The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1983 Semi-Final VOTE

06 Sep
2025
Not in Hall of Fame

1983 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 1982.

For “1983,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1977. We are also following the structure, where 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 every week until we catch up to the current year.

31 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

Willie Lanier LB

1

25

Paul Warfield WR-SE

1

25

Mel Renfro DB

1

24

Lem Barney CB

1

23

Maxie Baughan LB

4

21

Bob Hayes SE-WR

3

20

Billy Shaw G

9

19

Jimmy Patton DB

12

16

Gene Hickerson G

5

16

Dave Wilcox LB

4

16

Charley Taylor WR-SE-RB

1

16

Joe Namath QB

1

16

Jim Tyrer T

4

15

Nick Buoniconti LB

2

15

Tommy Nobis LB

2

15

Charlie Sanders TE

1

15

Dick LeBeau DB

6

12

Bob Brown T

5

12

Dave Robinson LB

4

12

Otis Taylor WR-FL

2

12

Joe Fortunato LB

12

9

Buck Buchanan DT

3

9

Bobby Boyd DB

10

8

Pete Retzlaff E-HB-TE

12

7

Roger Brown DT

9

7

Gino Cappelletti FL-SE-DB-WR-K

8

7

 

This is for the “Senior Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

Player

Year of Eligibility

Vote Total

Bucko Kilroy G-T

3

17

Whizzer White TB-HB

17

12

Ace Gutkowski FB-TB

19

11

Pat Harder FB

5

10

Ward Cuff WB-QB-HB

10

9

Marshall Goldberg FB

10

9

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: John Madden

3

23

COACH: Hank Stram

4

19

COMM: Pete Rozelle

3

19

COACH: George Allen

4

16

COACH: Greasy Neale

14

5

 

We will post the Class of 1983 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!

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

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