Former Tar Heels linebacker Chris Hanburger stays low key on Hall of Fame

Posted Aug 5, 2011
How is former UNC linebacker Chris Hanburger from the great Redskins teams of the 1970s going to handle the fuss and fame on Saturday, when he’s inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame? “He would rather just have somebody say, ‘Hey you’re in the Hall of Fame’ and that’d be the end of it,” former Redskins employee Bubba Tyer said. “He’s got that right,” Hanburger said from his home in Darlington, S.C. (Burlington Times News)

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