Marcus Allen
Running Back, 6-2, 210
NFL career: 1982-92, Los Angeles Raiders; 1993-97, Kansas City Chiefs. 16 seasons, 222 games.

Notes: Raiders’ first-round draft pick (10th player overall) 1982 draft. All-America pick and 1981 Heisman Trophy winner, NFL rookie of the year in strike-shortened 1982 season. … Excelled as runner, receiver, blocker. … Rushed for 191 yards and 2 TDs in 1984 Super Bowl, named game’s MVP. … Gained 1,000-plus yards in a season three consecutive years. … Rushed for career-best 1,759 yards in 1985. … First player in NFL history to rush for 10,000-plus yards and catch passes for 5,000 more. … Considered one of the game’s best goal line and short-yardage runners. … Gained 12,243 yards rushing, 5,411 yards receiving, and scored 145 touchdowns during career. … At time of retirement held single-season record for most rushing and receiving yards combined (2,314), second in consecutive 100-yard games, and was third in career combined yardage. … All-Pro 1982 and 1985. … All-AFC 1982, 1984, 1985 and 1993. … Named to six Pro Bowls: 1983, 1985-88, 1994.
Elvin Bethea
Defensive End, 6-2, 260

NFL career: 1968-83 Houston Oilers. 16 seasons, 210 games.
Notes: Oilers’ third-round draft pick (77th player overall) 1968 draft. … Durable, didn’t miss a game until breaking arm Nov. 13, 1977. … When he retired, held three team records relating to career service: most seasons (16), most career regular season games played (210), most consecutive regular season games played (135). … Saw action in eight Oilers playoff games. … Although not an official NFL statistic until 1982, unofficial 105-career sack total still ranks as team best, as are the 16 sacks in 1973. Led team in sacks six times. … Recorded 4 sacks and fumble recovery in best single game performance vs. San Diego in 1976. … Even though 1974 was first year such statistics were compiled by Oilers, his 691-career tackles still among best in franchise history. … Selected to play in eight Pro Bowls, 1970, 1972-1976, 1979-80. … All-AFC 1971-72, 1974, 1978. … All-Pro (second team) 1973, 1975, 1978-79.
Joe DeLamielleure
Guard, 6-3, 254

NFL career: 1973-79, 1985 Buffalo Bills. 1980-84 Cleveland Browns, 13 seasons, 185 games.
Notes: All-America and three-time All-Big Ten performer at Michigan State. Bills’ first-round pick (26th player overall) in 1973 draft. Won All-Rookie honors. … Durable, played in 185 consecutive games. Starter from the first game as rookie and started every game for eight seasons in Buffalo before being traded to Cleveland in 1980. … Most honored member of the Bills’ famed “Electric Company” offensive line. Effective pass blocker who rarely allowed opponent to disrupt team’s pass plays. … Best known as lead blocker for O. J. Simpson, NFL’s first 2000-yard rusher, 1973. … Selected All-Pro and All-AFC 1975-80. Named to six Pro Bowls, 1976-81. NFL Players Association named him Offensive Lineman of the Year, 1975. Named to NFL’s 1970s All-Decade Team.
James Lofton
Wide Receiver, 6-3, 192
NFL career: 1978-86 Green Bay Packers; 1987-88 Los Angeles Raiders; 1989-92 Buffalo Bills; 1993 Los Angeles Rams; 1993 Philadelphia Eagles. 16 seasons, 233 games.

Notes: An Academic All-America at Stanford as well as an accomplished track star. Selected by Green Bay in first round (sixth player overall) of 1978 NFL Draft. … Nine times he recorded more than 50 receptions in a season. … Was the first NFL player to score a touchdown in three different decades. … In 16 seasons, he caught 764 passes for 14,004 yards – an NFL record at the time of his retirement – and 75 touchdowns. … Lofton’s 43 games with 100-plus receiving yardage was third best at time of retirement. … Led Packers in receptions each year except one (1979). Six times he gained more than 1,000 yards receiving in a season. … At age 35 became the oldest NFL player to have more than 1,000 receiving yards in a season. … Named All-Pro four times, All-NFC three times, and was selected to play in eight Pro Bowls.
Hank Stram
Coach
NFL career: 1960-74 Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs; 1976-77 New Orleans Saints. 17 seasons, 238 games.

Notes: Regular season record: 131-97-10. Postseason record: 5-3, Overall record: 136-100-10. … Hired as first head coach of Dallas Texans (Texans moved to Kansas City, renamed Chiefs, 1963) of new American Football League, 1960. … Won 1962, 1966, 1969 AFL championships. … Led Chiefs to two Super Bowl appearances, losing to Green Bay in 1967 Super Bowl, beating Minnesota in 1970 Super Bowl. … Only coach in AFL history to take a team to two Super Bowls. … Recorded most wins by a team during 10-year history of AFL. … Led 1971 Chiefs to AFC Western Division championship. … Developed “moving pocket,” using talents of quarterback Len Dawson, devised “two tight end offense” and “stack defense.” … Excellent evaluator of talent, five Stram-coached Chiefs players are members of Hall of Fame. … Named AFL coach of the year in 1968.