1940 NFL Draft
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The 1940
National Football League
Draft
was held on December 9, 1939.
1940 NFL season
The 1940 NFL season was the 21st regular season of the National Football League. The season ended when the Chicago Bears defeated the Washington Redskins in the NFL Championship Game, 73–0. This game still stands as the most one-sided victory in NFL history...
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Draft
NFL Draft
The National Football League Draft is an annual event in which the National Football League teams select eligible college football players and it is their most common source of player recruitment. The basic design of the draft is each team is given a position in the drafting order in reverse order...
was held on December 9, 1939.
Player selections
= Hall of Fame Pro Football Hall of Fame The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees... r |
Round one
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
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1 | Chicago Cardinals | George Cafego George Cafego George Cafego was a college, and professional American football player and coach. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969.-High school and collegiate career:... |
Tailback Running back A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running... |
Tennessee University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States... |
2 | Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
George McAfee George McAfee George Anderson McAfee was a former American football player. McAfee is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He played college football at Duke University. He is a former running back who played for the Chicago Bears... |
Quarterback Quarterback Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line... |
Duke Duke University Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B... |
3 | Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC... |
Kay Eakin Kay Eakin Oliver Kay Eakin, Jr. was an American football player in the National Football League and the All-America Football Conference.... |
Halfback | Arkansas University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in... |
4 | Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field. In 1945, because of financial difficulties, the team was merged with the Boston Yanks... |
Banks McFadden Banks McFadden Banks McFadden was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1959. McFadden attended Great Falls High School in South Carolina, where he led the Red Devils to two state championships in football and one in basketball... |
Halfback | Clemson Clemson University Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States.... |
5 | Cleveland Rams | Olie Cordill Olie Cordill Olie James Cordill was a professional American football halfback in the National Football League. A 1st round selection in the 1940 NFL Draft out of Rice University, Cordill played for the Cleveland Rams in that year.-External links:... |
Halfback | Rice Rice University William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States... |
6 | Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... |
Doyle Nave | Quarterback | USC University of Southern California The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university... |
7 | Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
Clyde "Bulldog" Turner Bulldog Turner Clyde Douglas Turner was a professional football player for the Chicago Bears.-NFL playing career:... |
Center Center (American football) Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense... |
Hardin-Simmons Hardin-Simmons University Hardin–Simmons University is a private Baptist university located in Abilene, Texas, United States.-History:Hardin–Simmons University was founded as Abilene Baptist College in 1891 by the Sweetwater Baptist Association and a group of cattlemen and pastors who sought to bring Christian higher... |
8 | Washington Redskins Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,... |
Ed Boell | Quarterback | NYU New York University New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan... |
9 | Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... |
Hal Van Every Hal Van Every Hal Van Every was an American football back in the National Football League who played 21 games for the Green Bay Packers. In 1940, the Green Bay Packers used the 9th pick in the 1st round of the 1940 NFL Draft to sign Van Every out of the University of Minnesota... |
Halfback | Minnesota University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557... |
10 | New York Giants New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
Grenny Lansdell | Quarterback | USC |
Round two
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
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11 | Chicago Cardinals | George "Snuffy" Stirnweiss Snuffy Stirnweiss George Henry "Snuffy" Stirnweiss was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball. From through , Stirnweiss played for the New York Yankees , St. Louis Browns and Cleveland Indians... |
Back | North Carolina |
12 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ralph Wenzel | End | Tulane Tulane Green Wave Green Wave, the nickname of the sports teams of Tulane University, was adopted during the 1920 season, after a song titled The Rolling Green Wave was published in Tulane's student newspaper in 1920. From 1893 to 1919, the athletic teams of Tulane were known as the Olive and Blue for the official... |
13 | Philadelphia Eagles | John Schiechl John Schiechl John George "Johnny" Schiechl was an Austrian American professional American football center in the National Football League and the All-America Football Conference... |
Center | Santa Clara Santa Clara University Santa Clara University is a private, not-for-profit, Jesuit-affiliated university located in Santa Clara, California, United States. Chartered by the state of California and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, it operates in collaboration with the Society of Jesus , whose... |
14 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Nile Kinnick Nile Kinnick Nile Clarke Kinnick, Jr. was a student and a college football player at the University of Iowa. He won the 1939 Heisman Trophy and was a consensus All-American. He died during a training flight while serving as a U.S Navy aviator in World War II... |
Back | Iowa University of Iowa The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees... |
15 | Cleveland Rams | Merl Condit Merl Condit Merlyn Edwin Condit , nicknamed "Merlyn the Magician," was an American football H-back in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Washington Redskins, and the Brooklyn Dodgers... |
Back | Carnegie-Mellon Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.... |
Round three
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
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16 | Chicago Cardinals | Lloyd Madden | Back | Colorado Mines |
17 | Philadelphia Eagles | Dick Favor | Back | Oklahoma |
18 | Pittsburgh Steelers | George Kiick | Back | Bucknell |
19 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Rhoten Shetley | Back | Furman |
20 | Cleveland Rams | Johnny Haman | Center | Northwestern |
21 | Detroit Lions | Bill Fisk Bill Fisk William G. Fisk was an American football offensive and defensive end who played in the National Football League and All-America Football Conference from 1940 to 1948. He served as head coach of Mt... |
End | USC |
22 | Chicago Bears | Ken Kavanaugh Ken Kavanaugh Ken Kavanaugh was an American football player, coach and scout. He played college football at LSU, where he was named Most Valuable Player of the Southeastern Conference in 1939. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1963.After college, Kavanaugh played in the National Football... |
End | LSU Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name... |
23 | Washington Redskins | Burt "Buddy" Banker | Back | Tulane |
24 | Green Bay Packers | Lou Brock Lou Brock (American football) James Lewis Brock was an American football player. He played his entire six year career with the Green Bay Packers and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1985.- References :... |
Back | Purdue Purdue University Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and... |
25 | New York Giants | John McLaughry John McLaughry -External links:... |
Back | Brown |
Round four
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
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26 | Chicago Cardinals | John Shirk John Shirk John Francis Shirk was a professional American football end/defensive end in the National Football League. He played one season for the Chicago Cardinals. During World War II, he served as a captain in the field artillery. During the invasion of Salerno, he was captured and held in a German... |
End | Oklahoma |
27 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Frank "Pop" Ivy Pop Ivy Frank "Pop" Ivy was a football player and coach who holds the unique distinction of being the only person ever to serve as a head coach in the National Football League, the American Football League and the Western Interprovincial Football Union.A native of Skiatook, Oklahoma, Ivy was part Native... |
End | Oklahoma |
28 | Philadelphia Eagles | Eberle Schultz Elbie Schultz Eberle H. Schultz was a former football player in the National Football League from 1940 to 1947. Over the course of his career, Schultz played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Rams and the Los Angeles Rams... |
Guard | Oregon State |
29 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Edgar "Bill" Bailey | End | Duke |
30 | Cleveland Rams | Bobby Wood | Tackle | Alabama |
Round five
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
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31 | Chicago Cardinals | Marty Christiansen | Back | Minnesota |
32 | Philadelphia Eagles | Frank Emmons | Back | Oregon |
33 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Clark Goff | Tackle | Florida |
34 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Walt Merrill | Tackle | Alabama |
35 | Cleveland Rams | Park Myers | Tackle | Texas |
36 | Detroit Lions | Harry Smith | Guard | USC |
37 | Chicago Bears | Ed Kolman Ed Kolman Edward Victor "Ed" Kolman was a professional American football player who played offensive tackle for six seasons for the Chicago Bears and New York Giants.-External links:... |
Tackle | Temple |
38 | Washington Redskins | Bill Kirchem | Tackle | Tulane |
39 | Green Bay Packers | Esco Sarkkinen | End | Ohio State |
40 | New York Giants | Carl Tomasello | End | Scranton |
Round six
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
41 | Chicago Cardinals | Vic Reginato | End | Oregon |
42 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Frank Bykowski | Guard | Purdue |
43 | Philadelphia Eagles | Saul Singer | Tackle | Arkansas |
44 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Jack Murray | Center | Wisconsin |
45 | Cleveland Rams | Ken Heineman | Back | Texas-El Paso |
46 | Detroit Lions | Jim Rike | Center | Tennessee |
47 | Chicago Bears | John Woudenberg John Woudenberg John William "Dutch" Woudenberg, Jr. was a professional American football offensive and defensive lineman in the National Football League and the All-America Football Conference .... |
Tackle | Denver |
48 | Washington Redskins | Joe Boyd | Tackle | Texas A&M |
49 | Green Bay Packers | Dick Cassiano Dick Cassiano Dick Cassiano was a halfback in the National Football League. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1940 NFL season.... |
Back | Pittsburgh |
50 | New York Giants | Lou Smith | Back | California |
Round seven
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
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51 | Chicago Cardinals | Andy Chisick | Center | Villanova |
52 | Philadelphia Eagles | Hal "Mike" Pegg | Center | Bucknell |
53 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Pete Cignetti | Back | Boston College |
54 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Ed "Ty" Coon | Tackle | North Carolina State |
55 | Cleveland Rams | Bob Nowaskey Bob Nowaskey Robert John Nowaskey was an American football defensive end, born in Everett, Pennsylvania, who played eight seasons in the All-America Football Conference and in the National Football League.-External links:... |
End | George Washington |
56 | Detroit Lions | Bob Winslow Robert Winslow -External links:... |
End | USC |
57 | Chicago Bears | Len Akin Len Akin Len Akin was a guard in the National Football League. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 1940 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears and later played with the team during the 1942 NFL season. Prior to playing with the Bears he had also played with the Milwaukee Chiefs of the American Football... |
Guard | Baylor |
58 | Washington Redskins | Roy Zimmerman Roy Zimmerman (American football) Henry LeRoy Zimmerman Jr. was an American football player who played running back and quarterback in the National Football League from 1940 to 1948.-Early life:... |
Back | San Jose State |
59 | Green Bay Packers | Millard White | Tackle | Tulane |
60 | New York Giants | Rex Williams | Center | Texas Tech |
Round eight
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
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61 | Chicago Cardinals | Ben Kish Ben Kish Benjamin Ernest Kish was a former professional American football safety in the National Football League for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Eagles... |
Back | Pittsburgh |
62 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Carl Nery | Guard | Duquesne |
63 | Philadelphia Eagles | Don Looney Don Looney John Don Looney is a former professional American football end in the National Football League. He was born in Sulphur Springs, Texas. He played three seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers... |
End | Texas Christian |
64 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Frank Zadworney | Back | Ohio State |
65 | Cleveland Rams | Bob Anahu | End | Santa Clara |
66 | Detroit Lions | Bill Tranavitch | Back | Rutgers |
67 | Chicago Bears | Jim Fordham | Back | Georgia |
68 | Washington Redskins | Roland "Bud" Orf | End | Missouri |
69 | Green Bay Packers | George Seeman George Seeman George Seeman is a former player in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the eighth round of the 1940 NFL Draft and was a member of the team that season.-References:... |
End | Nebraska |
70 | New York Giants | Win Pedersen | Tackle | Minnesota |
Round nine
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
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71 | Chicago Cardinals | Luke Pappas | Tackle | Utah |
72 | Philadelphia Eagles | Don Jones | Back | Washington |
73 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Dick Boisseau | Tackle | Washington & Lee |
74 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Art Jocher | Tackle | Manhattan |
75 | Cleveland Rams | Wilfred Thorpe | Guard | Arkansas |
76 | Detroit Lions | Bob Haas | Tackle | Missouri |
77 | Chicago Bears | Hampton Pool Hamp Pool Hampton John "Hamp" Pool was a football player, coach and scout who was part of two National Football League championship teams during his playing career and served as head coach for three professional teams.... |
End | Stanford |
78 | Washington Redskins | Bob Hoffman Bob Hoffman Wayne Robert Hoffman was a U.S. American football running back in the NFL for the Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Rams. He also played in the All-America Football Conference for the Los Angeles Dons and in the Pacific Coast Professional Football League for the Hollywood Bears... |
Back | USC |
79 | Green Bay Packers | J. R. Manley | Guard | Oklahoma |
80 | New York Giants | Dom Principe | Back | Fordham |
Round ten
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
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81 | Chicago Cardinals | Jack Roche | Back | Santa Clara |
82 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Paul Shu | Back | Virginia Military Inst |
83 | Philadelphia Eagles | Frank Maher Frank Maher (American football) Frank Maher is a former professional American football player who played running back for one season for the Cleveland Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers.... |
Back | Toledo |
84 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Jim Turner | Guard | Holy Cross |
85 | Cleveland Rams | Herb Smith | Back | St. Mary's (CA) |
86 | Detroit Lions | Leon DeWitte | Back | Purdue |
87 | Chicago Bears | Tom Pace | Back | Utah |
88 | Washington Redskins | Bob Seymour Bob Seymour Robert Arnold Seymour was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. Seymour also played in the All-America Football Conference for the Los Angeles Dons. He played college football at the University of Oklahoma and was drafted in the tenth... |
Back | Oklahoma |
89 | Green Bay Packers | Jack Brown | Back | Purdue |
90 | New York Giants | Earl Clark | Back | Texas Christian |
Round eleven
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
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91 | Chicago Cardinals | Bill Davis | Tackle | Texas Tech |
92 | Philadelphia Eagles | Elmer Hackney Elmer Hackney Elmer Loyd Hackney ) was a professional American football running back in the National Football League. Hackney was an 11th round selection by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1940 NFL Draft out of Kansas State University. Hackney played seven seasons for the Eagles , the Pittsburgh Steelers , and... |
Back | Kansas |
93 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Cary Cox | Center | Alabama |
94 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Nick Cutlich | Tackle | Northwestern |
95 | Cleveland Rams | Boyd Clay | Tackle | Tennessee |
96 | Detroit Lions | Erwin Prasse | End | Iowa |
97 | Chicago Bears | Lee Artoe Lee Artoe Lee Robert Reno Artoe was a professional American football player in the National Football League and All-America Football Conference for 7 seasons. An offensive tackle, Artoe played for the NFL's Chicago Bears... |
Tackle | California |
98 | Washington Redskins | Howard Stoecker | Tackle | USC |
99 | Green Bay Packers | Don Guritz | Guard | Northwestern |
100 | New York Giants | John McKibben | End | Tulsa |
Round twelve
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
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101 | Chicago Cardinals | Stan Andersen | Tackle | Stanford |
102 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Rocco Pirro Rocco Pirro Rocco A. Pirro was a professional American football Guard who played from 1940 to 1941 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and from 1946 to 1949 with the Buffalo Bills.-External links:**... |
Back | Catholic University |
103 | Philadelphia Eagles | Durward Horner | End | Texas Christian |
104 | Brooklyn Dodgers | George Dougherty | Back | Howard |
105 | Cleveland Rams | Jim "Shag" Goolsby | Center | Mississippi Stat |
106 | Detroit Lions | Ken Binder | Back | Carroll |
107 | Chicago Bears | Bill McCubbin | End | Kentucky |
108 | Washington Redskins | Allen Johnson | Guard | Duke |
109 | Green Bay Packers | Phil Gaspar | Tackle | USC |
110 | New York Giants | Ed McGee | Guard | Temple |
Round thirteen
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
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111 | Chicago Cardinals | Alton Coppage | End | Oklahoma |
112 | Philadelphia Eagles | Ted Hennis | Back | Purdue |
113 | Pittsburgh Steelers | John Noppenberg | Back | Miami (FL) |
114 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Mike Gussie | Guard | West Virginia |
115 | Cleveland Rams | Jack Gregory | Tackle | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
116 | Detroit Lions | Justin Bowers | Tackle | Oklahoma |
117 | Chicago Bears | Harry Clarke | Back | West Virginia |
118 | Washington Redskins | Sam Bartholomew Sam Bartholomew Samuel Wilson Bartholomew was an American football fullback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at the University of Tennessee and was drafted in the thirteenth round of the 1940 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins.... |
Back | Tennessee |
119 | Green Bay Packers | Ambrose Schindler Amby Schindler Ambrose "Amblin' Amby" Schindler is a former American collegiate football player, coach and Professional Football on-field official. He played college football for the University of Southern California.-Career:Schindler prepped at San Diego High School... |
Back | USC |
120 | New York Giants | Joe Payne | Guard | Clemson |
Round fourteen
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
121 | Chicago Cardinals | Judson Hudson | Back | Davis & Elkins |
122 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Nick Stublar | Tackle | Santa Clara |
123 | Philadelphia Eagles | Bill Bunsen | Back | Kansas |
124 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Len Coffman | Back | Tennessee |
125 | Cleveland Rams | Pete Bogden | End | Utah |
126 | Detroit Lions | Jack Morlock | Back | Marshall |
127 | Chicago Bears | Frank Crisci | Tackle | Case Western Reserve |
128 | Washington Redskins | Ernie Lain | Back | Rice |
129 | Green Bay Packers | Bill Kerr Bill Kerr (American football) Bill Kerr was a professional American football player. He played for the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference.... |
End | Notre Dame |
130 | New York Giants | Bob Smith | Back | Oregon |
Round fifteen
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
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131 | Chicago Cardinals | Joe Ziemba | End | St. Benedict's |
132 | Philadelphia Eagles | Don Crumbaker | End | Kansas State |
133 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ray McCarthy | Back | Santa Clara |
134 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Jim Conlin | Center | NYU |
135 | Cleveland Rams | Owen Goodnight | Back | Hardin-Simmons |
136 | Detroit Lions | Stillman Rouse | End | Missouri |
137 | Chicago Bears | Sherm Barnes | End | Baylor |
138 | Washington Redskins | Hayward "Sandy" Sanford Sandy Sanford Hayward A. Sanford was an American football end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Alabama. He was recruited by Paul "Bear" Bryant, an assistant at Alabama at the time... |
End | Alabama |
139 | Green Bay Packers | Mel Brewer | Guard | Illinois |
140 | New York Giants | Othel Turner | Tackle | Tulsa |
Round sixteen
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
141 | Chicago Cardinals | Beryl Clark | Back | Oklahoma |
142 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Leon Gajecki | Center | Penn State |
143 | Philadelphia Eagles | J. R. Green | Tackle | Rice |
144 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Dennis Donovan | Back | Oregon |
145 | Cleveland Rams | Morris Kohler | Back | Oregon State |
146 | Detroit Lions | Jack Padley | Back | Dayton |
147 | Chicago Bears | Al Christianson | Back | Knox |
148 | Washington Redskins | Willard "Bolo" Perdue Bolo Perdue Charles Willard "Bolo" Perdue was an American football end in the National Football League for the New York Giants. Born in Thomasville, North Carolina, he also played in the All America Football Conference for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Perdue played college football at Duke University... |
End | Duke |
149 | Green Bay Packers | Ray Andrus | Back | Vanderbilt |
150 | New York Giants | Ned Swan | Center | Drake |
Round seventeen
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
151 | Chicago Cardinals | Ralph Foster | Tackle | Oklahoma A&M |
152 | Philadelphia Eagles | Jim Molnar | Back | Bradley |
153 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Mike Sullivan | End | North Carolina State |
154 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Frank Funair | Back | Bucknell |
155 | Cleveland Rams | Jack Nix | Back | Mississippi State |
156 | Detroit Lions | John Hackenbruck | Tackle | Oregon State |
157 | Chicago Bears | Wilbur White | Tackle | Bradley |
158 | Washington Redskins | Steve Andrako Steve Andrako Steven Francis Andrako was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was drafted in the seventeenth round of the 1940 NFL Draft.... |
Center | Ohio State |
159 | Green Bay Packers | Archie Kodros Archie Kodros -External links:... |
Center | Michigan |
160 | New York Giants | John Rogalia | Back | Scranton |
Round eighteen
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
161 | Chicago Cardinals | Lowell Bryant | Back | Clemson |
162 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Seaton Daly | Tackle | Gonzaga |
163 | Philadelphia Eagles | Ernie Schwartzer | Guard | Boston College |
164 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Walt Strosser | Back | St. Vincent |
165 | Cleveland Rams | Ralph Stevenson | Guard | Oklahoma |
166 | Detroit Lions | Frank Ribar Frank Ribar Frank Andrew Ribar was an American football guard in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins... |
Guard | Duke |
167 | Chicago Bears | Ralph Schlosser | Center | Gonzaga |
168 | Washington Redskins | Jay Graybeal | Back | Oregon |
169 | Green Bay Packers | Jim Gillette Jim Gillette (American football) James Thomas "Jim" Gillette, Jr. was a professional American football halfback in the National Football League... |
Back | Virginia |
170 | New York Giants | Bill "Monk" Edwards | Tackle | Baylor |
Round nineteen
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
171 | Chicago Cardinals | Russ Buckley | Back | Gustavus Adolphus |
172 | Philadelphia Eagles | Bill Schneller | Back | Mississippi |
173 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Thad Harvey | Tackle | Notre Dame |
174 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Steve Hydock | End | Albright |
175 | Cleveland Rams | Dante Magnani Dante Magnani Dante Alfred Magnani was an American football player who played nine seasons in the National Football League. Magnani, a running back, played college football for the St. Mary's College Galloping Gaels in Moraga, California.-External links:* The New York Times obit... |
Back | St. Mary's (CA) |
176 | Detroit Lions | Herb McCarthy | Back | Denver |
177 | Chicago Bears | John Popov | Back | Cincinnati |
178 | Washington Redskins | Charley Slagle | Back | North Carolina |
179 | Green Bay Packers | Al Matuza Al Matuza Albert Charles "Al" Matuza was a professional American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. He played three seasons for the Chicago Bears .... |
Center | Georgetown |
180 | New York Giants | Cecil Walden | Guard | Oregon |
Round twenty
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
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181 | Chicago Cardinals | Rupert Pate | Tackle | Wake Forest |
182 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Marvin Katzenstein | Tackle | Colorado Mines |
183 | Philadelphia Eagles | Bill Debord | Tackle | Kansas State |
184 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Milt Howell | Guard | Auburn |
185 | Cleveland Rams | Luke Lindon | Tackle | Kentucky |
186 | Detroit Lions | Dub Parten | Tackle | Centenary |
187 | Chicago Bears | Young Bussey Young Bussey Ruey Young Bussey was a professional American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. Bussey was killed in action during World War II.-External links:... |
Back | Louisiana State |
188 | Washington Redskins | F. W. "Buck" Murphy | Back | Georgia Tech |
189 | Green Bay Packers | Jim Reeder | Tackle | Illinois |
190 | New York Giants | John Sullivan | End | San Francisco |
Round twenty one
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
191 | Detroit Lions | Malvern Morgan | Center | Auburn |
192 | Chicago Bears | Ray "Scooter" McLean Ray McLean Ray "Scooter" McLean was a football player and coach at both the collegiate and professional levels, but may be best remembered for preceding Vince Lombardi as head coach of the Green Bay Packers in 1958.... |
Back | St. Anselm's |
193 | Washington Redskins | Mel Wetzel | Tackle | Missouri |
194 | Green Bay Packers | Vince Eichler | Back | Cornell |
195 | New York Giants | Weenie Bynum | Back | Centenary |
Round twenty two
Pick # | |Player | |College | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
196 | Detroit Lions | Bob Orf | End | Missouri |
197 | Chicago Bears | Walt Kichefski Walt Kichefski Walter Raymond Kichefski was a professional football player in the He played in the league from 1940–1942 and again in 1944. Walt played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and "Card-Pitt", a team that was the result of a temporary merger between the Chicago Cardinals and the Steelers... |
End | Miami (FL) |
198 | Washington Redskins | Steve Sitko Steve Sitko Steven Joseph Sitko was an American football player for the University of Notre Dame, and a professional basketball player.... |
Back | Notre Dame |
199 | Green Bay Packers | Henry Luebcke | Tackle | Iowa |
200 | New York Giants | Myron Claxton | Tackle | Whittier |
Hall of famers
- George McAfee, Quarterback from Duke taken 1st round 2nd overall by the Philadelphia Eagles.
- Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1966.
- Bulldog Turner, Center from Hardin-Simmons taken 1st round 7th overall by the Chicago Bears.
- Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1966.