NFL

Parcells nominated for New Jersey Hall of Fame

TRENTON — Former Jets and Giants coach Bill Parcells is among the nominees for the New Jersey Hall of Fame’s 2012 class.

The hall announced the nominees for its fifth class on Tuesday. In all, there are 50 nominees from the fields of arts and entertainment, sports, enterprise and history.

Parcells and musician Dizzy Gillespie, both of Englewood, and actor Christopher Reeve, of Princeton, were joined by artist Alexander Calder of Hoboken and Revolutionary War heroine Molly Pitcher of Trenton.

It’s now up to voters to choose. They have until January to cast their ballots at www.NJHallofFame.org.

The top two vote-getters in each category will be inducted in June.

Previous inductees include Civil Rights activist Paul Robeson, rock musician Bruce Springsteen, actor Jack Nicholson, and Olympian Carl Lewis.