The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2016 gets inducted on Saturday. Shutdown Corner will profile the eight new Hall of Famers, looking at each of their careers and their impact on the game.
Edward DeBartolo Jr., owner
San Francisco 49ers, 1977-2000
Greatest moment
For a man who oversaw five Super Bowl titles under his ownership, it’s hard to pick one moment of DeBartolo’s greatness. It would be easy to choose Super Bowl XVI — the franchise’s first championship to cap off the 1981 season. Or perhaps you could go with XXIX, which was the franchise’s fifth title in a 15-year span.