The phone rang the morning of May 4, so Nan Miller put it on speaker so she and her husband, Red, could both hear.
“Red, this is Joe Ellis at the Denver Broncos,” the voice on the other end said. “How are you?”
“Good. I’m good, Joe,” Red replied.
“Good. Listen, I’m calling with I think good news,” said Ellis, the Broncos’ president and CEO. “I serve on the Ring of Fame committee for the Broncos and on behalf of our committee and on behalf of the Broncos, I just want to let you know that you were unanimously selected as an inductee for the Denver Broncos Ring of Fame in 2017.