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ELECTIONS: 1960
This fractured the ballot as little, as this election became known as the Near Miss Election. Sid Abel squeaked in with 15 votes, but Elmer Lach, Tommy Smith,
Hap Day, James Creighton and Builder Candidate Foster Hewitt fell
one vote shy. HONOURED MEMBERS:
Here is how the final voting went:
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Chair
Morey Holzman introduced what would amount to be the final rule
change in the election proceedings. Due to clogging on the lists,
largely due to committee members voting for their favorite player
even though the rest of the committee is not supporting the nominee,
Holzman's new rule stated that a candidate must be on at least
four ballots to stay on the list.