Flores, Plunkett deserve Football Hall of Fame

By Paul Gutierrez, ESPN

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Their profiles struck a pose as proud as it was profound.

Seemingly looking ahead to a promising future, they were on the cover of the premiere issue of NFL Pro magazine, their faces above the words “JIM PLUNKETT AND TOM FLORES: HISPANIC PRIDE, POISE AND AN NFL TITLE.”

It was summer 1981, and the Oakland Raiders’ quarterback and coach were not only reigning atop the football world with a Super Bowl championship, they had blazed trails and broken barriers in doing so.

And yet, neither understood the magnitude until years later.

And yet, if you were to ask the random fan today who the first minority coach was to win the Super Bowl, more often than not, they would say Tony Dungy.

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