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Tibbidoe
05-16-2008, 03:56 PM
There are currently only 4 players to have ever won the NFL Rookie of the Year, won the NFL League MVP and then been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Name them…
brady_branch
05-18-2008, 05:57 PM
Sayers? Moore? That's all I got off the top of my head.
Tibbidoe
05-19-2008, 09:05 AM
Good guesses, but no. Here's a bit more: 3 of the 4 are also former Heisman Trophy winners. Good luck!
Gino Torretta, Steve Spurrier and Gary Beban.
Oh, shoot. And I call myself a Detroiter. Barry Sanders.
Earl Campbell and OJ Simpson as the other two Heisman winners?
Tibbidoe
05-20-2008, 08:00 PM
Two down and two to go. Well done!
Earl Campbell ('78 OROY, '79 MVP and '91 HoF) and Barry Sanders ('89 OROY, '97 co-MVP [shared with QB Brett Favre] and '04 Hof) are two of the four players in this exclusive club.
Keep thinking...
Seattle1
05-23-2008, 08:49 AM
Two down and two to go. Well done!
Earl Campbell ('78 OROY, '79 MVP and '91 HoF) and Barry Sanders ('89 OROY, '97 co-MVP [shared with QB Brett Favre] and '04 Hof) are two of the four players in this exclusive club.
Keep thinking...
Marcus Allen and Lawrence Taylor.
Tibbidoe
05-23-2008, 01:47 PM
That's it...
Earl Campbell (1978 OROY, 1979 MVP and 1991 HoF)
Lawrence Taylor (1981 DROY, 1986 MVP and 1999 HoF)
Marcus Allen (1982 OROY, 1985 MVP and 2003 HoF)
Barry Sanders (1989 OROY, 1997 co-MVP and 2004 HoF)
...with Lawrence Taylor being the only non-Heisman-winning player currently in the club.
These are the only guys to accomplish this particular feat, but the club will be expanded once Emmitt Smith and Marshall Faulk are inducted into the Hall.
Well done.
I didn't even consider LT. Nice one, Seattle.
Seattle1
05-29-2008, 07:35 PM
I didn't even consider LT. Nice one, Seattle.
At first I was thinking all offense, then I realized it could include defense too.