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The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1979 Semi-Final VOTE

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1979 Semi-Final VOTE
14 Jun
2025
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1979 SEMI-FINAL RESULTS: 

Thank you for your participation 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 years up to 1978.

For “1978,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1972. 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 were asked to pick 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, and next week, they will pick five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process on a weekly basis until we catch up to the current year.

32 Votes took place, with the top fifteen advancing.

This is for the “Modern Era”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals: 

 

Player

Year of Eligibility

Vote Total

Dick Butkus LB

1

32

Johnny Unitas QB

1

32

Larry Wilson S

2

30

Don Maynard E-FL-HB

1

28

Leroy Kelly RB

1

24

Tom Sestak DT

6

21

Billy Shaw G

5

19

Eddie Meador DB

4

19

Dick LeBeau DB

2

18

Gene Hickerson G

1

18

Chuck Howley LB

1

18

Bob Brown T

1

18

Abe Woodson DB

8

17

Johnny Robinson DB-FL-HB

3

17

Alan Ameche FB

14

16

Jimmy Patton DB

8

15

Joe Fortunato LB

8

15

Del Shofner E-DB

7

15

Billy Howton E-FL

11

14

Les Richter LB-C

12

12

Gene Lipscomb DT

12

11

Billy Wilson E-FL

14

10

Pete Retzlaff E-HB-TE

8

8

Roger Brown DT

5

7

Gino Cappelletti FL-SE-DB-WR-K

4

7

Dick Schafrath T-G-DE

3

1

 

This is for the “Senior Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

 

Player

Year of Eligibility

Vote Total

Pat Harder

1

20

Woody Strode

5

15

Ward Cuff

7

14

Marshall Goldberg

6

13

Whizzer White

13

12

None of the Above

 

3

 

This is for the “Coaches/Contributors Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

 

Player

Year of Eligibility

Vote Total

COACH: Weeb Ewbank

3

27

OWNER: Art Rooney

1

24

OWNER: Charles Bidwill

10

14

COACH: Greasy Neale

10

10

OWNER: Dan Reeves

10

5

 

We will post the Class of 1979 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project next Saturday.

Thank you to all who contributed. If you want to be part of this project, please let us know!

Last modified on Saturday, 14 June 2025 18:42
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