Where EVERY Pro Football Hall of Famer Played High School Football

The Pro Football Hall of Fame will grow this weekend with seven new members being inducted in Canton, Ohio. After the Saturday enshrinement ceremony, the HOF will have 378 honorees.

This year’s seven-member class is led by two former Florida high school football players — return specialist Devin Hester of Suncoast High School and wide receiver Andre Johnson of Miami Sr. High School. The pair’s induction increases Sunshine State’s representation in Canton to 22 individuals.

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Since the first class was inducted in 1963, 38 different states, the District of Columbia and two countries (Canada and Norway) have been represented in Canton.

California leads the way with 41 HOF’ers, followed by Pennsylvania with 40. Texas is third on the list with 33 inductees.

Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductees by States

• California – 41
• Pennsylvania – 40
• Texas – 33
• Ohio – 30
• Florida – 22
• Illinois – 20
• New Jersey – 13
• Louisiana, New York, Virginia, Wisconsin – 12
• Alabama, Mississippi – 9
• Arkansas, Georgia – 8
• Michigan – 7
• Indiana, Tennessee, West Virginia – 6
• Connecticut, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington – 5
• Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, South Carolina, Washington DC – 4
• Kansas, Nebraska – 3
• Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, New Mexico, Utah – 2
• Delaware, Maryland – 1
• Countries – Canada, Norway one each

Aliquippa High School in western Pennsylvania is the only school to have three players in Canton. Cornerback Darrelle Revis, a member of last year’s class, is joined by tight end Mike Ditka and cornerback Ty Law.

There are nine schools with two Hall of Famers:

• Crane (Illinois) – NFL co-founder George Halas and Supervisor of Officials Hugh “Shorty” Ray.
• Erasmus Hall (New York) – Raiders owner Al Davis and quarterback Sid Luckman.
• George Washington Prep (Los Angeles, California) – wide receiver James Lofton and halfback Hugh McElhenny.
• Haverford (Pennsylvania) – NFL Commissioner Bert Bell and NFL Films Steve Sabol.
• Jefferson (Oregon) – cornerback Mel Renfro and defensive tackle Arnie Weinmeister.
• Raines (Florida) – wide receiver Harold Carmichael and cornerback Brian Dawkins.
• Roman Catholic (Pennsylvania) – wide receiver Marvin Harrison and Director of Officiating Art McNally.
• South River (New Jersey) – wide receiver Drew Pearson and lineback/center Alex Wojciechowicz.
• Worthing (Texas) – wide receiver Cliff Branch and linebacker Mike Singletary

Now, not every honoree played high school football. For example, Tim Mara, the founding owner of the New York Giants, dropped-out of school at the age of 13 to get a job to help his family. He was a member of the inaugural class.

Then there’s Tim’s son Wellington, who at the tender age of 14 was given 50-percent ownership in the team, along with his old brother Jack. Wellington attended the Loyola School in Manhattan in the early 30’s. However, the school located near Central Park has never had a football program, which isn’t unusual in the city.

Tim and Wellington are two of a dozen New York Hall of Famers.

Below is where every inductee attended high school.

Pro Football Hall of Fame Members

Alabama (9)

• Robert Brazile – Vigor
• Buck Buchanan – Parker (Birmingham)
• Walter Jones – Aliceville
• Ozzie Newsome – Colbert County
• Terrell Owens – Russell
• Kenny Stabler – Foley
• John Stallworth – Tuscaloosa Central
• Bart Starr – Sidney Lanier
• DeMarcus Ware – Auburn

Arizona (2)

• Curley Culp – Yuma
• Randall McDaniel – Agua Fria

Arkansas (8)

• Willie Davis – Booker T. Washington
• Dan Hampton – Jacksonville
• Cliff Harris – Des Arc
• Don Hutson – Pine Bluff
• *Jerry Jones – North Little Rock
• Cortez Kennedy – Rivercrest
• Bobby Mitchell – Langston
• Willie Roaf – Pine Bluff

California (41)

• Larry Allen – Centennial (Napa)
• Marcus Allen – Lincoln (San Diego)
• *Bobby Bethard – El Segundo
• Terrell Davis – Lincoln (San Diego)
• John Elway – Granada Hills
• Tom Fears – Manual Arts
• Tom Flores – Sanger Union
• Dan Fouts – St. Ignatius
• **Joe Gibbs – Santa Fe Springs
• Frank Gifford – Bakersfield
• Tony Gonzalez – Huntington Beach
• Mike Haynes – John Marshall (Los Angeles)
• Jimmy Johnson – Kingsburg
• John Henry Johnson – Pittsburg
• James Lofton – George Washington (Los Angeles)
• Ronnie Lott – Eisenhower
• John Lynch – Torrey Pines
• **John Madden – Jefferson
• Gino Marchetti – Antioch
• Ollie Matson – George Washington (San Francisco)
• Bruce Matthews – Arcadia
• Hugh McElhenny – George Washington (Los Angeles)
• Ron Mix – Hawthorne
• Warren Moon – Hamilton
• Anthony Munoz – Chaffey
• Ernie Nevers – Santa Rosa
• Joe Perry – David Starr Jordan (Los Angeles)
• Les Richter – Fresno
• *Pete Rozelle – Compton
• *Tex Schramm – Alhambra
• Junior Seau – Oceanside
• O.J. Simpson – Galileo
• Bob St. Clair – San Francisco Polytechnic
• Dick Stanfel – Commerce (San Francisco)
• Lynn Swann – Serra (San Mateo)
• Norm Van Brocklin – Acalanes
• **Dick Vermeil – Calistoga
• **Bill Walsh – Hayward
• Bob Waterfield – Van Nuys
• Ron Yary – Bellflower
• Gary Zimmerman – Walnut

Colorado (3)

• Tony Boselli – Fairview
• Jack Christiansen – Cañon City High School
• Earl (Dutch) Clark – Central (Pueblo)

Connecticut (5)

• Dwight Freeney – Bloomfield
• Floyd Little – Hillhouse
• Andy Robustelli – Stamford
• Ken Strong – West Haven
• Steve Young – Greenwich

Delaware (1)

• Randy White – McKean

Florida (22)

• Derrick Brooks – Booker T. Washington (Pensacola)
• Isaac Bruce – Dillard
• LeRoy Butler – Robert E. Lee (Jacksonville)
• Harold Carmichael – Raines
• Brian Dawkins – Raines
• Bob Hayes – Gilbert
• Ted Hendricks – Hialeah
• Devin Hester – Suncoast
• Steve Hutchinson – Coral Springs
• Michael Irvin – St. Thomas Aquinas
• Rickey Jackson – Pahokee
• Edgerrin James – Immokalee
• Andre Johnson – Miami Sr.
• David (Deacon) Jones – Hungerford
• Ray Lewis – Lakeland
• Larry Little – Booker T. Washington (Miami)
• Ken Riley – Union Academy
• Deion Sanders – North Ft. Myers
• Warren Sapp – Apopka
• Emmitt Smith – Escambia
• Derrick Thomas – South Miami
• Jack Youngblood – Jefferson County

Georgia (8)

• Champ Bailey – Charlton County
• Mel Blount – Lyons
• Richard Dent – Murphy (Atlanta)
• Ray Guy – Thomson
• Calvin Johnson – Sandy Creek
• Shannon Sharpe – Glennville
• Fran Tarkenton – Athens
• Rayfield Wright – Griffin Fairmont

Idaho (2)

• Jerry Kramer – Sandpoint
• Larry Wilson – Rigby

Illinois (20)

• *Charles Bidwell – St. Ignatius
• Dick Butkus – Chicago Vocational
• Tony Canadeo – Steinmetz
• George Connor – De La Salle
• John (Paddy) Driscoll – Evanston Twp.
• *Jim Finks – Salem
• Otto Graham – Waukegan
• Red Grange – Wheaton
• Kevin Greene – South (Granite City)
• **George Halas – Crane Tech
• **Marv Levy – South Shore
• George Musso – Collinsville
• Ray Nitschke – Proviso East
• Leo Nomellini – Crane
• Pete Pihos – Chicago Austin
• Fritz Pollard – Lane Tech
• *Hugh (Shorty) Ray – Crane Manual Training High School
• George Trafton – Oak Park
• Kellen Winslow – East St. Louis
• Bryant Young – Bloom

Indiana (6)

• Morten Andersen – Ben Davis
• **Weeb Ewbank – Morton
• Bob Griese – Rex Mundi
• Alex Karras – Emerson (Gary)
• *Hank Stram – Lew Wallace
• Rod Woodson – Fort Wayne Snider

Iowa (2)

• Frederick “Duke” Slater – Clinton
• Kurt Warner – Regis

Kansas (3)

• William Roy (Link) Lyman – McDonald
• John Riggins – Centralia
• Barry Sanders – Wichita North

Kentucky (2)

• Dermontti Dawson – Bryan Station
• Paul Hornung – Flaget

Louisiana (12)

• Terry Bradshaw – Woodlawn
• Fred Dean – Ruston
• Marshall Faulk – G.W. Carver
• Charlie Joiner – W.O. Boston
• Peyton Manning – Isidore Newman
• Kevin Mawae – Leesville
• Ed Reed – Destrehan
• Johnny Robinson – University (Baton Rouge)
• Jackie Smith – Kentwood
• Jim Taylor – Baton Rouge
• Steve Van Buren – Warren Easton
• Aeneas Williams – Fortier

Maryland (1)

• *George Young – Calvert Hall

Massachusetts (4)

• Nick Buoniconti – Cathedral
• Ed Healey – Springfield Classical
• Howie Long – Milford Academy
• Wayne Millner – Salem

Michigan (7)

• **George Allen – Lake Shore
• Jerome Bettis – MacKenzie
• Joe DeLamielleure – St. Clement
• **Tony Dungy – Parkside
• Bill Hewitt – Bay City Central
• Paul Krause – Bendle
• *Ralph Wilson, Jr. – Detroit University School – did not play football

Minnesota (4)

• *Sid Gillman – North (Minneapolis)
• Walt Kiesling – Cretin
• Jim Langer – Royalton
• Bronislau “Bronko” Nagurski – Bemidji

Mississippi (9)

• Lance Alworth – Brookhaven
• Lem Barney – 33^rd Avenue
• Willie Brown – Yazoo Training
• Brett Favre – Hancock North Central
• Frank (Bruiser) Kinard – Jackson Central
• Walter Payton – Columbia
• Jerry Rice – Moor
• Billy Shaw – Carr Central
• Jackie Slater – Wingfield

Missouri (5)

• Steve Atwater – Lutheran North
• Jimmy Conzelman – McKinley
• Robert (Cal) Hubbard – Keytesville
• Mike McCormack – De La Salle
• Roger Wehrli – King City

Nebraska (3)

• Guy Chamberlain – Blue Springs
• Gale Sayres – Omaha Central
• Mick Tingelhoff – Lexington

New Jersey (13)

• Elvin Bethea – Trenton Central
• Lou Creekmur – Woodbridge
• Drew Pearson – South River
• Franco Harris – Rancocas Valley
• Sam Mills – Long Branch
• **Bill Parcells – River Dell
• *Dan Reeves – Newman School
• Jim Ringo – Phillipsburg
• Dave Robinson – Moorestown
• *Ed Sabol – Blairstown Academy
• *Paul Tagliabue – St. Michael’s (Union City) – received basketball scholarship to Georgetown, did not play high school football
• Andre Tippett – Barringer
• Alex Wojciechowicz – South River

New Mexico (2)

• Tommy McDonald – Highland
• Brian Urlacher – Lovington

New York (12)

• Jim Brown – Manhasset
• *Al Davis – Erasmus Hall – didn’t play high school football
• Art Donovan – Mount St. Michael
• Don Fortmann – Pearl River
• **Vince Lombardi – St. Francis Prep
• Sid Luckman – Erasmus Hall
• John Mackey – Hempstead
• *Tim Mara – did not play football; never attended high school
• *Wellington Mara – Loyola School – didn’t play high school football
• Art Monk – White Plains
• *Bill Polian – Mount St. Michael
• Ernie Stautner – Vincentian Institute (Albany)

North Carolina (5)

• Bobby Bell – Cleveland
• Carl Eller – Atkins
• Sonny Jurgensen – New Hanover
• Julius Pepper – Southern Nash
• Charlie Sanders – Dudley

Ohio (30)

• Cliff Battles – Kenmore
• Bob Brown – East Tech
• **Paul Brown – Massillon
• *Joe Carr – did not play football
• Cris Carter – Middletown
• Larry Csonka – Stow
• Len Dawson – Alliance
• *Edward DeBartolo, Jr. – Cardinal Mooney – didn’t play varsity football
• Dan Dierdorf – Glenwood
• Benny Friedman – Glenville
• Randy Gradisher – Champion
• Lou Groza – Martins Ferry
• Wilbur (Pete) Henry – Mansfield
• Clarke Hinkle – Toronto
• Jack Lambert – Crestwood
• Dante Lavelli – Hudson
• Dick LeBeau – London
• Tom Mack – Cleveland Heights
• George McAfee – Ironton
• Mike Michalske – West (Cleveland)
• Marion Motley – McKinley
• **Chuck Noll – Benedictine
• Orlando Pace – Sandusky
• Alan Page – Canton Central Catholic
• Jim Parker – Scott (Toledo)
• **Don Shula – Harvey
• Roger Staubach – Purcell
• Paul Warfield – Harding
• Bill Willis – East (Columbus)
• Charles Woodson – Ross

Oklahoma (5)

• Troy Aikman – Henryetta
• Steve Largent – Putnam City
• **Steve Owen – Aline
• Lee Roy Selmon – Eufaula
• Will Shields – Lewton

Oregon (5)

• Bob Lilly – Pendleton
• Troy Polamalu – Douglas
• Mel Renfroe – Jefferson (Portland)
• Arnie Weinmeister – Jefferson (Portland)
• Dave Wilcox – Vale

Pennsylvania (40)

• Herb Adderley – Northeast
• Chuck Bednarik – Bethlehem Liberty
• *Bert Bell – Haverford School
• Fred Biletnikoff – Erie Tech
• George Blanda – Youngwood
• Jim “Jimbo” Covert – Freedom (Beaver County)
• **Bill Cowher – Carlynton
• Mike Ditka – Aliquippa
• Chris Doleman – William Penn (York)
• Tony Dorsett – Hopewell
• Bill George – Waynesburg
• Russ Grimm – Southmoreland
• Jack Ham – Bishop McCourt
• Marvin Harrison – Roman Catholic
• *Lamar Hunt – Hill School
• Stan Jones – Lemoyne
• Jim Kelly – East Brady
• Leroy Kelly – Simon Gratz
• Joe Klecko – St. James
• Ty Law – Aliquippa
• Dan Marino – Pittsburgh Central Catholic
• Curtis Martin – Allderdice
• *Art McNally – Roman Catholic – no determination on whether he played varsity football
• Joe Montana – Ringgold
• Lenny Moore – Reading
• Mike Munchak – Scranton Central
• Joe Namath – Beaver Falls
• *Bill Nunn – Westinghouse (played high school basketball)
• Andre Reed – Dieruff
• Darrelle Revis – Aliquippa
• *Art Rooney – St. Peter’s Catholic
• *Dan Rooney – North Catholic
• *Steve Sabol – Haverford
• Joe Schmidt – Brentwood
• Jason Taylor – Woodland Hills
• Jim Thorpe – Carlisle Indian Industrial School
• Charlie Trippi – Pittston
• Emlen Tunnell – Radnor
• Johnny Unitas – St. Justin’s
• *Ron Wolf – Susquehannock

South Carolina (4)

• Harry Carson – McClenaghan
• Richard Seymour – Lower Richland
• Art Shell – Bonds-Wilson
• Donnie Shell – Whitmire

Tennessee (6)

• Doug Atkins – Humbolt
• John Hannah – Baylor
• Gene Hickerson – Trezevant
• Claude Humphrey – Lester
• Reggie White – Howard
• Patrick Willis – Hollow Rock

Texas (33)

• Sammy Baugh – Sweetwater
• Raymond Berry – Paris
• Cliff Branch – Worthing
• Tom Brown – Dallas Woodrow Wilson
• Earl Campbell – Tyler
• Eric Dickerson – Sealy
• Bobby Dillon – Temple
• Alan Faneca – Lamar Consolidated (Houston)
• Darrell Green – Jones (Houston)
• Joe Greene – Temple Dunbar
• Forrest Gregg – Sulphur Springs
• Winston Hill – Gladewater Weldon
• Ken Houston – Lufkin Dunbar
• **Jimmy Johnson – Thomas Jefferson (Port Arthur)
• **Tom Landry – Mission
• Richard “Night Train” Layne – Austin Anderson
• Yale Lary – Fort Worth North Side
• Bobby Layne – Highland Park
• Don Maynard – Colorado City
• Steve McMichael – Freer
• John Randle – Hearne
• Mike Singletary – Worthing
• Ed Sprinkle – Jim Ned
• Michael Strahan – Westbury
• Charley Taylor – Dalworth
• Emmitt Thomas – Marshall (Angleton)
• Thurman Thomas – Willowridge
• Zach Thomas – Pampa
• Y.A. Tittle – Marshall
• LaDainian Tomlinson – Waco University
• Clyde Turner – Newman (Sweetwater)
• Gene Upshaw – Robstown
• Doak Walker – Highland Park

Utah (2)

• Merlin Olsen – Logan
• Mac Speedie – South (Salt Lake City)

Virginia (12)

• Ronde Barber – Cae Spring
• Roosevelt Brown – Jefferson
• Bill Dudley – Graham
• Kenny Easley – Oscar Smith
• Charles Haley – William Campbell
• Chris Hanburger – Hampton
• Henry Jordan – Warwick
• Willie Lanier – Walker (Richmond)
• Clarence (Ace) Parker – Woodrow Wilson (Portsmouth)
• Bruce Smith – Booker T. Washington
• Dwight Stephenson – Hampton
• Lawrence Taylor – Lafayette

Washington (5)

• Morris (Red) Badgro – Kent
• **Don Coryell – Lincoln
• Albert Glen (Turk) Edwards – Clarkston
• Ray Flaherty – Gonzaga Prep
• Mel Hein – Burlington

Washington, D.C. (4)

• Len Ford – Armstrong
• *George Preston Marshall – Friends Select – did not play football
• Jonathan Ogden – St. Albans
• Willie Wood – Armstrong

West Virginia (6)

• Fred Gatski – Farmington
• Chuck Howley – Warwood
• Sam Huff – Farmington
• Randy Moss – Dupont
• **Alfred Earle (Greasy) Neale – Parkersburg
• Joe Stydahar – Shinnston

Wisconsin (13)

• *Pat Bolen – Campion Jesuit
• *Gil Brandt – North Division
• Dave Casper – Chilton
• **Bud Grant – Central (Superior)
• Joe Guyon – Keewatin Academy
• Arnie Herber – Green Bay West
• Elroy (Crazylegs) Hirsch – Wausau
• Early (Curly) Lambeau – Green Bay East
• Alphonse (Tuffy) Leemans – East (Superior)
• John (Blood) McNally – New Richmond
• Jim Otto – Wausau
• Joe Thomas – Brookfield Central
• Mike Webster – Rhinelander

Canada (1)

• Jack Butler – Mount Carmel (Niagara Falls, ON)

Norway (1)

• Jan Stenerud

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