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The Pro Football Hall of Fame Game is an annual National Football League (NFL) preseason exhibition game in Canton, Ohio, held the weekend of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's induction ceremonies. The game is played at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, part of the Hall of Fame Village and located adjacent to the Hall of Fame building. [1]
An additional 44 Memphis players have gone on to be signed by teams as undrafted free agents. In 2020, Isaac Bruce became the first Memphis player inducted in to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Pro Football Hall of Fame currently ranks former Tiger Stephen Gostkowski as the sixth-best kicker in NFL history. [1]
The hall is not officially affiliated with the National Football League (NFL), although, as of 2022, all but one enshrinee, Billy Shaw, played in the NFL for at least a portion of his career. [11] In addition to Shaw, there are 37 other inductees who spent all or part of their careers in the American Football League that merged with the NFL .
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Zach Randolph talked about his special bond with the city of Memphis as well as the Grizzlies after being inducted in the Memphis Sports Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame game served as a kickoff to the 2009 season, which would have been the 50th season of play for the AFL had it survived as an independent entity. The 2011 (canceled), 2012, and 2016 (canceled) games were between two NFC teams. Normally, the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game has an AFC and NFC matchup, but that is not always the case.
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The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional American football, located in Canton, Ohio.Opened on September 7, 1963, [1] the Hall of Fame enshrines exceptional figures in the sport of professional football, including players, coaches, officials, franchise owners, and front-office personnel, almost all of whom made their primary contributions to the game in the National ...