Gino Marchetti - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

  • Pro Bowl Selection (1955–1965)
  • All-NFL Selection (1956–1964)
  • NFL 50th Anniversary Team (1969)
  • Pro Football Hall of Fame (1972)
  • Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame (1985)
  • NFL 75th Anniversary Team (1994)
  • All-Madden All-Millennium Team (2000)
  • NFL All-Time Team (2000)
  • In 1999, he was ranked number 15 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players, the second-highest-ranking defensive end behind Deacon Jones.
  • National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
  • NFL 100 Greatest Players (#39) (2010)

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