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College Hall of Fame

(*List includes those who belong to our Chapter)

Name School Position Years Inducted
Bert Baston Minnesota End 1914-1916

1954

Bobby Bell Minnesota Tackle 1960-1962 1991
Bernie “The Silver Fox of the Northland” Bierman Minnesota Coach 1919-1950 1955
Tom “Rock of Gibralter” Brown Minnesota Guard 1958-1960 2003
Jim Christopherson* Concordia (MN) Moorhead Coach 1969-2000 2007
Fritz Crisler Minnesota Coach 1930-1947 1954
Carl “Moose” Eller Minnesota Tackle 1961-1963 2006
George “Sonny” Franck Minnesota Halfback 1938-1940 2002
John Gagliardi St. John’s (MN) Coach 1949-2006 2006
Paul Giel Minnesota Halfback 1951-1953 1975
Herb “Owatonna Thunderbolt”
Joesting
Minnesota Fullback 1925-1927 1954
Pug Lund Minnesota Halfback 1932-1934 1958
Bobby “Rube” Marshall Minnesota End 1904-1906 1971
Randall McDaniel* Arizona State Guard 1984-1986, 19987 2008
John McGovern Minnesota Quarterback 1908-1910 1966
Bronko Nagurski Minnesota Tackle / Fullback 1927-1929 1951
Leo “The Lion” Nomellini Minnesota Tackle / Guard 1946-1949 1977
John Randle* Texas A&I Kingsville Def End 1988-89 2008
Calvin Roberts Gustavus Adolphus Tackle 1949-1952 2003
Eddie Rogers Minnesota End 1896-98, 1900-03 1968
Jeff Siemon * Stanford Linebacker 1969-1971 2006
Bruce “Boo” Smith Minnesota Halfback 1939-1941 1972
Clayton “Clayt” Tonnemaker Minnesota Center 1946-1949 1980
Ed “Big Ed” Widseth Minnesota Tackle 1934-1936 1954
Paul Wiggin* Stanford Tackle 1954-1956 2005
Dick Wildung Minnesota Tackle 1940-1942 1957
Henry Williams Minnesota Coach 1891-1921 1951

* member of the Minnesota Chapter or Played for the Minnesota Vikings

**John Randle and Randall McDaniel are former Minnesota Vikings that have been recently inducted.

As of 2008, there are 829 players enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame, representing 186 institutions. Additionally, 178 coaches have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.

The following institutions have had the greatest number of players inducted (includes inductees who will be enshrined as part of the 2007 class)

Institution # Last Inductee

Notre Dame

47

2007

Michigan

29

2007

Southern California

28

2007

Yale

24

1997

Oklahoma

22

2007

Army

23

2004

Princeton

21

2002

Penn State

21

2007

Ohio State

21

2007

Tennessee

20

2006

Navy

19

2002

Pittsburgh

18

2006

Pennsylvania

18

2001

Harvard

17

1993

Minnesota

17

2006

Stanford

16

2006

Alabama

16

2006

California

15

2004

Nebraska

13

2006