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The Pro Football Hall of Fame is actually the National Football League's Hall of Fame. The building opened in Canton, Ohio on September 7, 1963 with 17 charter inductees. Through 2004, all but one of the inductees played some part of their pro career in the NFL. That one was Buffalo Bills guard Billy Shaw, who played his entire career in the American Football League.Inductees into the hall of fame are listed below. Each entry includes the year of induction and the span of time spent with the team. When a person significantly contributed to more than one club, he is listed repeatedly (e.g., George Blanda is listed with the Chicago Bears, Houston Oilers (now the Tennessee Titans) and Oakland Raiders).
1 Inductees by team
(Chicago Cardinals - 1920-1959; St. Louis Cardinals - 1960-1987; Phoenix Cardinals - 1988-1993)
- Charles Bidwell (1967) - 1933-1947
- Jimmy Conzelman (1964) - 1940-1942, 1946-1948
- Dan Dierdorf (1996) - 1971-1983
- John "Paddy" Driscoll (1965) - 1920-1925
- Dick "Night Train" Lane (1974) - 1954-1959
- Ollie Matson (1972) - 1952, 1954-1958
- Ernie Nevers (1963) - 1929-1931
- Jackie SmithJackie Smith was a professional American football player. He played tight end for the Arizona Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys from 1963 to 1978. He has career marks of 480 receptions, 7918 yards, and 40 tds. (1994) - 1963-1977
- Charley Trippi (1968) - 1947-1955
- Larry Wilson (1978) - 1960-1972
- Joe DeLamielleure (2003) - 1973-1979, 1985
- Jim KellySee also: James Kelly (disambiguation). James Edward Kelly (born 1960), an American football quarterback, is the Buffalo Bills' all-time leader in multiple passing categories also ranks among the National Football League's career leaders in many statistic (2002) - 1986-1996
- Marv Levy (2001) - 1986-1997
- James Lofton (2003) - 1989-1992
- Billy Shaw (1999) - 1961-1969
- O. J. SimpsonOrenthal James Simpson (born July 9, 1947), known by the initials O. a common American abbreviation for orange juice) and nicknamed The Juice is a hall of fame former college and professional football player and film actor. Simpson is perhaps now most fam (1985) - 1969-1977
(Decatur Staleys - 1920; Chicago Staleys - 1921)
- Doug Atkins (1982) - 1955-1966
- George Blanda (1981) - 1949-1958
- Dick ButkusRichard Marvin "Dick" Butkus (born December 9, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former American football player and actor. He began playing football as a boy in Chicago. He graduated from Vocational High School in Chicago before continuing his education at (1979) - 1965-1973
- George Connor (1975) - 1948-1955
- Mike DitkaMike Ditka (born October 18, 1939) is a former NFL player, coach, and television commentator best known for his 11-year stint as head coach of the Chicago Bears. He is one of only two men to have won a Super Bowl as a player, assistant coach, and head coa (1988) - 1961-1966
- John "Paddy" Driscoll (1965) - 1920, 1926-29, 1956-57
- Jim Finks (1995) - 1974-1982
- Dan Fortmann (1965) - 1936-1943
- Bill George (1974) - 1952-1965
- Harold "Red" Grange (1963) - 1925, 1929-1934
- George Halas (1963) - 1920-1983
- Dan Hampton (2002) - 1979-1990
- Ed Healey (1964) - 1922-1927
- Bill Hewitt (1971) - 1932-1936
- Stan Jones (1991) - 1954-1965
- Sid Luckman (1965) - 1939-1950
- William Roy "Link" Lyman (1964) - 1926-1928, 1930-1931, 1933-1934
- George McAfee (1966) - 1940-1941, 1945-1950
- George Musso (1982) - 1933-1944
- Bronko Nagurski (1963) - 1930-1937, 1943
- Walter Payton (1993) - 1975-1987
- Gale Sayers (1977) - 1965-1971
- Mike Singletary (1998) - 1981-1992
- Joe Stydahar (1967) - 1936-1942, 1945-1946
- George Trafton (1964) - 1920-1932
- Clyde "Bulldog" Turner (1966) - 1940-1952
