1965 PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
Thank you to all who participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are still determining what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946.
We have completed the first 17 years thus far.
For “1965,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 100 players whose playing career ended by 1959. 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, and the top 25 vote-getters were named 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.
Please note that a significant change occurred “years ago,” allowing voters to submit less than the allotted spots.
31 Votes took place
This is for the “Modern Era”
Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:
*Indicates they have been removed from future ballots
Player |
Year of Eligibility |
Vote Total |
Lou Creekmur T-G-DG-DT |
1 |
28 |
Ed Sprinkle DE-E-G-LB |
5 |
24 |
Lou Rymkus T |
9 |
23 |
Marshall Goldberg FB |
12 |
22 |
Ward Cuff WB-QB-HB |
13 |
22 |
Bill Osmanski FB |
13 |
22 |
Pat Harder E |
7 |
21 |
Jack Butler DB |
1 |
21 |
Bobby Dillon S |
1 |
21 |
Buckets Goldenberg G-BB |
15 |
20 |
Dick Stanfel G |
2 |
20 |
George Svendsen C |
19 |
18 |
Whizzer White TB-HB |
19 |
17 |
Woody Strode E |
11 |
17 |
Vic Sears T-DT |
7 |
17 |
Gaynell Tinsley E |
20 |
16 |
Bruno Banducci G |
6 |
16 |
Tank Younger FB-LB-HB |
2 |
16 |
George Wilson E |
14 |
13 |
Charley Brock C-HB |
13 |
13 |
Frankie Albert QB |
8 |
13 |
Bucko Kilroy G-MG-T-DT |
5 |
13 |
Frank Cope T |
13 |
11 |
Les Bingaman DG-G-C |
6 |
11 |
Spec Sanders TB |
10 |
10 |
Buster Ramsey G |
9 |
8 |
Abe Gibron G |
1 |
6 |
Jim David DB S |
1 |
5 |
Dale Dodrill MG-LB |
1 |
5 |
Eggs Manske E |
20 |
4 |
Pug Manders HB-TB |
12 |
4 |
Dan Towler FB |
5 |
4 |
Chuck Drazenovich LB-FB |
1 |
4 |
Warren Lahr DB |
1 |
4 |
Jack Manders |
20 |
3 |
Bob Masterson E |
14 |
3 |
Jim Lee Howell E |
13 |
3 |
Baby Ray T |
12 |
3 |
Otto Schellenbacher S |
9 |
3 |
Bill Fischer T-G-DT |
7 |
3 |
Paul Lipscomb T-DT |
6 |
3 |
Hugh Taylor QB |
6 |
3 |
Dub Jones B-DB-WB-TB |
5 |
3 |
Bill Johnson C-LB |
4 |
3 |
George Ratterman QB |
4 |
3 |
Milt Gantenbein E |
20 |
2 |
Bull Karcis FB-BB-HB |
18 |
2 |
Ted Frisch FB |
10 |
2 |
Vic Lindskog C |
9 |
2 |
Ray Bray G |
8 |
2 |
Don Paul LB-MG-C |
5 |
2 |
George Taliaferro HB-TB-QB-DB |
5 |
2 |
LaVern Torgeson LB-C |
3 |
2 |
Pete Tinsley G |
15 |
1 |
Parker Hall TB-HB |
14 |
1 |
Russ Letlow G-T |
14 |
1 |
Pug Manders HB-TB |
13 |
1 |
Chet Bulger T |
10 |
1 |
Paul Christman QB |
10 |
1 |
Dick Huffman T |
10 |
1 |
Tommy Thompson QB |
10 |
1 |
Dick Hoerner E |
8 |
1 |
Bob Hoernschemeyer B |
5 |
1 |
Leon Hart E-FB-DE |
3 |
1 |
*Al Blozis T |
16 |
0 |
Glenn Dobbs TB-QB |
11 |
0 |
*Elmer Angsman HB |
8 |
0 |
*Johnny Strzykalski HB |
8 |
0 |
*Cloyce Box E |
6 |
0 |
*Fred Morrison FB-HB |
4 |
0 |
Bob Boyd E-DE |
3 |
0 |
Stan West DG-G-C |
3 |
0 |
Norm Willey DG-G-E |
3 |
0 |
*Don Colo DT |
2 |
0 |
*Gordie Soltau E |
2 |
0 |
*Bill Svoboda LB-FB |
2 |
0 |
*Roger Zatkoff LB-DE |
2 |
0 |
This is for the “Senior Era”
Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:
*Indicates that they will be removed from the ballot permanently.
Player |
Year |
Votes |
George Christensen |
2 |
17 |
Hunk Anderson |
15 |
16 |
Ace Gutkowski |
1 |
16 |
Al Nesser |
9 |
15 |
Joe Kopcha |
4 |
11 |
Glenn Presnell |
4 |
8 |
Wildcat Wilson |
11 |
8 |
Sol Butler |
20 |
6 |
Gull Falcon |
20 |
5 |
Cub Buck |
15 |
5 |
Herman Kerchoff |
20 |
4 |
Henry McDonald |
20 |
3 |
Duke Osborne |
12 |
3 |
Gus Sonnenberg |
10 |
3 |
Joey Sternaman |
10 |
3 |
Father Lumpkin |
3 |
3 |
Steamer Horning |
20 |
2 |
Bob Shiring |
20 |
2 |
Swede Hanson |
2 |
2 |
*Ozzie Simmons |
1 |
1 |
*Potsy Jones |
2 |
0 |
Next week, we will announce the Semi-Finalists for the 1965 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project.
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