1940 NFL Draft
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The 1940
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...

 National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 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...

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Round one

Pick # |Player |College
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.

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