Donnie Shell waited 30 years to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
But that wasn't the hard part for the former hard-hitting Steelers safety. No, the hard part was not telling anyone he was going to be inducted for the day and half between the time he was informed he was going to be among the members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Centennial Class and when it was announced to the world.
"Playing football is easy,” Shell said Thursday, a day after the Hall of Fame announced the 15-member Centennial Class of which he was a part.