14 seasons. Four Super Bowl wins. Five Pro Bowls. Three first-team All-Pro selections. 51 interceptions. 19 fumble recoveries.
These are the numbers which should matter when it comes to electing a player to the NFL Hall of Fame. Over his career, safety Donnie Shell has done more than enough to show he is worthy of enshrinement in Canton.
Unfortunately for Shell, it was other numbers which have kept him out of the Hall of Fame. What numbers have appeared to keep Shell from enshrinement? Here are just a few:
There are already nine players enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame who played during the Steelers’ four Super Bowls in the 1970s.