Thousands of college football fans from across the country will join the National Football Foundation from this weekend at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind., for the organization’s annual Enshrinement Festival, paying tribute to the storied careers of 24 of the game’s greatest stars and conclude with the grand finale Enshrinement Dinner & Show on July 17.
“We are very pleased to have the opportunity to enshrine another exceptional class of college football legends,” said NFF President & CEO Steven J. Hatchell. “Each year our hard-working honors courts do an outstanding job ensuring the game’s greatest players and coaches find their place on college football’s mountain top. We look forward to celebrating in South Bend with this amazing class and their loyal fans from around the country.”
Fans have a variety of opportunities to meet and mingle with the enshrinees during this spectacular event. The jam-packed weekend will include a celebrity golf tournament, a fan festival, a grand parade, a youth football clinic, a fireworks spectacular with the celebration culminating with the Enshrinement Dinner & Show on Saturday evening.
“The College Football Hall of Fame is honored to host so many notable contributors to the game in South Bend, celebrating this tremendous accolade,” said College Football Hall of Fame Executive Director Lisa Klunder. “Enshrinement in the College Football Hall of Fame is a rare distinction shared by only the most accomplished players, and our festival boasts a myriad of events to highlight this extraordinary achievement.”
2010 FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION ENSHRINEMENT CLASS
PLAYERS
- PERVIS ATKINS – HB, New Mexico State (1959-60)
- TIM BROWN – WR, Notre Dame (1984-87)
- CHUCK CECIL – DB, Arizona (1984-87)
- ED DYAS – FB, Auburn (1958-60)
- MAJOR HARRIS – QB, West Virginia (1987-89)
- GORDON HUDSON – TE, Brigham Young (1980-83)
- WILLIAM LEWIS* – C, Harvard (1892-93)
- WOODROW LOWE – LB, Alabama (1972-75)
- KEN MARGERUM – WR, Stanford (1977-80)
- STEVE McMICHAEL – DT, Texas (1976-79)
- CHRIS SPIELMAN – LB, Ohio State (1984-87)
- LARRY STATION – LB, Iowa (1982-85)
- PAT SWILLING – DE, Georgia Tech (1982-85)
- GINO TORRETTA – QB, Miami (Fla.) (1989-92)
- CURT WARNER – RB, Penn State (1979-82)
- GRANT WISTROM – DE, Nebraska (1994-97)
* Selection from the FBS Veterans Committee, deceased
COACHES
- DICK MacPHERSON – 111-73-5 (.601) – Massachusetts (1971-77), Syracuse (1981-90)
- JOHN ROBINSON – 132-77-4 (.629) – Southern California (1976-82, 1993-97), Nevada-Las Vegas (1999-2004)
2010 DIVISIONAL ENSHRINEMENT CLASS
PLAYERS
- EMERSON BOOZER – Maryland Eastern Shore, HB (1962-65)
- TROY BROWN – Marshall, WR (1991-92)
- BRIAN KELLEY – California Lutheran, LB (1969-72)
- MILT MORIN – Massachusetts, TE (1963-65)
COACHES
- WILLIE JEFFRIES** – 179-132-6 (.574); Howard (1984-88), Wichita State (1979-83), South Carolina State (1973-78, 1989-2001)
- TED KESSINGER – 219-57-1 (.792); Bethany (Kan.) (1976-2003)
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