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Bears great Brian Urlacher elected to Hall of Fame on first ballot

MINNEAPOLIS - The greatest Bears player since their iconic Super Bowl XX team more than three decades ago received the highest honor Saturday: Brian Urlacher was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Urlacher and Baltimore's Ray Lewis were the players in the conversation for the best middle linebacker of their era and it is fitting both were voted in on their first ballot and will be enshrined in Canton, Ohio, together on Aug. 4 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. It's the first time two middle linebackers will be inducted in the same class.

Wide receivers Randy Moss and Terrell Owens and safety Brian Dawkins were the other three modern-era players voted in. Senior committee players Jerry Kramer and

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