This post is sponsored by JC Penney/Van Heusen.
We told you a while back that JC Penny/Van Heusen were sponsoring a fans choice hall of fame vote. The first round of ballots are in and the fans have voted for 11 candidates that the Hall of Fame board of selectors did not vote for.
Here are the candidates that fans voted in but the selectors left out:
- Randall Cunningham
- Jim Plunkett
- Phil Simms
- Joe Theismann
- Steve Atwater
- Todd Christensen
- Ed "Too Tall" Jones
- Sterling Sharpe
- head coach Tom Flores
- game official Jim Tunney
- athletic trainer Otho Davis
Make sure you vote for the final candidates as the pool gets smaller. The voting will mirror the same format as the real Hall of Fame selection process.
Really. Go vote. It will make us look better. Thanks.
I've posted the full list of the 25 candidates the fans nominated after the jump.
- 1. Jerry Rice, WR - 20,599 votes
- 2. Emmitt Smith, RB - 17,523 votes
- 3. Ray Guy, P - 12,899 votes
- 4. Tim Brown, WR - 11,868 votes
- 5. Cris Carter, WR - 11,720 votes
- 6. Shannon Sharpe, TE - 11,048 votes
- 7. Otho Davis, Contrib. - Athletic Trainer - 8,360 votes
- 8. Jim Plunkett, QB - 7,807 votes
- 9. Richard Dent, DL - 6,387 votes
- 10. Lester Hayes, DB - 6,311 votes
- 11. Cliff Branch, WR - 6,246 votes
- 12. Tom Flores, Head Coach - 5,688 votes
- 13. Charles Haley, DL - 5,400 votes
- 14. Randall Cunningham, QB - 5,143 votes
- 15. QB Phil Simms, QB - 5,134 votes
- 16. Todd Christensen, TE - 5,040 votes
- 17. Steve Atwater, DB - 4,418 votes
- 18. Andre Reed, WR - 3,188 votes
- 19. Jim Tunney, Contrib. - 2,565 votes
- 20. Joe Theismann, QB - 2,530 votes
- 21. Ed "Too Tall" Jones, DL - 2,274 votes
- 22. Sterling Sharpe, WR - 2,168 votes
- 23. John Randle, DL - 2,097 votes
- 24. Steve Tasker, Special Teams - 1,857 votes
- 25. Kevin Greene, LB - 1,767 votes