Rejected by the Pro Football Hall of Fame A reader, Luke, sent this message: Can you name the following player that to this day has not been close to induction into the Hall of Fame? Pluses: - Super Bowl winning quarterback - AP NFL Most Valuable Player - AFC player of the year in two different years - 4 Pro Bowls - 7 consecutive winnings seasons - Practically invented modern high percentage passing - Quickest to win 100 games, having done so in 150 games (later surpassed by Joe Montana) - Perhaps the best clock/game managing QB in history... Other then Joe, he was the best come from behind quarterback I have ever seen. Bill Walsh, Building a Champion, Page 30. Minuses: - He played on the wrong coast, in the wrong city. - His haircut did not shout "I love juxtaposing military jingoism with sports." How many NFL MVPs have never been voted into the HOF? Incompetence, bias and corruption sounds about right. That last line referred to the recent complaints about the Hall of Fame selection committee. As to the question, I guessed it right, although it took me much longer than it should have. See if you can figure it out and then click "more" for the answer. The answer is the former Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler. There is a Facebook page devoted to his Hall of Fame candidacy. Here's an excerpt in Sports Illustrated from a Peter Richmond book on the old Raiders: "How could he not be in the Hall of Fame?" asks John Vella now. Are stats everything? Ask the Steeler defense in the "70s. The best defense. Who would they have not wanted to face? Ask the Dolphin No-Name defense who would they not want to face in the clutch. That says it all. They would say to a man, "We don't want to face Snake."" These are the lifetime NFL stats of Namath, his fellow Alabaman, who was inducted into the Hall in 1985: 62-63-4, with a lifetime completion percentage of 50.1, 173 TDs, and one conference championship game, and one Super Bowl. These are the stats of Snake, including his final five mediocre years with the Saints and Oilers: 96-49-1, with a completion percentage of 59.8. And 150 touchdowns. And one Super Bowl. And five conference championship games. Jason Cole of Yahoo Sports called for patience from critics of the Hall of Fame selection process. I don't want to hear about Charles Haley, Andre Reed, Eddie DeBartolo or Bill Parcells or anybody else who hasn't made it yet. Ultimately, they're all going to get in. Extra point Stabler's only shot to get in will be through the senior commitee. Do you think he deserves to be in the Hall?