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Notable Honorees O.J. Simpson • Babe Didrikson Zaharias • Lawrence Taylor • Steve Young • Jim Thorpe • Bill Bradley • Elgin Baylor • Dick Butkus • Amos Alonzo Stagg • Bronko Nagurski • Otto Graham • Fran Tarkenton • Bob Cousy • Cal Hubbard • Roger Staubach • Ernie Nevers • Willie Heston • T.A.D. Jones • Bennie Oosterbaan • Bo McMillin

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