NFL 1980s All-Decade Team

The NFL 1980s All-Decade Team was a fictional team comprised of outstanding performers in the National Football League in the 1980s chosen by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

[edit] Offense

Position	Player	Team(s) played for	College	In Hall of Fame
Quarterback	Boomer Esiason	Cincinnati Bengals	University of Maryland	No
	Dan Fouts	San Diego Chargers	Oregon	Yes
	Joe Montana	San Francisco 49ers	Notre Dame	Yes
Running back	Roger Craig	San Francisco 49ers	Nebraska	No
	Eric Dickerson	Los Angeles Rams Indianapolis Colts	Southern Methodist	Yes
	Walter Payton	Chicago Bears	Jackson State	Yes
	John Riggins	Washington Redskins	Kansas	Yes
Wide receiver	Steve Largent	Seattle Seahawks	Tulsa	Yes
	James Lofton	Green Bay Packers Buffalo Bills Los Angeles Raiders	Stanford	Yes
	Art Monk	Washington Redskins	Syracuse	No
	Jerry Rice	San Francisco 49ers	Mississippi Valley State	No
Tight end	Ozzie Newsome	Cleveland Browns	Alabama	Yes
Tight end	Kellen Winslow	San Diego Chargers	Missouri	Yes
Tackle	Jim Covert	Chicago Bears	Pittsburgh	No
	Joe Jacoby	Washington Redskins	Louisville	No
	Anthony Muñoz	Cincinnati Bengals	USC	Yes
	Gary Zimmerman	Minnesota Vikings	Oregon	No
Guard	Bill Fralic	Atlanta Falcons	Pittsburgh	No
	Russ Grimm	Washington Redskins	Pittsburgh	No
	John Hannah	New England Patriots	Alabama	Yes
	Mike Munchak	Houston Oilers	Penn State	Yes
Center	Dwight Stephenson	Miami Dolphins	Alabama	Yes
Center	Mike Webster	Pittsburgh Steelers	Wisconsin	Yes

Position	Player	Team(s) played for	College	In Hall of Fame?
Defensive end	Reggie White	Philadelphia Eagles	Tennessee	Yes
	Howie Long	Oakland Raiders	Villanova	Yes
	Lee Roy Selmon	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Oklahoma	Yes
	Bruce Smith	Buffalo Bills	Virginia Tech	No
Defensive tackle	Randy White	Dallas Cowboys	Maryland	Yes
	Dan Hampton	Chicago Bears	Arkansas	Yes
	Keith Millard	Minnesota Vikings	Washington State	No
	Dave Butz	Washington Redskins	Purdue	No
Linebacker	Mike Singletary	Chicago Bears	Baylor	Yes
	Lawrence Taylor	New York Giants	UNC	Yes
	Ted Hendricks	Oakland Raiders Los Angeles Raiders	Miami	Yes
	Andre Tippett	New England Patriots	Iowa	No
	John Anderson	Green Bay Packers	Michigan	No
	Carl Banks	New York Giants	Michigan State	No
Cornerback	Mike Haynes	New England Patriots Los Angeles Raiders	Arizona State	Yes
	Mel Blount	Pittsburgh Steelers	Southern	Yes
	Frank Minnifield	Cleveland Browns	Louisville	No
	Lester Hayes	Oakland Raiders Los Angeles Raiders	Texas A&M	No
Safety	Ronnie Lott	San Francisco 49ers	USC	Yes
	Kenny Easley	Seattle Seahawks	UCLA	No
	Deron Cherry	Kansas City Chiefs	Rutgers	No
	Joey Browner	Minnesota Vikings	USC	No
	Nolan Cromwell	Los Angeles Rams	Kansas	No

Position	Player	Team(s) played for	College
Punter	Sean Landeta	New York Giants	Towson
Punter	Reggie Roby	Miami Dolphins	Iowa
Placekicker	Morten Andersen	New Orleans Saints	Michigan State
	Gary Anderson	Pittsburgh Steelers	Syracuse
	Eddie Murray	Detroit Lions	Tulane
Punt Returner	Billy "White Shoes" Johnson	Houston Oilers Atlanta Falcons	Widener
Punt Returner	John Taylor	San Francisco 49ers	Delaware State
Kick Returner	Mike Nelms	Washington Redskins	Baylor Tarrant JC Sam Houston State
Kick Returner	Rick Upchurch	Denver Broncos	Indian Hills CC Minnesota
Coaches	Bill Walsh	San Francisco 49ers	San Jose State
Coaches	Chuck Noll	Pittsburgh Steelers	Dayton