What made Karl Mecklenburg so difficult to contain is also what makes his Pro Football Hall of Fame candidacy so difficult to quantify: versatility unlike any other player of his era -- or the ones that have followed.
Mecklenburg is a semifinalist for the 2017 Hall class, which will be one of his last shots from the primary pool of players. If he is not inducted by 2019, his candidacy will pass to the Seniors Committee, as he will have been retired 25 years by that point.
But as the years between Mecklenburg's heyday and the present continue to grow, so do the indelible memories, because no one since his retirement has displayed a comparable skill set and breadth of contributions.