(Cleveland Plain Dealer) — Former Ohio State football coach John Cooper was named today as part of the 2008 class for the College Football Hall of Fame.

He will join Troy Aikman, Billy Cannon and Lou Holtz among the 15 former players and coaches elected.

Cooper went 192-84-6 with Tulsa, Arizona State and Ohio State. He was head coach at Ohio State from 1988 through 2000, posting a 111-43-4 record.

Aikman started his college career at Oklahoma, then transferred to UCLA. After two stellar seasons (1987-88) with the Bruins, he was drafted first overall by the Dallas Cowboys.

Holtz coached six schools to 249 victories in a career that spanned more than 30 years. He won a national title with Notre Dame in 1988.

Cannon played tailback for LSU from 1957-59, winning the Heisman Trophy his senior year.

Eleven other players chosen by the National Football Foundation’s selection committee are: Virginia offensive tackle Jim Dombrowski; Northwestern linebacker Pat Fitzgerald; Florida linebacker Wilber Marshall; Washington State running back Ruben Mayes; Arizona State guard Randall McDaniel; Syracuse quarterback Don McPherson; Wyoming tight end Jay Novacek; Texas Tech split end Dave Parks; Florida State nose guard Ron Simmons; Oklahoma State running back Thurman Thomas, and Army quarterback Arnold Tucker. Cialis

The latest class will be inducted at the NFF banquet in New York in December and enshrined in the summer of 2009 at the Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind.

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