The easy part was selecting team owner Pat Bowlen for the Denver Broncos' ring of fame. Team president and CEO Joe Ellis drove over to see Bowlen, who stepped down from his daily duties last summer as he battled Alzheimer's. He said he knew exactly how Bowlen would react when informed he'd been chosen as the 28th member of the ring of fame, which Bowlen created in 1984 to salute former players and administrators who played significant roles in the franchise's history. ''That kind of sums up what Pat's all about, his modesty and his humility,'' Ellis said, noting how Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe put it best when he once said: ''Pat never wanted to take any credit. ''Nobody is more deserving of being in the ring of fame than Pat Bowlen is.
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