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The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1974 Preliminary VOTE

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1974 Preliminary VOTE
22 Feb
2025
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1974 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 29 years thus far.

For “1974,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 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 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. 

30 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

Lou Groza T-PK

2

28

Jerry Kramer G

1

24

Bobby Mitchell FL-HB-WR

1

24

John Henry Johnson FB-HB

3

22

Paul Hornung HB

3

20

Stan Jones G-DT-T

3

20

Mike McCormack T

7

18

Tommy McDonald FL-WR

1

18

Joe Fortunato LB

3

17

Billy Howton E-FL

6

16

Jimmy Patton DB

3

16

Del Shofner E-DB

2

16

Art Powell E

1

16

Pat Harder E

16

15

Alan Ameche FB

9

15

Bucko Kilroy G-MG-T-DT

14

14

Tom Sestak DT

1

14

Tank Younger FB-LB-HB

11

13

Pete Retzlaff E-HB-TE

3

13

Woody Strode E

20

12

Cookie Gilchrist FB

2

12

Gene Lipscomb DT

7

11

Charlie Conerly QB

8

11

Rosey Grier DT-DE

3

11

Fuzzy Thurston G

2

11

Bobby Boyd DB

1

11

Abe Woodson DB

3

10

Bruno Banducci G

15

9

Billy Wilson E-FL

9

9

Les Richter LB-C

7

9

Abner Haynes HB

2

8

Les Bingaman DG-G-C

15

7

Harlon Hill E-DB

7

7

Max McGee E

2

7

Jim Katcavage DE-DT

1

6

Lionel Taylor DB

1

6

Vic Sears T-DT

16

5

Goose Gonsoulin DB

2

5

John David Crow HB-TE-FB

1

5

Don Meredith QB

1

5

Bob Talamini G

1

5

Frankie Albert QB

17

4

Charley Hennigan FL

3

4

Spec Sanders TB

19

3

George Ratterman QB

13

3

Tom Brookshier DB

8

3

Marion Campbell DE-DT-MG-G-T

8

3

Bobby Walston E-HB-K

7

3

Walt Michaels LB

6

3

Dick Modzelewski DT

3

3

Clem Daniels HB-DB

1

3

Ernie Ladd DT

1

3

Don Perkins HB

1

3

Chet Bulger T

19

2

Buster Ramsey G

18

2

Ray Bray G

17

2

Paul Lipscomb T-DT

15

2

Bob Boyd E-DE

12

2

Rick Cesares FB

3

2

Fred Williamson DB

2

2

Sherrill Headrick LB

1

2

Keith Lincoln FB-HB

1

2

Jim Norton DB-P

1

2

Ted Frisch FB

19

1

Tommy Thompson QB

19

1

Bill Fischer T-G-DT

16

1

Leon Hart E-FB-DE

12

1

Abe Gibron G

10

1

Duane Putnam G

7

1

Bill Forester LB-MG-DT

6

1

Bob Gain DT-DE-MG-T

5

1

Tom Scott DE-LB

5

1

Jim Ray Smith G-T

5

1

Alex Webster HB-FB

5

1

Jon Arnett HB-E

3

1

Earl Faison DE

3

1

Archie Matsos LB

3

1

Tobin Rote QB

3

1

Billy Wade QB

3

1

Tom Addison LB

2

1

Bob Dee DE-DT

2

1

Ordelle Brasse DE

1

1

Mel Branch DE

1

1

Curtis McClinton FB-TE

1

1

Jimmy Orr FL-E-SE-WR

1

1

Paul Christman QB

19

0

Hugh Taylor QB

15

0

Kyle Rote E-HB

7

0

*Ray Renfro HB-FL

6

0

John Nisby G

5

0

Jack Stroud G-T

5

0

Bob Toneff DT-DE-T-LB-G

5

0

Tom Tracy HB-FB

5

0

*Bud McFadin DT-DG-LB-G

4

0

*Don Floyd DE

2

0

*Dale Meinert LB-G

2

0

*John Gordy G-T

2

0

*Red Phillips E

2

0

*Bob Schmidt C-T-G

2

0

*John Tracey LB-E-DB

2

0

Larry Garron HB-FB

1

0

Bill Glass DE-C-T

1

0

Dave Kocourek TE-FL

1

0

Sonny Randle E-WR

1

0

Dick Symanski C-LB

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

Marshall Goldberg

1

15

Ward Cuff

2

13

Whizzer White

8

12

Buckets Goldenberg

4

12

Bill Osmanski

2

11

Al Nesser

17

9

Wildcat Wilson

20

7

Jack Manders

9

7

Ace Gutkowski

10

6

Charley Brock

2

5

Joey Sterneman

19

4

George Svendesen 

8

3

George Wilson

3

3

Frank Cope

2

3

Gus Sonnenberg

19

2

Baby Ray

1

2

*Father Lumpkin

12

1

*Gaynell Tinsley

8

1

 

Please note that three voted for “None of the Above.”

This is for the “Coaches/Contributors”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

*Indicates that they will be removed from the ballot permanently.

Name

Year

Votes

COACH:  Clark Shaughnessy

5

25

COACH: Buddy Parker

5

23

COACH: Greasy Neale

5

15

OWNER: Dan Reeves

5

14

OWNER: Charles Bidwill

5

13

EXEC:  Arch Ward

5

7

COACH: Blanton Collier

1

7

COACH:  Jim Lee Howell

5

5

OWNER:  George Preston Marshall

5

5

COMM: Elmer Layden

5

3

GM/EXEC: Arch Wolfe

5

3

COACH:  Allie Sharman

3

2

OWNER Violet Bidwill

5

1

OWNER: James P. Clark

5

1

EXEC:  Lee Joannes

5

1

OWNER: Edwin J. Anderson

5

0

GM: Don Kellett

5

0

OWNER: Arthur McBride

5

0

GM/CONT: Dick McCann

5

0

OWNER: Tony Morabito

5

0

COACH: Buck Shaw

5

0

OWNER: Alexis Thompson

5

0

GM: Ray Walsh

5

0

COACH: Wally Lemon

1

0

 

Next week, we will announce the Semi-Finalists for the 1974 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project.

Committee Chairman

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

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