NFL DRAFT HISTORY
- 1944
Rounds
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| Pick | Player | Name | Team | Position | College |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
Angelo Bertelli Pat Harder Creighton Miller Otto Graham Steve Van Buren Billy Hillenbrand Merv Pregulman Mike Micka Ray Evans Johnny Podesto Tony Butkovich |
Yanks Cardinals Dodgers Lions Eagles Giants Packers Redskins Bears Steelers Rams |
QB B B QB RB B G B RB B B |
Notre Dame Wisconsin Notre Dame Northwestern Louisiana State Indiana Michigan Colgate Kansas St. Mary's (CA) Illinois |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
12 13 14 15 16 |
Paul Mitchell Jim Callahan Bob Cifers Bob Odell Lamar Blount |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Steelers Giants |
T B B E B |
Minnesota Texas Tennessee Pennsylvania Mississippi State |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 |
Saxon Judd Ralph Park Ralph Heywood Loren LaPrade Clyde Flowers Tom Kuzma Earl Audet Rudy Smeja Bob Gantt Gil Buley Boris (Babe) Dimancheff |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Eagles Giants Packers Redskins Bears Steelers Rams Yanks |
E B E G T B T E E T B |
Tulsa Texas USC Stanford Texas Christian Michigan USC Michigan Duke Boston College Purdue |
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1 2 3 4 5 |
28 29 30 31 32 |
Jack Tavener Rudy Sikich George Betteridge Art McCaffray Herb Kane |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Steelers Giants |
C T B T T |
Indiana Minnesota Utah Pacific East Central (OK) |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 |
Bill Blackburn Verne Ullom John Greene Joe Parker Vic Maitland Bill McPartland Ed Doherty Abe Croft George Owen Bob Waterfield Larry Rice |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Eagles Giants Packers Redskins Bears Steelers Rams Yanks |
C E T E T T B E G QB C |
Rice Cincinnati Michigan Texas Hobart St. Mary's (CA) Boston College Southern Methodist Wake Forest UCLA Tulane |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 |
Bill Garnaas Bruce McDonald Ed Alliquie Dan Savage Jack Okland Mickey McCardle Jackie Fellows C.B. Stanley Hillary Horne Al Akins John (Butch) Parker |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Steelers Giants Packers Redskins Bears Eagles Rams Yanks |
B E T B T B B T T B T |
Minnesota Illinois State Santa Clara Brown Utah State USC Fresno State Tulsa Mississippi State Washington State Loyola (LA) |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 |
Rodger Smith Bob Graiziger Paul Briggs Vic Kulbitski Herm Frickey Jack Tracy Hal Fischer Darwin Seeley Jesse Frietas George Cheverko Mike Andrews |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Eagles Giants Packers Redskins Bears Steelers Rams Yanks |
B G T B B E G C B B E |
Texas Tech Minnesota Colorado Minnesota Minnesota Washington Texas Stanford Santa Clara Fordham North Carolina State |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 |
John (Red) Cochran Jack Sachse Rod Giske Goerge Titus Roy Clay Alex Agase Cliff White Randall (Buck) Fawcett George Phillips Stan Stasica Bob Musick |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Steelers Giants Packers Redskins Bears Eagles Rams Yanks |
B C G C B G T B B B B |
Wake Forest Texas Washington State Holy Cross Colorado State Illinois Murray State Stanford UCLA South Carolina USC |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 |
Frank Scanlan Mitch Olenski Matthew Bolger Paul Sarringhaus Johnny Sanchez Don Whitmire Ted Ogdahl Jack Morton Ed Stofko Fred Boenisch Caleb (Tex) Warrington |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Eagles Giants Packers Redskins Bears Steelers Rams Yanks |
B T E B T T B E B T C |
Loyola (LA) Alabama Notre Dame Ohio State San Francisco Alabama/Navy Willamette Missouri St. Francis Stanford Auburn |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 |
Lou Saban Aldo Cenci Herb Hein Val Jansante Ernie Beamer Bob Koch Bob Sneddon Bill Stanford John Perko Bob Shaw Angelo Sisti |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Steelers Giants Packers Redskins Bears Eagles Rams Yanks |
B B E E E B B C G E T |
Indiana Penn State Minnesota Duquesne Duke Oregon St. Mary's (CA) Wake Forest Minnesota Ohio State Boston College |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 |
Fran Griffin John Bicaninch Paul White Elliott Ormsbee Carl Grate Virgil Johnson Bill Aldworth Lin Houston Carl Buda Joe Andrejco Gene Long |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Eagles Giants Packers Redskins Bears Steelers Rams Yanks |
T G B B G E T G G B G |
Holy Cross Minnesota Michigan Bradley Georgia Arkansas Minnesota Ohio State Tulsa Fordham Kansas |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 |
Leo Daniels Jim Tyree Jack Lescoulie Sam Gray Tommy Mont Roy Giusti Bill Joslyn J.P. Moore Earle Parsons Pat Filley Ed Fiorentino |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Steelers Giants Packers Redskins Bears Eagles Rams Yanks |
B E G E B B B B B G E |
Texas A&M |
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Oklahoma UCLA Tulsa Maryland St. Mary's (CA) Stanford Vanderbilt USC Notre Dame Boston College |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 |
Bobby Dobbs Jim Wright Doug Rehor Bob Hanzlik Ray Poole Bill Baughman Charley Walker Bill Duffey Bob Longacre Bob Erickson Mike Zeleznak |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Eagles Giants Packers Redskins Bears Steelers Rams Yanks |
B C B E E C C E B B B |
Tulsa Southern Methodist Dickinson Wisconsin Mississippi Alabama Kentucky Georgetown (DC) William & Mary Washington Kansas State |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 |
Van Hall John Genis Bill Pritula Les Zetty Bert Corley Don Griffin Boyd Clement Joe Hartley Jim Talley Mel Maceau John Maskas |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Steelers Giants Packers Redskins Bears Eagles Rams Yanks |
B T C E C B C T C C T |
Texas Christian Illinois Michigan Muhlenberg Mississippi State Illinois Oregon State Louisiana State LSU Marquette Virginia Tech |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 |
Jack Carpenter Billie (Spook) Murphy Jim Molich Dom Fusci Ollie Poole Bert Gissler Jim Gaffney Bill Milner Jim Myers Frank (Bud) Hubbell John Bond |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Eagles Giants Packers Redskins Bears Steelers Rams Yanks |
T B E T E E B G G E B |
Missouri Mississippi State Fresno State South Carolina Mississippi Nebraska Tennessee Duke Tennessee Tennessee Texas Christian |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 |
Charley Csuri Doug Essick Jules Yakapovich Joe Gottlieb Ralph Ellsworth Lou Shelton Ted Ossowski Ed (Buckets) Hirsch Johnny Green John Aguirre Roger Antaya |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Steelers Giants Packers Redskins Bears Eagles Rams Yanks |
T E B B B B T B E T G |
Ohio State USC Colgate Duquesne Texas Oregon State Oregon State Northwestern Tulsa USC Dartmouth |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 |
Joe Magliol Howard (Red) Maley Jack Helms Jackie Freeman Ed Schneider Charley Cusick Tom Davis Ed Ryckeley Hugh Davis Aubrey Clayton Marshall Shurnas |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Eagles Giants Packers Redskins Bears Steelers Rams Yanks |
B B T B T G B E B B E |
Texas Southern Methodist Georgia Tech William & Mary Washburn Colgate Duke Georgia Tech Michigan State Auburn Missouri |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 |
Walt Szot Don Willer Elmer (Tippy) Madarik Bill Sullivan Marcel Gres Hugh Cox John Batorski Howdy Plasman Joe Kane Ziggy Zamlynski Reldon Bennett |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Steelers Giants Packers Redskins Bears Eagles Rams Yanks |
T T B E T B E B B B T |
Bucknell USC Detroit Villanova Texas North Carolina Colgate Miami (FL) Pennsylvania Villanova LSU |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 |
Jack Adams Howard Callanan Bill Eubank Tony Schiro Neil Brooks Kermit Davis Clyde Erhardt Barry (Bear) French Jimmy Woodside Bob McBride Art Faircloth |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Eagles Giants Packers Redskins Bears Steelers Rams Yanks |
E B E G B E C T C G B |
Presbyterian USC Mississippi State Santa Clara Washington Mississippi State Georgia Purdue Temple Notre Dame North Carolina State |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 |
Ray Kuffel George Doherty Ray Ahlstrom Bill Miller Pete Kane Bob Johnson Dave Brown Paul Taylor Norm Michael Joe Yackanich Tony Bilotti |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Steelers Giants Packers Redskins Bears Eagles Rams Yanks |
E T B B B C E B B T G |
Marquette Louisiana Tech St. Mary's (CA) Pennsylvania Geneva Purdue UCLA USC Syracuse Fordham St. Mary's (CA) |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 |
Jack West Mike Mihalic Alex Kapter Eddie Kulakowski M.L. (Kit) Kittrell Jim Cox Bill Ivy Hank Margarita Bob Lawson John Creevey Bill Furman |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Eagles Giants Packers Redskins Bears Steelers Rams Yanks |
E G G T B T T B E B T |
Texas Mississippi State Northwestern West Virginia Baylor Stanford Northwestern Brown Holy Cross Notre Dame Washington & Lee |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 |
Jack Esorcia Ted Cook Vick Clark Hank Caver Roy Renfro Cliff Anderson Bruce Babcock Ed Davis Al Postus David Paul Jones Clare Morford |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Steelers Giants Packers Redskins Bears Eagles Rams Yanks |
B E B B G E B B B B G |
Illinois State Alabama Texas-El Paso Presbyterian Fresno State Minnesota Rochester Oklahoma Villanova Arkansas Oklahoma |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 |
Don Buffmire Bucky Gillenwater Max Fischer Milt Smith John Dubzinski John Wesley Perry Bill Reinhard Dick Jamison Paul Carter Jim Pharr Dilton Richmond |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Eagles Giants Packers Redskins Bears Steelers Rams Yanks |
B T C E G B B T T C E |
Northwestern Texas Oklahoma UCLA Boston College Duke California USC Michigan State Auburn LSU |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 |
Bob Nanni Jack Baldwin Chuck Jacoby Dick Holben Howard Beyer Pete DeMaria Ed Bauer Jack Bortka Earl Klapstein Joe Warlick Courtney Lawlor |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Steelers Giants Packers Redskins Bears Eagles Rams Yanks |
T C B T C G G B T B B |
Duke Centenary Indiana Muhlenberg Michigan State Purdue South Carolina Kansas State Pacific Mississippi State Richmond |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 |
John McGinnis Dick Manning Bob McCarthy Bob Frisbee Ben Babula Len Liss Joe (Smokey) Martin Roy Ruskusky Howard Tippee Bert Gianelli Howard Debus |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Eagles Giants Packers Redskins Bears Steelers Rams Yanks |
E B E B B T B E B G B |
Notre Dame USC St. Mary's (CA) Stanford Fordham Marquette Cornell St. Mary's (CA) Iowa State Santa Clara Nebraska |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 |
Warren Hodges Ray Grierson Stan Hendrickson Charley Malmberg Ted Fitanides Ray Jordan Lee Gustafson Harry Franck Ed Eiden Charley Kuhn Bill Portwood |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Steelers Giants Packers Redskins Bears Eagles Rams Yanks |
T E E T B B B B B B E |
Kansas Illinois Colorado Rice New Hampshire North Carolina Oregon State Northwestern Scranton Kentucky Kentucky |
| 274 |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 |
Bill Earley Joe Golding Fred Bouldin Barney Burdick Andy Bires Al Grubaugh Nick Pappas Jack McKewan Russ Ashbaugh Jim Smith Harold Collins |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Eagles Giants Packers Redskins Bears Steelers Rams Yanks |
B B B E E T T T B T G |
Notre Dame Oklahoma Missouri Creighton Alabama Nebraska Utah Alabama Notre Dame Colorado Southwestern (TX) |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 |
Bob Davis Bob Zimny Dick McElwee Pat Petroski Tom Rock A.B. Howard Lindsey Bowen Charley Mitchell Nick Daukas Ray Donelli Aubrey Gill |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Steelers Giants Packers Redskins Bears Eagles Rams Yanks |
G T B G E E E B T B C |
Oregon Indiana West Virginia Miami (FL) Columbia Mississippi State Rice Tulsa Dartmouth Duquesne Texas |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 |
Vince DiFrancesca Marty Frohm Bob Derleth Pasquale Darone Walt Cyhel Paul Paladino Bill Gustafson Pat Boyle Joe Tosti John Hughes Chet Wasilewski |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Eagles Giants Packers Redskins Bears Steelers Rams Yanks |
T T T G T G T G E E B |
Northwestern Mississippi State Michigan Boston College Creighton Arkansas Washington State Wisconsin Scranton Mississippi State Holy Cross |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 |
Lloyd Ott Howard Blose George Dick Len Seelinger Francis Nelson Bob Butchofsky Bill Yablonski Bernie Pepper Bill Clark Dick McPhee Gus Lethas |
Cardinals Dodgers Lions Steelers Giants Packers Redskins Bears Eagles Rams Yanks |
C B E B B B C T T B B |
North Carolina State Cornell Kansas Wisconsin Baylor Texas A&M Holy Cross Missouri Colorado College Georgia Georgia |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 |
319 320 321 322 323 324 |
Russ Deal Buster Hollingbery Karl Vogt Pete Pasko Jim McLeod Ralph Calcagni |
Packers Redskins Bears Eagles Rams Yanks |
G C T E E T |
Indiana Washington State Villanova East Stroudsburg LSU Pennsylvania |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 |
325 326 327 328 329 330 |
Abel (Frito) Gonzales Willard Sheller Bob Endres Myron Majewski Stan Kudlacz Walton Roberts |
Packers Redskins Bears Eagles Rams Yanks |
B B T T C B |
Southern Methodist Stanford Colgate American International Notre Dame Texas |