Hawks in the Hall

Published by Steve Campion. Category: Sports & Recreation

It’s Super Bowl Sunday, so let’s talk football.  Yesterday the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced five new members to its elite membership roll.  Among the Class of 2012: retired Seattle Seahawk Cortez Kennedy.  The star defensive tackle of the 1990s now joins two other local sports heroes who were previously honored in Canton, Ohio — home of the Hall of Fame.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS IN THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

	Hall of Fame Player	Jersey Number	Career	Facts
1.	Steve Largent Wide Reciever	80*	Seattle: 1976-89	College: Tulsa Drafted 1976: 4th round, 117th pick 7 Pro Bowl appearances Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1995
2.	Warren Moon Quarterback	1	Edmonton (CFL): 1978-83 Houston: 1984-93 Minnesota: 1994-96 Seattle: 1997-98 Kansas City: 1999-2000	College: Washington Rose Bowl MVP, 1978 Undrafted 9 Pro Bowl appearances Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 2001 Pro Football Hall of Fame, 2006
3.	Cortez Kennedy Defensive Tackle	96	Seattle: 1990-2000	College: Miami (Fla) Drafted 1990: 1st round, 3rd pick 8 Pro Bowl appearances Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor Pro Football Hall of Fame, 2012

*The Seahawks retired Steve Largent’s #80.

NOTES: Although the Seahawks played in Super Bowl XL in 2006 — six years ago today — none of Seattle’s three Hall of Famers reached the NFL’s premiere game.  The logo shown above was the standard Seahawks symbol during the Cortez Kennedy years.

February 5th, 2012

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