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The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1989 Semi-Final VOTE

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1989 Semi-Final VOTE
10 Jan
2026
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1989 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 1988.

For “1989,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1983. 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 were asked to pick 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, and next week, they will choose five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process every week until we catch up to the current year.

32 votes were cast, with the top 15 advancing.

This is for the “Modern Era”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals: 

Player

Year of Eligibility

Vote Total

Mel Blount DB

1

29

Ted Hendricks LB

1

29

Jim Langer C

3

24

Tom Mack G

6

22

Ken Houston DB

4

21

Roger Wehrli DB

2

21

Terry Bradshaw

1

21

Dan Dierdorf T-G-C

1

21

Bob Hayes SE-WR

9

19

Ron Yary T

2

19

Elvin Bethea DE

1

18

Jackie Smith TE

6

16

Bob Griese QB

4

16

Dave Wilcox LB

10

15

Randy Gradishar LB

1

5

Pete Retzlaff E-HB-TE

18

13

L.C. Greenwood DE

3

13

Bob Kuechenberg G-T-C

1

13

Joe Fortunato LB

18

12

Dick LeBeau DB

14

12

Tommy Nobis LB

8

12

George Kunz T

4

12

Dave Robinson LB

10

12

Claude Humphrey DE

3

11

Chris Hanburger LB

6

9

Drew Pearson WR

1

5

This is for the “Senior Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

Player

Year of Eligibility

Vote Total

Gene Lipscomb DT

2

16

Les Richter LB-C

2

15

Marshall Goldberg G-BB

16

13

Buckets Goldenberg G-BB

19

12

Alan Ameche FB

4

10

Charlie Conerly QB

3

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: Bud Grant

2

23

COACH: Don Coryell

1

22

OWNER: Wellington Mara

3

15

OWNER: Tex Schramm

10

9

TV EXEC: Roone Arledge

3

7

 

We will post the Class of 1989 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, 17 January 2026 01:17
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