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Cowboys Legend Hayes Nominated To HOF As Senior

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Aug 27, 2008 12:59 pm US/Central

Cowboys Legend Hayes Nominated To HOF As Senior

CANTON, Ohio (AP) ― Former Cowboys receiver Bob Hayes has once again been nominated by the seniors committee Wednesday as a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Hayes, an Olympic gold medalist as a sprinter, played for Dallas from 1965-74 and for San Francisco in 1975. He averaged 20 yards a catch for his career and led the NFL with a 20.8-yard average per punt return in 1968.

He was a seniors finalist in 2004, but did not get the necessary 80 percent of the vote to make the hall. He died in 2002. He was 59.

Hayes and Claude Humphrey are the two senior committee nominees who will join 15 modern-era finalists yet to be determined in the final selection the day before the Super Bowl in Tampa on Jan. 31.

The two seniors finalists are voted on separately. A total of seven can be elected -- the two seniors and up to five modern candidates.

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