The Pro Football Hall of Fame tends to reward winners, which makes all-decade defensive tackle Geno Atkins a longshot for Canton

The AFL had the right guy to wage war with the NFL back in the 1960s -- Al Davis

Del Shofner was the best wide receiver in the NFL for a six-year span from 1958-63

Draft nuggets from each of the 60 drafts since the AFL and NFL agreed to a merger and started conducting a "common" draft in 1967

Jackson Parsons begins his NHL quest at the ECHL level -- and it's not a bad place to start as Tim Thomas can attest

Ralph Neely was a cornerstone blocker on a team that went to eight NFC championship games in his 13 seasons

Lionel Taylor became the first receiver to catch 90 passes and then the first to catch 100 passes in a single season

Joe Fortunato was the only outside linebacker named to the 1950s NFL all-decade team

A late start to his NFL career didn't prevent Gene Brito from a fast and highly decorated finish

Jack Kemp took his team to five championship games in his 10 AFL seasons