Thursday, July 26, 2018

Throwback Thursday: Another All-Time, Not In The Hall of Fame Team

The 2018 Class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be inducted in just over a week. Seven of the eight members of that class will be in Canton. Lil Terrell Owens will go it alone and induct himself on his own stage. Should be fun. It's sad that Owens is getting so much attention for throwing another tantrum but that's probably been his plan all along. It's always about him. Enough of this Owens nonsense. Here's another All-Time Team of players not in the Hall of Fame. Unlike other such teams this team is made up of players that have been named to an All-Decade Team. That honor is often viewed as a smaller step to the bigger step of Hall of Fame induction. It doesn't always work that way as being named All-Decade is relative to the quality of players during that decade. There are still a lot of players on an All-Decade Team that are deserving of Hall of Fame consideration.

Quarterback
Cecil Isbell, 1938-42 Green Bay Packers

Running backs
Byron "Whizzer" White, 1938 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1940-41 Detroit Lions
Edgerrin James, 1999-2005 Indianapolis Colts, 2006-08 Arizona Cardinals, 2009 Seattle Seahawks

Receivers
Lavvie Dilweg, 1926 Milwaukee Badgers, 1927-34 Green Bay Packers
Mac Speedie, 1946-52 Cleveland Browns

Tight end
* Fred Arbanas, 1962-70 Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs

Tackles
Al Wistert, 1943-51 Philadelphia Eagles
Tony Boselli, 1995-2001 Jacksonville Jaguars, 2002 Houston Texans

Guards
Bruno Banducci, 1944-45 Philadelphia Eagles, 1946-54 San Francisco 49ers
Steve Hutchinson, 2001-05 Seattle Seahawks, 2006-11 Minnesota Vikings, 2012 Tennessee Titans

Center
Ox Emerson, 1931-33 Portsmouth Spartans, 1934-37 Detroit Lions, 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers

Defensive ends
Ed Sprinkle, 1944-55 Chicago Bears
Harvey Martin, 1973-83 Dallas Cowboys

Defensive tackles
Alex Karras, 1958-62/1964-70 Detroit Lions
Richard Seymour, 2001-08 New England Patriots, 2009-12 Oakland Raiders

Linebackers
Joe Fortunato, 1955-66 Chicago Bears
Tommy Nobis, 1966-76 Atlanta Falcons
Larry Morris, 1955-57 Los Angeles Rams, 1959-65 Chicago Bears, 1966 Atlanta Falcons

Cornerbacks
Bobby Boyd, 1960-68 Baltimore Colts
Lester Hayes, 1977-86 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders

Safeties
Johnny Robinson, 1960-71, Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs
Steve Atwater, 1989-98 Denver Broncos, 1999 New York Jets

Kicker
Jim Bakken, 1962-78 St. Louis Cardinals

Punter
Sean Landeta, 1985-93 New York Giants, damn near the rest of the league. 

*-Fred Arbanas and Johnny Robinson were All-Time AFL Selections.

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