{"id":8009,"date":"2018-08-24T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T10:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=8009"},"modified":"2018-08-24T10:44:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T10:44:10","slug":"gil-brandt-and-pat-bowlen-nominated-for-football-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/gil-brandt-and-pat-bowlen-nominated-for-football-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Gil Brandt &#038; Pat Bowlen Nominated For Football Hall Of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gil-brandt-and-pat-bowlen.jpg\" alt=\"Gil Brandt &amp; Pat Bowlen\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8010\" \/>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profootballhof.com\">Pro Football Hall of Fame<\/a> doesn&#8217;t just honour those who achieved great things on the gridiron. It also recognizes others who have made significant contributions to the game from the sidelines. <strong>Gil Brandt<\/strong> and <strong>Pat Bowlen<\/strong> are two such people. <\/p>\n<p>It was just announced that the two football pioneers have been nominated for induction. They <strong>will need to get 80% of the 48-member selection committee\u2019s votes in February<\/strong> on the eve of the Super Bowl to be inducted.<\/p>\n<p>These days <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gil_brandt\">Gil Brandt<\/a> works as a consultant to the NFL but it was during his time as the vice president of player personnel with the <strong>Dallas Cowboys<\/strong> that he changed the way scouting was done. <\/p>\n<p>Between 1960 and 1989, Brandt was instrumental in growing the Cowboys into one of the most popular and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/us\/legal-us-online-betting-sites\">potent franchises in American sports<\/a>. He started using computers extensively and obsessively scouted traditionally black colleges to find talent. He also created a large team of informants which helped root out diamonds in the rough at the college level.<\/p>\n<p>His modern approach brought scouting out of the stones age. His use of psychological testing was an innovation that is commonplace today as is his old habit of scouting outside of North America. In his 29 years with Dallas, the <strong>Cowboys made it to the Super Bowl 5 times and came away with a pair of titles<\/strong>. With Brandt, Dallas <strong>racked up 20 straight winning seasons and 18 trips to the playoffs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CBS Denver<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uRJgrmEHr7M?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Pat Bowlen<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/patrick-bowlen\/#6bdf70002609\">Pat Bowlen<\/a> bought the Denver Broncos in 1984 and he has become one of the league\u2019s most successful owners. Since purchasing the team, <strong>Denver has gone on to post the NFL\u2019s top winning percentage and the second-best total winning percentage<\/strong>. The Hall of Fame nominee is the only owner in the league\u2019s history to amass 300 wins in his first 30 years. Only Robert Kraft\u2019s Patriots have more Super Bowl appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Amazingly under Bowlen, the Denver Broncos are the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/american-football\/nfl\">NFL<\/a> team to not have two losing seasons in a row. While Bowlen is still the owner of the franchise, he handed over control of the organization\u2019s day-to-day operations to CEO <strong>Joe Ellis<\/strong> in 2014 after the effects of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alzheimer%27s_disease\">Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/a> forced him to. Ellis has stated that he is thrilled for Bowlen and his entire family and acknowledged Bowden\u2019s contributions. He added that Bowlen is very deserving of the nomination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pro Football Hall of Fame doesn&#8217;t just honour those who achieved great things on the gridiron. It also recognizes others who have made significant contributions to the game from the sidelines. Gil Brandt and Pat Bowlen are two such people. It was just announced that the two football pioneers have been nominated for induction. 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