The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional American football,located in Canton,Ohio. Opened on September 7,1963,the Hall of Fame enshrines exceptional figures in the sport of professional football,including players,coaches,officials,franchise owners,and front-office personnel,almost all of whom made their primary contributions to the game in the National Football League (NFL).
Donald Montgomery Hutson was an American professional football player and assistant coach in the National Football League (NFL). He played as an end and spent his entire 11-year professional career with the Green Bay Packers. Under head coach Curly Lambeau,Hutson led the Packers to four NFL Championship Games,winning three:1936,1939,and 1944.
John Anthony Randle is an American former professional football player who played as a defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings and the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was a six-time first-team All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowler. His 137.5 sacks rank 10th all-time overall and 1st among defensive tackles. On February 6,2010,he was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He played college football at Texas A&I,went undrafted and is considered one of the greatest undrafted players of all time.
Morris Hiram "Red" Badgro was an American professional football and baseball player. He played as an end in the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1981.
Clarence McKay "Ace" Parker was an American football and baseball player and coach. He played professional football as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–1941) and Boston Yanks (1945) and in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the New York Yankees. He was an All-American halfback at Duke University in 1936. Parker also played Major League Baseball during 1936 and 1937 with the Philadelphia Athletics. He served as the head baseball coach at Duke from 1953 to 1966. Parker was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972.
William Beattie "Big Chief" Feathers was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He played college football and college basketball at the University of Tennessee.
Alvin Nugent "Bo" McMillin was an American football player and coach at the collegiate and professional level. He played college football at Centre College in Danville,Kentucky,where he was a three-time All-American at quarterback,and led the Centre Praying Colonels to an upset victory over Harvard in 1921. McMillin was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player as part of its inaugural 1951 class.
Ronald Leslie Botchan was an American football official from the National Football League (NFL). Prior to that he was an American football linebacker in the American Football League from 1960 to 1962. As an official,Botchan worked as an umpire for nearly his entire NFL career and wore the number 110. Regarded as the "NFL's best umpire" by the media,Botchan was assigned to a record-number five Super Bowls:XX in 1986,XXVII in 1993,XXIX in 1995,XXXI in 1997,and XXXIV in 2000. He was also an alternate in Super Bowl XXVI in 1992,and Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002. He rapidly ascended to the NFL ranks after nine years of officiating high school and college games and attributes his success to being "coachable".
Richard David Robinson is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions and professionally for the Green Bay Packers and the Washington Redskins. Robinson was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013.
Charles Francis Berry was an American athlete and sports official who enjoyed careers as a catcher and umpire in Major League Baseball and as an end and official in the National Football League. His father,Charlie Sr.,was a second baseman who played in the Union Association in 1884.
George William Forester was a professional American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played 11 seasons for the Green Bay Packers (1953–1963) and was selected to four Pro Bowls. He was selected to the Packers Hall of Fame in 1974.
Johnny Earl Roland is a former American football player and coach. He played as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1966 to 1972 and the New York Giants in 1973. Roland played college football at the University of Missouri,where he was a consensus All-American in 1965 as a defensive back. After his playing days,he served as an assistant coach with the number of NFL teams and at the University of Notre Dame. Roland was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1998.
Lewis Glen Carpenter was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the University of Arkansas and professionally for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as a halfback and fullback with the Detroit Lions,Cleveland Browns,and Green Bay Packers. He played on three NFL Championship teams,with Detroit in 1953 and with Green Bay in 1961 and 1962. After his playing career ended,Carpenter spent 31 years as an assistant coach in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings (1964–1966),Atlanta Falcons (1967–1968),Washington Redskins (1969),St. Louis Cardinals (1970–1972),Houston Oilers (1970–1974),Green Bay Packers (1975–1985),Detroit Lions (1987–1988),and Philadelphia Eagles (1990–1994). Carpenter also coached the Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League of American Football in 1996 and at Southwest Texas State University. He concluded his 47 years of playing and coaching football at the end of the 1996 season. Scientific tests on his brain diagnosed post-mortem that he had an advanced case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
Albert Henry Soar was an American football running back and defensive back in the National Football League who went on to have a long career as an umpire in Major League Baseball. Soar played nine seasons for the New York Giants,and caught the game-winning touchdown pass in the 1938 NFL Championship Game against the Green Bay Packers at the Polo Grounds.
Earl Gilbert "Bud" Svendsen was a professional American football player who played center and linebacker for six seasons for the Green Bay Packers and the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1985.
John Joseph "Bo" Molenda was an American football player,primarily a fullback,who played for the University of Michigan and nine seasons in the NFL. He played for two Big Ten Conference championship teams and four NFL championship teams and later became a football coach.
John Thurman "Red" Cochran Jr. was an American football cornerback and later an assistant coach and scout in the National Football League. He played college football at Wake Forest University.
Paul James Krause is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). Gifted with a great frame,speed and range,Krause established himself as a defensive force against opposing wide receivers. He led the league with 12 interceptions as a rookie before going on to set the NFL career interceptions record with 81 and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998. Krause was selected eight times to the Pro Bowl during his 16 seasons in the NFL.
