CANTON — Long ago, Randy Gradishar passed the eyeball test of Ohio people who don't have Hall of Fame votes. He came to Canton on Saturday like a poet unappreciated by critics until after he was gone.

Former Denver Broncos linebacker Randy Gradishar was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend. Here are our favorite photos from the ceremony. Randy Gradishar gives his speech during ...

FILE - Denver Broncos Ring of Fame linebacker Randy Gradishar, center, speaks during a celebration outside the State Capitol to mark his inclusion in the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024, ...

CANTON, Ohio – Randy Gradishar waited 35 years to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, so sitting around nearly two more hours was no big deal. The legendary Broncos inside linebacker was ...

Broncos President Damani Leech explains why Randy Gradishar's Pro Football Hall of Fame induction is meaningful for the organization and shares his thoughts on the Broncos' 1977-inspired throwback ...

One more hour was nothing for Randy Gradishar, the former Broncos' linebacker who waited decades to take the stage at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Gradishar grew up an hour from Canton, but no ...

AP Photo / Denver Broncos linebackers Tom Jackson, foreground, and Randy Gradishar, close in on Houston Oilers back Earl Campbell during a 1978 game in Houston. Jackson and Gradishar formed what has ...

DENVER — About the only time Randy Gradishar ever disappointed his teammates was when he first arrived in Denver as the Broncos' first-round draft pick in 1974. Eagerly awaiting the arrival of the man ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Randy Gradishar was being asked to deliver a history lesson. That’s what the 72-year-old thought, anyway, when he got a call from the Denver Broncos in January. He was told the team ...

Randy Gradishar and Tom Jackson look at the banners for Pro Football Hall of Famers after Gradishar was surprised with the news that he had been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of the ...

Free bikes and pizza, the chance to meet Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Randy Gradishar of the Denver Broncos' storied Orange Crush defense, and music from a new band made up of five Pueblo ...

Jackson — who bought a gold Monte Carlo as a fourth-round pick one year earlier — was a fellow Ohioan and former Louisville linebacker who would become Gradishar’s roommate, lifelong friend and, on ...