... that could be paid to Dick LeBeau is that he turned out to be a better coach than a player—and he was a Hall of Fame player, so what does that make him as a coach?

A portion of the above sentence has been met with a stone wall for some 32 years—the part about him being a Hall of Fame player. But no one said that those who vote on such things always get it right.

LeBeau, 72 next week, is finally, after far too many years—decades, really—knocking on the door of that funny-shaped building in Canton, OH with the faux football protruding into the air.

It was announced last week that LeBeau is a finalist for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, thanks to the senior committee, who frequently has had ...

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