Sure, they're both quarterbacks. But Morton played for Campbell High School in 1960; Edwards for Los Gatos some 40 years later. And Morton went on to star at UC-Berkeley; Edwards is at Stanford.

But when the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame inducts its class of 2002 next month, both Morton and Edwards will be among the honorees.

Morton is one of five local sports heroes designated for induction in the hall of fame when ceremonies are held Nov. 13 on the floor of the Compaq Center in San Jose. Basketball sensation Dennis Awtrey, former Olympic hammer thrower Ed Burke, golf great Betty Hicks and baseball superstar Carney Lansford join Morton as '02 inductees.

Edwards will also be honored that night, but among the amateur athletes of the year. The Los Gatos football star is the male high school athlete of the year, and he will be joined by female high school athlete Adrienne Herbst of Santa Teresa, college athletes Logan Tom (Stanford women's volleyball) and Jeremy Guthrie (Stanford baseball) and Special Olympian Lindsay Mibach.

The eighth annual induction ceremony will begin with a reception at 5:30 p.m., followed by a dinner and awards presentation at 7 p.m. A portion of the event proceeds will benefit the Silicon Valley Region of Special Olympics.

Peggy Fleming Jenkins, Dave Righetti, Jack and John Elway, Jim Plunkett and Bill Walsh are among the great athletes and coaches from the Santa Clara County already enshrined in the hall of fame. A bronze relief of each of the hall of famers is permanently displayed on the concourse level of the Compaq Center.


Craig Morton

Morton was one of the first of the great quarterbacks to come out of the Santa Clara Valley. He was an outstanding quarterback at the now-defunct Campbell High School and went on to win All-American honors at Cal. He was chosen in the first round of the 1965 National Football League draft by the Dallas Cowboys and went on to lead them to the Super Bowl in 1970.

He played for a time with the New York Giants, then ended up in Denver, where he led the Broncos to their first-ever Super Bowl appearance. He was named the most valuable player in the American Football Conference in 1977 and was selected to the Broncos Ring of Fame in 1988. He is also a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.


Dennis Awtrey

Awtrey was another local prep star as a basketball player at Blackford High School, also now defunct. He went on to star locally at Santa Clara University, helping the Broncos to three straight West Coast Athletic Conference championships. He was a two-time conference MVP and was twice named to the Academic All-American team.

He graduated from Santa Clara as the all-time scoring and rebounding leader, and went on to play 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association. Most of his career was spent with the Phoenix Suns, but he played for an NBA championship team in Seattle.


Ed Burke

His is truly a remarkable story.

An accident almost ended Ed Burke's hammer-throwing career before it ever began. A wayward hammer throw crashed through the windshield of his parked car, critically injuring his wife, Shirley. He would put the hammer away until his wife encouraged him to compete again.

Burke went on to earn berths on the 1964 and 1968 U.S. Olympic teams, and set the American record in 1967 that would stand for 14 years.

But the story doesn't end there. He returned to throw again after spending more than 10 years in retirement, and at age 44 won a berth on the 1984 Olympic team. He was selected by his teammates to carry the American flag in the opening ceremonies.


Betty Hicks

Hicks was a women's golf star long before there was a Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

She won her first tournament as an 18-year-old, and in 1941 won the title at the U.S. National Amateur Championships. She finished second in the U.S. Open in both 1948 and 1954.

A member of five golf halls of fame, Hicks was one of three founding members of the Women's Professional Golf Association in 1944, later to become the LPGA.


Carney Lansford

Lansford was a baseball sensation at Wilcox High School, where the baseball field now bears his name. He went on to stardom in Major League Baseball, where he was named the Rookie of the year in 1978 with the California Angels and won a batting title in 1981 with the Boston Red Sox, hitting .336.

Lansford played 10 years for the Oakland A's, winning a spot on the 1988 American League All-Star team and helping the A's to a World Series title in 1989.

He retired with a .290 lifetime batting average, 1,007 runs scored and 884 runs batted in.


Amateur athletes

Edwards tops the list of amateur athletes who will be honored at the hall of fame ceremonies. The outstanding athlete starred in both football and basketball for the Wildcats. He led his football team to back-to-back Central Coast Section championships.

Herbst ranked as one of the finest soccer goalkeepers in the Bay Area last year and led Santa Teresa to the Central Coast Section championship. She is now at the University of the Pacific on a soccer scholarship.

Tom, a member of the U.S. National Volleyball Team, helped the Cardinal to the NCAA championship last year, and was selected as the Pac-10 Player of the Year.

Guthrie was the Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year for Stanford last season and won a place on the Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-American Team.

Mibach, a senior at Lynbrook High School, has won gold medals in regional softball and golf competitions, and silver medals for floor hockey, basketball and bowling. She has participated in Special Olympics for 12 years.

For information regarding the purchase of tickets for the event, or for sponsorship packages, call the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame information line at 408.288.2932.