2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class

Semifinalists for seniors and contributors announced. Each group will be cut to 12

Seniors Committee

Ken Anderson, Ottis Anderson, Carl Banks, Maxie Baughan, Larry Brown, Mark Clayton, Charlie Conerly, Roger Craig, Henry Ellard, Randy Gradishar, Lester Hayes, Chris Hinton, Cecil Isbell, Joe Jacoby, Billy "White Shoes” Johnson, Mike Kenn, Bob Kuechenberg, George Kunz, Albert Lewis, Jim Marshall, Clay Matthews Jr., Steve McMichael, Eddie Meador, Stanley Morgan, Tommy Nobis, Art Powell, Sterling Sharpe, Steve Tasker, Otis Taylor, Everson Walls and Al Wistert.

Each Semifinalist played his last game in professional football no later than the 1998


Coach/Contributors

K.S. “Bud” Adams Jr., Roone Arledge, C.O. Brocato, Tom Coughlin, Alex Gibbs, Ralph Hay, Mike Holmgren, Frank “Bucko” Kilroy, Eddie Kotal, Robert Kraft, Elmer Layden, Jerry Markbreit, Virginia McCaskey, Rich McKay, John McVay, Art Modell, Buddy Parker, Carl Peterson, Dan Reeves, Art Rooney Jr., Marty Schottenheimer, Jerry Seeman, George Seifert, Mike Shanahan, Clark Shaughnessy, Seymour Siwoff, Jim Tunney, Lloyd Wells and John Wooten.

 

What the fuck has Virginia McCaskey contributed besides putting her idiot sons in charge of decades of mediocrity?

 

commitment to mehxcellence

 

I mean, as a major market owner, she contributed gobs of money to the overall pot, while also ensuring that none of the owners had to worry about competing against her sons.

 

Randy Gradishar, Tommy Nobis, Otis Taylor.

 

I’m wondering what the X number is where if you’ve owned a franchise for that long and not had a Daniel Snyder-style pants shitting that you are a virtual lock for Canton.

 

The newcomers to the Seniors list:

Ottis Anderson
Carl Banks
Larry Brown
Charlie Conerly
Henry Ellard
Albert Lewis
Steve McMichael
Art Powell
Steve Tasker
Al Wisert


The only player not returning at this point from last year is LaVern Dilweg, who I think is one of the most deserving old-timey guys.


The newcomers to the Coaches / Contributors list:

Tom Coughlin
Alex Gibbs
Elmer Layden
Jerry Markbreit
Virginia McCaskey
George Seifert

Otho Davis and Amy Trask are the two not returning at this point last year.

 

Finally Sterling Sharpe getting some love. He’s the most deserving imho

 

The finalists from last time were:
Ken Anderson
Maxie Baughan
Randy Gradishar
Cecil Isbell
Bob Kuechenberg
Eddie Meador
Tommy Nobis
Sterling Sharpe
Everson Walls

I don’t think there’s any reason to think it won’t be those nine plus three newcomers. After that it’s such a crapshoot as to which three advance to the final vote.

 

Id vote for Anderson, Sharpe and Grandishar, though admittedly Im completely unfamiliar with a couple of those other guys.

 

I don't have a problem with your list but I don't think that two middle linebackers make it in the same year. I think I would plug in Bob Kuchenberg for Nobis. But I have no objectivity about Gradishar. I am from Denver and watched those Orange Crush defenses.

 

it will be interesting to see if Ellard gets a finalist spot. I do agree with the other post that they aren’t going to put in multiple guys at the same position, it’s going to be spread out because they only have this three year window for 3 senior players before it goes back to the old way