Naturally a Gopher was included. In fact the Big Ten was well represented accounting for almost a third of the nominees. For the hometown heroes? Your boy Bob Stein, a linebacker for the U who received both Academic and Football All-American honors in 1967 and 1968. The official announcement on the Hall of Fame Class will be made January 6.
If you want to see Bob in action check out these next links. Recently the U of M digitized some football games and Stein features prominently in two from 1967 when he led the team to a co-B1G championship.