1966 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 18 years thus far.

For “1966,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 100 players whose playing career ended by 1959. 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

This is for the “Senior Era”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

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

We also had a vote to see if you wanted to change the entrant parameters.

You voted with over 80 percent to keep as is with the Top Five entering providing they get 50% of the final vote.

Next week, we will announce the Semi-Finalists for the 1966 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project.

2025 Pre-Season Rank #68, 2024: Pre-Season Rank: #121.  Peak Period: 2021-25*

Standing at 6'5” and 330 pounds, Penei Sewell can state that going into 2025, he is the most athletic and explosive Tackle in the game of football.  One of the rare Linemen that is dominant on the run and pass, his power and speed have made him and many around him All-Pros.  Only a five-year veteran, Sewell has already been named a First Team All-Pro three times, with a four-year Pro Bowl streak.  Who is to say he can't do the same think in the next five years?

*Sewell has only played five seasons.

Valeri Nichuskin was a bust with the Dallas Stars, who bought out his contract after the 2018-19 Season.  The Colorado Avalanche signed the Russian Right Wing, who became a solid two-way NHL player.

Nichuskin’s offense would finally kick in, with his first 20-Goal year in 2021/22, and the former Stars’ castoff helped the Avalanche win the Stanley Cup.  Thus far, with Colorado, Nichuskin has scored 234 Points in six seasons, and he is still in his prime.

What a pick-up he became!

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023-24 revision of our top 50 Cleveland Cavaliers.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball, we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Cleveland had a good season and continued to build around their young and dynamic team.  There was no new entrant but five elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. LeBron James
2. Mark Price
3. Brad Daugherty
4. Zydrunas Ilgauskas
5. Larry NanceYou can find the entire list here.

Center and 2022 All-Star Jarrett Allen broke into the top 15 and is now at #11.  He was ranked at #22 before

The returning Tristan Thompson inched up one spot to #12.

Superstar Donovan Mitchell, who has only been a Cavalier for two years, rocketed up the list from #40 to #20.  Only in Basketball can we see that happen!

Guard Darius Garland advanced to #31 from #36.

Power Forward Evan Mobley went to #32 from #45.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.