1978 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project Class.

Here we are!  Again!!

If you have been following our Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project, you know we have asked the rhetorical question: What if the PFHOF began in January 1946?

After soliciting and obtaining a passionate group of football fans and historians, we sent out a ballot for a Preliminary Vote, in which we asked each voter to give us 25 names as their semi-finalists and 5 in the Senior Pool. We then asked the group to vote for their 15 Finalists in the Modern Era and 3 in the Senior Category. The final stage was to vote for their five Modern Era inductee and one Senior inductee.

This is the result of the 33rd official class. 

Below are the final results of this project based on 33 votes.

Remember that we have reverted back to the top five candidates entering the Hall in the Modern Era

This is for the “Modern Era”

*Bold indicates they have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Class of 1978:

This is for the “Senior Era”, 

*Bold indicates they have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Class of 1978.

This is for the “Coaches/Contributors”, 

*Bold indicates they have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Class of 1978.

About the 1978 Inductees:

John Mackey TE, BAL 1963-71 & SD 1972: Inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project in 1978 on his 1st Ballot.  Inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992.

In the history of professional football, there have been multiple names that have been tagged as someone who “redefined the position”.

John Mackey is one of those guys.

Mackey was a superb athlete whose size and speed set him apart from other Tight Ends in the 1960s.  As good a blocker as he was a receiver, Mackey would become a regular target of Johnny Unitas and would collect 5,126 Yards as a Colt.  Mackey is best known in Baltimore for his 75-Yard catch in Super Bowl V, which swung the momentum of the game in the Colts’ favor.

Mackey accumulated 5,236 Receiving Yards with 38 Touchdowns, and was the second pure Tight End elected.

Herb Adderley, DB, GNB 1961-69 & DAL 1970-72: Inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project in 1978 on his 1st Ballot.  Inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.

A five-time Champion with the Green Bay Packers (and a sixth with the Dallas Cowboys), Herb Adderley intercepted 39 passes and twice led the NFL in Interception Return Yards.  Adderley was a four-time First Team All-Pro and was also a star Kick Returner who produced over 3,000 Yards.  He would tally nine touchdowns overall, an incredible number for someone who didn’t play offense.

Lance Alworth, FL-WR, SD 1962-70 & DAL 1971-72.  Inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project in 1978 on his 1st Ballot.  Inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1978.

The San Francisco 49ers of the NFL and the Oakland Raiders of the AFL both drafted Lance Alworth, but it was the AFL where Alworth would join after his AFL rights were traded to the San Diego Chargers before his 1962 rookie season.  The Chargers gave up three players for Alworth, and it still turned out to be a robbery in favor of the Bolts.

Alworth only played four Games as a rookie due to injuries, but in 1963 he began a seven-year streak where he had at least 1,000 Receiving Yards and was a First Team All-Pro in the first six.  Alworth was the AFL's leader in Receiving Yards three times, was a three-time leader in Receiving Touchdowns, and was easily one of the most offensive skill players in the history of the AFL.  Alworth helped the Chargers win the 1963 AFL Title, and his yardage from the air was so prolific that he also was a two-time league-leader in Yards From Scrimmage.

Alworth was traded to the Dallas Cowboys for three players before the 1971 season, and he played there for two final seasons before retiring, helping them win Super Bowl VI.  With the Chargers, Alworth had 9,584 Receiving Yards, 81 Touchdowns, and an astounding 111 in Approximate Value in the same number of games. 

Ray Nitschke, LB, GNB 1958-72.  Inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project in 1978 on his 1st Ballot.  Inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1978.

Spending his entire professional career with the Green Bay Packers, Linebacker Ray Nitschke was the anchor for the Green Bay defense for fifteen seasons.  

Nitschke would lead Green Bay to five Championships while becoming a first-ballot Hall of Famer.  

When you think of Pro Football Hall of Famers from the defensive side of the ball, it is next to impossible to come up with a player who is held in higher regard than Ray Nitschke.   Bart Starr was the best name ever for a Quarterback, but isn’t Ray Nitschke just as appropriate for a Linebacker?

Mike Ditka, TE, CHI 1961-66, PHI 1967-68 & DAL 1969-72.  Inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project in 1978 on his 1st Ballot.  Inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979.

Mike Ditka arguably achieved greater fame as Chicago’s Head Coach, but the generation before knew him as the man who evolved the Tight End position.

Taken from Pitt Fifth Overall in 1961, Ditka was the AP Rookie of the Year, and became the first ever Tight End to have a 1,000 Yard season, redefining what a Tight End could do at the professional level.  Ditka never had a four-digit Receiving Yard year again, but Ditka remained the game’s top Tight End over the next four seasons, and he was a key component in Chicago’s 1963 NFL Championship win.

Ditka was traded to Philadelphia by the cost-conscious Bears in 1967, but his style of play caught up with him, and he never produced the same metrics he did as a Bear.  Late in his career, Ditka won a Super Bowl with Dallas in Super Bowl XI.

A five-time Pro Bowl Selection, Ditka was the first Tight End to break 5,000 Yards.

Buddy Parker, Head Coach, CRD 1949, DET 1951-56 & PIT 1957-64.  Inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project in 1978 on his 9th Coaches/Contributor Ballot.  Was never inducted into the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Buddy Parker is best known for his time as Detroit’s Head Coach, where he led the Lions to back-to-back NFL Championships in 1951 and 1952.  Parker built a potent offense in Detroit, but was best known for his defensive mind.  He popularized the 4-3 Defense and used an early version of zone and nickel defenses. 

He left Detroit for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1957, and although he was unable to bring them a championship, he did achieve a winning record, which was better than their previous incarnations.

Parker had an overall record of 104-75-9

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that the Tampa Bay Rays will be inducting Evan Longoria into their franchise Hall of Fame. 

The event will take place next year when the club returns to Tropicana Field. 

Longoria is arguably the best player in franchise history, playing there from 2008 to 2017.  The Third Baseman was the 2008 Rookie of the Year, a three-time All-Star, and won three Gold Gloves and a Silver Slugger for the team and is the all-time team leader in bWAR (51.7), Games Played (1,435), Runs Scored (780), Doubles (338) Runs Batted In (892) and Walks (569).  Longoria also batted .270 with 1,471 Hits for Tampa.

He will be the sixth man to be inducted into the Rays Hall of Fame.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Evan Longoria for his impending honor.

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It is with great pleasure that we have brought back the Notinhalloffame MLB Regular Cup, and let us explain how this works:

For every regular-season game, we anointed the best five players with descending points, 5-4-3-2-1. 

We know the following:

• The top players for the MLB NIHOF Cup are not always the best in the league, as injuries keep players out of games, and a premium on staying healthy can help pile up points. It also does not hurt to be a top player on an average or mediocre team, as they can amass Cup points more easily than elite players on loaded squads.
• In Baseball, it is more common than in Basketball and Hockey for a player to accrue points with a single Home Run in a game, which favors position players. Starting Pitchers have a hard time with approximately 30-35 Starts and throwing fewer innings than previous generations. This is also true for closers not made for this process.
• Please remember that this is NOT necessarily who we think were the best players this year and does not reflect overall consistency. Treat this the way we did: as a fun process and more of a compilation of temporary statistical domination.

Here is the current top ten after games concluded on May 26.

1. Aaron Judge, New York Yankees: 96 Cup Points in 53 Games. (#1 Last Week).  4.3 bWAR, 51 Runs, 80 Hits, 18 Home Runs, 47 Runs Batted In, .398/.492/.756 Slash Line, 1.248 OPS & 251 OPS+.

2. Pete Alonso, New York Mets: 78 Cup Points in 54 Games. (#2 Last Week).   1.7 bWAR, 30 Runs, 58 Hits, 10 Home Runs, 40 Runs Batted In, .291/.392/.533 Slash Line, .925 OPS & 164 OPS+.

3.  Rafael Devers, Boston Red Sox: 72 Cup Points in 56 Games.  (#7 Last Week).  1.9 bWAR, 36 Runs, 60 Hits, 12 Home Runs, 48 Runs Batted In, .288/.409/.534 Slash Line, .943 OPS & 163 OPS+.

4. Francisco Lindor, New York Mets: 59 Cup Points in 41 Games. (#5 Last Week).   1.4 bWAR, 32 Runs, 58 Hits, 10 Home Runs, 30 Runs Batted In, .272/.347/.455 Slash Line, .802 OPS & 129 OPS+

5. Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers:  66 Cup Points in 52 Games.  (#3 Last Week).  2.7 bWAR, 57 Runs, 62 Hits, 19 Home Runs, 33 Runs Batted In, .295/.392/.648 Slash Line, 1.039 OPS & 191 OPS+.

6. Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City Royals:  63 Cup Points in 55 Games.  (#3 Last Week).  2.6 bWAR, 29 Runs, 63 Hits, 5 Home Runs, 28 Runs Batted In, .293/.353/.464 Slash Line, .836 OPS & 134 OPS+.

7. Spencer Torkelson, Detroit Tigers: 62 Cup Points in 54 Games. (#9 Last Week).  1.5 bWAR, 34 Runs, 46 Hits, 13 Home Runs, 40 Runs Batted In, .243/.357/.524 Slash Line, .881 OPS & 148 OPS+.

8. (TIE) Corbin Carroll, Arizona Diamondbacks: 60 Cup Points in 54 Games. (#8 Last Week).   1.9 bWAR, 40 Runs, 58 Hits, 15 Home Runs, 34 Runs Batted In, .260/.332/.556 Slash Line, .888 OPS & 143 OPS+.

8. (TIE) Isaac Paredes, Houston Astros: 60 Cup Points in 52 Games. (Not in the Top Ten Last Week).   2.2 bWAR, 29 Runs, 54 Hits, 11 Home Runs, 31 Runs Batted In, .276/.377/.490 Slash Line, .867 OPS & 145 OPS+.

10. (TIE) Freddie Freeman, Los Angeles Dodgers: 59 Cup Points in 43 Games.  (#9 Last Week).  2.2 bWAR, 30 Runs, 57 Hits, 9 Home Runs, 35 Runs Batted In, .361/.432/.633 Slash Line, 1.065 OPS & 200 OPS+.

10. (TIE) Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies: 59 Cup Points in 53 Games.  (Not in the Last Week).  2.5 bWAR, 30 Runs, 54 Hits, 8 Home Runs, 33 Runs Batted In, .267/.372/.450 Slash Line, .823 OPS & 129 OPS+.

San Diego’s Fernando Tatis Jr. fell off the top ten.

Notably, 729 baseball players have earned at least 1 point, up from 794 last week.