New Hall Of Fame Class Includes MacPherson

NEW YORK, April 30, 2009 - From the national ballot of 76 candidates and a pool of hundreds of eligible nominees, Archie Manning, chairman of The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame, announced the 2009 College Football Hall of Fame Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) Class, which includes former SU coach Dick MacPherson.

Sixteen former players and two coaches made up the list of inductees.

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2009 COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS

PLAYERS

· PERVIS ATKINS - HB, New Mexico State (1958-60)

· TIM BROWN - WR, Notre Dame (1984-87)

· CHUCK CECIL - DB, Arizona (1984-87)

· ED DYAS - FB, Auburn (1958-60)

· MAJOR HARRIS - QB, West Virginia (1987-89)

· GORDON HUDSON - TE, Brigham Young (1980- 83)

· WILLIAM LEWIS* - C, Harvard (1892-93)

· WOODROW LOWE - LB, Alabama (1972-75)

· KEN MARGERUM - WR, Stanford (1977-80)

· STEVE McMICHAEL - DT, Texas (1976-79)

· CHRIS SPIELMAN - LB, Ohio State (1984-87)

· LARRY STATION - LB, Iowa (1982-85)

· PAT SWILLING - DE, Georgia Tech (1982-85)

· GINO TORRETTA - QB, Miami (Fla.) (1989-92)

· CURT WARNER - RB, Penn State (1979-82)

· GRANT WISTROM - DE, Nebraska (1994-97)

* Selection from the FBS Veterans Committee, deceased

COACHES

· DICK MacPHERSON - 111-73-5 (.601) - Massachusetts (1971-77), Syracuse (1981-90)

· JOHN ROBINSON - 132-77-4 (.629) - Southern California (1976-82, 1993-97), Nevada-Las Vegas (1999-2004)

"The NFF Honors Court and its Chairman Gene Corrigan did an exceptional job in selecting the 2009 College Football Hall of Fame Class," said Manning, a 1989 College Football Hall of Famer from Ole Miss. "This year's class represents two centuries of outstanding football players who have reached the pinnacle of success in the collegiate ranks, and we are happy to preserve their legacies in the Hall of Fame."

The 2009 College Football Hall of Fame Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Class will be inducted at the NFF Annual Awards Dinner on December 8, 2009, at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City. They will be officially enshrined at the Hall in South Bend, Ind., during ceremonies in the summer of 2010.

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