1956 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project Class.

Here we are!  Again!!

If you have been following our Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project, you know that we have asked the rhetorical question…what if the PFHOF began in January of 1946?

After soliciting and obtaining a passionate group of football fans and historians, we sent out a ballot for a Preliminary Vote, which we asked each voter to give us 25 names as their semi-finalists, and 5 in the Senior Pool. Following that, we asked the group to vote for their 15 Finalists in the Modern Era, and 3 in the Senior Category. The final stage was to vote for their five Modern Era inductee, one Senior inductee and one Coaches/Contributor inductee.

This is the result of the eleventh official class;

Below, are the final results of this project based on 30 votes, with a major change that we began “two years ago”:  ALL FINALISTS MUST obtain 50% of the VOTE!

This is for the “Modern Era”

*Bold indicates they have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Class of 1956:

Player	Year of Eligibility	Vote Total
Sid Luckman QB	1	30
Alex Wojciechowicz C-LB-E	1	16
George McAfee HB-DB	1	15
Al Nesser G-T-E-C	20	11
Kenny Washington B	3	11
Beattie Feathers HB-WB	12	8
Wayne Millner E	6	7
Whizzer White TB-HB	10	6
Bill Osmanski FB	4	5
Marshall Goldberg FB	3	8
Riley Matheson G	3	7
Steve Owen T-G	18	6
Woody Strode E	2	3
Ward Cuff WB-QB-HB	4	1
Ken Kavanaugh E	1	1

This is for the “Senior Era”, which resulted in no entry, as no candidate received 50%

Swede Youngstrom	3	10
Tony Latone	1	9
Hunk Anderson	5	6
None of the Above	N/A	5

About the 1956 Inductees:

Sid Luckman QB-HB-DB, CHI 1939-50: Inducted in 1956 on his 1^st Ballot.  Inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965. 

Sid Luckman was one of the game’s first great Quarterbacks, and would be the precursor for the era of “T” pivots.  Luckman played his entire 12-year career with the Chicago Bears and when teams saw that he did, they looked to develop their own version of the T-Attack.  Under the guidance of George Halas, Luckman took the Bears to four NFL Championships (1940, 1941, 1943 & 1946) and was named the MVP in 1943.  One of those championships was the 73-0 drubbing over Washington in 1940, which is the biggest margin in any NFL Championship or Super Bowl.  Luckman led the NFL in Passing Yards and Touchdown Passes three times.

Alex Wojciechowicz C-LB-E, DET 1938-46, PHI 1946-50: Inducted in 1956 on his 1st Ballot. Inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.

Alex Wojciechowicz was a two-time All-American at Fordham, and was the lynchpin of the 1937 Rams team that only allowed 16 Points.  The Detroit Lions landed him with the sixth pick, and he continued to dominate at the pro level.  Playing Center on offense and Linebacker on defense, Wojciechowicz was a star on a struggling Lions squad, but a move to a more competitive Eagles team rejuvenated Wojciechowicz, who helped them win two NFL Championships (1948 & 1949).

George McAfee HB-DB, CHI 1940-41 & 1945-46: Inducted in 1956 on his 1st Ballot. Inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966.

Despite the fact that George McAfee was taken with the second overall pick in the 1940 Draft, there was some trepidation from George Halas and the Chicago Bears management towards the Back.  They need not have worried.  McAfee played all eight of his seasons in the National Football League with the Bears and the multi-talented Back would be named to the 1940s All-Decade Team.  Considered to be one of the top Chicago Bears of all-time, McAfee helped take the team to three NFL Championships.