FINALLY.

8:46 pm EST August 2nd, 2008 | Sports | 7 Comments

He’s #81 in your playbook, but you can refer to him from now on as Hall of Famer Art Monk.

Former Washington Redskins teammates Art Monk and Darrell Green are among the six players who are about to be enshrined at Canton, Ohio.

Monk won three Super Bowls with the Redskins and was the NFL’s single-season receptions leader with 106. He also set a league mark by grabbing at least one pass in 164 consecutive games.

Green was a seven-time Pro Bowl cornerback and four-time All Pro who helped the Redskins win two Super Bowls.

Congrats to D.G. too. A good day for the burgundy and gold.

BONUS: Sweet, sweet van.

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7 Responses to “FINALLY.”

  1. jr says:
    August 3, 2008 at 6:32 am

    Art made Pro Bowl cornerbacks look like undrafted free agents

  2. Dr. Monkey says:
    August 3, 2008 at 8:40 am

    It’s about damn time they put him in.

  3. Parthenon says:
    August 3, 2008 at 9:25 am

    There was always an awful lot of opposition to Monk among hall voters. I have no idea why that would be.

  4. Lib4 says:
    August 3, 2008 at 11:07 am

    Congrats to former Philadelphia Eagle Art Monk; a class act and a great receiver..it truly is about time…

  5. Bijan C. Bayne says:
    August 4, 2008 at 11:31 am

    Class, class, class. So long overdue, a former all-time receptions leader.

  6. Courtney says:
    August 4, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    It was so, so beautiful. The whole weekend

  7. Cazart says:
    August 4, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    I was on the fence about this one for a long while. But the thing that put me over was – he was never referred to as “Art Monk.” He was always referred to as “The Great Art Monk.”
    Yeah, Jerry Rice blew him out of the water. But there’s no shame in that. He deserved it. Class guy. Great ballplayer. And I hate hate HATE the Redskins. But both he and DG deserved the honors they got.