1961 PRELIMINARY RESULTS: Thank you to all participating in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are unaware of what that is, we acted as if the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946. We have completed the first 15 years thus far. For “1961,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 100 players whose playing career ended by 1955. 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 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 will be asked to pick 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, and next after, they will pick five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process weekly until we catch up to the current year. Please note that a significant change occurred “years ago”, allowing voters to submit less than the allotted spots.  31 Votes took place This is for the “Modern Era” Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals: *Indicates they have been removed from future ballots Player Year of Eligibility Vote Total Otto Graham QB 1 30 Doak Walker HB-DB 1 29 Marion Motley FB 1 26 Pete Pihos E-DE 1 26 Charley Trippi HB-QB-DB 1 26 Ace Gutkowski FB-TB 17 23 Marshall Goldberg FB 8 23 Dick Barwegan G 2 23 Ward Cuff WB-QB-HB 9 21 Pat Harder E 3 21 Bill Osmanski FB 9 20 Ed Sprinkle DE-E-G-LB 1 20 Bruno Banducci G 2 19 George Connor T-LB-DT-G 1 19 Whizzer White TB-HB 15 18 Buckets Goldenberg G-BB 11 17 Lou Rymkus T 5 17 Vic Sears T-DT 3 17 George Christensen T-G 18 15 George Svendsen C 15 14 Woody Strode E 7 14 Frankie Albert QB 4 14 Joe Kopcha G 20 11 Glenn Presnell T-B 20 13 Spec Sanders TB 6 13 George Wilson E 10 12 Les Bingaman DG-G-C 2 11 Charley Brock C-HB 9 10 Frank Cope T                                9 10 Bucko Kilroy G-MG-T-DT 1 10 Gaynell Tinsley E 16 6 George Taliaferro HB-TB-QB-DB 1 6 Bill Fischer T-G-DT 4 4 Luke Johnsos E 20 4 Father Lumpkin BB 19 4 Buster Ramsey G 5 4 Bill Fischer T-G-DT 4 4 Bill Owen T-G 20 3 Jack Manders 16 3 Eggs Manske…