Only five wide receivers in NFL history were consensus All-Pros five or more times, and, as you might expect, all were named ...

GEORGE BOZEKA, president, Pro Football Researchers Association. “The New York Times stated in his obituary that Del Shofner was "one of the most brilliant pro football pass receivers of his time ...

John Mackey, YA Tittle, Phil King, Joe Walton, Hugh McElhenny and Del Shofner as the NY Giants beat the Baltimore ...

or Del Shofner. Those guys were my "heroes," sure. But it was in a very limited if powerful way. Like any kid, I wondered if I could possibly be the next Mickey Mantle, or imagined that one day I ...

Protecting Tittle: Hall of Fame tackle Roosevelt Brown. Tittle's favorite targets: Wide receiver Del Shofner, who caught 64 passes for 1,181 yards, an average of 18.5 yards per catch, and Hall of ...

He joined the Giants in a pivotal 1961 season, when Allie Sherman took over as head coach and the organization obtained quarterback Y.A. Tittle (from the San Francisco 49ers) and end Del Shofner ...

And even as a little shaver, I recall begging my dad to tank up at the local Shell station, because they were giving away handsome, promotional pen-and-ink drawings/posters of Del Shofner ...

Patton knows that the Colts’ Lenny Moore will tip off the fact that he is going deep for a pass by shuffling through his first few steps, and he knows that the Los Angeles Rams’ Del Shofner ...

That honor still belongs to Rams wide receiver Willie 'Flipper' Anderson, who put up a jaw-dropping 336 yards in a 1989 game ...

Associated Press All-Pro Team (chosen since 1940): 1961 Pro Bowl Selection (game played since 1950): 1961, '63 Packers 50**th Anniversary Team:** 1969 Packers All-Modern Era Team: 1976 While Jesse ...