Sacco Sez: Impressions of a long-awaited weekend for Broncos Country

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Now we have seven inductees considered to be primary Broncos by the Hall, four more listed as secondary Broncos. And certainly there are more to come.


Canton itself has grown and changed, but the same excitement, civic pride and enthusiasm are displayed to visitors in the week when Canton is once again center of the football universe.


Back when the NFL began on Sept. 17, 1920, with George Halas sitting on the running board of a Hupmobile at the Ralph Hays dealership, no one could have envisioned this.


Of course, there was no television, so one could not imagine that a country full of football fans would watch games, much less Hall of Fame induction ceremonies live from all over the map.


As recently as 30 years ago, the inductions were done on the front steps of the Hall, with fans sitting on blankets or lawn chairs on the front grass of the Hall.


Now there are 20,000 plus fans in a sold out stadium watching this great event.


The Hall itself? It’s spectacular, as it always has been, but the recent and continuous expansions have incorporated every element of modern technology.


It is perhaps the most state-of-the-art sports museum in the country.