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National Football League draft
The 1940 NFL draft was held on December 9, 1939, at the
Schroeder Hotel in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
[1]
[2] With the
first overall pick of the draft, the
Chicago Cardinals selected
George Cafego.
Player selections
Round one
Round two
Round three
Round four
Round five
Round six
Round seven
Round eight
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 |
Wilfred 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
|
Round ten
Pick # |
NFL team |
Player |
Position |
College
|
81 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Jack Roche |
Back |
Santa Clara
|
82 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Paul Shu |
Back |
VMI
|
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 |
TCU
|
Round eleven
Pick # |
NFL team |
Player |
Position |
College
|
91 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Bill Davis |
Tackle |
Texas Tech
|
92 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Elmer Hackney |
Back |
Kansas State
|
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
|
Round twelve
Pick # |
NFL team |
Player |
Position |
College
|
101 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Stan Andersen |
Tackle |
Stanford
|
102 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Rocco Pirro |
Back |
Catholic University
|
103 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Durward Horner |
End |
TCU
|
104 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
George Dougherty |
Back |
Howard
|
105 |
Cleveland Rams |
Jim "Shag" Goolsby |
Center |
Mississippi State
|
106 |
Detroit Lions |
Ken Binder |
Back |
Carroll (WI)
|
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
|
Round thirteen
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
|
Round fifteen
Pick # |
NFL team |
Player |
Position |
College
|
131 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Joe Ziemba |
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 "Sandy" Sanford |
End |
Alabama
|
139 |
Green Bay Packers |
Mel Brewer |
Guard |
Illinois
|
140 |
New York Giants |
Othel Turner |
Tackle |
Tulsa
|
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
|
Round seventeen
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 Gillette |
Back |
Virginia
|
170 |
New York Giants |
Bill "Monk" Edwards |
Tackle |
Baylor
|
Round nineteen
Pick # |
NFL team |
Player |
Position |
College
|
171 |
Chicago Cardinals |
Russ Buckley |
Back |
Gustavus Adolphus
|
172 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
Bill Schneller |
Back |
Ole Miss
|
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
|
Round twenty
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
|
193 |
Washington Redskins |
Mel Wetzel |
Tackle |
Missouri
|
194 |
Green Bay Packers |
Vince Eichler |
Back |
Cornell
|
195 |
New York Giants |
Weenie Bynum |
Back |
Centenary
|
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
|
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.
[3]
-
Bulldog Turner, center from Hardin–Simmons taken 1st round 7th overall by the Chicago Bears.
- Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1966.
[3]
Notable undrafted players
References
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