The 1947

1947 NFL season

The 1947 NFL season was the 28th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded the regular season by one game from eleven games per team to twelve, a number that remained constant until the 1961 season....

 National Football League

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 Draft

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was held on December 16, 1946.

The National Football League in this draft made the first overall pick a bonus pick determined by lottery. The 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...

 won the first lottery. This process was ended in 1958.

Player selections

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Round one

Pick #	|Player	|College
1	Chicago Bears (Lottery bonus pick)	Bob Fenimore Bob Fenimore Robert Dale Fenimore known as the Blonde Bomber was a halfback for the Oklahoma A&M football team from 1943 to 1946. He was the first two-time All America selection from Oklahoma A&M and finished third in the Heisman voting in 1945, but still led the nation in rushing with 142 carries for 1,048...	Back 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...	Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma State University–Stillwater Oklahoma State University–Stillwater is a land-grant, sun-grant, coeducational public research university located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. OSU was founded in 1890 under the Morrill Act...
2	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...	Glenn Davis	Halfback	Army United States Military Academy The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
3	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...	Fritz Barzilauskas	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....	Yale Yale University Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
4	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,...	Cal Rossi Cal Rossi Cal Rossi was an American football running back who played at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the only football player to be selected twice in the NFL Draft. He was first drafted in the first round of the 1946 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins...	Back	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...
5	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...	Hub Bechtol Hub Bechtol Hubert "Hub" Edwin Bechtol was a college football player for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Texas Longhorns. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1991.-External links:*...	End	Texas University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
6	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...	Ernie Case Ernie Case Ernie Case is a former back in the All-America Football Conference who played 14 games for the Baltimore Colts. In 1947, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League used the 6th pick in the 1st round of the 1947 NFL Draft to select Case out of the University of California, Los Angeles...	Back	UCLA
7	Chicago Cardinals	DeWitt "Tex" Coulter Tex Coulter DeWitt E. "Tex" Coulter was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the New York Giants and in the Canadian Football League for the Montreal Alouettes. Coulter attended the United States Military Academy.-External links:*, El Paso Times, October 11, 2007...	Tackle	Army
8	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...	Neill Armstrong Neill Armstrong Neill Ford Armstrong is a former American football player and coach whose career spanned more than 40 years at both the collegiate and professional levels....	End	Oklahoma A&M
9	Los Angeles Rams St. Louis Rams The St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...	Herman Wedemeyer Herman Wedemeyer Herman John Wedemeyer was an American actor, football player, and politician. He is best known for portraying 'Sergeant/Detective "Duke" Lukela' on the crime drama Hawaii Five-O ....	Halfback	St. Mary's 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...
10	New York Giants New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	Vic Schwall Vic Schwall Victor Henry Schwall was a professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played for four seasons for the Chicago Cardinals....	Halfback	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....
11	Chicago Bears	Don Kindt Don Kindt Donald John "Don" Kindt, Sr. was a defensive back and running back for the Chicago Bears from 1947 to 1955.Career Stats:108 Games played, 21 Int, 10 Forced Fumbles, 1 Defensive TD, Rushing; 172 Attempts for 586 Yards and 4 TD, 43 Catches for 506 Yards and 2 TDHe was elected to the Wisconsin...	Back	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...

Round two

Pick #	|Player	|College
12	Detroit Lions	Russ Thomas	Tackle	Ohio State
13	Boston Yanks	Walt Heap	Back	Texas

Round three

Pick #	|Player	|College
14	Detroit Lions	Jim Kekeris Jim Kekeris -Career:Kekeris was drafted in the third round of the 1947 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions and would play that season with the Philadelphia Eagles. The following season he played with the Green Bay Packers....	Tackle	Missouri
15	Boston Yanks	John Rapacz John Rapacz John Joseph Rapacz was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He also played in the All-America Football Conference for the Chicago Rockets/Hornets...	Center	Oklahoma
16	Pittsburgh Steelers	John Mastrangelo John Mastrangelo For John Mastrangelo, the musician, see Johnny MaestroJohn Battista Mastrangelo was a professional football player in the National Football League. He made his NFL debut in 1947 with the Pittsburgh Steelers...	Guard	Notre Dame
17	Washington Redskins	Gene "Red" Knight	Back	Louisiana State
18	Chicago Cardinals	Ermal Allen	Back	Kentucky
19	Philadelphia Eagles	Bill Mackrides Bill Mackrides William "Bill" Mackrides is a former American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He helped the Eagles win the 1948 NFL Championship...	Back	Nevada-Reno
20	Green Bay Packers	Burr Baldwin Burr Baldwin Burr Browning Baldwin was an American college and professional football player. He was the first UCLA Bruins player to receive All-America honors. Baldwin played professional football for three years with the Los Angeles Dons.-Biography:Baldwin attended Bakersfield High School in Bakersfield,...	End	UCLA
21	Los Angeles Rams	Don Paul Don Paul (linebacker) Don Paul is a former professional American football linebacker who played for the Los Angeles Rams in the National Football League. He was selected to three Pro Bowls during his years with the Rams....	Center	UCLA
22	New York Giants	John Cannady John Cannady John Hanley Cannady was an American football linebacker in the National Football League for the New York Giants...	Center	Indiana
23	Chicago Bears	Frank Minini	Back	San Jose State

Round four

Pick #	|Player	|College
24	Detroit Lions	Charley Hoover	Center	Vanderbilt
25	Boston Yanks	Alton Baldwin Al Baldwin Alton Baldwin was a professional American football end/defensive back who played in the All-America Football Conference, the National Football League and the Canadian Football League....	End	Arkansas

Round five

Pick #	|Player	|College
26	Detroit Lions	Bob Chappuis Bob Chappuis Robert Richard "Bob" Chappuis is a former American football player who played halfback and quarterback for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1942, 1946, and 1947. His college years were interrupted by service in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II...	Back	Michigan
27	Boston Yanks	Carroll Vogelaar	Tackle	San Francisco
28	Washington Redskins	Hank Foldberg Hank Foldberg Henry Christian "Hank" Foldberg, Sr. was an American college and professional football player who became a college football coach. Foldberg played college football for Texas A&M University and the U.S. Military Academy, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Chicago Hornets and Brooklyn...	End	Army
29	Pittsburgh Steelers	Frank Wydo Frank Wydo Frank Wydo was an American football tackle who played eleven seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles.-External links:...	Tackle	Cornell
30	Philadelphia Eagles	George Savitsky George Savitsky George Michael Savitsky is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1947 NFL Draft. Savitsky was inducted into the College...	Tackle	Pennsylvania
31	Green Bay Packers	Paul "Buddy" Burris Buddy Burris Paul "Buddy" Burris was an American football player. He played college football for the Golden Hurricane at University of Tulsa, and after a hiatus to serve in the Second World War, for the Sooners at the University of Oklahoma. Burris was the first Oklahoma player to earn All-America honors in...	Guard	Oklahoma
32	Chicago Bears	Lloyd Merriman Lloyd Merriman Lloyd Archer Merriman was an American professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from – for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs...	Back	Stanford
33	Los Angeles Rams	Gordon Gray	Back	USC
34	New York Giants	Nelson Greene	Tackle	Tulsa
35	Chicago Bears	Jim Canady	Back	Texas

Round six

Pick #	|Player	|College
36	Detroit Lions	Bernie Gallagher	Tackle	Pennsylvania
37	Boston Yanks	George Sullivan	Tackle	Notre Dame
38	Pittsburgh Steelers	Frank Aschenbrenner Frank Aschenbrenner -Career:Aschenbrenner played with the Chicago Hornets of the All-American Football Conference in 1949. He had previously been drafted in the sixth round of the 1947 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers....	Back	Northwestern
39	Washington Redskins	Mike Garzoni Mike Garzoni Michael John Garzoni was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants. He also played for the New York Yankees in the All-America Football Conference. He played college football at Fresno State University and the...	Guard	USC
40	Green Bay Packers	Gene Wilson Gene Wilson (American football) Gene Wilson is a former defensive back in the National Football League. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 1947 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers and played two seasons with the team.-References:...	End	Southern Methodist
41	Chicago Cardinals	Ben Raimondi	Back	Indiana
42	Chicago Bears	Roger Stephens	Back	Cincinnati
43	Los Angeles Rams	Paul Evanson	Tackle	Oregon State
44	New York Giants	Bob Davis	Tackle	Georgia Tech
45	Chicago Bears	Harlan Wetz	Tackle	Texas

Round seven

Pick #	|Player	|College
46	Detroit Lions	Ed Grain	Guard	Pennsylvania
47	Boston Yanks	Joe Watt Joe Watt Joseph Chessar Watt was an American football halfback in the National Football League.He attended Erasmus High School in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Syracuse University. He was the 47th pick in the 1947 NFL Draft by the Boston Yanks and later played for the Detroit Lions and the New York...	Back	Syracuse
48	Washington Redskins	Bill Gray	Center	Oregon State
49	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bryant "Meatball" Meeks	Center	South Carolina
50	Chicago Cardinals	Howard Turner	Back	North Carolina State
51	Philadelphia Eagles	Tony Yovicsin	End	Miami (FL)
52	Green Bay Packers	Dick Connors	Back	Northwestern
53	Los Angeles Rams	Bill Smyth	Tackle	Cincinnati
54	New York Giants	Chris "Duke" Iversen	Back	Oregon
55	Chicago Bears	Reid Moseley	End	Georgia

Round eight

Pick #	|Player	|College
56	Detroit Lions	Harvey James	Center	Miami (FL)
57	Boston Yanks	Bill Chipley	End	Washington & Lee
58	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jerry Shipkey Jerry Shipkey Jerry Shipkey was a football player. He played as a linebacker for six seasons in the NFL.-External links:*...	Back	UCLA
59	Washington Redskins	Hank Harris	Tackle	Texas
60	Chicago Cardinals	George Maddock	Tackle	Northwestern
61	Philadelphia Eagles	Al Satterfield	Tackle	Vanderbilt
62	Green Bay Packers	Monte Moncrief	Tackle	Texas A&M
63	Los Angeles Rams	Bill McGovern	Center	Washington
64	New York Giants	Frank Muelheuser	Back	Colgate
65	Chicago Bears	Houston Allen Smith	End	Mississippi

Round nine

Pick #	|Player	|College
66	Detroit Lions	Kale Alexander	Tackle	South Carolina
67	Boston Yanks	Gene Malinowski	Center	Detroit
68	Washington Redskins	Roy Kurrasch Roy Kurrasch Roy William Kurrasch is a former American football end in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He also played in the All-America Football Conference for the New York Yankees...	End	UCLA
69	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bert Vander Clute	Guard	Wesleyan
70	Chicago Cardinals	Art Dufelmeier Art Dufelmeier Arthur J. Dufelmeier was the head football coach for the Western Illinois University Leathernecks located in Macomb, Illinois and he held that position for nine seasons, from 1960 until 1968. His career coaching record at Western Illinois was 37 wins, 39 losses, and 2 ties...	Back	Illinois
71	Philadelphia Eagles	Bob Leonetti	Guard	Wake Forest
72	Green Bay Packers	Bob McDougal Bob McDougal Robert Joseph McDougal was a professional American football fullback in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. McDougal played collegiate ball for Duke University and the University of Miami before being drafted by the Packers in the 9th round of the 1947 NFL Draft...	Back	Miami (FL)
73	Los Angeles Rams	Max Partin	Back	Tennessee
74	New York Giants	John Novitsky	Tackle	Oklahoma City
75	Chicago Bears	Dwight "Dike" Eddleman Dwight Eddleman Thomas Dwight "Dike" Eddleman is generally considered the greatest athlete in the history of athletics at the University of Illinois. Eddleman participated on the University's basketball, track and field, and football teams between the years of 1947 and 1949...	Back	Illinois

Round ten

Pick #	|Player	|College
76	Detroit Lions	Chalmers (Bump) Elliott Bump Elliott Chalmers W. "Bump" Elliott is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played halfback at Purdue University and the University of Michigan...	Back	Michigan
77	Boston Yanks	Bob Hazelhurst	Back	Denver
78	Pittsburgh Steelers	Paul Gibson	End	North Carolina State
79	Washington Redskins	Ernie Williamson Ernie Williamson Ernest Warriner Williamson was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and New York Giants. Williamson also played in the All-America Football Conference for the Los Angeles Dons...	Tackle	North Carolina
80	Philadelphia Eagles	Ulysses Cornogg	Tackle	Wake Forest
81	Green Bay Packers	Bob Kelly Bob Kelly (American football) Bob Kelly is a former professional American football defensive back. He was a member of the Los Angeles Dons and Baltimore Colts of the All-America Football Conference....	Back	Notre Dame
82	Chicago Cardinals	Ray Ramsey Ray Ramsey "Rocket" Raymond LeRoy Ramsey was a professional American football player who played defensive back for the Chicago Cardinals . He remains the Cardinals all-time record holder for interception return yardage in a single season with 237 which he set in the 1953 season...	Back	Bradley
83	Los Angeles Rams	Carl Samuelson	Tackle	Nebraska
84	New York Giants	Fred Mullis	Back	Tennessee-Chattanooga
85	Chicago Bears	Arnold Tucker Arnold Tucker Arnold Tucker is a retired United States Air Force Officer who graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY in 1947....	Back	Army

Round eleven

Pick #	|Player	|College
86	Detroit Lions	Pete Sullivan	Tackle	Detroit
87	Boston Yanks	Al Sidorik	Tackle	Mississippi State
88	Washington Redskins	L.G. Carmody	Back	Central Washington
89	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jack Medd	Center	Wesleyan
90	Chicago Cardinals	Dave Wallace	Back	Oklahoma
91	Philadelphia Eagles	Alex Sarkisian Alex Sarkisian Alex Sarkisian was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998. His father was an immigrant steelworker.-References:...	Center	Northwestern
92	Green Bay Packers	Tom Moulton	Center	Oklahoma State
93	Los Angeles Rams	Russ Steger	Back	Illinois
94	New York Giants	Bob "Hunchy" Hoernschemeyer Robert Hoernschemeyer Robert James "Bob" "Hunchy" Hoernschemeyer , was a former American football Running Back for the Chicago Rockets , Brooklyn Dodgers , Chicago Hornets , Detroit Lions...	Back	Indiana
95	Chicago Bears	Larry Hatch	Back	Washington

Round twelve

Pick #	|Player	|College
96	Detroit Lions	LaVerne Camaratta	Back	Iowa State
97	Boston Yanks	Wally Roberts	End	Holy Cross
98	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jack Fitch	Back	North Carolina
99	Washington Redskins	U.S. Savage	End	Richmond
100	Green Bay Packers	George Hills	Guard	Georgia Tech
101	Chicago Cardinals	Charley Sarratt	Back	Oklahoma
102	Philadelphia Eagles	Jerry D'Arcy	Center	Tulsa
103	Los Angeles Rams	Dante Lavelli Dante Lavelli Dante Bert Joseph "Gluefingers" Lavelli was an American football end who played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference and National Football League from 1946 to 1956...	End	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...
104	New York Giants	Hardy "Thumper" Brown Hardy Brown Hardy Brown was an American football linebacker in the National Football League, All-America Football Conference, and the American Football League. He played college football at the University of Tulsa and then professionally for the San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins, and the Denver Broncos...	Back	Tulsa
105	Chicago Bears	Tony Adamle Tony Adamle Anthony "Tony" Adamle was a professional American football linebacker and fullback in the All-America Football Conference and the National Football League...	Center	Ohio State

Round thirteen

Pick #	|Player	|College
106	Detroit Lions	Walt Vezmar	Guard	Michigan State
107	Boston Yanks	Bob Sullivan	Back	Iowa
108	Washington Redskins	Bob Steckroth	End	William & Mary
109	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ara Parseghian Ara Parseghian Ara Raoul Parseghian is a former American football player and coach of Armenian descent. He served as the head football coach at Miami University , Northwestern University , and the University of Notre Dame , compiling a career college football record of 170–58–6...	Back	Miami (OH)
110	Philadelphia Eagles	John Hamberger	Tackle	Southern Methodist
111	Green Bay Packers	Bob Skoglund Bob Skoglund Robert W. "Bob" Skoglund was an professional American football defensive end in the National Football League....	End	Notre Dame
112	Chicago Cardinals	Harden Cooper Harden Cooper Harden Cooper was an American football coach and player who served as an assistant for several college programs, and was the head coach of Brazosport High School in Freeport, Texas where he led the team to the 1965 state AAAA semifinals. In high school, Cooper played for Mineola High School, and...	Tackle	Tulsa
113	Los Angeles Rams	Mike Dimitro	Guard	UCLA
114	New York Giants	Bill Hachten	Guard	Stanford
115	Chicago Bears	Emile Fritz Emile Fritz Emile Fritz, Jr. was an American football player. Fritz was selected in the thirteenth round of the 1947 NFL Draft.In the late 1930s, Fritz attended Vanderbilt University, where he played on the football team as a guard. He then served overseas in the United States military for 25 months, before...	Guard	Maryland

Round fourteen

Pick #	|Player	|College
116	Detroit Lions	Dick Hagen	End	Washington
117	Boston Yanks	Leo Long	Back	Duke
118	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bill "Red" Moore	Tackle	Penn State
119	Washington Redskins	Weldon Edwards Weldon Edwards Weldon Bertrand Edwards was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Texas Christian University and was drafted in the fourteenth round of the 1947 NFL Draft....	Tackle	Texas Christian
120	Chicago Cardinals	Carl Russ	Back	Rice
121	Philadelphia Eagles	Alvin Johnson	Back	Hardin-Simmons
122	Green Bay Packers	Jack Mitchell Jack Mitchell (coach) -External links:...	Back	Oklahoma
123	Los Angeles Rams	John Kissell John Kissell John Jay Kissell was an American football defensive tackle. He played eight seasons with the All-America Football Conference's Buffalo Bills and the National Football League's Cleveland Browns ....	Tackle	Boston College
124	New York Giants	Herschel "Ug" Fuson	Back	Army
125	Chicago Bears	Jim Turner	Tackle	California

Round fifteen

Pick #	|Player	|College
126	Detroit Lions	J.W. Meeks	Back	East Texas State
127	Boston Yanks	Frank Parker	Tackle	Holy Cross
128	Washington Redskins	Earl Wheeler	Center	Arkansas
129	Pittsburgh Steelers	Larry Bruno	Back	Geneva
130	Green Bay Packers	Denny Crawford Denny Crawford Denny Crawford is a former professional American football guard. He was a member of the New York Yankees of the All America Football Conference....	Tackle	Tennessee
131	Chicago Cardinals	Buddy Mulligan	Back	Duke
132	Philadelphia Eagles	Joe Cook	Back	Hardin-Simmons
133	Los Angeles Rams	George Fuchs	Back	Wisconsin
134	New York Giants	John Fallon	Tackle	Notre Dame
135	Chicago Bears	Wayne Goodall	End	Oklahoma City

Round sixteen

Pick #	|Player	|College
136	Detroit Lions	Reed Nilsen	Center	Brigham Young
137	Boston Yanks	Hugo Marcolini	Back	St. Bonaventure
138	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ralph Jenkins	Center	Clemson
139	Washington Redskins	Billy Gold	Back	Tennessee
140	Philadelphia Eagles	Jeff Durkota	Back	Penn State
141	Green Bay Packers	Jim Callanan	End	USC
142	Chicago Cardinals	Charlie Smith	Back	Georgia
143	Los Angeles Rams	Ralph Chubb	Back	Michigan
144	New York Giants	Bob Orlando	Guard	Colgate
145	Chicago Bears	Verne Gagne Verne Gagne Laverne Clarence "Verne" Gagne , is a retired American professional wrestler, football player, and professional wrestling trainer and promoter. He was the former owner/promoter of the American Wrestling Association , based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which was the predominant promotion throughout...	End	Minnesota

Round seventeen

Pick #	|Player	|College
146	Detroit Lions	Tommy James	Back	Ohio State
147	Boston Yanks	Marion Shirley	Tackle	Oklahoma City
148	Washington Redskins	Jack Hart	Tackle	Detroit
149	Pittsburgh Steelers	Elbie Nickel Elbie Nickel Elbert Everett "Elbie" Nickel was a professional American football tight end in the National Football League...	End	Cincinnati
150	Chicago Cardinals	Bob Ravensburg	End	Indiana
151	Green Bay Packers	Ted Scalissi Ted Scalissi Ted Scalissi was a professional American football halfback.-Biography:Scalissi was born Theodore Glenn Scalissi on October 26, 1921 in Madison, Wisconsin.-Career:Scalissi played with the Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference in 1947...	Back	Ripon
152	Philadelphia Eagles	Hubert Shurtz	Tackle	Louisiana State
153	Los Angeles Rams	Don Hardy	End	USC
154	New York Giants	Frank Pulattie	Back	Southern Methodist
155	Chicago Bears	Wally Dreyer Wally Dreyer Walter Otto "Wally" Dreyer was a professional American football defensive back/halfback in the National Football League. He played for the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers...	Back	Wisconsin

Round eighteen

Pick #	|Player	|College
156	Detroit Lions	Ralph Maugham	End	Utah State
157	Boston Yanks	Roland Nabors	Center	Texas Tech
158	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bill Cregar	Center	Holy Cross
159	Washington Redskins	Tom Nichols	Back	Richmond
160	Green Bay Packers	Jim Goodman	Tackle	Indiana
161	Philadelphia Eagles	Hal Bell	Back	Muhlenberg
162	Chicago Cardinals	Barney Barnett	End	Northeastern Oklahoma
163	Los Angeles Rams	Ed Champagne	Tackle	Louisiana State
164	New York Giants	Dick Brinkley	Back	Wake Forest
165	Chicago Bears	Walt Pupa	Back	North Carolina

Round nineteen

Pick #	|Player	|College
166	Detroit Lions	Buryl Baty	Back	Texas A&M
167	Boston Yanks	Pat Kennelly	End	Southeastern Louisiana
168	Washington Redskins	Harry Dowda Harry Dowda Harry Clinton Dowda was an American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Wake Forest University. He served three years in the Airborne and saw action in the Battle of Bulge and Crossing the...	Back	Wake Forest
169	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jerry Mulready	Back	North Dakota State
170	Philadelphia Eagles	Tom Campion	Tackle	Southeastern Louisiana
171	Chicago Cardinals	Scotty Deeds	Back	Brigham Young
172	Green Bay Packers	Dick Miller	Guard	Lawrence
173	Los Angeles Rams	Jimmy Dewar	Back	Indiana
174	New York Giants	Frank Guess	Back	Texas
175	Chicago Bears	John McLellan	Tackle	Montana State

Round twenty

Pick #	|Player	|College
176	Detroit Lions	Elmer Madar Elmer Madar Elmer F. Madar was an All American football player at the University of Michigan in 1942 and 1946. Born in Sykesville, Pennsylvania, Madar played football at Northeastern High School in Detroit...	End	Michigan
177	Boston Yanks	Darrell Waller	Back	Washington State
178	Pittsburgh Steelers	Warren Smith	Tackle	Kansas Wesleyan
179	Washington Redskins	Charlie Webb	End	Louisiana State
180	Chicago Cardinals	Clarence Esser Clarence Esser Clarence Joseph Esser was a professional American football end in the National Football League for the Chicago Cardinals in 1947. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.-References:...	Tackle	Wisconsin
181	Green Bay Packers	Brad "Whitey" Ecklund Brad Ecklund Bradford Ecklund was a center in the AAFC and in the National Football League. He was chosen twice to play in the Pro Bowl. He was born in Los Angeles, California and died in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey....	Center	Oregon
182	Philadelphia Eagles	Fred Hall	Guard	Louisiana State
183	Los Angeles Rams	Bernie Reiges	Back	UCLA
184	New York Giants	Tom Landry Tom Landry Thomas Wade "Tom" Landry was an American football player and coach. He is ranked as one of the greatest and most innovative coaches in National Football League history, creating many new formations and methods...	Defensive back	Texas
185	Chicago Bears	Bill Cromer	Back	Texas

Round twenty one

Pick #	|Player	|College
186	Detroit Lions	J. T. White J. T. White John T. "J.T." White was a college football assistant coach, and a second-team 1947 College Football All-American center who played for national championship teams at both the University of Michigan and Ohio State University. White also played basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes men's...	End	Michigan
187	Boston Yanks	Paul Hart	Back	Delaware
188	Washington Redskins	Elmo Bond	Tackle	Washington State
189	Pittsburgh Steelers	Fred Hamilton	Tackle	Vanderbilt
190	Green Bay Packers	Bob West	Back	Colorado
191	Philadelphia Eagles	Jim Clayton	Tackle	Wyoming
192	Chicago Cardinals	Shelton Ballard	Center	Louisiana State
193	Los Angeles Rams	Leon McLaughlin Leon McLaughlin Leon McLaughlin was an offensive lineman who played five seasons in the NFL....	Center	UCLA
194	New York Giants	Joe Ponsetto	Back	Michigan
195	Chicago Bears	Russ Reader	Back	Michigan State

Round twenty two

Pick #	|Player	|College
196	Detroit Lions	Carl Schuette Carl Schuette Charles "Carl" William Schuette was an American football linebacker in the All-America Football Conference and National Football League for the Buffalo Bills and Green Bay Packers from 1948 to 1951...	Back	Marquette
197	Boston Yanks	Gene Lamoure	Guard	Fresno State
198	Pittsburgh Steelers	Fred Taylor	End	Texas Christian
199	Washington Redskins	Jim Hefti	Back	St. Lawrence
200	Philadelphia Eagles	George Blomquist	End	North Carolina State
201	Chicago Cardinals	Wade Walker Wade Walker Wade Walker is an American former football player, coach, and university administrator. He played college football as a tackle at the University of Oklahoma under head coaches Jim Tatum and Bud Wilkinson. Walker was named an all-conference player all four years and a first-team All-American in 1949...	Tackle	Oklahoma
202	Green Bay Packers	Maurice "Tex" Reilly	Back	Colorado
203	Los Angeles Rams	Chuck Elliott	Tackle	Oregon
204	New York Giants	Art Donovan Art Donovan Arthur Donovan, Jr. is a former American football defensive tackle, better known as Art 'How much does dat guy weigh?' Donovan, who played for three National Football League teams, most notably the Baltimore Colts...	Defensive tackle	Boston College
205	Chicago Bears	Jim Batchelor	Back	East Texas State

Round twenty three

Pick #	|Player	|College
206	Detroit Lions	Steve Cipot	Tackle	St. Bonaventure
207	Boston Yanks	Hank Kolaskinski	Back	Wyoming
208	Washington Redskins	Tom Dudley	End	Virginia
209	Pittsburgh Steelers	Binks Bushmiaer	Back	Vanderbilt
210	Chicago Cardinals	Tom Carroll	Tackle	Minnesota
211	Green Bay Packers	Ron Sockolov	Tackle	California
212	Philadelphia Eagles	Joe Haynes	Guard	Tulsa
213	Los Angeles Rams	Lou Levanti	Center	Illinois
214	New York Giants	Hal Shoener	End	Iowa
215	Chicago Bears	Allen Lawler	Back	Texas

Round twenty four

Pick #	|Player	|College
216	Detroit Lions	Bill Cadenhead	Back	Alabama
217	Boston Yanks	Ed Heap	Tackle	Texas
218	Pittsburgh Steelers	Paul Davis	Back	Otterbein
219	Washington Redskins	Bob Smith	Back	Iowa
220	Green Bay Packers	Herbert St. John Herbert St. John Herbert St. John was a professional American football guard. He played two seasons in the All-America Football Conference....	Guard	Georgia
221	Philadelphia Eagles	Stanton Hense	End	Xavier
222	Chicago Cardinals	Tom Dorsey	Back	Brown
223	Los Angeles Rams	J. D. Cheek	Tackle	Oklahoma State
224	New York Giants	Bill Moll	Back	Connecticut
225	Chicago Bears	Gordon Berlin	Center	Washington

Round twenty five

Pick #	|Player	|College
226	Detroit Lions	Jim Cody	Tackle	East Texas State
227	Boston Yanks	John Polzin	Guard	Texas Christian
228	Washington Redskins	Hal Mullins	Tackle	Duke
229	Pittsburgh Steelers	Tommy Kalmanir	Back	Nevada-Reno
230	Philadelphia Eagles	Johnny Kelly	Back	Rice
231	Chicago Cardinals	Otto Schnellbacher Otto Schnellbacher Otto Ole Schnellbacher was an American football defensive back in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He was a 2-time Pro Bowler. Also a professional basketball player, Schnellbacher played for the Basketball Association of America's Providence Steamrollers and St. Louis Bombers...	End	Kansas
232	Green Bay Packers	Fred Redeker	Back	Cincinnati
233	Los Angeles Rams	Bob Dal Porto	Back	California
234	New York Giants	Dick Thomas	Guard	Southern Mississippi
235	Chicago Bears	John Cunningham	End	California

Round twenty six

Pick #	|Player	|College
236	Detroit Lions	Earl Maves Earl Maves Earl Maves is a former player in the National Football League. He was a member of the Detroit Lions during the 1948 NFL season.-References:...	Back	Wisconsin
237	Boston Yanks	Dave Bloxom	Back	Texas Christian
238	Pittsburgh Steelers	Don Mohr	End	Baldwin-Wallace
239	Washington Redskins	Francis Bocoka	End	Washington State
240	Chicago Cardinals	Larry Joe	Back	Penn State
241	Green Bay Packers	Herm Lubker	End	Arkansas
242	Philadelphia Eagles	H. J. Roberts	Guard	Rice
243	Los Angeles Rams	Gene Standefer	Back	Texas Tech
244	New York Giants	Ralph Stewart	Center	Notre Dame
245	Chicago Bears	Max Morris	Back	Northwestern

Round twenty seven

Pick #	|Player	|College
246	Detroit Lions	Bill Hillman	Back	Tennessee
247	Boston Yanks	Odell Stautzenberger	Guard	Texas A&M
248	Washington Redskins	Otis Sacrinty	Back	Wake Forest
249	Pittsburgh Steelers	Art Young	Guard	Dartmouth
250	Green Bay Packers	Bob Palladino	Back	Notre Dame
251	Philadelphia Eagles	Phil Cutchin Phil Cutchin -External links:...	Back	Kentucky
252	Chicago Cardinals	Dick Abrams	Back	Washington State
253	Los Angeles Rams	Bob David	Back	Villanova
254	New York Giants	George Bibighaus	End	Muhlenberg
255	Chicago Bears	Bill Morris	End	Oklahoma

Round twenty eight

Pick #	|Player	|College
256	Detroit Lions	Arch Kelly	End	Detroit
257	Boston Yanks	Dick Chatterton	Back	Brigham Young
258	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ralph Sazio Ralph Sazio Ralph Joseph Sazio is a former football player, assistant coach, head coach general manager and team president for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He also served as president of the Toronto Argonauts...	Tackle	William & Mary
259	Washington Redskins	Milt Dropo	Center	Connecticut
260	Chicago Cardinals	Joe Smith	End	Texas Tech
261	Philadelphia Eagles	Charley Wakefield	Tackle	Stanford
262	Green Bay Packers	Jerrell Baxter	Tackle	North Carolina
263	Los Angeles Rams	Jim Hunnicutt	Back	South Carolina
264	New York Giants	Jim Carrington	Guard	Navy
265	Chicago Bears	Joe Bill Baumgardner	Back	Texas

Round twenty nine

Pick #	|Player	|College
266	Detroit Lions	Bob Tulis	Tackle	Texas A&M
267	Boston Yanks	Tom Rodgers	Tackle	Bucknell
268	Washington Redskins	Lynn Brownson	Back	Stanford
269	Pittsburgh Steelers	Dick Pitzer	End	Army
270	Chicago Cardinals	Tony Rotunno	Back	St. Ambrose
271	Green Bay Packers	Ray Sellers	End	Georgia
272	Philadelphia Eagles	Dick Langenbeck	Tackle	Cincinnati
273	Los Angeles Rams	John Comer	Back	Holy Cross
274	New York Giants	Claude Harrison	Back	South Carolina
275	Chicago Bears	Jerry McCarthy	End	Pennsylvania

Round thirty

Pick #	|Player	|College
276	Detroit Lions	Howard McAfee	Tackle	Tulane
277	Boston Yanks	John Prchlik John Prchlik John George Prchlik was a professional American football defensive lineman in the National Football League. After playing college football at Yale, Prchlik was drafted by the Boston Yanks in the 30th round of the 1947 NFL Draft...	Guard	Yale
278	Pittsburgh Steelers	Tom Stalloni	Tackle	Delaware
279	Washington Redskins	Joe Colone	Back	Penn State
280	Green Bay Packers	Jerry Carle Jerry Carle Gerald C. "Jerry" Carle is a former American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Colorado College from 1957 to 1989, compiling a record of 137–150–5. He holds the program records for longest tenure, most wins, and most...	Back	Northwestern
281	Philadelphia Eagles	Bernie Winkler	Tackle	Texas Tech
282	Chicago Cardinals	Clyde Lindsey	End	Louisiana State
283	Los Angeles Rams	Hal Dean	Guard	Ohio State
284	New York Giants	John Wright	Back	Maryland
285	Chicago Bears	Jack Pierce	Back	Illinois

Round thirty one

Pick #	|Player	|College
286	Washington Redskins	Herb Shoener Herb Shoener Herbert George Shoener was an American football end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Iowa and Lehigh University and was drafted in the 31st round of the 1947 NFL Draft....	End	Iowa
287	Pittsburgh Steelers	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:...	Guard	Northwestern
288	Philadelphia Eagles	Bill Stephens	Tackle	Baylor
289	Chicago Cardinals	Bob Callahan Bob Callahan (American football) Robert Francis Callahan is a former American football player. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and attended Beaumont High School where he was the captain of the football and basketball teams...	Center	Michigan
290	Green Bay Packers	Bill Hogan	Back	Kansas
291	Los Angeles Rams	James Atwell	Back	South Carolina
292	New York Giants	Bill Schuler	End	Yale
293	Chicago Bears	Ed Ehlers	Back	Purdue

Round thirty two

Pick #	|Player	|College
294	Pittsburgh Steelers	Warren Lahr Warren Lahr Warren Lahr is a former professional American Football player who played defensive back for the Cleveland Browns . He was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1947 NFL Draft...	Back	Case Western Reserve
295	Washington Redskins	Bob Plevo	Tackle	Purdue
296	Chicago Cardinals	John Karamigios	Back	Denver
297	Green Bay Packers	Ralph Olsen Ralph Olsen Ralph Olsen is a former defensive end in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the thirty-second round of the 1947 NFL Draft and later played with the team during the 1949 NFL season.-References:...	End	Utah
298	Philadelphia Eagles	Mike Kalosh	End	Wisconsin–La Crosse
299	Los Angeles Rams	Bob Prymuski	Guard	Illinois
300	New York Giants	Don Clayton	Back	North Carolina

= Hall of Famer

Hall of famers

• Dante Lavelli
  Dante Lavelli
  Dante Bert Joseph "Gluefingers" Lavelli was an American football end who played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference and National Football League from 1946 to 1956...
  
  , End from Ohio State University taken 12th round 103rd overall by the Los Angeles Rams.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1975.

• Art Donovan
  Art Donovan
  Arthur Donovan, Jr. is a former American football defensive tackle, better known as Art 'How much does dat guy weigh?' Donovan, who played for three National Football League teams, most notably the Baltimore Colts...
  
  , Defensive Tackle from Boston College taken 22nd Round 304th overall Pro Football Hall Of Fame Class of 1968

External links

• NFL.com - 1947 Draft
• databaseFootball.com - 1947 Draft
• Pro Football Hall of Fame