Russ Grimm, a guard for the Washington Redskins from 1981-1991, has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
He was a guard on the 1980’s NFL Team of the Decade. Of the 22 offensive and defensive starters on that team, only four are not in the Hall of Fame and one of those four, Jerry Rice, just became eligible and he made it on Saturday.
Grimm also made four straight Pro Bowls from 1983-1986 and was a first-team All Pro—the best of the AFC and NFC combined—three straight times from 1983-1985.
Probably the strongest argument in favor of Grimm is the fact that he was a member of the Hogs, the Redskins’ offensive line that paved the way for Joe Gibbs’ teams to win three Super Bowls with three different quarterbacks and three different running backs. In the view of many the absence of a Hog from the Hall was a wrong that needed to be fixed.
