Shields and Wistrom Make TSN's List of NFL Good GuysShields and Wistrom Make TSN's List of NFL Good Guys
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Shields and Wistrom Make TSN's List of NFL Good Guys

Lincoln - For the third consecutive year, former Huskers Will Shields and Grant Wistrom were both named to The Sporting News list of the top "Good Guys" in professional sports, published in the July 5 edition of the magazine.

Shields, the 2003 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year, earned his fifth consecutive spot on TSN's list of "Good Guys" from the National Football League.  He was selected as the NFL's top "Good Guy" in 2001.  The nine-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs continues to be recognized for his extensive work in the community with his Will to Succeed Foundation. 

The Will to Succeed Foundation was established in 1993 to inspire, guide and improve the lives of abused, battered and neglected women and children.  Programs facilitated by The Will to Succeed Foundation provide direct resources to those individuals, in addition to helping to furnish educational tools, opportunities and nurturing experiences to inner-city children and women who have little or no access to other assistance.

Wistrom earned his third consecutive spot on the team for his extensive work with pediatric cancer patients as part of the Grant Wistrom Foundation.  Wistrom and Seattle Seahawks teammate Jerry Wunsch recently accompanied 49 cancer patients on a four-day Circle of Friends Reunion trip to St. Louis, June 17-20.

Wistrom and Wunsch have hosted nine children from the Costas Center at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital for an annual trip of winter fun to Wisconsin that includes skiing, snowmobiling, tobogganing and disco bowling.  The children also meet other cancer patients from Tampa, Atlanta and Wisconsin to enrich the lives of more than 30 children each year.

An All-America defensive end at Nebraska who helped the Huskers to three national titles, Wistrom began his work with pediatric cancer patients during his senior season at Nebraska in 1997, when he befriended a young Husker fan with leukemia from his hometown of Webb City, Mo.  To prepare the child for losing his hair during treatment, Wistrom and other members of Nebraska's Blackshirt defense shaved their heads as part of their pre-game ritual.