The 1960 American Football League Draft

American Football League Draft

The American Football League stocked its teams in two ways:# Signing free agents ....

was held on November 22, 1959, shortly after the organization of the league, and lasted 33 rounds. An additional draft of 20 rounds was held by the AFL on December 2.

Territorial draft

Each AFL team had "territorial rights" to players from its general region for a first draft selection, so that teams could sign players who were known to their fans. These were not "picked" as such, but agreed on by consensus.
The first territorial or "bonus" picks for each team were:

• Boston Patriots ~ Gerhard Schwedes, HB, Syracuse
  Syracuse University
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• Buffalo Bills
  Buffalo Bills
  The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
   ~ Richie Lucas
  Richie Lucas
  Richard John "Riverboat Richie" Lucas is an American former collegiate and Professional Football quarterback, noteworthy as a College Football Hall of Fame quarterback, and best known for his All-American career at Pennsylvania State University .Lucas was born in Glassport, Pennsylvania. He was a...
  
  , QB, Penn State
  Pennsylvania State University
  The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
  
  
• Dallas Texans
  History of the Kansas City Chiefs
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   ~ Don Meredith
  Don Meredith
  Joseph Don "Dandy Don" Meredith was an American football quarterback, sports commentator and actor. He spent all nine seasons of his professional playing career with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League . He was named to the Pro Bowl in each of his last three years as a player...
  
  , QB, SMU
  Southern Methodist University
  Southern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church...
  
  
• Denver Broncos
  Denver Broncos
  The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
   ~ Roger LeClerc, C, Trinity
  Trinity College (Connecticut)
  Trinity College is a private, liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut. Founded in 1823, it is the second-oldest college in the state of Connecticut after Yale University. The college enrolls 2,300 students and has been coeducational since 1969. Trinity offers 38 majors and 26 minors, and has...
  
  
• Houston Oilers ~ Billy Cannon
  Billy Cannon
  William Abb "Billy" Cannon is an All-American, 1959 Heisman Trophy winner and 2008 inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and one of the American Football League's most celebrated players.He was born in Philadelphia, Mississippi, and moved...
  
  , HB, 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...
  
  
• Los Angeles Chargers ~ Monty Stickles
  Monty Stickles
  Montford Anthony "Monty" Stickles was an American football tight end in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers and the New Orleans Saints. He also served as a color commentator on Oakland Raiders radio broadcasts. He died of heart failure after a brief illness. He was...
  
  , E, Notre Dame
  University of Notre Dame
  The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
  
  
• New York Titans
  New York Jets
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   ~ George Izo
  George Izo
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  , QB, Notre Dame
  University of Notre Dame
  The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
  
  
• Minneapolis AFL team
  Minnesota Vikings
  The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
  
   ¹ ~ Dale Hackbart
  Dale Hackbart
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  , QB, Wisconsin
  University of Wisconsin–Madison
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¹ Minneapolis reneged on its agreement to join the AFL, and jumped to the NFL as an expansion team that became the Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...

. By the time the Oakland Raiders

Oakland Raiders

The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 were granted the eighth AFL franchise, other AFL teams had signed some of the Minneapolis draftees. In order to stock the Raiders with players, the AFL held an "allocation draft" on January 27, 1960. The Minneapolis group did not take any of the players they drafted with them when they went to the NFL.

After the first "territorial picks" the 1960 AFL draft proceeded with teams selecting by lot and player position, e.g., each team selected backs from the available list, then linemen, etc.

Often, AFL teams cooperated in signing draftees, allowing other teams in the league to sign their choices, to keep the players in the AFL; for example, Bill Mathis

Bill Mathis

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, whose "rights" belonged to the Broncos

Denver Broncos

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, but who signed with the Titans

New York Jets

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; Ron Mix

Ron Mix

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, drafted by the Patriots, signed by the Chargers, etc. Each team had a set of "first selections" and "second selections", with each group listed separately and alphabetically as below.

Regular draft

Boston Patriots

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Buddy Allen Buddy Allen Elihu "Buddy" Allen, Jr. is a former professional American football halfback in the American Football League. He played college football at Utah State University, and played professionally for the Denver Broncos in 1961.-External links:*... , HB, Utah State Ron Burton Ron Burton Ronald E. "Ron" Burton became a college All-American running back at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, a member of the Northwestern Hall of Fame, and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.... , HB, Northwestern Dale Chamberlain, FB, Miami (Ohio) Henry Christopher, E, SMU Don Colchicco, E, San Jose State Jack Cummings, QB, N. C. State James Davis, C, Oklahoma Sarafine Fazio, C, Pittsburgh Max Fugler, C, LSU Jim Gardner, T, Duke James Goodyear, G/T, Wake Forest William J. Lashua HB, Ashburnham, Massachusetts Dave Harris, HB, Kansas Al Henderson, T, Colorado State James Hickman, T/G, Penn State Robert Kranz, FB, Penn State Joe Kulbacki Joe Kulbacki Joseph Vincent Kulbacki is an author, vinter, entrepreneur, and former American football halfback in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills... , HB, Purdue Dee Mackey Dee Mackey Dee Elbert Mackey was an American football tight end who played professionally for six seasons in the National Football League and the American Football League. He played for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Colts... , E, E. Texas State Leon Manley, G, W. Texas State Cliff Manning, G/T, Hardin-Simmons Pete Manning, E, Wake Forest Edward Mazurek, T, Xavier (Ohio) Bill Meglen, G, Utah State Frank Mestnik, FB, Marquette Ron Mix Ron Mix Ronald Jack Mix , in Los Angeles, California was an American football player.Mix attended USC, and upon graduation played right tackle and guard for the American Football League's Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers and the NFL Oakland Raiders .- College career :A graduate of the University of Southern... , T, USC Irvin Nikolal, E, Stanford Jim Prestal, T, Idaho Bob Salerno, G, Colorado Gerhard Schwedes, HB, Syracuse Richard Soergel, QB, Oklahoma State Larry Wagner, T, Vanderbilt Harvey White Harvey White Harvey Talbert White was an American collegiate and Professional Football quarterback who played for the American Football League's Boston Patriots. He was the first person to sign a Patriots contract on December 20 1959. He played in 3 games for the Patriots in 1960.-External links:*... , QB, Clemson Tirey Wilemon, HB, SMU Gary Wisener, E, Baylor   Dave Ames Dave Ames David Randolph "Dave" Ames was an American football defensive back and halfback. He played college football at the University of Richmond, and played professionally in the American Football League for the New York Titans and the Denver Broncos in 1961... , HB, Richmond James Boeke, T/G, Heidelberg Billy Brewer Billy Brewer Billy Brewer is a former head football coach for Southeastern Louisiana University, Louisiana Tech University and University of Mississippi. He is the current host of an Ole Miss Rebel football post-game call-in show.... , QB, Ole Miss Ole Miss Rebels University of Mississippi sports teams, originally known as the "Mississippi Flood" , were re-named the Rebels in 1936 and compete in the twelve-member Southeastern Conference of the NCAA's Division I. The school's colors are cardinal red and navy blue , purposely chosen to mirror the school... Emanuel Congedo, T/G, Villanova Pat Dye Pat Dye Patrick Fain Dye is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at East Carolina University , the University of Wyoming , and Auburn University compiling a career college football record of 153–62–5... , T/G, Georgia Georgia Bulldogs football The Georgia Bulldogs football team represents the University of Georgia in football. The Bulldogs are a member of the Southeastern Conference and are frequently a top-25 team. The University of Georgia has had a football team since 1892 and has an all-time record of 738–398–54... John Farrington, E, Prairie View Rich Grecni, C, Ohio Bud Jones, E, SMU Don Kacmarek, G/T, North Dakota John Lawrence, G/T, N. C. State Ron Maltony, G/T, Purdue Bobby Pate, HB, Presbyterian Jack Rudolph, LB, Georgia Tech Frank Sally, T/G, California Bob Spada, E, Duke Pete Tunney, HB, Occidental Jim Webster, HB, Marquette John Wilcox, G/T, Oregon

Birtho Arnold, T/G, Ohio State Charles Bevins, HB, Morris Brown Don Black, E, New Mexico Bill Burrell Bill Burrell William Burrell is a former American football player at the University of Illinois.A linebacker and guard, in 1959 Burrell won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the MVP of the Big Ten Conference... , G, Illinois Paul Choquette, FB, Brown Mike Connelly, C, Utah State Jim Conroy, FB, USC Bob Coogan, T/G, Utah Louis Cordileone, G, Clemson Ted Dean, FB, Wichita Willie Evans, HB, Buffalo Ross Fichtner, QB, Purdue Jon Gilliam, C, E. Texas State Al Goldstein, E, North Carolina Jim Houston Jim Houston James Edward "Jim" Houston is a former American football linebacker who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.... , E, Ohio State Ray Jauch Ray Jauch Ray Jauch was a coach in the Canadian Football League, USFL, and the Arena Football League.A star high school athlete, Jauch played running back for the 1958 National Champion University of Iowa Hawkeyes, leading the nation in yards per carry. He played in the 1959 Rose Bowl against California... , HB, Iowa Robert Khayat, T, Mississippi Ken Kirk, C, Mississippi Jim Leo, E, Cincinnati Richie Lucas Richie Lucas Richard John "Riverboat Richie" Lucas is an American former collegiate and Professional Football quarterback, noteworthy as a College Football Hall of Fame quarterback, and best known for his All-American career at Pennsylvania State University .Lucas was born in Glassport, Pennsylvania. He was a... , QB, Penn State Chuck McMurtry Chuck McMurtry Charles McMurtry was an American football player. A defensive tackle, he played professionally in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills and Oakland Raiders. McMurtry played college football at Whittier College. He died in February 1984-External links:*... , T/G, Whittier Bubba Meyer, E, TCU Ron Miller, E, Vanderbilt Gale Oliver, T, Texas A&M Harold Olsen, T, Clemson Ray Peterson, HB, West Virginia Vince Promuto, G, Holy Cross Rene Ramirez, HB, Texas Len Rohde, T, Utah State Joe Schaffer, T, Tennessee Wayne Schneider, HB, Colorado State Ivan Toncic, QB, Pittsburgh Larry Wilson, HB, Utah   Dwight Baumgartner, E, Duke Tom Day Tom Day Thomas Frederick Day was an American football player. A defensive end, he played college football at North Carolina A&T State University, and professionally in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills and the San Diego Chargers... , T/G, North Carolina A&T Babe Dreymala, T/G, Texas Joe Gomes, HB, South Carolina Mike Graney, E, Notre Dame Pete Hall, QB, Marquette Jim Hanna, E, USC Ernie Hanson, C, Arizona State John Littlejohn, HB, Kansas State Marvin Luster, E, UCLA Dwight Nichols, HB, Iowa State Merlin Priddy, HB, TCU Gary Ratkowski, HB, Citadel Dale Rems, T/G, Purdue Carl Robison, T/G, S. Carolina State Bob Sliva, T/G, Stephen F. Austin James Sorey, T/G, Texas Southern Jerry Thompson, T/G, Oklahoma Royce Whittington, T/G, Southwestern Darrell Harper, HB, Michigan

 
 

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Jack Atcheson, E, Western Illinois George Boone, T, Kentucky Chris Burford Chris Burford Christopher William Burford, III is a former American football wide receiver. Burford was a master of sideline receptions for the Dallas Texans and the Kansas City Chiefs. What he lacked in great speed or physical presence, he made up for by running perfectly choreographed pass routes that... , E, Stanford Earl Ray Butler, T, North Carolina Gail Cogdill, E, Washington State James Crotty, HB, Notre Dame Gary Ferguson, T, SMU Tom Glynn, C, Boston College Gene Gossage, T, Northwestern Jim Heineke, T, Wisconsin William Jerry, G/T, South Carolina John Kapele, T, BYU Louis Kelley, FB, New Mexico State Gilmer Lewis, T/G, Oklahoma John Malmberg, T/G, Knox College Arvle Martin, C, TCU Don Meredith, QB, SMU Tom Moore, HB, Vanderbilt Ola Murchison, E, COP Bob Nelson, C, Wisconsin Jim Norton, E, Idaho Warren Rabb Warren Rabb S. Warren Rabb was a former American collegiate and Professional Football quarterback who played for the Detroit Lions of the NFL and the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League. He was selected in the second round of the 1960 NFL Draft out of Louisiana State University... , QB, LSU Howard Ringwood, HB, BYU Johnny Robinson, HB, LSU John Saunders, FB, South Carolina Glenn Shaw, FB, Kentucky Gordon Speer, HB, Rice Jack Stone, G, Oregon Marvin Terrell Marvin Terrell Marvin Terrell, Jr. is a former American college and professional football guard who played four seasons in the American Football League from 1960-1963 for the Dallas Texans and Kansas City Chiefs... , G, Mississippi Emery Turner, G, Purdue Joe Vader, E, Kansas State Carroll Zaruba, HB, Nebraska   Grady Alderman, G/T, Detroit Herman Alexander, T/G, Findlay (OH) Taz Anderson, HB, Georgia Tech Jim Beaver, T/G, Florida Bill Beck, T/G, Gustavus Adolphus Gary Campbell, HB, Whittier Vernon Cole, QB, North Texas State Toby Deese, T/G, Georgia Tech Carl Dumbald, T/G, West Virginia Charles Elizey, C, Mississippi State Tom Gates, HB, San Bernardino Austin (Goose) Gonsoulin Goose Gonsoulin Austin William "Goose" Gonsoulin of Baylor University was a Professional Football safety, the original Denver Bronco, selected first in the 1960 season. At the end of his Bronco career, he was the all-time American Football League leader in interceptions with 40... , HB, Baylor Clark Holden, HB, USC Dewitt Hoopes, T/G, Northwestern Don Leebern, T/G, Georgia Bill Thompson, C, Georgia Billy Tranum, E, Arkansas Jim Vickers, E, Georgia Larry Ward, E, Lamar Tech Paul Winslow, HB, North Carolina College Doug Pat Brown, T/G, Fresno State

Harry Ball, T, Boston College Charley Britt, QB, Georgia Dave Canary, E, Cincinnati Paul Candro, HB, Boston University Bill Carrico, G, North Texas State Larry Cundiff, C, Michigan State Bernard Darre, T, Tulane Roger Davis, T, Syracuse Lonnie Dennis, G, BYU John Dingens, T/G, Detroit Maurice Doke, G, Texas Mike Dowdie, FB, Texas Wayne Hawkins Wayne Hawkins Wayne Hawkins was an American college and Professional Football player from the University of the Pacific. Drafted as an offensive guard in the American Football League's first draft by the Denver Broncos in their "First Selection round", he joined the Oakland Raiders through the allocation draft... , T, COP Gary Huber, C, Miami (Ohio) Dave Hudson, E, Florida Claude King, HB, Houston Don Klochak, FB, North Carolina Roger LeClerc, C, Trinity Dean Look Dean Look Dean Zachary Look was an American college and Professional Football player. A quarterback at Michigan State and for the American Football League New York Titans, a Major League Baseball outfielder, and American football official in the National Football League... , QB, Michigan State Bill Mathis Bill Mathis Bill Mathis was an American college and professional football player. A halfback, he is in the Clemson University Hall of Fame, South Carolina Hall of Fame, and the Georgia Hall of Fame... , HB, Clemson Ken McNeece, T/G, San Jose State James Monroe, QB, Arkansas Ray Norton, HB, San Jose State Robert Rosbaugh, HB, Miami (Florida) Mel Semenko, E, Colorado Lebron Shields, T, Tennessee Jack Spikes Jack Spikes Jack Erwin Spikes is a former American collegiiate and Professional Football running back and placekicker. He played in the American Football League for the Dallas Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers, and the Buffalo Bills... , FB, TCU Howard Turley, E, Louisville Jim Walden Jim Walden Jim "Jimmy" Walden is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Washington State University from 1978 to 1986 and at Iowa State University from 1987 to 1994, compiling a career college football record of 72–109–7.-Playing career:Walden played... , QB, Wyoming Willie West Willie West Willie Tennyson West was an American football defensive back. He played for nine seasons professionally: for the NFL St. Louis Cardinals; and for the American Football League's Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos, New York Jets, and Miami Dolphins. He was an AFL All-Star for the Bills in 1963, and for... , HB, Oregon John Willener, G, Oregon Bob Yates, G, Syracuse Ken Young, E, Valparaiso Bob Zimpfer, T/G, Bowling Green   Mel Branch Mel Branch Melvin Leroy Branch was a college and professional American football defensive end for the Dallas Texans, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins in the American Football League.... , T/G, LSU Ronnie Cain, E, Kentucky Jack Campbell, E, Toledo Tom Chapman, E, Detroit LaVelle Coleman, HB, Western Michigan Jim Colvin, T/G, Houston Teddy Foret, T/G, Auburn Bobby Green, HB, Florida Jack Hanlon, HB, Pennsylvania George Hershberger, T/G, Wichita Sam Horner, HB, VMI Bob Hudson, E, Lamar Tech Vic Jones, HB, Indiana Billy Luplow, T/G, Arkansas George Phelps, H B, Cornell College (Iowa) Tom Roberts, T/G, Georgia Tech Sam Stenger, C, Denver Olin Treadway, QB, Iowa John Wilkins, T/G, USC Emmet Wilson, T/G, Georgia Tech

 
 

Houston Oilers

Los Angeles Chargers

Peter Arena, G, Northwestern Dick Bass, HB, College of Pacific William Bohler, E/T, St. Ambrose Larry Cadwell, T, Louisville Billy Cannon Billy Cannon William Abb "Billy" Cannon is an All-American, 1959 Heisman Trophy winner and 2008 inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and one of the American Football League's most celebrated players.He was born in Philadelphia, Mississippi, and moved... , HB, Louisiana State Doug Cline, LB, Clemson DeJustice Coleman, HB, Illinois Bob Crandall, HB, New Mexico Cleatus Drinnon, C, Hardin-Simmons John Gremer, G, Illinois George Herring, G/T, North Texas State Steve Johnson, QB, Pepperdine John Lands, E, Montana Jacky Lee, QB, Cincinnati Bruce Maher, HB, Detroit Don Mattson, T, Southern California Mike McGee G, Duke Hugh McInnis, E, Mississippi State Max Messner, T, Cincinnati George Mulholland, E, New Mexico State Gary O'Steen, HB, Alabama Gene Prebola, E, Boston University Palmer Pyle Palmer Pyle William Palmer Pyle is a former professional American football guard who played in the National Football League and the American Football League . He played for six seasons for the NFL's Baltimore Colts and Minnesota Vikings and the AFL's Oakland Raiders.-References:...  T, Michigan State William Roach, T, Texas Christian Robert Simms, E, Rutgers Phillip Snowden, QB, Missouri Don Underwood, G/T, McNeese State Duane Whetstone, FB, George Washington Bob White FB, Ohio State Maury Youmans, T, Syracuse   Clair Branch, RB, Texas Dave Chamberlain, HB, Miami (Ohio) Don Cochran, T/G, Alabama Stan Fanning, DE, Idaho Jim Glasgow, T/G, Jackson State Dave Graham, E, Virginia Bob Haas, HB, Missouri Lowell Hughes, QB, Kent State Dale Johannson, T/G, Augustana Jim Marshall Jim Marshall (American football) James "Jim" Lawrence Marshall played college football at the Ohio State University. He left school before his senior year, and played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was then drafted in the 4th round of the 1960 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns... , DT/G, Ohio State Ron Morrison, T/G, New Mexico Jerry Muennink, C, Texas Paul Oglesby, T, UCLA John Peppercorn, E, Kansas Bob Peterson, C, Oregon Bob Talamini Bob Talamini Robert Guy "Bob" Talamini , a stout, 6'1", 250 lb lineman, earned third-team All-SEC honors at the University of Kentucky and was drafted by the Houston Oilers of the American Football League... , T/G, Kentucky Bob Towns, E, Georgia Bob Wasden, E, Auburn Jim Welch, HB, Southern Methodist Jim Wolff, HB, Panhandle A&M

Ted Aucreman, E, Indiana Bob Bercich Bob Bercich Robert Edward Bercich is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Michigan State University and was drafted in the fifteenth round of the 1959 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.... , HB, Michigan State Barney Berlinger, E, Pennsylvania Charles Boone, C, Richmond Bobby Boyd, QB, Oklahoma Byron Bradfute, T, Southern Mississippi Rodney Breedlove, G, Maryland Tom Budrewicz, T, Brown James Cameron, C, East Texas State Jack Crouthamel, HB, Dartmouth Pete Davidson, T-G, The Citadel Floyd Faucette, HB, Georgia Tech Charles Flowers, FB, Mississippi Bobby Franklin, QB, Mississippi Bob Jeter, HB, Iowa Bill Linder, T, Pittsburgh Billy Locklin, T, New Mexico State William Lopasky, G, West Virginia Paul Maguire Paul Maguire Paul Leo Maguire is a former American football player and current television sportscaster.-Early sports career:Maguire attended Ursuline High School in Youngstown,Ohio and was recruited to play at The Citadel by the late Al Davis who was then an assistant coach and chief recruiter... , E, The Citadel Ed "Wahoo" McDaniel Wahoo McDaniel Edward "Wahoo" McDaniel was a Choctaw-Chickasaw Native American who achieved fame as a professional American football player and later as a professional wrestler.-Early life:... , E, Oklahoma Charles Milstead, QB, Texas A&M Ed Pitts, T, South Carolina Bob Schlotz, C, Notre Dame Ed Serieka, FB, Xavier, Ohio Russ Sloan, E, Missouri John Stalte, T, Kansas State Ron Stehouwer, T, Colorado Wayne Stewart, G, The Citadel Monty Stickles, E, Notre Dame Leonard Wilson, HB, Purdue Bob Zeman Bob Zeman Robert Zeman is a former American football defensive back who played six seasons in the American Football League from 1960 to 1966.-See also:*Other American Football League players... , DB, Wisconsin   Gary Beabout, T-G, Purdue George Blair, DB, Mississippi Fran Brixius, T-G, Minnesota Joe Davis, T-G, The Citadel Robert DeMarco, T-G, Dayton Bob Hain, T-G, Iowa Chuck Janssen, T-G, Tulsa Gordon Kelley, E, Georgia Larry Lancaster, G-T, Georgia Marv Lasater, HB, Texas Christian Warren Lashua, E, Whitworth (Washington) Perry McGriff, E, Florida Kirk Phares, T-G, South Carolina Lamar Rawson, HB, Auburn Ronald Ray, T-G, Howard Payne Ken Talkington, QB, Texas Tech John Talley, QB, Northwestern Bob Waters Bob Waters Robert Lee Waters was a successful American football coach and athletics director, best known for his contributions to athletics at Western Carolina University. Waters coached the football Catamounts for 20 football seasons , and performed the dual roll of athletic director from 1971–1986... , HB, Presbyterian Bob Wehking, C, Florida Larry Womack, HB, Colorado State

 
 

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Oakland Raiders Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...  (formerly Minneapolis)

Lewis Akin, E, Vanderbilt Chuck Allen, T, Alabama Bill Bucek, HB, Rice Jackie Burkett, C, Auburn Angelo Coia, HB, USC Jim Eifrid, C, Colorado State Don Ellersick, E, Washington State Don Floyd Don Floyd Donald Wayne Floyd was a professional American football defensive end who played in the American Football League . Born in Abilene, Texas, He played his high school football in Midlothian, Texas, for the Midlothian Panthers. Midlothian named a stadium in his honor, but built a new one... , T, TCU Prentice Gautt, FB, Oklahoma George Genyk, G, Michigan Larry Grantham Larry Grantham Larry Grantham is a former American collegiate and Professional Football player.A member of the "Ole Miss" Athletic Hall of Fame, he was a linebacker of the University of Mississippi who came to the American Football League's New York Titans in the 1960 college draft and helped form the backbone... , E, Mississippi Joe Graybeal, C, East Kentucky State George Izo, QB, Notre Dame Ed Kaohelaulil, T, Oregon State Ed Kovac, HB, Cincinnati Mike Magac, T, Missouri Blanche Martin, FB, Michigan State Curt Merz Curt Merz Curtis Carl Merz is a former college and professional American football guard who played seven seasons in the American Football League from 1962–1968... , E, Iowa Eddie Meyer Ed Meyer (American football) Clarence Edwin Meyer is a former American football player. An offensive tackle and guard, he played professionally in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills. He was drafted by the New York Titans, and signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League before going to... , T/G, West Texas State Gene Miller, T/G, Rice Jim Mooty, HB, Arkansas Mike Morin, HB, Knox Nick Patella, G, Wake Forest Don Perkins, HB, New Mexico David Ross, E, Los Angeles State Roger Smith, G, Auburn Don Stallings, T, North Carolina State Larry Stephens, T/G, Texas Jim Saint Clair, QB, Santa Barbara State Jim Stinnette, FB, Oregon State David Wilemon, T, SMU   Pete Abadie, E, Tulane Ramon Armstrong, T/G, TCU Dave Baker, E, Syracuse Richard Brooks, E, Purdue Roger Brown, T/G, Maryland State Tom Budrewicz, T/G, Brown Bob Colburn, QB, Bowling Green Larry Essenmacher, T/G, Alma Jim Gorman, T/G, McMurray Marshall Harris, HB, TCU Garney Henley, HB, Huron (South Dakota) Jim Hunt, T/G, Purdue Gordon Leboeuf, HB, Texas A&M James Nemeth, C, South Carolina Bob Paul, T/G, Kent State Steve Rasso, HB, Cincinnati Royce Shelton, HB, Stephen F. Austin Gary Sknoeckni, E, Syracuse Andy Stynchula, T/G, Penn State Frank Walton, HB, John Carroll

Jim Andreotti, C, Northwestern Maxie Baughan, C, Georgia Tech George Blanch, HB, Texas Cloyd Boyette, T/G, Texas Southern Willie Boykin, T, Michigan State Carmen Cavalli, E, Richmond Jim Chastain, T/G, Michigan State Fran Curci, QB, Miami (Florida) Carroll Dale, E, Virginia Tech Purcell Daniels, FB, Pepperdine Don Deskin, T, Michigan Leon Dumbroski, T/G, Delaware Ken Fitch, T, Kansas Dale Hackbart, QB, Wisconsin Abner Haynes Abner Haynes Abner Haynes is a former college and professional football player in the United States.Haynes is a graduate of North Texas State University where he and his then teammate Leon King integrated college football in the state of Texas in 1956... , HB, North Texas State Vin Hogan, HB, Boston College Bob Jarus, HB, Purdue Earl Kohlhaas, G, Penn State Bobby Lackey, QB, Texas Neil MacLean, FB, Wake Forest Larry Muff, E, Benedictine Don Norton Don Norton Donald Farris Norton is a former American football end in the American Football League. He played college football at the University of Iowa and was drafted by the newly formed AFL in 1960, playing seven seasons for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers , making the AFL All-Star team in 1961 and 1962... , E, Iowa Jim O'Brien, T, Boston College Jim Otto Jim Otto James Edwin Otto is a former Professional Football center for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League.-Wausau High School and University of Miami:... , C, Miami (Florida) Chuck Pollard, E, Rice Billy Roland, G, Georgia Ray Smith, FB, UCLA Wade Smith, HB, North Carolina Jerry Stalcup, G Wisconsin John Wilcox, T, Oregon Al Witcher, E Baylor Silas Woods, HB, Marquette Mike Wright, T, Minnesota   C. J. Alexander, HB, Southeastern Pervis Atkins, HB, New Mexico State Al Bansavage, T/G, USC Walter Beach, HB, Central Michigan Johnny Brewer, E Mississippi Don Edington, E, Florida Howard Evans, C, Houston Fred Hageman Fred Hageman Fred John Hageman is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Arkansas and University of Kansas, and was drafted in the eighth round of the 1960 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.... , C, Kansas Bill Herron, E, Georgia Bob Hogue, T/G, Shepherd Gerald Lambert, OL, Texas A&I Sam McCord, QB, East Texas State Rich Mostardo, HB, Kent State Bob Parker, T/G, East Texas State Tony Polychronis, T/G, Utah Dan Sheehan, T/G, Tennessee-Chattanooga Howard Turley, E, Louisville Jim Williams, OL, North Carolina Jim Woodward, OL, Lamar

Allocation draft

For the allocation draft, the other seven AFL teams each froze eleven players, and Oakland selected a total of 24 players from the ranks of the other teams' "unfrozen" lists. The number of players originally drafted for the eighth AFL franchise, but who were signed by other teams, combined with the process of the allocation draft, virtually guaranteed that the Raiders would have the worst team in the AFL in its first year. In spite of this, they managed to sign future stars Jim Otto

Jim Otto

James Edwin Otto is a former Professional Football center for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League.-Wausau High School and University of Miami:...

 and Wayne Hawkins

Wayne Hawkins

Wayne Hawkins was an American college and Professional Football player from the University of the Pacific. Drafted as an offensive guard in the American Football League's first draft by the Denver Broncos in their "First Selection round", he joined the Oakland Raiders through the allocation draft...

, two men who played the entire ten years of the American Football League.

Oakland Raiders Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...  (allocation draft)

Ramon Armstrong, T, TCU Texas Christian University Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ...  (from New York Titans New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... ) George Blanch, HB, Texas, (from Houston Oilers) Joe Cannavino, DB, Ohio State Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...  (from Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... ) Luther Carr, T, Washington University of Washington University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...  (from Los Angeles Chargers) Don Churchwell Don Churchwell Donnis Hanson Churchwell , nicknamed "Bull", was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He also played for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League... , G, Mississippi University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...  (from Houston Oilers) Fran Curci Fran Curci Fran Curci is a former American football player and coach. He was an All-American quarterback at the University of Miami in 1959... , QB Miami (FL) (from Houston Oilers) Purcell Daniels, DB, Pepperdine Pepperdine University Pepperdine University is an independent, private, medium-sized university affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The university's campus overlooking the Pacific Ocean in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States, near Malibu, is the location for Seaver College, the School of...  (from Houston Oilers) Don Deskins, G, Michigan University of Michigan The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...  (from Los Angeles Chargers) Don Edington, E, Florida University of Florida The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...  (from Boston Patriots) Jerry Epps, G, West Texas State (from New York Titans New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... ) Al Goldstien, E, North Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...  (from Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... ) Bob Harrison, LB, Arizona State Arizona State University Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...  (from Los Angeles Chargers) Wayne Hawkins Wayne Hawkins Wayne Hawkins was an American college and Professional Football player from the University of the Pacific. Drafted as an offensive guard in the American Football League's first draft by the Denver Broncos in their "First Selection round", he joined the Oakland Raiders through the allocation draft... , G, Pacific (from Denver Broncos Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... ) Clark Holden, HB, 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...  (from Dallas Texans History of the Kansas City Chiefs The following is a detailed history of the Kansas City Chiefs, a professional American football franchise that began play in 1960 as the Dallas Texans... ) Stan Jones, G, Maryland Eastern Shore (from Dallas Texans History of the Kansas City Chiefs The following is a detailed history of the Kansas City Chiefs, a professional American football franchise that began play in 1960 as the Dallas Texans... ) Larry Lancaster, G-T, Georgia University of Georgia The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...  (from Los Angeles Chargers) Billy Lott Billy Lott Billy Rex Lott was a professional American football running back who played in the National Football League and the American Football League . He played for the NFL's New York Giants and the AFL's Oakland Raiders and Boston Patriots .-External links:*... , HB, Mississippi University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...  (from Houston Oilers) Bob Nelson, C, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...  (from Boston Patriots) Ron Newhouse, LB, Michigan University of Michigan The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...  (from New York Titans New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... ) Ray Peterson, HB, West Virginia West Virginia University West Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser;...  (from Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... ) Gene Prebola, E, Boston University Boston University Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...  (from Houston Oilers) Mack Starnes, DB, 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...  (from Houston Oilers) Jim Woodward, G, North Carolina Central North Carolina Central University North Carolina Central University is a public historically black university in the University of North Carolina system, located in Durham, North Carolina, offering programs at the baccalaureate, master’s, professional and doctoral levels....  (from Houston Oilers)

Future Hall of Famers

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...

 Selected by AFL Teams

• Jim Otto
  Jim Otto
  James Edwin Otto is a former Professional Football center for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League.-Wausau High School and University of Miami:...
  
  ¹, Center, University of Miami
  University of Miami
  The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
  
   -- Taken as a "First Selection" by the AFL's Oakland Raiders. Inducted in 1979.
• Ron Mix
  Ron Mix
  Ronald Jack Mix , in Los Angeles, California was an American football player.Mix attended USC, and upon graduation played right tackle and guard for the American Football League's Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers and the NFL Oakland Raiders .- College career :A graduate of the University of Southern...
  
  ¹, Offensive Tackle, 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...
  
   -- Taken as a "First Selection" by the AFL's Boston Patriots. Inducted in 1980.

Other Notable Players Selected by AFL Teams

• Tom Day
  Tom Day
  Thomas Frederick Day was an American football player. A defensive end, he played college football at North Carolina A&T State University, and professionally in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills and the San Diego Chargers...
  
  , Defensive End - Buffalo Bills
  Buffalo Bills
  The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
  , "Second Selection", North Carolina A&T
• Larry Grantham
  Larry Grantham
  Larry Grantham is a former American collegiate and Professional Football player.A member of the "Ole Miss" Athletic Hall of Fame, he was a linebacker of the University of Mississippi who came to the American Football League's New York Titans in the 1960 college draft and helped form the backbone...
  
  , Linebacker - New York Titans
  New York Jets
  The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
  , "First Selection", Mississippi
  University of Mississippi
  The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...
  
  
• Abner Haynes
  Abner Haynes
  Abner Haynes is a former college and professional football player in the United States.Haynes is a graduate of North Texas State University where he and his then teammate Leon King integrated college football in the state of Texas in 1956...
  
  ², Halfback - Dallas Texans
  History of the Kansas City Chiefs
  The following is a detailed history of the Kansas City Chiefs, a professional American football franchise that began play in 1960 as the Dallas Texans...
  
  , "First Selection", North Texas State
  University of North Texas
  The University of North Texas is a public institution of higher education and research in Denton. Founded in 1890, UNT is part of the University of North Texas System. As of the fall of 2010, the University of North Texas, Denton campus, had a certified enrollment of 36,067...
  
  
• Johnny Robinson ¹, Defensive Back - Dallas Texans
  History of the Kansas City Chiefs
  The following is a detailed history of the Kansas City Chiefs, a professional American football franchise that began play in 1960 as the Dallas Texans...
  
  , "First Selection", 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...
  
  
• ¹ Member of the American Football League All-Time Team
  American Football League All-Time Team
  The American Football League All- Time Team was selected on January 14, 1970. The first and second teams would be determined by a panel of members of the AFL's Hall of Fame Board of Selectors: Since the First team included two halfbacks, rather than a halfback and a fullback, Cookie Gilchrist, a...
  
  .
• ² 1960 AFL Rookie of the Year
  American Football League Rookies of the Year
  In each year of its ten-year existence , numerous sports-news services named their choice for the American Football League's best first-year player...
  
   and Most Valuable Player
  American Football League Most Valuable Players
  During its ten-year existence , the American Football League's best player for each year was called the Most Valuable Player by some sports-news sources and the Player of the Year by others...
  
  .

See also

• List of American Football League players
• History of American Football League draft
  American Football League Draft
  The American Football League stocked its teams in two ways:# Signing free agents ....
  
  
• List of professional football drafts

External links

• 1960 American Football League Draft list - RememberTheAFL.com