News: Chuck Howley Named HOF Seniors Finalist

[noshame]

Congrats Chuck !

 

[terra]

hopefully....lee roy jordan will join him in canton.

Jordans problem comes from the fact that he played in the greatest era of MLB's in the history of the NFL.
Butkus, Nitshke, Lanier, Nobis, Curtis, Buoniconti, etc

 

[terra]

It's ridiculous that media members are the ones voting for the HOF

back in the day a long time ago when those guys lived and breathed football it was OK. Todays POS's is another story.

 

[WoodysGirl]

 

[cowboyec]

Jordans problem comes from the fact that he played in the greatest era of MLB's in the history of the NFL.
Butkus, Nitshke, Lanier, Nobis, Curtis, Buoniconti, etc

and he's right there with him.

 

[mrmojo]

and he's right there with him.

He was just as great....

 

[cowboysfan99]

I hope Chuck finally gets in. Not sure about the other two. I thought Ken Anderson and Randy Gradishar should have been the other two that made the final three.

 

[ESisback]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...en-riley-named-hall-of-fame-senior-finalists/

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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About damned time!

 

[terra]

and he's right there with him.

Well, he is not at the level Butkus or Lanier was; but I would say he was as good as Curtis, or Buoniconti or Nitshke. Nobis might have been a little better.
My point is that when there are so many great ones at the same time its not surprising someone is going to be overlooked.

 

[ChuckA1]

Well, he is not at the level Butkus or Lanier was; but I would say he was as good as Curtis, or Buoniconti or Nitshke. Nobis might have been a little better.
My point is that when there are so many great ones at the same time its not surprising someone is going to be overlooked.

But Chuck Howley has been overlooked far too long. It is certainly time for his insertion into the HOF

 

[Chuck 54]

Read the story in today’s News Forum.
If it doesn’t light your fire, your wood’s all wet.

 

[john van brocklin]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...en-riley-named-hall-of-fame-senior-finalists/

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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Is he in yet?????

 

[john van brocklin]

Congrats Chuck !

Now let's finish the job and
PUT HIM IN!!!!!!!

 

[john van brocklin]

What a legend. Hope he gets in there. Chuck's 86! The Dallas Cowboys have 19 people associated with its franchise in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Only nine teams have more, and all of them but one were established in the NFL at least 10 years before the Cowboys.

Hope he gets in while he is still alive and can appreciate the honor.