John Hannah, American football player and coach

John Allen Hannah, nicknamed "Hog", is an American former professional football player who was a guard for 13 seasons with the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, earning All-American honors twice. He was selected fourth overall by the Patriots in the 1973 NFL draft. Named by Sports Illustrated magazine in 1981 as "the best offensive lineman of all time", Hannah received nine Pro Bowl and seven first-team All-Pro selections. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999. In 1991 he became the inaugural inductee of the New England Patriots Hall of Fame.