Favre, Dungy enshrined into Pro HOF

MOBILE, Ala. (Aug. 2) – A pair of Reese’s Senior Bowl legends are among the eight new members to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday in Canton, Ohio.

Longtime Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre, who played in the 1991 Senior Bowl, and coach Tony Dungy, who led the South team in 1999 as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and served as an assistant in Mobile in 1982 (Steelers), 1990 and 1991 (Chiefs), are members of the 2016 class.

The two legends both participated in the 1991 contest, with Favre playing quarterback for the ‘AFC’ all-stars and Dungy coaching the secondary for the ‘NFC’ all-stars, while working under Chiefs head coach Marty Schottenheimer.

Favre’s enshrinement this weekend pushes the total number of former Reese’s Senior Bowl players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame to 44. Favre join the likes of Terry Bradshaw, Joe Greene, Franco Harris, Dan Marino, Joe Namath, Ozzie Newsome, Walter Payton, Derrick Thomas and Michael Strahan.

Favre played with four teams in his career after graduating from Southern Mississippi in 1991. He was best known for his days with the Green Bay Packers, where he spent 16 of his 20 NFL seasons, leading the ‘Pack’ to the Super Bowl XXXI championship. He left the game in 2010 as the game’s all-time leader in completions (6,300), attempts (10,169), yards (71,838) and TDs (508). He was a three-time league MVP, 11-time Pro Bowl selection and a member of the NFL’s All-Decade Team (1990s).

Dungy was a head coach for the Buccaneers (1996-2001) and Indianapolis Colts (2002-2008), where he led the Colts to the Super Bowl XLI title in 2007. During his seven years as Indy’s head coach, the Colts won 12 or more games all but one year, when they went 10-6. His teams captured five division titles and advanced to the playoffs every season in Indianapolis.

Favre and Dungy are joined in the Class of 2016 by Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison, Rams/Steelers linebacker Kevin Greene (Auburn), Rams offensive tackle Orlando Pace, former San Francisco 49ers owner Eddie Debartalo, Jr. and 1950s Lions guard Dick Stanfel.