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[quote=Lotus;566997]Jim Thorpe?[/quote]

That's a good guess, but I don't think that's right. He's more recent than that

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Not Thorpe, SS is right more recent

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Bobby Bouche'?........ Forrest Gump? ....I have no idea.

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Otto Graham? Didn't he play only in the old AAFC? (I really want to look that up but it would break the rules).

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I use to think the way alot of people do that the guys have to be perfect to be in the HOF,great career ...great all around guy, good husband and farther...never a blemish.Then the older I got I realized these guys leave the only thing they have known most of the lives and start living a new life all over,to expect them to be perfect and have no flaws ...isn't fare to them but were do you draw the line?AS for Harrison ...no I don't think he should go,he shows no regret over the suspenion and just played the game dirty.

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[quote=Giantone;567024]I use to think the way alot of people do that the guys have to be perfect to be in the HOF,great career ...great all around guy, good husband and farther...never a blemish.Then the older I got I realized these guys leave the only thing they have known most of the lives and start living a new life all over,to expect them to be perfect and have no flaws ...isn't fare to them but were do you draw the line?AS for Harrison ...no I don't think he should go,he shows no regret over the suspenion and just played the game dirty.[/quote]

I don't think someone has to be perfect to make it. No one is perfect. But the line has to be drawn somewhere. Would/should O.J. go in knowing what we know today?

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[quote=53Fan;567019]Bobby Bouche'?........ Forrest Gump? ....I have no idea.[/quote]

It's actually really hard, and not a common name when people think of football greats. First off, it's not a QB, WR, or RB (which instantly makes it a lot harder). Secondly, think of guys like Lamar Hunt, Joe Namath, Al Davis and what they were heavily involved with about 50 years ago

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[quote=Mattyk72;566987]There is one player in the Hall who never played in the NFL.

Can anyone name him without looking it up?[/quote]

More guesses:
Billy Cannon - was he not purely an AFL player?

Joe Gibbs - did he not have a short career playing in the AFL?

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Buddy Bell of the Chiefs?

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[quote=Lotus;567027]More guesses:
Billy Cannon - was he not purely an AFL player?

Joe Gibbs - did he not have a short career playing in the AFL?[/quote]


John Madden............or [B]Daniel Eugene "Rudy" Ruettiger[/B]

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I'm having a hard time thinking of an AFL player who made it but didn't play at least one year in the NFL. :confused:

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[quote=GTripp0012;566964]Honest question: should LaDainian Tomlinson be a hall of famer? How about Champ Bailey?

That, to me, is the big question of our era. Obviously, Manning and Brady are easy, along with Brett Favre, Derrick Brooks, Marvin Harrison, Tony Gonzalez and Michael Strahan. But there's other players who should be hall of famers who you simply couldn't put in if you limit the honor to only the best players ever.

Do you draw the line at those 5 time pro bowlers? Or do they get in too?[/quote]

I'd say yes on LT but no on Champ. What has he done? He's a reputation player his whole career but never did anything to significantly impact any team he's been on. What's his signature season or his signature play? He's been good but I don't put him in the Rod Woodson/Darrell Green/Deion category.

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I still think Jake Scott should have gone in years ago. Along with the all pro awards we still remember SB VII where he was the MVP.

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[quote=irish;566913]I dont think you can put Rose & McGuire in the same category because Rose broke the only rule baseball really cared about, gambling. There are signs in every locker room saying no gambling, Rose knew he shouldnt bet but he did anyway.

Roids werent illegal (in baseball) when the ball were flying out of the park so IMO, McGuire didnt break any baseball rules so to me he could go in.[/quote]

Mark McGwire and these guys broke the law. Baseball doesn't have to specifically state every rule. I never understood why the players union made the players seem like they were immune from the law, like a foreign country. It was like everybody knew people were using steroids, but nobody did anything and they always used the excuse the players union is too strong, like they didn't have to follow the laws of the US. If Mark McGwire and all these guys didn't do anything wrong then how come they all lied about it. I think all these guys should not get into the HOF. They'll have to live with the fact that they cheated and they didn't get in for the rest of their life. The most important thing is that kids will learn that it's not acceptable and it's not going to get them anywhere and these guys really regret what they did.

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[quote=53Fan;567046]I'm having a hard time thinking of an AFL player who made it but didn't play at least one year in the NFL. :confused:[/quote]

The answer is...

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Shaw]Billy Shaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url]

I never heard of him either