GIF's Top Ten Best Running Backs Not In The Hall Of Fame

Not to make your decision any tougher Ward but there is another running back in mind that I've actually mentioned before in another thread similar to this one.

Larry Brown (Washington Redskins)

 

I was going to go with James Brooks and then I remembered Byner. Walker would be a good one too but many of his great years were in the USFL.

 

Bump....:icon_cool:

Still need one more running back to complete the list.

Ward, have you decided who to nominate to round out the list?

 

Alan Ameche
Baltimore Colts
1955-1960
4× Pro Bowl selection (1955,1956,1957,1958)
1× AP First Team All-Pro selection (1955)
3× AP Second Team All-Pro selection (1956,1958,1959)
2× NFL Champion (1958,1959)
1955 UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year
NFL 1950's All-Decade Team
1954 Heisman Trophy
1954 College Football All-America Team
1954 UPI College Football Player of the Year
1954 Chicago Tribune Silver Football (Big Ten Conference football MVP)
Wisconsin Badgers #35 Jersey retired
College Football Hall of Fame (1975)
Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
Newspaper Ent. Assoc. Second Team All-NFL (1955)
NY Daily News First Team All-NFL (1955)
Sporting News First Team All-NFL (1955)
UPI First Team All-NFL (1955)
Newspaper Ent. Assoc. Second Team All-NFL (1956)
NY Daily News Second Team All-NFL (1956)
Sporting News First Team All-NFL (1956)
Newspaper Ent. Assoc. Second Team All-NFL (1958)
NY Daily News Second Team All-NFL (1958)
UPI Second Team All-NFL (1958)
NY Daily News Second Team All-NFL (1959)
934 Carries
4,045 Rushing Yards
40 Rushing Touchdowns
4.2 Yards Per Carry
101 Receptions
733 Receiving Yards
4 Receiving Touchdowns
7.3 Yards Per Catch
4,778 Yards From Scrimmage (Rushing & Receiving)
6 Kickoff Returns
98 Kickoff Return Yards
16.3 Yards Per Return
4,876 All-Purpose Yards
Led NFL in Carries in 1955 (213: Rookie Season)
Led NFL in Rushing in 1955 (961 Yards: Rookie Season)
Led NFL in Rushing Touchdowns in 1955 (9: Rookie Season)
Led NFL in Yards From Scrimmage in 1955 (1,102: Rookie Season)
Led NFL in Touches in 1955 (244: Rookie Season)
Led NFL in combined Rushing-Receiving Touchdowns in 1955 (9: Rookie Season)
First rookie to gain 100+ yards in first two career games
Set NFL record for most rushing yards in first three career games (Since broken by Carnell "Cadillac" Williams in 2005)
Scored 79 yard rushing touchdown on his first career carry vs Chicago Bears on September 25th, 1955
Seventh all-time in Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts history in career Rushing Yards (4,045)
Fifth all-time in Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts history in career Rushing Touchdowns (40)
Eighth all-time in Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts history in career Carries (943)
Ranked among top 5 in rushing yards in three of his six seasons
Ranked among top 10 in rushing yards in four of his six seasons
Ranked among top 5 in rushing touchdowns in four of his six seasons
Ranked among top 10 in rushing touchdowns in five of his six seasons
Ranked among top 5 in carries in five of his six seasons
Ranked among top 10 in carries in five of his six seasons
Fumbled just 13 times in six seasons
Scored game-winning touchdown in the 1958 NFL Championship against the New York Giants, labeled "The Greatest Game Ever Played" (First ever sudden death overtime game in NFL history)

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GIF's Top Ten Running Backs Not in The HOF:

Don Perkins
Roger Craig
Bo Jackson
Ricky Watters
Ottis "O.J." Anderson
Terrell Davis
Eddie George
Freeman McNeil
Earnest Byner
Alan Ameche

Discuss!