The problem with running a Hall of Fame-related website is that many of the big ones we cover all have announcements within months of each other. The backbone of what we do is list-related, resulting in a long push to revise what we already have, specifically now with our Football and Basketball Lists.
At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the next twenty-five of the 2024 Football List, which you can comment on and vote on:
The new 226 to 250:
226. Carl Banks
227. Duane Putnam
228. Bob Gain
229. Dan Towler
230. Fuzzy Thurston
231. Derrick Mason
232. Kyle Rote
233. Lyle Alzado
234. Matt Forte
235. Earl Faison
236. Fred Smerlas
237. Ray Donaldson
238. Jamal Lewis
239. Len Younce
240. Ed White
241. Eugene Robinson
242. Mike Stratton
243. Jim Plunkett
244. George Saimes
245. Mark Clayton
246. Ted Washington
247. Len Hauss
248. Jim Ray Smith
249. Al Nesser
250. Dave Butz
Rankings are impacted annually based on your comments and votes.
Thank you all for your patience. We will soon unveil more changes to the football and basketball lists.
1952 PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
Thank you for all of you who have participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project, and if you are unaware of what that is, simply, we acted as if the PFHOF had their first class in January of 1946?
We have completed the first two years, where a Preliminary, Semi-Final and Final vote for the 1946 Class, which inducted two full classes
For “1951” a Preliminary Vote with over 130 players whose playing career ended by 1945. We are also following the structure in that players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool.
Each voter was asked to select 25 names from the preliminary list, with the top 25 vote getters named as Semi-Finalists.
A week later, the voters will be asked to pick 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, and next after, they will pick five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process weekly until we catch up to the current year.
30 Votes took place
This is for the “Modern Era”
Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:
Player |
Year of Eligibility |
Vote Total |
Tuffy Leemans FB-TB-DB-QB |
4 |
28 |
Turk Edwards T |
7 |
27 |
George Musso G-T |
3 |
27 |
Arnie Herber TB-HB-DB-QB-BB |
2 |
27 |
Steve Owen T-G |
14 |
25 |
Red Badgro E-DE |
11 |
25 |
Ox Emerson G-C |
9 |
25 |
Beattie Feathers HB-WB |
7 |
24 |
Jimmy Conzelman HB-TB-BB-E |
18 |
23 |
Cecil Isbell TB-HB |
5 |
23 |
Joe Stydahar T |
1 |
23 |
Dutch Sternaman HB-QB-FB |
20 |
22 |
Swede Youngstrom G-T-E-C |
20 |
22 |
Whizzer White TB-HB |
6 |
20 |
Joey Sternaman QB-BB |
17 |
19 |
Gus Sonnenberg T-FB-TB |
17 |
17 |
Ace Parker TB-DB-QB |
1 |
17 |
Tony Latone B |
17 |
15 |
Doc Alexander C-T-G-E |
20 |
13 |
Buckets Goldenberg G-BB |
2 |
14 |
Al Nesser G-E-C |
16 |
12 |
George Christensen T-G |
9 |
10 |
Glenn Presnell T-B |
11 |
9 |
Duke Osborne G-C |
19 |
7 |
George Wilson E |
1 |
7 |
Willis Brennan G-T |
20 |
6 |
Russ Hathaway T-G |
20 |
6 |
Wildcat Wilson TB |
18 |
5 |
Jug Earp C-T-G |
15 |
4 |
Luke Johnsos E |
11 |
4 |
Joe Kopcha G |
11 |
4 |
Tex Grigg B |
20 |
3 |
Tex Hamer B |
20 |
3 |
Red Dunn BB-TB |
16 |
3 |
Chuck Kassel E |
14 |
3 |
Ray Kemp T |
14 |
3 |
Bo Molenda FB-HB-BB |
12 |
3 |
Bill Owen T-G |
11 |
3 |
Keith Molesworth HB-QB |
10 |
3 |
Carl Brumbaugh B |
9 |
3 |
Swede Hanson B |
9 |
3 |
Potsy Jones G |
9 |
3 |
Ace Gutkowski FB-TB |
8 |
3 |
Jack Manders |
7 |
3 |
Gaynell Tinsley E |
7 |
3 |
Al Blozis T |
3 |
3 |
Wayne Millner E-DE |
2 |
3 |
Dinger Doane FB |
20 |
2 |
Ben Jones FB-BB-WB |
19 |
2 |
Clyde Smith C |
19 |
2 |
Two-Bits Honan B |
17 |
2 |
Milt Rehnquist G-C-T |
15 |
2 |
Jack Spellman T-B |
15 |
2 |
Rudy Comstrock G-T |
14 |
2 |
Joe Lillard HB |
14 |
2 |
Jack McBride FB |
13 |
2 |
Tom Nash |
13 |
2 |
Nate Barragar C-G |
12 |
2 |
Stumpy Thomason WB-TB-BB-HB |
11 |
2 |
Eggs Manske E |
7 |
2 |
Bernie Masterson QB |
7 |
2 |
George Svendesn C |
6 |
2 |
Russ Letlow G-T |
1 |
2 |
Herb Stein C-G |
19 |
1 |
Tillie Voss E-T |
18 |
1 |
Duke Hanny E-T-G-FB |
17 |
1 |
Bull Behman T-E |
16 |
1 |
Doc Elliott B |
16 |
1 |
Jim Laird B-G-T |
16 |
1 |
Dick O'Donnell E |
16 |
1 |
Curly Oden BB |
15 |
1 |
Hap Moran B |
14 |
1 |
Les Caywood G-T |
14 |
1 |
Doug Wycoff B |
13 |
1 |
George Kenneally E |
12 |
1 |
Zuck Carlson G-T-C-LB |
11 |
1 |
Lon Evans G-T |
10 |
1 |
Len Grant T |
10 |
1 |
Father Lumpkin BB |
10 |
1 |
Ernie Caddell WB-TB-BB-FB |
9 |
1 |
Lou Gordon T-G-E |
9 |
1 |
Ookie Miller C-G-LB |
9 |
1 |
Joe Zeller G-E |
9 |
1 |
Ralph Kerchaval WB |
7 |
1 |
Ozzie Simmons HB |
8 |
1 |
Tony Blazine T |
6 |
1 |
Lloyd Cardwell WR-DB-FB |
4 |
1 |
Dick Farman G |
4 |
1 |
Bull Karcis FB-BB-HB |
4 |
1 |
Ray Nolting HB |
4 |
1 |
Joe Carter E |
2 |
1 |
Gene Ronzani T |
2 |
1 |
Pete Tinsley G |
2 |
1 |
Gary Famigetti FB-HB |
1 |
1 |
Parker Hall TB-HB |
1 |
1 |
Bill Lee T |
1 |
1 |
Bob Masterson E |
1 |
1 |
Fred Gillies T |
19 |
0 |
Jim McMillen G |
19 |
0 |
Bub Weller T-E |
19 |
0 |
Hec Garvey G-E-T-C |
16 |
0 |
Frank Racis G-T-E |
16 |
0 |
Don Murry T-E-G |
15 |
0 |
Al Graham G |
14 |
0 |
Dick Stahlman T-G |
14 |
0 |
Butch Gibson G-T |
14 |
0 |
Bill Senn B |
13 |
0 |
Bill Morgan T |
11 |
0 |
Bert Pearson |
11 |
0 |
Clare Randolph C |
11 |
0 |
Al Rose E |
11 |
0 |
Harry Ebding E |
10 |
0 |
Buster Mitchell E-T |
10 |
0 |
Bill Karr E |
9 |
0 |
Bree Cuppoletti G |
8 |
0 |
Kink Richards B |
8 |
0 |
Bill Smith E |
8 |
0 |
Ernie Smith T |
8 |
0 |
Johnny Dell Isola G |
7 |
0 |
Milt Gantenbein E |
7 |
0 |
Jack Johnson T |
7 |
0 |
Jim Barber T |
6 |
0 |
Frank Bausch C |
6 |
0 |
Ed Danowski B |
6 |
0 |
Johnny Drake B |
6 |
0 |
Armand Niccolai T-G |
5 |
0 |
Steve Slivinski G-LB |
4 |
0 |
Clyde Shugart G |
3 |
0 |
Conway Baker G-T |
2 |
0 |
Andy Farkas FB-HB-WB |
2 |
0 |
Abe Schwammel E |
2 |
0 |
Merl Condit HB |
1 |
0 |
Frank Filchok TB-QB-HN |
1 |
0`` |
Carl Mulleneaux E |
1 |
0 |
Jim Poole E |
1 |
0 |
Ed Rucinski E |
1 |
0 |
Perry Schwartz E |
1 |
0 |
Orville Tuttle G |
1 |
0 |
Willie Wilkin T |
1 |
0 |
This is for the “Senior Era”
*Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:
Blondy Wallace |
7 |
22 |
Hunk Anderson |
2 |
16 |
Gull Falcon |
7 |
14 |
Cub Buck |
2 |
14 |
Sol Butler |
7 |
11 |
Pete Stinchcomb |
1 |
10 |
Henry McDonald |
7 |
9 |
Rip King |
2 |
7 |
Bob Shiring |
7 |
7 |
Steamer Horning |
4 |
6 |
Herman Kerchoff |
7 |
6 |
Harry Robb |
4 |
6 |
Tam Rose |
7 |
4 |
Bob Koehler |
1 |
2 |
Lou Smyth |
1 |
0 |
This is for the Coaches/Contributors
*Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:
Jimmy Conzelman |
3 |
29 |
Charles Bidwell |
3 |
25 |
Ralph Hay |
3 |
25 |
Art Rooney |
3 |
16 |
Elmer Layden |
3 |
12 |
Carl Strock |
3 |
11 |
LeRoy Andrews |
3 |
9 |
Dick Rauch |
3 |
8 |
Christopher O’Brien |
3 |
6 |
George Clark |
3 |
6 |
Christopher O’Brien |
2 |
5 |
Dick Rauch |
3 |
8 |
Tommy Hughitt |
3 |
4 |
Frank Nied |
3 |
2 |
Cooney Checkeye |
3 |
1 |
Next Saturday, we will be posting the results of the 1952 Finalists of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project.
Thank you to all who contributed, and if you want to be a part of this project, please let us know!
We have to way back for this one as Al Nesser played in the NFL from 1920 to 1931, and predated that before the NFL formed with a decade in the long-defunct Ohio League. Nesser was one of six brothers who played pro football, and he was the last player in professional football not to wear a helmet. He was a member of two NFL Championship Teams, the Akron Pros in 1920, and the New York Giants in 1927.