Steelers’ Bill Nunn gains his due, joining Donnie Shell and other HBCU players in Pro Football Hall of Fame

PHOTO: Bill Nunn with the Pittsburgh dynasty's four Super Bowl trophies from the 1974 (IX), 1975 (X), 1978 (XIII) and 1979 (XIV) seasons. I interviewed Donnie Shell on the Black College Football Hall of Fame in 2015 for my former website. Since then, Shell (2020) and Bill Nunn have been named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame (2021). Shell’s quotes on playing at an HBCU and Nunn finding him are still good for a story in 2021.…

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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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