1937_NFL_Draft

1937 NFL draft
1937 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)	December 12, 1936
Location	Hotel Lincoln; in New York City
Overview
	100 total selections in 10 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Sam Francis, RB; Philadelphia Eagles
Most selections (10)	each team selected ten players
Fewest selections (10)	each team selected ten players
Hall of Famers	2 QB Sammy Baugh; QB Ace Parker;
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1937 NFL draft

National Football League draft

The 1937 NFL draft was the second draft held by the National Football League (NFL). The draft took place December 12, 1936, at the Hotel Lincoln in New York City.^[1]^[2] The draft consisted of 10 rounds, with 100 player selections, two of which would later become members of the Professional Football Hall of Fame. Notable for this draft were the league's draft selections for a planned expansion team, the Cleveland Rams, who were admitted into the league prior to the 1937 season. The Philadelphia Eagles used the first overall pick to select back Sam Francis, but ended up trading him to Chicago Bears two months later.^[3]

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Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
1	1	Philadelphia Eagles	Sam Francis	B	Nebraska	MVIAA
1	2	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ed Goddard	B	Washington State	PCC
1	3	Chicago Cardinals	Ray Buivid	QB	Marquette	Ind.
1	4	New York Giants	Ed Widseth	T	Minnesota	Big Ten
1	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	Mike Basrak	C	Duquesne	Ind.
1	6	Washington Redskins	Sammy Baugh^‡	QB	TCU	SWC
1	7	Detroit Lions	Lloyd Cardwell	B	Nebraska	MVIAA
1	8	Chicago Bears	Les McDonald	E	Nebraska	MVIAA
1	9	Green Bay Packers	Eddie Jankowski	B	Wisconsin	Big Ten
1	10	Cleveland Rams	Johnny Drake	B	Purdue	Big Ten
2	11	Philadelphia Eagles	Franny Murray	B	Penn	Ind.
2	12	Chicago Cardinals	Gaynell Tinsley	E	LSU	SEC
2	13	Brooklyn Dodgers	Clarence "Ace" Parker^‡	B	Duke	SoCon
2	14	New York Giants	Art White	B	Alabama	SEC
2	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bob Finley	OG	SMU	SWC
2	16	Washington Redskins	Nello Falaschi	C	Santa Clara	—
2	17	Detroit Lions	Charley Hamrick	T	Ohio State	Big Ten
2	18	Chicago Bears	Marvin Stewart	B	LSU	SEC
2	19	Green Bay Packers	Ave Daniell	HB	Pittsburgh	Ind.
2	20	Cleveland Rams	Jules Alfonse	T	Minnesota	Big Ten
3	21	Philadelphia Eagles	Drew Ellis	T	TCU	SWC
3	22	Brooklyn Dodgers	Max Starcevich	B	Washington	PCC
3	23	Chicago Cardinals	Arthur Guepe	B	Marquette	Ind.
3	24	New York Giants	Jerry Dennerlein	C	St. Mary's (CA)	Ind.
3	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bill Breeden	E	Oklahoma	MVIAA
3	26	Washington Redskins	Maurice Elder	B	Kansas State	Big Eight
3	27	Detroit Lions	Vern Huffman	E	Indiana	Big Ten
3	28	Chicago Bears	Dick Plasman	B	Vanderbilt	SEC
3	29	Green Bay Packers	Bud Wilkinson	E	Minnesota	Big Ten
3	30	Cleveland Rams	Larue, BobbyBobby Larue	T	Pittsburgh	Ind.
4	31	Philadelphia Eagles	Walter Gilbert	B	Auburn	SEC
4	32	Chicago Cardinals	Bryan, BuckyBucky Bryan	OG	Tulane	SEC
4	33	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bill Kurlish	T	Penn	Ind.
4	34	New York Giants	Ward Cuff	E	Marquette	Ind.
4	35	Pittsburgh Pirates	Hewes, BoBo Hewes	E	Oklahoma	MVIAA
4	36	Washington Redskins	Dick Bassi	E	Santa Clara	—
4	37	Detroit Lions	Bill Glassford	B	Pittsburgh	Ind.
4	38	Chicago Bears	Henry Hammond	B	Southwestern (TN)	Dixie
4	39	Green Bay Packers	Bud Svendsen	E	Minnesota	Big Ten
5	40	Cleveland Rams	John Wiatrak	C	Washington	PCC
5	41	Philadelphia Eagles	Alex Drobnitch	B	Denver	N/A
5	42	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bert Johnson	T	Kentucky	SEC
5	43	Chicago Cardinals	Ham Harmon	C	Tulsa	MVC
5	44	New York Giants	Mickey Kobrosky	QB	Trinity (CT)	Ind.
5	45	Pittsburgh Pirates	Frye, JackJack Frye	E	Missouri	Big Eight
5	46	Washington Redskins	Chuck Bond	T	Washington	PCC
5	47	Detroit Lions	Maury Patt	C	Carnegie Tech	Ind.
5	48	Chicago Bears	Red Conkright	C	Oklahoma	MVIAA
5	49	Green Bay Packers	Gibson, DewittDewitt Gibson	OG	Northwestern	Big Ten
5	50	Cleveland Rams	Inwood Smith	T	Ohio State	Big Ten
6	51	Philadelphia Eagles	Bill Guckeyson	B	Maryland	SoCon
6	52	Chicago Cardinals	Dickens, PhilPhil Dickens	T	Tennessee	SEC
6	53	Brooklyn Dodgers	John Golemgeske	T	Wisconsin	Big Ten
6	54	New York Giants	Farley, JimJim Farley	B	VMI	SoCon
6	55	Pittsburgh Pirates	Roach, WaltWalt Roach	B	TCU	SWC
6	56	Washington Redskins	Jimmie Cain	E	Washington	PCC
6	57	Detroit Lions	Bell, GeorgeGeorge Bell	T	Purdue	Big Ten
6	58	Chicago Bears	Del Bjork	B	Oregon	PCC
6	59	Green Bay Packers	Merle Wendt	T	Ohio State	Big Ten
6	60	Cleveland Rams	Del Sasso, ChrisChris Del Sasso	T	Indiana	Big Ten
7	61	Philadelphia Eagles	Herb Barna	OG	West Virginia	Ind.
7	62	Brooklyn Dodgers	Funk, FredFred Funk	B	UCLA	PCC
7	63	Chicago Cardinals	Dickerson, HermHerm Dickerson	E	VPI	SoCon
7	64	New York Giants	Buster Poole	E	Ole Miss	SEC
7	65	Pittsburgh Pirates	Byron Haines	B	Washington	PCC
7	66	Washington Redskins	Holland, RollaRolla Holland	OG	Kansas State	Big Eight
7	67	Detroit Lions	Sprague, JohnJohn Sprague	B	SMU	SWC
7	68	Chicago Bears	Friedman, BuckBuck Friedman	T	Rice	SWC
7	69	Green Bay Packers	Baldwin, MarvMarv Baldwin	T	TCU	SWC
7	70	Cleveland Rams	Schoen, NormNorm Schoen	T	Baldwin–Wallace	N/A
8	71	Philadelphia Eagles	Hennon, NestorNestor Hennon	B	Carnegie Tech	Ind.
8	72	Chicago Cardinals	Reynolds, JohnJohn Reynolds	C	Baylor	SWC
8	73	Brooklyn Dodgers	Steve Reid	T	Northwestern	Big Ten
8	74	New York Giants	Meyers, GeneGene Meyers	B	Kentucky	SEC
8	75	Pittsburgh Pirates	Kordick, MartyMarty Kordick	E	St. Mary's (CA)	Ind.
8	76	Washington Redskins	Joel Eaves	E	Auburn	SEC
8	77	Detroit Lions	Sayre, ElvinElvin Sayre	B	Illinois	Big Ten
8	78	Chicago Bears	Toth, SteveSteve Toth	C	Northwestern	Big Ten
8	79	Green Bay Packers	Chapman, LesLes Chapman	B	Tulsa	MVC
8	80	Cleveland Rams	Schmarr, HermHerm Schmarr	T	Catholic University	Ind.
9	81	Philadelphia Eagles	Fanning, PaulPaul Fanning	B	Kansas State	Big Eight
9	82	Brooklyn Dodgers	Nowogrowski, EdEd Nowogrowski	B	Washington	PCC
9	83	Chicago Cardinals	Dwight Hafeli	B	Washington University	MVC
9	84	New York Giants	Scheyer, DwightDwight Scheyer	E	Washington State	PCC
9	85	Pittsburgh Pirates	Matt Patanelli	T	Michigan	Big Ten
9	86	Washington Redskins	Bill Docherty	OG	Temple	Ind.
9	87	Detroit Lions	Larry Kelley	E	Yale	Ind.	1936 Heisman Trophy winner^[4]
9	88	Chicago Bears	Guepe, AlAl Guepe	E	Marquette	Ind.
9	89	Green Bay Packers	Dahlgren, GordonGordon Dahlgren	OG	Michigan State	Ind.
9	90	Cleveland Rams	Ray Johnson	T	Denver	N/A
10	91	Philadelphia Eagles	Antil, RayRay Antil	B	Minnesota	Big Ten
10	92	Chicago Cardinals	Fitzsimmons, MiddletonMiddleton Fitzsimmons	OG	Georgia Tech	SEC
10	93	Brooklyn Dodgers	Gil Kuhn	B	USC	PCC
10	94	New York Giants	Chuck Gelatka	E	Mississippi State	SEC
10	95	Pittsburgh Pirates	Nevers, StanStan Nevers	T	Kentucky	SEC
10	96	Washington Redskins	Mac Cara	OG	NC State	SoCon
10	97	Detroit Lions	Kay Bell	OG	Washington State	PCC
10	98	Chicago Bears	Wade, RedRed Wade	E	Utah State	RMAC
10	99	Green Bay Packers	Gavin, DaveDave Gavin	OG	Holy Cross	Ind.
10	100	Cleveland Rams	Holt, SolonSolon Holt	T	TCU	SWC

Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
Chicago Bears	George Wilson ^†	E	Northwestern	Big Ten
Cleveland Rams	Chuck Cherundolo	C/LB	Penn State	Ind.
New York Giants	Hank Soar	RB/LB	Providence	Ind.
New York Giants	Bill Walls	E	TCU	SWC
Philadelphia Eagles	Rabbit Keen	RB/QB	Arkansas	SWC

1937_NFL_Draft

1937 NFL draft

Player selections

Hall of Famers

Notable undrafted players

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