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On the day before Super Bowl XLIV in South Florida next February, the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Board of Selectors will meet to hold its annual selection meeting to elect between four and seven individuals who will comprise the Class of 2010. The 44-person committee will debate the merits of 17 final candidates. Two of those finalists are this year’s senior nominees, former Detroit Lions defensive back Dick LeBeau and Denver Broncos running back Floyd Little.

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The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s honor roll of enshrinees includes 22 coaches, 18 contributors, and one placekicker. There are multiple individuals among the 131 preliminary nominees for the Class of 2010 who fall in these categories. There’s also Steve Tasker who has been nominated as a special teams player. Tasker starred as a key cog of the Buffalo Bills Super Bowl teams in the early 1990s. Although he has never been a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he’s made the cut down to 25 semifinalists three times (2004, 2008, and 2009).

Special Teams/Wide Receiver

Steve Tasker – 1985-1986 Houston Oilers, 1986-1997 Buffalo Bills

Kicker/Punter Nominees

Class of 1991 enshrinee Jan Stenerud is the only pure placekicker in the Pro Football Hall of Famer. There are no full-time punters who’ve earned election to Canton. The list of Class of 2010 nominees includes two kickers and two punters.

Ray Guy leads the way in the regards to consideration for the Hall of Fame. He has been among the 25 semifinalists each year since that cut down was added to the selection process in 2004. The former Raiders punter also has been a finalist seven times. He made it to the final 15 in 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2007, and 2008.

Kicker Gary Anderson is in his first year of eligibility. Neither Nick Lowery nor Reggie Roby have been semifinalists or finalists in the past.

Gary Anderson (K) – 1982-1994 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1995-1996 Philadelphia Eagles, 1997 San Francisco 49ers, 1998-2002 Minnesota Vikings, 2003-2004 Tennessee Titans

Ray Guy (P) – 1973-1986 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders

Nick Lowery (K) – 1978 New England Patriots, 1980-1993 Kansas City Chiefs, 1994-1996 New York Jets

Reggie Roby (P) – 1983-1992 Miami Dolphins, 1993-1994 Washington Redskins, 1995 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1996-1997 Houston/Tennessee Oilers, 1998 San Francisco 49ers

Coaches
Clark Shaughnessy is the only one of the 10 coaches nominated for the Class of 2010 that has been a finalist in the past. He was named to the final 15 three times (1970, 1975 and 1976). Since the semifinalists cut down began in 2004, only Don Coryell of this year’s coaches has made the reduction vote from the preliminary list to the 25 semifinalists. That came in 2005.
 

Bill Arnsparger – 1964-1969 Baltimore Colts, 1970-1973, 1976-1983 Miami Dolphins, 1974-1976 New York Giants

Don Coryell – 1973-1977 St. Louis Cardinals, 1978-1986 San Diego Chargers

Tom Flores – 1979-1987 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, 1992-1994 Seattle Seahawks

Jimmy Johnson – 1989-1993 Dallas Cowboys, 1996-1999 Miami Dolphins

Chuck Knox – 1973-1977 Los Angeles Rams, 1978-1982 Buffalo Bills, 1983-1991 Seattle Seahawks, 1992-1994 Los Angeles Rams

Buddy Parker – 1949 Chicago Cardinals, 1951-1956 Detroit Lions, 1957-1964 Pittsburgh Steelers

A.O. “Bum” Phillips – 1975-1980 Houston Oilers, 1981-1985 New Orleans Saints

Dan Reeves – 1981-1992 Denver Broncos, 1993-1996 New York Giants, 1997-2003 Atlanta Falcons

Buddy Ryan – 1986-1990 Philadelphia Eagles, 1994-1995 Arizona Cardinals

Clark Shaughnessy – 1944-1947 Washington Redskins, 1948-1949 Los Angeles Rams, 1951-1962 Chicago Bears

Contributors

Three of the 18 contributors nominated for the Class of 2010 have made it to the cut down to semifinalists since 2004. Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue was a semifinalist the past three years; former Browns and Ravens owner Art Modell was among the 25 semifinalists five times (2004-07, 2009), and former Colts/Dolphins/Giants administrator George Young was a semifinalist in 2004-08.

Modell, Tagliabue, Young, and Ole Haugrud have been finalists before. Tagliabue (2007-09) and Young (2003-05) were finalists three times while Modell (2002) and Haugsrud (1973) were finalists once.
 

K.S. “Bud” Adams, Jr., Owner – 1960-Present Houston Oilers/Tennessee Oilers/Titans

Bobby Beathard, Administrator – 1966-1967 Kansas City Chiefs, 1968-1971 Atlanta Falcons, 1972-1977 Miami Dolphins, 1978-1988 Washington Redskins, 1990-1999 San Diego Chargers

Gil Brandt, Administrator – 1960-1988 Dallas Cowboys, 1995-present National Football League

Leo Carlin, Administrator – 1960-Present Philadelphia Eagles

Jack Kent Cooke, Owner – 74-1997 Washington Redskins

Otho Davis, Trainer – 1971-72 Baltimore Colts, 1973-1995 Philadelphia Eagles

Ed DeBartolo, Jr., Owner – 1979-1997 San Francisco 49ers

Ole Haugsrud, Owner – 1923-1927 Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos

Frank “Bucko” Kilroy, Administrator – 1962-1964 Washington Redskins, 1965-1970 Dallas Cowboys, 1971-1984 New England Patriots

Art Modell, Owner – 1961-1995 Cleveland Browns, 1996-2003 Baltimore Ravens

Art Rooney, Jr., Administrator – 1961-Present Pittsburgh Steelers

Carroll Rosenbloom, Owner – 1953-1971 Baltimore Colts, 1972-1978 Los Angeles Rams

Ed Sabol, NFL Films

Steve Sabol, NFL Films

Paul Tagliabue, Commissioner – 1989-2006 National Football League

Jim Tunney, Official – 1960-1991

Ron Wolf, Administrator – 1991-2001 Green Bay Packers

George Young, Administrator – 1968-1974 Baltimore Colts, 1975-1978 Miami Dolphins, 1979-1997 New York Giants, 1998-2001 National Football League