TAMPA, Fla. -- Steve Spurrier and Peyton Manning, who waged some memorable battles as part of the Florida-Tennessee rivalry in the 1990s, headline the 2017 College Football Hall of Fame class, announced Monday.
Spurrier is already a member of the College Football Hall of Fame as a player. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1966 as Florida's quarterback and was inducted as a player in 1986. He becomes only the fourth person in history to be inducted as both a player and a coach, joining Bobby Dodd, Amos Alonzo Stagg and Bowden Wyatt.
Upon returning to his alma mater as head coach in 1990, Spurrier led the Gators to six SEC championships and a national title in 1996.