元サンフランシスコ・フォーティナイナーズのハーフバック、ヒュー・マケルヘニーが 93, プロフットボール殿堂が木曜日に発表されました.
マケルヘニーは6月に亡くなりました 17 自然の原因の, ホールは言った.
“Hugh McElhenny was a threat in all phases of the game offensively — 急いで, pass receiving and as a kick and punt returner,” 殿堂入りのジム・ポーター社長は声明で述べた. “His all-around talent — obvious to pro football scouts when Hugh was still a teenager — will be celebrated and preserved forever in Canton.”
McElhenny was enshrined into the Hall of Fame in 1970.
ニックネーム “The King,” McElhenny was a two-time first-team All-Pro and six-time Pro Bowler over the course of his 13-year career playing in NFL for the 49ers, ミネソタバイキング, New York Giants and Detroit Lions.
McElhenny, the ninth pick in the 1952 draft out of the University of Washington, was named Rookie of the Year and an All-Pro in his first season.
He retired after the 1964 season and at the time was one of only three players with more than 11,000 all-purpose yards (11,375). He worked as an analyst on the 49ers radio broadcasts for six years.
The 49ers retired his uniform number 39 に 1971.
