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08-04-2010, 05:03 AM
Consistency was LeBeau's calling card
Posted Aug. 03, 2010
By Mike Wilkening
Early in his playing career, Dick LeBeau was told that "less than one percent of one percent" of all NFL players make the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
On Saturday evening, LeBeau, the Steelers' defensive coordinator, joins that very short list of players enshrined in Canton, Ohio, for his work as a Lions cornerback from 1959-1972. LeBeau, 73, is the 18th Lion to be enshrined, eight of whom were on Detroit's roster at some point during LeBeau's 14 seasons with the club. LeBeau's older brother, Bob, will present him.
LeBeau, who was nominated by the Hall's senior committee, which considers candidates whose careers concluded at least 25 years ago, is the 21st defensive back to be enshrined. Only five have more interceptions, but none started more consecutive games than LeBeau, who was in the lineup 171 straight games for Detroit. It's a mark he is proud of, and one illustrative of a "roll-up-my-sleeves" approach that has guided him throughout an NFL career that spans more than 50 years.
read more: http://www.profootballweekly.com/2010/08/03/consistency-was-lebeaus-calling-card
Posted Aug. 03, 2010
By Mike Wilkening
Early in his playing career, Dick LeBeau was told that "less than one percent of one percent" of all NFL players make the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
On Saturday evening, LeBeau, the Steelers' defensive coordinator, joins that very short list of players enshrined in Canton, Ohio, for his work as a Lions cornerback from 1959-1972. LeBeau, 73, is the 18th Lion to be enshrined, eight of whom were on Detroit's roster at some point during LeBeau's 14 seasons with the club. LeBeau's older brother, Bob, will present him.
LeBeau, who was nominated by the Hall's senior committee, which considers candidates whose careers concluded at least 25 years ago, is the 21st defensive back to be enshrined. Only five have more interceptions, but none started more consecutive games than LeBeau, who was in the lineup 171 straight games for Detroit. It's a mark he is proud of, and one illustrative of a "roll-up-my-sleeves" approach that has guided him throughout an NFL career that spans more than 50 years.
read more: http://www.profootballweekly.com/2010/08/03/consistency-was-lebeaus-calling-card