Thirty-one years after his final football game and seven months after he lost his life to colon cancer, Ken Stabler is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The former Foley High School three-sport star and Alabama quarterback was among the players picked by the Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee on Saturday for the Class of 2016.
Stabler spent 15 seasons in the NFL, earned the league's MVP award, made All-Pro and led the Oakland Raiders to a Super Bowl victory. But the Snake had been passed over for induction as a finalist in 1990, 1991 and 2003, and his Hall of Fame fate passed to the Seniors Committee, which handles players who have been retired more than 25 years.