Robert Lee "Sam" Huff, inducted: 1980, At WVU:

A name synonymous with West Virginia football, Robert Lee "Sam" Huff ranks among the all-time great NFL linebackers. At West Virginia, Huff was a 6-1, 230-pound tackle before being drafted in the third round by the New York Giants in 1956. Shortly thereafter, the Farmington, West Virginia, native became one of the greatest and most publicized linebackers in pro football history and the first defensive football player to make the cover of Time magazine. CBS produced a half-hour pro football documentary entitled "The Violent World of Sam Huff." A fierce competitor and a great rival of Green Bay Packers linebacker Ray Nitschke, Huff earned Pro Bowl status five times, first as a Giant, and then as a Washington Redskin, where he finished his career in 1969. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982.