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The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1954 PRELIMINARY VOTE

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1954 PRELIMINARY VOTE
31 Dec
2023
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1954 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 “1954” a Preliminary Vote with over 130 players whose playing career ended by 1948. 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 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 took place, allowing for voters to submit less than the allotted spots.  A glitch did not allow for that to occur in Coaches/Contributors.  That will be rectified in the future.

30 Votes took place

This is for the “Modern Era”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

Player

Year of Eligibility

Vote Total

Bruiser Kinard T

2

24

Ace Parker TB-DB-QB

3

23

Red Badgro E-DE

13

22

Cecil Isbell TB-HB

7

22

Tony Latone B

19

19

Steve Owen T-G

16

19

Beattie Feathers HB-WB

9

19

Joey Sternaman QB-BB

19

18

Gus Sonnenberg T-FB-TB

19

18

Al Nesser G-E-C

18

17

Wayne Millner E-DE

4

16

Bill Osmanski FB

2

15

Marshall Goldberg FB

1

15

Kenny Washington

1

15

George Christensen T-G

11

14

Whizzer White TB-HB

8

13

Buckets Goldenberg G-BB

4

13

Ward Cuff WB-QB-HB

2

13

Charley Brock C-HB

2

12

George Wilson E

3

11

Wildcat Wilson TB

20

10

Glenn Presnell T-B

13

10

Jim Benton E

2

9

Frank Cope T

2

8

Jug Earp C-T-G

17

7

Riley Matheson G

1

6

Two-Bits Honan B

19

5

Doc Elliott B

18

5

Lee Artoe T

1

5

Red Dunn BB-TB

18

4

George Svendesn C

8

4

Pug Manders HB-TB

2

4

Roy Zimmerman QB-WB

1

4

Tillie Voss E-T

20

3

Hap Moran B

16

3

Bill Owen T-G

13

3

Swede Hanson B

11

3

Ace Gutkowski FB-TB

10

3

Jack Manders

9

3

Bernie Masterson QB

9

3

Gaynell Tinsley E

9

3

Russ Letlow G-T

3

3

Harry Clarke HB-DB

1

3

Baby Ray T

1

3

Len Younce G-LB

1

3

Bull Behman T-E

18

2

Rudy Comstrock G-T

16

2

Chuck Kassel E

16

2

Ray Kemp T

16

2

Joe Lillard HB

16

2

Tom Nash

15

2

Luke Johnsos E

13

2

Joe Kopcha G

13

2

Father Lumpkin BB

12

2

Carl Brumbaugh B

11

2

Lou Gordon T-G-E

11

2

Potsy Jones G

11

2

Ookie Miller C-G-LB

11

2

Eggs Manske E

9

2

Ray Nolting HB

6

2

Parker Hall TB-HB

3

2

Bob Masterson E

3

2

Ki Aldrich C-LB-G

2

2

Duke Henny E-T-G-FB

19

1

Jim Laird B-G-

18

1

Frank Racis G-T-E

18

1

Curly Oden BB

17

1

Milt Rehnquist G-C-T

17

1

Jack Spellman T-B

16

1

Dick Stahlman T-G 

16

1

Doug Wycoff B

15

1

Nate Barragar C-G

14

1

Bo Molenda FB-HB-BB

14

1

Zuck Carlson G-T-C-LB

13

1

Stumpy Thomason WB-TB-BB-HB

13

1

Keith Molesworth HB-QB

12

1

Joe Zeller G-E

11

1

Milt Gantenbein E

9

1

Ralph Kerchaval WB

9

1

Jim Barber T

8

1

Frank Bausch C

8

1

Tony Blazine T

8

1

Ed Danowski B

8

1

Dick Farman G

6

1

Bull Karcis FB-BB-HB

6

1

Al Blozis T

5

1

Clyde Shugart G

5

1

Andy Farkas FB-HB-WB

4

1

Gene Ronzani T

4

1

Pete Tinsley G

4

1

Merl Condit HB

3

1

Gary Fangietti FB-HB

3

1

Frank Filchok TB-QB-HB

3

1

Bill Lee T

3

1

Ed Rucinski E

3

1

Orville Tuttle G

3

1

Willie Wilkin T

3

1

Dick Plasman E-T

2

1

Elbie Schulz T-G

2

1

John Mellus T

1

1

Dick Todd B

1

1

Hec Garvey G-E-T-C

18

0

Dick O'Donnell E

18

0

Don Murry T-E-G

17

0

Jack McBride FB

15

0

George Kenneally E

14

0

Lon Evans G-T

12

0

Len Grant T

12

0

Buster Mitchell E-T

12

0

Ernie Caddell WB-TB-BB-FB

11

0

Kink Richards B

10

0

Ozzie Simmons HB

10

0

Bill Smith E

10

0

Ernie Smith T

10

0

Jack Johnson T

9

0

Johnny Drake B

8

0

Lloyd Cardwell WR-DB-FB

6

0

Steve Slivinski G-LB

6

0

Conway Baker G-T

4

0

Joe Carter E

4

0

Abe Schwammel E

4

0

Carl Mulleneaux E

3

0

Jim Poole E

3

0

Perry Schwartz E

3

0

Aldo Forte G-T

2

0

Jim Lee Howell E

2

0

Ed Kolman T

2

0

Augie Lio G-T

2

0

Bill Radoivch G

2

0

Chuck Cherundolo C-LB

1

0

This is for the “Senior Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

Swede Youngstrom

2

24

Hunk Anderson

4

17

Cub Buck

4

10

Doc Alexander

2

10

Pete Stinchcomb

3

9

Gull Falcon

9

6

Sol Butler

9

5

Herman Kerchoff

9

6

Steamer Horning

6

5

Henry McDonald

9

5

Duke Osborne

1

5

Bob Shiring

9

3

Harry Robb

5

3

Fred Gillies

1

3

Rip King

4

1

Bob Koehler

3

1

Willis Brennan

2

1

Ben Jones

1

1

Jim McMillman

1

1

Clyde Smith

1

1

Herb Stein

1

1

Bub Weller

1

1

This is for the Coaches/Contributors

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

Charles Bidwell

5

22

Art Ranney

4

14

Elmer Layden

4

14

Carl Strock

4

14

Dick Rauch

4

9

LeRoy Andrews

4

6

Cooney Checkeye

4

4

Christopher O’Brien

4

3

George Clark

4

3

Tommy Hughitt

4

6

Frank Nied

4

3

Next Saturday, we will be posting the results of the 1954 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!

Committee Chairman

Kirk Buchner, "The Committee Chairman", is the owner and operator of the site.  Kirk can be contacted at [email protected] . Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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