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Air Coryell’s influence on Cardinals and Chargers Pro Bowlers

Photo: Don Coryell turned Jim Hart into a four-time Pro Bowler. By TOM SHANAHAN Before Fred Dryer played the TV detective "Hunter," he was a 12-year NFL veteran and All-American defensive end for Don Coryell at San Diego State. “Hunter” had a detective hunch about Coryell’s Pro Bowl influence on his Chargers and Cardinals players. Dryer believed comparing a star's Pro Bowl trips before and after they played for Coryell would be quite revealing. His theory was based on…

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Read more about the article Dan Dierdorf’s case for Don Coryell and the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Dan Dierdorf’s case for Don Coryell and the Pro Football Hall of Fame

PHOTO: Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Dierdorf and Don Coryell in St. Louis. By TOM SHANAHAN The NFL largely remembers Don Coryell for his dynamic Air Coryell teams in San Diego. Dan Dierdorf begs to differ. “We saw him first in St. Louis,” said Dierdorf. Coryell’s innovative passing game with the old St. Louis Cardinals was sandwiched between equally novel periods throwing the ball at San Diego State (1961-72) and during his San Diego homecoming with the…

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Donnie Shell and other Steelers marked end of an era for HBCU football

PHOTO: Donnie Shell By TOM SHANAHAN Donnie Shell joined the Black College Football Hall of Fame with the Class of 2015 last week in Atlanta, but the South Carolina State alum already occupied a place in college football history. And his history is more than his four Super Bowl rings playing with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Shell, who played at South Carolina State in the earlly 1970s, and fellow NFL players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities marked the…

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