1936 NFL Draft

The 1936 National Football League Draft was the first draft of the National Football League (NFL). It took place on February 8, 1936, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania^[1][2][3] The draft was instituted in an effort to equalize strength amongst the league's teams. The last place team from the previous season would get the first selection, and the process would continue in reverse order of the standings. Under this structure the Philadelphia Eagles, who finished 1935 at 2–9, would select first.^[4]

This was the only draft to have nine rounds; the number increased to ten for the 1937 draft. The first player ever drafted, Jay Berwanger, never played in the NFL. His rights were traded by the Philadelphia Eagles to the Chicago Bears, as the Eagles felt they would be unable to meet Berwanger's reported demand of $1000 per game.^[4] The Eagles received tackle Art Buss from the Bears in exchange for Berwanger's rights.^[5] George Halas was unable to convince Berwanger to sign with the Bears. Riley Smith, the second pick, was the first player drafted to play in the NFL.

Breakdown of players selected

The following is the breakdown of the 81 players selected:

Player selections

	Rnd.	Pick #	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
	1	1	Philadelphia Eagles	Berwanger, JayJay Berwanger	HB	Chicago	Big Ten	First winner of the Heisman Trophy award in 1935[8]
	1	2	Boston Redskins	Smith, RileyRiley Smith	QB	Alabama	SEC
	1	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	Shakespeare, BillBill Shakespeare	B	Notre Dame	Ind.
	1	4	Brooklyn Dodgers	Crayne, DickDick Crayne	FB	Iowa	Big Ten
	1	5	Chicago Cardinals	Lawrence, JimJim Lawrence †	WB	Texas Christian	SWC
	1	6	Chicago Bears	Stydahar, JoeJoe Stydahar†	T	West Virginia	Ind.
	1	7	Green Bay Packers	Letlow, RussRuss Letlow †	G	San Francisco (CA)	Ind. (Div. II)
	1	8	Detroit Lions	Wagner, SidSid Wagner	G	Michigan State	Ind.
	1	9	New York Giants	Lewis, Art "Pappy"Art "Pappy" Lewis	T	Ohio	Buckeye
	2	10	Philadelphia Eagles	McCauley, JohnJohn McCauley	B	Rice	SWC
	2	11	Boston Redskins	Topping, KeithKeith Topping	E	Stanford	PCC
	2	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	Barnum, LenLen Barnum	B	West Virginia Wesleyan	WVIAC
	2	13	Brooklyn Dodgers	LeVoir, Vernal "Babe"Vernal "Babe" LeVoir	B	Minnesota	Big Ten
	2	14	Chicago Bears	Michaels, EdEd Michaels	G	Villanova	Ind.
	2	15	Chicago Cardinals	Jones, GomerGomer Jones	C	Ohio State	Big Ten
	2	16	Green Bay Packers	Wheeler, J.W. "Dub"J.W. "Dub" Wheeler	T	Oklahoma	MVIAA
	2	17	Detroit Lions	Cheshire, ChuckChuck Cheshire	B	UCLA	PCC
	2	18	New York Giants	Leemans, Alphonse "Tuffy"Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans†	FB	George Washington	Ind.
	3	19	Philadelphia Eagles	Muller, WesWes Muller	C	Stanford	PCC
	3	20	Boston Redskins	Smith, EdEd Smith	BB	NYU	Ind.
	3	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	Grayson, BobbyBobby Grayson	B	Stanford	PCC
	3	22	Brooklyn Dodgers	Jorgensen, WagnerWagner Jorgensen	C	St. Mary's (CA)	Ind.
	3	23	Chicago Cardinals	Erdelatz, EddieEddie Erdelatz	E	St. Mary's (CA)	Ind.
	3	24	Chicago Bears	Roscoe, GeorgeGeorge Roscoe	B	Minnesota	Big Ten
	3	25	Green Bay Packers	Scherer, BernieBernie Scherer	E	Nebraska	MVIAA
	3	26	Detroit Lions	Pilney, AndyAndy Pilney	B	Notre Dame	Ind.
	3	27	New York Giants	Loebs, Frank "Butch"Frank "Butch" Loebs	E	Purdue	Big Ten
	4	28	Philadelphia Eagles	Wallace, BillBill Wallace	B	Rice	SWC
	4	29	Boston Redskins	Tangora, PaulPaul Tangora	G	Northwestern	Big Ten
	4	30	Pittsburgh Pirates	Spain, TrumanTruman Spain	T	SMU	SWC
	4	31	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bryant, Paul "Bear"Paul "Bear" Bryant	E	Alabama	SEC
	4	32	Chicago Bears	Allman, BobBob Allman	E	Michigan State	Ind.
	4	33	Chicago Cardinals	Brett, EdEd Brett	E	Washington State University	PCC
	4	34	Green Bay Packers	Ward, TheronTheron Ward	B	Idaho	PCC
	4	35	Detroit Lions	Beise, SheldonSheldon Beise	B	Minnesota	Big Ten
	4	36	New York Giants	Rose, GeneGene Rose	E	Tennessee	SEC
	5	37	Philadelphia Eagles	Shuford, HarryHarry Shuford	B	SMU	SWC
	5	38	Boston Redskins	Groseclose, WilsonWilson Groseclose	T	Texas Christian	SWC
	5	39	Pittsburgh Pirates	Sandefur, DickDick Sandefur	FB	Purdue	Big Ten
	5	40	Brooklyn Dodgers	Wilson, BobBob Wilson	TB	SMU	SWC
	5	41	Chicago Cardinals	Riordan, StanStan Riordan	E	Oregon	PCC
	5	42	Chicago Bears	Oech, VernVern Oech	G	Minnesota	Big Ten
	5	43	Green Bay Packers	Lester, DarrellDarrell Lester	C	Texas Christian	SWC
	5	44	Detroit Lions	Francis, KavanaughKavanaugh Francis	C	Alabama	SEC
	5	45	New York Giants	Jontos, EdEd Jontos	G	Syracuse	Ind.
	6	46	Philadelphia Eagles	Barabas, AlAl Barabas	B	Columbia	Ind.
	6	47	Boston Redskins	Lutz, LarryLarry Lutz	T	California	PCC
	6	48	Pittsburgh Pirates	Orr, MauriceMaurice Orr	T	SMU	SWC
	6	49	Brooklyn Dodgers	Maniaci, JoeJoe Maniaci †	B	Fordham	Ind.
	6	50	Chicago Bears	Christofferson, TedTed Christofferson	B	Washington State	PCC
	6	51	Chicago Cardinals	Antonini, EttoreEttore Antonini	E	Indiana	Big Ten
	6	52	Green Bay Packers	Reynolds, BobBob Reynolds	T	Stanford	PCC
	6	53	Detroit Lions	Mickal, AbeAbe Mickal	B	LSU	SEC
	6	54	New York Giants	Durner, GusGus Durner	T	Duke	SoCon
	7	55	Philadelphia Eagles	Weller, JacJac Weller	G	Princeton	Ind.
	7	56	Boston Redskins	Irwin, DonDon Irwin	FB	Colgate	Ind.
	7	57	Pittsburgh Pirates	Peters, MartyMarty Peters	E	Notre Dame	Ind.
	7	58	Brooklyn Dodgers	Schreiber, HerbHerb Schreiber	B	St. Mary's (CA)	Ind.
	7	59	Chicago Cardinals	Dennis, TackTack Dennis	B	Tulsa	MVC
	7	60	Chicago Bears	Smith, DickDick Smith	T	Minnesota	Big Ten
	7	61	Green Bay Packers	Fromhart, WallyWally Fromhart	B	Notre Dame	Ind.
	7	62	Detroit Lions	Wasicek, CharlesCharles Wasicek	T	Colgate	Ind.
	7	63	New York Giants	Peeples, BobBob Peeples	T	Marquette	Ind.
	8	64	Philadelphia Eagles	Constable, PepperPepper Constable	B	Princeton	Ind.
	8	65	Boston Redskins	Millner, WayneWayne Millner	E	Notre Dame	Ind.
	8	66	Pittsburgh Pirates	Karpowich, EdEd Karpowich	T	Catholic University	Ind.
	8	67	Brooklyn Dodgers	Hamilton, Bob "Bones"Bob "Bones" Hamilton	B	Stanford	PCC
	8	68	Chicago Bears	Sylvester, JohnJohn Sylvester	E	Rice	SWC
	8	69	Chicago Cardinals	Carter, RossRoss Carter	G	Oregon	PCC
	8	70	Green Bay Packers	Cruice, WallyWally Cruice	B	Northwestern	Big Ten
	8	71	Detroit Lions	Rennebohm, DaleDale Rennebohm	C	Minnesota	Big Ten
	8	72	New York Giants	Heekin, DaleDale Heekin	B	Ohio State	Big Ten
	9	73	Philadelphia Eagles	Pauk, PaulPaul Pauk	B	Princeton	Ind.
	9	74	Boston Redskins	Saunders, MarcelMarcel Saunders	G	Loyola (CA)	Ind.
	9	75	Pittsburgh Pirates	Meglen, JoeJoe Meglen	B	Georgetown	Ind.
	9	76	Brooklyn Dodgers	Moscrip, Jim "Monk"Jim "Monk" Moscrip	E	Stanford	PCC
	9	77	Chicago Cardinals	Larsen, NielsNiels Larsen	T	Stanford	PCC
	9	78	Chicago Bears	Fortmann, DanDan Fortmann†	G	Colgate	Ind.
	9	79	Green Bay Packers	Wetsel, J. C.J. C. Wetsel	G	SMU	SWC
	9	80	Detroit Lions	Train, Bob "Choo Choo"Bob "Choo Choo" Train	E	Yale	Ind.
	9	81	New York Giants	Flanagan, PhilPhil Flanagan	G	Holy Cross	Ind.

Hall of Famers

• Dan Fortmann, guard from Colgate taken 9th round 78th overall by the Chicago Bears.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1965.^[9]

• Joe Stydahar, tackle from West Virginia taken 1st round 6th overall by the Chicago Bears.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1967.^[9]

• Wayne Millner, end from Notre Dame taken 8th round 65th overall by the Boston Redskins.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1968.^[9]

• Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans, back from George Washington University taken 2nd Round 18th overall by the New York Giants.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1978.^[10]

Notable undrafted players

References

External links

• NFL Website – 1936 Draft
• databaseFootball Website – 1936 Draft
• Pro Football Hall of Fame
• "1936 NFL Draft on Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-football-reference.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015.