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The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 2002 Semi-Final VOTE

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 2002 Semi-Final VOTE
10 Oct
2026
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2002 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 2001.

For “2002,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1996. 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

Jim Kelly QB

1

26

Cliff Harris S

18

25

Joe Jacoby T

4

23

Rickey Jackson LB-DE

2

22

Joe Klecko DE-NT

9

21

Ken Stabler QB

13

20

Drew Pearson WR

14

19

Todd Christensen TE

9

18

Billy “White Shoes” Johnson WR/R

9

18

Ken Anderson QB

11

18

Karl Mecklenburg LB

3

17

Curley Culp DT-NT

16

15

Deron Cherry DB

6

15

Winston Hill T

20

14

George Kunz T

17

14

Ken Riley DB

14

14

Harry Carson LB

9

14

Mark Gastineau DE

9

14

Fred Dean DE

12

13

Steve McMichael DT

3

12

Harold Carmichael WR

13

11

Russ Francis TE

9

11

Mike Kenn T

3

10

Wilber Marshall LB

2

9

Jim Marshall DE

18

8

Jimbo Covert T

7

8

Carl Banks LB

2

7

This is for the “Senior Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

Player

Year of Eligibility

Vote Total

Floyd Little RB

2

25

Walt Sweeney G

2

17

Arch Ward CONTRIBUTOR

13

16

Andy Russell LB

1

13

Alan Ameche FB

17

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

EXEC: Ron Wolf

4

20

COACH: Jimmy Johnson

1

20

EXEC: Jim Finks

14

17

COACH: Tom Flores

6

14

EXECUTIVE: George Young

5

9

None of the Above

 

2

We will post the Class of 2002 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!

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