Dan Marino holds the NFL records with 61,361 career passing yards and 420 TD passes with the Dolphins.
Dan Marino and Steve Young made it a great day for quarterbacks when both were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Marino, the most prolific passer in NFL history, and Young, whose accuracy and speed made him one of football's most versatile QBs, were joined by Bennie Friedman, an early-era quarterback, and Fritz Pollard.
Each received at least 80 percent of the votes from the panel of sports writers and broadcasters.
Friedman and Pollard were chosen by the senior committee.
Induction ceremonies will be Aug. 7 in Canton, Ohio.
When Marino left the Miami Dolphins after the 1999 season, he had NFL bests of 4,967 completions, 8,358 passes, 61,361 yards and 420 touchdowns. His record of 48 TD passes in a season was recently broken by Peyton Manning.
Although he never won a Super Bowl, Marino was the 1984 league MVP, made three All-Pro teams and nine Pro Bowls. When he retired, he owned 21 NFL marks, including most seasons with 3,000 yards or more passing (13); most yards passing in one season (5,084 in '84, the only year he won a conference championship); and most games with 300 yards or more passing (63).
Steve Young quarterbacked the San Francisco 49ers to a win in Super Bowl XXIX and was the 1994 NFL MVP.
Fritz Pollard was the NFL's first black head coach when he was a player-coach in the 1920s. The next black head coach wasn't until Art Shell coached the Raiders in 1989.
He later organized the Chicago Brown Bombers, an independent team of black players that barnstormed the country from 1927-33.
Friedman played for four teams from 1927-34 and was one of the early NFL's great quarterbacks. A contemporary of Red Grange, he also was a strong draw at the box office. Giants owner Tim Mara purchased the Detroit Wolverines, for whom Friedman played in 1928, not only to get him in New York's lineup but to fill the stands.
Michael Irvin and Harry Carson, the other two finalists, did not get the required votes for induction.
Source: AP