Eddie: Family matters in NFL

By Tom Williams | August 7, 2016 at 12:04a.m.

CANTON — No doubt about it; family matters to Eddie DeBartolo Jr.

The only NFL owner to win five Super Bowls cited the importance of his wife, daughters, sister and parents during his nearly 30-minute induction speech at Saturday’s Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony.

“I am so humbled and honored to be standing here today,” the 1964 Cardinal Mooney High School graduate said at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. “I could be the only inductee of this great Hall who didn’t make his high school football team.

“To share this stage with these amazing gentlemen behind me today is more than humbling.”

Visit Vindy.com later and read Sunday's Vindicator sports section for Tom Williams' complete coverage of the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction festivities.