TABLE OF CONTENTS Pro Football Hall of Fame 2121 George Halas Drive NW, Canton, OH 44708 330-456-8207 | ProFootballHOF.com #PFHOF17 GENERAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION High Schools..............................171 The Pro Football Hall of Fame HOFers who attended same high school . .173 Mission Statement ........................2 Draft Information Board of Trustees/Advisory Committee......4 Alphabetical...........................175 David Baker, President & CEO ..............5 Hall of Famers selected first overall........175 Staff....................................5 By round ..............................177 History..................................7 Coaches &contributors drafted...........179 Inside the Hall............................7 By year, 1936-2001 .....................182 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Week Undrafted free agents...................188 Powered by Johnson Controls ...............9 Birthplaces by State ........................189 Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village.......11 Most by state ..........................189 Award Winners: Most by city............................191 Pioneer Award..........................13 Foreign born...........................192 Pete Rozelle Radio-TVAward..............13 Dates of Birth, Birthplaces, Death Dates, Ages . 193 McCann Award..........................14 Ages of living Hall of Famers..............199 Enshrined posthumously.................202 CLASS OF 2017 Election by Year of Eligibility & Year as Finalist . 203 Class of 2017 capsule biographies .............16 Finalists Morten Andersen bio........................18 Alphabetical...........................206 Terrell Davis bio............................29 Elected in first year of eligibility . .........208 Kenny Easley bio............................48 By year................................209 Jerry Jones bio..............................51 Semifinalists Jason Taylor bio.............................55 By year................................216 LaDainian Tomlinson bio.....................70 Alphabetical...........................218 Kurt Warner bio............................83 Modern-Era nominees, 2017 .............220 Championship Teams.......................221 SELECTION PROCESS Most Super Bowls.......................226 Super Bowl MVPs.......................228 & HALL OF FAMER BIOS Pro Bowls.................................229 Hall of Fame Selection Process...............100 Player of the Game .....................232 SelectionCommittee.......................100 Most Pro Bowls.........................232 FAQ about selection process .............101 Uniform Numbers Player eligibility chart. ...................102 By number.............................233 Senior Finalists.........................103 By Hall of Famer........................234 Contributor Finalists.....................103 Presenters................................238 Hall of Famer biographies...................104 Youngest & oldest at time of enshrinement. .244 Career summaries of the 310 members of the Hall of Fame HALL OF FAME GAME HALL OF FAMER INFORMATION Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium...........246 Year of induction, 1963-2017 ................146 History of Hall of Fame Game................246 Alphabetical listing......................149 Series results..............................247 Team-by-team.............................151 Cardinals vs. Cowboys 2017 .................249 Chart:Hall of Famers by franchise.........158 All-time standings..........................250 Position...................................159 Game records.............................251 HOFers by category (Player, Coach, HOFers who’ve played in HOFGame..........254 Contributor)...........................162 Seasons and games played..................164 Class of 2017 noted in red throughout the media guide. Most seasons/games played..............167 Fewest seasons/games played............167 Colleges..................................168 Colleges with the most Hall ofFamers.....170 Heisman Trophy winners in Hall of Fame . .170 © 2017 Pro Football Hall of Fame 2017 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME MEDIA GUIDE OUR MISSION • Honor the Heroes of the Game • Preserve its History THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME • Promote its Values • Celebrate Excellence EVERYWHERE - 2 - PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME “The Most Inspiring Place on Earth!” THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME The Pro Football Hall of Fame is located in Canton, Ohio. MISSION: CREED: Honor the Heroes of the Game We protect the Game by making it SAFER Preserve its History We grow the Game by promoting its VALUES Promote its Values We elevate the Game by LOVING those Celebrate Excellence EVERYWHERE who helped build it VALUES: PURPOSE: Commitment To help EVERY fan experience a Integrity Hall of Fame Life by creating Courage “The Most Inspiring Place on Earth!” Respect Excellence VISION: It’s not just the past, it’s the future; It’s not just about Canton, it’s the world; And it’s not just a great museum for football, it’s a message of excellence EVERYWHERE! - 3 - PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIRMAN Bernard McRae, Jr.* Randall C. Hunt* CEO/President – Main Street Lighting Attorney – Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., LPA Kim Metcalf-Kupres VICE CHAIRMAN Chief Marketing Officer – Johnson Controls Inc. Dennis Nash* CEO – Kenan Advantage Group Frank Monaco Partner – 415 Group, Inc. SECRETARY Joseph Halter Warren Moon President – Solmet Technologies, Inc. President & Founder – Sports 1 Marketing/Pro Football Hall of Fame Member TREASURER Roger A. Bettis John L. Muhlbach, Jr. President – Green Lines Transportation, Inc. Retired Executive ASSISTANT TREASURER Anthony Muñoz Gary R. Smith Executive Director – Anthony Muñoz Foundation/Pro Retired Executive Football Hall of Fame Member William H. Belden, Jr. Dave Peacock* Chairman of the Board – The Belden Brick Co. Entrepreneur & Civic Leader/Former President – Anheuser-Busch Barbara Bennett Director of Administrative Services – Muskingum Renee Powell Watershed Conservancy District LPGA Tour Member/PGA Pro & Educator/General Manager – Clearview Golf Club Todd Blackledge Lead Analyst, ESPN Edward J. Roth III President & CEO – Aultman Health Foundation Ronald W. Dougherty Attorney – Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., LPA Tom Schervish* Owner & Chairman – Stark Management Services Roger Goodell Commissioner – National Football League Stephen Harold Schott* Managing Partner – CapTrust Steve Gregory CEO – Gregory Industries, Inc. Dan Snyder Owner – Washington Redskins Jimmy Haslam Owner – Cleveland Browns Amy Adams Strunk Controlling Owner & Co-Chairman, Board of Directors – Donald E. Jakeway* Tennessee Titans President & CEO – Jakeway & Associates LLC W.R. Timken, Jr. Jerry Jones Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany/Retired Chairman Owner, President & General Manager – Dallas Cowboys of the Board & CEO – Timken Company George McCaskey Denise DeBartolo York Chairman of the Board – Chicago Bears Co-Chairman – San Francisco 49ers PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME ADVISORY COMMITTEE The following individuals serve on the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s David Knowlton, Managing Partner – Three Ocean Advisory Committee along with selected members of the Board of Partners, LLC Trustees, noted above with an asterisk (*). Mary Owen, Life Trustee – The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. James Allen, President – J. Allen Family Partners LTD – Foundation Real Estate Larry Paul, Co-Founder & Managing Principal, Laurel Brian J. Barker, Chairman of the Board – AFS/Limited Crown Partner/Minority Owner – Pittsburgh Steelers Partner – Atlanta Falcons THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME - BOARD TRUSTEES/ADVISORY COMMITTEE Robert Zmudka, President & Group Executive, Paul Bishop, Chairman & CEO – H-P Products, Inc. North American Sales & Marketing – GATX, Corp. Joe Browne, Retired National Football League Executive - 4 - PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME STAFF the Game. The dynamic project that will be completed to coincide with the NFL’s 100th season in 2019 and the Centennial Celebration in 2020. Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village is comprised of nine main components: the Pro Football Hall of Fame Museum; Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium & Entertainment Complex; a Four-Star Hotel & Conference Center; a Player Care Center that includes Legends Landing Senior Living Community; a State-of-the-Art National Football & Youth Sports Com- plex; The Center for EXCELLENCE (Coaches University; an Academy of Corporate Excellence; the Institute for Officiating and the Center for Athletic Performance and Safety); a Performance Center with an indoor 100-yard field and convention space, Main Street Hall of Fame (restaurants and support retail that will feature the “World’s Greatest Sports Bar”); and the Hall of Fame Experience (high-tech virtual reality attraction plus a THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME STAFF football-themed indoor water park). Baker is an attorney by trade who earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Criticism from the Uni- versity of California at Irvine and his Juris Doctorate from David Baker, President & CEO the Pepperdine School of Law during which time he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Pepperdine Law Review. Since being named the President of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in January of 2014, David Baker’s leader- Baker played professional basketball in Switzerland and ship has transformed the Hall of Fame. worldwide with a Christian basketball team that beat the best in the world. He was elected Mayor and Councilman His physical stature – 6’9” and nearly 400 pounds – is of Irvine, Calif.,