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For Immediate Release For More Information, Contact: September 27, 2012 Joe Horrigan at (330) 456-8207

2013 Pro Football Hall of Fame modern-era nominees

CANTON, OHIO – Offensive linemen and , defensive linemen and , defensive back John Lynch and kicker , 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 and Oilers nose and former and Washington Redskins 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 XLVII at the Mercedes- Benz Superdome in , La. The election results will be announced at a live announcement show immediately following the meeting.

While there is no set 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 and longtime team owners Bud Adams, Jr., Jack Kent Cooke, Ed DeBartolo, Jr., , 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 – – Keenan McCardell Offensive Linemen – Larry Allen (G), Tom Nalen (C), Jonathan Ogden (T) Defensive Linemen – Sam Adams (DT), Warren Sapp (DT), Michael Strahan (DE), (DT/NT), (DE) Defensive Back – John Lynch (S) Kicker – Morten Andersen

Additional Nominees

QUARTERBACKS – , , , Neil Lomax, , (also P) RUNNING BACKS – Jamal Anderson, , , *, , Roger Craig, Stephen Davis, , , Brian Mitchell (also PR/KR), Gerald Riggs, , WIDE RECEIVERS –*Tim Brown (also KR), *, Gary Clark, Mark Clayton, (also PR), , , *, , Jimmy Smith, Rod Smith TIGHT ENDS – , OFFENSIVE LINEMEN – (T), (T), (T), Joe Fields (C), (G/T), (G/C), Jay Hilgenberg (C), (G/T), (C), (T), (T), (T), * (G), (T), (G) DEFENSIVE LINEMEN – Carl Hairston (DE/DT), * (DE/LB), Ed “Too Tall” Jones (DE), Joe Klecko (DE/DT/NT), Dexter Manley (DE), Charles Mann (DE), Fred Smerlas (NT) – , *Kevin Greene (also DE), Ken Harvey, Clay Matthews, Karl Mecklenburg, Sam Mills, DEFENSIVE BACKS – (CB), (S), (S), LeRoy Butler (S), (S), Albert Lewis (CB), Dennis Smith (S), (CB), (CB), * (CB/S), (S) PUNTERS/KICKERS – Gary Anderson (K), (P), (K) SPECIAL TEAMS/POSITION PLAYER – (also WR) COACHES – Bill Arnsparger, Doug Blevins, Bud Carson, , , , Jimmy Johnson, Chuck Knox, *, Buddy Parker, , , , CONTRIBUTORS – K. S. (Bud) Adams, Jr., George Anderson, , , C. O. Brocato, , Jack Kent Cooke, Otho Davis, *Ed DeBartolo, Jr., Ron Gibbs, , Eddie Kotal, Robert Kraft, Art McNally, Art Modell, , , Jr., , , Paul Tagliabue, Burl Toler, Sr., Jim Tunney, , George Young

*On 2012 finalists list