1968 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 22 years thus far.
For “1968,” 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.
33 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 |
|
Bobby Layne QB |
1 |
32 |
|
Chuck Bednarik LB-C |
1 |
31 |
|
Charlie Conerly QB |
2 |
22 |
|
Gene Lipscomb |
1 |
21 |
|
Ward Cuff WB-QB-HB |
16 |
20 |
|
Alan Ameche FB |
3 |
20 |
|
Marshall Goldberg FB |
15 |
19 |
|
Pat Harder E |
10 |
19 |
|
Tank Younger FB-LB-HB |
5 |
19 |
|
Bobby Dillon S |
4 |
17 |
|
Buckets Goldenberg G-BB |
18 |
16 |
|
Bill Osmanski FB |
16 |
16 |
|
Mike McCormack T-G |
1 |
16 |
|
Les Richter LB-C |
1 |
15 |
|
George Wilson E |
17 |
14 |
|
Woody Strode E |
14 |
14 |
|
Vic Sears T-DT |
10 |
14 |
|
Bruno Banducci G |
9 |
14 |
|
Bucko Kilroy G-MG-T-DT |
8 |
14 |
|
Billy Wilson E-FL |
3 |
14 |
|
Harlon Hill E-DB |
1 |
14 |
|
Spec Sanders TB |
13 |
12 |
|
Les Bingaman DG-G-C |
9 |
10 |
|
Frankie Albert QB |
11 |
10 |
|
Charley Brock C-HB |
16 |
9 |
|
Frank Cope T |
16 |
9 |
|
Kyle Rote E-HB |
2 |
9 |
|
Duane Putnam G |
1 |
9 |
|
Marion Campbell DE-DT-MG-G-T |
2 |
7 |
|
Buster Ramsey G |
12 |
6 |
|
Paul Lipscomb T-DT |
9 |
6 |
|
Ray Wietcha C |
1 |
5 |
|
Bob Masterson E |
17 |
4 |
|
Pug Manders HB-TB |
16 |
4 |
|
George Ratterman QB |
7 |
4 |
|
Leon Hart E-FB-DE |
6 |
4 |
|
Jim Lee Howell E |
16 |
3 |
|
Baby Ray T |
15 |
3 |
|
Hugh Taylor QB |
9 |
3 |
|
Bob Boyd E-DE |
6 |
3 |
|
Hardy Brown LB-DB-FB |
3 |
3 |
|
Tom Brookshier DB |
2 |
3 |
|
Johnny Olszewski DB-HB |
1 |
3 |
|
Pete Tinsley G |
18 |
2 |
|
Dub Jones B-DB-WB-TB |
8 |
2 |
|
George Taliaferro HB-TB-QB-DB |
8 |
2 |
|
Chuck Drazenovich LB-FB |
4 |
2 |
|
Abe Gibron G |
4 |
2 |
|
Warren Lahr DB |
4 |
2 |
|
Art Spinney G-DE |
3 |
2 |
|
Chet Bulger T |
13 |
1 |
|
Paul Christman QB |
13 |
1 |
|
Ted Frisch FB |
13 |
1 |
|
Dick Huffman T |
13 |
1 |
|
Tommy Thompson QB |
13 |
1 |
|
Ray Bray G |
11 |
1 |
|
Dick Hoerner E |
11 |
1 |
|
Bill Fischer T-G-DT |
10 |
1 |
|
Bill Johnson C-LB |
7 |
1 |
|
Jim David DB S |
4 |
1 |
|
Dale Dodrill MG-LB |
4 |
1 |
|
Woodley Lewis DB-E |
3 |
1 |
|
Ray Mathews |
3 |
1 |
|
Jim Mutscheller E-DE |
2 |
1 |
|
Will Sharman DB |
2 |
1 |
|
Parker Hall TB-HB |
17 |
0 |
|
*Glenn Dobbs TB-QB |
14 |
0 |
|
*Vic Lindskog C |
12 |
0 |
|
*Otto Schellenbacher S |
12 |
0 |
|
*Bob Hoernschemeyer B |
8 |
0 |
|
*Dan Towler FB |
8 |
0 |
|
*Bert Rechichar DB-LB-HB-E |
2 |
0 |
|
*Bob Schnelker E |
2 |
0 |
|
Leo Sugar DE |
1 |
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 |
|
Whizzer White |
2 |
17 |
|
Al Nesser |
11 |
14 |
|
George Christensen |
5 |
11 |
|
Ace Gutkowski |
4 |
10 |
|
Wildcat Wilson |
14 |
9 |
|
Cub Buck |
18 |
8 |
|
Joe Kopcha |
7 |
8 |
|
Gaynell Tinsley |
3 |
8 |
|
George Svendesen |
2 |
8 |
|
Gus Sonnenberg |
13 |
6 |
|
Glenn Presnell |
7 |
6 |
|
Father Lumpkin |
6 |
6 |
|
Joey Sterneman |
13 |
5 |
|
Jack Manders |
3 |
5 |
|
Bull Karcis |
1 |
1 |
Please note that three voted for “None of the Above.”
Next week, we will announce the Semi-Finalists for the 1968 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project.
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