- ABC News
- January 9, 2017
TAMPA, Fla. -- Steve Spurrier and Peyton Manning, who waged some memorable battles as part of the Florida- Tennessee rivalry in the 1990s, headline the 2017 College Football Hall of Fame class, announced Monday. Spurrier is already a member of the College Football Hall of Fame as a player. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1966 as Florida's quarterback and was inducted as a player in 1986. He becomes only the fourth person in history to be inducted as both a player and a coach, joining Bobby Dodd, Amos Alonzo Stagg and Bowden Wyatt. Upon returning to his alma mater as head coach in 1990, Spurrier led the Gators to six SEC championships and a national title in 1996. He is the all-time winningest coach at both Florida and South Carolina and guided the Gamecocks to three straight top-10 finishes from 2011 to 2013 before retiring during the 2015 season. Spurrier also led Duke to its last ACC championship in 1989. Manning, who retired from the NFL after the...