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Chuck Howley, Joe Klecko and Ken Riley have been named the first three senior finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2023.
In an effort to boost the number of inductees amid a perception that some worthy players have been overlooked, the Hall of Fame allowed three seniors to make it straight through to the final vote of the full Hall of Fame Selection Committee. All three of them will be inducted in the Class of 2023 if they all get 80 percent of the vote from the Selection Committee. That seems likely.
In addition to Howley, Klecko and Riley, the Selection Committee will choose one coach or contributor and up to five modern era players for the Class of 2023, meaning as many as nine new Hall of Famers could be inducted next summer.
Howley was a first-round draft pick of the Bears in 1958 but was a backup as a rookie, played just three games in 1959 and didn’t play at all in 1960, and his career easily could have ended there. But after the Bears traded him to the Cowboys, he became an All-Pro linebacker, and the Super Bowl V MVP. That was bittersweet, as he is the only Super Bowl MVP from the losing team, but he helped the Cowboys win Super Bowl VI the next year.
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