Over the course of their long existence, the Pittsburgh Steelers have been responsible for drafting 17 players who have gone on to be enshrined in Canton as members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, distinguished as being among the greatest players who have ever played the game of football at the highest level.
Granted, that list of players includes some whose illustrious successes were found in other towns. They drafted Johnny Unitas in the ninth round of the 1955 NFL Draft out of Louisville. Two years later, a certain Len Dawson from Purdue was their first-round draft choice.