Miami Dolphins' Mark Clayton, Bob Kuechenberg are Seniors candidates for Hall of Fame

Receiver Mark Clayton and guard Bob Kuechenberg are among the former Miami Dolphins who candidacy has advanced for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 as chosen by the Seniors Committee.

Also remaining eligible from Miami are defensive end Bill Stanfill and safety Dick Anderson.

Running back Ottis Anderson, who attended Forest Hill High, remains in the running. To be considered, each former player last could have appeared in a game in the 1999 season.

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Clayton played for the Dolphins from 1983-92 and caught 550 passes for 8,643 yards and 78 touchdowns.

Kuechenberg spent his entire 14-year career with the Dolphins, starting 176 games and earning respect from teammates, coaches and fans for his toughness.

Stanfill had 69.5 sacks during his eight-year career, all in Miami, starting in 1969.

Anderson spent his nine-year career with the Dolphins, amassing 34 interceptions and being named Defensive Player of the Year in 1973.

Kuechenberg, Stanfill and Anderson helped the Dolphins win two Super Bowls.

The separate nine-person Seniors Committee will make additional reductions in increments over the next several weeks. In late fall, this committee will select three Seniors as finalists for possible election with the Class of 2025.

The seniors who remain eligible for election with the Class of 2025 are:

QUARTERBACKS (5): Ken Anderson, Charlie Conerly, Roman Gabriel, Jack Kemp, Jim Plunkett.

RUNNING BACKS (7): Alan Ameche, Ottis Anderson, Larry Brown, Roger Craig, Chuck Foreman, Cecil Isbell, Paul “Tank” Younger.

WIDE RECEIVERS/TIGHT ENDS (10): Mark Clayton, Isaac Curtis, Boyd Dowler, Henry Ellard, Harold Jackson, Billy "White Shoes” Johnson, Stanley Morgan, Art Powell, Sterling Sharpe, Otis Taylor.

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN (12): Ed Budde, Ox Emerson, Bill Fralic, Chris Hinton, Joe Jacoby, Mike Kenn, Bob Kuechenberg, George Kunz, Ralph Neely, Dick Schafrath, Jim Tyrer, Al Wistert.

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN (6): L.C. Greenwood, Ed “Too Tall” Jones, Jim Marshall, Harvey Martin, Leslie O’Neal, Bill Stanfill.

LINEBACKERS (11): Carl Banks, Maxie Baughan, Bill Bergey, Joe Fortunato, Larry Grantham, Lee Roy Jordan, Clay Matthews Jr., Tommy Nobis, Andy Russell, Pat Swilling, Phil Villapiano.

DEFENSIVE BACKS (8): Dick Anderson, Deron Cherry, Pat Fischer, Lester Hayes, Albert Lewis, Eddie Meador, Lemar Parrish, Everson Walls.

SPECIAL TEAMS (1): Steve Tasker.

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