[CBFF] Dent selected as Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist - Chicago Bears - Sent Using Google Toolbar

[Steve Behrens]

Richard Dent deserves to be in the Hall.... should have been in the hall as
a first time nominee.

-Behr


On 1/16/08, ShannonToBeRead <shannontoberead at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Dent selected as Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist - Chicago Bears
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> Dent selected as Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist
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> By Larry Mayer
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> LAKE FOREST, Ill. – For the fourth time in the last five years,
> all-time Bears sack leader Richard Dent on Tuesday was named as one of
> 17 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2008.
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> Richard Dent hopes to join 26 other Bears in the Pro Football Hall of
> Fame in Canton. Dent played 12 of his 15 NFL seasons with the Bears,
> registering a franchise-high 124½ sacks. He was named Super Bowl XX
> MVP, was an integral part of a championship defense that is considered
> one of the best in NFL history, and was selected to four Pro Bowls.
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> The 6-5, 265-pound defensive end led the NFC with a team-record 17½
> sacks in 1984 before recording 17 sacks in 1985 while helping the
> Bears win their first league title in 22 years.
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> The Hall of Fame's Board of Selectors will meet in Phoenix on Feb. 2,
> the day before Super Bowl XLII, and choose 4-7 inductees.
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> The other 16 finalists announced Tuesday included two first-year
> eligible players (wide receiver Cris Carter and cornerback Darrell
> Green); 11 modern-era players (defensive end Fred Dean; linebackers
> Randy Gradishar, Derrick Thomas and Andre Tippett; guards Russ Grimm,
> Bob Kuechenberg and Randall McDaniel; punter Ray Guy; wide receivers
> Art Monk and Andre Reed; and tackle Gary Zimmerman); one contributor
> (former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue); and two players nominated
> earlier by the Hall's Senior Committee (Marshall Goldberg and Emmitt
> Thomas).
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> A year ago, Dent survived the cut from 17 finalists to 11, but he was
> eliminated when the list was pared to the final six. Those six then
> all received the 80 percent vote required to gain entry.
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> The Hall of Fame's Class of 2007 consisted of Gene Hickerson, Michael
> Irvin, Bruce Matthews, Charlie Sanders, Thurman Thomas and Roger
> Wehrli.
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> Dent was also chosen as a finalist in 2004 and 2005.
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> The enshrinement of the Class of 2008 will take place at the Pro
> Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, on Saturday, Aug. 2 at 5 p.m.
> (CT). The ceremony will be televised by both ESPN and NFL Network.
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> The Bears have an NFL-high 26 players in the Hall of Fame, including
> three of Dent's former teammates: Running back Walter Payton, middle
> linebacker Mike Singletary and defensive lineman Dan Hampton.
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