During his Hall of Fame media availability, former San Francisco 49ers and new inductee, owner Eddie DeBartolo kindly asked to not answer my follow up question about his statement regarding player protection because he said it was going to be a major point of his acceptance speech.
DeBartolo, as expected, began his speech about his family, but he wasn’t just talking about his immediate family. He was also talking about his NFL family which is what makes him so special to so many people. He knew the likes of his equipment managers and secretaries so well, that he knew the names of their spouses and their children, even to this day.