After years of observing the Pro Football Hall of Fame process, and all Hall of Fames for that matter, one thing has always felt clear to me; Halls should begin 25 years after an institution begins. This alleviates any backlog that could happen, and often when discussions of the PFHOF occur, a common thread is how many great players have fallen through the cracks. So… What if the PFHOF had their first class in January of 1946? Invites went out to people who have displayed knowledge and passion of football’s history, and we followed the same pattern of the current PFHOF electoral process. A Preliminary Vote with 130 players whose playing career ended by 1940. We are also following the structure in that 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 is asked to select 25 names from the preliminary list, with the top 25 vote getters named as Semi-Finalists. A week later, the voters are asked to pick 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, and a week after, they will pick five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process weekly until we catch up to the current year. 27 people participated in the 1946 Preliminary Vote which yielded the following result: This is for the “Modern Era” *Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals: Player Year of Eligibility Vote Total Paddy Driscoll HB-QB-TB-BB 12 27 Red Grange HB-BB-TB-BB 12 27 Ernie Nevers FB 10 27 George Halas E-WB 13 26 Guy Chamberlin E-WB 14 25 Curly Lambeau TB-FB-BB-E 12 25 Cal Hubbard T-E-DE-G 5 25 Dutch Clark TB 3 25 Jim Thorpe TE-E-FB 15 24 George Trafton C 10 24 Johnny Blood TB-HB-WB-BB-DB 3 24 Fritz Pollard TB-BB-WB 17 23 Ed Healey T-G-E 15 23 Pete Henry T 13 23 Duke Slater T 10 23 Link Lyman T 7 22 Cliff Battles TB-FB-WB-DB 4 21 Mike Michalske G-T-LB-BB 4 20 Ray Flaherty E-DB 6 19 Benny Friedman TB-DB 7 18 Joe Guyon WB-TB-BB-FB 14 17 Jimmy Conzelman HB-TB-BB-E 12 17 Walt Kiesling G-T 3 17 Steve Owen T-G 8 14 Turk Edwards T 1 14 Lavvie Dilweg E 11 12 Verne Llewelyn B 9 11 Ox Emerson G-C 3 9 Swede Youngstrom G-T-E-C 16 8 Red Badgro E-DE 5 8 Beattie Feathers HB-WB 1 6 Dutch Sternaman HB-QB-FB 16 5…