1958 NFL Draft
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The 1958
1958 NFL season
The 1958 NFL season was the 39th regular season of the National Football League.The Baltimore Colts defeated the New York Giants, 23–17, in the first sudden-death overtime in an NFL Championship Game...

 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 December 2, 1957 (rounds 1-4) and January 28, 1958 (rounds 5-30).

This was the last year in which the Lottery Bonus pick was used.

Player selections

= Pro Bowl
Pro Bowl
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= Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame
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Round one

Pick # |Player |College
1 Chicago Cardinals (Lottery bonus pick) King Hill
King Hill
Stuart King Hill is a retired American football quarterback in the National Football League who played for the Chicago Cardinals, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Eagles, and the Minnesota Vikings...

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...

Rice
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...

2 Chicago Cardinals John David Crow
John David Crow
John David Crow was the Heisman Trophy winner and halfback from Texas A&M University in 1957...

 
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...

Texas A&M
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...

3 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...

Dan Currie
Dan Currie
Daniel George Currie is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played nine seasons for the Green Bay Packers and the Los Angeles Rams . He was an All-American linebacker and center at Michigan State in 1957...

Center
Center (American football)
Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...

Michigan State
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...

4 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,...

Lou Michaels
Lou Michaels
Lou Michaels is a former American football player who was a standout defensive lineman for the University of Kentucky Wildcats, 1955-57. After Kentucky's victory over archrival Tennessee in 1957, Michaels was quoted as saying, "Nothing sucks like a Big Orange." Michaels later played pro football...

Defensive Tackle Kentucky
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...

5 Los Angeles Rams Jim "Red" Phillips Wide Receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...

Auburn
Auburn University
Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...

6 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...

Walt Kowalczyk
Walt Kowalczyk
Walter Joseph Kowalczyk is a former American football defensive back and fullback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. He also played in the American Football League for the Oakland Raiders...

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...

Michigan State
7 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...

Chuck Howley
Chuck Howley
Charles Louis "Chuck" Howley is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League...

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....

West Virginia
West Virginia University
West Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser;...

8 San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

Jim Pace
Jim Pace
James Edward Pace was an American running back in the National Football League. He was also an All-American halfback who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines teams from 1955 to 1957.-Youth:...

Halfback 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...

9 San Francisco 49ers Charlie Krueger
Charlie Krueger
Charlie Krueger is a former American football defensive lineman. He played his whole fifteen-season career in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers. Previously he was an All-American at Texas A&M University and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982. With the 49ers, Krueger wore...

Defensive Tackle Texas A&M
10 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...

Alex Karras
Alex Karras
Alexander George "Alex" Karras , nicknamed "The Mad Duck", is a former football player, professional wrestler, and actor, best known for his stint with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League from 1958–1962 and 1964-1970 and for his role as Mongo in the film Blazing Saddles...

Defensive Tackle Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...

11 Baltimore Colts
Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....

Lenny Lyles
Lenny Lyles
Lenny Lyles, was a professional American Football defensive back who played twelve seasons in the National Football League. He started in Super Bowl III for the Baltimore Colts.-External Links:*...

Halfback Louisville
University of Louisville
The University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General...

12 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...

Phil King
Phil King (American football)
Philip Edgar King was an American football running back in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at Vanderbilt University and was drafted in the first round of the 1958 NFL Draft. Nicknamed "The Chief"...

Fullback Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...

13 Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Jim Shofner
Jim Shofner
Jim Shofner is a former football player and coach at both the collegiate and professional levels. He was twice a head coach: first at Texas Christian University from 1974-1976, then in an interim capacity with the Cleveland Browns in 1990.Shofner was a four-sport star at North Side High School in...

Defensive Back
Defensive back
In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...

Texas Christian
Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ...


Round two

Pick # |Player |College
14 Chicago Cardinals Jim McCusker
Jim McCusker
James Brian "Jim" McCusker is a former professional American football defensive tackle in the National Football League and the American Football League . He played for the NFL's Chicago Cardinals , Philadelphia Eagles , and Cleveland Browns and the AFL's New York Jets...

Tackle Pittsburgh
15 Green Bay Packers Jim Taylor Fullback 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...

16 Washington Redskins Mike Sommer
Mike Sommer
Michael Sandor Sommer Sommer attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, DC where he was an ALL High running back, leading the Tigers to the Interhigh championship in 1952 scoring 5 TD's against arch rival Western. A week later, WW defeated Catholic league champion St Johns for the City...

Back George Washington
17 Philadelphia Eagles Proverb Jacobs
Proverb Jacobs
Proverb Gabriel Jacobs, Jr. was an American football offensive and defensive lineman in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants. He also played in the American Football League for the New York Titans and the Oakland Raiders. Jacobs played college football...

Tackle California
18 Chicago Bears Willard Dewveall
Willard Dewveall
Willard Charles Dewveall is a former American football end. He was the first player to jump from one American professional football league to another, leaving the National Football League's Chicago Bears to play for the American Football League's Houston Oilers for the 1961 season...

Wide receiver Southern Methodist
19 Los Angeles Rams Clendon Thomas
Clendon Thomas
Clendon Thomas is a former American football halfback who played ten seasons in the National Football League.In college, he was a star athlete for the Oklahoma Sooners under legendary coach Bud Wilkinson...

Back Oklahoma
20 Pittsburgh Steelers Larry Krutko Back West Virginia
21 Chicago Cardinals Bobby Jack Oliver
Bobby Jack Oliver
Bobby Jack Oliver is a former award winning Canadian Football League defensive tackle.Graduating from Baylor University, Oliver was a second round pick of the Chicago Cardinals in the 1958 NFL Draft. He chose to play in the CFL, starting a 3 year stint with the Toronto Argonauts in 1958...

Tackle Baylor
22 San Francisco 49ers Bob Newman Back Washington State
23 New York Giants Frank Youso
Frank Youso
Frank Michael Youso is a former American college and professional football offensive tackle.-Pro Football Career:...

Tackle Minnesota
24 Baltimore Colts Bob Stransky Back Colorado
25 Cleveland Browns Charley Mitchell Guard Florida

Round three

Pick # |Player |College
26 Chicago Cardinals Larry Cowart Center Baylor
27 Green Bay Packers Dick Christy
Dick Christy
Dick Christy is an American and former collegiate and professional football player. The 5'11", 191 lb. Christy was a star halfback at North Carolina State University from 1955 to 1957, leading them to the 1957 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship in his senior year...

Back North Carolina State
28 Washington Redskins Stan Flowers Back Georgia Tech
29 Chicago Bears Ed Cooke End Maryland
30 Los Angeles Rams Jim Jones Back Washington
31 Washington Redskins Bill Anderson Back Tennessee
32 Pittsburgh Steelers Bill Krisher
Bill Krisher
Bill Krisher Bill Krisher Bill Krisher (September 18, 1935 - is a former American college and professional football guard who was an All-American at Oklahoma in 1956 and 1957. Krisher played two seasons in the American Football League from 1960-1961 for the Dallas Texans. He was All-AFL in 1960...

Guard Oklahoma
33 San Francisco 49ers Bob Hoppe
Bobby Hoppe (American Football)
Robert Hoppe was an American football halfback who played on the 1957 National Championship team at Auburn University.-Early life:...

Back Auburn
34 Cleveland Browns Melwood "Buzz" Guy
Buzz Guy
Melwood Norman "Buzz" Guy, Jr. is a former American football offensive lineman who played professionally in the National Football League and the American Football League ....

Tackle Duke
35 Baltimore Colts Joe Nicely Guard West Virginia
36 Green Bay Packers Ray Nitschke
Ray Nitschke
Raymond Ernest "Ray" Nitschke was a professional football player who played his entire career as a middle linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. Wearing #66, he played fifteen seasons, from 1958-72....

Linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...

Illinois
37 Chicago Bears Don Healy
Don Healy
Michael Donald Healy is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the Dallas Cowboys. He also played professionally in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills in 1962...

Tackle Maryland

Round four

Pick # |Player |College
38 Los Angeles Rams Urban Henry
Urban Henry
Urban A. Henry was an American football defensive lineman who played professionally in the Canadian Football League & National Football League. He played for the British Columbia Lions, Edmonton Eskimos, Los Angeles Rams, the Green Bay Packers, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played collegiately...

Tackle Georgia Tech
39 Green Bay Packers Jerry Kramer
Jerry Kramer
Gerald Louis "Jerry" Kramer is a former professional football player, author and sports commentator, best remembered for his 11-year NFL career with the Green Bay Packers as an offensive lineman...

Guard Idaho
40 Washington Redskins Dan Nolan Quarterback Lehigh
41 Los Angeles Rams John Guzik Guard Pittsburgh
42 Chicago Bears Erich Barnes
Erich Barnes
Erich Theodore Barnes was an American football defensive back in the National Football League. He was a six-time Pro Bowler. Before the NFL he was an outstanding all around athlete at Purdue University . Barnes was drafted fourth by the Bears in the 1958 NFL Draft and traded to the Giants in 1961...

Defensive back Purdue
43 Philadelphia Eagles Frank Rigney
Frank Rigney
Frank Rigney was an offensive tackle for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League.-College:Rigney played college ball with another Blue Bomber great, quarterback Ken Ploen at the University of Iowa.-CFL:...

Tackle Iowa
44 Los Angeles Rams Frank Woidzik Tackle Buffalo
45 Detroit Lions Wayne Walker
Wayne Walker
Wayne Harrison Walker is a former professional football player and sports broadcaster. He played in the NFL for fifteen seasons, from 1958-72 for the Detroit Lions. A starter throughout his career, #55 played in 200 regular season games as a 6'2", 225 lb...

Center Idaho
46 San Francisco 49ers John Varone Back Miami (FL)
47 New York Giants Donnie Caraway Back Houston
48 Baltimore Colts Les Walters End Penn State
49 Cleveland Browns Jim Ninowski
Jim Ninowski
James Ninowski, Jr. is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns and New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He played college football at Michigan State University and was drafted in the fourth...

Quarterback Michigan State

Round five

Pick # |Player |College
50 Baltimore Colts Ray Brown
Ray Brown (Baltimore Colts)
Raymond Lloyd "Ray" Brown is a former professional American football defensive back in the National Football League. After playing college football for the Ole Miss Rebels, he was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the 5th round of the 1958 NFL Draft...

Back Mississippi
51 Green Bay Packers Joe Francis
Joe Francis (American football)
Joseph Charles Alexander Francis is a former gridiron football quarterback.-High school career:Francis attended Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu, Hawaii and starred in football.-College career:...

Back Oregon State
52 Philadelphia Eagles Bobby Mulgado Back Arizona State
53 Chicago Bears Bob Jewett End Michigan State
54 Washington Redskins Jim Van Pelt Quarterback Michigan
55 Los Angeles Rams Frank Ryan
Frank Ryan (American football)
Frank Beall Ryan is a retired American football quarterback in the National Football League who played for the Los Angeles Rams , Cleveland Browns and Washington Redskins . Although he led the Browns to their last National Football League title in 1964, Ryan is best remembered for being perhaps...

Quarterback Rice
56 Los Angeles Rams John Baker, Jr. Tackle North Carolina Central
57 New York Giants Dick Day Tackle Washington
58 New York Giants Bobby Joe Conrad
Bobby Joe Conrad
Bobby Joe Conrad is a former professional American football player in the National Football League who was drafted by the New York Giants in the fifth round in the 1958 NFL Draft. A 6'0", 194-lb. wide receiver from Texas A&M University, Conrad played in 12 NFL seasons from 1958 to 1969 with the...

Back Texas A&M
59 San Francisco 49ers Billy Atkins Back Auburn
60 Cleveland Browns Farrell Funston End Pacific
61 Cleveland Browns Jim Gibbons End Iowa

Round six

Pick # |Player |College
62 Green Bay Packers Ken Gray Tackle Howard Payne
63 Chicago Cardinals Bobby Gordon Back Tennessee
64 Philadelphia Eagles John Kersey Tackle Duke
65 Chicago Bears Merrill Douglas
Merrill Douglas
Merrill George Douglas was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, the Dallas Cowboys, and the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at the University of Utah....

Back Utah
66 Washington Redskins Dick Lynch
Dick Lynch
Richard Dennis "Dick" Lynch was an American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants. He was a one-time Pro Bowler in 1963, when he led the NFL in interceptions...

Back Notre Dame
67 Los Angeles Rams Floyd Iglehart Back Wiley
68 Pittsburgh Steelers Dick Lasse
Dick Lasse
Richard Stephen Lasse is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League and former college football coach. He graduated from Worcester Academy in 1954.-Professional career:...

End Syracuse
69 Baltimore Colts Bob Taylor End Vanderbilt
70 New York Giants Billy Lott
Billy Lott
Billy Rex Lott was a professional American football running back who played in the National Football League and the American Football League . He played for the NFL's New York Giants and the AFL's Oakland Raiders and Boston Patriots .-External links:*...

Back Mississippi
71 San Francisco 49ers Henry Schmidt
Henry Schmidt
For the 1903 Brooklyn Superbas baseball pitcher, see Henry Schmidt Henry Joseph Schmidt is a former college and professional American football defensive tackle.-Professional career:...

Tackle USC
72 Cleveland Browns Jim Wulff
Jim Wulff
James Francis Wulff was an American football running back and safety in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Michigan State University and was drafted in the sixth round of the 1958 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns....

Back Michigan State
73 Detroit Lions Danny Lewis Back Wisconsin

Round seven

Pick # |Player |College
74 Chicago Cardinals Jon Jelacic End Minnesota
75 Green Bay Packers Doug Maison Back Hillsdale
76 Philadelphia Eagles Len Mansfield Tackle Pittsburg State
77 Chicago Bears Gene Bentley Back Texas Tech
78 Washington Redskins Leon Bennett Tackle Boston College
79 Baltimore Colts Johnny Sample
Johnny Sample
John B. Sample, Jr. was an American football defensive back who played in the National Football League for the Baltimore Colts , Pittsburgh Steelers , and Washington Redskins , and in the American Football League for the New York Jets .Sample had the distinction of beginning and ending his career...

Defensive back Maryland-Eastern Shore
80 Los Angeles Rams Bill Jobko
Bill Jobko
William Kermit Jobko is a former college and professional American football linebacker who played nine seasons in the National Football League...

Guard Ohio State
81 New York Giants Vernon Vaughn End Maryland-Eastern Shore
82 Baltimore Colts John Diehl Tackle Virginia
83 Detroit Lions Ralph Pfeifer Back Kansas State
84 Cleveland Browns Bobby Mitchell
Bobby Mitchell
Robert Cornelius Mitchell is a former American football halfback and flanker in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns and the Washington Redskins. Mitchell was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983.-Early life:Mitchell was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas and attended...

Halfback Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...

85 Detroit Lions Hal Outten Tackle Virginia

Round eight

Pick # |Player |College
86 Green Bay Packers Mike Bill Center Syracuse
87 San Francisco 49ers Leon Burton Back Arizona State
88 Philadelphia Eagles Bill Striegel Linebacker Pacific
89 Chicago Bears Ed Rutsch Tackle George Washington
90 Washington Redskins Buddy Payne End North Carolina
91 Los Angeles Rams Bobby Marks Back Texas A&M
92 Detroit Lions Karl Koepfer Guard Bowling Green
93 Baltimore Colts Floyd Peters
Floyd Peters
Floyd Charles Peters was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League and went to three Pro Bowls during his 13 year career. He played college football at San Francisco State University and was drafted in the eighth round of the 1958 NFL Draft.Later, Peters was an...

Guard Cal State-San Francisco
94 New York Giants Don Sutherin
Don Sutherin
Donald Paul "Suds" Sutherin is a former Canadian Football League and National Football League defensive back and placekicker...

Back Ohio State
95 San Francisco 49ers Ron Mills Back West Texas State
96 Cleveland Browns Bert Lattimore End Duke
97 Detroit Lions Phil Blazer
Phil Blazer
Philip Paul Blazer is a former American football offensive guard. He played college football at the University of North Carolina, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills in 1960.-See also:* Other American Football League players...

Tackle North Carolina

Round nine

Pick # |Player |College
98 Chicago Cardinals John Keelan Tackle Kansas State
99 Green Bay Packers Norm Jarock Back St. Norbert
100 Pittsburgh Steelers Mike Henry Tackle USC
101 Chicago Bears Ralph Anderson End Cal State-Los Angeles
102 Washington Redskins Frank Kuchta
Frank Kuchta
Frank William Kuchta is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He was among the players of the inaugural Denver Broncos team in the American Football League. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame and was drafted in the...

Center Notre Dame
103 Detroit Lions Jim Loftin Back Alabama
104 Los Angeles Rams Gene Selawski Tackle Purdue
105 New York Giants Ron Kissell Tackle Pittsburgh
106 Baltimore Colts Hal Bullard Back Lenoir-Rhyne
107 San Francisco 49ers George Troutman Tackle Capital
108 Cleveland Browns Bernie Parrish
Bernie Parrish
Bernard Paul "Bernie" Parrish is a former American college and professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League and American Football League for eight seasons during the 1950s and 1960s...

Back Florida
109 Detroit Lions Ben Paolucci Tackle Wayne State

Round ten

Pick # |Player |College
110 Green Bay Packers Carl Johnson Tackle Illinois
111 Chicago Cardinals Gil Robertshaw Tackle Brown
112 Philadelphia Eagles Theron Sapp
Theron Sapp
Theron Coleman Sapp, nicknamed Thundering Theron and the Drought-Breaker, is a former American football running back for the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League...

Back Georgia
113 Chicago Bears Aubrey Lewis Back Notre Dame
114 Washington Redskins Ben Preston Tackle Auburn
115 Los Angeles Rams Al Jacks Quarterback Penn State
116 Pittsburgh Steelers Dick Campbell
Dick Campbell (American football)
Dick Campbell is a former linebacker in the National Football League. He was drafted in the tenth round of the 1958 NFL Draft and played three seasons with the team.-References:...

Center Marquette
117 Baltimore Colts Ray Schamber End South Dakota
118 New York Giants Herb Drummond Back Central State (OH)
119 San Francisco 49ers Vel Heckman Tackle Florida
120 Cleveland Browns Leo Russavage Tackle North Carolina
121 Detroit Lions Elliot Schaubach Tackle William & Mary

Round eleven

Pick # |Player |College
122 Chicago Cardinals Dean Philpot Back Fresno State
123 Green Bay Packers Harry Horton End Wichita State
124 Philadelphia Eagles Mel Dillard Back Purdue
125 Chicago Bears Rocco Cinelli Tackle Wisconsin
126 Washington Redskins Darrell Dess
Darrell Dess
Darrell Charles Dess is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants, and the Washington Redskins...

Tackle North Carolina State
127 Pittsburgh Steelers Larry Aldrich End Idaho
128 Los Angeles Rams Gerry Schweitzer End Pacific
129 New York Giants Sid Williams Back Wisconsin
130 Baltimore Colts Bobby Jordan Back Virginia Military Inst
131 San Francisco 49ers Hogan Wharton Tackle Houston
132 Cleveland Browns Russ Bowermaster End Ohio State
133 Detroit Lions Claude Chaney Back Dayton

Round twelve

Pick # |Player |College
134 Green Bay Packers Wayne Miller End Baylor
135 Chicago Cardinals Bill Hinton Guard Louisiana Tech
136 Philadelphia Eagles Jack Crabtree
Jack Crabtree
Jack Crabtree is a former American football quarterback who was the most valuable player of the 1958 Rose Bowl, despite the fact that his team lost the game.-Early life:...

Back Oregon
137 Chicago Bears Johnny Morris Back California-Santa Barbara
138 Washington Redskins Eddie Michaels Guard Villanova
139 Los Angeles Rams Ron Clairborne Tackle Kansas
140 Pittsburgh Steelers Leroy Reed Back Mississippi
141 Baltimore Colts Tom Addison
Tom Addison
Tom Addison was a professional American football linebacker and sports labor leader, and is a member of the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.- Playing career :...

Guard South Carolina
142 New York Giants Gerry Hershey Tackle Syracuse
143 San Francisco 49ers Pete Williams Tackle Lehigh
144 Cleveland Browns Bob Brodhead
Bob Brodhead
Bob Brodhead was the Athletic Director at Louisiana State University from 1982-1987. He is also the author of Sacked! The Dark Side of Sports at Louisiana State University Brodhead attended Duke University where he played quarterback on the football team...

Quarterback Duke
145 Detroit Lions Hal Boutte End San Jose State

Round thirteen

Pick # |Player |College
146 Chicago Cardinals Charlie Jackson Back Southern Methodist
147 Green Bay Packers Gene Cook
Gene Cook (American football)
Gene Cook is a former player in the National Football League. He was a member of the Detroit Lions during the 1959 NFL season....

End Toledo
148 Philadelphia Eagles Mickey Trimarki Quarterback West Virginia
149 New York Giants George Kurker Tackle Tufts
150 Washington Redskins Ken "Model-T" Ford Quarterback Hardin-Simmons
151 San Francisco 49ers Jim Yore Back Indiana
152 Los Angeles Rams Tony Kolodziej End Michigan State
153 Green Bay Packers Don Herndon
Don Herndon
Don Herndon is a former professional American football halfback. He played with the New York Titans of the American Football League during the 1960 AFL season.-References:...

Back Tampa
154 Baltimore Colts Jerry Richardson
Jerry Richardson
Jerry Richardson is the current majority owner and founder of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League.-Biography:...

End Wofford
155 San Francisco 49ers Hal Dukes End Michigan State
156 Cleveland Browns Hal Williams Back Miami (OH)
157 Detroit Lions Barry Maroney Back Cincinnati

Round fourteen

Pick # |Player |College
158 Green Bay Packers Harry Hauffe Tackle South Dakota
159 Chicago Cardinals Bob Schmidt
Bob Schmidt (American football)
Robert Malcolm Schmidt is a former college and professional American football offensive tackle.-Pro football career:...

Tackle Minnesota
160 Philadelphia Eagles Bill Lapham Center Iowa
161 Chicago Bears Bill Melnik Tackle Army
162 Washington Redskins Jack Farls End Penn State
163 Los Angeles Rams Bill Mason Back UCLA
164 Pittsburgh Steelers Doyle Jennings Tackle Oklahoma
165 Baltimore Colts Ken Hall Back Texas A&M
166 New York Giants C.R. Roberts Back USC
167 San Francisco 49ers Max Fields Back Whittier
168 Cleveland Browns Ken Miller Tackle Texas Christian
169 Detroit Lions Ken Webb Back Presbyterian

Round fifteen

Pick # |Player |College
170 Chicago Cardinals Ray Dunlap Back Marshall
171 Green Bay Packers Tom Newell Back Drake
172 Philadelphia Eagles Stan Hinos Tackle Mississippi Valley State
173 Chicago Bears Jim Harryman Back Compton J.C.
174 Washington Redskins Jack Davis
Jack Davis (American football)
John James Davis is a former American football guard in the American Football League for the Boston Patriots. He played college football at the University of Maryland and was drafted in the fifteenth round of the 1958 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins.-External links:*...

Tackle Maryland
175 Pittsburgh Steelers Ed Sears Back Florida
176 Los Angeles Rams Dick Johnston Center Southern Mississippi
177 New York Giants Norm Sixta Tackle Minnesota
178 Baltimore Colts Les Carney Back Ohio
179 Detroit Lions John Scheldrup End Iowa State
180 Cleveland Browns Howard Hoelscher Back Rice
181 Detroit Lions Jerry Mohlman Back Benedictine

Round sixteen

Pick # |Player |College
182 Green Bay Packers Arley Finley Tackle Georgia Tech
183 Chicago Cardinals Wade Patterson End Idaho
184 Philadelphia Eagles Mike Meatheringham Tackle Georgia
185 Chicago Bears Ken Pleger Tackle Capital
186 Washington Redskins Fred Polzer End Virginia
187 Los Angeles Rams Clint Westemeyer End St. Ambrose
188 Pittsburgh Steelers John Perkins Tackle Southern Mississippi
189 Baltimore Colts Archie Matsos
Archie Matsos
-Professional career:Matsos played for seven seasons in the American Football League for four different teams. He was on the Sporting News All-AFL team in 1960 and 1963, and an AFL Eastern Division All-Star in 1961 and 1962 .-High School and college career:...

Guard Michigan State
190 New York Giants John West Tackle Mississippi
191 San Francisco 49ers George Shirkey Tackle Stephen F. Austin
192 Cleveland Browns Jerry Cornelison
Jerry Cornelison
Jerry Gale Cornelison is a former gridiron football offensive tackle who played professionally in the Canadian Football League and the American Football League ....

Tackle Southern Methodist
193 Detroit Lions Gordon Ringquist Tackle Central Michigan

Round seventeen

Pick # |Player |College
194 Chicago Cardinals Mac Starnes Center Abilene Christian
195 Green Bay Packers Joe Reese End Arkansas Tech
196 Philadelphia Eagles Bill Van Buren Center Iowa
197 Chicago Bears Dick Eaton Center Richmond
198 Washington Redskins Fred Wilt Tackle Richmond
199 Pittsburgh Steelers Joe Lewis Tackle Compton J.C.
200 Los Angeles Rams Bill Thomas Center Clemson
201 New York Giants Jack Harrison Center Duke
202 Baltimore Colts Jim Reese Back Minnesota
203 San Francisco 49ers John Wittenborn
John Wittenborn
John Otis Wittenborn is a former professional American football kicker in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles. He also played in the American Football League for the Houston Oilers.-See also:*Other American Football League players...

Tackle Southeast Missouri State
204 Cleveland Browns Roddy Osborne Back Texas A&M
205 Detroit Lions Walt Gurasich Guard USC

Round eighteen

Pick # |Player |College
206 Green Bay Packers Chuck Strid Guard Syracuse
207 Chicago Cardinals Mario Cheppo End Louisville
208 Philadelphia Eagles John Burroughs Tackle Iowa
209 Chicago Bears Phil Dupler Back Duke
210 Washington Redskins Lennie King Back Connecticut
211 Los Angeles Rams Coy Scott Tackle McNeese State
212 Detroit Lions Bill Austin Center Auburn
213 Baltimore Colts Dave Lloyd Center Georgia
214 New York Giants Dick Fusco Tackle Middlebury
215 San Francisco 49ers Dennit Morris
Dennit Morris
Dennit Morris is a retired American Football linebacker. He and his footballing friend James Smith had a band together under the name "The Dennis"-See also:*Other American Football League players...

Back Oklahoma
216 Cleveland Browns Alvin Johnson Tackle Idaho
217 Detroit Lions Larry Carrier Back Kansas

Round nineteen

Pick # |Player |College
218 Chicago Cardinals Ulmo "Sonny" Randle
Sonny Randle
-References:...

Back Virginia
219 Chicago Bears Bill Roehnelt
Bill Roehnelt
William Edward Roehnelt was an American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the Washington Redskins; and in the American Football League for the Denver Broncos. He played college football at Bradley University.-See also:*Other American Football League...

Guard Bradley
220 Philadelphia Eagles Ron Sabal Guard Purdue
221 Chicago Bears Bill Chancey End West Virginia
222 Washington Redskins Don Stephenson Center Georgia Tech
223 Pittsburgh Steelers Gene Keady
Gene Keady
Lloyd Eugene "Gene" Keady is a basketball coach. Currently an assistant coach at St. John's, he is most notable for being the head basketball coach at Purdue University for 25 years, from 1980 to 2005.-Kansas State :...

Back Kansas State
224 Los Angeles Rams Dick Dorsey End USC
225 New York Giants Ernie Jackson Back Syracuse
226 Baltimore Colts John Murnen Guard Bowling Green
227 San Francisco 49ers Rannie Mushatt Center Grambling
228 Cleveland Browns Ed Brown Guard Arizona
229 Detroit Lions Dave Bottos Back Murray State

Round twenty

Pick # |Player |College
230 Green Bay Packers John DuBose Back Trinity (TX)
231 Chicago Cardinals Jim Matheny Center UCLA
232 Philadelphia Eagles Kent Lovelace Back Mississippi
233 Chicago Bears Les Rutledge Tackle Michigan State
234 Washington Redskins Lou Pelham End Florida
235 Los Angeles Rams George Colbert Back Denver
236 Pittsburgh Steelers George Johnson Tackle Wake Forest
237 Baltimore Colts Tom Forrestal Quarterback Navy
238 New York Giants Joe Clements Back Texas
239 San Francisco 49ers Jerry Mertens
Jerry Mertens
Jerry Mertens is a former American football cornerback who played eight seasons in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers....

End Drake
240 Cleveland Browns Ed Serieka Back Xavier
241 Detroit Lions Bill Curry Tackle Western Kentucky

Round twenty one

Pick # |Player |College
242 Chicago Cardinals Ray Toole Back North Texas State
243 Green Bay Packers Jerry Kershner Tackle Oregon
244 Philadelphia Eagles John Madden
John Madden (American football)
John Earl Madden is a former American professional football player in the National Football League, a former Super Bowl-winning head coach with the Oakland Raiders in the American Football League and later the NFL, and a former color commentator for NFL telecasts. In 2006, he was inducted into...

Offensive Tackle Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
California Polytechnic State University
California Polytechnic State University, or Cal Poly, is a public university located in San Luis Obispo, California, United States. The university is one of two polytechnic campuses in the 23-member California State University system....

245 Chicago Bears Bill Miller Tackle New Mexico Highlands
246 Washington Redskins Jackie Simpson Guard Mississippi
247 Pittsburgh Steelers Everett Jones Guard Utah
248 Los Angeles Rams Ron Parrish Back Linfield
249 New York Giants Charlie Hansen Center Tulane
250 Baltimore Colts Jim Faulk Back Texas Christian
251 San Francisco 49ers Don Christian Back Arkansas
252 Cleveland Browns Bill Martin End Iowa State
253 Detroit Lions Jim Wagstaff Back Idaho State

Round twenty two

Pick # |Player |College
254 New york Jets Dick Maggard Back College of Idaho
255 Chicago Cardinals Tony Aloisio End Indiana
256 Philadelphia Eagles George Sherwood End St. Joseph's (IN)
257 Chicago Bears Al Carter Back Tennessee
258 Washington Redskins Charley Sanders Back West Texas State
259 Los Angeles Rams Bill Steiger End Washington State
260 Pittsburgh Steelers Bill Thompson End Duke
261 Baltimore Colts Bob McKee End Monmouth
262 New York Giants Cleve Wester Tackle Auburn
263 San Francisco 49ers Bruce Hartman Tackle Luther
264 Green Bay Packers Franklin Merlino Back Florida State
265 Detroit Lions Buddy Nidiffer End South Carolina

Round twenty three

Pick # |Player |College
266 Chicago Cardinals John Harbour Tackle Southeast Missouri State
267 Green Bay Packers Jack Ashton Guard South Carolina
268 Philadelphia Eagles Billy Templeton End Mississippi
269 Chicago Bears Ken Daw Back Sam Houston State
270 Washington Redskins Ron Schomburger End Florida State
271 Pittsburgh Steelers Ken Trowbridge Back North Carolina State
272 Los Angeles Rams Gary Berry Back East Texas State
273 New York Giants Billy Hurst Back Mississippi
274 Baltimore Colts Phil Parslow Back UCLA
275 San Francisco 49ers Larry Fields Back Utah
276 Cleveland Browns Dan Verhey Tackle Washington State
277 Detroit Lions Frank Destino Back South Carolina

Round twenty four

Pick # |Player |College
278 Green Bay Packers John Jereck Tackle Detroit
279 Chicago Cardinals Eric Soesbe Tackle Vanderbilt
280 Philadelphia Eagles Jim Padget Center Clemson
281 Chicago Bears Russ Moon Tackle Virginia Tech
282 Washington Redskins Rod Hanson End Illinois
283 Los Angeles Rams Larry Harding End Michigan State
284 Pittsburgh Steelers Norm Roberts End East Texas State
285 Baltimore Colts Bobby Sandlin Back Tennessee
286 New York Giants Max Brod Back Texas Tech
287 San Francisco 49ers Dee Mackey
Dee Mackey
Dee Elbert Mackey was an American football tight end who played professionally for six seasons in the National Football League and the American Football League. He played for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Colts...

End East Texas State
288 Cleveland Browns Jim O'Connor Tackle Marshall
289 Detroit Lions Dave Whitsell
Dave Whitsell
David A. Whitsell was an American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, the Chicago Bears, and the New Orleans Saints. He was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1967 season. Whitsell played college football at Indiana University....

Back Indiana

Round twenty five

Pick # |Player |College
290 Chicago Cardinals J.C. Riekenberg Back Northwestern State (LA)
291 Green Bay Packers Larry Plenty Back Boston College
292 Philadelphia Eagles Hal Divine Tackle Memphis State
293 Chicago Bears Bob Barron Center St. Norbert
294 Washington Redskins John Groom Guard Texas Christian
295 Pittsburgh Steelers Bill Groce Back North Texas State
296 Los Angeles Rams Bill Atkins Tackle San Jose State
297 New York Giants Wayne Haensel Tackle South Dakota
298 Baltimore Colts Jim Rountree
Jim Rountree
James W. "Jim" Rountree is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive back in the Canadian Football League for ten years during the 1950s and 1960s...

Back Florida
299 San Francisco 49ers Bill Kaczmarek Center Southwest Missouri State
300 Cleveland Browns Bobby Peters Back Baylor
301 Detroit Lions Jim Cook Back Auburn

Round twenty six

Pick # |Player |College
302 Green Bay Packers Esker Harris Guard UCLA
303 Chicago Cardinals Ray Masters Back Southern Methodist
304 Philadelphia Eagles Neil MacLean Back Wake Forest
305 Chicago Bears Bob Lyles Back Memphis State
306 Washington Redskins Frank Bloomquist Guard Iowa
307 Los Angeles Rams Corky Bridges Back Central Washington
308 Pittsburgh Steelers Jon Evans End Oklahoma State
309 Baltimore Colts Bob Grimes Tackle Central Michigan
310 New York Giants Dave Burkholder Guard Minnesota
311 San Francisco 49ers Hilliard Hill End USC
312 Cleveland Browns Frank Thompson Tackle Wake Forest
313 Detroit Lions Joe Bruce Tackle Middle Tennessee State

Round twenty seven

Pick # |Player |College
314 Chicago Cardinals Will Lewis Back Tennessee-Chattanooga
315 Green Bay Packers Neil Habig Center Purdue
316 Philadelphia Eagles Hindman Wall End Auburn
317 Chicago Bears Ben Napolski End Northwestern
318 Washington Redskins Perry Gehring End Minnesota
319 Pittsburgh Steelers Floyd Dellinger Back Texas Tech
320 Los Angeles Rams Alonzo Vereen Back Florida A&M
321 New York Giants Dick Bronson Tackle USC
322 Baltimore Colts George Dintiman Back Lock Haven
323 San Francisco 49ers Bob Witucki End Texas Tech
324 Cleveland Browns Dave Thelen
Dave Thelen
David Thelen is a former Canadian Football League running back for the Ottawa Rough Riders and the Toronto Argonauts. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1989....

Back Miami (OH)
325 Detroit Lions Don Agers Tackle Missouri-Rolla

Round twenty eight

Pick # |Player |College
326 Green Bay Packers Dave Crowell Guard Washington State
327 Chicago Cardinals Gale McGinty Back West Texas State
328 Philadelphia Eagles Gene Gossage Tackle Northwestern
329 Chicago Bears Wilbur Main Back Maryland
330 Washington Redskins Joe Biggs Guard Hardin-Simmons
331 Los Angeles Rams Gordy Morrow End Michigan
332 Pittsburgh Steelers Dean Akin End Jacksonville State
333 Baltimore Colts Jim Murphy Tackle East Tennessee State
334 New York Giants Bob Watters End Lincoln (MO)
335 San Francisco 49ers Garland Warren Center North Texas State
336 Cleveland Browns Bill Boykin Tackle Michigan State
337 Detroit Lions Jack Pitt End South Carolina

Round twenty nine

Pick # |Player |College
338 Chicago Cardinals Ken Irby Tackle Mississippi State
339 Green Bay Packers Bob Haynes Tackle Sam Houston State
340 Philadelphia Eagles Don McDonald Back Houston
341 Chicago Bears Glen Hakes Guard New Mexico
342 Washington Redskins Ed Coffin Back Syracuse
343 Pittsburgh Steelers Mert Fuquay End Baylor
344 Los Angeles Rams O'Jay Bourgeois Back Arizona State
345 New York Giants Lou Pitney Center New Haven State
346 Baltimore Colts Doug Padgett End Duke
347 San Francisco 49ers Herman Hodges Back Sam Houston State
348 Cleveland Browns Frank Czapla Tackle Missouri
349 Detroit Lions Henry Herzog Back Kentucky

Round thirty

Pick # |Player |College
350 Green Bay Packers John Peters Tackle Houston
351 Philadelphia Eagles Jim Thompson End Temple
352 Chicago Bears Bobby Halum Back Middle Tennessee State
353 Washington Redskins Ted Smith End Georgia Tech
354 Los Angeles Rams Walter Fondren
Walter Fondren
Walter William Fondren III is a former American football player. He played halfback and later quarterback for the Texas Longhorns from 1955-57...

Back Texas
355 Pittsburgh Steelers Dick Scherer End Pittsburgh
356 Baltimore Colts Gary Lund Guard Utah State
357 New York Giants Billy Lumpkin End North Alabama
358 San Francisco 49ers Ted Stahura Tackle Kansas State
359 Cleveland Browns Ben Svendsen Center Minnesota
360 Detroit Lions Tommy Bronson Back Tennessee
= Pro Bowler = Hall of Famer

Hall of famers

  • Jim Taylor, Fullback from Louisiana State University taken 2nd round 15th overall by the Green Bay Packers.
Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1976.
  • Ray Nitschke, Linebacker from Illinois taken 3rd round 36th overall by the Green Bay Packers.
Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1978.
  • Bobby Mitchell, Halfback from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign taken 7th round 84th overall by the Cleveland Browns.
Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1983.
  • John Madden, Tight End from California Polytechnic State University taken 21st round 244th overall by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2006 as a coach.

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