In honor of the original No. 14, we present a by-the-numbers argument for Anderson’s enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
With the election earlier this month of Anderson’s more-than-worthy peer from the 1970s, Ken Stabler, one of the greatest winners in the history of the game, we don’t expect the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame senior committee to put forward a quarterback’s name for a couple of more years. But Stabler’s election shows the committee is well aware of the credentials of quarterbacks from that era.
Anderson isn’t lacking for persuasive supporters. The work of Cincinnati realtor David Kubicki and Cincinnati sport talk show master Lance McAlister can be seen in some of these numbers:
1 _ When Anderson retired in 1986, he held the all-time record for the best completion percentage in a season (70.