Buddy Parker, who won the 1935 NFL Championship with the Detroit Lions as a player and then won two more as a coach in the 1950s, was named a semifinalist in the coach category for the Hall of Fame's Class of 2026.

Parker was one of nine semifinalists to earn the nod, joining the ranks of legends like Bill Belichick, Tom Coughlin, Mike Holmgren, Marty Schottenheimer, Mike Shanahan and more.

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