1939 NFL draft

National Football League draft

1939 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)December 9, 1938
LocationNew Yorker Hotel
in New York City, NY
Overview
200 total selections in 22 rounds
LeagueNFL
First selectionKi Aldrich, C
Chicago Cardinals
Most selections (23)Brooklyn Dodgers
Fewest selections (18)Pittsburgh Pirates
Hall of Famers
1
  • QB Sid Luckman
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The 1939 NFL draft was held on December 9, 1938, at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City, New York.[1][2] With the first overall pick of the draft, the Chicago Cardinals selected center Ki Aldrich.

Player selections

= Hall of Famer

Round one

Rnd. Pick No. NFL team Player Pos. College Conf. Notes
1 1 Chicago Cardinals Charles "Ki" Aldrich  C TCU SWC
1 2 Chicago Bears Sidney "Sid" Luckman‡ QB Columbia Ind.
From Pittsburgh
1 3 Cleveland Rams Linus "Bullet" Parker Hall  RB Ole Miss SEC
1 4 Philadelphia Eagles Davey O'Brien  QB TCU SWC
1938 Heisman Trophy winner
1 5 Brooklyn Dodgers Bob MacLeod  B Dartmouth Ind.
1 6 Chicago Bears Bill "Bullet Bill" Osmanski  B Holy Cross Ind.
1 7 Detroit Lions John Pingel  B Michigan State Ind.
1 8 Washington Redskins I. B. Hale  T TCU SWC
1 9 Green Bay Packers Larry Buhler  B Minnesota Big Ten
1 10 New York Giants Walt Nielsen  B Arizona BIAA
2 11 Brooklyn Dodgers Clarence "Pug" Manders  FB Drake MVC
from Pittsburgh
2 12 Chicago Cardinals Marshall Goldberg  HB Pittsburgh Ind.
2 13 Cleveland Rams Gaylon Smith  FB Southwestern (TN) Dixie
2 14 Philadelphia Eagles Charles Newton  B Washington PCC
2 15 Brooklyn Dodgers Bob Haak  T Indiana Big Ten
3 16 Chicago Cardinals Alvord Wolff  T Santa Clara Ind.
3 17 Pittsburgh Pirates Billy Patterson  TB Baylor SWC
3 18 Cleveland Rams Elmer Tarbox  B Texas Tech Border
3 19 Philadelphia Eagles Joe Mihal † T Purdue Big Ten
3 20 Brooklyn Dodgers Waddy Young  TE Oklahoma Big Six
3 21 Chicago Bears John Wysocki  E Villanova Ind.
3 22 Detroit Lions Howard Weiss  FB Wisconsin Big Ten
3 23 Washington Redskins Charlie Holm  B Alabama SEC
3 24 Green Bay Packers Charley Brock † C Nebraska Big Six
3 25 New York Giants John Chickerneo  BB Pittsburgh Ind.
4 26 Pittsburgh Pirates Hugh McCullough  DB Oklahoma Big Six
4 27 Chicago Cardinals Hal Stebbins  B Pittsburgh Ind.
4 28 Cleveland Rams Wally Garard  T Saint Mary's (CA) Ind.
4 29 Philadelphia Eagles Billy Dewell  E SMU SWC
4 30 Brookly Dodgers Vic Bottari  B California PCC
5 31 Chicago Cardinals Bill Daddio  E Pittsburgh Ind.
5 32 Pittsburgh Pirates Ernie Wheeler  B North Dakota Agricultural NCC
5 33 Cleveland Rams Eddie Gatto  T LSU SEC
5 34 Philadelphia Eagles Zed Coston  OG Texas A&M SWC
5 35 Brooklyn Dodgers Kinnison, JackJack Kinnison  C Missouri Big Six
5 36 Chicago Bears Joe Delaney  T Holy Cross Ind.
5 37 Detroit Lions Steve Maronic  T North Carolina SoCon
5 38 Washington Redskins Dick Todd  B Texas A&M SWC
5 39 Green Bay Packers Lynn Hovland  OG Wisconsin Big Ten
5 40 New York Giants Willis, DonDon Willis  B Clemson SoCon
6 41 Pittsburgh Pirates Sam Boyd  QB Baylor SWC
6 42 Chicago Cardinals George Faust  B Minnesota Big Ten
6 43 Cleveland Rams Barney McGarry  T Utah MSC
6 44 Philadelphia Eagles Jake Schuehle  B Rice SWC
6 45 Brooklyn Dodgers Len Janiak  B Ohio Buckeye
6 46 Brooklyn Dodgers Ed Beinor  T Notre Dame Ind.
6 47 Detroit Lions Wendlick, JoeJoe Wendlick  E Oregon State PCC
6 48 Washington Redskins Anderson, DaveDave Anderson  B California N/A
6 49 Green Bay Packers Larry Craig  E South Carolina SoCon
6 50 New York Giants Ginney, JerryJerry Ginney  OG Santa Clara Ind.
7 51 Chicago Cardinals Dwyer, BillBill Dwyer  B New Mexico Border
7 52 Pittsburgh Pirates Palumbo, EddieEddie Palumbo  B Detroit N/A
7 53 Cleveland Rams Dowd, JerryJerry Dowd  C Saint Mary's Ind.
7 54 Philadelphia Eagles Tony Ippolito  B Purdue Big Ten
7 55 Brooklyn Dodgers Alex Schoenbaum  T Ohio State Big Ten
7 56 Chicago Bears Heileman, CharlieCharlie Heileman  E Iowa State Big Six
7 57 Detroit Lions Darrell Tully  B East Texas State LSC
7 58 Washington Redskins Lumpkin, QuintonQuinton Lumpkin  C Georgia SEC
7 59 Green Bay Packers Frank Twedell  T Minnesota Big Ten
7 60 New York Giants Woodell, LloydLloyd Woodell  C Arkansas SWC
8 61 Pittsburgh Pirates Nelson, OleOle Nelson  E Michigan State Ind.
8 62 Chicago Cardinals Hinkebein, ShermSherm Hinkebein  C Kentucky SEC
8 63 Cleveland Rams Brunner, Warren "Bronco"Warren "Bronco" Brunner  B Tulane SEC
8 64 Philadelphia Eagles George Somers  T La Salle Ind.
8 65 Brooklyn Dodgers Dan "Tiger" Hill  C Duke SoCon
8 66 Chicago Bears Dannies, BobBob Dannies  C Pittsburgh Ind.
8 67 Detroit Lions Trzuskowski, DickDick Trzuskowski  T Idaho PCC
8 68 Washington Redskins Torrance "Bo" Russell  T Auburn SEC
8 69 Green Bay Packers Paul Kell  T Notre Dame Ind.
8 70 New York Giants Zagar, PetePete Zagar  T Stanford PCC
9 71 Chicago Cardinals Earl Brown  E Notre Dame Ind.
9 72 Pittsburgh Pirates Steve Petro  OG Pittsburgh Ind.
9 73 Cleveland Rams Bostick, LewLew Bostick  OG Alabama SEC
9 74 Philadelphia Eagles Rankin Britt  E Texas A&M SWC
9 75 Brooklyn Dodgers Kline, ForrestForrest Kline  OG TCU SWC
9 76 Chicago Bears Ray Bray  OG Western State Teachers (MI) Ind.
9 77 Detroit Lions Bill Callihan  B Nebraska Big Six
9 78 Washington Redskins Wilbur Moore  B Minnesota Big Ten
9 79 Green Bay Packers Johnny Hall  B TCU SWC
9 80 New York Giants Mills, BobBob Mills  T Nebraska Big Six
10 81 Pittsburgh Pirates Jack Lee  B Carnegie Tech Ind.
10 82 Chicago Cardinals Earl Crowder  QB Oklahoma Big Six
10 83 Cleveland Rams Petrick, FrankFrank Petrick  E Indiana Big Ten
10 84 Philadelphia Eagles Bill McKeever  T Cornell Ind.
10 85 Brooklyn Dodgers Bradley, KimbleKimble Bradley  B Ole Miss SEC
10 86 Chicago Bears Wood, WaltWalt Wood  B Tennessee SEC
10 87 Detroit Lions Raymond George  T USC PCC
10 88 Washington Redskins Jimmy Johnston  B Washington PCC
10 89 Green Bay Packers Vince Gavre  B Wisconsin Big Ten
10 90 New York Giants Roberts, TomTom Roberts  T DePaul —
11 91 Chicago Cardinals Bowden Wyatt  E Tennessee SEC
11 92 Pittsburgh Pirates Lou Tomasetti  B Bucknell Ind.
11 93 Cleveland Rams Roth, SidSid Roth  OG Cornell Ind.
11 94 Philadelphia Eagles Paul Humphrey  C Purdue Big Ten
11 95 Brooklyn Dodgers Lenc, GeorgeGeorge Lenc  E Augustana (IL) N/A
11 96 Chicago Bears Braga, AlAl Braga  B San Francisco Ind.
11 97 Detroit Lions Tony Calvelli  C Stanford PCC
11 98 Washington Redskins Jim German  B Centre SIAA
11 99 Green Bay Packers Sprague, CharleyCharley Sprague  E SMU SWC
11 100 New York Giants Miller, MerlMerl Miller  B Washington PCC
12 101 Pittsburgh Pirates Denny Cochran  B Saint Louis N/A
12 102 Chicago Cardinals Jim Thomas  OG Oklahoma Big Six
12 103 Cleveland Rams Chet Adams  T Ohio Buckeye
12 104 Brooklyn Dodgers Ralph Heikkinen  OG Michigan Big Ten
12 106 Chicago Bears Roise, HalHal Roise  B Idaho PCC
12 107 Detroit Lions Coughlan, JimJim Coughlan  E Santa Clara Ind.
12 108 Washington Redskins O'Mara, BobBob O'Mara  B Duke SoCon
12 109 Brooklyn Dodgers Kaplanoff, CarlCarl Kaplanoff  T Ohio State Big Ten
12 110 New York Giants Schroeder, BrunoBruno Schroeder  E Texas A&M SWC
13 111 Chicago Cardinals Andy Sabados  OG The Citadel SoCon
13 112 Pittsburgh Pirates Fabian Hoffman  E Pittsburgh Ind.
13 113 Cleveland Rams Joel Hitt  E Mississippi College —
13 114 Philadelphia Eagles Thomas "Allie" White  T TCU SWC
13 115 Brooklyn Dodgers Gembis, GeorgeGeorge Gembis  B Wayne (MI) Ind.
13 116 Chicago Bears Ed Bock  OG Iowa State Big Six
13 117 Detroit Lions Hutchins, PrescottPrescott Hutchins  OG Oregon State PCC
13 118 Washington Redskins Steve Slivinski  OG Washington PCC
13 119 Green Bay Packers Dan Elmer  C Minnesota Big Ten
13 120 New York Giants Allis, SamSam Allis  B Centenary N/A
14 121 Pittsburgh Pirates Ed Clary  B South Carolina SoCon
14 122 Chicago Cardinals Miatovich, BlaseBlase Miatovich  T San Francisco Ind.
14 123 Cleveland Rams Ryland, JohnJohn Ryland  C UCLA PCC
14 124 Philadelphia Eagles Aleskus, JoeJoe Aleskus  T Ohio State Big Ten
14 125 Brooklyn Dodgers Carnelly, RayRay Carnelly  B Carnegie Tech Ind.
14 126 Chicago Bears Anton Stolfa  B Luther N/A
14 127 Detroit Lions Means, ArtArt Means  OG Washington PCC
14 128 Washington Redskins Bob Hoffman  B USC PCC
College junior; returned to USC
14 129 Green Bay Packers Badgett, BillBill Badgett  T Georgia SEC
14 130 New York Giants Watson, GeorgeGeorge Watson  B North Carolina SoCon
15 131 Chicago Cardinals Clarke, RussRuss Clarke  OG Santa Clara Ind.
15 132 Pittsburgh Pirates John Tosi  C Niagara N/A
15 133 Cleveland Rams Ben Friend  T LSU SEC
15 134 Philadelphia Eagles Foster Watkins  B West Texas State Ind.
15 135 Brooklyn Dodgers Trunzo, LouLou Trunzo  OG Wake Forest SoCon
15 136 Chicago Bears Bob Voigts  T Northwestern Big Ten
15 137 Detroit Lions Hodge, GeneGene Hodge  E East Texas State LSC
15 138 Washington Redskins Eric Tipton  B Duke SoCon
15 139 Green Bay Packers Tom Greenfield  C Arizona BIAA
15 140 New York Giants Duggan, GilGil Duggan  T Oklahoma Big Six
16 141 Pittsburgh Pirates Lezouski, AlAl Lezouski  OG Pittsburgh Ind.
16 142 Chicago Cardinals Goins, GusGus Goins  E Clemson SoCon
16 143 Cleveland Rams Reupke, GordonGordon Reupke  B Iowa State Big Six
16 144 Philadelphia Eagles Irv Hall  B Brown N/A
16 145 Brooklyn Dodgers Gross, CharleyCharley Gross  OG Bradley Illinois
16 146 Chicago Bears Armstrong, KenKen Armstrong  T Tarkio MCAU
16 147 Detroit Lions Lazetich, BillBill Lazetich    Montana PCC
16 148 Washington Redskins Farman, DickDick Farman  T Washington State PCC
16 149 Green Bay Packers Bellin, RoyRoy Bellin  B Wisconsin Big Ten
16 150 New York Giants Panish, TedTed Panish  B Bradley Illinois
17 151 Chicago Cardinals Ev Elkins  B Marshall WVIAC
17 152 Pittsburgh Pirates Longhi, EdEd Longhi  C Notre Dame Ind.
17 153 Cleveland Rams Perrie, MikeMike Perrie  B St. Mary's (CA) Ind.
17 154 Philadelphia Eagles Riddell, BobBob Riddell  E South Dakota State NCC
17 155 Brooklyn Dodgers John Siegal  E Columbia Ind.
17 156 Chicago Bears Masters, RaphaelRaphael Masters  E Newberry Ind. (Div. II)
17 157 Detroit Lions Neihaus, RalphRalph Neihaus  T Dayton Buckeye
17 158 Washington Redskins Clyde Shugart  T Iowa State Big Six
17 159 Green Bay Packers Yerby, JohnJohn Yerby  E Oregon PCC
17 160 New York Giants Jack Sanders  T SMU SWC
18 161 Pittsburgh Pirates Shirk, DaveDave Shirk  E Kansas Big Six
18 162 Chicago Cardinals Frank Huffman  E Marshall WVIAC
18 163 Cleveland Rams Alex Atty  OG West Virginia Ind.
18 164 Philadelphia Eagles Charlie Gainor  E North Dakota NCC
18 165 Brooklyn Dodgers Morin, PaulPaul Morin  T Iowa State Big Six
18 166 Chicago Bears Solly Sherman  B Chicago Big Ten
18 167 Detroit Lions Niemant, DutchDutch Niemant  B New Mexico Border
18 168 Washington Redskins Boyd Morgan  B USC PCC
18 169 Green Bay Packers Frank Balasz  B Iowa Big Ten
18 170 New York Giants Dolman, WillWill Dolman  E California N/A
18 171 Chicago Cardinals Mike Kochel  OG Fordham Ind.
18 172 Pittsburgh Pirates Peters, FrankFrank Peters  E Washington PCC
18 173 Cleveland Rams Lane, BillBill Lane  B Bucknell Ind.
18 174 Philadelphia Eagles White, MorrisMorris White  B Tulsa MVC
18 175 Brooklyn Dodgers Ferrell Anderson  OG Kansas Big Six
18 176 Chicago Bears Ed Simonich  B Notre Dame Ind.
18 177 Detroit Lions Amerigo "Tony" Tonelli  OG USC PCC
18 178 Washington Redskins Smith, PhilPhil Smith  T St. Benedict's N/A
19 179 Green Bay Packers John Brennan  OG Michigan Big Ten
19 180 New York Giants Paulman, BillBill Paulman  B Stanford PCC
20 181 Pittsburgh Pirates Sheldrake, TomTom Sheldrake  E Washington PCC
20 182 Chicago Cardinals Rice, TomTom Rice  T San Francisco Ind.
20 183 Cleveland Rams Graham, PaulPaul Graham  B Indiana Big Ten
20 184 Philadelphia Eagles Gormley, DickDick Gormley  C LSU SEC
20 185 Brooklyn Dodgers Popp, TonyTony Popp  E Toledo OAC
20 186 Chicago Bears Vogeler, GeorgeGeorge Vogeler  C Oklahoma A&M MVC
20 187 Detroit Lions McDonald, JimJim McDonald  C Illinois Big Ten
20 188 Washington Redskins Coop, PaulPaul Coop  T Centre SIAA
20 189 Green Bay Packers Charles Schultz  T Minnesota Big Ten
20 190 New York Giants Smith, LyleLyle Smith  OG Tulane SEC
21 191 Chicago Bears Aldo Forte  T Montana PCC
21 192 Detroit Lions Waters, MerrillMerrill Waters  E BYU MSC
21 193 Detroit Lions Kuber, MattMatt Kuber  OG Villanova Ind.
21 194 Green Bay Packers Hofer, WillardWillard Hofer  B Notre Dame Ind.
21 195 New York Giants Mario Tonelli  B Notre Dame Ind.
22 196 Chicago Bears Kircher, EverettEverett Kircher  B Iowa State Big Six
22 197 Detroit Lions Howe, AlAl Howe  T Xavier N/A
22 198 Washington Redskins Cruver, AlAl Cruver  B Washington State PCC
22 199 Green Bay Packers Gunther, BillBill Gunther  B Santa Clara Ind.
22 200 New York Giants Rhodes, JackJack Rhodes  OG Texas SWC

Hall of Famers

  • Sid Luckman, quarterback from Columbia taken 1st round 2nd overall by the Chicago Bears.
Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1965.[3]

Notable undrafted players

= Pro Bowler [4]
Original NFL team Player Pos. College Conf. Notes
Chicago Cardinals Henry Adams  C Pittsburgh Ind.
Cleveland Rams Riley Matheson  OT Texas Western Border
Detroit Lions Connie Mack Berry  E NC State SoCon
Green Bay Packers Harry Jacunski † E Fordham Ind.
Philadelphia Eagles Jack Ferrante  E    

Notes

^ Heisman Winner[5]

References

  1. ^ Salomone, Dan (October 2, 2014). "NFL Draft headed to Chicago in 2015". Giants.com. New York Giants. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  2. ^ "NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  3. ^ "Sid Luckman". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  4. ^ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.
  5. ^ "1938 – 4th Award Davey O'Brien TCU Back". Heisman Trophy. All Things Media. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.

External links

  • NFL.com – 1939 Draft
  • databaseFootball.com – 1939 Draft
  • Pro Football Hall of Fame Archived 2008-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
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