Bowlen's family to receive late Broncos owner's HOF jacket, ring

Pat Bowlen's family will receive the late Denver Broncos owner's Hall of Fame jacket and ring, Pro Football Hall of Fame spokesman Pete Fierle confirmed to Mike Klis of 9News.

Bowlen died on June 14 after a bout with Alzheimer's. He was announced as a 2019 Hall of Fame inductee in February and was to be enshrined in August.

Previously, the Hall of Fame did not give gold jackets or rings to the family of a deceased player. However, Bowlen was elected before his death.

"Pat Bowlen is the first individual to pass away between the time he was elected and formally enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The process was underway to create his Hall of Fame gold jacket and Hall of Fame ring of excellence," Fierle said.

"As previously planned prior to his death, the gold jacket and ring of excellence will be presented to the Pat Bowlen estate to be displayed in the front lobby of the (Broncos') UC Health Training Center."

The Hall of Fame will review its policy on posthumous elections.

"(HOF president) David Baker and the Hall of Fame made the right decision, and I believe it opens the door to reconsidering awarding rings and jackets to the families of all deceased enshrinees," Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis told ESPN's Paul Gutierrez on Tuesday. "It opens the door to making it right for other families, like Junior Seau's and Kenny Stabler's."