US EditionSterling Sharpe Hasn't Fully Embraced His Selection Into the Hall of Fame because of an Eye Issue
CANTON, OHIO, JUL 31 – Sterling Sharpe earned five Pro Bowl selections and led the league in receptions three times before a neck injury ended his career early.
- On Saturday, Sterling Sharpe will be inducted into Canton’s Hall of Fame, joining his brother Shannon Sharpe, the first brothers enshrined together.
- After seven seasons cut short by a neck injury, Sterling Sharpe earned five Pro Bowl selections and three First-team All-Pro honors.
- Sharpe’s statistical milestones include 108 catches, 1,461 yards, and 13 touchdowns in the 1992 season, and 94 catches, 1,119 yards, with 18 NFL-leading touchdowns in his final year.
- Controversy erupted when ESPN fired Shannon Sharpe this week after being accused of rape in a lawsuit, overshadowing Sterling Sharpe's Hall of Fame induction, Shannon said, `I just wish this thing could have waited until Monday because I hate the fact that I'm overshadowing my brother.`
- As Shannon noted, 'The first two brothers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame,' highlighting their roots in Glenville, Georgia, a town of about 2,500 people.
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