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The Akron Beacon Journal from Akron, Ohio • Page 2

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Akron, Ohio
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Akron-Bfacon Journa SPECIAL EDITION Copyright 1980, Beacon Journal Publishing Co. 20 cents Ohio's complete newspaper Saturday, August 2, 1980 gum iiwwh ww wwwwwwwwwwwww WWWWWWWWlWiWWWWWWW I wrtfri VMM vt br ftlWJ flUJlMJ i NMifU HAUi of fame mm I -ill Dl lann nO JT-imi if-5 1 Game: Green Bay vs. San Diego Packers uf i DEACON JONES, defensive end, Los Angeles, San Diego, Washington 1961-1971 The four new Hall of Fame members in action during their glory years No. Name Pos. Ht.

Wt. 10 Bill Troup QB 6-5 220 11 David Beverly 6-2 180 12 Lynn Dickey QB 6-4 220 13 Chester Marcol 6-0 190 17 David Whitehurst QB 6-2 204 18 Mike Kennedy QB 6-2 204 19 TomBirney 6-4 220 20 Wylie Turner DB 5-10 182 21 Steve Wagner SS 6-2 208 22 Mark Lee CB 5-11 'A 187 24 Johnnie Gray FS 5-11 185 25 Jaf us White 6-T2 195 25 Harland Huckleby RB 6-1 196 26 Eric Tor kelson HB 6-2 194 27 JohnBristor 6-0 195 29 Mike C. McCoy CB 5-11 183 30 Ricky Patton HB 5-11 189 32 Steve Atkins HB 6-0 216 33 Barty Smith FB 6-4 240 34 Terdell Middleton HB 6-0 195 35 Mike Williquette DB 5-11 185 36 Howard Sampson DB 5-10 185 37 Mark Murphy 6-2 199 38 EstusHood CB 5-11 180 39 Sammy Johnson FB 6-1 226 40 Eddie Lee Ivery HB 6-VS1 210 41 James Stewart DB 5-11 186 42 Walt Landers FB 6-0 214 44 Vickey Ray Anderson RB 6-0 205 45 Jerry Bey RB 5-10 192 46 Steve Luke SS 6-2 205 47 MarkThorson DB 5-10 188 47 RickEngles 5-11 188 48 Nate Simpson HB 5-10 176 49 Ralph McGill FS 5-11 178 50 RichWingo LB 6-1 230 51 JimGueno LB 6-2 220 52 Gary Weaver LB 6-1 225 53 Mike Douglass LB 6-0 224 54 Larry McCarren 6-3 248 55 Mike Hunt LB 6-2 240 57 Derrel Gofourth 6-3 260 58 Paul Rudzinski LB 6-1 220 59 John Anderson LB 6-3 221 60 Ricky Skiles LB 6-214 220 60 Tom Bell 6-2 238 61 Davie Simmons LB 6-4 218 62 John Mendenhall DT 6-1 255 63 Terry Jones DT 6-2 259 64 SydKitson 6-4 252 65 MikeWellman 6-3 253 66 George Cumby LB 6-Va 215 67 KarlSwanke TC 6-6 251 67 TomVirgl LB 6-1 215 68 Greg Koch 6-4 265 69 Leotis Harris 6-1 267 70 Robert Barber DE 6-3 240 71 Mel Jackson 6-1 267 72 KitLathrop DT 6-5 253 73 Steve Young 6-8 263 76 Tim Stokes 6-5 252 77 Mike Butler DE 6-5 265 78 Casey Merrill DE 6-4 255 79 MarkKoncar 6-5 268 80 James Lofton WR 6-3 187 81 Paul Columbia TE 6-5 237 82 Paul Coff man TE 6-3 218 83 John Thompson TE 6-3 228 84 Fred Nixon WR 5-11 191 85 Bobby Kimball WR 6-1 185 87' Walter Tullis WR 6-0 170 88 RonCassidy WR 6-0 175 89 Aundra Thompson WR 6-0 186 90 Ezra Johnson DE 6-4 240 91 Buddy Aydelette 6-4 250 92 Kelly Saalfield 6-3 246 93 DanCernansky LB 6-1 223 94 JoeOdom GC 6-3 250 94 JoeVerria DL 6-2 252 95 Bruce Beekley LB 6-2 225 96 Troy Thomas DE 6-6 250 97 Jack Williams LB 6-4 225 98 Lonnie Greene DL 6-4 255 99 Charles Johnson DT 6-1 262 Chargers No. Name Pos. Ht.

Wt. 6 Rolf Benirschke 6-1 175 9 Stuart Dodds 6-4 205 10 Cliff Olander QB 6-5 187 1 1 Ed Luther QB 6-2Vi 206 12 James Harris QB 6-3' 221 14 DanFouts QB 6-3 210 16 Mike Wood 5-11 199 17 MikeKirkland QB-P 6-VA 190 18 Charlie Joiner WR 5-11 183 20 Michael Scott WR 5-11 165 21 Harry Price WR 5-11 182 22 Mike Thomas RB 5-11 190 23 Curtis Sirmones RB 6-0 196 24 Artie Owens RB 5-1 lft 182 25 John Cappelletti RB 6-1 225 26 Lydell Mitchell RB 5-11 198 27 Glen Edwards FS 6-0 183 28 Willie Buchanon CB 6-ft 195 29 Mike Williams CB 5-10 179 30 Artie Shankle RB 5-10 190 31 Severn Reece WR 5-11 185 32 Billy Mullins WR 6-1 195 33 Don Woods RB 6-2 208 34 LaRue Harrington RB 6-0 210 35 Steve Whitman FB 6-3 231 37 Hank Bauer RB 5-11 200 39 Harry Wilson WR 5-11 175 40 Clarence Williams RB 5-10 195 41 Bo Matthews FB 6-3! .222 42 Mike Fuller SS 5-9Vi 182 43 BobGregor DB 6-2 187 44 Pete Shaw SS 5-10Vi 178 45 HalStringert CB 5-11 187 47 Frank Duncan SS 6-1 188 48 Jerome Dove CB 6-2Vi 193 50 DonGoode LB 6-2 231 51 WoodrowLowe LB 6-0 227 52 Ray Preston LB 6-0 218 53 Ralph Perretta 6-lft 251 54 JimLaslavic LB 6-2ft 236 55 Bob Horn LB 6-4 230 56 Bob Rush 6-5 264 57 Linden King LB 6-4 230 58 Wayne Hamilton LB 6-4 230 59 Cliff Thrift MLB 6-2 232 60 DanAudick 6-3 253 62 DonMacek G-C 6-2ft 253 63 Doug Wilkerson 6-3 262 64 Chuck Loewen G-T 6-3ft 259 65 Brad Hendrix 6-4 245 66 Billy Shields 6-8 275 67 Ed White 6-2ft 271 68 Leroy Jones DE 6-8 260 69 John Lee DE 6-2 259 71 Fred Dean DE 6-2ft 230 72 DanJackovich 6-6 269 73 Charles DeJurnett DT 6-4 260 74 Louie Kelcher DT 6-4ft 282 75 Jim Nicholson 6-6 275 76 RonHaynes DT 6-1 260 77 Milton Hardaway 6-9 305 79 Gary Johnson DT 6-3 252 80 Kellen Winslow TE 6-5ft 252 81 Reggie Haynes TE 6-2ft 224 82 Andre Keys WR 6-6ft 223 83 John Jefferson WR 6-1 198 85 JimI.eJay WR 6-0 196 86 John Floyd WR 6-1 195 87 Howard Studdard WR 6-3 203 88 Gregg McCrary TE 6-2 235 89 Pat Collins TE 6-4 230 90 CarlMcGee LB 6-3 228 97 John Singleton DT 6-5ft 264 99 Wilbur Young DE 6-6 290 HEAD COACH Don Coryell ASSISTANTS Dave Levy, Joe Gibbs. Jackie Simpson, Earnel Durden, Jerry Smith, Larrye Weaver, Ernie Zampese, Wayne Sevier. HERB ADDERLEY, DaUas 1961-1972 1 2 "NsjdLb. OTTO, center, Oakland 1960-1974 A JIM defensive back, Green Bay, 1974 4 A r- V-.

a- MMi, mmmmmmtmim HEAD COACH Bart Starr ASSISTANTS John Meyer, Zeke Bratkowski, Lew Carpenter, Ross Fichtner, Tom Lovat, John Marshall, Ernie McMillan, Fred von Appen, Dick Rehbein. BOB LILLY, defensive tackle, Dallas 1961.

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