It's a big Hall of Fame year for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Center Dermontti Dawson joins former corner Jack Butler as 2012 inductees. Both players played for a total of one team. The Pittsburgh Steelers.
Dermontti Dawson played guard as a rookie before replacing Hall of Famer Mike Webster as the Steelers center in 1989. He was awesome. For the next eleven seasons Dawson was the best center in football. He was the first team All-Pro center from 1993-98. He was named the NFL Alumni's Offensive Lineman of the Year in 1996. An honor usually reserved for tackles. They get all the thunder. When an offensive lineman's performance is so dominant you never hear his name. You never hear anything happening in his area. All you hear is the name of the running back gaining yardage in chunks. Throughout the '90s we consistently heard the name of Jerome Bettis gaining yardage up the middle, past defensive linemen and linebackers that were no longer in his way. All because of Dermontti Dawson.
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