Paul Brown, Halas, Lambeau among all-time coaching finalists
Such architects of the NFL as Paul Brown, George Halas and Curly Lambeau are among the 20 coaching finalists for the league’s All-Time Team.
The NFL announced the finalists Wedneday, and 10 of them will make the team. A 26-member voting panel is making the choices.
Brown recently was selected as professional football’s greatest game changer. Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967, the former Cleveland and Cincinnati coach — he also owned the Bengals — is credited with bringing many now-common elements to the sport like game plans and playbooks; the use of game film in scouting; coaches or coordinators calling plays; a radio transmitter inside the quarterback's helmet for play-calling; and the helmet facemask.
Halas was a founding member of the NFL and long-time coach and owner of the Chicago Bears. Lambeau, whose name is on the iconic stadium in Green Bay where the Packers play, was a championship coach for the franchise.
The finalists, in alphabetical order:
Bill Belichick
Paul Brown
Guy Chamberlin
Tony Dungy
Weeb Ewbank
Joe Gibbs
Sid Gillman
Bud Grant
George Halas
Curly Lambeau
Tom Landry
Marv Levy
Vince Lombardi
John Madden
Chuck Noll
Steve Owen
Bill Parcells
Fritz Pollard
Don Shula
Bill Walsh
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