Cowboys Larry Allen and Bill Parcels to be enshrined into NFL Hall of Fame
Seven players will be named to the NFL Pro Football Hall of fame in Canton, Ohio this weekend. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
Two Dallas Cowboys will be enshrined into the NFL Hall of Fame tomorrow, to kick off the 2013 NFL season, and to celebrate Canton’s Golden Year, as 50th year as the site of ‘Football Heaven.’
The 2013 group is perhaps one of the best in recent years, and includes former Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Larry Allen and Head Coach Bill Parcells.
Cris Carter, Jonathan Ogden, and Warren Sapp, also made the ballot, and senior selections, Curley Culp and Dave Robinson will also be enshrined. The Cowboys led the 2013 class, with two inductees.
Parcells was one of the three non-players finalists on the ballot, and the only to be inducted. Parcells made his impact on many teams, winning two Super Bowls with the Giants (1986, 1990). He also took three other franchises to the playoffs. He took the Patriots to Super Bowl XXXI in 1996, and also put the Jets in the 1998 AFC Championship game.
The ‘Tuna’ also turned around the Cowboys, and got them in the playoffs in 2006. Parcells has 172 wins, which ranks 10th all-time in the NFL.
Allen received his bust as a first-ballot selection in his first year of eligibility. Allen is one of 18 two-time NFL all-decade selections since the merger.
This is elite company, with the likes of Dick Butkus (60-70), John Hannah (70-80), Ronnie Lott (80-90), and Willie Roaf (90-2K), just to name a few. His reign was in the 1990s and 2000s – two of the most talented decades in the history of the NFL.
Allen was selected to 10 Pro Bowls, which is second, only to one of the greatest Cowboys of all-time, in defensive lineman Bob Lilly, the only other Cowboy to garner two all-decade selections.
Allen is the seventh first-ballot selection in franchise history, joining Lilly, Roger Staubach, Randy White, Tony Dorsett, Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith – all of which are in the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor.
