Black College Football Hall of Fame Finalists Includes Several Greats

The entire group of nominees, which includes 20 players, and five contributors, includes some of the game’s greats. In all, the finalist represent 13 NFL and Super Bowl championships, 53 Pro Bowls and three members of the NFL Hall of Fame (Aneas Williams, Emmitt Thomas,).

Here is the list from the HBCU website:

PLAYER FINALISTS

• Joe “747” Adams (QB, Tennessee State University, 1977-1980)

• Coy Bacon (DL, Jackson State University, 1964-1967)

• Emerson Boozer (RB, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 1962-1965)

• Ken Burrough (WR, Texas Southern University, 1966-1969)

• Harold Carmichael (WR, Southern University, 1967-1970)

• Raymond Chester (TE, Morgan State University, 1966-1969)

• Parnell “Paydirt” Dickinson (QB, Mississippi Valley State University, 1972-1975)

• Len Ford (DL, Morgan State University, 1944-1945)

• Earl “Air” Harvey (QB, North Carolina Central University, 1985-1988)

• Harold Jackson (WR, Jackson State University, 1965-1968)

• Gary “Big Hands” Johnson (DL, Grambling State University, 1971-1974)

• Leo “Lincoln Locomotive” Lewis (RB, Lincoln University, 1951-1954)

• Tyrone McGriff (OL, Florida A&M University, 1976-1979)

• Timothy Newsome (RB/KR, Winston Salem State University, 1976-1979)

• Jethro Pugh (DE, Elizabeth City State University, 1961-1964)

• Isiah Robertson (DB, Southern University 1967-1970)

• Otis Taylor (WR, Prairie View A&M University, 1961-1964)

• Emmitt Thomas (QB/DB, Bishop College, 1962-1965)

• Everson Walls (DB, Grambling State University, 1977-1980)

• Aeneas Williams (CB, Southern University, 1987-1990)

CONTRIBUTOR FINALISTS

• Joe Gilliam, Sr. (Defensive Coordinator, Tennessee State University, 1963-1983)

• Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones (President, Grambling State University, 1936-1977)

• James Frank (President, Lincoln University, President NCAA and Southwestern Athletic Conference Commissioner)

• Lloyd C. A. “Judge” Wells (AFL/NFL scout for the Kansas City Chiefs)

• Kenneth Free (Commissioner, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, 1978 -1996)

• www.BlackCollegeFootballHOF.org.