Time Limits set for Pro Football Hall of Fame speeches
The Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremonies will move along faster next month.
Enshrinees for the 2020 & 2021 classes have been asked to limit their remarks to 6 minutes. An “Academy Awards-style” musical cue, if needed, would end each speech at 8 minutes.
On one of the biggest nights of their football lives, TROY POLAMALU and DREW PEARSON will add “kickoff duties” to their long list of career achievements, as each will deliver his speech first for his respective fan-friendly Enshrinement.
Polamalu will take the stage for his Centennial Class of 2020 speech shortly after the ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7. The full order of speeches for the Centennial Class of 2020 will be:
1. TROY POLAMALU
2. CLIFF HARRIS
3. STEVE ATWATER
4. PAUL TAGLIABUE
5. STEVE HUTCHINSON
6. DONNIE SHELL
7. ISAAC BRUCE
8. JIMBO COVERT
9. EDGERRIN JAMES
10. HAROLD CARMICHAEL
11. JIMMY JOHNSON
12. BILL COWHER
Special video tributes to the eight members of the Centennial Class of 2020 elected posthumously – BOBBY DILLION, WINSTON HILL, ALEX KARRAS, STEVE SABOL, DUKE SLATER, MAC SPEEDIE, ED SPRINKLE and GEORGE YOUNG – will be interspersed with the 12 live speeches. Each was enshrined in a special ceremony April 28 at the Hall of Fame.
On Sunday, Aug. 8, Pearson will lead the seven members of the Class of 2021 in delivering their Enshrinement speeches. The ceremony begins at 7 p.m.
The full lineup will be:
1. DREW PEARSON
2. TOM FLORES
3. PEYTON MANNING
4. JOHN LYNCH
5. CALVIN JOHNSON
6. ALAN FANECA
7. CHARLES WOODSON
A video tribute to Class of 2021 member BILL NUNN will be shown as part of the program.
Single-event tickets for each Enshrinement are available for purchase at www.profootballhof.com/enshrinement/. Prices start at $29.
Official ticket packages also are available for the 2021 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Week Powered by Johnson Controls at www.hofexperiences.com/ or by calling 844-751-0532.
