THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME, located in Canton, Ohio, the birthplace of the National Football League, is visited by hundreds of thousands of football fans annually. The Hall has enshrined 310 members since its founding in 1963.
PETER RICHMOND is the New York Times bestselling author of 7 books, including Badasses (on John Madden and the 1970s Oakland Raiders). His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and more, and in the anthology The Best American Sports Writing of the Century. Peter's most recent book, Always a Catch, was a YA novel about a high school football player.