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Update: Hail Redskins also provided me with an email list and reminds us all to be respectful of the HOF voters... "Calling Peter King a piece of [bleep] will not help." Sound advice.
Friend of ElectArtMonk.com Doug Moore emails urging to spread the word about his email writing campaign which I'm sure to take part in this week. Consider it an email onslaught feuled by the 1,400+ signatures that the ElectArtMonk petition has received in its 10 days of existence.
Here's Doug:
"It was decided that campaign of letter and email writing, targeted towards the eligible members of the media who vote for the HOF, might be useful in reminding them of Art's accomplishments during his very worthy career.
To help that effort, Monkster took the names of all the eligible voters, and generated a contact list for all of them. I am providing that list at the end of this post, and we encourage all board members to take a little time, create a letter expressing your feelings on the subject, and send it to each of the voters or as many as you can.
We don't want to send a form letter, so I encourage each of you to express in you own words why you feel Art deserves nomination. But here are some things that you might want to mention:
- Art Monk retired the leading receiver all time in the NFL .
- Art is #5 on the all time reception list and #9 on the all time receiving yards list.
- Monk has better numbers in yards, receptions, and Touchdowns than Joiner, who is in the Hall Of Fame, yet did it in 2 fewer seasons.
- Monk caught a record breaking 106 catches in 1984, he had 13 receptions in a 1990 game vs. Detroit, and had a 230 yd receiving day against the Bengals in 1985.
- Monk played for many seasons in a run oriented offense, and had to share time with other great receivers such as Clark, yet he was arguably the most clutch Redskins player from that era.
- Monk's teams went to 4 Super Bowls, winning 3. They were 16-5 in post season play. He was part of the 1983 club that set the NFL record for most points scored in a season.
- Redskin's teams dominated the 80's, went to 4 Super Bowls and won 3, played in the toughest division in the NFL, and provided some of the finest football of that era. Yet only 1 player and Gibbs represent that team.
- Monk wasn't flashy, he didn't grab headlines, yet he was the epitome of the consummate professional who got the job done. Perhaps not a TD machine, although he could be that, but a reliable chain mover who at times was unstoppable."
Now, here's where it gets fun. The aforementioned contact info for the 39 HOF voters:
Lee Shappell, Arizona Republic
lee.shappell@arizonarepublic.com
Furman Bisher, The Atlanta Journal
fbisher@ajc.com
Mike Preston, The Baltimore Sun
mike.preston@baltsun.com
Mark Gaughan, Buffalo News
mgaughan@buffnews.com
Charles Chandler, Charlotte Observer
cchandle@charlotteobserver.com
Don Pierson, Chicago Tribune
dpierson@tribune.com
Chick Ludwig, Dayton Daily News
cludwig@DaytonDailyNews.com
Tony Grossi, Cleveland Plain Dealer
tgrossi@plaind.com
Rick Gosselin, Dallas Morning News
rgosselin@dallasnews.com
Woodrow Paige, Denver Post
wpaige@denverpost.com
Jerry Green, The Detroit News
sports@detnews.com
Cliff Christl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
cchristl@journalsentinel.com
John McClain, Houston Chronicle
john.mcclain@chron.com
Mike Chappell, Indianapolis Star
mike.chappell@indystar.com
Sam Kouvaris, WJXT-TV
skouvari@wjxt.com
Bob Gretz, KCFX Overland Park, KS
bgretz@susqkc.com
Edwin Pope, Miami Herald
epope@herald.com
Sid Hartman, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune
sports@startribune.com
Ron Borges, Boston Globe
borges@globe.com
Pete Finney, Times-Picayune
pfinney@timespicayune.com
Vinny DiTrani, Bergen Record
sports@northjersey.com
Paul Zimmerman, Sports Illustrated
SI.com Email: cnnsi@cnnsi.com
Frank Cooney, The Sports Xchange
Gridder32@aol.com
Paul Domowitch, Philadelphia Daily News
domowip@phillynews.com
Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
ebouchette@post-gazette.com
Bernie Miklasz, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
bmiklasz@post-dispatch.com
Jerry Magee, San Diego Union Tribune
jerry.magee@uniontrib.com
Ira Miller, San Francisco Chronicle
imiller@sfchronicle.com
John Clayton , ESPN/ESPN Magazine
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C/O ESPN Magazine
19 E. 34th Street
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Tom McEwen , Tampa Tribune
tmcewen@tampabay.rr.com
Jeff Legwold , The Tennessean
jlegwold@tennessean.com
Len Shapiro , Washington Post
webnews@washingtonpost.com
Adam Schefter , The Denver Post
aschefter@denverpost.com
Jarrett Bell , USA Today
jbell@usatoday.com
Dave Goldberg , Associated Press
dgoldberg@ap.org
Peter King , Sports Illustrated
SI.com Email: cnnsi@cnnsi.com
Bob Oates , Los Angeles Times
sports@latimes.com
Len Pasquarelli , ESPN.com
C/O ESPN.com
ESPN Plaza
Bristol, CT 06010
Mike Wilbon , Washington Post
webnews@washingtonpost.com
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