HALL OF FAME FOOTBALL - FOOTBALL SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: JIM TAYLOR, TOM FEARS, CHUCK BEDNARIK, RICHARD "NIGHT TRAIN" LANE, JAN STENERUD, DON MAYNARD, OTTO GRAHAM, PAUL WARFIELD - HFSID 277322
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HALL OF FAME FOOTBALL
Otto Graham, Jim Taylor, "Night Train" Lane, Jan Stenerud, Chuck Bednarik,
Don Maynard, Paul Warfield and Tom Fears sign an NFL football.
Football signed: "Jim Taylor", "Chuck Bednarik/Hall of Fame 1967",
"Don/Maynard/#13", Paul Warfield", "Dick Night Train Lane HOF 56", "Otto
Graham","Jan Stenerud/HOF 1991" and "Tom
Fears". Wilson Official NFL football, Paul Tagliabue, Commissioner. Signed
in two adjacent side panels. OTTO GRAHAM (1921-2003, HOF 1965) earned greater
fame as quarterback of the Cleveland Browns, leading them to seven league titles
in ten years (1946-1955. He was the National Football League MVP twice
(1953, 1955), and the youngest ever inductee into the Football Hall of Fame.
JIM TAYLOR (HOF 1976) was a 1,000-yard rusher for five straight
years (1960-1964) for the Green Bay Packers. In his career, he has rushed
for 8597 yards, caught 225 passes, amassed 10,538 combined net yards and scored
558 points. Taylor led the NFL in rushers and scorers, and had a record 19 TDs
in 1962. He was a ferocious runner, rugged blocker and a prime disciple of the
"run to daylight" doctrine. A basketball All-American at Northwestern,As
cornerbacks go, no player in NFL history instilled more fear in wide receivers
or running backs than DICK "NIGHT TRAIN" LANE (1928-2002, HOF 1974) He
burst onto the NFL scene in 1952 by setting a record for most interceptions
in a single season: 14. Accomplished when the NFL played only a 12-game regular
season, this record still stands today. Lane also ranks 3rd all-time for
career interceptions with 68. In 1969, just 4 years after his retirement, Lane
was voted the best cornerback in the first 50 years of the NFL. Norwegian
JAN STENERUD (HOF 1991) entered college on a skiing scholarship. The
first pure place kicker to enter the Hall of Fame, he starred for the Kansas
City Chiefs (1967-1979) before finishing his career with five seasons with
Minnesota and Green Bay. Stenerud kicked 373 career field goals, 17 of them from
50 yards or more. He kicked 3 field goals, the first nine points of the game, in
Kansas City's upset victory over the Vikings in Super Bowl IV. CHUCK BEDNARIK
(HOF 1967) was selected first overall in the 1949 NFL Draft as the Eagles'
bonus draft choice and earned a starter's spot as a center on offense and
linebacker on defense. As an offensive center, big Chuck was a bulldozing
blocker, both on rushing and passing plays. On defense, he was a true scientist
in his field and the kind of tackler who could literally stop even the finest
enemy runners "on a dime." He was named All-NFL as a linebacker 1951 through
1957 and again in 1960. Wide receiver DON MAYNARD (HOF 1987), the
first signee of the 1960 AFL Titans, caught a career-high 72 passes during his
first season. Maynard, who played in three AFL All-Star games, later teamed
with Joe Namath on the New York Jets to form a dynamic pass-catch duo.
During his career, Maynard racked up 633 receptions for 11,834 yards, 88
touchdowns and 530 points. Wide receiver PAUL WARFIELD (HOF
1983) played for the Miami Dolphins from 1970-1974, playing a key
role in the Dolphins' undefeated (17-0) season in 1972. A graduate of
Ohio State, Warfield began his pro career with the Cleveland
Browns (1964-1969), and he would return to that team to finish his career
(1976-1977). Known for his speed and jumping ability, Warfield caught
427 passes for 8,565 yards and 85 TDs over his 13-season NFL career. He was
also a member of eight Pro-Bowl teams, and Warfield was chosen for the
NFL 1970s All-Decade Team. Wide receiver TOM FEARS (1922-2000, HOF
1970) played his college ball at UCLA, before joining the pros in
1948. In his first three years with the Los Angeles Rams, Fears led the NFL
in catches. He played until 1956, although his last three years were plagued
with injuries. Fears was enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 1970. He was
head coach of the New Orleans Saints (1967-1970), but claimed he was
blacklisted from the NFL after serving as a consultant to the film North
Dallas Forty (1979), which stressed the seamy side of professional
football. He later coached in the US Football League and for the Milan franchise
in the first season of the International League of American Football (1990).
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