John Riggins (1992) - 1976-1979, 1981-1985 Charley Taylor (1984) - 1964-1975, 1977 Defunct Clubs Brooklyn Dodgers 1930-1944 Frank "Bruiser" Kinard (1971) -1938-1944 Clarence "Ace" Parker (1972) -1937-1941 Canton Bulldogs 1920-1923 Guy Chamberlin (1965) - 1922-1923 Joe Guyon (1966) - 1920 Wilbur "Pete" Henry (1963) - 1920-1923 William Roy "Link" Lyman (1964) - 1922-1923 Jim Thorpe (1963) - 1920 See also: American Football League List of American football players American football National Football League Links American Football League Hall of Fame Pro Football Hall of Fame This article is from Wikipedia. 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