It’s not often a player comes along who has the ability to re-define the way a position is played, and those are precisely the kind of people who belong in their sport’s Hall of Fame.
Dermontti Dawson re-defined the way center is played in the National Football League, and that’s why he was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame today.
When the Hall of Fame announced the members of its Class of 2012, Dermontti Dawson was included and thus became the 12th center in history to earn a place in Canton, Ohio. That Dawson was deserving of enshrinement never really was much of a question, and then it just became a matter of when. After coming close three times as a finalists and then being denied, Dawson made it on his fourth try. And so the “when” also has been answered – it will be on Saturday, Aug. 4 when Dermontti Dawson is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
“What Dermontti did, which is what Mel Blount did, was change the game,” said ESPN analyst and former Steelers running back Merril Hoge, who played with Dawson from 1989-93...........
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Originally Posted by Dwinsgames
Enthroned Into The Good Old Boys Club - 2024 
Congrats Dirt!! Well deserved and over due!
