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The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1987 Preliminary VOTE

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1987 Preliminary VOTE
22 Nov
2025
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1987 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 42 years.

For “1987,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 100 players whose playing career ended by 1981. We also follow the structure in which 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

Joe Greene DT

1

24

Larry Little G

2

23

Alan Page DT

1

23

Jackie Smith TE

4

21

Mick Tingelhoff C

4

20

Larry Czonka FB

3

20

Bob Hayes SE-WR

7

19

Rayfield Wright T-TE

3

19

Gene Upshaw G

1

18

Tommy Nobis LB

6

17

Tom Mack G

4

17

Dave Robinson LB

8

16

Ken Houston DB

2

16

Pete Retzlaff E-HB-TE

16

15

Nick Buoniconti LB

6

15

George Kunz T

2

15

Dave Wilcox LB

8

14

Joe Fortunato LB

16

13

Gino Cappelletti FL-SE-DB-WR-PK

12

13

Bob Griese QB

2

13

Jim Langer C

1

13

Gene Lipscomb DT

20

12

L.C. Greenwood DE

1

12

Roger Brown DT

13

11

Claude Humprhrey DE

1

11

Bobby Boyd DB

14

10

Dick LeBeau DB

10

10

Chris Hanburger LB

4

10

Curley Culp DT-NT

1

10

*Les Richter LB-C

20

9

Otis Taylor WR-FL

7

9

Dick Schafrath T-G-DE

11

8

Jim Marshall DE

3

8

Andy Russell LB

6

7

Chuck Foreman RB

2

7

Art Powell E

14

6

Dave Grayson DB

12

6

Walt Sweeney G

7

6

Winston Hill T

5

6

Bill Bergey LB

2

6

Rosey Grier DT-DE

16

5

Larry Grantham LB

10

5

Cliff Harris S

3

5

Gene Washington WR

3

5

Max McGee E

15

4

Fuzzy Thurston G

15

4

Floyd Little RB

7

4

Ed Budde G

6

4

*Harlon Hill E-DB

20

3

Cookie Gilchrist FB

15

3

Don Meredith QB

14

3

Jim Katcavage DE-DT

14

3

Jack Kemp QB

13

3

Erich Barnes DB

11

3

Houston Antwine DT

10

3

Ernie McMillan T

6

3

Pat Fischer CB

5

3

Roman Gabriel QB

5

3

Jerry Smith TE

5

3

Jack Tatum DB

2

3

Coy Bacon DE

1

3

Earl Faison DE

16

2

Goose Gonsoulin DB

15

2

Clem Daniels HB-DB

14

2

Bob Talamini G

14

2

Butch Byrd DB

11

2

Boyd Dowler FL-SE-LB

11

2

Jim Nance RB-FB

9

2

Mike Stratton LB

9

2

Cornell Green LB

8

2

Daryle Lamonica QB

8

2

Lee Roy Jordan LB

6

2

Gale Gillingham G-DT

6

2

Earl Morrall QB

6

2

Bill Stanfill DE

6

2

Jim Bakken PK

4

2

Mike Curtis LB-FB

4

2

Jake Scott DB

4

2

Wally Hilgenberg LB

3

2

Lydell Mitchell RB

2

2

Mike Wagner DB

2

2

Charlie Waters DB

1

2

Garo Yepremian PK

1

2

*Bobby Walston E-HB-K

20

1

Bob Gain DT-D-MG-T

18

1

Jim Ray Smith G-T

18

1

Abner Haynes HB

15

1

John David Crow HB-TE-FB

14

1

Babe Parilli QB

13

1

Billy Cannon TE-HB

12

1

E.J. Holub LB-C

12

1

Howard Mudd G

12

1

George Andrie DE

10

1

Rich Jackson DE

10

1

George Saimes DB

10

1

Matt Snell RB

10

1

John Brodie QB

9

1

John Niland G

7

1

Larry Brown RB

6

1

Bubba Smith DE

6

1

Dick Anderson DB

5

1

Ralph Neely T

5

1

Ron McDole DE-DT

4

1

George Atkinson DB

3

1

Otis Armstrong RB

2

1

Sam Cunningham QB

2

1

Tommy Hart DE

2

1

Dwight White DE

2

1

Conrad Dobler G

1

1

Cedrick Hardman DE

1

1

Calvin Hill RB

1

1

Lawrence McCutchen RB

1

1

Rich Saul C

1

1

Jerry Sherk DT-DE-NT

1

1

Bill Thompson DB

1

1

Bill Forester LB-MG-DT

19

0

*Alex Webster HB-FB

18

0

*Rick Cesares FB

16

0

*Dick Modzelewski DT

16

0

*Ernie Ladd DT

14

0

Ben Davidson DE

11

0

Carroll Dale WR-E

9

0

Bob Jeter DB-WR

9

0

Len Hauss C

5

0

*Billy Kilmer QB-HB

4

0

*Jon Morris C

4

0

*Jethro Pugh DT

4

0

*Otis Sistrunk DT

4

0

*Jerrel Wilson P-RB

4

0

*Tom Banks C-G

2

0

*Bobby Bryant DB

2

0

*Rolland Lawrence DB

2

0

Ken Burrough WR

1

0

Raymond Chester TE

1

0

Fred Dryer

1

0

Glen Edwards DB

1

0

Terry Metcalf RB

1

0

Randy Rasmussen G

1

0

Delvin Williams RB

1

0

Bob Young G

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

Pat Harder FB

9

13

Buckets Goldenberg G-BB

17

11

Marshall Goldberg FB

14

11

Alan Ameche FB

2

10

Charlie Conerly QB

1

9

Tank Younger FB-LB-HB

4

8

Billy Wilson FL-E

2

7

Ward Cuff WB-QB-HB

15

6

Bill Osmanski FB

15

6

Woody Strode E

13

5

Bruno Banducci G

8

5

Baby Ray T

14

4

George Wilson E

16

3

Frankie Albert QB

10

3

Les Bingaman DG-G-C

8

3

Spec Sanders TB

12

2

Buster Ramsey G

11

2

Ray Bray G

10

2

Leon Hart E-FB-DE

5

2

Charley Brock C-HB-FB

15

1

Paul Christman QB

12

1

Bill Fischer T-G-DT

9

1

Frank Cope WB-QB-HB

15

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: George Allen

8

22

FILMMAKER: Ed Sabol

4

22

OWNER: Tex Schramm

8

11

OWNER: Wellington Mara

1

10

TV EXEC: Roone Arledge

1

9

OWNER: Bud Adams

6

8

OWNER: Charles Bidwill

18

6

COACH: Greasy Neale

18

6

TV COMMENTATOR: Howard Cosell

1

6

EXEC:  Arch Ward

18

5

OWNER: Dan Reeves

18

4

OWNER:  George Preston Marshall

18

3

EXEC: George Halas Jr.

8

3

OWNER: Clint Murchison

6

3

OWNER: Art Modell

2

2

COACH: Bill Arnsbarger

2

1

EXEC: Don Klosterman

2

1

OWNER: Max Winter

5

0

OWNER: Joe Robbie

3

0

*OWNER: Edward Bennett Williams 

2

0

*EXEC: Jim Murray

2

0

*EXEC: Leonard Tose

2

0

 

Next week, we will announce the Semi-Finalists for the 1987 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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