1973 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 1972.
For “1973,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1967. 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 |
Raymond Berry E |
1 |
31 |
Lou Groza T-PK |
1 |
29 |
Jim Parker T-G |
1 |
28 |
Jim Taylor FB |
1 |
27 |
Jim Ringo C |
1 |
26 |
Paul Hornung HB |
2 |
25 |
Lenny Moore HB-FL |
1 |
25 |
John Henry Johnson FB-HB |
2 |
24 |
Stan Jones G-DT-T |
2 |
18 |
Del Shofner E-DB |
1 |
18 |
Alan Ameche FB |
8 |
16 |
Mike McCormack T |
6 |
16 |
Joe Fortunato LB |
2 |
16 |
Jimmy Patton DB |
2 |
16 |
Pat Harder FB |
15 |
15 |
Billy Howton E-FL |
5 |
14 |
Marshall Goldberg FB |
20 |
10 |
Gene Lipscomb DT |
6 |
10 |
Les Richter LB-C |
6 |
10 |
Cookie Gilchrist FB |
1 |
10 |
Charlie Conerly QB |
7 |
9 |
Pete Retzlaff E-HB-TE |
2 |
9 |
Bucko Kilroy G-MG-T-DT |
13 |
8 |
Rosey Grier DT-DE |
2 |
8 |
Abner Haynes HB |
1 |
6 |
Fuzzy Thurston G |
1 |
6 |
Tank Younger FB-LB-HB |
12 |
5 |
Max McGee E |
1 |
5 |
This is for the “Senior Era”
*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:
Player |
Year of Eligibility |
Vote Total |
Joe Kopcha |
12 |
19 |
Ward Cuff |
1 |
17 |
Whizzer White |
7 |
16 |
Buckets Goldenberg |
3 |
13 |
Pug Manders |
1 |
3 |
None of the Above |
|
3 |
This is for the “Coaches/Contributors Era”
*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:
Player |
Year of Eligibility |
Vote Total |
COACH Vince Lombardi |
1 |
32 |
COACH Buddy Parker |
4 |
18 |
COACH Clark Shaughnessy |
4 |
17 |
COACH Greasy Neale |
4 |
11 |
OWNER: Charles Bidwill |
4 |
9 |
We will post the Class of the 1973 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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