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Indiana Football HOF and College Football HOF
Since gaining it's charter in 2004, the NFF's Joe Tiller Chapter of Northwest Indiana has had a primary goal of earning deserved recognition for area players and coaches. That includes "working the system" and influencing the selection process for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame and the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.
Consequently, six individuals with playing or coaching experience at Purdue have been chosen for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame and 34 individuals from the area known as Region 4 of the Indiana Football Coaches Association have been inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.
INDUCTED - Left to right are 2014 Indiana Football Hall of Fame inductees Tim Roth (Winamac High School coach), Leroy Keyes (Purdue All-American) and Mike Alstott (Purdue record-breaker), joined by Hall of Fame committee member Bob Prescott.
Jim Everett was selected to the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 2021.
Brian Moore became a member of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 2019 after successful coaching stops at Seeger, Fountain Central, Lafayette Jeff and Parke Heritage.
College Football Hall of Fame
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2006: Mike Phipps, former Purdue quarterback
2010: Mark Herrmann, former Purdue quarterback
2012: Otis Armstrong former Purdue running back
2013: William "Lone Star" Dietz, former Purdue coach
2014: Dave Butz, former Purdue defensive tackle
2016: Rod Woodson, former Purdue defensive back
Indiana Football Hall of Fame
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Indiana Football Hall of Fame inductees since chapter founding:
2012 - Joe Tiller, former Purdue coach; Frank O'Shea, Lafayette Central Catholic High School assistant football coach; Tom Ransom, former Big Ten official from Frankfort
2014 - Mike Alstott, former Purdue running back; Leroy Keyes, former Purdue running back; Tim Roth, Winamac High School head coach
2015: Otis Armstrong, former Purdue running back; Floyd Thomas Kelly, former Rochester High School assistant football coach' Mark Miller, former Rochester High School football coach
2016: Pete Quinn, former Purdue center; Jim Young, former Purdue football coach
2017: Bernie Flowers, former Purdue end; Rod Woodson, former Purdue defensive back
2017: Vince Burpo, former Frontier, Frankfort and Delphi High School football coach; Jim Davis, former North White High School football coach
2018: Len Dawson, former Purdue quarterback; Dale Samuels, former Purdue quarterback
2019: Dustin Keller, former Lafayette Jeff, Purdue, and NFL star; Brian Moore, former head coach at Seeger, Fountain Central, Lafayette Jeff and currently at Heritage Park
2021: Marshall Overley, former West Lafayette High School football coach; Jim Everett, former Purdue quarterback
2022: Alex Yunevich, former Alfred University football coach; John Hendryx, Winamac H.S. football coach; Kevin O’Shea, North Central H.S. football coach; Kyle Orton, former Purdue quarterback
2023: Todd Clark, local official; Ryan Kerrigan, former Muncie Central H.S. and Purdue defensive end; Tom Kubat, long-time Journal and Courier sportswriter; Chris Meeks, Rensselaer H.S. football coach; Curtis Painter, former Vincennes, Purdue, and NFL quarterback; John Scheumann; Drew Brees, former Purdue quarterback; Clayton Richard, former McCutcheon High School quarterback; Taylor Stubblefield, former Purdue wide receiver; Jim Vruggink, athletic administrator
Ryan Kerrigan (right) is inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame at the National Football Foundation’s Joe Tiller Chapter Honors Brunch, Sunday, Jun. 25, 2023 in West Lafayette.
Dale Samuels was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 2018.
Dustin Keller - a standout pass-catcher for Lafayette Jeff, Purdue, the New York Jets, and the Miami Dolphins, was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 2019.
Curtis Painter (left) presented by Kelly Kitchel is inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame at the National Football Foundation’s Joe Tiller Chapter Honors Brunch, Sunday, Jun. 25, 2023 in West Lafayette.
