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Sports Collectors Digest

GRIDIRON GREATS

Nearly 100 of football’s greatest players and coaches celebrated the enshrinement of the Class of 2022 into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Aug. 5-7.

The class honored Tony Boselli, LeRoy Butler, Richard Seymour, Bryant Young and Dick Vermeil as the five living members who attended the festivities in Canton, Ohio. Art McNally, 97, the first referee to be inducted, was unable to attend. Honored posthumously were wide receiver Cliff Branch and linebacker Sam Mills.

Boselli, Young and Butler were all previously honored by the NFL’s All-Decade team of the 1990s and all played for just one NFL franchise in their careers — the Jaguars, 49ers and Packers, respectively. Boselli became the first Jacksonville player selected to the Hall of Fame after becoming the second player selected in the 1995 NFL Draft by the expansion team. The offensive tackle was voted to five Pro Bowls. Young was credited with 89.5 sacks and voted to four Pro Bowls.

In Butler’s 12-year career he was credited with two firsts, including the first defensive back in NFL history with

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