Kraft, Bledsoe, Coates, Morgan All Nominated for Pro Football HOF
Ken Bell
NFL news release…
2013 Pro Football Hall of Fame
modern-era nominees
CANTON, OHIO – Offensive
linemen Larry Allen and Jonathan Ogden, defensive linemen Warren Sapp
and Michael Strahan, defensive back John Lynch and kicker Morten
Andersen, are among the 13 first-year eligible modern-era candidates
nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2013.
The
complete list of candidates for the Class of 2013 consists of 127
nominees. From that list the Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection
Committee will choose 25 candidates who will advance as semifinalist
nominees. The list of 25 semifinalist nominees will be announced in late
November. That semifinalist list will be further reduced by a mail
ballot to 15 modern-era finalists and announced in early January.
The
Class of 2013 will be selected from the list of the 15 modern-era
finalists plus the two senior nominees (former Kansas City Chiefs and
Houston Oilers nose tackle Curley Culp and former Green Bay Packers and
Washington Redskins linebacker Dave Robinson) who were selected last
month by the Hall of Fame's Senior Selection Committee.
The
actual voting for the Class of 2013 will be conducted at the Pro
Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee's annual meeting, which will
be held on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 the day before Super Bowl XLVII at the
Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, La. The election results will
be announced at a live announcement show immediately following the
meeting.
While
there is no set number for any class of enshrinees, the selection
process by-laws provide that between four and seven new members will be
selected.
The
2013 list of modern-era nominees includes 89 players, 14 coaches and 24
contributors, including former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and
longtime team owners Bud Adams, Jr., Jack Kent Cooke, Ed DeBartolo, Jr.,
Robert Kraft, and Art Modell.
While
a nominated player or coach must have been retired at least five
consecutive seasons, a contributor, who is an individual who has made
outstanding career contributions to pro football in capacities other
than playing or coaching, may still be active in his pro football
career. More information on the modern-era nominees can be found on the
Hall of Fame's official website at Profootballhof.com.
List of Nominees for the Class of 2013
First-year Eligible Nominees
Quarterback – Steve McNair
Running Back – Priest Holmes
Wide Receiver – Keenan McCardell
Offensive Linemen – Larry Allen (G), Tom Nalen (C), Jonathan Ogden (T)
Defensive Linemen – Sam Adams (DT), Warren Sapp (DT), Michael Strahan (DE), Ted Washington (DT/NT), Bryant Young (DE)
Defensive Back – John Lynch (S)
Kicker – Morten Andersen
Additional Nominees
QUARTERBACKS – Drew Bledsoe, Randall Cunningham, Ron Jaworski, Neil Lomax, Phil Simms, Danny White (also P)
RUNNING BACKS –
Jamal Anderson, Ottis Anderson, Tiki Barber, *Jerome Bettis, Larry
Centers, Roger Craig, Stephen Davis, Terrell Davis, Eddie George, Brian
Mitchell (also PR/KR), Gerald Riggs, Herschel Walker, Ricky Watters
WIDE RECEIVERS
–*Tim Brown (also KR), *Cris Carter, Gary Clark, Mark Clayton, Henry
Ellard (also PR), Keyshawn Johnson, Stanley Morgan, *Andre Reed,
Sterling Sharpe, Jimmy Smith, Rod Smith
TIGHT ENDS – Todd Christensen, Ben Coates
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN –
Tony Boselli (T), Lomas Brown (T), Jim Covert (T), Joe Fields (C), Bill
Fralic (G/T), Jeff Hartings (G/C), Jay Hilgenberg (C), Chris Hinton
(G/T), Kent Hull (C), Joe Jacoby (T), Mike Kenn (T), Jim Lachey (T),
*Will Shields (G), Erik Williams (T), Steve Wisniewski (G)
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN – Carl Hairston (DE/DT), *Charles Haley (DE/LB), Ed “Too Tall” Jones (DE), Joe Klecko (DE/DT/NT), Dexter Manley (DE), Charles Mann (DE), Fred Smerlas (NT)
LINEBACKERS – Cornelius Bennett, *Kevin Greene (also DE), Ken Harvey, Clay Matthews, Karl Mecklenburg, Sam Mills, Darryl Talley
DEFENSIVE BACKS
– Eric Allen (CB), Steve Atwater (S), Joey Browner (S), LeRoy Butler
(S), Nolan Cromwell (S), Albert Lewis (CB), Dennis Smith (S), Troy
Vincent (CB), Everson Walls (CB), *Aeneas Williams (CB/S), Darren
Woodson (S)
PUNTERS/KICKERS – Gary Anderson (K), Sean Landeta (P), Nick Lowery (K)
SPECIAL TEAMS/POSITION PLAYER – Steve Tasker (also WR)
COACHES
– Bill Arnsparger, Doug Blevins, Bud Carson, Don Coryell, Bill Cowher,
Tom Flores, Jimmy Johnson, Chuck Knox, *Bill Parcells, Buddy Parker, Dan
Reeves, Marty Schottenheimer, Clark Shaughnessy, Dick Vermeil
CONTRIBUTORS
– K. S. (Bud) Adams, Jr., George Anderson, Bobby Beathard, Gil Brandt,
C. O. Brocato, Leo Carlin, Jack Kent Cooke, Otho Davis, *Ed DeBartolo,
Jr., Ron Gibbs, Ralph Kohl, Eddie Kotal, Robert Kraft, Art McNally, Art
Modell, Bill Polian, Art Rooney, Jr., Steve Sabol, Carl Storck, Paul
Tagliabue, Burl Toler, Sr., Jim Tunney, Ron Wolf, George Young
*On 2012 finalists list
