NFL 1970s All-Decade Team

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This is a list of all NFL players who have had outstanding performances throughout the 1970s and have been compiled onto this fantasy group. The team was selected by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

1 Offense
2 Defense
3 Special teams
4 External links
5 See also

[edit] Offense

Position	Player	Team(s) played for	College	In Hall of Fame?
Quarterback	Terry Bradshaw	Pittsburgh Steelers	Louisiana Tech	Yes
	Ken Stabler	Oakland Raiders	Alabama	No
	Roger Staubach	Dallas Cowboys	Navy	Yes
Running back	Earl Campbell	Houston Oilers	Texas	Yes
	Franco Harris	Pittsburgh Steelers	Penn State	Yes
	Walter Payton	Chicago Bears	Jackson State	Yes
	O.J. Simpson	Buffalo Bills	USC	Yes
Wide receiver	Harold Carmichael	Philadelphia Eagles	Southern	No
	Drew Pearson	Dallas Cowboys	Tulsa	No
	Lynn Swann	Pittsburgh Steelers	USC	Yes
	Paul Warfield	Miami Dolphins	Ohio State	Yes
Tight end	Dave Casper	Oakland Raiders	Notre Dame	Yes
Tight end	Charlie Sanders	Detroit Lions	Minnesota	Yes
Tackle	Dan Dierdorf	St. Louis Cardinals	Michigan	Yes
	Art Shell	Oakland Raiders	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	Yes
	Rayfield Wright	Dallas Cowboys	Fort Valley State	Yes
	Ron Yary	Minnesota Vikings	USC	Yes
Guard	Joe DeLamielleure	Buffalo Bills	Michigan State	Yes
	John Hannah	New England Patriots	Alabama	Yes
	Larry Little	Miami Dolphins	Bethune-Cookman	Yes
	Gene Upshaw	Oakland Raiders	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Yes
Center	Jim Langer	Miami Dolphins	South Dakota State	Yes
Center	Mike Webster	Pittsburgh Steelers	Wisconsin	Yes

[edit] Defense

Position	Player	Team(s) played for	College	In Hall of Fame?
Defensive end	Carl Eller	Minnesota Vikings Seattle Seahawks	Minnesota	Yes
	L.C. Greenwood	Pittsburgh Steelers	Alabama A&M	No
	Harvey Martin	Dallas Cowboys	East Texas State	No
	Jack Youngblood	Los Angeles Rams	Florida	Yes
Defensive tackle	"Mean Joe" Greene	Pittsburgh Steelers	North Texas State	Yes
	Bob Lilly	Dallas Cowboys	Texas Christian	Yes
	Merlin Olsen	Los Angeles Rams	Utah	Yes
	Alan Page	Minnesota Vikings	Notre Dame	Yes
Linebacker	Bobby Bell	Kansas City Chiefs	Minnesota	Yes
	Robert Brazile	Houston Oilers	Jackson State	No
	Dick Butkus	Chicago Bears	Illinois	Yes
	Jack Ham	Pittsburgh Steelers	Penn State	Yes
	Ted Hendricks	Baltimore Colts Green Bay Packers Oakland Raiders	Miami	Yes
	Jack Lambert	Pittsburgh Steelers	Kent State	Yes
Cornerback	Willie Brown	Oakland Raiders	Grambling State	Yes
	Jimmy Johnson	San Francisco 49ers	UCLA	Yes
	Roger Wehrli	St. Louis Cardinals	Missouri	Yes
	Louis Wright	Denver Broncos	Bakersfield JC San Jose State Arizona State	No
Safety	Dick Anderson	Miami Dolphins	Colorado	Yes
	Cliff Harris	Dallas Cowboys	Ouachita Baptist	No
	Ken Houston	Houston Oilers Washington Redskins	Prairie View A&M	Yes
	Larry Wilson	St. Louis Cardinals	Utah	Yes

[edit] Special teams

Position	Player	Team(s) played for	College
Kicker	Jim Bakken	St. Louis Cardinals	Wisconsin
Kicker	Garo Yepremian	Miami Dolphins	No college
Punter	Ray Guy	Oakland Raiders	Southern Mississippi

[edit] External links

NFL 1970s All-Decade Team on NFL.com

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NFL 1970s All-Decade Team

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