Defense
| Position | First Team | Hall of Fame? | Second Team | Hall of Fame? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defensive end | Jerry Mays | No | Rich Jackson | No |
| Gerry Philbin | No | Ron McDole | No | |
| Defensive tackle | Tom Sestak | No | Buck Buchanan* | Yes |
| Houston Antwine | No | Tom Keating | No | |
| Linebacker | Nick Buoniconti* | Yes | Dan Conners | No |
| Bobby Bell* | Yes | Larry Grantham | No | |
| George Webster | No | Mike Stratton | No | |
| Cornerback | Willie Brown* | Yes | Butch Byrd | No |
| Dave Grayson | No | Miller Farr | No | |
| Safety | Johnny Robinson | 6 time finalist |
Goose Gonsoulin | No |
| George Saimes | No | Kenny Graham | No |
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Famous quotes containing the word defense:
“He said, truly, that the reason why such greatly superior numbers quailed before him was, as one of his prisoners confessed, because they lacked a cause,—a kind of armor which he and his party never lacked. When the time came, few men were found willing to lay down their lives in defense of what they knew to be wrong; they did not like that this should be their last act in this world.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)
“If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country.”
—Malcolm X (1925–1965)