1949 PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
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 first two years, where a Preliminary, Semi-Final and Final vote for the 1946 Class, which inducted two full classes
For “1949” a Preliminary Vote with 130 players whose playing career ended by 1943. 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, with the top 25 vote getters named as Semi-Finalists.
A week later, the voters were 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.
30 Votes took place
This is for the “Modern Era”
Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:
Player |
Year of Eligibility |
Vote Total |
Bronko Nagurski G-LB |
1 |
29 |
Joe Guyon WB-TB-BB-FB |
17 |
28 |
Johnny Blood TB-HB-WB-BB-DB |
6 |
28 |
Cliff Battles TB-FB-WB-DB |
7 |
27 |
Jimmy Conzelman HB-TB-BB-E |
15 |
26 |
Clark Hinkle FB-LB-HB-DB |
3 |
25 |
Link Lyman T |
10 |
25 |
Ray Flaherty E-DE |
8 |
25 |
Mike Michalske G-T-LB-BB |
7 |
24 |
Walt Kiesling G-T |
6 |
24 |
Verne Llewellen B |
12 |
23 |
Lavvie Dilweg E |
10 |
23 |
Steve Owen T-G |
11 |
22 |
Red Badgro E-DE |
8 |
22 |
Dutch Sternaman HB-QB-FB |
17 |
21 |
Ox Emerson G-C |
6 |
21 |
Cecil Isbell TB-HB |
2 |
21 |
Turk Edwards T |
4 |
18 |
Swede Youngstrom G-T-E-C |
17 |
18 |
Tuffy Leemans FB-TB-DB-QB |
1 |
18 |
Bill Hewitt E-DE |
1 |
17 |
Danny Fortmann G-LB |
1 |
16 |
Beattie Feathers HB-WB |
4 |
15 |
Hunk Anderson G-C |
19 |
12 |
Cub Buck T |
19 |
10 |
Pete Stinchcomb HB |
18 |
9 |
Whizzer White TB-HB |
3 |
9 |
Al Nesser G-E-C |
13 |
8 |
Doc Alexander C-T-G-E |
17 |
7 |
Wildcat Wilson TB |
15 |
7 |
Tony Latone B |
14 |
6 |
Joey Sternaman QB-BB |
14 |
6 |
Rip King B |
19 |
5 |
George Christensen T-G |
6 |
5 |
Gaynell Tinsley E |
4 |
5 |
Lou Smyth B |
18 |
4 |
Willis Brennan G-T |
17 |
4 |
Gus Sonnenberg T-FB-TB |
14 |
4 |
Red Dunn BB-TB |
13 |
4 |
Bob Koehler FB |
18 |
3 |
Tex Grigg B |
17 |
3 |
Russ Hathaway T-G |
17 |
3 |
Duke Osborne G-C |
16 |
3 |
Ray Kemp T |
11 |
3 |
Joe Kopcha G |
8 |
3 |
Bill Owen T-G |
8 |
3 |
Stumpy Thomason WB-TB-BB-HB |
8 |
3 |
Potsy Jones G |
6 |
3 |
Eggs Manske E |
4 |
3 |
Lloyd Cardwell WR-DB-FB |
1 |
3 |
Ray Nolting HB |
1 |
3 |
Dinger Doane FB |
17 |
2 |
Tex Hamer B |
17 |
2 |
Ben Jones FB-BB-WB |
16 |
2 |
Jim McMillan G |
16 |
2 |
Tillie Voss E-T |
15 |
2 |
Duke Hanny E-T-G-FB |
14 |
2 |
Doc Elliott B |
13 |
2 |
Hec Garvey G-E-T-C |
13 |
2 |
Jug Earp C-T-G |
12 |
2 |
Rudy Comstrock G-T |
11 |
2 |
Joe Lillard HB |
11 |
2 |
Hap Moran B |
11 |
2 |
Luke Johnsos E |
8 |
2 |
Glenn Presnell T-B |
8 |
2 |
Father Lumpkin BB |
7 |
2 |
Carl Brumbaugh B |
5 |
2 |
Ace Gutkowski FB-TB |
5 |
2 |
Jack Johnson T |
4 |
2 |
Jack Manders |
4 |
2 |
Bernie Masterson QB |
4 |
2 |
Tony Blazine T |
3 |
2 |
George Svendsen C |
3 |
2 |
Steve Slivinski G-LB |
1 |
2 |
Fred Gillies T |
16 |
1 |
Clyde Smith C |
16 |
1 |
Herb Stein C-G |
16 |
1 |
Bub Weller BB-TB-HB-E |
16 |
1 |
Bull Behman T-E |
13 |
1 |
Milt Rehnquist G-C-T |
12 |
1 |
Jack Spellman T-B |
12 |
1 |
Chuck Kassel E |
11 |
1 |
Dick Stahlman T-G |
11 |
1 |
Doug Wycoff B |
10 |
1 |
Nate Barragar C-G |
9 |
1 |
George Kenneally E |
9 |
1 |
Bo Molenda FB-HB-BB |
9 |
1 |
Zuck Carlson G-T-C-LB |
8 |
1 |
Len Grant T |
7 |
1 |
Buster Mitchell E-T |
7 |
1 |
Ookie Miller C-G-LB |
6 |
1 |
Joe Zeller G-E |
6 |
1 |
Bree Cuppoletti G |
5 |
1 |
Kink Richards B |
5 |
1 |
Ozzie Simmons HB |
5 |
1 |
Bill Smith E |
5 |
1 |
Johnny Dell Isola G |
4 |
1 |
Milt Gantenbein E |
4 |
1 |
Jim Barber T |
3 |
1 |
Ed Danowski B |
3 |
1 |
Dick Farman G |
1 |
1 |
Bull Karcis FB-BB-HB |
1 |
1 |
Jim Laird B-G-T |
13 |
0 |
Dick O'Donnell E |
13 |
0 |
Frank Racis G-T-E |
13 |
0 |
Don Murry T-E-G |
12 |
0 |
Curly Oden BB |
12 |
0 |
Al Graham G |
11 |
0 |
Les Caywood G-T |
10 |
0 |
Butch Gibson G-T |
10 |
0 |
Jack McBride FB |
10 |
0 |
Tom Nash |
10 |
0 |
Bill Senn B |
10 |
0 |
Bill Morgan T |
8 |
0 |
Bert Pearson C-G |
8 |
0 |
Clare Randolph C |
8 |
0 |
Al Rose E |
8 |
0 |
Harry Ebding E |
7 |
0 |
Lon Evans G-T |
7 |
0 |
Keith Molesworth HB-QB |
7 |
0 |
Ernie Caddell WB-TB-BB-FB |
6 |
0 |
Lou Gordon T-G-E |
6 |
0 |
Swede Hanson B |
6 |
0 |
Bill Karr E |
6 |
0 |
Ernie Smith T |
5 |
0 |
Ralph Kerchaval WB |
4 |
0 |
Frank Bausch C |
3 |
0 |
Johnny Drake B |
3 |
0 |
Armand Niccolai T-G |
2 |
0 |
This is for the “Senior Era”
*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:
Ted Nesser |
N/A |
22 |
Henry McDonald |
N/A |
21 |
Blondy Wallace |
N/A |
18 |
Sol Butler |
N/A |
15 |
Gull Falcon |
N/A |
14 |
Herman Kerchoff |
N/A |
12 |
Steamer Horning |
N/A |
10 |
Harry Robb |
N/A |
9 |
Tam Rose |
N/A |
3 |
Next Saturday, we will be posting the results of the 1949 Finalists of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project.
Thank you to all who contributed, and if you want to be a part of this project, please let us know!
Comments powered by CComment