NFL_1970s_All-Decade_Team

NFL 1970s All-Decade Team

NFL 1970s All-Decade Team

Official list of the NFL's best players in the 1970s


The National Football League 1970s All-Decade Team is a list of National Football League (NFL) players selected by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[1][2] The squad consists of first- and second-team offensive, defensive, and special teams units, as well as a first- and second-team head coaches.

Punter Ray Guy was the leading vote-getter for the 1970s All-Decade Team, receiving 24 of a possible 25 votes. O. J. Simpson and Lynn Swann were next with 22 and 21 votes, respectively. Linebacker Jack Ham and Tight end Dave Casper each received 20 votes. Next were Defensive end Jack Youngblood and Joe Greene who each had 18 votes.[3] Players that also made the National Football League 1960s All-Decade Team (the first NFL all-decade list) were Bob Lilly, Dick Butkus, Merlin Olsen, Larry Wilson, and Jim Bakken. [lower-alpha 1][4]

Offense

0*0 Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame ยค 0~0 Hall of Fame Finalist [5]

Defense

Special teams

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Coach

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Notes

  1. Willie Brown was named to two all-decade teams, as the American Football League All-Time Team (a league that merged with the NFL) covered the 1960s.

References

  1. Pro! Official Magazine of the NFL. 1980.
  2. "1970s ALL-DECADE TEAM". NFL.com. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  3. "NFL All-Decade Team of the 1970s". Tyrone Daily Herald. 1980-07-29. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
  4. "Finalist list". Pro Football Hall of Fame.com. Retrieved 2012-09-14.

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