1958 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 as if the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946.
We have completed the years up to 1957.
For “1958,” a Preliminary Vote with over 130 players whose playing career ended by 1952. 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 five advancing.
This is for the “Modern Era”
Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:
Player |
Year of Eligibility |
Vote Total |
Sammy Baugh QB |
1 |
29 |
Tony Canadeo TB-HB |
1 |
25 |
Bulldog Turner C-T-LB-G |
1 |
25 |
Bob Waterfield QB |
1 |
24 |
Wayne Millner E-DE |
8 |
20 |
Steve Owen T-G |
20 |
19 |
Whizzer White TB-HB |
12 |
18 |
Marshall Goldberg T |
5 |
18 |
Mac Speedie E |
1 |
18 |
Ace Gutkowski FB-TB |
14 |
17 |
Ken Kavanaugh E |
3 |
17 |
Buckets Goldenberg G-BB |
8 |
16 |
Ward Cuff WB-QB-HB |
6 |
15 |
Bill Osmanski FB |
6 |
15 |
Woody Strode E |
4 |
11 |
George Christensen G-T |
15 |
11 |
George Sevendsen C |
12 |
10 |
Glenn Presnell T-B |
17 |
6 |
Gaynell Tinsley E |
13 |
6 |
George Wilson E |
7 |
6 |
Charley Brock C-HB-FB |
6 |
6 |
Frankie Albert QB |
1 |
6 |
Lou Rymkus T |
2 |
5 |
Frank Cope T |
6 |
2 |
Spec Sanders TB |
3 |
2 |
Notably, there was a tie, meaning that 16 men advanced to the Finals instead of 15.
This is for the “Senior Era”
*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:
Tony Latone |
3 |
19 |
Al Nesser |
2 |
18 |
Hunk Anderson |
8 |
16 |
Gus Sonnenberg |
3 |
11 |
Wildcat Wilson |
4 |
7 |
Next Saturday, we will post the Class of the 1958 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project.
Thank you to all who contributed. If you want to be part of this project, please let us know!
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