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The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1955 PRELIMINARY VOTE

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1955 PRELIMINARY VOTE
20 Jan
2024
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1955 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 nine years thus far.

For “1955” a Preliminary Vote with over 130 players whose playing career ended by 1949. 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

Cecil Isbell TB-HB

8

23

Joey Sternaman QB-BB

20

21

Jim Benton E

3

21

Tony Latone B

20

18

Al Nesser G-E-C

19

18

Beattie Feathers HB-WB

10

18

Whizzer White TB-HB

9

18

Buckets Goldenberg G-BB

5

18

Wayne Millner E-DE

5

18

Marshall Goldberg FB

2

18

Ward Cuff WB-QB-HB

3

17

Gus Sonnenberg T-FB-TB

20

16

Steve Owen T-G

17

16

Glenn Presnell T-B

14

16

George Christensen T-G

12

15

Kenny Washington

2

15

George Wilson E

4

14

Bill Osmanski FB

3

14

Woody Strode E

1

13

Charley Brock C-HB

3

12

Frank Cope T

3

12

Jug Earp C-T-G

18

11

Riley Matheson G

2

11

Ace Gutkowski FB-TB

11

10

Duke Henny E-T-G-FB

20

8

Red Dunn BB-TB

19

5

Jack Manders

10

5

Gaynell Tinsley E

10

5

Baby Ray T

2

5

Doc Elliott B

19

4

Father Lumpkin BB

13

4

Potsy Jones G

12

4

George Svendesn C

9

4

Two-Bits Honan B

20

3

Ray Kemp T

17

3

Luke Johnsos E

14

3

Joe Kopcha G

14

3

Parker Hall TB-HB

4

3

Bull Behman T-E

19

2

Chuck Kassel E

17

2

Joe Lillard HB

17

2

Jack McBride FB

16

2

Nate Barragar C-G

15

2

Bo Molenda FB-HB-BB

15

2

Keith Molesworth HB-QB

13

2

Swede Hanson B

12

2

Ookie Miller C-G-LB

12

2

Eggs Manske E

10

2

Bernie Masterson QB

10

2

Ed Danowski B

9

2

Russ Letlow G-T

4

2

Bob Masterson E

4

2

Pug Manders HB-TB

3

2

Dick Plasman E-T

3

2

Lee Artoe T

2

2

Len Younce G-LB

2

2

Roy Zimmerman QB-WB

2

2

Joe Aguire E

1

2

Glenn Dobbs TB-QB

1

2

Dick O'Donnell E

19

1

Frank Racis G-T-E

19

1

Curly Oden BB

18

1

Rudy Comstrock G-T

17

1

Dick Stahlman T-G 

17

1

Tom Nash E

16

1

Doug Wycoff B

16

1

Bill Owen T-G

14

1

Zuck Carlson G-T-C-LB

14

1

Stumpy Thomason WB-TB-BB-HB

14

1

Lon Evans G-T

13

1

Carl Brumbaugh B

12

1

Ozzie Simmons HB

11

1

Milt Gantenbein E

10

1

Ralph Kerchaval WB

10

1

Tony Blazine T

9

1

Bull Karcis FB-BB-HB

7

1

Ray Nolting HB

7

1

Steve Slivinski G-LB

7

1

Al Blozis T

6

1

Andy Farkas FB-HB-WB

5

1

Frank Filchok TB-QB-HB

4

1

Jim Poole E

4

1

Ki Aldrich C-LB-G

3

1

Chuck Cherundolo C-LB

2

1

Harry Clarke HB-DB

2

1

John Mellus T

2

1

Billy Dewell E

1

1

Dick Humbert E-DE

1

1

Hec Garvey G-E-T-C

19

0

Jim Laird B-G-

19

0

Don Murry T-E-G

18

0

Milt Rehnquist G-C-T

18

0

Jack Spellman T-B

18

0

Hap Moran B

17

0

Len Grant T

13

0

Lou Gordon T-G-E

12

0

Joe Zeller G-E

12

0

Bill Smith E

11

0

Ernie Smith T

11

0

Jim Barber T

9

0

Johnny Drake B

9

0

Lloyd Cardwell WR-DB-FB

7

0

Dick Farman G

7

0

Clyde Shugart G

6

0

Conway Baker G-T

5

0

Joe Carter E

5

0

Gene Ronzani T

5

0

Abe Schwammel E

5

0

Pete Tinsley G

5

0

Merl Condit HB

4

0

Gary Fangietti FB-HB

4

0

Bill Lee T

4

0

Carl Mulleneaux E

4

0

Ed Rucinski E

4

0

Perry Schwartz E

4

0

Orville Tuttle G

4

0

Willie Wilkin T

4

0

Aldo Forte G-T

3

0

Jim Lee Howell E

3

0

Ed Kolman T

3

0

Augie Lio G-T

3

0

Bill Radoivch G

3

0

Elbie Schultz T-G

3

0

Dick Todd B

2

0

Chuck Cherundolo C-LB

2

0

Larry Craig B-E

1

0

John Woudenberg T

1

0

This is for the “Senior Era”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

*Indicates that they will be removed from the ballot permanently.

Hunk Anderson

5

18

Swede Youngstrom

3

15

Cub Buck

5

13

Wildcat Wilson

1

11

Sol Butler

10

9

Pete Stinchcomb

4

9

Steamer Horning

10

8

Herman Kerchoff

10

8

Doc Alexander

3

6

Gull Falcon

10

6

Duke Osborne

2

5

Henry McDonald

10

4

Bob Shiring

10

2

Harry Robb

6

2

Rip King

5

1

Bob Koehler

4

1

Willis Brennan

3

1

Jim McMillman

3

1

*Fred Gillies

2

0

*Ben Jones

2

0

*Clyde Smith

2

0

*Herb Stein

2

0

*Bub Weller

2

0

*Tillie Voss

1

0

Next Saturday, we will be posting the results of the 1954 Semi-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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