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CLASS OF 2014 ENSHRINEES WALTER JONES The Class of 2014 Enshrinees will bring the total to 287 players, coaches and Position: Tackle contributors who will forever live in 6-5, 300 Canton, Ohio, as members of the College: Holmes Community Pro Football Hall of Fame. College (MS); Florida State Team: 1997-2008 Seattle Seahawks

DERRICK BROOKS Position: Linebacker 6-0, 232 Position: Wide Receiver College: Florida State 6-2, 190 Team: 1995-2008 College: Kutztown Tampa Bay Buccaneers Teams: 1985-1999 , 2000 Washington Redskins

RAY GUY Position: Punter Position: Defensive End 6-3, 195 6-5, 255 College: Southern Mississippi College: Texas Southern Team: 1973-1986 Team: 1993-2007 Oakland/ Los Angeles Raiders

CLAUDE HUMPHREY 2011Position: Defensive End Position: /Safety 6-4, 252 5-11, 194 College: Tennessee State College: Southern University Teams: 1968-1978 , Teams: 1991-2000 Phoenix/ 1979-1981 , 2001-2004 St. Louis Rams 2014 SCHEDULE:

THURSDAY, MAY 8 FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 7:00 p.m. QUEEN PAGEANT • Canton Palace Theatre 11:00 a.m. HALL OF FAMER PHOTO OP • Pro Football Hall of Fame FRIDAY, JULY 18 11:00 a.m. RIBS BURNOFF • Stark County Fairgrounds 4:00 p.m. JACKSON-BELDEN FOOD FEST • KSU at Stark/Stark State Campuses 11:30 a.m. FASHION SHOW LUNCHEON • Memorial Civic Center and Cultural Center 4:00 p.m. CLASSIC & NIGHT GLOW • KSU at Stark/Stark State Campuses 5:15 p.m. ENSHRINEES’ GOLD JACKET DINNER • Memorial Civic Center and Cultural Center SATURDAY, JULY 19 6:00 p.m. FRIDAY NIGHT RECEPTION AT THE HALL OF FAME • Pro Football Hall of Fame 6:00 a.m. BALLOON CLASSIC • KSU at Stark/Stark State Campuses SATURDAY , AUGUST 2 4:00 p.m. JACKSON-BELDEN FOOD FEST & FIREWORKS • KSU at Stark/Stark State Campuses 8:00 a.m. TIMKENSTEEL GRAND PARADE • Downtown Canton 4:00 p.m. BALLOON CLASSIC • KSU at Stark/Stark State Campuses Noon MM SHOWS LLC. AUTOGRAPH SESSION PRESENTED BY PANINI (HALL OF FAMERS) Pro Football Hall of Fame SUNDAY, JULY 20 Noon RETURNING HALL OF FAMERS AUTOGRAPH SESSION PRESENTED BY PANINI 6:00 a.m. BALLOON CLASSIC • KSU at Stark/Stark State Campuses Pro Football Hall of Fame SATURDAY, JULY 26 4:00 p.m. LEGENDS CLUB VIP ENSHRINEMENT TAILGATE • Pro Football Hall of Fame 6:00 p.m. CONCERT AND FIREWORKS • Downtown Canton - Cornerstone Square 4:00 p.m. ENSHRINEMENT CELEBRATION PARTY • Pro Football Hall of Fame SUNDAY, JULY 27 7:00 p.m. ENSHRINEMENT CEREMONY • Fawcett 8:00 a.m. PIGSKIN RUN • Pro Football Hall of Fame SUNDAY , AUGUST 3 2:30 p.m. COMMUNITY PARADE • Downtown Canton 12:30 p.m. ENSHRINEES GAMEDAY ROUNDTABLE • Memorial Civic Center and Cultural Center WEDNESDAY, JULY 30 3:00 p.m. CLASS OF 2014 AUTOGRAPH SESSION PRESENTED BY PANINI 11:00 a.m. RIBS BURNOFF • Stark County Fairgrounds Pro Football Hall of Fame THURSDAY, JULY 31 5:00 p.m. LEGENDS CLUB VIP NFL/HALL OF FAME GAME TAILGATE PARTY Pro Football Hall of Fame 10:00 a.m. FIRST PLAY 2014 • Downtown Canton to the Pro Football Hall of Fame 5:00 p.m. FAN APPRECIATION TAILGATE PARTY • Pro Football Hall of Fame 11:00 a.m. RIBS BURNOFF • Stark County Fairgrounds 8:00 p.m. NFL/HALL OF FAME GAME • Hall of Fame Field at Fawcett Stadium MONDAY, AUGUST 4 6:30 p.m. DRUM CORPS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION TOUR OF CHAMPIONS

23 events over two and a half weeks - many events are free - TICKETS some require tickets - all are guaranteed to be fun!

For tickets to: Ribs Burnoff Concerts, Fashion Show Luncheon, For individual Enshrinement, NFL/Hall of Fame Game and Autograph Enshrinees’ Gold Jacket Dinner, TimkenSteel Grand Parade, Sessions call 330.456.8207 or visit ProFootball HOF.com/2014tickets and Enshrinees GameDay Roundtable please call: 330.458.2048 ProFootballHOFEF.com/tickets For all-inclusive event ticket packages offered through NFL On Location call 877.611.3947 or visit ProFootballHOF.nflonlocation.com For tickets to: Drum Corps International Competition Tour of Champions please call: 317.275.1212 ProFootballHOFEF.com/tickets QUEEN PAGEANT CONCERT AND FIREWORKS Young women from Stark County There is no better way to and surrounding communities celebrate the Enshrinement compete for the title of Pro Football Festival than with a giant Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival fireworks extravaganza! Join us in Queen. The queen and court help to downtown Canton for family fun welcome nearly 700,000 people to that starts with a rousing band Canton for the festivities, but more concert, activities for the kids, and importantly they serve as goodwill delectable treats for all. Then sit ambassadors and role models for back and enjoy an extraordinary youngsters in the community while fireworks display by Zambelli – volunteering their time for a wide “the First Family of Fireworks!” – variety of civic organizations. choreographed to music and best described as phenomenal! THU. MAY 8 SAT. JULY 26

B ALLOON CLASSIC/JACKSON- PIGSKIN RUN B ELDEN FOOD FEST & FIREWORKS Nearly 1,900 people walk or run in the 2-Mile Race, 5-Mile Join in the fun and excitement Competitive Walk, 5-Mile Race as 65 hot air take flight! and Kids Fun Run. It is a tradition This awesome spectacle delights that participants cross the finish approximately 130,000 spectators line where legends live at the Pro over three days. In combination with Football Hall of Fame, providing the fantastic Food Fest, this free a super high-energy atmosphere event offers families the opportunity and a great photo opportunity. to enjoy dozens of food vendors, Costumed characters accompany live music, children’s activities, children six and under as they illuminating Balloon Night Glow and race to the finish in the free Kids spectacular fireworks! Fun Run, where we raise physical fitness awareness and everyone is a winner! SUN. JULY 27 FRI. SAT. SUN. JULY 18-20 COMMUNITY PARADE FIRST PLAY Enjoy an afternoon in the heart First Play officially kicks off the of downtown Canton with final weekend of the Pro Football family and friends. A wide array Hall of Fame Enshrinement of community youth groups, Festival. This youth-focused marching bands, antique vehicles, event involves nearly 1,500 specialty units and a giant helium area kids who “hand-off” an balloon participate in this spirit- NFL football along a three-mile filled community parade. route starting at the downtown Canton site where the NFL was founded and ending at the front SUN. JULY 27 door of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. THU. JULY 31

RIBS BURNOFF HALL OF FAMER PHOTO OP Enjoy finger-lickin’ fabulous ribs Witness a gathering of the from local and national vendors, game’s immortals for a one-of- plus a variety of specialty foods. a-kind photo on the front steps Family-friendly entertainment of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. includes a master sand sculptor The public is invited to this free and face painting – and the event, and are encouraged to chance to show your punt, pass, capture the moment and share and kick skills in the Fantasy their pictures on social media Football Zone of interactive with the hashtag #PFHOF14. inflatables. Then head toward the stage each night for concerts by regional and nationally FRI. AUG. 1 renowned recording artists.

WED. THU. FRI. JULY 30-AUG. 1 FASHION SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT RECEPTION AT LUNCHEON THE HALL OF FAME This fabulous luncheon and high Enjoy an exclusive event on the energy show is arguably the largest campus of the Pro Football Hall and finest fashion show in Ohio! of Fame prior to the Enshrinees’ State-of-the-art sound, lighting, Gold Jacket Ceremony. Reception and video combine to showcase the includes dinner, beer and wine; ’s hottest male and female exclusive after-hours access and fashions, coupled with exciting self-guided tour of the Hall of musical entertainment for the 3,200 Fame; and a special televised guests to enjoy! broadcast of the Enshrinees’ Gold Jacket Ceremony presentation. FRI. AUG. 1 FRI. AUG. 1

ENSHRINEES’ GOLD TIMKENSTEEL GRAND PARADE JACKET DINNER Giant helium balloons, fabulous floats, marching bands, antique More than 4,000 guests vehicles, specialty units, experience an extraordinary and of course Hall of Fame evening of cocktails, dinner, legends are cheered by nearly and football fantasy as a large 200,000 spectators along the contingent of returning Hall of 2.2 mile route and millions Famers, NFL team owners, and more watching the television celebrities come together broadcast of the TimkenSteel to honor the Class of 2014 Grand Parade. Excitement Enshrinees. An emcee of national abounds as fans welcome the acclaim and the presentation Class of 2014 Enshrinees and a of the Hall of Fame Gold Jackets large contingent of returning to the Enshrinees make this Hall of Famers riding in the evening one to remember! SAT. AUG. 2 FRI. AUG. 1 parade. MM SHOWS LLC. LEGENDS CLUB VIP AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS ENSHRINEMENT TAILGATE PARTY

Preserve your football Just hours before the memories with autographs Enshrinement Ceremony, you from Hall of Fame legends as can join four members of the they return to Canton for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Enshrinement festivities. Your the game’s elite fans inside favorite Hall of Famers will the Legends Club. Your VIP be on hand to sign football ticket gets you inside access for memorabilia during a pair of pictures, autographs and an one-hour sessions. amazing array of food, desserts, soft and a full bar. SAT. AUG. 2 SAT. AUG. 2

RETURNING HALL OF FAMERS ENSHRINEMENT AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS CELEBRATION FAN PARTY Preserve your football memories If tailgating on the campus of with autographs from Hall of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Fame legends as they return to great music, great food, drinks Canton for the Enshrinement and beer sounds like your kind festivities. Multiple autograph of party, then look no further. sessions are held on the Pro This exclusive pre-Enshrinement Football Hall of Fame campus. tailgate party is just the ticket. For participants and times, visit ProFootballHOF.com. SAT. AUG. 2 SAT. AUG. 2 CLASS OF 2014 CLASS OF 2014 ENSHRINEMENT CEREMONY AUTOGRAPH SESSION The focus of the entire Members of the Class of 2014 Enshrinement Festival is the will gather together for their always-emotional Enshrinement first “official” autograph session Ceremony. This year the Class just one day after their Hall of of 2014 – , Ray Fame Enshrinement. Don’t miss Guy, , Walter this extraordinary opportunity to Jones, Andre Reed, Michael meet the new Class and add their Strahan and Aeneas Williams signatures to your autograph – will take their rightful place collection. among pro football’s elite as the newest members of the Pro Fooball Hall of Fame. SUN. AUG. 3 SAT. AUG. 2

LE GENDS CLUB VIP NFL/HALL OF ENSHRINEES FAME GAME TAILGATE PARTY GAMEDAY Kick off the 2014 NFL preseason ROUNDTABLE with the ultimate tailgate party inside the Legends Club. Talk about a football fan’s Your ticket gets you behind the fantasy! A large and enthusiastic velvet rope, where you’ll join crowd enjoys lunch, followed four Pro Football Hall of Famers, by a center-stage roundtable while enjoying an unrivaled presentation featuring the Class spread of food, desserts, soft of 2014. It’s an unscripted, up- drinks and a full bar - all while close-and-personal event where our DJ keeps the party going the Hall of Famers share stories with the hottest music. and memories of their careers! SUN. AUG. 3 SUN. AUG. 3 FAN APPRECIATION DRUM CORPS INTERNATIONAL TAILGATE PARTY COMPETITION Kick off the NFL preseason TOUR OF CHAMPIONS! in style at this exclusive fan tailgate party at the Pro The Tour of Champions Football Hall of Fame. Enjoy event series is an exciting traditional tailgate style food, live entertainment format Pepsi products and beer. Party featuring top world class with the best football fans corps. Spectators will have around with awesome music the opportunity to immerse and games. Each guest receives themselves in the drum corps a Hall of Fame souvenir. experience with exclusive fan-member interaction, pre-show and intermission SUN. AUG. 3 entertainment and more! M ON. AUG. 4

The Pro Football NFL/HALL OF Hall of Fame FAME GAME Enshrinement Festival IT’S A ONE OF A KIND CELEBRATION! Kick off the 2014 NFL preseason at the annual NFL/Hall of Fame ProFootballHOFEF.com • 330-456-7253 Game featuring the New York Giants vs. Buffalo Bills. The game takes place next to the museum The Pro Football at historic Pro Football Hall of Fame Field at Fawcett Stadium. Hall of Fame AMERICA’S PREMIER SUN. AUG. 3 SPORTS SHOWPLACE! ProFootballHOF.com • 330-456-8207

2011 PHOTO CONTEST SPONSORED BY: THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF PHOTO FAME ENSHRINEMENT FESTIVAL DID YOU KNOW. . . The Pro Football Hall of Fame and annual Enshrinement Festival are CONTEST celebrating their 51st anniversaries this year. The professional staffs of the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce Snapshot enthusiast or professional photographer? You are invited and Pro Football Hall of Fame partner with a team of 4,200 extraordinary to enter the annual Photo Contest by taking your best shot at any community volunteers to plan and stage the annual festivities. OUTDOOR Enshrinement Festival event. You are limited only Nearly 700,000 fans are expected to enjoy 23 diverse events over two by your imagination! Cash prizes of $1800 may be awarded in a and a half weeks. variety of categories, and one of your photographs may even be More than 23,000 men have played professional football, and thousands of used in an Enshrinement Festival publication. others have coached or been involved in the game in other capacities, but only 287 have been enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including Entry forms are available on the Enshrinement Festival website or the Class of 2014. at the Enshrinement Festival office: The annual Enshrinement Festival produces a $32 million economic impact ProFootballHOFEF.com on the Canton/Stark County area and $56 million on the state of Ohio. Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival Early this year, Steve Perry retired after nearly eight years as President/ 222 Market Avenue North • Canton, OH 44702 Executive Director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and was succeeded by David Baker, a business leader, former Mayor of Irvine, California, and THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS: former Commissioner of the Arena Football League. CLASS OF 2014 TIDBITS. . . Derrick Brooks believes if you toot your own horn, you’ll run out of breath. is the first full-time punter to be elected. Claude Humphrey was eligible for 28 years before being elected. Walter Jones was the first Seattle Seahawks lineman to play in the . Andre Reed stresses the importance of what you do off the field. Michael Strahan grew up in Germany and played only one year of high school football. Aeneas Williams, an ordained minister, was a walk-on at Southern University. THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME LIVE IN CANTON

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