Joe Greene to speak at Lone Star Luncheon on July 24

WACO, Texas — A Central Texas legend will be returning to the Lone Star State this July for a special Texas Sports Hall of Fame (TSHOF) event.

NFL great and Temple University alumnus Joe Greene will be the guest speaker at TSHOF’s Lone Star Luncheon on Wednesday, July 24th.

According to TSHOF, the Lone Star Luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, 1108 S. University Parks Dr. in Waco. The luncheon will be hosted by NFL writer and Media Hall of Fame member John McClain.

Individual tickets are $100, while tables that seat eight are $750. A limited number of “premium tables” near the stage will be available for sale for $1,000, and sponsorship offers start at $2,500, according to TSHOF.

For ticket information and further details about the luncheon please see this link.

Green first rose to fame at North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas), where he led the school to a 23-5-1 record and was named an All-American, according to TSHOF. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1969 and was named NFL Rookie of the Year in his first year.

Green was a defensive end and part of the Steelers’ “Steel Curtain” defense, helping the team win four Super Bowls in a six-year span in 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979.

A multiple All-Pro selection and Pro Bowl appearance during his 13-year career, Green is widely considered one of the greatest players in NFL history and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987 after being selected to the TSHOF in 1985.

Green is the latest sports legend to appear at the Lone Star Luncheon, joining Lee Trevino, Roger Clemens and the World Series-winning Texas Rangers.

According to the museum, the TSHOF was founded in 1951 as the “first and largest” state sports hall of fame in the United States, housing more than 400 sports legends and 13,000 pieces of memorabilia.

For more information about the museum, please see this link.