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Joe Gibbs NFL Hall of Fame timing

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According to Pro Football Hall of Fame players or coaches must be retired for 5 years to be eligible. Coach Joe Gibbs retired in 1992 but was inducted in 1996. Did he get an exception or is the article wrong about the 5 year rule? RudolfRed (talk) 22:40, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Don Shula went in just a couple of years after he retired. There must have been a rules change, but I haven't found just when that was done. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots00:43, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The current rule is five years.[1] Dunno about back then. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:08, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The five year rule has been around for a long time. I remember arguing against it with Joe Montana's retirement. When Shula was inducted, I wondered how he got in after two years and I never found a reason why. It just seemed to happen and nobody questioned it. 97.82.165.112 (talk) 11:25, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I believe the 5-year rule only applies to players. Coaches and Executives do not have such a restriction. For example, Al Davis was inducted in 1992 as a team executive; he was still active as such until 2011. Tom Landry and Chuck Noll were each inducted only 2 years after they retired from coaching. Several coaches, including Gibbs and Paul Brown returned to active coaching even after being inducted into the HOF. --Jayron32 14:36, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Quoted from the Hall of Fame website: "The only restriction is that a player and coach must have been retired at least five years before he can be considered." 97.82.165.112 (talk) 16:09, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks,everyone, for the replies. RudolfRed (talk) 16:21, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]