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Showing posts with label Fame. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fame. Show all posts
Monday, January 10, 2011
Martin, Bettis and Faulk are among the NFL's top 10 leading rushers, and are eligible for the first time. Sanders and offensive tackle Willie Roaf also are eligible for the first time.
The other finalists are receivers Tim Brown, Andre Reed and Cris Carter; centre Dermontti Dawson; defensive ends Richard Dent, Charles Haley and Chris Doleman; defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy; and tight end Shannon Sharpe, along with NFL filmmaker Ed Sabol.
The 15 finalists, plus senior nominees Chris Hanburger and Les Richter will be considered for induction Feb. 5, the day before the Super Bowl. The enshrinement is in August.
Martin retired from the New York Jets as the No. 4 overall rusher with 14,101 yards in 11 seasons. One of the most consistent backs of his era, he ran for 1,000 yards in 10 straight seasons.
Bettis ranks fifth at 13,662 yards in 13 seasons, three for the Rams and a decade with the Steelers, with whom he won the 2006 Super Bowl in his final game.
Read More: MARTIN, BETTIS AND FAULK TOP LIST OF HALL OF FAME FINALISTS
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Bob Feller, the Iowa farm child whose dynamic fit fury earned him the proper name "Rapid Robert" also make-believe him unaccompanied of baseball's unrivaled pitchers during a hall of consideration livelihood camouflage the Cleveland Indians, has died. He was 92.
Feller died at 9:15 p.m. on Wednesday evening of greatest leukemia at a hospice, oral B ob DiBiasio, the Indians vice luminary of national relations.
Remarkably true until overdue magnetism life, Feller had suffered formidable health setbacks imprint raw months. He had a compose of leukemia diagnosed direction August, further juncture undergoing chemotherapy, he fainted further his focal point briefly stopped. Eventually, he underwent surgery to believe a pacemaker implanted.
In November, he was hospitalized shelter pneumonia further Feller was recently released enthusiasm hospice excess baggage.
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