1974 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project Class.

Here we are!  Again!!

If you have been following our Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project, you know we have asked the rhetorical question: What if the PFHOF began in January 1946?

After soliciting and obtaining a passionate group of football fans and historians, we sent out a ballot for a Preliminary Vote, in which we asked each voter to give us 25 names as their semi-finalists and 5 in the Senior Pool. We then asked the group to vote for their 15 Finalists in the Modern Era and 3 in the Senior Category. The final stage was to vote for their five Modern Era inductee and one Senior inductee.

This is the result of the 30th official class; 

Below are the final results of this project based on 31 votes.

Remember that the group took a vote in “1970”, and we have reverted to the top five candidates entering the Hall, PROVIDING THEY MAKE 50% of the vote.  This will be put to a vote again in “1976”.

This is for the “Modern Era”

*Bold indicates they have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Class of 1974:

This is for the “Senior Era”, 

*Bold indicates they have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Class of 1974.

This is for the “Coaches/Contributors”, 

*Bold indicates they have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Class of 1974.

About the 1974 Inductees:

Lou Groza T-C-DT-K, CLE 1946-59 & 1961-67: Inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project in 1974 on his 2^nd Ballot.  Inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1974.

An original Cleveland Brown, Lou Groza was recruited by Paul Brown, primarily to act as the Browns’ Place Kicker.  Groza led the AAFC in Points in his rookie year, and after two seasons, Groza also helped out on Cleveland’s Offensive Line, and he would perform a dual-role for the next twelve seasons.

The Browns won the first four AAFC Championships, and Groza helped them win the 1950, 1954, and 1955 NFL Titles.  Groza evolved into an above-average Left Tackle, but his kicking talents were ahead of its time.  "The Toe" was one of the first Kickers who could regularly get it through the uprights in further distances.  Before Groza, Field Goals beyond 40 Yards were rarely attempted, but a new dynamic was added to the game with Groza as a weapon.  He would be named a First Team All-Pro four years in a row (1952-55) with nine Pro Bowl appearances.  Back issues compounded, and he retired after the 1959 Season, though he returned as a pure kicker from 1961 to 1967.

Bobby Mitchell, FL-HB-WR, CLE 1958-61 & WAS 1962-68: Inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project in 1974 on his 1st Ballot.  Inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983.

The Washington Redskins owner, George Preston Marshall, did not want to integrate his team, but the team was forced to do so by the National Football League.  In 1961, under pressure from the NFL and the Federal Government, Marshall drafted Ernie Davis, the first ever African American Heisman winner.

Fearful of what he might have had to pay Davis, Marshall traded him to Cleveland for Bobby Mitchell and Leroy Jackson, who would become the first two black players on the Redskins.  Mitchell had been playing at Halfback for four years with the Browns, was moved to Flanker, and he would lead the NFL in Receiving Yards in his first two seasons in Washington, with his third year seeing him top the leaderboard in Receiving Touchdowns.  Named a First Team All-Pro in 1962, Mitchell was also a Pro Bowler in 1962, 1963, and 1964. 

Mitchell had three more good years but declined in 1968 and retired shortly after.  With the Redskins, he would have 6,930 Yards From Scrimmage with 51 TDs.  

After his playing career ended, Mitchell became an executive with Washington for decades to come and was at one time the team’s Assistant General Manager. 

Mike McCormack, T-DG-DT, NYY 1951 & CLE 1954-62.  Inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project in 1974 on his 7th Ballot.  Inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1984.

Mike McCormack played for the New York Yanks as a rookie, but he would leave them to serve his country in the Korean War.  When he returned, the Yanks had folded, and the Baltimore Colts were created to replace them.  McCormack signed with the Colts, but Cleveland Browns Head Coach, Paul Brown, remembered the Lineman and traded for him before he played for the Colts.

McCormack started at Middle Guard and then Right Tackle, helping Cleveland win the NFL Championship in both 1954 and 1955.  The Browns were a very competitive team for McCormack's duration (until 1962), and he was named to five Pro Bowls and three Second Team All-Pros.  Brown had referred to McCormack as the best Lineman that he ever coached, and that is as high praise as you can get.  The Browns agreed and named him to their Ring of Honor in 2010.

The WWE Hall of Fame has announced two new members into their Hall of Fame, which are former WWE Tag Team Champions, The Natural Disasters.

Comprised of Earthquake (John Tenta) and Typhoon (Fred Ottman), the pair first teamed in the summer of 1991 following a heel turn by Typhoon.  Managed by Jimmy Hart, they chased the Legion of Doom for the Tag Titles but were double-crossed by Hart, who “gave their title shots” to Money Inc (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Shyster) at a house show in Denver.  Money Inc won the titles, and the Disasters would challenge them for the Tag Titles throughout the winter and spring of 1992, finally winning them in July, though they would drop them back to Money Inc three months later.  The team would disband in early 1993.

Both Tenta had significant singles runs, and both would later compete for WCW.  Earthquake, who was the larger and more successful of the two, had an earlier main event run in the WWE against Hulk Hogan, and would main event in WCW as Avalanche as a member of the Three Faces of Fear and the Dungeon of Doom.

Both Earthquake and Typhoon were ranked (individually) on our notinhalloffame.com WWE list for WWE Hall of Fame contention.  They will be removed, as well as the others who were chosen in 2025 following Wrestlemania.

We here at notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate The Natural Disasters for their impending induction.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that the University of Wyoming have announced the seven individuals who will comprise their Hall of Fame Class of 2025.

The ceremony will take place on September 5, 2025.

The Class of 2025 consists of:

Josh Allen: Football, 2015-17.  Allen led the Cowboys to two Bowl Games and the 2016 Mountain West Championship Game, and threw for 5,066 Yards and 57 Touchdowns while also rushing for 767 Yards and 12 TDs.  He was drafted 7th overall by the Buffalo Bills and won the 2024 MVP award.

Casey Bramlet: Football, 2000-03.  Bramlet is Wyoming’s all-time leading passer (9,684) and threw for 56 Touchdowns.  He later played professionally for Cincinnati, Washington and San Diego, and led Hamburg to a victory in World Bowl XV.

Hugh Lowham: Wrestling, 1961-64.  Lowham helped Wyoming win three Conference Championships (1961, 1962 & 1964) and individually captured three Conference Titles in three different weight classes.

Mike Mulvaney: Baseball, 1985-88.  An All-Conference player twice and Third Team All-American once, Mulvaney batted .396 and still holds the school record for Hits (261), Runs Batted In (194) and Runs Scored (193).

Lori Kline Waddell: Women’s Basketball, 1979, 1981-83.  A four-time letterwoman, Waddell scored 1,521 Points, amassed 947 Rebounds and still holds the school record for Blocks (947).

John Wendling: Football, 2003-06.  A former Safety, Wendling was a First Team All-Conference Selection as a Senior.  He later player professionally for Buffalo and Detroit.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the impending members of the University of Wyoming Hall of Fame.

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