1939 NFL draft

1939 NFL draft
1939 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)	December 9, 1938
Location	New Yorker Hotel; in New York City, NY
Overview
	200 total selections in 22 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Ki Aldrich, C; Chicago Cardinals
Most selections (23)	Brooklyn Dodgers
Fewest selections (18)	Pittsburgh Pirates
Hall of Famers	1 QB Sid Luckman;

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	—
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	MVIAA
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	MVIAA
3	25	New York Giants	John Chickerneo	BB	Pittsburgh	Ind.
4	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	Hugh McCullough	DB	Oklahoma	MVIAA
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	N/A
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 Eight
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	—
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 Eight
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	N/A
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

Round nine

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
71	Chicago Cardinals	Earl Brown	End	Notre Dame
72	Pittsburgh Pirates	Steve Petro	Guard	Pittsburgh
73	Cleveland Rams	Lew Bostick	Guard	Alabama
74	Philadelphia Eagles	Rankin Britt	End	Texas A&M
75	Brooklyn Dodgers	Forrest Kline	Guard	TCU
76	Chicago Bears	Ray Bray	Guard	Western Michigan
77	Detroit Lions	Bill Callihan	Back	Nebraska
78	Washington Redskins	Wilbur Moore	Back	Minnesota
79	Green Bay Packers	John Hall	Back	TCU
80	New York Giants	Bob Mills	Tackle	Nebraska

Round ten


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
10	81	Pittsburgh Pirates	Jack Lee	B	Carnegie Tech	Ind.
10	82	Chicago Cardinals	Earl Crowder	QB	Oklahoma	MVIAA
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	—

Round eleven

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
91	Chicago Cardinals	Bowden Wyatt	End	Tennessee
92	Pittsburgh Pirates	Lou Tomasetti	Back	Bucknell
93	Cleveland Rams	Sid Roth	Guard	Cornell
94	Philadelphia Eagles	Paul Humphrey	Center	Purdue
95	Brooklyn Dodgers	George Lenc	End	Augustana (IL)
96	Chicago Bears	Al Braga	Back	San Francisco
97	Detroit Lions	Tony Calvelli	Center	Stanford
98	Washington Redskins	Jim German	Back	Centre
99	Green Bay Packers	Charley Sprague	End	SMU
100	New York Giants	Merl Miller	Back	Washington

Round twelve


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
12	101	Pittsburgh Pirates	Denny Cochran	B	Saint Louis	N/A
12	102	Chicago Cardinals	Jim Thomas	OG	Oklahoma	MVIAA
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	—
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

Round thirteen

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
111	Chicago Cardinals	Andy Sabados	Guard	The Citadel
112	Pittsburgh Pirates	Fabian Hoffman	End	Pittsburgh
113	Cleveland Rams	Joel Hitt	End	Mississippi College
114	Philadelphia Eagles	Thomas "Allie" White	Tackle	TCU
115	Brooklyn Dodgers	George Gembis	Back	Wayne State (MI)
116	Chicago Bears	Ed Bock	Guard	Iowa State
117	Detroit Lions	Prescott Hutchins	Guard	Oregon State
118	Washington Redskins	Steve Slivinski	Guard	Washington
119	Green Bay Packers	Dan Elmer	Center	Minnesota
120	New York Giants	Sam Allis	Back	Centenary

Round fourteen

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
121	Pittsburgh Pirates	Ed Clary	Back	South Carolina
122	Chicago Cardinals	Blase Miatovich	Tackle	San Francisco
123	Cleveland Rams	John Ryland	Center	UCLA
124	Philadelphia Eagles	Joe Aleskus	Tackle	Ohio State
125	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ray Carnelly	Back	Carnegie Tech
126	Chicago Bears	Anton Stolfa	Back	Luther
127	Detroit Lions	Art Means	Guard	Washington
128	Washington Redskins	Bob Hoffman	Back	USC
129	Green Bay Packers	Bill Badgett	Tackle	Georgia
130	New York Giants	George Watson	Back	North Carolina

Round fifteen


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
15	131	Chicago Cardinals	Clarke, RussRuss Clarke	OG	Santa Clara	—
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	MVIAA

Round sixteen

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
141	Pittsburgh Pirates	Al Lezouski	Guard	Pittsburgh
142	Chicago Cardinals	Gus Goins	End	Clemson
143	Cleveland Rams	Gordon Reupke	Back	Iowa State
144	Philadelphia Eagles	Irv Hall	Back	Brown
145	Brooklyn Dodgers	Charley Gross	Guard	Bradley
146	Chicago Bears	Ken Armstrong	Tackle	Tarkio
147	Detroit Lions	Bill Lazetich	Back	Montana
148	Washington Redskins	Dick Farman	Tackle	Washington State
149	Green Bay Packers	Roy Bellin	Back	Wisconsin
150	New York Giants	Ted Panish	Back	Bradley

Round seventeen

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
151	Chicago Cardinals	Ev Elkins	Back	Marshall
152	Pittsburgh Pirates	Ed Longhi	Center	Notre Dame
153	Cleveland Rams	Mike Perrie	Back	St. Mary's (CA)
154	Philadelphia Eagles	Bob Riddell	End	South Dakota State
155	Brooklyn Dodgers	John Siegal	End	Columbia
156	Chicago Bears	Raphael Masters	End	Newberry
157	Detroit Lions	Ralph Neihaus	Tackle	Dayton
158	Washington Redskins	Clyde Shugart	Tackle	Iowa State
159	Green Bay Packers	John Yerby	End	Oregon
160	New York Giants	Jack Sanders	Tackle	SMU

Round eighteen

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
161	Pittsburgh Pirates	Dave Shirk	End	Kansas
162	Chicago Cardinals	Frank Huffman	End	Marshall
163	Cleveland Rams	Alex Atty	Guard	West Virginia
164	Philadelphia Eagles	Charlie Gainor	End	North Dakota
165	Brooklyn Dodgers	Paul Morin	Tackle	Iowa State
166	Chicago Bears	Solly Sherman	Back	Chicago
167	Detroit Lions	Dutch Niemant	Back	New Mexico
168	Washington Redskins	Boyd Morgan	Back	USC
169	Green Bay Packers	Frank Balasz	Back	Iowa
170	New York Giants	Will Dolman	End	California

Round nineteen

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
171	Chicago Cardinals	Mike Kochel	Guard	Fordham
172	Pittsburgh Pirates	Frank Peters	End	Washington
173	Cleveland Rams	Bill Lane	Back	Bucknell
174	Philadelphia Eagles	Morris White	Back	Tulsa
175	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ferrell Anderson	Guard	Kansas
176	Chicago Bears	Ed Simonich	Back	Notre Dame
177	Detroit Lions	Amerigo "Tony" Tonelli	Guard	USC
178	Washington Redskins	Phil Smith	Tackle	St. Benedict's
179	Green Bay Packers	John Brennan	Guard	Michigan
180	New York Giants	Bill Paulman	Back	Stanford

Round twenty


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
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

Round twenty-one


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
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.

Round twenty-two


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
22	196	Chicago Bears	Kircher, EverettEverett Kircher	B	Iowa State	Big Eight
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	—
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.
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

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.
"NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
"Sid Luckman". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.
"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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[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.

[Pro_Bowler_note-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.

NFL drafts
Early era (1936–1959)	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
AFL and NFL era (1960–1966)	AFL 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 NFL 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
Common draft (1967–1969)	1967 1968 1969
Modern era (1970–present)	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Expansion drafts	1960 1961 1966 1967 1976 1995 1999 2002
Others	1950 AAFC dispersal draft 1984 NFL supplemental draft of USFL and CFL players
See also	List of drafts first overall picks second overall picks Mr. Irrelevant supplemental picks List of broadcasters