PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE NFL : Five Inducted Into the Hall of Fame

John Hannah, who made about every All-Pro team, moved into a different league Saturday. “What today means is that I’ve made the cut, I’m on the team,” Hannah said upon his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame at Canton, Ohio. “Now I have the honor of playing alongside the greatest heroes to ever play the game.”

Hannah was joined by running back Earl Campbell, kicker Jan Stenerud, lineman Stan Jones and Tex Schramm, former general manager and president of the Dallas Cowboys.

Campbell, a Heisman Trophy winner at Texas in 1977, rushed for 9,407 yards and 74 touchdowns in eight seasons in the NFL with the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints. His first season as a pro, he was named rookie of the year, All-Pro, won the rushing title and was the NFL’s most valuable player.

Campbell fought back tears as he spoke of his father, who died when he was young. His mother raised 11 children. “Earlier this week, my mother was telling me about one time when she was getting us dressed to go to church. She turned to my daddy and said, ‘I won’t ever get a chance to go anywhere. I won’t ever get a chance to see anything.’

“She said my Dad said, ‘Darling, you need to wait because you never know what God has in store for you.’ This week she looked around and said, ‘Who’d have thought I’d be in Canton, Ohio?’ Well, Mama, who’d have thought I’d be here either?”

Jones, selected by a seniors committee, spent 12 years with the Chicago Bears and one with the Washington Redskins. He played in seven consecutive Pro Bowls from 1955-61.

Hannah was an All-Pro guard for 10 consecutive years, 1976-1985, with the New England Patriots. The first Patriot in the Hall, he was named the best offensive lineman in the NFL four times. He was presented by his father, Herb Hannah, a former NFL player.

Stenerud, a ski jumper at Montana State, went on to become the second-highest scorer ever. Stenerud is the first pure kicker inducted. He kicked a record 373 field goals during a 19-year career with the Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings and ranks as the second leading-scorer in pro football history. His three field goals in the 1970 Super Bowl helped the Chiefs to an upset of the Vikings.

Schramm, as general manager of the Cowboys, brought Tom Landry in as coach and Gil Brandt as personnel director. Despite a winless season in 1960, the Cowboys had a winning team by 1966, and had 20 consecutive winning seasons.