Drafted in the Second Round from California in 2012 by the Cleveland Browns, Schwartz won the starting Right Tackle job as a rookie, and started every game for Cleveland for his four years as an NFL player.  Schwartz signed with Kansas City in 2016 as a Free Agent, and it quietly became one of the best signing in franchise history.

Schwartz took his play to the next level with the Chiefs, earning four consecutive All-Pros (three Second Team and one First Team), and was instrumental in the protection of Quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, who led Kansas City to a Super Bowl win in LIV.  Kansas City’s running game was also stellar with Schwartz anchoring the line.

A back injury in 2020, put him on the shelf after six Games, and he was released after the season.  After sitting out 2021, Schwartz elected to call it a career.  Schwartz may never have made it to the Pro Bowl but four All-Pros certainly show that he should have.  This could be one of the best players in recent memory to have never earned a “PB” beside his name.

From La Belle Provence, Quebec, Canada, L.P. Ladouceur played his college ball at California, and though he was undrafted, he was signed by the New Orleans Saints, but was released before the end of training camp.  He moved one state west, and made the Dallas Cowboys as their Long Snapper in 2005, a role he held for 16 years.

Ladouceur made the Pro Bowl once in 2014, but was one of the most durable Special Teams players of his era.  The Quebecer set NFL records for the most Games Played by a Canadian and the most consecutive Games Played by a Long Snapper.

Ladouceur will not come close to the Hall, but a durable Long Snapper deserves a few sentences.

The possessor of one of the best names in Football (especially if you played your college ball at Notre Dame), Golden Tate was an All-American for the Fighting Irish, and was able to transfer his skills to the National Football League.

Taken by Seattle in the Second Round in 2010, Tate was part of the Seahawks depth chart for his first two seasons, becoming a starter in his third year.  As Seattle marched towards a title, Tate emerged as one of Russell Wilson’s top weapons, aiding the Seahawks in a win in Super Bowl XLVIII, but it led to Tate’s value increasing, and he signed on with the Detroit Lions in 2014.

Playing in Motown for four years and change, Tate went to his only Pro Bowl in 2014, and had three 1,000-plus Receiving Yard years for the Lions.  Closing out his career with Philadelphia and the New York Giants, Tate accumulated 8,278 Yards with 46 Touchdowns.

We have been open about our love for the Strong Museum in Rochester, New York, that is the home to some of the most fun Halls of Fame, including the Toy Hall of Fame, which inducted three new toys.

The Top, Masters of the Universe ad Lite-Brite are the three new toys inducted, after beating out Bingo, Breyer Horses, Catan, Nerf, The Pinata Phase 10, Pound Puppies, Rack-O and the Spirograph.

The Strong Museum also is the home of the World Video Game Hall of Fame, the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play, the Woodbury School and the American Journal of Play.