The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1972 Semi-Final VOTE

18 Jan
2025
Not in Hall of Fame

1972 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 1971.

For “1972,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1965. 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.

30 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

Gino Marchetti DE-T-DT

1

30

Bill George LB-G-MG-DT

1

26

John Henry Johnson FB-HB

1

26

Paul Hornung HB

1

25

Mike McCormack T

5

24

Ollie Matson RB-FL

1

24

Alan Ameche FB

7

21

Stan Jones G-DT-T

1

21

Pat Harder FB

14

20

Joe Fortunato LB

1

19

Billy Howton E-FL

4

18

Jimmy Patton DB

1

17

Ward Cuff WB-QB-HB

20

14

Pete Retzlaff E-HB-TE

1

14

Charlie Conerly QB

6

13

Gene Lipscomb DT

5

12

Bucko Kilroy G-MG-T-DT

12

10

Rosey Grier DT-DE

1

10

Bill Osmanski FB

20

9

Les Richter LB-C

5

9

Marshall Goldberg FB

19

8

Abe Woodson DB

1

8

Bruno Banducci G

13

5

Woody Strode E

18

4

Billy Wilson E-FL

7

4

 

This is for the “Senior Era” 

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

 

Player

Year of Eligibility

Vote Total

Al Nesser

15

17

Buckets Goldenberg

2

16

Joe Kopcha

11

15

Whizzer White

6

14

Wildcat Wilson

18

6

 

This is for the “Coaches/Contributors Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

 

Player

Year of Eligibility

Vote Total

COACH Buddy Parker

3

21

COACH Clark Shaughnessy

3

17

OWNER Tim Mara

3

16

OWNER Charles Bidwill

3

11

COACH Greasy Neale

3

11

 

We will post the Class of the 1972 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!

Kirk Buchner, "The Committee Chairman", is the owner and operator of the site.  Kirk can be contacted at kirk.buchner@notinhalloffame.com . Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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