Is there a cooler-sounding name than Dick "Night Train” Lane?

Maybe, but it is not by much.

Nicknamed after the early R&B Instrumental of the same name, Lane was a rarity because he walked on to a professional team (Los Angeles Rams) years after playing in college.  Lane asked for (and received) a tryout and subsequently made the team and became a starter as a rookie, where he led the NFL in Interceptions (14).  Two years later, he was dealt to the Chicago Cardinals as part of a three-team trade, and the Night Train would be a Cardinal for the next six seasons.

Lane was a dominant Defensive Back for Chicago, collecting four Pro Bowls (1954, 1955, 1956 & 1958) with a First Team All-Pro Selection in 1956.  The eventual All-Decade player secured his second Interception Title in '54, and 30 of his 68 picks were as a Cardinal.

The Cardinals might have thought he was done, and they traded him to Detroit before the 1960 Season, where he played six more years.

Lane received the Pro Football Hall of Fame call in 1974 and was named to the NFL 50^th, 75^th, and 100^th Anniversary Teams.  In 2006, the Cardinals enshrined Lane in their first Ring of Honor Class.