#96: Mel Hein | The Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players (2010) | NFL Films

Pro Football Hall of Fame Center Mel Hein comes in at number 96 on NFL Films' "The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players" list produced in 2010.
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[@xaviervega468]

League MVP as an O-lineman. Need I say more?

[@Idk-og6cv]

I agree but he was also a line backer

[@phxmaster9684]

@@Idk-og6cv yeah but he won it mainly as a Center The only O lineman to ever win the award

[@zelbongrimmage3770]

Wow

[@user-km2kq3np4l]

Should be a bit higher, like in the 70s- 80s, because he played so well on both sides of the football.

[@ryanbobyan]

Mel shoulda been higher. the guy only missed, what, 2 snaps his entire career? a center, league mvp?

[@mortensen1961]

And that's out of fifteen years playing both ways.

[@ryanbobyan]

mortensen1961 EXACTLY

[@Bormannator]

The problem is he played so long ago that people think the greats of the early years of the nfl would not be as dominant at their position if they played today

[@yourmom-ur4zt]

ikr, all of the players from the 40's and 30's are so underrated

[@studogable]

Hard to say. Who would you bump?

[@davidsieradzki5261]

For the Giants Mount Rushmore I'd go: LT, Hein, Emlen Tunnell and Michael Strahan.

[@RobReezie]

David Sieradzki don't forget about Frank Gifford cutty

[@drewvertical25]

Robert Chavez Jr bednarik killed him

[@jeremythompson9122]

I agree. LT and Hein are the two definites and id say Strahan and either Emlen Tunnell or Sam Huff are the other two

[@howardcosell2022]

Roosevelt Brown would be on that Rushmore after LT

[@cityhawk]

@@jeremythompson9122 Huff went on to play for Washington after his time with the Giants. That alone leaves him of the list. I’d put either Tunnell or Strahan there instead.

[@mattyice1151]

What a boss, these vids are great, learning so much about the nfl

[@davidsieradzki5261]

Also, Mel Hein should be higher on this list. Being an Eagles fan and having a center/linebacker in Chuck Bednarik as a major part of their history, it's very easy to respect Hein doing the same.

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

I’m not sure if a O Lineman even got a single MVP vote since Mel Hein

[@TheEgganator324]

only WSU Cougar in the pro football hall of fame, go cougs

[@jameshartman3630]

If you look at everyone on the list and go to the comment section, everybody should be higher, don’t get how that works

[@Elixir_JPGG]

Lol true

[@ianssirensproductions7418]

Rip this absolute legend

[@phxmaster9684]

Still the only O-Lineman to win MVP

[@BornOutlaw2506]

should be higher

[@August377]

Wow. If this guy hasn't had a movie made about him, he certainly should have and quick. This guy was superhuman.

[@robroberts1473]

Dang that dude could play.

[@richnoll1967]

Super underrated

[@cartermunford9005]

in the thumbnail, how is that helmet gonna protect you in any way besides not getting like scratched on your head😭

[@josiahlene1036]

VERY underrated...

[@gynandroidhead]

Immensely.

[@phxmaster9684]

It’s more the issue he played so long ago It’s sad because he’s one of the greatest Centers ever (only lineman to ever win MVP) but people just can’t search up 1930s games the way we can search up modern games

[@dpags23]

Go Giants

[@BuddhaLove77]

Who in their right mind down votes this video!!!! Good Grief!!!!

[@beatlejim64]

He's usually looked on as MAYBE the best center of all time!!!

[@gjte2947]

I’d like to see him block Aaron Donald

[@aidan9497]

I wish there were still 2 way players, Taysom Hill is the only one close and he only really plays defense on special teams

[@tedpurcher7674]

Center being mvp is hilarious this looks like a wwI propaganda film lol

[@stevemeters3090]

A center winning league MVP???? wow.

[@studogable]

Also a linebacker, though.

[@ethanhill9460]

That first quote is true. Take it from a NYJ fan.

[@epeon7]

the problem with this is that the game just is not the same. Mel Hein played both offense and defense. He could not specialize like today's players. Today you have these 300 lb guards who are great pass blockers. But, they come off the field huffing and puffing and need oxygen. If you made today's players play both ways they would have to get in shape, loose the weight. Pretty soon you would see 245 lb lineman again. Also, the ball is smaller, more streamlined. Easier to throw. Defenses can't play wide receivers the same way. So, you have a much more pass oriented game.

[@beatlejim64]

"When it was all about toughness"....what a great quote...now it's all showbiz and glitz... and self promotion....

[@bruliet]

Wow

[@Elixir_JPGG]

Wh0?

[@jimt4354]

Hein makes Huff look like a cream puff.

[@kellyunitas7209]

0:11 - Hein, Taylor, Tunnell, and either Huff or Brown.

[@manfredaxcore]

Kelly Unitas Huff is considered more of a Redskin than Giant. He went to in the Hall of Fame as a Redskin.

[@10nyjb]

Kelly Unitas LT second are you crazy

[@howardcosell2022]

Roosevelt Brown is the next greatest Giant behind LT and Harry Carson before Sam Huff

[@noahf342]

I never saw this guy play but I am just fascinated with the fact that he could play both Center and LInebacker positions really well. One of the last of the 2 way players.

[@5-iwnl-596]

Bro is one of the best centers ever the only one to win mvp... at the same time he played linebacker and ran back pick sixes like he ran a 4.4 in the 40?

[@epeon7]

the game is so different today that it is almost impossible to compare players from different eras. Today, a center would be 285 lbs and much more powerful. But, a center today wouldn't (and couldn't) play both ways. so, if a guy like Hein were to play today he would have to lift to put on weight and specialize in one position. One other comment, I had an older friend who played in the NFL in his youth. He told me the reason why Frank Gifford was such a good player wasn't his running skills or receiving skills. It was, in his youth, he was just about as good as a defensive back. And, when Gifford broke in, that was rare

[@jaylucien669]

Wow dude was fast.

[@Byzantine41]

Should have been higher

[@arjbproductions3244]

0:56 what is that song?

[@Bovice..YT-handles-are-fn-dumb]

4sur the other 2 are Strahan & Eli

[@maggsmvp04]

Should be #1

[@jeremythompson9122]

I'd probably put Mel Hein at center on my all time team because he's the only offensive lineman to win league MVP in NFL history and was also a really solid linebacker on defense. It would be either Hein or Mike Webster. I'd put Lawrence Taylor, Mel Hein, Michael Strahan, and either Emlen Tunnell or Sam Huff as the 4th guy on the Giants Mt. Rushmore. A case could be made for Frank Gifford too but the Giants defense is what carried that team in the late 50's-early 60's. Eli Manning did lead them to 2 Super Bowl wins but one was due to perhaps the biggest fluke play in NFL history other than the Immaculate Reception...the Helmet Catch. Other than a few decent years Manning has been wildly inconsistent. I'd take Phil Simms over Manning

[@nujeru99]

So Eli’s miraculous sack escape on that same play was a fluke?? His throw to Tyree (who had Harrison all over him and 2-3 other Pats defenders within 2-3 yards of him) was a fluke?? Tyree managing time hold on to the ball was a fluke??? Gimme a break. A Fluke play would be the Tuck Rule in the 2001 Divisional Playoffs

[@howardcosell2022]

Tackle Roosevelt Brown is the greatest Giant lineman of all time. Next to LT he is most decorated Giant in franchise history

[@cucumberrick3064]

You know you’ll have Lawrence Taylor and you know you’ll have Michael Strahan

[@howardcosell2022]

But no Roosevelt Brown?

[@ReVelVenom]

Where's archie manning

[@mikeorclem]

i know some guys who go both ways...but i think this is different...

[@blacker5826]

can't stop laughing at those formations

[@freddienolen4792]

The players back then would get crushed today

[@studogable]

They'd be playing different positions. I think Hein would still be viable as a linebacker, but not as a center.

[@romangeorge4401]

100%

[@romangeorge4401]

@@studogable i agree

[@amd1273]

Players back then playing in today's game would be fine they would have access to all the things today's players have. They would have to put on weight and muscle of course. Players back then had a certain toughness that today's players don't have

[@bowserjrcrewyt2626]

Screw Mel Hein yeah he was great with no pads... why is he wearing #7 I’m pissed if the Gmen draft Haskins I’m petitioning to have 7 come out of retirement lol

[@tedpurcher3519]

Michael Purcher I agree it’s absolutely absurd for a guy to have played in the 30s lol guy won the mvp as a center though lmao I don’t know how or why but he did lol

[@mr.spider1237]

Y’all joking about Mel Hein right?

[@bowserjrcrewyt2626]

Absolutely not.. I’ll admit he was a great player but the fact that no one can wear #7 because of a guy who played center in the 1930’s is ridiculous. If GMen take Haskins they need to let him wear his number

[@bigguyCIA4u]

lol no.

[@blacker5826]

i think he deserves to be in the 90's. i am a giants fan (but obviously i have not lived to see him) but the game was a ton different with small dudes and skinny white and black guys. i don't think he would make anything today