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The 1940 National Football League Draft was held on December 9, 1939.
[edit] Player selections
[edit] Round one
[edit] Round two
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 11 |
Chicago Cardinals |
George (Snuffy) Stirnweiss |
Back |
North Carolina |
| 12 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Ralph Wenzel |
End |
Tulane |
| 13 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Johnny Schiechl |
Center |
Santa Clara |
| 14 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Nile Kinnick |
Back |
Iowa |
| 15 |
Cleveland Rams |
Merl Condit |
Back |
Carnegie-Mellon |
[edit] Round three
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 16 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Lloyd Madden |
Back |
Colorado Mines |
| 17 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Dick Favor |
Back |
Oklahoma |
| 18 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
George Kiick |
Back |
Bucknell |
| 19 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Rhoten Shetley |
Back |
Furman |
| 20 |
Cleveland Rams |
Johnny Haman |
Center |
Northwestern |
| 21 |
Detroit Lions |
Bill Fisk |
End |
USC |
| 22 |
Chicago Bears |
Ken Kavanaugh |
End |
LSU |
| 23 |
Washington Redskins |
Burt (Buddy) Banker |
Back |
Tulane |
| 24 |
Green Bay Packers |
Lou Brock |
Back |
Purdue |
| 25 |
New York Giants |
John McLaughry |
Back |
Brown |
[edit] Round four
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 26 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Cecil (Jack) Shirk |
End |
Oklahoma |
| 27 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Frank (Pop) Ivy |
End |
Oklahoma |
| 28 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Eberle Schultz |
Guard |
Oregon State |
| 29 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Edgar (Bill) Bailey |
End |
Duke |
| 30 |
Cleveland Rams |
Bob Wood |
Tackle |
Alabama |
[edit] Round five
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 31 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Marty Christiansen |
Back |
Minnesota |
| 32 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Frank Emmons |
Back |
Oregon |
| 33 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Clark Goff |
Tackle |
Florida |
| 34 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Walt Merrill |
Tackle |
Alabama |
| 35 |
Cleveland Rams |
Park Myers |
Tackle |
Texas |
| 36 |
Detroit Lions |
Harry Smith |
Guard |
USC |
| 37 |
Chicago Bears |
Ed Kolman |
Tackle |
Temple |
| 38 |
Washington Redskins |
Bill Kirchem |
Tackle |
Tulane |
| 39 |
Green Bay Packers |
Esco Sarkkinen |
End |
Ohio State |
| 40 |
New York Giants |
Carl Tomaselli |
End |
Scranton |
[edit] Round six
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 41 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Vic Reginato |
End |
Oregon |
| 42 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Frank Bykowski |
Guard |
Purdue |
| 43 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Saul Singer |
Tackle |
Arkansas |
| 44 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Jack Murray |
Center |
Wisconsin |
| 45 |
Cleveland Rams |
Ken Heineman |
Back |
Texas-El Paso |
| 46 |
Detroit Lions |
Jim Rike |
Center |
Tennessee |
| 47 |
Chicago Bears |
John Woudenberg |
Tackle |
Denver |
| 48 |
Washington Redskins |
Joe Boyd |
Tackle |
Texas A&M |
| 49 |
Green Bay Packers |
Dick Cassiano |
Back |
Pittsburgh |
| 50 |
New York Giants |
Lou Smith |
Back |
California |
[edit] Round seven
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 51 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Andy Chisick |
Center |
Villanova |
| 52 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Hal (Mike) Pegg |
Center |
Bucknell |
| 53 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Pete Cignetti |
Back |
Boston College |
| 54 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Ed (Ty) Coon |
Tackle |
North Carolina State |
| 55 |
Cleveland Rams |
Bob Nowaskey |
End |
George Washington |
| 56 |
Detroit Lions |
Bob Winslow |
End |
USC |
| 57 |
Chicago Bears |
Leonard Akin |
Guard |
Baylor |
| 58 |
Washington Redskins |
Roy Zimmerman |
Back |
San Jose State |
| 59 |
Green Bay Packers |
Millard White |
Tackle |
Tulane |
| 60 |
New York Giants |
Rex Williams |
Center |
Texas Tech |
[edit] Round eight
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 61 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Ben Kish |
Back |
Pittsburgh |
| 62 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Carl Nery |
Guard |
Duquesne |
| 63 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Don Looney |
End |
Texas Christian |
| 64 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Frank Zadworney |
Back |
Ohio State |
| 65 |
Cleveland Rams |
Bob Anahu |
End |
Santa Clara |
| 66 |
Detroit Lions |
Bill Tranavitch |
Back |
Rutgers |
| 67 |
Chicago Bears |
Jim Fordham |
Back |
Georgia |
| 68 |
Washington Redskins |
Roland (Bud) Orf |
End |
Missouri |
| 69 |
Green Bay Packers |
George Seeman |
End |
Nebraska |
| 70 |
New York Giants |
Win Pederson |
Tackle |
Minnesota |
[edit] Round nine
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 71 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Luke Pappas |
Tackle |
Utah |
| 72 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Don Jones |
Back |
Washington |
| 73 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Dick Boisseau |
Tackle |
Washington & Lee |
| 74 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Art Jocher |
Tackle |
Manhattan |
| 75 |
Cleveland Rams |
Wilfrid Thorpe |
Guard |
Arkansas |
| 76 |
Detroit Lions |
Bob Haas |
Tackle |
Missouri |
| 77 |
Chicago Bears |
Hampton Pool |
End |
Stanford |
| 78 |
Washington Redskins |
Bob Hoffman |
Back |
USC |
| 79 |
Green Bay Packers |
J.R. Manley |
Guard |
Oklahoma |
| 80 |
New York Giants |
Dom Principe |
Back |
Fordham |
[edit] Round ten
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 81 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Jack Roche |
Back |
Santa Clara |
| 82 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Paul Shu |
Back |
Virginia Military Inst |
| 83 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Frank Maher |
Back |
Toledo |
| 84 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Jim Turner |
Guard |
Holy Cross |
| 85 |
Cleveland Rams |
Herb Smith |
Back |
St. Mary's (CA) |
| 86 |
Detroit Lions |
Leon DeWitte |
Back |
Purdue |
| 87 |
Chicago Bears |
Tom Pace |
Back |
Utah |
| 88 |
Washington Redskins |
Bob Seymour |
Back |
Oklahoma |
| 89 |
Green Bay Packers |
Jack Brown |
Back |
Purdue |
| 90 |
New York Giants |
Earl Clark |
Back |
Texas Christian |
[edit] Round eleven
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 91 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Bill Davis |
Tackle |
Texas Tech |
| 92 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Elmer Hackney |
Back |
Kansas |
| 93 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Cary Cox |
Center |
Alabama |
| 94 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Nick Cutlich |
Tackle |
Northwestern |
| 95 |
Cleveland Rams |
Boyd Clay |
Tackle |
Tennessee |
| 96 |
Detroit Lions |
Erwin Prasse |
End |
Iowa |
| 97 |
Chicago Bears |
Lee Artoe |
Tackle |
California |
| 98 |
Washington Redskins |
Howard Stoecker |
Tackle |
USC |
| 99 |
Green Bay Packers |
Don Guritz |
Guard |
Northwestern |
| 100 |
New York Giants |
John McKibben |
End |
Tulsa |
[edit] Round twelve
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 101 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Stan Anderson |
Tackle |
Stanford |
| 102 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Rocco Pirro |
Back |
Catholic University |
| 103 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Durward Hoerner |
End |
Texas Christian |
| 104 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
George Dougherty |
Back |
Howard |
| 105 |
Cleveland Rams |
Jim Goolsby |
Center |
Mississippi Stat |
| 106 |
Detroit Lions |
Ken Binder |
Back |
Carroll |
| 107 |
Chicago Bears |
Bill McCubbin |
End |
Kentucky |
| 108 |
Washington Redskins |
Allen Johnson |
Guard |
Duke |
| 109 |
Green Bay Packers |
Phil Gaspar |
Tackle |
USC |
| 110 |
New York Giants |
Ed McGee |
Guard |
Temple |
[edit] Round thirteen
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 111 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Alton Coppage |
End |
Oklahoma |
| 112 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Ted Hennis |
Back |
Purdue |
| 113 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
John Noppenberg |
Back |
Miami (FL) |
| 114 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Mike Gussie |
Guard |
West Virginia |
| 115 |
Cleveland Rams |
Jack Gregory |
Tackle |
Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 116 |
Detroit Lions |
Justin Bowers |
Tackle |
Oklahoma |
| 117 |
Chicago Bears |
Harry Clark |
Back |
West Virginia |
| 118 |
Washington Redskins |
Sam Bartholomew |
Back |
Tennessee |
| 119 |
Green Bay Packers |
Ambrose Schindler |
Back |
USC |
| 120 |
New York Giants |
Joe Payne |
Guard |
Clemson |
[edit] Round fourteen
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 121 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Judson Hudson |
Back |
Davis & Elkins |
| 122 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Nick Stublar |
Tackle |
Santa Clara |
| 123 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Bill Bunsen |
Back |
Kansas |
| 124 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Len Coffman |
Back |
Tennessee |
| 125 |
Cleveland Rams |
Pete Bogden |
End |
Utah |
| 126 |
Detroit Lions |
Jack Morlock |
Back |
Marshall |
| 127 |
Chicago Bears |
Frank Crisci |
Tackle |
Case Western Reserve |
| 128 |
Washington Redskins |
Ernie Lain |
Back |
Rice |
| 129 |
Green Bay Packers |
Bill Kerr |
End |
Notre Dame |
| 130 |
New York Giants |
Bob Smith |
Back |
Oregon |
[edit] Round fifteen
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 131 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Joe Ziembra |
End |
St. Benedict's |
| 132 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Don Crumbaker |
End |
Kansas State |
| 133 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Ray McCarthy |
Back |
Santa Clara |
| 134 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Jim Conlin |
Center |
NYU |
| 135 |
Cleveland Rams |
Owen Goodnight |
Back |
Hardin-Simmons |
| 136 |
Detroit Lions |
Stillman Rouse |
End |
Missouri |
| 137 |
Chicago Bears |
Sherm Barnes |
End |
Baylor |
| 138 |
Washington Redskins |
Hayward Sanford |
End |
Alabama |
| 139 |
Green Bay Packers |
Mel Brewer |
Guard |
Illinois |
| 140 |
New York Giants |
Otherl Turner |
Tackle |
Tulsa |
[edit] Round sixteen
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 141 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Beryl Clark |
Back |
Oklahoma |
| 142 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Leon Gajecki |
Center |
Penn State |
| 143 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
J.R. Green |
Tackle |
Rice |
| 144 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Dennis Donovan |
Back |
Oregon |
| 145 |
Cleveland Rams |
Morris Kohler |
Back |
Oregon State |
| 146 |
Detroit Lions |
Jack Padley |
Back |
Dayton |
| 147 |
Chicago Bears |
Al Christianson |
Back |
Knox |
| 148 |
Washington Redskins |
Willard (Bolo) Perdue |
End |
Duke |
| 149 |
Green Bay Packers |
Ray Andrus |
Back |
Vanderbilt |
| 150 |
New York Giants |
Ned Swan |
Center |
Drake |
[edit] Round seventeen
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 151 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Ralph Foster |
Tackle |
Oklahoma A&M |
| 152 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Jim Molnar |
Back |
Bradley |
| 153 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Mike Sullivan |
End |
North Carolina State |
| 154 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Frank Funair |
Back |
Bucknell |
| 155 |
Cleveland Rams |
Jack Nix |
Back |
Mississippi State |
| 156 |
Detroit Lions |
John Hackenbruck |
Tackle |
Oregon State |
| 157 |
Chicago Bears |
Wilbur White |
Tackle |
Bradley |
| 158 |
Washington Redskins |
Steve Andrako |
Center |
Ohio State |
| 159 |
Green Bay Packers |
Archie Kodros |
Center |
Michigan |
| 160 |
New York Giants |
John Rogalia |
Back |
Scranton |
[edit] Round eighteen
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 161 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Lowell Bryant |
Back |
Clemson |
| 162 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Seaton Daly |
Tackle |
Gonzaga |
| 163 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Ernie Schwartzer |
Guard |
Boston College |
| 164 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Walt Strosser |
Back |
St. Vincent |
| 165 |
Cleveland Rams |
Ralph Stevenson |
Guard |
Oklahoma |
| 166 |
Detroit Lions |
Frank Ribar |
Guard |
Duke |
| 167 |
Chicago Bears |
Ralph Schlosser |
Center |
Gonzaga |
| 168 |
Washington Redskins |
Jay Graybeal |
Back |
Oregon |
| 169 |
Green Bay Packers |
Jim Gillettee |
Back |
Virginia |
| 170 |
New York Giants |
Bill (Monk) Edwards |
Tackle |
Baylor |
[edit] Round nineteen
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 171 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Russ Buckley |
Back |
Gustavus Adolphus |
| 172 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Bill Schneller |
Back |
Mississippi |
| 173 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Thad Harvey |
Tackle |
Notre Dame |
| 174 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Steve Hydock |
End |
Albright |
| 175 |
Cleveland Rams |
Dante Magnani |
Back |
St. Mary's (CA) |
| 176 |
Detroit Lions |
Herb McCarthy |
Back |
Denver |
| 177 |
Chicago Bears |
John Popov |
Back |
Cincinnati |
| 178 |
Washington Redskins |
Charley Slagle |
Back |
North Carolina |
| 179 |
Green Bay Packers |
Al Matuza |
Center |
Georgetown |
| 180 |
New York Giants |
Cecil Walden |
Guard |
Oregon |
[edit] Round twenty
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 181 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Rupert Pate |
Tackle |
Wake Forest |
| 182 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Marvin Katzenstein |
Tackle |
Colorado Mines |
| 183 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Bill Debord |
Tackle |
Kansas State |
| 184 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Milt Howell |
Guard |
Auburn |
| 185 |
Cleveland Rams |
Luke Lindon |
Tackle |
Kentucky |
| 186 |
Detroit Lions |
Dub Parten |
Tackle |
Centenary |
| 187 |
Chicago Bears |
Young Bussey |
Back |
Louisiana State |
| 188 |
Washington Redskins |
F.W. (Buck) Murphy |
Back |
Georgia Tech |
| 189 |
Green Bay Packers |
Jim Reeder |
Tackle |
Illinois |
| 190 |
New York Giants |
John Sullivan |
End |
San Francisco |
[edit] Round twenty one
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 191 |
Detroit Lions |
Malvern Morgan |
Center |
Auburn |
| 192 |
Chicago Bears |
Ray (Scooter) McLean |
Back |
St. Anselm's |
| 193 |
Washington Redskins |
Mel Wetzel |
Tackle |
Missouri |
| 194 |
Green Bay Packers |
Vince Eichler |
Back |
Cornell |
| 195 |
New York Giants |
Weenie Bynum |
Back |
Centenary |
[edit] Round twenty two
| Pick # |
NFL Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 196 |
Detroit Lions |
Bob Orf |
End |
Missouri |
| 197 |
Chicago Bears |
Walt Kichefski |
End |
Miami (FL) |
| 198 |
Washington Redskins |
Steve Sitko |
Back |
Notre Dame |
| 199 |
Green Bay Packers |
Henry Luebcke |
Tackle |
Iowa |
| 200 |
New York Giants |
Myron Claxton |
Tackle |
Whittier |
[edit] Hall of Famers
- George McAfee, Quarterback from Duke taken 1st round 2nd overall by the Philadelphia Eagles.
- Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1966.
- Bulldog Turner, Center from Hardin-Simmons taken 1st round 7th overall by the Chicago Bears.
- Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1966.
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