“I’ve thanked him many, many times over the years”, Dungy said. That was OK. Never did I hear him say, ‘Son, you’ve arrived.
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Eddie DeBartolo Jr.is the only member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2016 who did not play in the NFL.
“Coach Dungy has been a shining beacon of light in every facet of his life and vocation”, said John Wooten, chairman of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, an organization of minority coaches, front office, scouting and game day officials in the NFL. Hall of Fame. First ballot Hall of Famer. I think we could use a little bit more of that sense of duty to one another, and that sense of responsibility for one another. Many former 49ers players still refer to their old boss affectionaly as “Mr. D”.
Greene, a sackmaster with four franchises who stands third in career quarterback traps with 160, added some other characteristics that lead to success – if not a quick entrance into the hall; he retired in 1999. “I stay dialed into the game”. He was always the one to take the blame so he’ll be forever one of my guys.
His NFL-record 297 consecutive starts would follow, and I probably watched almost every one of them. [Your] third-grade teacher asks you what do you want to be when you get older and I always wanted to be an National Football League quarterback. I never said that to anyone else, but I thought to myself, that’s a pretty good compliment, you know? Just knowing I was a part of that, you realize how big sports is in your life or in the athlete’s life because it shapes a lot of things about them character-wise.
“I am standing on the stage with the best ever”, he said, Terrible Towels waving in the crowd, Steelers fans cheering when he mentioned Blitzburgh.
“Don’t ever allow anyone to make you think you can’t do something”, he said.
The first black head coach to win the Super Bowl, leading Indianapolis to a 29-17 victory against the Bears following the 2006 season, Dungy joins Fritz Pollard as the only black head coaches enshrined in Canton. “I feel I am representing those 10 men and all the African-American coaches who came before me in paving the way, and I thank them”.
“So never discount being a father and the statements that you make. you are very important to your children”, he said.
Marvin Harrison, whose 143 receptions in 2002 are an NFL record, has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I love you, Cris (Carter), I love you.
The top overall draft choice by the St. Louis Rams in 1997, Pace became the anchor on the line for the Super Bowl-winning “Greatest Show on Turf”.
Dungy coached the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Colts. He earned All-Pro honors five times in his seven-season career, four years with Detroit and three with Washington, before retiring at 31 and going into coaching.
Favre, who spoke last, was an 11-time Pro Bowler during his 16-year career.
“I’m going for a world record, and I don’t give a damn”.
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As infuriating as his NFL-record 336 career interceptions were, his 71,838 yards and 508 touchdowns were even more memorable.
