Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

I posted this a week or so ago on my blog. I spoke to Steve Hartman
today and updated is.

Also, I'd made a few errors, and misread my own notes on a couple of things
and didn't double-check on the 1998 senior candidate...so, those were my screwups.

Also, when I say final 10 or final 11 it means modern candidates--those in the
reduction cuts...

So, after getting more info and correcting errors this is what I have now, for any interested

Players known to have survived the cut from the Final 15 to ten and noted if they were a finalist and did not get the required 80 percent of the votes needed for election.
pre-1971
no information known

1972
Dante Lavelli—Finalist, not elected
Joe Schmidt—Finalist, not elected

1973
Lou Groza—Finalist, not elected
Ole Haugsrud—Finalist, not elected, Senior Candidate—Never inducted
“Night Train” Lane—Finalist, not elected
Tony Morabito—Finalist, not elected—Never inducted

1974
Roosevelt Brown—Finalist, not elected
Dante Lavelli—Finalist, not elected
Jim Taylor—Finalist, not elected

1975
Jim Ringo—Finalist, not elected
Clark Shaughnessy—Finalist, not elected—Never inducted

1976
Willie Davis—Finalist, not elected
Weeb Ewbank—Finalist, not elected
Jim Ringo—Finalist, not elected

1977
Weeb Ewbank—Finalist, not elected

1978
Charley Conerly—Finalist, not elected—Never inducted

1979
Marshall Goldberg—Finalist, not elected, Senior Candidate—Never inducted
Paul Hornung—Finalist, not elected
Pete Rozelle—Finalist, not elected

1980
Lou Creekmur—Finalist, not elected, Senior Candidate
Paul Hornung—Finalist, not elected
Don Maynard—Finalist, not elected

1981
Doug Atkins—Finalist, not elected
Pete Rozelle—Finalist, not elected

1982
Sid Gillman—Finalist, not elected
Pete Rozelle—Finalist, not elected

1983
Joe Namath—Finalist, not elected
Mac Speedie—Finalist, not elected, Senior Candidate
Gene Hickerson—Made final ten
Paul Hornung—Made final ten
John Henry Johnson—Made final ten
Pete Rozelle—Made final ten

1984
Fran Tarkenton—Finalist, not elected
Joe Namath—Finalist, not elected
Willie Lanier—Finalist, not elected

1985
Paul Hornung—Finalist, not elected
Fran Tarkenton—Finalist, not elected

1986
Len Dawson—Finalist, not elected
Don Maynard—Finalist, not elected
Larry Csonka—Made final eleven
Al Davis—Made final eleven
Tom Mack—Made final eleven
*Missing the fourth member of the final eleven

1987
All finalists elected
Fred Biletnikoff—Made final ten
Al Davis—Made final ten
Bob Griese—Made final ten
Alan Page—Made final ten

1988
Bob Griese—Finalist, not elected
Lou Rymkus—Finalist, not elected, Senior Candidate—Never inducted
Art Shell—Finalist, not elected
George Allen—Made final ten
Al Davis—Made final ten
Bud Grant—Made final ten
*Missing the fourth member of the final ten

1989
Bob Griese—Finalist, not elected
Ted Hendricks—Finalist, not elected
Henry Jordan—Finalist, not elected, Senior Candidate
Al Davis—Made final ten
Bud Grant—Made final ten
Tom Mack—Made final ten
*Missing the fourth member of the final ten

1990
Class of seven, a tie for the top 10
Al Davis—Made final eleven
Dan Deirdorf—Made final eleven
Larry Little—Made final eleven
Ron Yary—Made final eleven

1991
Al Davis—Finalist, not elected
John Mackey—Finalist, not elected
Lem Barney—Made final eleven
Bob Brown—Made final eleven
Carl Eller—Made final eleven
LC Greenwood—Made final eleven
John Riggins—Made final eleven


1992
Willie Gallimore—Finalist, not elected, Senior Candidate—Never inducted
Charlie Joiner—Finalist, not elected
Tom Mack—Finalist, not elected
Bob Brown—Made final eleven
Dan Deirdorf—Made final eleven
Carl Eller—Made final eleven
Bud Grant—Made final eleven

1993
Jackie Smith—Finalist, not elected
Dick Stanfel—Finalist, not elected, Senior Candidate
Bob Brown—Made final ten
Charlie Joiner—Made final ten
Mel Renfro—Made final ten
Dwight Stephenson—Made final ten

1994
Dan Dierdorf—Finalist, not elected
Carl Eller—Made final ten
Charlie Jouner—Made final ten
Tom Mack—Made final ten
Mel Renfro—Made final ten


1995
Dan Dierdorf—Finalist, not elected
Dwight Stephenson—Finalist, not elected
L.C. Greenwood—Made final ten
Mike Haynes—Made final ten
Charlie Joiner—Made final ten
Mel Renfro—Made final ten

1996
Mike Haynes—Finalist, not elected
Dwight Stephenson—Finalist, not elected
Tom Mack—Made final ten
Lynn Swann—Made final ten
Carl Eller—Made final ten
Jack Youngblood—Made final ten

1997
Jerry Kramer—Finalist, not elected, Senior Candidate
Dwight Stephenson—Finalist, not elected
Lynn Swann—Finalist, not elected
Carl Eller—Made final ten
Paul Krause—Made final ten
Ozzie Newsome—Made final ten
John Stallworth—Made final ten

1998
Ozzie Newsome—Finalist, not elected
Dan Rooney—Finalist, not elected
George Allen—Made final eleven
Carl Eller——Made final eleven
Tom Mack—Made final eleven
John Stallworth—Made final eleven
Jack Youngblood—Made final eleven

The Hall of Fame has published this data from 1999 to the present.

edited this from Bell to Fred B. and two more errors...

Wasn't bell elected In 1983

rewing84 wrote:Wasn't bell elected In 1983

thanks typo...sometimes I cannot read my own writing

Fred Biletnikoff

No problem

I think its interesting that some of these players were (IMO) undoubtedly HOFers, yet they weren't first-ballot guys. I guess it shows the randomness of the HOF voting. I knew that Tarkenton wasn't first ballot....but other guys I just assumed were first ballot but I guess they weren't:

Joe Schmidt
Night Train Lane
Jim Taylor
Willie Davis
Alan Page
Ted Hendricks