Finally Time? Floyd Little a Finalist for Hall of Fame
by John Bena on Aug 25, 2009 11:02 AM MDT
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Has the time finally come for one of the Greatest Broncos in team history? We'll have to wait until February for that answer, but Broncos fans everywhere can celebrate the fact that Floyd Little is one step closer -
Broncos Ring of Fame member, running back Floyd Little, was one of two seniors committee nominees selected to be considered for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2010.
Little and Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau were the two selected and will now be voted on by the full Hall of Fame Board of Selectors February in Miami.
Little was the first No. 1 pick signed by the Broncos and finished his career with 6,323 yards rushing. He led theBroncos in rushing in seven consecutive seasons and led the NFL in rushing in 1971.
There is little doubt LeBeau is going to be a tough out since this seems to be the year he is getting a lot of support, both for his career as a player and as a coach. Flat out, LeBeau deserves to be there. So does Little.
A huge tip of the MHR cap to the MHR Hall of Fame Committee, and MHR Member Studbucket, for drawing attention to the deserving Broncos still on the outside, looking in.
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WE DID IT!
Floyd is now guaranteed to be in the final 17.
A huge thank to everyone who sent letters and tweeted, you guys are awesome!
by studbucket on Aug 25, 2009 11:06 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Great stuff, guys!
"They're watching me."
by Tempestuous Binary on Aug 25, 2009 11:48 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Awesome job!
Good work SB. Wish I had realized you guys were doing this stuff earlier. I need to pay more attention next time!
by SinDonor on Aug 25, 2009 12:22 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don't worry SinDonor
I’m sure we will be calling for more emails and letters come January/February.
It all starts in the trenches - HT 11/11/08
Leave the hateful vitriol to the uninformed - HT 3/16/09
by firstfan on Aug 25, 2009 5:34 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Floyd Little shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame
I love what little did for the Broncos & did tremendous things to take them from a laughingstock to respectability. But he just doesn’t have great numbers. He only had one 1000 yard season, when he led the league in 1971, with several mediocre years at the beginning and end of his career.
It might be nice to see him in the HOF with so many Bronco greats like Gradishar, Sharpe, & Atwater getting screwed, but looking at it objectively, not through orange colored glasses, you’ve gotta say he doesn’t really deserve it. He’s where he belongs-in the Ring of Fame.
by Elway#7 on Sep 15, 2009 10:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Big Props to Jezru, Firstfan, and Zappa as Well
It wasn’t just me, without them, no way Floyd is where he is.
by studbucket on Aug 25, 2009 11:06 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
When we floundered
it was you that got us going in the right direction again.
It all starts in the trenches - HT 11/11/08
Leave the hateful vitriol to the uninformed - HT 3/16/09
by firstfan on Aug 25, 2009 5:42 PM MDT up reply actions 3 recs
Good Job FF
I think you have bragging rights, am I correct?
DD
About playing against Joe Namath "He's the best in the Business, he can do everything, but I've never seen a Quarterback yet that can throw on his back." - Dave Costa 1969
by Denver Diehard on Aug 25, 2009 11:17 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was a committee effort
and i think I was a cog in helping us select #44 as our Senior “Target” for this year, but studbucket was the real ring-leader.
It all starts in the trenches - HT 11/11/08
Leave the hateful vitriol to the uninformed - HT 3/16/09
by firstfan on Aug 26, 2009 11:49 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Congrats to
Bronco Country as well for all the support of this great team of individuals that helped lead “The Drive” to get Little into consideration.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
by DenBronx on Aug 25, 2009 11:08 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
This is huge news
This makes it really pretty likely that Floyd gets in, but we have to keep the pressure on the voters to get him all the way over the top. My understanding is, if both senior nominees get in, it is really like one of the six spots being taken, meaning there can be 7 inductees, rather than the usual 6.
Props to the committee, and here’s hoping they keep it up.
"I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning." -- Robert F. Kennedy
by Ted Bartlett on Aug 25, 2009 11:11 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
There are no gaurantees though.
I recall reading that some of the Senior Committee nominees do not get in for whatever reason. I know all of us didn’t come this far or wait this long to see Floyd Little get nudged out in February!
Studbucket, Jezru, and firstfan are awesome and I have little doubt that Little’s inclusion has much to do with their efforts digging for data and organizing the troops. This effort has already exceeded my wildest expectations.
LITTLE TO THE HALL!!!
Verbose in style, dispersion of thought, procrastination in life.
by Tim Lynch on Aug 25, 2009 11:27 AM MDT reply actions 2 recs
Outstanding
This would be a wonderful 50th anniversary present for the franchise upon which all Bronco fans could unite.
by Baltimore Bronco on Aug 25, 2009 11:39 AM MDT reply actions 4 recs
+1 Zappa and Baltimore Bronco
A Standing Ovation to all involved!
"You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough, in the second half you give what's left." – Yogi Berra
"No, I'm from Iowa, I only work in outer space."
by KaptainKirk on Aug 25, 2009 12:06 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
"This would be a wonderful 50th anniversary present for the franchise upon which all Bronco fans could unite."
Good thought. Let’s remember to point that out when it comes time to write the people that do the voting.
...because sometimes your inner cowboy needs to yodel.
by bradley on Aug 25, 2009 12:13 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Balt Bronco
This would be a wonderful 50th anniversary present for the franchise upon which all Bronco fans could unite.
This brings tears to my eyes. Couldn’t agree more.
My image is the Circa 1960-’61 Broncos home uniform sock. Some what folk lore to me ... but referred to as the clown sock by my Dad.
by YellowStoneBronco on Aug 26, 2009 1:12 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
How cool would it be . . .
if Little and Sharpe went in together?
by db8632 on Aug 25, 2009 12:13 PM MDT reply actions 2 recs
Totally cool !
...because sometimes your inner cowboy needs to yodel.
by bradley on Aug 25, 2009 12:16 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh man...
That would be awesome.
Then we could focus on some guys like Gradishar and Atwater next year!
by studbucket on Aug 25, 2009 12:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would be wonderful!
It all starts in the trenches - HT 11/11/08
Leave the hateful vitriol to the uninformed - HT 3/16/09
by firstfan on Aug 25, 2009 5:36 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Give us Lionel Taylor next year!
About playing against Joe Namath "He's the best in the Business, he can do everything, but I've never seen a Quarterback yet that can throw on his back." - Dave Costa 1969
by Denver Diehard on Aug 25, 2009 11:19 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hold on now....
If we got both in one year we’d really have a dilluted case against Bronco persecution in the hall for a couple of years… Wouldn’t that be something?
TD’d be like WTF? And Gradishar would be like, hook us up with the MHR HOF Committee’s email addresses… shoot… Seriously, I am pumped… Thanks to everyone who heeded our call!
J
by Jezru on Aug 25, 2009 8:25 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
FANTASTIC NEWS!
Great job, committee!!!!!
"Talk about the Broncos and I'm gonna 'put my dukes up'. I'm gonna hit you with these rings." -- Rod Smith's rebuttal to Jamie Dukes
by broncosmontana on Aug 25, 2009 12:58 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Special thanks to you firstfan!
If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!
by Trinidad Jack on Aug 25, 2009 1:08 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Thank you sir!
It was a true pleasure to work on this committee. They are a great group of guys to work with.
It all starts in the trenches - HT 11/11/08
Leave the hateful vitriol to the uninformed - HT 3/16/09
by firstfan on Aug 25, 2009 5:38 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I woudl like to take credit for getting him on the committee...that was all me baby. ;-)
Verbose in style, dispersion of thought, procrastination in life.
by Tim Lynch on Aug 25, 2009 8:16 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is no doubt botht these senor members belong.
But I wonder if Floyd Little might have a leg up since there are already so many Steelers in the h.o.f. (de-emphasis added until Floyd Little gets in.)
If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!
by Trinidad Jack on Aug 25, 2009 1:11 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Sorry about the spelling.
If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!
by Trinidad Jack on Aug 25, 2009 1:12 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Initial Response (from Twitter perspective)
Is heavily weighted in LeBeau’s favor. All the major media guys announced LeBeau, how exciting, etc. Little an afterthought.
Also, LeBeau has 2 franchise staunchly behind him: Detroit and Pittsburgh.
by studbucket on Aug 25, 2009 1:45 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Luckily They Aren't Competing
Both deserve to make it in, and both can do so.
by studbucket on Aug 25, 2009 1:47 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Especially if...
…Ted Bartlett’s comment (above ) is correct (and I’m sure it is), it would mean that if one of them gets in they might as well put the other in also.
...because sometimes your inner cowboy needs to yodel.
by bradley on Aug 25, 2009 2:23 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to the HOF's Wikipedia page...
The Pro Football Hall of Fame uses only media representatives to select inductees. This, along with its policy of inducting only a maximum of seven players a year (six in certain years past), with a current maximum of two “senior” candidates and five “non-seniors,” has been criticized by sports columnists, former players, and football fans.
That is how I understood it to work, so this lends credence to it,
"I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning." -- Robert F. Kennedy
by Ted Bartlett on Aug 25, 2009 4:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hats off to all those who contributed greatly to this process,
hopefully they will get their just due.
by bfree2bronc on Aug 25, 2009 3:43 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Holy crap!
It worked! Way to go everone! Hats off!!!
J
by Jezru on Aug 25, 2009 4:58 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Though....
We’ve got a ton of work to do between now and when the whittling down begins. We got to keep up the campaign to this thing through to completion!
J
by Jezru on Aug 25, 2009 5:01 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
absolutely!
It all starts in the trenches - HT 11/11/08
Leave the hateful vitriol to the uninformed - HT 3/16/09
by firstfan on Aug 25, 2009 5:40 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks guys
For campaigning for Floyd. I’m old enough to remember watching him play when he was about all we had. Teams would stack the line of scrimmage to try to stop him and he’d still churn out yards. Toughest pound for pound runner in the game at the time. And a class act.
He better get in. Absolutely no reason for anyone to vote against him. How about Gradishar next year?
Our 2009-2010 Avs: The towel has been thrown into the rink.
by Bob in Boulder on Aug 26, 2009 9:46 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
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