Former New York Giants greats quarterback Charlie Conerly, linebacker Carl Banks, and working again Ottis “O.J.” Anderson are amongst 60 former NFL gamers who’re advancing to the subsequent stage within the voting course of for the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame’s Class of 2025 within the Seniors class.
For a person to be thought-about, every former participant final may have appeared in an expert soccer recreation within the 1999 season.
Per the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame, “the separate nine-person Seniors Blue-Ribbon Committee will make further reductions in increments over the subsequent a number of weeks. In late fall, this committee will choose three Seniors as Finalists for potential election with the Class of 2025 offered by Visible Edge IT.”
Conerly led the Giants to the 1956 NFL Championship and was the league MVP in 1959. He performed for Large Blue from 1948-61, had his No. 42 retired, and is a member of the Giants’ Ring of Honor.
Banks, additionally a Ring of Honoree, was a two-time Tremendous Bowl champion, a First-Staff All-Professional (1987), and a member of the NFL’s Eighties All-Decade Staff.
Anderson is the St. Louis Cardinals’ all-time main rusher who was traded to the Giants after six seasons. With New York, Anderson was a supervisor of two Tremendous Bowl-winning groups and was named MVP of Tremendous Bowl XXV. He’s additionally enshrined within the Giants Ring of Honor.
Former Giants defensive again Everson Partitions can be among the many 60.
