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The 1944
1944 NFL season
The 1944 NFL season was the 25th regular season of the United States National Football League. The Boston Yanks joined the league as an expansion team. Also, the Brooklyn Dodgers changed their name to Brooklyn Tigers. Meanwhile, both the Cleveland Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles resumed their...

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 April 19, 1944.

Player selections

= Hall of Fame

Pro Football Hall of Fame

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Round one

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
1	Boston Yanks Boston Yanks The Boston Yanks were a National Football League team based in Boston, Massachusetts that played from 1944 to 1948. The team played its home games at Fenway Park. Games that conflicted with the Boston Red Sox schedule were held at the Manning Bowl in Lynn, Massachusetts...	Angelo Bertelli Angelo Bertelli Angelo Bortolo Bertelli was an American football player. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1943 playing as a quarterback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.-Early life:...	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...	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...
2	Chicago Cardinals	Pat Harder Pat Harder Marlin M. "Pat" Harder was a college and professional football player, playing fullback and kicker. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993....	Fullback Fullback (American football) A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback...	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...
3	Brooklyn Tigers 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...	Creighton Miller Creighton Miller Creighton Miller was an American football player. As an attorney, he was critical in helping to organize the National Football League Players Association....	Halfback 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...	Notre Dame
4	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...	Otto Graham Otto Graham Otto Everett Graham, Jr. was a professional American football and basketball player who played for the Cleveland Browns in both the All-America Football Conference and National Football League, as well as the Rochester Royals in the National Basketball League.-Early life:Born in Waukegan,...	Back	Northwestern Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
5	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...	Steve Van Buren Steve Van Buren Stephen W. Van Buren is a former professional American football halfback who played for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League from 1944–1951, and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.-Early life:...	Halfback	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...
6	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...	Billy Hillenbrand Billy Hillenbrand William Frank "Billy" Hillenbrand was an American football halfback who played professionally in the All-America Football Conference . He was born in Armstrong, Indiana. He attended Indiana University where he played for the Hoosiers...	Halfback	Indiana
7	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...	Merv Pregulman Merv Pregulman Mervin Pregulman is a former All-American football tackle and center who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines and in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers , Detroit Lions , and New York Bulldogs ....	Guard Guard (American football) In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....	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...
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,...	Mike Micka Mike Micka Michael Micka was an American football fullback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Boston Yanks. He played college football at Colgate University and was drafted in the first round of the 1944 NFL Draft....	Back	Colgate Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...
9	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...	Ray Evans Ray Evans (American football) Raymond Richard Evans was an American football halfback. He was an All-American in football and a two time All-American in basketball at the University of Kansas and is considered possibly the greatest overall athlete to ever attend KU...	Halfback	Kansas University of Kansas The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
10	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...	Johnny Podesto	Tailback	St. Mary's (CA) Saint Mary's College of California Saint Mary's College of California is a private, coeducational college located in Moraga, California, United States, a small suburban community about east of Oakland and 20 miles east of San Francisco. It has a 420-acre campus in the Moraga hills. It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church...
11	Cleveland Rams	Tony Butkovich Tony Butkovich Tony Butkovich was an American football fullback from the University of Illinois and spent his last year at Purdue. He was drafted by the Cleveland Rams in the first round of th 1944 NFL Draft, but never played professional football. Instead he enlisted in the US Marines and fought in World War...	Fullback	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...

Round two

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
12	Chicago Cardinals	Paul Mitchell	Tackle	Minnesota
13	Brooklyn Tigers	Jim Callahan	Back	Texas
14	Detroit Lions	Bob Cifers Bob Cifers Robert Gale "Bob" Cifers was a professional American football running back in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Green Bay Packers. In 1938 he shattered the national high school football season scoring record. He scored 235 points in his 1938...	Back	Tennessee
15	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bob Odell Bob Odell Robert Harper Odell is a former American football player who, as a college senior at the University of Pennsylvania, won the Maxwell Award in 1943. In 1944 he was drafted in the second round by the Chicago-Pittsburgh Cardinals-Steelers but served in the United States Navy from 1944 through 1946...	End	Pennsylvania
16	New York Giants	Lamar Blount	Back	Mississippi State

Round three

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
17	Chicago Cardinals	Saxon Judd	End	Tulsa
18	Brooklyn Tigers	Ralph Park	Back	Texas
19	Detroit Lions	Ralph Heywood Ralph Heywood Ralph Alvin Heywood was an American football player. He was the only National Football League player to serve in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, serving as a Marine Corps officer for 32 years. Born in Los Angeles, California, he was an All-American for USC in 1943.Heywood died...	End	USC
20	Philadelphia Eagles	Loren LaPrade	Guard	Stanford
21	New York Giants	Clyde Flowers	Tackle	Texas Christian
22	Green Bay Packers	Tom Kuzma Tom Kuzma Tom George Kuzma was an American football player for the University of Michigan. He was the starting left halfback for Fritz Crisler's Michigan teams in 1941 and 1942....	Back	Michigan
23	Washington Redskins	Earl Audet Earl Audet Earle Toussaint Audet was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, as well as the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference...	Tackle	USC
24	Chicago Bears	Rudy Smeja Rudy Smeja Rudolph M. Smeja was an American football player. Smeja played at the end position for the University of Michigan from 1941 to 1943. In November 1943, Smeja intercepted a pass and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter in a 23–6 win over the Indiana...	End	Michigan
25	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bob Gantt	End	Duke
26	Cleveland Rams	Gil Bouley	Tackle	Boston College
27	Boston Yanks	Boris "Babe" Dimancheff Babe Dimancheff Boris Stephan "Babe" Dimancheff was an American football running back in the National Football League. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he play for seven seasons for the Boston Yanks , the Chicago Cardinals , and the Chicago Bears ....	Back	Purdue

Round four

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
28	Chicago Cardinals	Jack Tavener	Center	Indiana
29	Brooklyn Tigers	Rudy Sikich	Tackle	Minnesota
30	Detroit Lions	George Betteridge	Back	Utah
31	Pittsburgh Steelers	Art McCaffray	Tackle	Pacific
32	New York Giants	Herb Kane	Tackle	East Central (OK)

Round five

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
33	Chicago Cardinals	Bill Blackburn Bill Blackburn William Whitford Blackburn, Jr. is a former professional American football player who played center for six seasons for the Chicago Cardinals....	Center	Rice
34	Brooklyn Tigers	Verne Ullom	End	Cincinnati
35	Detroit Lions	John Greene	Tackle	Michigan
36	Philadelphia Eagles	Joe Parker	End	Texas
37	New York Giants	Vic Maitland	Tackle	Hobart
38	Green Bay Packers	Bill McPartland	Tackle	St. Mary's (CA)
39	Washington Redskins	Ed Doherty	Quarterback	Boston College
40	Chicago Bears	Abe Croft	End	Southern Methodist
41	Pittsburgh Steelers	George Owen	Guard	Wake Forest
42	Cleveland Rams	Bob Waterfield Bob Waterfield Robert "Bob" Stanton Waterfield was an American football player.Waterfield attended Van Nuys High School, in Van Nuys, California and went on to play college football for UCLA. In 1943 he led the Bruins to the Pacific Coast Conference football championship...	Quarterback	UCLA University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
43	Boston Yanks	Larry Rice	Center	Tulane

Round six

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
44	Chicago Cardinals	Bill Garnaas	Back	Minnesota
45	Brooklyn Tigers	Bruce McDonald	End	Illinois State
46	Detroit Lions	Ed Alliquie	Tackle	Santa Clara
47	Pittsburgh Steelers	Dan Savage	Back	Brown
48	New York Giants	Jack Okland	Tackle	Utah State
49	Green Bay Packers	Mickey McCardle	Back	USC
50	Washington Redskins	Jackie Fellows	Back	Fresno State
51	Chicago Bears	C.B. Stanley	Tackle	Tulsa
52	Philadelphia Eagles	Hillary Horne	Tackle	Mississippi State
53	Cleveland Rams	Al Akins	Back	Washington State
54	Boston Yanks	John "Butch" Parker	Tackle	Loyola (LA)

Round seven

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
55	Chicago Cardinals	Rodger Smith	Back	Texas Tech
56	Brooklyn Tigers	Bob Graiziger	Guard	Minnesota
57	Detroit Lions	Paul Briggs	Tackle	Colorado
58	Philadelphia Eagles	Vic Kulbitski	Back	Minnesota
59	New York Giants	Herm Frickey	Back	Minnesota
60	Green Bay Packers	Jack Tracy	End	Washington
61	Washington Redskins	Hal Fischer	Guard	Texas
62	Chicago Bears	Darwin Seeley	Center	Stanford
63	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jesse Freitas Jesse Freitas Jesse Lee Freitas, Jr. is a former American football quarterback. His son Jesse Freitas III also played professional football as a quarterback.-References:...	Back	Santa Clara
64	Cleveland Rams	George Cheverko George Cheverko George Francis Cheverko was an American football running back in the National Football League for the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Fordham University and was drafted in the seventh round of the 1944 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Rams. He was inducted...	Back	Fordham
65	Boston Yanks	Mike Andrews	End	North Carolina State

Round eight

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
66	Chicago Cardinals	John "Red" Cochran Red Cochran John Thurman "Red" Cochran Jr. was an American football running back and later an assistant coach and scout in the National Football League. He played college football at Wake Forest University.-Playing career:...	Back	Wake Forest
67	Brooklyn Tigers	Jack Sachse	Center	Texas
68	Detroit Lions	Rod Giske	Guard	Washington State
69	Pittsburgh Steelers	George Titus	Center	Holy Cross
70	New York Giants	Roy Clay	Back	Colorado State
71	Green Bay Packers	Alex Agase Alex Agase -External links:...	Guard	Illinois
72	Washington Redskins	Cliff White	Tackle	Murray State
73	Chicago Bears	Randall "Buck" Fawcett Randall Fawcett House The Randall Fawcett House is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed Usonian home in Los Banos, California. The home was designed in 1955 and completed in 1961....	Back	Stanford
74	Philadelphia Eagles	George Phillips	Back	UCLA
75	Cleveland Rams	Stan Stasica	Back	South Carolina
76	Boston Yanks	Bob Musick	Back	USC

Round nine

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
77	Chicago Cardinals	Frank Scanlan	Back	Loyola (LA)
78	Brooklyn Tigers	Mitchell Olenski	Tackle	Alabama
79	Detroit Lions	Matthew Bolger	End	Notre Dame
80	Philadelphia Eagles	Paul Sarringhaus	Back	Ohio State
81	New York Giants	John Sanchez	Tackle	San Francisco
82	Green Bay Packers	Don Whitmire Don Whitmire Donald Boone Whitmire was an American football tackle between 1941–1944 for the University of Alabama. In 1956, Whitmire was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame....	Tackle	Alabama/Navy
83	Washington Redskins	Ted Ogdahl	Back	Willamette
84	Chicago Bears	Jack Morton	End	Missouri
85	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ed Stofko	Back	St. Francis
86	Cleveland Rams	Fred Boensch Fred Boensch Frederick Maxmilian Boensch was an American football guard in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University and was drafted in the ninth round of the 1944 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Rams....	Tackle	Stanford
87	Boston Yanks	Caleb "Tex" Warrington	Center	Auburn

Round ten

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
88	Chicago Cardinals	Lou Saban Lou Saban Louis Henry Saban was an American football player and coach. Saban played for Indiana University in college and as a pro for the Cleveland Browns of the All-America Football Conference...	Back	Indiana
89	Brooklyn Tigers	Aldo Cenci	Back	Penn State
90	Detroit Lions	Herb Hein	End	Minnesota
91	Pittsburgh Steelers	Val Jansante Val Jansante Valerio Richard Jansante was a professional American football player who played wide receiver for six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers.-High school:...	End	Duquesne
92	New York Giants	Ernie Beamer	End	Duke
93	Green Bay Packers	Bob Koch	Back	Oregon
94	Washington Redskins	Bob Sneddon Bob Sneddon Robert Lee Sneddon was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Detroit Lions. Sneddon also played in the All-America Football Conference for the Los Angeles Dons. He played college football at St. Mary's College of California and was...	Back	St. Mary's (CA)
95	Chicago Bears	Bill Starford	Center	Wake Forest
96	Philadelphia Eagles	John Perko	Guard	Minnesota
97	Cleveland Rams	Bob Shaw	End	Ohio State
98	Boston Yanks	Angelo Sisti	Tackle	Boston College

Round eleven

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
99	Chicago Cardinals	Fran Griffin	Tackle	Holy Cross
100	Brooklyn Tigers	John Bicaninch	Guard	Minnesota
101	Detroit Lions	Paul White Paul White (American football) Paul Grover White was an American football lineman. He played college football for Fritz Crisler's University of Michigan Wolverines football teams in 1941, 1942, 1943, and 1946 — missing the 1944 and 1945 seasons due to military service. He also played professional football for the Pittsburgh...	Back	Michigan
102	Philadelphia Eagles	Elliott Ormsbee	Back	Bradley
103	New York Giants	Carl Grate	Guard	Georgia
104	Green Bay Packers	Virgil Johnson	End	Arkansas
105	Washington Redskins	Bill Aldworth	Tackle	Minnesota
106	Chicago Bears	Lin Houston Lin Houston Lindell Lee Houston was an American football guard who played eight seasons in the All-America Football Conference and in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns. He is the older brother of Jim Houston.Nicknamed "Mr...	Guard	Ohio State
107	Pittsburgh Steelers	Carl Buda	Guard	Tulsa
108	Cleveland Rams	Joe Andrejco	Back	Fordham
109	Boston Yanks	Gene Long	Guard	Kansas

Round twelve

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
110	Chicago Cardinals	Leo Daniels	Back	Texas A&M
111	Brooklyn Tigers	Jim Tyree	End	Oklahoma
112	Detroit Lions	Jack Lescoulie	Guard	UCLA
113	Pittsburgh Steelers	Sam Gray	End	Tulsa
114	New York Giants	Tommy Mont Tommy Mont Thomas Allison "Tommy" Mont is an American educator, university administrator, college football coach, and NFL player. He played quarterback for the Washington Redskins as a back-up behind Sammy Baugh for three seasons. Mont served as the head football coach for three years at the University of...	Back	Maryland
115	Green Bay Packers	Roy Giusti	Back	St. Mary's (CA)
116	Washington Redskins	Bill Joslyn	Back	Stanford
117	Chicago Bears	J.P. Moore	Back	Vanderbilt
118	Philadelphia Eagles	Earle Parsons	Back	USC
119	Cleveland Rams	Pat Filley Pat Filley Patrick J. Filley was an American football guard, coach and university administrator. He was a native of South Bend, Indiana, who played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He was also a state champion wrestler at Central High School in South Bend. In his four years as a...	Guard	Notre Dame
120	Boston Yanks	Ed Fiorentino	End	Boston College

Round thirteen

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
121	Chicago Cardinals	Bobby Dobbs Bobby Dobbs Robert Lee “Bobby” Dobbs was an American football fullback and coach.-Early years:After graduating from high school in Frederick, Oklahoma in 1941, Bobby entered University of Tulsa to play football for coach Henry Frnka. A fullback, Dobbs played in Tulsa's first ever bowl game; the 1943 Sugar Bowl...	Back	Tulsa
122	Brooklyn Tigers	Jim Wright	Center	Southern Methodist
123	Detroit Lions	Doug Rehor	Back	Dickinson
124	Philadelphia Eagles	Bob Hanzlik	End	Wisconsin
125	New York Giants	Ray Poole Ray Poole Ray Smith Poole was an American offensive and defensive end in the National Football League who played for the New York Giants from 1947 to 1952. Born in Gloster, Mississippi, he graduated from Crosby High School in Crosby, Mississippi, then attended the University of North Carolina before...	End	Mississippi
126	Green Bay Packers	Bill Baughman	Center	Alabama
127	Washington Redskins	Charley Walker	Center	Kentucky
128	Chicago Bears	Bill Duffey	End	Georgetown (DC)
129	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bob Longacre	Back	William & Mary
130	Cleveland Rams	Bob Erickson	Back	Washington
131	Boston Yanks	Mike Zeleznak	Back	Kansas State

Round fourteen

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
132	Chicago Cardinals	Van Hall	Back	Texas Christian
133	Brooklyn Tigers	John Genis	Tackle	Illinois
134	Detroit Lions	Bill Pritula	Center	Michigan
135	Pittsburgh Steelers	Les Zetty	End	Muhlenberg
136	New York Giants	Bert Corley	Center	Mississippi State
137	Green Bay Packers	Don Griffin Don Griffin (halfback) Don Griffin is a former professional American football halfback. He was a member of the Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference....	Back	Illinois
138	Washington Redskins	Boyd Clement	Center	Oregon State
139	Chicago Bears	Joe Hartley	Tackle	Louisiana State
140	Philadelphia Eagles	Jim Talley	Center	Louisiana State
141	Cleveland Rams	Mel Maceau Mel Maceau Melvin "Mel" Anthony Maceau was an American football center in the All-America Football Conference for the Cleveland Browns from 1946 to 1948. He played at the collegiate level at Marquette University.-References:...	Center	Marquette
142	Boston Yanks	John Maskas	Tackle	Virginia Tech

Round fifteen

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
143	Chicago Cardinals	Jack Carpenter	Tackle	Missouri
144	Brooklyn Tigers	Billie "Spook" Murphy Billy J. Murphy Billy Jack "Spook" Murphy was head football coach at the University of Memphis from 1958 to 1971 and earned a 91-44-1 record. Murphy's 1963 team was the school's first undefeated team in twenty-five years, and Murphy was named national coach of the year....	Back	Mississippi State
145	Detroit Lions	Jim Molich	End	Fresno State
146	Philadelphia Eagles	Dom Fusci	Tackle	South Carolina
147	New York Giants	Ollie Poole	End	Mississippi
148	Green Bay Packers	Bert Gissler	End	Nebraska
149	Washington Redskins	Jim Gaffney Jim Gaffney James Thomas Gaffney, Jr. is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins in 1945 and 1946. He played college football at the University of Tennessee and was drafted in the fifteenth round of the 1944 NFL Draft.-References:...	Back	Tennessee
150	Chicago Bears	Bill Milner	Guard	Duke
151	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jim Myers Jim Myers -References:...	Guard	Tennessee
152	Cleveland Rams	Frank "Bud" Hubbell	End	Tennessee
153	Boston Yanks	John Bond	Back	Texas Christian

Round sixteen

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
154	Chicago Cardinals	Charley Csuri Charles Csuri Charles Csuri , aka Chuck Csuri, is a pioneer in the field of computer art and a former All American college football player.-Digital art:...	Tackle	Ohio State
155	Brooklyn Tigers	Doug Essick	End	USC
156	Detroit Lions	Jules Yakapovich Jules Yakapovich Jules Yakapovich was an American football coach.Born in Tonawanda, New York, he served during World War II as a U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant. Yakapovich was head football coach at Kenmore West High School in New York from 1950 to 1976...	Back	Colgate
157	Pittsburgh Steelers	Joe Gottlieb	Back	Duquesne
158	New York Giants	Ralph Ellsworth	Back	Texas
159	Green Bay Packers	Lou Shelton	Back	Oregon State
160	Washington Redskins	Ted Ossowski Ted Ossowski Theodore Leroy Ossowski was an American football tackle in the All-America Football Conference for the New York Yankees. He played college football at Oregon State University and the University of Southern California....	Tackle	Oregon State
161	Chicago Bears	Ed "Buckets" Hirsch	Back	Northwestern
162	Philadelphia Eagles	Johnny Green	End	Tulsa
163	Cleveland Rams	John Aguirre	Tackle	USC
164	Boston Yanks	Roger Antaya	Guard	Dartmouth

Round seventeen

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
165	Chicago Cardinals	Joe Magliolo	Back	Texas
166	Brooklyn Tigers	Howard "Red" Maley	Back	Southern Methodist
167	Detroit Lions	Jack Helms Jack Helms John Ancel "Jack" Helms was an American football player in the National Football League. He played for the Detroit Lions. He played collegiately for the Georgia Tech football team....	Tackle	Georgia Tech
168	Philadelphia Eagles	Jackie Freeman Jack Freeman (American football) John Joseph "Jack" Freeman , also known as Jackie Freeman, was the head coach of The College of William & Mary's football team from 1953 through 1956. He compiled a 10–24–5 overall record...	Back	William & Mary
169	New York Giants	Ed Schneider	Tackle	Washburn
170	Green Bay Packers	Charley Cusick	Guard	Colgate
171	Washington Redskins	Tom Davis	Back	Duke
172	Chicago Bears	Ed Ryckeley	End	Georgia Tech
173	Pittsburgh Steelers	Hugh Davis	Back	Michigan State
174	Cleveland Rams	Aubrey Clayton	Back	Auburn
175	Boston Yanks	Marshall Shurnas	End	Missouri

Round eighteen

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
176	Chicago Cardinals	Walt Szot	Tackle	Bucknell
177	Brooklyn Tigers	Don Willer	Tackle	USC
178	Detroit Lions	Elmer "Tippy" Madarik Elmer Madarik Elmer Laurence Madarik was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Detroit Mercy and was drafted in the 18th round of the 1944 NFL Draft....	Back	Detroit
179	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bill Sullivan	End	Villanova
180	New York Giants	Marcel Gres	Tackle	Texas
181	Green Bay Packers	Hugh Cox	Back	North Carolina
182	Washington Redskins	John Batorski John Batorski John Michael Batorski was an American football end in the All-America Football Conference for the Buffalo Bisons. He played college football at Colgate University and was drafted in the 18th round of the 1944 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins....	End	Colgate
183	Chicago Bears	Howdy Plasman	Back	Miami (FL)
184	Philadelphia Eagles	Joe Kane	Back	Pennsylvania
185	Cleveland Rams	Ziggy Zamlynski	Back	Villanova
186	Boston Yanks	Reldon Bennett	Tackle	Louisiana State

Round nineteen

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
187	Chicago Cardinals	Jack Adams	End	Presbyterian
188	Brooklyn Tigers	Howard Callanan	Back	USC
189	Detroit Lions	Bill Eubank	End	Mississippi State
190	Philadelphia Eagles	Tony Schiro	Guard	Santa Clara
191	New York Giants	Neil Brooks	Back	Washington
192	Green Bay Packers	Kermit Davis	End	Mississippi State
193	Washington Redskins	Clyde Ehrhardt Clyde Ehrhardt Clyde Walter Ehrhardt was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Georgia and was drafted in the 19th round of the 1944 NFL Draft....	Center	Georgia
194	Chicago Bears	Barry "Bear" French	Tackle	Purdue
195	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jimmy Woodside	Center	Temple
196	Cleveland Rams	Bob McBride	Guard	Notre Dame
197	Boston Yanks	Art Faircloth	Back	North Carolina State

Round twenty

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
198	Chicago Cardinals	Ray Kuffel Ray Kuffel Raymond Francis Kuffel was an American football player in the All-America Football Conference for the Buffalo Bills and Chicago Rockets/Hornets from 1947 to 1949 as an end. He played at the collegiate level at Marquette University and the University of Notre Dame.-References:...	End	Marquette
199	Brooklyn Tigers	George Doherty George Doherty George E. Doherty was a National Football League player from 1944–1947, who thereafter was the defensive coach of the Louisiana Tech University Bulldogs in Ruston and the head coach of the Northwestern State University Demons in Natchitoches from 1972-1974.-Early years and education:Doherty was...	Tackle	Louisiana Tech
200	Detroit Lions	Ray Ahlstrom	Back	St. Mary's (CA)
201	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bill Miller	Back	Pennsylvania
202	New York Giants	Pete Kane	Back	Geneva
203	Green Bay Packers	Bob Johnson	Center	Purdue
204	Washington Redskins	Dave Brown	End	UCLA
205	Chicago Bears	Paul Taylor	Back	USC
206	Philadelphia Eagles	Norm Michael	Back	Syracuse
207	Cleveland Rams	Joe Yackanich	Tackle	Fordham
208	Boston Yanks	Tony Bilotti	Guard	St. Mary's (CA)

Round twenty one

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
209	Chicago Cardinals	Jack West	End	Texas
210	Brooklyn Tigers	Mike Mihalic	Guard	Mississippi State
211	Detroit Lions	Alex Kapter	Guard	Northwestern
212	Philadelphia Eagles	Eddie Kulakowski	Tackle	West Virginia
213	New York Giants	M.L. "Kit" Kittrell	Back	Baylor
214	Green Bay Packers	Jim Cox Jim Cox (American football) Jim Cox Jim Cox Jim Cox (born James Ellingson Cox is former professional American football guard. He was a member of the San Francisco 49ers of the All-America Football Conference.-External links:*...	Tackle	Stanford
215	Washington Redskins	Bill Ivy	Tackle	Northwestern
216	Chicago Bears	Hank Margarita	Back	Brown
217	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bob Lawson	End	Holy Cross
218	Cleveland Rams	John Creevey	Back	Notre Dame
219	Boston Yanks	Bill Furman	Tackle	Washington & Lee

Round twenty two

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
220	Chicago Cardinals	Jack Esorcia	Back	Illinois State
221	Brooklyn Tigers	Ted Cook Ted Cook (American football) Ted Cook was a player in the National Football League. He played one season with the Detroit Lions and three with the Green Bay Packers....	End	Alabama
222	Detroit Lions	Vick Clark	Back	Texas-El Paso
223	Pittsburgh Steelers	Hank Caver	Back	Presbyterian
224	New York Giants	Roy Renfro	Guard	Fresno State
225	Green Bay Packers	Cliff Anderson	End	Minnesota
226	Washington Redskins	Bruce Babcock	Back	Rochester
227	Chicago Bears	Ed Davis	Back	Oklahoma
228	Philadelphia Eagles	Al Postus	Back	Villanova
229	Cleveland Rams	David Paul Jones	Back	Arkansas
230	Boston Yanks	Clare Morford	Guard	Oklahoma

Round twenty three

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
231	Chicago Cardinals	Don Buffmire	Back	Northwestern
232	Brooklyn Tigers	Bucky Gillenwater	Tackle	Texas
233	Detroit Lions	Max Fischer	Center	Oklahoma
234	Philadelphia Eagles	Milt Smith	End	UCLA
235	New York Giants	John Dubzinski	Guard	Boston College
236	Green Bay Packers	John Wesley Perry	Back	Duke
237	Washington Redskins	Bill Reinhard Bill Reinhard William Carl Reinhard is a former American football player in the All-America Football Conference for the Los Angeles Dons. He played college football at the University of California, Berkeley and was drafted in the 23rd round of the 1944 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins....	Back	California
238	Chicago Bears	Dick Jamison	Tackle	USC
239	Pittsburgh Steelers	Paul Carter	Tackle	Michigan State
240	Cleveland Rams	Jim Pharr	Center	Auburn
241	Boston Yanks	Dilton Richmond	End	Louisiana State

Round twenty four

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
242	Chicago Cardinals	Bob Nanni	Tackle	Duke
243	Brooklyn Tigers	Jack Baldwin	Center	Centenary
244	Detroit Lions	Chuck Jacoby	Back	Indiana
245	Pittsburgh Steelers	Dick Holben	Tackle	Muhlenberg
246	New York Giants	Howard Beyer	Center	Michigan State
247	Green Bay Packers	Pete DeMaria	Guard	Purdue
248	Washington Redskins	Ed Bauer	Guard	South Carolina
249	Chicago Bears	Jack Bortka	Back	Kansas State
250	Philadelphia Eagles	Earl Klapstein	Tackle	Pacific
251	Cleveland Rams	Joe Warlick	Back	Mississippi State
252	Boston Yanks	Courtney Lawlor	Back	Richmond

Round twenty five

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
253	Chicago Cardinals	John McGinnis	End	Notre Dame
254	Brooklyn Tigers	Dick Manning	Back	USC
255	Detroit Lions	Bob McCarthy	End	St. Mary's (CA)
256	Philadelphia Eagles	Bob Frisbee	Back	Stanford
257	New York Giants	Ben Babula	Back	Fordham
258	Green Bay Packers	Len Liss	Tackle	Marquette
259	Washington Redskins	Joe "Smokey" Martin	Back	Cornell
260	Chicago Bears	Roy Ruskusky	End	St. Mary's (CA)
261	Pittsburgh Steelers	Howard Tippee	Back	Iowa State
262	Cleveland Rams	Bert Gianelli	Guard	Santa Clara
263	Boston Yanks	Howard Debus	Back	Nebraska

Round twenty six

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
264	Chicago Cardinals	Warren Hodges	Tackle	Kansas
265	Brooklyn Tigers	Ray Grierson	End	Illinois
266	Detroit Lions	Stan Hendrickson	End	Colorado
267	Pittsburgh Steelers	Charley Malmberg	Tackle	Rice
268	New York Giants	Ted Fitanides	Back	New Hampshire
269	Green Bay Packers	Ray Jordan	Back	North Carolina
270	Washington Redskins	Lee Gustafson	Back	Oregon State
271	Chicago Bears	Harry Franck	Back	Northwestern
272	Philadelphia Eagles	Ed Eiden	Back	Scranton
273	Cleveland Rams	Charley Kuhn	Back	Kentucky
274	Boston Yanks	Bill Portwood	End	Kentucky

Round twenty seven

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
275	Chicago Cardinals	Bill Earley	Back	Notre Dame
276	Brooklyn Tigers	Joe Golding Joe Golding Joseph Griffith Golding was a professional American Football halfback/defensive back in the National Football League. He played for the Boston Yanks and the New York Bulldogs/Yanks ....	Back	Oklahoma
277	Detroit Lions	Fred Bouldin	Back	Missouri
278	Philadelphia Eagles	Barney Burdick	End	Creighton
279	New York Giants	Andy Bires	End	Alabama
280	Green Bay Packers	Al Grubaugh	Tackle	Nebraska
281	Washington Redskins	Nick Pappas	Tackle	Utah
282	Chicago Bears	Jack McKewan	Tackle	Alabama
283	Pittsburgh Steelers	Russ Ashbaugh	Back	Notre Dame
284	Cleveland Rams	Jim Smith	Tackle	Colorado
285	Boston Yanks	Harold Collins	Guard	Southwestern (TX)

Round twenty eight

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
286	Chicago Cardinals	Bob Davis	Guard	Oregon
287	Brooklyn Tigers	Bob Zimny	Tackle	Indiana
288	Detroit Lions	Dick McElwee	Back	West Virginia
289	Pittsburgh Steelers	Pat Petroski	Guard	Miami (FL)
290	New York Giants	Tom Rock	End	Columbia
291	Green Bay Packers	A. B. Howard	End	Mississippi State
292	Washington Redskins	Lindsey Bowen	End	Rice
293	Chicago Bears	Charlie Mitchell Charlie Mitchell (American football) Charlie Mitchell is a former defensive back in the National Football League. He was drafted in the twenty-eighth round of the 1944 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears and later played with the team during the 1945 NFL season. The following season he played with the Green Bay Packers.-References:...	Back	Tulsa
294	Philadelphia Eagles	Nick Daukas	Tackle	Dartmouth
295	Cleveland Rams	Ray Donelli	Back	Duquesne
296	Boston Yanks	Aubrey Gill	Center	Texas

Round twenty nine

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
297	Chicago Cardinals	Vince DiFrancesca Vince DiFrancesca Vincent DiFrancesca was a college football player and coach in the United States. His total career coaching record was 106 wins, 71 losses, and 7 ties.-Playing career:...	Tackle	Northwestern
298	Brooklyn Tigers	Marty Frohm	Tackle	Mississippi State
299	Detroit Lions	Bob Derleth Robert Derleth Robert J. "Bob" Derleth was an American football lineman. He played college football for the University of Michigan Wolverines football teams in 1942, 1943, 1945 and 1946—missing the 1944 season due to military service...	Tackle	Michigan
300	Philadelphia Eagles	Pasquale Darone	Guard	Boston College
301	New York Giants	Walt Cyhel	Tackle	Creighton
302	Green Bay Packers	Paul Paladino	Guard	Arkansas
303	Washington Redskins	Bill Gustafson	Tackle	Washington State
304	Chicago Bears	Pat Boyle	Guard	Wisconsin
305	Pittsburgh Steelers	Joe Tosti	End	Scranton
306	Cleveland Rams	John Hughes	End	Mississippi State
307	Boston Yanks	Chet Wasilewski	Back	Holy Cross

Round thirty

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
308	Chicago Cardinals	Lloyd Ott	Center	North Carolina State
309	Brooklyn Tigers	Howard Blose	Back	Cornell
310	Detroit Lions	George Dick	End	Kansas
311	Pittsburgh Steelers	Len Seelinger	Back	Wisconsin
312	New York Giants	Francis Nelson	Back	Baylor
313	Green Bay Packers	Bob Butchofsky	Back	Texas A&M
314	Washington Redskins	Bill Yablonski	Center	Holy Cross
315	Chicago Bears	Bernie Pepper	Tackle	Missouri
316	Philadelphia Eagles	Bill Clark	Tackle	Colorado College
317	Cleveland Rams	Dick McPhee	Back	Georgia
318	Boston Yanks	Gus Letchas	Back	Georgia

Round thirty one

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
319	Green Bay Packers	Russ Deal	Guard	Indiana
320	Washington Redskins	Buster Hollingbery	Center	Washington State
321	Chicago Bears	Karl Vogt	Tackle	Villanova
322	Philadelphia Eagles	Pete Pasko	End	East Stroudsburg
323	Cleveland Rams	Jim McLeod	End	Louisiana State
324	Boston Yanks	Ralph Calcagni	Tackle	Pennsylvania

Round thirty two

Pick #	\|Player	\|College
325	Green Bay Packers	Abel "Frito" Gonzales	Back	Southern Methodist
326	Washington Redskins	Willard Sheller	Back	Stanford
327	Chicago Bears	Bob Endres	Tackle	Colgate
328	Philadelphia Eagles	Myron Majewski	Tackle	American International
329	Cleveland Rams	Stan Kudlacz	Center	Notre Dame
330	Boston Yanks	Walton Roberts	Back	Texas

= Hall of Famer

Hall of famers

Otto Graham, Quarterback from Northwestern taken 1st round 4th overall by the Detroit Lions.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1965.

Steve Van Buren, Halfback from LSU taken 1st round 5th overall by the Philadelphia Eagles.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1965.

Bob Waterfield, Quarterback from UCLA taken 5th round 42nd overall by the Cleveland Rams.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1965.

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