Offered is a 1973 Pro Football Hall of Fame 10-year class reunion silver plate presented to Hall of Fame Chicago Bears legend Bronko Nagurski. The 10¾-inch silver pewter plate is inscribed “Charter Class Reunion – 1973 Bronko Nagurski” in the lower front center. The upper edge of the plate is engraved with the legend “Professional Football Hall of Fame”. The center of the plate features an engraved image of the Canton, Ohio “Football Domed” Hall of Fame building, with three football players over head in the clouds over the building, including a kicker, tackler and runner. The reverse side is engraved “©1971 Pewtique Canton Ohio”. The upper back edge features a raised lip with a hole for a hanger. Renowned for his strength and speed, Nagurski became a standout playing both tackle on defense and fullback on offense at the University of Minnesota from 1927 to 1929, selected a consensus All-American in 1929 and inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in its inaugural year of 1951. His professional career with the Chicago Bears, which began in 1930 and ended on two occasions in 1937 and 1943. He was on three NFL Championship winning Bears teams, 1932, 1933 and 1943. Nagurski was an inaugural inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963, one of the first 17 players, along with notables Jim Thorpe, Red Grange, Sammy Baugh, George Halas, Curly Lambeau and Bert Bell. This item comes with a LOA from the Nagurski family.

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