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The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1948 PRELIMINARY VOTE

Thank you for all of you who have participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project, and if you are unaware of what that is, simply, we acted as if the PFHOF had their first class in January of 1946?

We have completed the two years thus far, and here we are with a third year.

For “1948” a Preliminary Vote with 127 players whose playing career ended by 1940. 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 is asked to select 25 names from the preliminary list, with the top 25 vote getters named as Semi-Finalists.

A week later, the voters will be asked to pick 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, and a week after, they will pick five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process weekly until we catch up to the current year.

29 people participated in the 1948 Preliminary Vote which yielded the following result:

This is for the “Modern Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

Player

Year of Eligibility

Vote Total

Duke Slater T

12

29

Jimmy Conzelman* BB-TB-HB-E

14

28

Cliff Battles TB-FB-WB-DB

6

28

Guy Chamberlin E-WB

16

27

George Trafton C

12

27

Benny Friedman TB-DB

9

27

Mike Michalske G-T-LB-BB

6

27

Johnny Blood TB-HB-WB-BB-DB

5

27

Joe Guyon WB-TB-BB-FB

16

26

Pete Henry T

15

26

Verne Llewellen B

11

26

Steve Owen T-G

10

26

Link Lyman T

9

26

Ray Flaherty E-DE

8

26

Lavvie Dilweg E

9

24

Walt Kiesling G-T

5

24

Red Badgro E-DE

7

22

Ox Emerson G-C

5

22

Clark Hinkle FB-LB-HB-DB

2

22

Dutch Sternaman HB-QB-FB

18

21

Turk Edwards T

3

21

Beattie Feathers HB-WB

3

12

Cecil Isbel TB-HB

1

12

Swede Youngstrom G-T-E-C

18

10

Steamer Horning T

20

9

Harry Robb B

20

8

Pete Stinchcomb HB

19

8

Hunk Anderson G-C

18

8

Joey Sternaman QB-BB

15

7

Tony Latone B

13

6

Whizzer White TB-HB

2

6

Cub Buck T

18

5

Gus Sonnenberg T-FB-TB

13

5

George Christensen T-G

4

5

Duke Henry E-T-G-FB

13

4

Joe Kopcha G

10

4

Nate Barragar C-G

8

4

Jack Manders HB-FB

3

4

Gaynell Tinsley E

3

4

Bob Koehler FB

17

3

Wildcat Wilson TB

17

3

Willis Brennan G-T

16

3

Duke Osborne G-C

15

3

Al Nesser G-E-C

12

3

Stumpy Thomason WB-TB-BB-HB

11

3

Luke Johnsos E

7

3

Ace Gutkowski FB-TB

4

3

Milt Gantenbein E

3

3

Jim McMillen G

15

2

Tillie Voss E-T

14

2

Red Dunn BB-TB

12

2

Ray Kemp T

10

2

Zuck Carlson G-T-C-LB

7

2

Glenn Presnell T-B

7

2

Father Lumpkin BB

6

2

Buster Mitchell E-T

6

2

Potsy Jones G

5

2

Ozzie Simmons HB

4

2

Rip King B

18

1

Lou Smyth B 

17

1

Doc Alexander C-T-G-E

16

1

Tex Grigg B

16

1

Fred Gillies T

15

1

Frank Racis G-T-E

14

1

Two-Bits Honan B

13

1

Milt Rehnquist G-C-T

13

1

Jug Earp C-T-G

11

1

Chuck Kassel E

10

1

Joe Lillard HB

10

1

Hap Moran B

10

1

Dick Stahlman T-G

10

1

Bo Molenda FB-HB-BB

9

1

Al Rose E

7

1

Carl Brumbaugh B

5

1

Ernie Caddell WB-TB-BB-FB

5

1

Kink Richards B

4

1

Jack Johnson T

3

1

Eggs Manske E

3

1

Bernie Masterson QB

3

1

Jim Barber T

2

1

Tony Blazine T

2

1

Johnny Drake B

2

1

Armand Niccolai T-G

1

1

Dinger Doane FB

16

0

Tex Hamer B

16

0

Russ Hathaway T-G

16

0

Ben Jones FB-BB-WB

15

0

Clyde Smith C

15

0

Herb Stein C-G

15

0

Bub Weller T-E

15

0

Bull Behman T-E

12

0

Doc Elliott B

12

0

Hec Garvey G-E-T-C

12

0

Jim Laird B-G-T

12

0

Dick O'Donnell E

12

0

Don Murry T-E-G

11

0

Curly Oden BB

11

0

Jack Spellman T-B

11

0

Rudy Comstrock G-T

10

0

Al Graham G

10

0

George Kenneally E

10

0

Les Caywood G-T

9

0

Butch Gibson G-T

9

0

Jack McBride FB

9

0

Tom Nash E

9

0

Bill Senn B

9

0

Doug Wycoff B

9

0

Bill Morgan T

7

0

Bill Owen T-G

7

0

Bert Pearson C-G

7

0

Clare Randolph C

6

0

Harry Ebding E

6

0

Lon Evans G-T

6

0

Keith Molesworth HB-QB

5

0

Lou Gordon T-G-E

5

0

Len Grant T

5

0

Swede Hanson B

5

0

Bill Karr E

5

0

Ookie Miller C-G-LB

5

0

Joe Zeller G-E

5

0

Bree Cuppoletti G

4

0

Bill Smith E

4

0

Ernie Smith T

4

0

Johnny Dell Isola G

3

0

Ralph Kerchaval WB

3

0

Frank Bausch C

2

0

Ed Danowski B

2

0

This is for the “Senior Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

Blondy Wallace

N/A

27

Charles Follis

N/A

24

Henry McDonald

N/A

20

Ted Nesser

N/A

19

Sol Butler

N/A

17

Bob Shiring

N/A

15

Herman Kerchoff

N/A

13

Gul Falcon

N/A

7

Tam Rose

N/A

3

Next Saturday, we will be posting the results of the Semi-Final Vote of the 1948 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited.

Thank you to all who contributed, and if you want to be a part of this project, please let us know!

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