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WATKINS ADVISORY BOARD NEWS
Long time Alliance Advisory Board member Warren Moon and former
Alliance Advisory Board Chairman Reggie White inducted into the Pro
Football Hall of Fame this month. Super Agent Leigh Steinberg also a long
time supporter of the Alliance presented Warren Moon.
WARREN MOON
| "Warren opened the door for a lot of us. When he came out of
Washington as the Pac-10 Player of the Year and the Rose Bowl MVP, he
didn't get any calls about being drafted, so he had a decision to make:
Trying to sign as an undrafted free agent or go to the CFL. Warren did
it the hard way, and that opened the door for a lot of us." -
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb |
 The first
African American quarterback to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Led the
Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos to five straight Grey Cup wins.
Passed for 3,000 yards in a season nine times and reached the 4,000-yard
mark four times.
First QB ever
to pass for 4,000 yards for two different teams (Oilers and Vikings).
The sixth long-time
member of the Tennessee Titans franchise, which operated as the Houston
Oilers from 1960-1996, in the Hall. The others included Elvin Bethea, George
Blanda, Earl Campbell, Ken Houston, and Mike Munchak.
At age 44, he started
at quarterback for the Chiefs in a game against the Chargers on Nov. 26,
2000.
REGGIE WHITE
The only member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame to wear #91 or #92.
Wore #91 during his
first season with the Philadelphia Eagles after joining the team in Week 4
of the 1985 NFL season. His familiar #92, which he wore in the USFL, was
being used by Smiley Creswell, a first-year defensive end. Creswell's NFL
career was short-lived and ended after three games with the Eagles that
year. As such, White changed to #92 the following season and wore that
number for the remainder of his Hall of Fame career.
The ninth
Philadelphia Eagle to be elected to the Hall of Fame. He joins Chuck
Bednarik, Bert Bell, Bob Brown, Sonny Jurgensen, Tommy McDonald, "Greasy"
Neale, Pete Pihos, and Steve Van Buren.
| "I don't know if there has been a physical defensive end like
him. To this day - the club move - I don't remember anybody who could
take his right arm coming from the left side and hit those damn tackles
in the left shoulder and just annihilate them. The guy was just uncanny
physically. He was just special. I don't know that anybody has combined
the strength, speed ratio the guy had." - Mike Giddings, scout |
The 21st Green Bay Packer
representative in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Other Hall of Famers who
made a major contribution to pro football as a member of the Packers
organization include: Herb Adderley, Tony Canadeo, Willie Davis, Forrest
Gregg, Arnie Herber, Clarke Hinkle, Paul Hornung, Cal Hubbard, Don Hutson,
Henry Jordan, "Curly" Lambeau, James Lofton, Vince Lombardi, "Blood"
McNally, Mike Michalske, Ray Nitschke, Jim Ringo, Bart Starr, Jim Taylor,
and Willie Wood.
The 18th member of
the Pro Football Hall of Fame to be enshrined posthumously.
Accumulated 124 sacks
in 121 games a member of the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Packers' all-time
sack leader. He amassed 68.5 sacks during his six seasons in Green Bay.
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