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University of Minnesota Athletics
Stein on 2018 College Football Hall of Fame Ballot
6/1/2017 12:00:00 AM | Football
Former University of Minnesota football great Bob Stein has been named to the College Football Hall of Fame ballot, the National Football Foundation (NFF) announced Thursday. Stein is among 98 former college greats on the 2018 College Football Hall of Fame ballot for potential induction.
Stein played for the Golden Gophers from 1966-68 as a defensive end. Named a first-team All-American in 1967, Stein was also a two-time first-team All-Big Ten selection. A member of the 1967 co-Big Ten title team, Stein and the Gophers went 8-2 that year and 6-1 in Big Ten competition. Not only a stellar athlete, Stein was also a 1969 National Scholar Athlete, a two-time Academic All-American and a Rhodes Scholarship semifinalist.
Following his collegiate career, Stein was drafted in 1969 by Kansas City and went on to play professional football for eight seasons. Playing in the Super Bowl at 21, he was a member of the 1970 Kansas City Chiefs championship team. After his playing days, Stein went on to become the founding president and CEO of the Minnesota Timberwolves and is currently an attorney in the Twin Cities area. He is a member of the University of Minnesota Hall of Fame and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame Honor Roll of World Champions.
To be eligible for the ballot, players must have been named a First Team All-American by a major/national selector as recognized and utilized by the NCAA for their consensus All-America teams; played their last year of intercollegiate football at least 10 years prior; played within the last 50 years and cannot be currently playing professional football.
There are 19 former Golden Gopher players currently enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. They range from Edward L. Rogers, who scored the game-tying touchdown in the famous Little Brown Jug game against Michigan in 1903, to Bobby Bell, who brought the Outland Trophy to the University of Minnesota in 1962. The Gophers most recent inductee -- Sandy Stephens -- was added to the Hall of Fame in 2011. In addition, three former Minnesota coaches, Bernie Bierman, Fritz Crisler and Henry Williams, have been inducted into the Hall as well.
The announcement of the 2018 class will be made Monday, Jan. 8, 2018 in Atlanta, Ga., conjointly with the College Football Playoff National Championship, which will be played later that day at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The announcement will be televised live, and exact viewing information will be available as the date draws closer.
