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Sunday, February 14, 2016

Former Steelers Kevin Greene and Tony Dungy Part of 2016 NFL Half of Fame Class

Two former NFL players who put on the black and the gold of the Pittsburgh Steelers will be apart of the National Football League's Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2016.  Safety/quarterback Tony Dungy and linebacker Kevin Greene.
Dungy only played three years and two of them with the Steelers, the other with the San Francisco 49ers.  He played 30 games for the Steelers starting two in 1977-78, and 15 games and 7 starts in 79 for the Niners.  He had nine interceptions.  Inculding one game where he is the only player in NFL history to have an interception on defense, and to come in later and throw an interception on the offensive side.
But, he is more known as the Indianapolis Colts and Peyton Manning.  He was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach for six years, and became the Colts coach in 2002, winning Super Bowl 41 in the 2006-07 season.  He had an overall record of 139-69 overall and 9-10 in the playoffs.
Greene played eight years for the Los Angeles Rams, three years for the Steelers, one year for the Panthers, a year for the 49ers, and two more for the Panthers, retiring after the 1999 season.  He was also a linebacker coach for the Green Bay Packers.
Greene was a monster of a linebacker.  He had 160 sacks and 669 tackles in 15 years.  He won a Super Bowl ring as the linebackers coach of the Packers against his former team the Steelers, unfortunately for me  After waiting five years, he finally got his well deserved trip to Canton.
Tony Dungy is getting in because of his coaching accomplishments.  I don't think he did enough to be considered one of the best like Bill Walsh, Tom Landry or Chuck Noll.  I'm not 100% about him getting in.
The full class is Brett Favre, Greene, Orlando Pace, Dungy, Marvin Harrison, Dick Stanfel, Eddie DeBartolo, and the late Ken(the Snake) Stabler.  It is another great class.  

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