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Pro Football Hall of Fame, 8 August 2009 · College Football Hall of Fame, 2016
The strongest tie in this section: Rod Woodson was born in Fort Wayne on 10 March 1965 and schooled at R. Nelson Snider High School before Purdue (1983–1986). The Pro Football Hall of Fame at Canton elected him on 31 January 2009, in his first year of eligibility, and enshrined him on 8 August 2009, after seventeen NFL seasons. The College Football Hall of Fame — seated at South Bend from 1995 to 2012 and at Atlanta since, printed at the boundary — inducted him in 2016; the Hall's own inductee page gives his birthplace as Fort Wayne, records his 1986 consensus All-America season, the thirteen Purdue records he held at his career's end, and his standing as the eighth Boilermaker player inducted. Born, raised and schooled here: the tie is at full strength, and it is the city's only Canton enshrinement of a native son in the record.
Sources:
- College Football Hall of Fame, the Hall's own inductee page for Rod Woodson (footballfoundation.org / cfbhall.com) — birthplace, the Purdue record, the 2016 induction, and the 2009 Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement.
- Pro Football Reference and the Woodson biographical record — the Snider High School formation and the seventeen seasons.