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List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees from defunct NFL franchises

The Pro Football Hall of Fame, located in Canton, Ohio

This is a list of inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame that includes inductees who played or coached for franchises that are no longer active. The "charter" class of seventeen was selected in 1963.[1]

Enshrinees are selected by a 44-person Selection Committee which meets each year at the time and location of the Super Bowl. Current rules of the committee stipulate that between four and seven individuals are selected each year.[2] Any person may nominate an individual to the hall, provided the nominee has not played or coached for at least five seasons prior to the nomination. Not including the charter class, 67 players have been inducted in their first year of eligibility.[3]

In addition to the regular Selection Committee, which primarily focuses on contributions made over the past approximately thirty seasons, a nine-member Seniors Committee (which is a subset of the larger committee) submits two nominees each year whose contributions came prior to 1985.[2] These nominees are referred as "Seniors nominees" (formerly "old-timer" nominees).[4]

Two Hall of Famers, Joe Guyon and another Indian halfback, Jim Thorpe, stayed paired together from 1919–1924 on four defunct teams. Starting with the 1919–1920 Canton Bulldogs, they next played for the 1921 Cleveland Indians, 1922–1923 Oorang Indians, and the 1924 Rock Island Independents.[5]

Hall of Famers by team

Akron, Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn

Canton, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas

Detroit, Duluth, Frankford, Hammond

Kansas City, Milwaukee, New York

Oorang, Pottsville, Providence

Rock Island, Staten Island, Washington

See also

References

  1. ^ "History of the Pro Football Hall of Fame". ProFootballHallofFame.com. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Selection Process". ProFootballHallofFame.com. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  3. ^ "Pro Football Hall of Fame Yearly Finalists". Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  4. ^ "Senior Nominees, 1972–2012". ProFootballHallofFame.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  5. ^ "Joe Guyon | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site".
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Members by Team List". ProFootballHallofFame.com. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
  7. ^ "Heroes of the Game - Hall of Famers | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site".

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