Remembering Junior Seau’s Hall of Fame Career

August 8, 2015   ·   Ty Schalter   ·   Jump to comments

Junior Seau is the reason the Pro Football Hall of Fame exists.
He didn't build it with his own two hands or donate money to keep the Hall stocked with yellow blazer fabric and molten bronze. The Hall is not named after him, and he won't be a charter inductee. In fact, the eight-man class of 2015 will bring the number of enshrinees up to a whopping 295.
But Seau is the embodiment of everything a Hall of Famer should be: A player of unparalleled dominance and unprecedented longevity, a beloved member of his community and culture, the standard by which all others after him will be judged.
Even if his life had not ended in tragedy, even if his fate hadn't been intertwined with the disease casting a shadow over the entire history of the game, Seau's career would be one we couldn't let future generations forget.
After all, that's the reason we build Halls of Fame and fight over who gets inducted: We're gifting immortality upon certain players and skipping over thousands ...

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