Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, January 29, 1993 TAG: 9301290087
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-9 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
NFL HONORS ELWAY AS ITS MAN OF YEAR
The NFL honored John Elway as its Man of the Year on Thursday, a tribute to the $1 million he has raised for child abuse programs."It's such an atrocity to me to see that people treat children like that," the Denver Broncos quarterback said in accepting a bronze gladiator statue.
Elway and his wife, Janet, have four children. The Elway Foundation received a $25,000 check from the award's sponsor. The foundation helps abused and neglected Colorado youth and pays utility bills for other needy residents.
In other football:
Bo Schembechler called it "the highest honor a college football coach can receive." Alan Page was delighted at being in such "good company." Schembechler, Page and 11 others are the newest members elected into the College Football Hall of Fame at Kings Island, Ohio, by the National Football Foundation.
Schembechler compiled a 234-65-8 record in 27 years of coaching - at Miami of Ohio from 1963-68 and at Michigan from 1969-89. Page, now in the first year of a six-year term as a Minnesota State Supreme Court judge, played at Notre Dame from 1964-66; he helped the Irish to a three-year record of 25-3-2 and the 1966 national championship.
Joining them in the College Hall of Fame are Dick Anderson, Colorado safety from 1965-67; Bob Brown, Nebraska guard-linebacker, 1961-63; John Cappelletti, Penn State running back, 1971-73; Steve DeLong, Tennessee guard, 1962-64; and Buddy Dial, Rice end, 1956-58.
Also, Harry Gilmer, Alabama halfback, 1944-47; the late Pat Harder, Wisconsin fullback, 1941-42; Dick Modzelewski, Maryland tackle, 1950-52; J.D. Roberts, Oklahoma guard, 1951-53; Lynn Swann, Southern California wide receiver, 1971-73; and the late Bobby Dodd, Georgia Tech coach, 1945-66.