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Original Title: What’s the closest to an NFL version of Curt Schilling - a player who inarguably deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.based on career accolades but is left out mostly because people dislike him on a personal level?
For those unfamiliar with Schilling, by almost any metric he is one of the greatest pitchers of all time:
- 3x World Series Champion (brought the D’backs their only WS win and helped end the Red Sox curse)
- 2001 World Series MVP (split with Randy Johnson)
- 1993 NLCS MVP
- 6x All-Star
- 2x MLB wins leader
- 2x NL strikeout leader
- 3116 career Strikeouts
- 3.46 career ERA
Unlike other players who have been snubbed for the Hall of Fame, Schilling has no on-the-field controversies or cheating accusations. He has no criminal issues to speak of. Yet he was passed over by the BBWAA for enshrinement in the Hall of Fame.
The reason he was passed over is quite simply that people don’t like him as a person. After winning the World Series in 2004, he used his stardom to publicly campaign for Bush. He has gotten in numerous beefs with media members over the years. He collects WWII memorabilia and once posed in a German SS uniform. He tweeted out support for the 01/06 riots. He took out loans from the State of Rhode Island for a business and then declared bankruptcy. He broke news about Tim Wakefield’s cancer in direct opposition to the family’s wishes.
Quite simply - he has been snubbed from the Hall of Fame because people don’t like him as a person.
What’s the closest NFL equivalent?