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Here are the nominees for the HOVG Class of 2016 (in alphabetical order). This list was the result of the HOVG committee whittling down all of the nominees from the membership (see later in this post).
Bobby Boyd
Charley Brock
George Christensen
Gary Collins
Mark Gastineau
Gale Gillingham
Dave Grayson,
Jim Katcavage
Joe Klecko
Tony Latone
Harvey Martin
Howard Mudd
Jim Nance
Don Perkins
Duane Putnam
Isiah Robertson
Bob Skoronski
Bill Stanfill
Mike Stratton
Louis Wright

The official ballot and voting procedures will be in The Coffin Corner.

The full list of nominees from the membership, before the HOVG Committee whittled it down, is as follows:
Danny Abramowicz
Doc Alexander
Dick Anderson
Houston Antwine
Fred Arbanas
Les Bingaman
Bobby Boyd
Benny Boynton
Ray Bray
Charley Brock
John Brockington
Bobby Bryant
Butch Byrd
Ernie Caddel
Al Carmichael
George Christensen
Todd Christensen
Dwight Clark
Gary Collins
Tex Coulter
Red Dunn
Mark Gastineau
Gale Gillingham
Horace Gillom
Ken Gray
Mel Gray
Dave Grayson
Cornell Green
Ace Gutowsky
Dennis Harrah
Tommy James
Bill Johnson
Homer Jones
Jim Katcavage
Joe Klecko
Tony Latone
Keith Lincoln
Pug Manders
Harvey Martin
Joe Morrison
Howard Mudd
Chet Mutryn
Jim Nance
Elbie Nickel
John Niland
Dick Nolan
Riley Odoms
Johnny Olszewski
Peggy Parratt
Don Perkins
Eddie Price
Duane Putnam
Mike Quick
Ahmad Rashad
Isiah Robertson
Frank Ryan
George Saimes
Marty Schottenheimer
Vic Sears
Bob Skoronski
Bill Stanfill
Mike Stratton
Jack Stroud
Pat Studstill
Tommy Thompson
Bob Vogel
Alex Webster
Louis Wright

I had thought Don Perkins was in the HOVG already. I did view the list of members when deciding upon whom to nominate. Maybe I crossed his name off by accident. I would have nominated him instead of Arbanas.


Anyway, it is a good list overall and there will be some tough choices this year.

My nominees went 0 for 5 but I do love that Don Perkins is on the list of finalists.

Great group of finalists! 3 of my 5 made the finalist list.
What is the process that whittles down the entire group of nominees to the 20 finalists? Just whoever gets the most "yes" votes from the nominating committee? Just curious.

ChrisBabcock wrote:Great group of finalists! 3 of my 5 made the finalist list.
What is the process that whittles down the entire group of nominees to the 20 finalists? Just whoever gets the most "yes" votes from the nominating committee? Just curious.

Each member of the committee ranks their top 20 players in order. Player number 1 gets 20 points. Player number 2 gets 19 points, and so on. The points for each player are added up and the top 20 players (by points) are the nominees for the membership.

Each member of the committee ranks their top 20 players in order. Player number 1 gets 20 points. Player number 2 gets 19 points, and so on. The points for each player are added up and the top 20 players (by points) are the nominees for the membership.

Interesting. Thanks.

You'd think that 200 wins as a coach would be worth at least a nomination, notwithstanding his 5-13 record in the playoffs. Tough crowd!

Jeremy Crowhurst wrote:You'd think that 200 wins as a coach would be worth at least a nomination, notwithstanding his 5-13 record in the playoffs. Tough crowd!

Marty was one of my five that didn't make the cut.

Great list! And many great players (like Joe Fortunato) didn't even had their name submitted, thanks Ken for the list.

I only had one player who did made the cut, Isiah Robertson. I believe we overlooked him in the past and that he will get this year to the HOVG.

By the way, when is the deadline for sending our 10 selections?

Teo wrote:Great list! And many great players (like Joe Fortunato) didn't even had their name submitted, thanks Ken for the list.

I only had one player who did made the cut, Isiah Robertson. I believe we overlooked him in the past and that he will get this year to the HOVG.

By the way, when is the deadline for sending our 10 selections?

Fortunato is my screw up. I will nominate him next year . . . I said I would nominate him and didn't get it done. Anyway, Butch Robertson, with the Campell bulldozing aside was a good LBer, not a HOFer, IMO. But ideal for the HOVG. He didn't have the consensus AllPros, like a Howley (who deserves HOF) but he was All Pro and Pro Bowl plenty .. .and was good in 1979 and 198o for Bills before tapering off. Not a huge hitter, but he could cover and could blitz. And when he did intercept was good at returns. And as a "Buck" in that system was good and flowing/scraping to make tackles on cutbacks . . . a fine player---HOVH for sure, but no one will ever push for HOF.