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The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1997 Semi-Final VOTE

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1997 Semi-Final VOTE
27 Jun
2026
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1997 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 1996.

For “1997,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1990. 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.

31 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

Charlie Joiner WR

6

25

Dan Hampton DE-DT

2

25

L.C. Greenwood DE

11

22

Russ Grimm G-C

1

22

Chris Hanburger LB

14

20

Cliff Branch WR

7

20

John Stallworth WR

5

20

Dick LeBeau DB

20

19

Ken Stabler QB

8

19

Dave Robinson LB

18

18

Bob Griese QB

12

18

Bob Kuechenberg G-T-C

9

18

Ken Anderson QB

6

16

Lester Hayes DB

6

15

Louis Wright DB

6

15

Donnie Shell DB

5

15

George Kunz

12

14

Lemar Parrish DB

10

12

Joe Klecko DE-NT

4

12

Fred Dean DE

7

9

Otis Taylor WR-FL

17

8

Cliff Harris S

13

8

Billy “White Shoes” Johnson WR/R

4

8

Winston Hill T

15

6

Jim Marshall DE

13

6

Drew Pearson WR

9

6

This is for the “Senior Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

Player

Year of Eligibility

Vote Total

Art Powell E

4

15

Les Richter LB-C

10

14

Arch Ward CONTRIBUTOR

8

14

Pat Harder FB

19

13

Bobby Boyd DB

4

12

Dave Grayson DB

2

11

None of the Above

 

0

This is for the “Coaches/Contributors Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

Player

Year of Eligibility

Vote Total

SCOUT: Gil Brandt

6

18

SCOUT: Bill Nunn

4

15

SCOUT: Eddie Kotal

2

15

COACH: Tom Flores

1

15

EXECUTIVE: Jim Finks

6

12

None of the Above

 

2

We will post the Class of 1997 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!

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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