Known as “The Hatchet” (which is reason enough to rank him on any football list), the small-framed cornerback was one of the most punishing tacklers of his day and a major cog in the wheel of those three NFL Championship Teams in the 1950’s.  It is definitely worth noting that Jim David recorded an Interception in all three of those Lions NFL Championships.  Seriously, how impressive is that!

David was a six-time Pro Bowl Selection and two-time Second Team All-Pro.

Debuting for the San Francisco 49ers as a second-round pick from UCLA in 1976, Randy Cross played his entire 13-year career with the Niners, where he helped them win three Super Bowls.

Cross was an All-Rookie at Center, where he played the first three years of his career.  He moved to Right Guard in 1979, where he played until 1986 and earned three Pro Bowls.  Cross went back to Center for his last two seasons, retiring in 1988.

The Offensive Lineman started 180 of 185 Games in his career, with an Approximate career Value of 132.

From Idaho, Wayne Walker spent all 15 seasons in the NFL with the Detroit Lions and was a rare dual threat as a Linebacker and placekicker.  Walker was a three-time Pro Bowl selection and was named the team’s Defensive MVP in 1968.  Walker had 14 career Interceptions, and might be the most underrated player in Lions history.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present the pre-2021 update of our top 50 Detroit Tigers of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League. 

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article.  They are:

1. Ty Cobb

2. Al Kaline

3. Hal Newhouser

4. Charlie Gehringer

5. Miguel Cabrera

There are no changes in the entire list, but we did feel it necessary to state that this now reflects the end of the 2020 season.  Cabrera is the only active Tiger on the top 50, and while his rank did not change, his 2020 stats have been added to his profile.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.