It is a massive day for us at Notinhalloffame.com, as “Hall of Fame Season” continues with the announcement of five Finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Ralph Hay (contributor), Mike Holmgren (coach), Maxie Baughan (senior), Sterling Sharpe (senior), and Jim Tyrer (senior) are moving forward in the selection process.
This year, the PFHOF has undergone a new rule where all the Coach/Contributors/Seniors will compete against each other. The Committee will vote for three of the five, with all candidates receiving 80% automatically gaining induction. Should none of the names fail to make 80%, the candidate with the highest percentage will enter the Hall.
About the Finalists:
Contributor:
Ralph Hay: Hay owned the Canton Bulldogs from 1918 to 1922 and catalyzed the National Football League in 1920 when he organized multiple clubs to meet at his car dealership in Canton, Ohio. While his time was brief, his foresight catalyzed the most popular sports league in the United States.
Hay beat out Bud Adams, Buck Kilroy, Robert Kraft, Art Modell, Art Rooney Jr., Seymour Siwoff, Doug Williams, and John Wooten.
Coach:
Mike Holmgren. Holmgren won two Super Bowls with San Francisco, first as a Quarterbacks Coach and then as their Offensive Coordinator, and it propelled him to the Head Coaching job at Green Bay in 1992. He led the Packers to a Super Bowl win at SBXXXI. Holmgren accepted the Seattle Seahawks coaching job and took them to a Super Bowl appearance in 2005. A member of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor, Holmgren had a career record of 161-111.
Holmgren beat out Bill Arnsparger, Tom Coughlin, Chuck Knox, Dan Reeves, Marty Schottenheimer, George Seifert, Mike Shanahan and Clark Shaughnessy.
Seniors:
Maxie Baughan: PHI 1960-65, RAM 1966-70 & WAS 1974. Baughan was an NFL Champion with Philadelphia and was a nine-time Pro Bowl Selection. He also was a one-time First Team All-Pro and five-time Second Team All-Pro. Ranked #15 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Sterling Sharpe: GNB 1988-94. Sharpe led the NFL in Receiving Yards in 1992, was a three-time First Team All-Pro, had five Pro Bowls, and compiled 65 Touchdowns and 8,134 Yards in only seven seasons. Had injuries not taken him down early, Sharpe would already be in. Ranked #26 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Jim Tyrer: DTX 1961-62, KAN 1963-73 & WAS 1974. A three-time AFL Champion with the Texans/Chiefs, the Left Tackle was a six-time First Team All-Pro and nine-time AFL All-Star/Pro Bowl Selection. Ranked #12 on Notinhalloffame.com.
They beat out Ken Anderson, Lester Hayes, Bob Kuechenberg, Albert Lewis, Stanley Morgan, and Al Wistert.
15 Modern Finalists will join these five Finalists.
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