1976 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 “1976,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 100 players whose playing career ended by 1960. 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 |
|
Tommy McDonald FL-WR |
3 |
24 |
|
Jerry Kramer G |
3 |
23 |
|
Alex Karras DT |
1 |
23 |
|
Billy Howton E-FL |
8 |
22 |
|
Del Shofner E-DB |
4 |
22 |
|
Paul Hornung HB |
5 |
21 |
|
Gene Lipscomb DT |
9 |
20 |
|
Joe Fortunato LB |
5 |
20 |
|
Jimmy Patton DB |
5 |
20 |
|
Eddie Meador DB |
1 |
19 |
|
Pat Harder E |
18 |
18 |
|
Tom Sestak DT |
3 |
18 |
|
Henry Jordan DT-DE |
2 |
18 |
|
Gino Cappelletti FL-SE-DB-WR-PK |
1 |
18 |
|
Pete Retzlaff E-HB-TE |
5 |
17 |
|
Alan Ameche FB |
11 |
15 |
|
Billy Shaw G |
2 |
15 |
|
Rosey Grier DT-DE |
5 |
14 |
|
Billy Wilson E-FL |
11 |
13 |
|
Charlie Conerly QB |
10 |
13 |
|
Bobby Boyd DB |
3 |
13 |
|
Tank Younger FB-LB-HB |
13 |
12 |
|
Abe Woodson DB |
5 |
12 |
|
Roger Brown DT |
2 |
12 |
|
Les Richter LB-C |
9 |
11 |
|
Cookie Gilchrist FB |
4 |
11 |
|
Art Powell E |
3 |
11 |
|
Dave Grayson DB |
1 |
11 |
|
Bucko Kilroy G-MG-T-DT |
16 |
10 |
|
Jack Kemp QB |
2 |
10 |
|
Fuzzy Thurston G |
4 |
9 |
|
Abner Haynes HB |
4 |
8 |
|
Vic Sears T-DT |
18 |
6 |
|
Bruno Banducci G |
17 |
7 |
|
Max McGee E |
4 |
6 |
|
Howard Mudd G |
1 |
6 |
|
Frankie Albert QB |
19 |
5 |
|
Jim Katcavage DE-DT |
3 |
5 |
|
Fred Arbanas TE |
1 |
5 |
|
Jerry Mays DE-DT |
1 |
5 |
|
Buster Ramsey G |
20 |
4 |
|
Harlon Hill E-DB |
9 |
4 |
|
Don Meredith QB |
3 |
4 |
|
Ray Bray G |
19 |
3 |
|
Les Bingaman DG-G-C |
17 |
3 |
|
Charley Hennigan FL |
5 |
3 |
|
Dick Modzelewski DT |
5 |
3 |
|
Goose Gonsoulin DB |
4 |
3 |
|
Ernie Ladd DT |
3 |
3 |
|
Bob Talamini G |
3 |
3 |
|
Billy Cannon TE-HB |
1 |
3 |
|
E.J. Holub LB-C |
1 |
3 |
|
George Ratterman QB |
15 |
2 |
|
Leon Hart E-FB-DE |
14 |
2 |
|
Abe Gibron G |
12 |
2 |
|
Marion Campbell DE-DT-MG-G-T |
10 |
2 |
|
Duane Putnam G |
9 |
2 |
|
Jim Ray Smith G-T |
7 |
2 |
|
Rick Cesares FB |
5 |
2 |
|
Earl Faison DE |
5 |
2 |
|
John David Crow HB-TE-FB |
3 |
2 |
|
Bob Talamini G |
3 |
2 |
|
Stew Barber T-LB-G |
2 |
2 |
|
Babe Parilli QB |
2 |
2 |
|
Gail Codgill SE-WR |
1 |
2 |
|
Ken Gray G-DE |
1 |
2 |
|
Bill Fischer T-G-DT |
18 |
1 |
|
Bobby Walston E-HB-K |
9 |
1 |
|
Bill Forester LB-MG-DT |
8 |
1 |
|
Walt Michaels LB |
8 |
1 |
|
Bob Gain DT-DE-MG-T |
7 |
1 |
|
Alex Webster HB-FB |
7 |
1 |
|
Archie Matsos LB |
5 |
1 |
|
Billy Wade QB |
4 |
1 |
|
Fred Williamson DB |
4 |
1 |
|
Clem Daniels HB-DB |
3 |
1 |
|
Sherrill Headrick LB |
3 |
1 |
|
Keith Lincoln FB-HB |
3 |
1 |
|
Bobby Joe Conrad FL-DB-HB-WR-PK |
2 |
1 |
|
Paul Lowe HB |
2 |
1 |
|
Frank Ryan QB |
1 |
1 |
|
George Sauer SE-WR |
1 |
1 |
|
*Bob Boyd E-DE |
14 |
0 |
|
*Tom Brookshier DB |
10 |
0 |
|
*Kyle Rote E-HB |
10 |
0 |
|
Bill Pellington LB |
7 |
0 |
|
Tobin Rote QB |
5 |
0 |
|
*Tom Addison LB |
4 |
0 |
|
*Bob Dee DE-DT |
4 |
0 |
|
Jimmy Orr FL-E-SE-WR |
3 |
0 |
|
Don Perkins HB |
3 |
0 |
|
*Dick Bass FB |
2 |
0 |
|
*Bruce Bosley C-G-DE |
2 |
0 |
|
*Larry Eisenhauer DE |
2 |
0 |
|
*Wayne Hawkins G |
2 |
0 |
|
*Bobby Hunt DB |
2 |
0 |
|
*Bill Mathis HB-FB |
2 |
0 |
|
*Milt Plum QB |
2 |
0 |
|
*Don Schinnick LB |
2 |
0 |
|
*Dave Whitsell DB |
2 |
0 |
|
Hewitt Dixon FB-TE |
1 |
0 |
|
Kenny Graham DB |
1 |
0 |
|
Homer Jones SE-WR |
1 |
0 |
|
Jim Lee Hunt DT-DE |
1 |
0 |
|
Kent McCloughlan DB |
1 |
0 |
|
Floyd Peters DT |
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 |
|
Al Nesser |
19 |
15 |
|
Marshall Goldberg |
3 |
15 |
|
Ward Cuff |
4 |
13 |
|
Woody Strode |
2 |
12 |
|
Whizzer White |
10 |
11 |
|
Buckets Goldenberg |
6 |
11 |
|
Jack Manders |
11 |
8 |
|
Bill Osmanski |
4 |
7 |
|
Spec Sanders |
1 |
6 |
|
Ace Gutkowski |
12 |
5 |
|
George Svendesen |
10 |
4 |
|
George Wilson |
5 |
4 |
|
Frank Cope |
4 |
4 |
|
Baby Ray |
3 |
3 |
|
Charley Brock |
4 |
2 |
|
Chet Bulger |
1 |
2 |
|
Paul Christman |
1 |
1 |
|
Ted Frisch |
1 |
1 |
|
Tommy Thompson |
1 |
1 |
Please note that two 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 |
|
OWNER: Lamar Hunt |
1 |
26 |
|
COACH: Buddy Parker |
7 |
25 |
|
OWNER: Charles Bidwill |
7 |
15 |
|
OWNER: Dan Reeves |
7 |
15 |
|
COACH: Greasy Neale |
7 |
12 |
|
EXEC: Arch Ward |
7 |
9 |
|
OWNER: George Preston Marshall |
7 |
7 |
|
COACH: Blanton Collier |
3 |
7 |
|
COMM: Elmer Layden |
7 |
3 |
|
COACH: Allie Sharman |
5 |
2 |
|
COACH: Jim Lee Howell |
7 |
1 |
|
OWNER: Arthur McBride |
7 |
1 |
|
GM/EXEC: Arch Wolfe |
7 |
1 |
|
EXEC: Dominic Olejniczak |
2 |
1 |
|
COACH: Phil Bengston |
1 |
1 |
|
COACH: Don McCafferty |
1 |
1 |
|
EXEC: Harold Sauerbrei |
1 |
1 |
|
EXEC: Louis Spadia |
1 |
1 |
|
OWNER: Edwin J. Anderson |
7 |
0 |
|
OWNER Violet Bidwill |
7 |
0 |
|
OWNER: James P. Clark |
7 |
0 |
|
EXEC: Lee Joannes |
7 |
0 |
|
GM: Don Kellett |
7 |
0 |
|
GM/CONT: Dick McCann |
7 |
0 |
|
OWNER: Tony Morabito |
7 |
0 |
|
COACH: Buck Shaw |
7 |
0 |
|
OWNER: Alexis Thompson |
7 |
0 |
|
GM: Ray Walsh |
7 |
0 |
|
COACH: Wally Lemon |
3 |
0 |
|
EXEC: Nick Kerbawy |
1 |
0 |
Next week, we will announce the Semi-Finalists for the 1976 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project.
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