CANTON, Ohio — Defensive back Jack Butler and offensive lineman Dick Stanfel, members of the NFL’s All-Decade Team for the 1950s, have been named by the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s seniors committee as finalists for election into with the Class of 2012.

Butler and Stanfel will join 15 modern-era candidates on the list of finalists from which the class will be selected. The selection meeting will be held on Feb. 4, the day before the Super Bowl in Indianapolis.

Butler, a cornerback out of St. Bonaventure, played nine seasons with the Steelers from 1951-59. Stanfel, a guard from San Francisco, was named to five Pro Bowls.