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

With the Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductions approaching, and Jerry Kramer finally being part of the fun, 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

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

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

Maxie Baughan, 1960-65 Philadelphia Eagles, 1966-70 Los Angeles Rams, 1974 Washington Redskins
Chuck Howley, 1958-59 Chicago Bears, 1961-73 Dallas Cowboys
Karl Mecklenburg, 1983-94 Denver Broncos

Cornerbacks

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

Safeties

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

Kicker
Gary Anderson, 1982-94 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1995-96 Philadelphia Eagles, 1997 San Francisco 49ers, 1998-2002 Minnesota Vikings, 2003-04 Tennessee Titans

Punter
Tommy Davis, 1959-69 San Francisco 49ers

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The Hall of Fame selection process never rests. Not long after the Pro Football Hall Class of 2018 is inducted the Senior Committee will decide on the Senior Nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2019. It sure would be nice if the committee would consider the players that are recommended by the the Pro Football Researchers Association.

Duke Slater

Lavvie Dilweg

Al Wistert

Mac Speedie

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