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    Faneca’s long wait for Hall call finally ends

    Aug 31, 2021 5 minutes
    BY BOB LABRIOLA Editor

    It’s the nature of the position. An offensive lineman is taught and drilled to be a facilitator for his teammates. He is taught and drilled to use his body to plow a path for his running backs, just as he is taught and drilled to use his body as a human shield to keep defenders with bad intentions from getting to his quarterback. Football is known as the ultimate team sport, and within the ultimate team sport, its offensive linemen are the most anonymous and selfless of all.

    It’s fitting Alan Faneca was an offensive lineman, and it’s only proper that he be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as one of the best ever in his line of work.

    A six-time finalist before finally getting the news that he was elected to the Hall of Fame,

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