All-time Top Ten 60-minute men...

[74_75_78_79_]

Simply the ten best three-way starters. Purpose of this thread is simply for me to be educated. I'm guessing that Baugh & Concrete Charlie are in the top-2 (or are they). Was Nomellini also on special teams; or simply offense-and-defense?

[conace21]

I don't think Concrete Charlie played enough to be considered a 60 minute man. He spent most of his career on one side of the ball, or the other.

Mel Hein
Baugh
Bronko Nagurski
Red Grange... a very underrated defender, especially after his knee injury.

[TanksAndSpartans]

Check out the 75th Anniversary All-Time Two Way Team here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_ ... -Time_Team

My quibbles would be:

-Dutch Clark wasn’t particularly known for defense
-Motley was known as a very good goal line defender at LB as a situational substitution, but given the rules, he didn’t have to play both ways much of his career.
-Pihos, I don’t think played the positions referenced as a two way player. My understanding was he moved to defense for a few seasons, did very well, and then moved back to offense
-I read in a Greasy Neale interview that Van Buren wasn't a great defender and the rules towards the end of his career wouldn’t have forced him to play defense.
-Don Hutson wasn’t particularly known for defense - I read the Packers improved the defense by letting the blocking back play end on defense and moving Hutson to a defensive back position

I agree with the four mentioned in the post above above (Hein, Baugh, Nagurski, Grange). To get to 10, I'd include:

Jim Thorpe
Cal Hubbard
Mel Hein
Sammy Baugh
Bronko Nagurski
Bill Hewitt
Guy Chamberlin
Red Grange
Lavern Dilweg
Chuck Bednarik (Given his '60 season, the rules at the time and the fact he was 35, he's on my list.)

[ChrisBabcock]

What do folks know about George Trafton as a two way player? I see he was the center on the all-1920s team. Also he has an (unofficial) career total of 26 interceptions according to this... http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/playe ... D/00150253

[TanksAndSpartans]

I thought of Trafton. Probably we should pick 10 backs, 10 ends, and 10 lineman otherwise we could end up with a list like mine with only 3 linemen. I know Trafton made the hit that got Grange hurt. I think he'd be a good choice, but I can't point to any particular source that I recall reading. I'm hesitant to say I vaguely recall him not being mentioned as the cleanest player.

[JuggernautJ]

How about Otto Graham?
I know he was late in the two-way era (and so didn't have to play both sides of the ball as often) but he did save a Championship with an interception.

I would think Baugh's "Triple Crown" would entitle him to a unique place on the list.

[rhickok1109]

When he retired, Johnny Blood was the NFL's all-time leader (so far as can be determined) in pass receptions, reception yardage, touchdown receptions, and interceptions. In fact, his 32 recorded interceptions (he undoubtedly had some that were not recorded) ties him with Easley and Polamalu, among others. He led the NFL with 6 interceptions in 1931, when he was also the league's scoring leader. He scored 5 TDs on interception returns, the same as Eric Berry, DeAngelo Hall, and others. He did the punting for the Packers when Lewellen was unavailable, and he was the chief kick and punt returner for every team that he played for.