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T206CollectorCool site. It deserves some real exploration.
A couple of preliminary thoughts...
In 1936 Lefty Grove got 12 votes -- 5 years before he retired, and 11 years before he was subsequently elected.
In 1936, Cubs catcher Johnny Kling got more votes than his 1908 HOF brethren: 3-Finger Brown, Tinker, Evers or Chance. Kling is still not in the HOF.
Bill Dahlen, who some say should be in the HOF, only ever got one vote, and in 1938.
In fact, there's a ton of examples of guys who got only a couple of votes early that later made it into the HOF (e.g., Marquard), while others, like Kling, Hal Chase and Lou Criger, who got a number of votes early never made it.