Archie Clark was chosen by the Los Angeles Lakers 37^th overall from Minnesota in 1966.  With that draft spot, it can be ascertained that he took the NBA by surprise when he averaged over 10 Points per Game and was third in Rookie of the Year voting.

One of the early utilizers of the crossover dribble, Clark was often referred to as “Shake and Bake.” Stylistically, he has one of the sweetest shots in the game and was an All-Star in his second season. However, he was traded to Philadelphia on the other coast, where he was part of the large deal that sent Wilt Chamberlain the other way.

Clark did not assimilate well in his first season with the Sixers but regained his scoring touch the years after with 19.7 and 21.3 PPG seasons, respectively.  After one game in the 1971/72 campaign, Clark was traded to the Baltimore Bullets (later Capitol Bullets), where he had the season of his life.  The Guard averaged 25.2 Points per Game, was an All-Star for the second time, and earned his first All-NBA Selection.  After another good year, Clark wound down his career with a season each for Seattle and Detroit.

Kyle Williams has been referred to as the “heart and soul” of the Buffalo Bills throughout his lengthy tenure in Western New York and while that is certainly a compliment there are many who are unaware of his talent as the Bills were not exactly potent during his playing days.

A mid round pick from LSU, Kyle Williams joined Buffalo in the 2006 season and this would be the only team he would ever play for over his 13 year NFL career.  The Defensive Tackle always left it all on the gridiron where he was not just the aforementioned heart of the team but was their anchor.  He quietly was chosen for six Pro Bowls and he played 183 Games recording 48.5 Quarterback Sacks with 611 Tackles.

1962 PRELIMINARY RESULTS:

Thank you to all who participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are unaware of what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946.

We have completed the first 16 years thus far.

For “1962,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 100 players whose playing career ended by 1955. 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.

Next week, we will announce the Semi-Finalists for the 1962 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project.

The problem with running a Hall of Fame-related website is that many of the big ones we cover all have announcements within months of each other.  The backbone of what we do is list-related, resulting in a long push to revise what we already have, specifically now with our Football and Basketball Lists.

At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the ninth ten of the 2024 Basketball List, which you can comment on and vote on:

The new 91 to 100:

91. Christian Laettner
92. Clifford Robinson
93. Richard Hamilton
94. Michael Ray Richardson
95. Kenny Sears
96. Fat Lever
97. Sam Lacey
98. Bob Boozer
99. Steve Francis
100. Sam Perkins

Rankings are impacted annually based on your comments and votes.

Thank you all for your patience. We will soon unveil more changes to the football and basketball lists.