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07/19/2010

Bob Lilly during his Enshrinement.

Thirty years ago, the man they called "Mr. Cowboy," Bob Lilly stood on the front steps of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and delivered his enshrinement speech. This August he'll be on the grand enshrinement stage inside Pro Football Hall of Fame Field at Fawcett Stadium.

Lilly is one of more than 80 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who are expected to return for August's Enshrinement Festival. In what has become one of the great traditions in sports, these football legends come back to Canton each summer to welcome the newest class of enshrinees.

 

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The Class of 2010 – Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Dick LeBeau, Floyd Little, John Randle, Jerry Rice, and Emmitt Smith – will be formally enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, Aug. 7 at 7 p.m. ET.

 

Lilly, who will travel to Canton with his wife Ann, celebrates the 30th anniversary of his induction in 1980. "I've been thinking about that this year. I realize how old I am and I can't believe it. It seems like it was only yesterday."

Tickets remain for the enshrinement ceremony. The Enshrinement will also be broadcast live by the NFL Network and ESPN.

Here is the list of the Hall of Famers attending the 2010 Enshrinement Festival. (as of  Aug. 06, 2010; 7:55 a.m.)

Troy Aikman
Marcus Allen
Lem Barney
Bobby Bell
Raymond Berry
Elvin Bethea
Mel Blount
Willie Brown
Nick Buoniconti
Harry Carson
Willie Davis
Fred Dean
Joe DeLamielleure
Eric Dickerson
Dan Dierdorf
Art Donovan
Carl Eller
Joe Gibbs
Darrell Green
Joe Greene
Forrest Gregg
Bob Griese
Franco Harris
Mike Haynes
Ted Hendricks
Ken Houston
Michael Irvin
Deacon Jones
Leroy Kelly
Paul Krause
Willie Lanier
Steve Largent
Yale Lary
Bob Lilly
Larry Little
James Lofton
Howie Long
Ronnie Lott
Tom Mack
John Madden		 Dan Marino
Randall McDaniel
Tommy McDonald
Hugh McElhenny
Don Maynard
Bobby Mitchell
Art Monk
Joe Montana
Warren Moon
Lenny Moore
Mike Munchak
Jim Otto
Alan Page
Joe Perry
Mel Renfro
Dan Rooney
Bob St. Clair
Charlie Sanders
Gale Sayers
Billy Shaw
Bruce Smith
Jackie Smith
Roger Staubach
Jan Stenerud
Dwight Stephenson
Lynn Swann
Charley Taylor
Jim Taylor
Andre Tippett
Charley Trippi
Paul Warfield
Roger Wehrli
Dave Wilcox
Larry Wilson
Ralph Wilson, Jr.
Rod Woodson
Rayfield Wright
Ron Yary
Steve Young
Jack Youngblood
Gary Zimmerman
  

Recent Comments
  • Charles Howell - August 04 2010 12:18 PM

    Westfield Belden Village Mall autographs. Friday AUG 6th at 2PM - Jack Youngblood, Elvin Bethea, Ron Yary. Saturday AUG 7th at 12PM - Leroy Kelly and Charlie Sanders.

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  • Charles Howell - August 04 2010 12:10 PM

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  • Andrew - August 04 2010 01:36 AM

    Elway was on this list about 5 days ago and is gone now... does anyone know if he will be here??

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  • AusRaider - August 03 2010 05:11 PM

    As Trish kindly pointed out, if you're patient enough you can get free autos... outside the hotel is a great place to hang out, you'll see other autograph hunters there. It'****and miss, you need to be there at the right time, but if you wait long enough you're guaranteed to get a HOFer (or two) to sign for you. You'll often find other former and current players, coaches, owners, etc. walking around Canton, you'll catch a few of them if you hang around the HOF museum, some of them go in and out, once again a 'right place right time' kind of thing. Other than that there is always a few guys signing at the Westfield Belden Village Mall (located @ 4230 Belden Village Mall). These also run about $20 per autograph.

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  • AusRaider - August 03 2010 05:05 PM

    HOF Fan Tim - address for the Holiday Inn is 4520 Everhard NW in North Canton, OH. I go to Canton each year for the HOF ceremony and am familiar with all of the auto signings, they hold them at the Holiday Inn each year (a few different promoters), and the signings outside of the Hall of Fame museum are run by Mounted Memories... you can see the entire list of who will be signing at their website, times & prices, etc. Keep in mind neither of these sessions are free, the MM ones are quite pricey (ranging from $50 to $299)... the Holiday Inn signings are always cheaper, $30 for Otto and the other guys are probably around the same price.

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  • Trish - August 03 2010 03:16 PM

    Best bet to get an autograph is to stand outside the McKinley Grand downtown Wednesday through Sunday. They stop and sign for people when they have time. Most don't require anything in return, some do the one card to them for one autograph. But from my experiences non charge money at the hotel. Just have to be patient and wait for them to come and go, but it's fun. You get to meet many fans. It's a great time.

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  • HOF Fan Tim - August 03 2010 11:20 AM

    AusRaider- Could you please give me Holiday Inn address so I can meet them. Thanks!!! And where did you get this info?

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  • AusRaider - August 02 2010 08:21 PM

    RaiderRod - Jim Otto, Mike Haynes & Ted Hendricks will be signing autographs at the Holiday Inn on Saturday (Otto 11:30-1:30, Haynes & Hendricks 2:30-4:00). Jerry Rice & Ronnie Lott (if you want their autos also) will be signing at the Hall of Fame on Sat as well (Rice 12:00-2:00, Lott 1:00-2:00). Hoping that some of the other Raider legends will do signings, will post if I find any more info.

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  • RaiderRod - August 02 2010 07:45 PM

    Anybody know of any Raiders doing autograph signings anywhere?????

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  • Twan Lo - August 01 2010 01:11 AM

    Anyone know if Aikman is going to be signing autographs anywhere?

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  • Twan Lo - August 01 2010 01:07 AM

    Anyone know if Aikman is signing autographs anywhere HOF weekend?

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  • HOF Fan Tim - July 28 2010 12:30 PM

    SEVEN Raiders HOFamers will at the show. AWESOME!!

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  • david - July 27 2010 08:59 AM

    Thurman and Jim are signing autographs at the National

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  • Blitz - July 26 2010 04:09 PM

    Where's Kelly and Thurman?

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  • mal - July 26 2010 03:24 AM

    i think if you are in the hof you must attend unless you are no longer living if it wasnt for the fans you would not be in the hof.

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  • kyweaver - July 23 2010 11:23 PM

    no tarkenton?

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