Hall of Fame signed football autographed by Johnny Lujack, Don Maynard, Glenn Davis, Otto Graham, Ray Nitschke, Hugh McElhenny, Chuck Bednarik, Gale Sayers, Jim Brown, Jim Taylor, Tony Dorsett and Sterling Sharpe The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional American football, located in Canton, Ohio. Opened in 1963, the Hall of Fame enshrines exceptional figures in the sport of professional football, including players, coaches, franchise owners, and front-office personnel, almost all of whom made their primary contributions to the game in the National Football League (NFL); the Hall inducts between four and eight new enshrinees each year.