Chicago Bears: 7 Biggest Hall of Fame Snubs in Team History
Published by Bob Warja on May 29, 2011
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears have the most Hall of Famers of any NFL team (26), so to complain about players who were snubbed may sound a bit pithy.
Still, just because the Bears have all of these busts in Canton, and have so many retired numbers that they cannot retire any more (13), does not mean that there haven’t been a few who have been overlooked over the years.
Richard Dent, until his recent induction, had made the list of finalists several times, but he finally made it. Meanwhile, a couple of the players on my list do deserve enshrinement, in my opinion, while a couple more may be stretches; still, they deserve serious consideration.
The Hall of Fame selection process in football is vastly different from other sports and is a bit secretive.
The Committee consists of one media representative from each pro football city with two from New York, a representative of the Pro Football Writers of America and 11 at-large delegates.
The Committee’s current ground rules stipulate that between four and seven new members will be selected each year (source: http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/selectionprocess.aspx).
Locally, the media person from Chicago is Dan Pompei of the Chicago Tribune.
So, c’mon, Dan, let’s help get these following former Bears players enshrined. Here we go!
