1950 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 fifth official class;

Below, are the final results of this project based on 31 votes:

This is for the “Modern Era”

*Bold indicates they have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Class of 1950:

This is for the “Senior Era”

As none of the Senior Candidates obtained 50 percent of the vote, no Senior Candidate was chosen.  This is the first year where this rule was instituted.  Please note that voters could also opt out of this vote, as per the request of members of the voting body.

This is for the Coaches/Contributors

*Bold indicates they have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Class of 1950:

About the 1950 Inductees:

Clark Hinkle FB-LB-HB-DB, GNB 1932-41: Inducted in 1950 on his 4^th Ballot.  Was inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1964.

Clark Hinkle played all ten of his NFL seasons with the Green Bay Packers where his hard-nosed running style made him an indispensable part of the Packers offense.  Often dueling with Chicago’s Bronko Nagurski, their battles were what Football in the upper mid-west was made of.  Hinkle rushed for 3,860 Yards and 35 Touchdowns and was a First Team All-Pro four times.  He also played at Linebacker, and was also Green Bay’s Punter and Kicker. 

Verne Lewellen B, GNB 1924-27 & 1928-32, NYY 1927: Inducted in 1950 on his 5^th Ballot (technically his 13^th year of eligibility). Was never inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame.

One of the early stars of the Green Bay Packers, Verne Lewellen, was an all-purpose Back who did it all for Green Bay.  The product of Nebraska (the state and the University) would be named to four straight First Team All-Pro squads (1926 to 1929) and was a large part of their three consecutive NFL Championships (1929 to 1931).   While there is no video of Lewellen's lay to draw from, legendary figures like Art Rooney and George Halas extolled his virtues, and while stats were not well kept, it is believed he would have done well in box scores.  We do know that he scored 37 Touchdowns, an incredible number for his day.

Mike Michalske G-T-LB-BB, NYY 1927-28, GNB 1929-35 & 1937: Inducted in 1950 on his 5^th Ballot (technically his 8^th year of eligibility).  Was inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1964.

Mike Michalske began his career with the New York Yankees, where the Penn State alumni was a First Team All-Pro in both of his seasons there.  Michalske joined the Green Bay Packers where he revolutionized the Guard position by suggesting the Packers Coach, Curly Lambeau, that Fullbacks could be used in that role.  An excellent blocker and hole producer, Michalske earned three more First Team All-Pros in Green Bay, and he won three straight NFL Championships (1929-31).

Cliff Battles TB-FB-WB-DB, BOS-WAS 1932-37: Inducted in 1950 on his 5^th Ballot (technically his 8^th year of eligibility). Was inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.

Cliff Battles was an original member of the Washington Commanders (then-named Boston Braves), joining the team in their first year of existence, 1932, after the Akron native joined following college at West Virginia Wesleyan.  Battles led the NFL in Rushing with 578 Yards as a rookie and was second in his sophomore year with 737.  A First Team All-Pro in 1933 and 1934, Battles saved his best year for last. That was 1937, the first of the teams' relocation to Washington, and Battles won his second Rushing Title (874 Yards) and had the most Rushing Touchdowns with five.  A substantial weapon in Sammy Baugh's offense, Battles helped lead Washington to the NFL Championship, and he was a First Team All-Pro for the third time.

Joe Guyon WB-TB-BB-FB, CAN 1920, CLE 1921, WAS 1921, OOR 1922-23, RII 1924, KAN 1925, NYG 1927: Inducted in 1950 on his 5^th Ballot (technically his 18^th year of eligibility). Was inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965.

A teammate of Jim Thorpe at Carlisle, Joe Guyon would be named to the 1920’s All-Decade Team after an eight-year career that saw him play for seven different NFL Teams.  The Back helped the New York Giants win the NFL Championship in 1927.

Bert Bell: Inducted in 1950 on the 1^st Coaches/Contributor Ballot. Was inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965.

Bert Bell was the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles (1933-40), and later the co-owner of the Philadelphia Eagles (1941-46), but his induction was based on his role as the NFL Commissioner. Bell took on that role in 1946, and oversaw his league in their rivalry against the AAFC.  He would broker the merger of the two leagues at the end of the 1949 Season (adding the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Colts) and he was vehemently against gambling, ensuring repercussions to anyone who might tarnish the game by keeping the game’s integrity.  Bell’s biggest contribution was his foresight in regards to the new medium of television. To ensure fans would go to the games, he initiated televised blackouts, and pioneered television “timeouts.”  He recognized the NFL Player’s Union, against the will of the owners, realizing that it was for the betterment of the game.  He remained the NFL Commissioner until he died in 1959. Under Bell, the game grew astronomically.  Following his passing, the Maxwell Football Club (which was founded by Bell) awards their version of the MVP, which is named after Bell.

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Days before the 2023-24 NBA Season is set to begin, it will have to do so without Andre Iguodala, who announced his retirement.

Taken ninth overall in the 2004 by the Philadelphia 76ers, Iguodala had a good run there, where he was an All-Star in 2011-12, and had a four-year streak where he averaged at least 17 Points per Game.  After his All-Star year, Iguodala was traded to Denver, and a season after he was dealt to Golden State, where he had his greatest team success.

After his second season with the Warriors, Iguodala was moved to the bench, but it was a great fit on a team that was loaded with young superstars like Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson.  Iguodala helped the Dubs win four Championships, with Iguodala making history as the first (and only) player to win the Finals MVP (2015) as a non-starter.

Iguodala is unlikely to enter the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame (he is now eligible in 2027), but we expect him to be ranked on our Notinhalloffame.com Basketball list of those to consider for the Hall once his eligibility year comes up.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com wish Andre Iguodala the best in his post-playing career.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB.  Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is important to us that the

St. Louis Blues have announced that Pavol Demetria, Mike Liut and Keith Tkachuk will comprise their second full class.

Pavol Demetria was traded from the Ottawa Senators in 1996 and the Slovak would blossom two years later with an 89-Point season.  Demetria continued to be a point-per-game player with St. Louis, and would win the Lady Byng in the 1999-00 Season and played in three All-Star Games.  He signed with the Los Angeles Kings in 2005 after scoring 493 Points in 494 Games.  Tragically, this is a posthumous induction, as he was one of the players killed in the Lokomotiv Yarozlavl plane crash in 2011.

Mike Liut played his first two seasons of pro hockey with the Cincinnati Stingers of the WHA, and when that league folded, he joined the St. Louis Blues, who owned his NHL rights.  Liut immediately took over as the Blues primary Goalie, and held that for five-and-a-half years before he was traded to Hartford.  Liut’s first three seasons in St. Louis were excellent, peaking in the 1980-81 Season where he was the runner-up for the Hart, and the Lester B. Pearson winner.  He had a 151-139-52 record with a 3.59 GAA for the team.

Traded from the Phoenix Coyotes during the 2000-01 Season, Keith Tkachuk spent the second half of his career (save for 13 Games in Atlanta) with the Blues where he scored 427 Points.  He was an All-Star twice as a Blue.

The Blues Hall of Fame was incorporated last year with a large class that comprised Red Berenson, Scotty Bowman, Berne Federko, Bob Gassoff, Glenn Hall, Brett Hull, Dan Kelly, Al MacInnis, Barclay Plager, Bob Plager, Chris Pronger, the Solomons, Brent Sutter and Garry Unger

The team will honor the three during their home game on January 20 against the Washington Capitals.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the impending members of the St. Louis Blues Hall of Fame.