gold star for USAHOF

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1959 Preliminary VOTE

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1959 Preliminary VOTE
13 Apr
2024
Not in Hall of Fame

1959 PRELIMINARY RESULTS:

Thank you to all of you who have participated 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 first 14 years thus far.

For “1958,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 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 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. 

31 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

Bill Dudley HB-TB-QB

1

27

Bill Willis G

1

26

Max Speedie E

2

26

Ace Gutkowski FB-TB

15

25

Arnie Weinmeister DT

1

25

Ward Cuff WB-QB-HB

7

23

Bill Osmanski FB

7

23

Whizzer White TB-HB

12

22

Wayne Millner E-DE

9

22

Marshall Goldberg FB

6

22

Ken Kavanaugh E

4

22

George Christensen T-G

16

21

Buckets Goldenberg G-BB

9

21

George Svendsen C

13

18

George Wilson E

8

18

Lou Rymkus T

3

17

Woody Strode E

5

16

Frankie Albert QB

2

16

Glenn Presnell T-B

18

15

Charley Brock C-HB

7

15

Frank Cope T                               

7

15

Spec Sanders TB

4

14

Pat Harder E

1

14

Gaynell Tinsley E

14

12

Vic Sears T-DT

1

8

Buster Ramsey G

3

6

Al Blozis T

10

5

Jack Manders

14

4

Russ Letlow G-T

8

4

Pug Manders HB-TB

7

4

Tommy Thompson QB

4

3

Jack McBride FB

20

3

Nate Barragar C-G

19

3

Joe Kopcha G

18

3

Bill Owen T-G

18

3

Stumpy Thomason WB-TB-BB-HB

18

3

Father Lumpkin BB

17

3

Baby Ray T

6

3

Doug Wycoff B

20

2

Bo Molenda FB-HB-BB

19

2

Luke Johnsos E

18

2

Swede Hanson B

16

2

Milt Gantenbein E

14

2

Eggs Manske E

14

2

Bernie Masterson QB

14

2

Bull Karcis FB-BB-HB

12

2

Parker Hall TB-HB

8

2

Roy Zimmerman QB-WB

6

2

Paul Christman QB

4

2

Otto Schellenbacher S

3

2

Ray Bray G

2

2

Bill Fischer T-G-DT

1

2

Tom Nash E

20

1

Keith Molesworth HB-QB

17

1

Potsy Jones G

16

1

Ozzie Simmons HB

15

1

Tony Blazine T

13

1

Pete Tinsley G

9

1

Merl Condit HB

8

1

Gary Fangietti FB-HB

8

1

Frank Filchok TB-QB-HB

8

1

Bob Masterson E

8

1

Jim Poole E

8

1

Ed Rucinski E

8

1

Ki Aldrich C-LB-G

7

1

Jim Lee Howell E

7

1

Ed Kolman T

7

1

Bill Radoivch G

7

1

Billy Dewell E

5

1

Glenn Dobbs TB-QB

5

1

Chet Bulger T

4

1

Ted Frisch FB

4

1

Dick Huffman T

4

1

Elmer Angsman HB

2

1

Tex Coulter T-E-C

2

1

Dick Hoerner E

2

1

Ray Poole R

2

1

Johnny Strzykalski HB

2

1

Jerry Shipkey LB-FB-DB

1

1

*Zuck Carlson G-T-C-LB

18

0

*Carl Brumbaugh B

16

0

*Lou Gordon T-G-E

16

0

*Ookie Miller C-G-LB

16

0

*Joe Zeller G-E

16

0

*Ralph Kerchaval WB

14

0

Jim Barber T

13

0

Ed Danowski B

13

0

Johnny Drake B

13

0

*Clyde Shugart G

10

0

Conway Baker G-T

9

0

Joe Carter E

9

0

Andy Farkas FB-HB-WB

9

0

Gene Ronzani T

9

0

*Bill Lee T

8

0

*Orville Tuttle G

8

0

*Willie Wilkin T

8

0

Dick Plasman E-T

7

0

Elbie Schultz T-G

7

0

Joe Aguire E

5

0

Larry Craig B-E

5

0

Dick Humbert E-DE

5

0

John Woudenberg T

5

0

*Jack Ferrante E

4

0

*Dante Magnami HB-WR

4

0

*Bob Nowasky E

4

0

*Steve Pritko E

4

0

*Bob Reinhard T-FB

4

0

*Norm Standlee FB-LB

4

0

Fred Davis T-DT

3

0

Vic Lindskog C

3

0

Ed Neal MG-C-G-T

3

0

*Visco Grgich G

2

0

*Jim Keane E

2

0

Dick Wildung G-DT-T

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.

Tony Latone

4

20

Al Nesser

3

18

Hunk Anderson

9

17

Wildcat Wilson

5

14

Cub Buck

9

8

Joey Sternaman

4

7

Gus Sonnenberg

4

6

Gull Falcon

14

5

Sol Butler

14

4

Two-Bits Honan

4

4

Herman Kerchoff

14

4

Henry McDonald

14

4

Steamer Horning

14

3

Bob Shiring

14

3

Pete Stinchcomb

7

3

Doc Alexander

7

3

Duke Osborne

6

2

*Jug Earp

2

1

*Ray Kemp

1

1

*Joe Lillard

1

1

*Hap Moran

1

1

*Harry Robb

11

0

*Curly Oden

2

0

*Milt Rehnquist

2

0

*Jack Spellman

2

0

*Rudy Comstrock

1

0

*Chuck Kassell

1

0

*Dick Stahlman

1

0

In the special vote, modern candidates are removed if they have no votes on years 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18.

We will post the 1958 Finalists of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project results next Saturday.

Thank you to all who contributed. If you want to be part of this project, please let us know!

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.

Comments powered by CComment