MINNEAPOLIS – As Jerry Kramer awaited his Hall of Fame fate late Saturday afternoon in his Minneapolis hotel room, he finally heard a knock on the door.
“It was the maid,” Kramer joked.
The next knock was the booming rap of Pro Football Hall of Fame president and CEO David Baker with the news that Kramer had waited decades to hear.
Jerry Kramer is a Hall of Famer.
“It’s like the archangel, right? Like somebody from heaven came down,” Kramer said Saturday night, with his 82-year-old wit, wisdom and storytelling in full force during what he called one of the best days of his life.