Saturday, July 30, 2005

College Football Hall of Fame



This state-of-the-art attraction features the history of college football, with all its great athletes, coaches, and memorable games. That inaugural class of 1951 included 54 legends and pioneers of the game like Walter Camp, Jim Thorpe, Red Grange, Amos Alonzo Stagg, and Knute Rockne. Today more than 900 legendary players and coaches from NCAA Division I-A, I-AA, II, III, and the NAIA are enshrined in the Hall.

Other featured hall of famers include quarterbacks Terry Bradshaw, John Brodie, John Elway, Roman Gabriel, Bob Griese, John Hadl, Paul Hornung, Joe Kapp, Bobby Layne, Chuck Long, Archie Manning, Dan Marino, Jim McMahon, Don Meredith, Craig Morton, Jim Plunkett, Roger Staubach, Fran Tarkenton, Joe Theisman, Norm Van Brocklin, Danny White, Doug Williams, and Steve Young.

Also running backs Marcus Allen, Sammy Baugh, Ricky Bell, Jim Brown, Earl Campbell, Larry Csonka, Tony Dorsett, Frank Gifford, George Gipp, Otto Graham, Red Grange, Archie Griffin, Tom Harmon, Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, Bo Jackson, Bill "White Shoes Johnson, Billy Killmer, Nile Kinnick, Sid Luckman, Johnny Majors, Ed Marinaro, Hugh McElhenny, Lydell Mitchell, Bronco Nagurski, Jack Pardee, Walter Payton, Mel Renfro, Johnny Rodgers, George Rogers, Barry Sanders, Gayle Sayers, OJ Simpson, Jim Thorpe, Doak Walker, and Herschel Walker.

Receivers such as Terry Beasley, Fred Biletnikoff, Anthony Carter, J.J. Jefferson, Ozzie Newsome, Lynn Swann, and Kellen Winslow.

Defensive players such as Dick Butkus, Vern Den Herder, Fred Dryer, Darrell Green, Hugh Green, Joe Greene, Jack Ham, Jim Haslett, Michael Haynes, Ted Hendricks, Willie Lanier, Alan Page, Lee Roy Selmon, Mike Singletary, Billy Ray Smith, Bubba Smith, Randy White, Reggie White, and Jack Youngblood.

Address: College Football Hall of Fame, 111 S. Saint Joseph's Street, South Bend, Indiana 46601; 574-235-9999; 800-440-3263. Web: http://www.collegefootball.org.

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