The Miami Dolphin Honor Roll
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, which honors former players, coaches, contributors, and officials who have made significant contributions to the Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
franchise.
The Miami Dolphin Honor Roll was started on September 16, 1990 with its first inductee being the owner/founder of the Miami Dolphins: Joe Robbie, who died one year prior to his induction.
Since then, 18 players and one coach have been inducted into the honor roll, along with a special induction to honor the 1972 Undefeated Team, which was inducted in 1992 at the 20th Year Anniversary. Inductions included a special "four individual" induction in 1990 to honor the first four Miami Dolphin Hall of Famers of Csonka, Langer, Griese, and Warfield. There was also a special "duel" induction in 2003 of the "Marks Brothers" of Mark Clayton and Mark Duper, another "duel" induction honoring two members of the "Killer B's" defense of Bob Baumhower and Doug Betters in 2008, and another "duel" induction of two defensive stars on Miami's 1972 undefeated team of Jake Scott and Bill Stanfill in 2010.
Miami Dolphin Honor Roll inductees are chosen by current members of the honor roll as well as current franchise officials.
Inductees
| Name | Number | Position | Years With Club | Date of Induction |
| Joseph "Joe" Robbie | Founder/Owner | 1966–1989 | September 16, 1990 | |
| Larry Csonka Larry Csonka Larry Richard Csonka is a former collegiate and professional American football fullback.-Childhood:One of six children, Csonka was born in Stow, Ohio where he was raised on a farm by his Hungarian family... |
39 ^ | Fullback | 1968–1974, 1979 | November 19, 1990 |
| Bob Griese Bob Griese Robert Allen "Bob" Griese is a former American collegiate and Professional Football quarterback who earned All-American honors with the Purdue Boilermakers before being drafted in 1967 by the American Football League's Miami Dolphins... |
12 ^ | Quarterback | 1967–1980 | November 19, 1990 |
| Jim Langer Jim Langer James John Langer is a former American football center who played for the National Football League's Miami Dolphins and Minnesota Vikings. He is considered one of the greatest NFL centers of all time and a hard working and quick blocker... |
62 | Center | 1970–1979 | November 19, 1990 |
| Paul Warfield Paul Warfield Paul Dryden Warfield is a former professional American football wide receiver in the 1960s and 1970s known for his speed, fluid moves, grace, jumping ability and hands.- Football career :... |
42 | Wide Receiver | 1970–1974 | November 19, 1990 |
| Nick Buoniconti Nick Buoniconti Nicholas Anthony Buoniconti is a former American Football League and NFL Hall of Fame middle linebacker, who played for the Boston Patriots and Miami Dolphins.... |
85 | Linebacker | 1969–1976 | November 18, 1991 |
| 1972 Undefeated Team 1972 Miami Dolphins season The 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only National Football League team to win the Super Bowl with a perfect season. The undefeated campaign was led by coach Don Shula and notable players Bob Griese, Earl Morrall, and Larry Csonka... |
1972 | November 16, 1992 | ||
| Larry Little Larry Little Lawrence Chatmon Little is a former offensive guard in college and professional American football in the National Football League. He has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993... |
66 | Guard | 1969–1980 | December 16, 1993 |
| Dwight Stephenson Dwight Stephenson Dwight Eugene Stephenson is a former American football offensive lineman and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's class of 1998... |
57 | Center | 1980–1987 | December 12, 1994 |
| Bob Kuechenberg Bob Kuechenberg Robert John Kuechenberg is a former National Football League offensive lineman for the Miami Dolphins for fourteen seasons between 1970 and 1983, spending the 1984 season on injured reserve... |
67 | Guard | 1970–1984 | December 15, 1995 |
| Don Shula Don Shula Donald Francis "Don" Shula is a former American football cornerback and coach.He is best known as coach of the Miami Dolphins, the team he led to two Super Bowl victories, and to the National Football League's only perfect season. Shula was named 1993 Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated.... |
347 (number of career coaching wins) | Head Coach | 1970–1995 | November 25, 1996 |
| Nat Moore Nat Moore Nathaniel "Nat" Moore is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for thirteen seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. Moore played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for... |
89 | Wide Receiver | 1974–1986 | December 5, 1999 |
| Dan Marino Dan Marino Daniel Constantine "Dan" Marino, Jr. is a retired American football quarterback who played for the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League... |
13 ^ | Quarterback | 1983–1999 | September 17, 2000 |
| Mark Clayton | 83 | Wide Receiver | 1983–1992 | December 15, 2003 |
| Mark Duper Mark Duper Mark Super Duper is a former American football wide receiver who played for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League from 1982 to 1992. He played collegiately at Northwestern State University and was selected by the Dolphins in the 2nd round of the 1982 NFL Draft... |
85 | Wide Receiver | 1982–1992 | December 15, 2003 |
| Dick Anderson Dick Anderson Richard Paul Anderson is a former American football safety for the AFL's and NFL's Miami Dolphins, where he played for his entire ten year career from 1968 to 1977 missing one of those seasons with a knee injury.... |
40 | Safety | 1968–1977 | December 3, 2006 |
| Richmond Webb Richmond Webb Richmond Jewel Webb is a former National Football League offensive tackle with the Miami Dolphins and the Cincinnati Bengals. Webb played college football for Texas A&M University... |
78 | Offensive Tackle | 1990–2000 | December 25, 2006 |
| Bob Baumhower Bob Baumhower Robert Glenn Baumhower is a former American football player who played college football for the University of Alabama and professional football for the Miami Dolphins of the NFL.-Collegiate and NFL awards:... |
73 | Defensive Tackle | 1977–1986 | December 14, 2008 |
| Doug Betters Doug Betters Doug Betters is an American football player who played defensive end for the Miami Dolphins from 1978 to 1987.After graduating from Arlington Heights High School in Illinois, Betters played college Division I football for the University of Montana Grizzlies from 1974 to 1976, then transferred to... |
75 | Defensive End | 1978–1987 | December 14, 2008 |
| Jake Scott | 13 | Safety | 1970–1975 | November 18, 2010 |
| Bill Stanfill Bill Stanfill William Thomas Stanfill is a former defensive end for the Miami Dolphins of the American Football League and then the NFL after the AFL-NFL merger of 1970.-High school years:... |
84 | Defensive End | 1969–1976 | November 18, 2010 |
| Jim Mandich Jim Mandich James Michael "Mad Dog" Mandich was a professional American football tight end with the Miami Dolphins. Mandich was an All-American at the University of Michigan. In 2004 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. As color commentator for the Miami Dolphins , he was teamed with Jimmy... |
88 | Tight End | 1970–1977 | December 4, 2011 |
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