1968 SEMI-FINAL RESULTS:
Thank you for all of your participation in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are unaware of what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946.
We have completed the years up to 1967.
For “1968,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1961. 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 were asked to pick 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, and next week, they will pick five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process weekly until we catch up to the current year.
33 Votes took place, with the top fifteen advancing.
This is for the “Modern Era”
Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:
Player |
Year of Eligibility |
Vote Total |
Chuck Bednarik LB-C |
1 |
33 |
Bobby Layne QB |
1 |
32 |
Ward Cuff WB-QB-HB |
16 |
24 |
Alan Ameche FB |
3 |
23 |
Charlie Conerly QB |
2 |
23 |
Bobby Dillon S |
4 |
21 |
Pat Harder FB |
10 |
20 |
Marshall Goldberg T |
15 |
20 |
Buckets Goldenberg G-BB |
18 |
18 |
Mike McCormack |
1 |
18 |
Bill Osmanski FB |
16 |
17 |
Gene Lipscomb DT |
1 |
16 |
Tank Younger FB-LB-HB |
5 |
14 |
Bruno Banducci G |
9 |
13 |
Billy Wilson E-FL |
3 |
12 |
Vic Sears T-DT |
10 |
9 |
Bucko Kilroy G-MG-T-DT |
8 |
9 |
Les Richter LB-C |
1 |
9 |
Woody Strode E |
14 |
8 |
Harlon Hill E-DB |
1 |
8 |
Frankie Albert QB |
11 |
7 |
Charley Brock C-HB-FB |
16 |
4 |
Frank Cope T |
16 |
4 |
Les Bingaman DG-G-C |
9 |
4 |
Kyle Rote E-HB |
2 |
4 |
George Wilson E |
17 |
3 |
Spec Sanders TB |
13 |
3 |
Duane Putnam G |
1 |
3 |
This is for the “Senior Era”
*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:
Al Nesser |
11 |
19 |
George Christensen |
5 |
17 |
Ace Gutkowski |
4 |
15 |
Byron “Whizzer” White |
2 |
13 |
Wildcat Wilson |
14 |
8 |
None of the Above |
7 |
We will post the Class of the 1968 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project next Saturday.
Thank you to all who contributed. If you want to be part of this project, please let us know!
1968 SEMI-FINAL RESULTS:
Thank you for all of your participation in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are unaware of what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946.
We have completed the years up to 1967.
For “1968,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1961. 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 were asked to pick 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, and next week, they will pick five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process weekly until we catch up to the current year.
33 Votes took place, with the top fifteen advancing.
This is for the “Modern Era”
Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:
Player |
Year of Eligibility |
Vote Total |
Chuck Bednarik LB-C |
1 |
33 |
Bobby Layne QB |
1 |
32 |
Ward Cuff WB-QB-HB |
16 |
24 |
Alan Ameche FB |
3 |
23 |
Charlie Conerly QB |
2 |
23 |
Bobby Dillon S |
4 |
21 |
Pat Harder FB |
10 |
20 |
Marshall Goldberg T |
15 |
20 |
Buckets Goldenberg G-BB |
18 |
18 |
Mike McCormack |
1 |
18 |
Bill Osmanski FB |
16 |
17 |
Gene Lipscomb DT |
1 |
16 |
Tank Younger FB-LB-HB |
5 |
14 |
Bruno Banducci G |
9 |
13 |
Billy Wilson E-FL |
3 |
12 |
Vic Sears T-DT |
10 |
9 |
Bucko Kilroy G-MG-T-DT |
8 |
9 |
Les Richter LB-C |
1 |
9 |
Woody Strode E |
14 |
8 |
Harlon Hill E-DB |
1 |
8 |
Frankie Albert QB |
11 |
7 |
Charley Brock C-HB-FB |
16 |
4 |
Frank Cope T |
16 |
4 |
Les Bingaman DG-G-C |
9 |
4 |
Kyle Rote E-HB |
2 |
4 |
George Wilson E |
17 |
3 |
Spec Sanders TB |
13 |
3 |
Duane Putnam G |
1 |
3 |
This is for the “Senior Era”
*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:
Al Nesser |
11 |
19 |
George Christensen |
5 |
17 |
Ace Gutkowski |
4 |
15 |
Byron “Whizzer” White |
2 |
13 |
Wildcat Wilson |
14 |
8 |
None of the Above |
7 |
We will post the Class of the 1968 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project next Saturday.
Thank you to all who contributed. If you want to be part of this project, please let us know!
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