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

With the Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductions still on my mind I was thinking about some of the players not honored in Canton. There are enough players worthy of consideration to make a complete team. So I did. An All-Time NFL Team made up of players that are not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Quarterback

Ken Anderson, 1971-86 Cincinnati Bengals

Running backs

Chuck Foreman, 1973-79 Minnesota Vikings, 1980 New England Patriots
Spec Sanders, 1946-48 New York Yankees, 1950 New York Yanks

Receivers

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

Tight end

Jerry Smith, 1965-77 Washington Redskins

Tackles

Duke Slater, 1922 Milwaukee Badgers, 1922-25 Rock Island Independents, 1926-31 Chicago Cardinals
Al Wistert, 1943-51 Philadelphia Eagles

Guards

Jerry Kramer, 1958-68 Green Bay Packers

Al Nesser, 1920-25 Akron Pros, 1925 Cleveland Bulldogs, 1926 Akron Indians, 1926-28 New York Giants, 1931 Cleveland Indians

Center

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

Defensive ends

Rich Jackson, 1966 Oakland Raiders, 1967-72 Denver Broncos, 1972 Cleveland Browns
Harvey Martin, 1973-83 Dallas Cowboys

Defensive tackles

Alex Karras, 1958-62/1964-70 Detroit Lions
Tom Sestak, 1962-68 Buffalo Bills

Linebackers

Robert Brazile, 1975-84 Houston Oilers
Chuck Howley, 1958-59 Chicago Bears, 1961-73 Dallas Cowboys
Randy Gradishar, 1974-83 Denver Broncos

Cornerbacks

Lester Hayes, 1977-86 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders
Ken Riley, 1969-83 Cincinnati Bengals

Safeties

Johnny Robinson, 1960-62 Dallas Texans/1963-71 Kansas City Chiefs
Joey Browner, 1983-91 Minnesota Vikings, 1992 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Kicker
Gary Andersen, Pittsburgh Steelers 1982-94, Philadelphia Eagles 1995-96, San Francisco 1997, Minnesota Vikings 1998-2002, Tennessee Titans 2003-04

Punter
Horace Gillom, Cleveland Browns 1947-56

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The Senior Nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2018 should be announced soon. It sure would be nice if the Senior Committe would consider the players recommended by the the Pro Football Researchers Association.

Duke Slater
Lavvie Dilweg
Al Wistert
Mac Speedie

The voters still have work to do with players that played before 1950.