He never made a Pro Bowl, which was criminal IMHO.
What’s worse than Jethro Pugh not being an All-Pro is that Packer’s Guard Jerry Kramer (who blew out Pugh to allow Starr to slide in behind him for the game winning QB sneak) isn’t in the HOF.
Not just for that one iconic and memorable block of course, but for his excellence in being part of the heart and soul of the Packers over so many NFL championship seasons in the critical time for the league, the late 50s through the 60’s.
And his book “Instant Replay”, chronicling that 1967 championship season (including the first Super Bowl) is one of the greatest sports books of all time IMO. Even if he were just a decent NFL guard, this book did so much for the popularity and growth of the NFL in the Lombardi era—maybe the most important era for the NFL—that he should get another shot at the Hall just for that. But no doubt, he deserved it anyway, without the book