Paul Brown called Lou Rymkus the best pass protector that he ever saw, which is high praise considering how many people he saw do that task.

Brown did not see much of Rymkus as a rookie, as he played for the Washington Redskins after being drafted there in 1943 after a great career at Notre Dame.  Rymkus enlisted in the military during World War II, and when he returned to football, he joined the Cleveland Browns of the AAFC.  He would quickly establish himself as an upper-echelon Tackle on both sides of the ball.  With Cleveland, he earned a version of the All-Pro team each of the team's four years in the AAFC and was a key factor in the Browns winning all four league championships.  Rymkus and the Browns proved the AAFC was for real: when the NFL absorbed them, they won the NFL Championship, making it five in a row for the Tackle.

He would later be a Coach, winning the AFL title twice with the Houston Oilers (1960 & 1961) as their Head Coach and a Super Bowl as the Baltimore Colts Offensive Line Coach.

If you want to put someone in Canton based on the championships they collected, you would be hard-pressed to find one better than Lou Rymkus.

The 4^th Overall Pick in 1977 from USC, Marvin Powell wasted little time affixing himself as the starting Right Tackle for the New York Jets.  In 1979, Powell would begin a five-year run as a perennial Pro Bowl Selection, and in '79, 1981 & 1982, he was a First Team All-Pro.  Without Powell's protection and presence, the offensive game would not have been as good, and he was certainly one of the most underrated players in Jets history.

Playing his entire NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings, Matt Blair was one of the quickest players in football, using his speed at the Outside Linebacker position to bottle up opposing offensive stars.  Blair had a six-year streak of Pro Bowls from 1977 to 1982, with 1980 earning him a First Team All-Pro Selection.  Blair was not just a star Linebacker, but a beast on Special Teams, as he blocked 20 kicks over his career.  He is a member of the Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor.

Ed Danowski joined the New York Giants after a successful college career at Fordham, and he played his entire professional career in New York.  Danowski was a top Back in the last half of the 1930s, and he would earn a pair of First Team All-Pro Selections in 1935 and 1938.  He was the primary Back for Danowski's NFL Championship wins in 1934 and 1938, and he twice led the league in Completion Percentage (1937 & 1938). 

Overall, he threw for 37 Touchdowns and ran in another four.