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The former Green Bay Packers wide receives Sterling Sharpes wait to join the Pro Football Hall of Fame ended on Saturday.
Sharpe gave a deep speech and received his bust in Canton on Saturday. But maybe the most memorable moment of Sharpe’s special day involved returning to his brother and colleague Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe.
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Sterling handed his brother his long -awaited gold jacket on Saturday. Gestus came years after his brother gave him a Super Bowl ring, something he described as “the most precious gift I have ever received.”
Sterling withdrew after the NFL season 1994. Three seasons later, Denver defeated Broncos Packers in the Super Bowl XXXII. The victory secured Shannon’s first championship ring. He gave his older brother the coveted Super Bowl ring before winning two more titles in the next three years.
Sterling Sharpe, Left, and his program leader Shannon Sharpe Shake Hands under Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony by Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium on August 2, 2025 in Canton, Ohio. (Nick Cammett/Getty Images)
During his speech on Saturday, Sterling recognized the special bond he shared with his younger brother. “Everything I did athletic, all, I did for an audience on one,” Sterling said. “I didn’t want this person to look outside our own dinner table to find a role model.”
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Shannon was introduced to the Hall of Fame in 2011. At that time he declared famous that his older brother was the better footballer between them two.
“The last time I was here you said you were the only pro football player in the Hall of Fame who could say this that you were the second best player in your own family. Well, I agree with this statement …” said Sterling.
“It would be my extreme joy for you to be the only player in the Pro Football Hall of Fame with two gold jackets.”
Sharpe Brothers became the first sibling duo in the NFL story that was enshrined in Pro Football Hall of Fame.
In a pre -recorded video played before Sterling took the podium, Shannon praised his brother for playing a physical football style.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame class in 2025 Enshrinee Sterling Sharpe receives his bust with his brother Shannon Sharpe before his acceptance speech at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. (Charles Leclaire/Imag images)
“He was a freight train,” Shannon said. “He was a physical recipient. He ran to contact. He didn’t avoid it. It didn’t matter if it was an oblique over the middle and he had to run through two tackles …
“He would wipe out the penalty, just as they would try to punish him.”
Elder Sharpe spent his entire great career with Packers, earned all-pro-hains three times and led the NFL to receive touchdowns twice. He was also the first player in the league story to end consecutive seasons with 100 Plus receptions.
