Cliff Branch’s recent selection to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022 was significant for a couple of reasons. For one, it was long overdue and finally put an end to 30 years of frustration that he and his family had to endure. A two, it gives the 1974 Oakland Raiders seven offensive Hall of Famers, the most on one side of the ball from a single team, as CBS Sports’ Bryan DeArdo points out.
“Branch will join former offensive teammates in linemen Jim Otto (1980), Gene Upshaw (1987) and Art Shell (1989); receiver Fred Biletnikoff (1988); tight end Dave Casper (2002); and quarterback Ken Stabler (2016) in the Hall of Fame,” writes DeArdo.