The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1984 Semi-Final VOTE

27 Sep
2025
Not in Hall of Fame

1984 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 1983.

For “1984,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1978. 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

Fran Tarkenton QB

1

24

Mel Renfro DB

2

23

Bob Hayes SE-WR

4

22

Willie Brown DB

1

22

Mick Tingelhoff C

1

22

Fred Biletnikoff WR

1

21

Billy Shaw G

10

20

Tom Mack G

1

20

Joe Namath QB

2

19

Jackie Smith TE

1

19

Gene Hickerson G

6

18

Charley Taylor WR-SE-RB

2

18

Bob Brown T

6

16

Jim Tyrer T

5

16

Charlie Sanders TE

2

16

Emmitt Thomas DB

1

16

Dave Wilcox LB

5

14

Otis Taylor WR-FL

4

13

Tommy Nobis LB

3

13

Dick LeBeau DB

6

12

Pete Retzlaff E-HB-TE

13

11

Buck Buchanan DT

4

11

Joe Fortunato LB

13

10

Nick Buoniconti LB

3

10

Dave Robinson LB

5

8

Gino Cappelletti FL-SE-DB-WR-K

9

7

 

This is for the “Senior Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

 

Player

Year of Eligibility

Vote Total

Pat Harder FB

6

13

Whizzer White TB-HB

18

11

Buckets Goldenberg FB

14

11

Marshall Goldberg FB

11

9

Ace Gutkowski FB-TB

20

9

Ward Cuff WB-QB-HB

12

8

None of the Above

 

4

 

This is for the “Coaches/Contributors Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

 

Player

Year of Eligibility

Vote Total

COACH: John Madden

4

24

COACH: Hank Stram

5

20

COACH: George Allen

5

19

FILMMAKER: Ed Sabol

1

10

COACH: Greasy Neale

15

8

 

We will post the Class of 1984 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, 27 September 2025 16:33

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