Photos: Floyd Little, National Football League legend honored

Posted May 02, 2012

By phvizdak

Floyd Little, National Football League Hall of Fame inductee and former Denver Broncos running back, visits Hillhouse High School Wednesday 5/2/12 and is honored as a “Hometown Hall of Famer” by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Allstate Insurance Co. Photographs by Peter Hvizdak / New Haven Register

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Floyd Little, National Football League Hall of Fame inductee and former Denver Broncos running back with Roger Harrison Little's longtime friend from high school and Syracuse University, admires a brass plaque with his likeness Wednesday 5/2/12 at Hillhouse High School, where he is honored as a "Hometown Hall of Famer" by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Allstate Insurance Co. Photo by Peter Hvizdak / New Haven Register
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Floyd Little, National Football League Hall of Fame inductee and former Denver Broncos running back, visits Hillhouse High School Wednesday 5/2/12 and is honored as a "Hometown Hall of Famer" by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Allstate Insurance Co. Photo by Peter Hvizdak / New Haven Register
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Floyd Little, National Football League Hall of Fame inductee and former Denver Broncos running back, visits Hillhouse High School Wednesday 5/2/12 and is honored as a "Hometown Hall of Famer" by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Allstate Insurance Co. Photo by Peter Hvizdak / New Haven Register
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Norman Alderman, former Hillhouse High School football team captain in 1960 who played with Floyd Little, National Football League Hall of Fame inductee and former Denver Broncos running back, listens to Floyd Little talk football during visit by Little to Hillhouse High School Wednesday 5/2/12 as he is honored as a "Hometown Hall of Famer" by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Allstate Insurance Co. Photo by Peter Hvizdak / New Haven Register
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Floyd Little, National Football League Hall of Fame inductee and former Denver Broncos running back, visits Hillhouse High School Wednesday 5/2/12 and is honored as a "Hometown Hall of Famer" by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Allstate Insurance Co. Photo by Peter Hvizdak / New Haven Register
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Floyd Little, National Football League Hall of Fame inductee and former Denver Broncos running back, visits Hillhouse High School Wednesday 5/2/12 and is honored as a "Hometown Hall of Famer" by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Allstate Insurance Co. Photo by Peter Hvizdak / New Haven Register
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Hillhouse High School student listens to Floyd Little as he speaks Wednesday 5/2/12 at Hillhouse High School. Little National Football League Hall of Fame inductee and former Denver Broncos running back, visited Hillhouse High School where he was honored as a "Hometown Hall of Famer" by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Allstate Insurance Co. Photo by Peter Hvizdak / New Haven Register
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Floyd Little, National Football League Hall of Fame inductee and former Denver Broncos running back, visits Hillhouse High School Wednesday 5/2/12 and is honored as a "Hometown Hall of Famer" by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Allstate Insurance Co. Photo by Peter Hvizdak / New Haven Register
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Floyd Little, National Football League Hall of Fame inductee and former Denver Broncos running back with his wife DeBorah Little Wednesday 5/2/12 at Hillhouse High School, where Little was honored as a "Hometown Hall of Famer" by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Allstate Insurance Co. Photo by Peter Hvizdak / New Haven Register
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Floyd Little, National Football League Hall of Fame inductee and former Denver Broncos running back with his wife DeBorah Little and longtime friend Roger Harison Wednesday 5/2/12 at Hillhouse High School, where Little was honored as a "Hometown Hall of Famer" by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Allstate Insurance Co. Photo by Peter Hvizdak / New Haven Register
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Floyd Little, National Football League Hall of Fame inductee and former Denver Broncos running back with his nephew Hamden Mayor Scott Jackson as he kisses his oldest sister Betty Jackson Wednesday 5/2/12 at Hillhouse High School, where Little was honored as a "Hometown Hall of Famer" by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Allstate Insurance Co. Photo by Peter Hvizdak / New Haven Register