A couple of big name, popular Steelers are among 18 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Linebacker Kevin Greene and running back Jerome Bettis are closer to getting into the Hall, they made it along with first-year candidates Junior Seau, Kurt Warner and Orlando Pace.
The list of nominees was reduced Thursday to 15 from the modern era, one senior and two contributors. A finalist must receive at least 80 percent of the votes from the 46-person selection committee to be elected.
The class of 2015 will be announced Jan. 31 in Phoenix during “NFL Honors,” the TV show in which The Associated Press hands out its eight individual NFL awards. Inductions will be in August in Canton, Ohio.
The modern-day finalists are kicker Morten Andersen, Bettis, wide receiver Tim Brown, coach Don Coryell, running back Terrell Davis, coach Tony Dungy, linebacker-defensive end Greene, linebacker-defensive end Charles Haley, wide receiver Marvin Harrison, coach Jimmy Johnson, safety John Lynch, and guard Will Shields.
The senior nominee is former Vikings center Mick Tingelhoff.
Special contributors are Bill Polian and Ron Wolf, the architects of Super Bowl teams as executives.
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DaveB.
January 10, 2015 at 6:30 am
The fact that Jerome Bettis has not been elected shows just how little the pro football writers know . In my lifetime of watching pro football going back to the mid seventies the best two big backs I ever saw was Earl Campbell and Jerome Bettis . No one else is even close that was able to sustain it over a long career . Hopefully , the hall of fame finally gets it right .