Six HOFers to toss coin at Super Bowl
Six members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame - Earl Campbell, Ollie Matson, Don Maynard, Y.A. Tittle, Mike Singletary and Gene Upshaw - will represent the state of Texas as they participate in the pre-game coin toss for Super Bowl XXXVIII on Sunday.
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| The Super Bowl coin used for the pre-game toss traditionally is sent to the Hall of Fame. |
The state of Texas has produced many NFL greats, including 24 of the 221 members enshrined in Canton, Ohio. The coin will be minted by Highland Mint and will feature the Super Bowl XXXVIII logo on one side and the two competing teams' logos— the NFC Champion Carolina Panthers and the AFC Champion New England Patriots - on the other side.
Hall of Famer bios:
| The honor roll for the Super Bowl coin toss is as follows: | |
| Super Bowl XII | Red Grange |
| Super Bowl XIII | George Halas |
| Super Bowl XIV | Art Rooney |
| Super Bowl XV | Marie Lombardi |
| Super Bowl XVI | Bobby Layne |
| Super Bowl XVII | Elroy Hirsch |
| Super Bowl XVIII | Bronko Nagurski |
| Super Bowl XIX | President Ronald Reagan and Hugh McElhenny |
| Super Bowl XX | Bart Starr |
| Super Bowl XXI | Willie Davis |
| Super Bowl XXII | Don Hutson |
| Super Bowl XXIII | Nick Buoniconti, Bob Griese* and Larry Little |
| Super Bowl XXIV | Mel Blount, Terry Bradshaw, Art Shell & Willie Wood |
| Super Bowl XXV | Pete Rozelle |
| Super Bowl XXVI | Chuck Noll |
| Super Bowl XXVII | O.J. Simpson |
| Super Bowl XXVIII | Joe Namath |
| Super Bowl XXIX | Otto Graham, Joe Greene, Ray Nitschke & Gale Sayers |
| Super Bowl XXX | Super Bowl Most Valuable Players (Joe Montana tossed coin) |
| Super Bowl XXXI | Mike Ditka, Tom Flores, Tom Landry*, Chuck Noll, George Seifert and Hank Stram |
| Super Bowl XXXII | Joe Gibbs, Eddie Robinson and Doug Williams |
| Super Bowl XXXIII | Raymond Berry, Roosevelt Brown, Art Donovan, Frank Gifford, Sam Huff, Tom Landry, Gino Marchetti*, Don Maynard, Lenny Moore, Jim Parker, Andy Robustelli |
| Super Bowl XXXIV | Bud Grant, Lamar Hunt, Bobby Bell, Paul Krause, Willie Lanier, Alan Page, Jan Stenerud |
| Super Bowl XXXV | Marcus Allen, Ottis Anderson, Tom Flores, Bill Parcells |
| Super Bowl XXXVI | George H.W. Bush*, Roger Staubach |
| Super Bowl XXXVII | Don Shula*, Bob Griese, Larry Csonka, Larry Little, Jim Langer, Nick Buoniconti, and Paul Warfield |
| Super Bowl XXXVIII | Earl Campbell, Ollie Matson, Don Maynard, Mike Singletary, Y.A. Tittle, Gene Upshaw |
| *tossed coin | |
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