Times staff
Friday, February 1, 2013
Modern-era nominees
Larry Allen, G/T
Years/Teams: 1994-2005 Dallas Cowboys, 2006-07 San Francisco 49ers
College: Sonoma State, Butte Junior College (Calif.)
Seasons: 14; Games: 203
All-Pro: 7; Pro Bowls: 11
Notable: Allen is a member of the NFL's All-Decade Team for the 1990s and 2000s.
Jerome Bettis, RB
Years/Teams: 1993-95 Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams; 1996-2005 Pittsburgh Steelers
College: Notre Dame
Seasons: 13; Games: 192
All-Pro: 2; Pro Bowls: 6
Career Stats: 3,479 carries for 13,662 yards, 91 touchdowns; 200 receptions for 1,449 yards, 3 touchdowns.
Notable: At the time of his retirement Bettis ranked 5th in rushing yards.
Tim Brown, WR/KR
Years/Teams: 1988-2003 Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders, 2004 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
College: Notre Dame
Seasons: 17; Games: 255
All-Pro: 2; Pro Bowls: 9
Career Stats: 1,094 receptions for 14,934 yards and 100 touchdowns.
Notable: Brown had 80 or more receptions in nine seasons over a 10-year span. He also was a lethal return man, his 19,682 all-purpose yards still ranks fifth all-time.
Cris Carter, WR
Years/Teams: 1987-89 Philadelphia Eagles; 1990-2001 Minnesota Vikings; 2002 Miami Dolphins
College: Ohio State
Seasons: 16; Games: 234
All-Pro: 2; Pro Bowls: 8
Career Stats: 1,101 receptions for 13,899 yards and 130 TDs
Notable: Retired as the NFL's second all-time leading receiver. Three times Carter led the NFL in touchdown catches.
Edward DeBartolo Jr., Owner
Years/Teams: 1977-2000 San Francisco 49ers
College: Notre Dame
Seasons: 23; Division titles: 13
Conference Titles: 5; Super Bowl Titles: 5
Notable: DeBartolo transformed the 49ers into one of the most dominant dynasties in NFL history.
Kevin Greene, LB/DE
Years/Teams: 1985-1992 Los Angeles Rams, 1993-95 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1996, 1998-99 Carolina Panthers, 1997 San Francisco 49ers
College: Auburn
Seasons: 15; Games: 228
All-Pro: 2; Pro Bowls: 5
Career Stats: Amassed 160 sacks. Also had 5 interceptions for 53 yards, 1 TD; 3 safeties, and 2 fumble recoveries for touchdowns.
Notable: Greene twice led the NFL in sacks, the first time in 1994 with the Steelers and again two years later in Carolina. He had 10 or more sacks in a season 10 times during his career.
Charles Haley, DE/LB
Years/Teams: 1986-1991, 1999 San Francisco 49ers, 1992-96 Dallas Cowboys
College: James Madison
Seasons: 12; Games: 169
All-Pro: 2; Pro Bowls: 5
Career Stats: Recorded 100.5 sacks. Had one safety and one fumble recovery for a touchdown.
Notable: Haley holds the NFL record for most Super Bowl victories by a player. He won three with the Cowboys (XXVII, XVIII, XXX) and two with 49ers (XXIII, XXIV).
Modern-era nominees
Art Modell, Owner
Years/Teams: 1961-1995 Cleveland Browns, 1996-2003 Baltimore Ravens
Seasons: 44; Division titles: 12
NFL Championship titles: 1; Super Bowl titles: 1
Notable: Modell's Browns won the NFL Championship in 1964 and his Ravens the Super Bowl in 2001 at Raymond James Stadium. He died in September.
Jonathan Ogden, T
Years/Teams: 1996-2007 Baltimore Ravens
College: UCLA
Seasons: 12; Games: 177
All-Pro: 6; Pro Bowls: 11
Career Stats: 2 receptions, 2 touchdowns
Notable: Ogden was the first player ever drafted by the Baltimore Ravens franchise.
Bill Parcells, Head Coach
Years/Teams: 1983-1990 New York Giants, 1993-96 New England Patriots, 1997-99 New York Jets, 2003-06 Dallas Cowboys
College: Colgate, Wichita State
Seasons: 20; Division titles: 5
Conference titles: 3; Super Bowl titles: 2
Notable: Parcells is a two-time NFL Coach of the Year recipient (1986, 1994)
Andre Reed, WR
Years/Teams: 1985-1999 Buffalo Bills, 2000 Washington Redskins
College: Kutztown
Seasons: 16; Games: 234
All-Pro: 3; Pro Bowls: 7
Career Stats: 951 receptions for 13,198 yards and 87 touchdowns.
Notable: Reed had 50 or more receptions in 13 seasons, which rank him third all-time. At the time of his retirement his 951 career receptions ranked third all-time.
Warren Sapp, DT
Years/Teams: 1995-2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2004-07 Oakland Raiders
College: Miami
Seasons: 13; Games: 198
All-Pro: 4; Pro Bowls: 7
Career Stats: 96.5 sacks, 4 interceptions for 8 yards and 1 TD, and 4 receptions for 39 yards and 2 touchdowns
Notable: Sapp was voted to both the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 1990s and 2000s.
Will Shields, G
Years/Teams: 1993-2006 Kansas City Chiefs
College: Nebraska
Seasons: 14; Games: 224
All-Pro: 3; Pro Bowls: 12
Notable: Shields was selected for the NFL's All-Decade Team in the 2000s.
Michael Strahan, DE
Years/Teams: 1993-2007 New York Giants
College: Texas Southern
Seasons: 15; Games: 216
All-Pro: 5; Pro Bowls: 7
Career Stats: 141.5 sacks and 1 safety, 4 interceptions for 124 yards and 2 TD
Notable: Strahan holds the NFL record for most sacks in a single season when he recorded 22.5 during the 2001 season.
Aeneas Williams, CB/S
Years/Teams: 1991-2000 Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals, 2001-04 St. Louis Rams
College: Southern University
Seasons: 14; Games: 211
All-Pro: 4; Pro Bowls: 8
Career Stats: 55 interceptions for 807 yards and 9 touchdowns.
Notable: At the time of his retirement, Williams ranked tied with Hall of Famer Ken Houston for second on the NFL's all-time list of interception returns for touchdowns with nine.
Senior committee nominees
Curly Culp, DT
Years/Teams: 1968-1974 Kansas City Chiefs, 1974-1980 Houston Oilers, 1980-1981 Detroit Lions
College: Arizona State
Notable: NFL's Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Pro, 1975; First- or second-team All-AFC five times; six Pro Bowls.
Dave Robinson, LB
Years/teams: 1963-1972 Green Bay Packers, 1973-74 Washington Redskins
College: Penn State
Notable: Starting OLB in three straight NFL championship wins, 1965-67 and Super Bowl I and II victories … Intercepted 27 passes for 449 yards, 1 TD … All-Pro second-team in 1968-69 … First-team All-NFL, 1967-69 … Three Pro Bowls … Named to NFL's All-Decade Team of the 1960s.