Children of linebacker Junior Seau honour late father at Hall of Fame

Haley collected five Super Bowl rings and 100 1-2 career sacks playing for San Francisco and Dallas, but was puzzled for a decade why the guys he won titles with got their due and not him.

Former NFL player Jerome Bettis, left, unveils his Hall of Fame bust with his presenter and brother, John Bettis III, during inductions at the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday in Canton, Ohio. “I was always just “Timmy” to them, not Tim Brown (football player)”.

Being the first Polynesian and Samoan to make it into the Hall of Fame is such an accomplishment.

The Hall of Fame changed its policy five years ago, prohibiting a live introduction for a posthumously elected inductee.

“They were everything to him”, Seau said. “I want to thank you for appreciating a power running game”.

He’s in football heaven, surely, for better – and for worse.

She wrote about wanting to hear her dad play the ukulele and sing off-key one more time.

Ron Wolf, the former Green Bay general manager, and Bill Polian, a former GM with Buffalo, Carolina and Indianapolis, were also honored.

Bettis had already touched on how great Faneca was, and how he needs to be considered as a first-ballot hall of famer when he becomes eligible for the honor next year.

“I used to go to church praying they’d get hurt”, Haley said.

She was not given enough time to give the full speech she had prepared, but the New York Times was able to publish the entirety of her speech. When Mr. Rooney, the 83-year-old patriarch and chairman of the franchise was introduced, the entire crowd stood and gave him the loudest and longest ovation of the night. The rest are football lifers who wondered if they’d have to spend the rest of their lives waiting on the front step hoping to be invited inside. “People are recognizing that nowadays and showing their appreciation”.

“The reason why I think he wanted me to present him is because I didn’t know his athletic career but I did know his heart, and I’m blessed to say that I felt his love for 18 handsome years, and I still feel it to this day”. Depression is becoming a growing concern among current and former NFL players, ESPN reported. So did actor Joe Manganiello of Mt. Lebanon.

He blamed it partly on his own struggle with his inner demons. The NFL also said more players are utilizing its player engagement program as well. “In Pittsburgh, we do run the ball baby”. He saw I had everyone else’s autograph and he made sure to come back over to me before heading down the jetway. “That’s a big part of our tradition”. But Mr. Bettis did not forget him. “He knew exactly what he was going to get from No. 36 when he stepped on the field”.

The Hall modified its position a week before the ceremony, giving Sydney Seau a forum at the Gold Jacket Dinner on Thursday night and a post-induction segment that gave her a wide berth to talk about the man she called “a light”.

“My dad was my hero”. He said he never considered switching allegiances to AFC North rival Cleveland but couldn’t find any Steeler to invest in emotionally until Bettis arrived from St. Louis in 1996. “He taught me how to be a man. He had two jobs and he worked to the bone, never complaining, never asking for a break, all that while supporting three children”.

“It’s because of him that I am here”. And I would just like to thank my family and everyone else for all their support through this process. In her closing statement, Sydney gave one last moment that pulled on the heartstrings of everyone watching: “Dad, I love you and I miss you”. His athletic ability was unrivaled at his position and his steely determination could have easily been formed in the foundries of western Pennsylvania rather than on the beaches of southern California. Holtz allegedly made it clear this slight was directed at Bettis, who at the time was a promising young superstar from Detroit. Gladys Bettis was diagnosed with breast cancer 18 months ago.

“He told us that at least one of us from that camp would have the potential for greatness if we weren’t afraid to reach for it”, Bettis said. “Thank you for being a role model, an incredible parent and a leader”.