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The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1986 Preliminary VOTE

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1986 Preliminary VOTE
01 Nov
2025
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1986 PRELIMINARY RESULTS:

Thank you to all who participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are still determining what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946.

We have completed the first 41 years thus far.

For “1986,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 100 players whose playing career ended by 1980. 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 will be asked to select 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists and then choose five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process every week until we catch up to the current year.

Please note that a significant change occurred “years ago,” allowing voters to submit fewer than the allotted spots. 

30 Votes took place.

This is for the “Modern Era”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

*Indicates they have been removed from future ballots

 

Player

Year of Eligibility

Vote Total

Carl Eller DE

2

21

Mick Tingelhoff C

3

19

Rayfield Wright T-TE

2

19

Gene Hickerson G

8

18

Charlie Sanders TE

4

18

Charley Taylor WR-SE-RB

4

18

Paul Krause S

2

18

Bob Hayes SE-WR

6

16

Jackie Smith TE

3

16

Emmitt Thomas DB

3

16

Larry Czonka FB

2

16

Larry Little G

1

16

Pete Retzlaff E-HB-TE

15

15

Dave Wilcox LB

7

14

Tom Mack G

3

14

Bob Griese QB

1

14

Ken Houston DB

1

14

Gino Cappelletti FL-SE-DB-WR-PK

11

13

Tommy Nobis LB

5

13

Roger Brown DT

12

12

Gene Lipscomb DT

19

11

Joe Fortunato LB

15

11

Bobby Boyd DB

13

11

Cliff Harris S

2

11

Charlie Conerly QB

20

10

Dick LeBeau DB

9

10

Dave Robinson LB

7

10

Nick Buoniconti LB

5

10

Gene Washington WR

2

9

Art Powell E

12

8

Otis Taylor WR-FL

6

8

Jim Marshall DE

2

8

Les Richter LB-C

19

7

Fuzzy Thurston G

14

7

Walt Sweeney G

6

7

Winston Hill T

4

7

Harlon Hill E-DB

19

6

Cookie Gilchrist FB

14

6

Dick Schafrath T-G-DE

10

6

Floyd Little RB

6

6

Jerry Smith TE

4

6

Max McGee E

14

5

Dave Grayson DB

11

5

Daryle Lamonica QB

7

5

Chris Hanburger LB

3

5

Chuck Foreman RB

1

5

Jack Tatum

1

5

Rosey Grier DT-DE

15

4

Abner Haynes HB

14

4

Mike Stratton LB

8

4

Ernie McMillan T

5

4

Dick Anderson DB

4

4

Pat Fischer CB

4

4

Jake Scott DB

3

3

Jim Katcavage DE-DT

13

3

Jack Kemp QB

12

3

Erich Barnes DB

9

3

Andy Russell LB

5

3

Otis Armstrong RB

1

3

Mike Wagner DB

1

3

Bobby Walston E-HB-K

19

2

Bob Gain DT-D-MG-T

17

2

Rick Cesares FB

15

2

Goose Gonsoulin DB

14

2

Clem Daniels HB-DB

13

2

Ernie Ladd DT

13

2

Don Meredith QB

13

2

Babe Parilli QB

12

2

Billy Cannon TE-HB

10

2

Boyd Dowler FL-SE-LB

10

2

Larry Grantham LB

8

2

Rich Jackson DE

8

2

Carroll Dale WR-E

8

2

Ed Budde G

5

2

Gale Gillingham G-DT

5

2

Earl Morrall QB

5

2

Roman Gabriel QB

4

2

Jim Bakken PK

3

2

Mike Curtis LB-FB

3

2

Otis Sistrunk DT

3

2

Bill Bergey DB

1

2

Dwight White DE

1

2

Bill Forester LB-MG-DT

18

1

Jim Ray Smith G-T

17

1

Dick Modzelewski DT

15

1

John David Crow HB-TE-FB

13

1

Bob Talamini G

13

1

E.J. Holub LB-C

11

1

Howard Mudd G

11

1

Butch Byrd DB

10

1

Ben Davidson DE

10

1

George Andrie DE

9

1

Houston Antwine DT

9

1

George Saimes DB

9

1

Matt Snell RB

9

1

John Brodie QB

8

1

Bob Jeter

8

1

Jim Nance RB-FB

7

1

Cornell Green LB

7

1

John Niland G

6

1

Larry Brown RB

5

1

Bubba Smith DE

5

1

Len Hauss C

4

1

Ralph Neely T

4

1

Billy Kilmer QB-HB

3

1

Ron McDole DE-DT

3

1

Jethro Pugh DT

3

1

Jerrel Wilson P-RB

3

1

George Atkinson DB

2

1

Wally Hilgenberg LB

2

1

Sam Cunningham QB

1

0

Rolland Lawrence DB

1

0

Alex Webster HB-FB

17

0

Earl Faison DE

15

0

*Manny Fernandez DT

6

0

Lee Roy Jordan LB

5

0

Bill Stanfill DE

5

0

*Fred Cox PK

4

0

*John Hadl QB

4

0

*Jim Lynch LB

4

0

*Bob Trumpy TE-WR

4

0

Jon Morris C

3

0

*Wally Chambers DE-DT

2

0

*Ken Ellis DB

2

0

*Roy Gerela PK

2

0

*Jack Gregory DE

2

0

*Tony Greene DB

2

0

*Jim Turner PK

2

0

Tom Banks C-G

1

0

Tommy Hart DE

1

0

Lydell Mitchell RB

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.

 

Player

Year

Votes

Tank Younger FB-LB-HB

3

10

Alan Ameche FB

1

10

Billy Wilson FL-E

1

10

Whizzer White TB-HB

20

9

Buckets Goldenberg G-BB

16

9

Pat Harder FB

8

9

Woody Strode E

12

7

George Svendesen  C

20

6

Ward Cuff WB-QB-HB

14

6

Bill Osmanski FB

13

6

Marshall Goldberg FB

13

6

Charley Brock C-HB-FB

14

4

Bill Fischer T-G-DT

8

4

Buster Ramsey G

10

3

Bruno Banducci G

7

3

Paul Christman QB

11

2

Ray Bray G

9

2

Leon Hart E-FB-DE

4

2

Frank Cope WB-QB-HB

14

1

Baby Ray T

13

1

Frankie Albert QB

9

1

Les Bingaman DG-G-C

7

1

George Wilson E

15

0

Spec Sanders TB

11

0

 

This is for the “Coaches/Contributors”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

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

 

Name

Year

Votes

COACH: Hank Stram

7

21

COACH: George Allen

7

20

FILMMAKER: Ed Sabol

3

14

OWNER: Charles Bidwill

17

8

COACH: Greasy Neale

17

8

EXEC:  Arch Ward

17

8

OWNER: Tex Schramm

7

8

OWNER: Bud Adams

5

8

OWNER:  George Preston Marshall

17

7

EXEC: George Halas Jr.

7

6

OWNER: Dan Reeves

17

5

OWNER: Clint Murchison

5

5

OWNER: Joe Robbie

2

2

OWNER: Art Modell

1

2

OWNER: Max Winter

4

1

EXEC: Don Klosterman

1

1

*COACH: Lou Saban

8

0

*OWNER: Gene Klein

2

0

*COACH: Walt Michaels

2

0

*COACH: Jack Patera

2

0

*OWNER: Gerald Phipps

2

0

EXEC: Jim Murray

1

0

EXEC: Leonard Tose

1

0

 

Next week, we will announce the Semi-Finalists for the 1986 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project.

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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