1936 NFL draft

1936 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)	February 8, 1936
Location	Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overview
81 total selections in 9 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Jay Berwanger, HB Philadelphia Eagles
Most selections (9)	each team selected nine players
Fewest selections (9)	each team selected nine players
Hall of Famers	4 OT Joe Stydahar HB Tuffy Leemans G Dan Fortmann E Wayne Millner
1937  →

The 1936 NFL draft was the first draft of 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 end bidding wars among the league's teams by the arbitrary assignment of negotiating rights to amateur players. It was haphazardly decided that 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, who had previously been awarded the initial Heisman Trophy, 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. After this, Berwanger got a job in rubber sales. 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:

28 backs 15 ends 14 offensive tackles

12 guards 6 centers 4 fullbacks

2 blocking backs 1 tailback 1 wingback

Player selections

Jump to round 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 † = Pro Bowler [6] ‡ = Hall of Famer [7]

Positions key B Back BB Blocking back C Center E End FB Fullback G Guard OT Offensive tackle TB Tailback WB Wingback

	Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
	1	1	Philadelphia Eagles	Jay Berwanger	HB	Chicago	Big Ten	First winner of the Heisman Trophy award in 1935 [8]
	1	2	Boston Redskins	Riley Smith	QB	Alabama	SEC
	1	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bill Shakespeare	HB	Notre Dame	Ind.
	1	4	Brooklyn Dodgers	Dick Crayne	FB	Iowa	Big Ten
	1	5	Chicago Cardinals	Jim Lawrence  †	WB	TCU	SWC
	1	6	Chicago Bears	Joe Stydahar ‡†	T	West Virginia	Ind.
	1	7	Green Bay Packers	Russ Letlow  †	OG	San Francisco	Ind.
	1	8	Detroit Lions	Sid Wagner	OG	Michigan State	Ind.
	1	9	New York Giants	Art Lewis	T	Ohio	Buckeye
	2	10	Philadelphia Eagles	McCauley, JohnJohn McCauley	B	Rice	SWC
	2	11	Boston Redskins	Keith Topping	E	Stanford	PCC
	2	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	Len Barnum	B	West Virginia Wesleyan	WVIAC
	2	13	Brooklyn Dodgers	LeVoir, BabeBabe LeVoir	B	Minnesota	Big Ten
	2	14	Chicago Bears	Ed Michaels	OG	Villanova	Ind.
	2	15	Chicago Cardinals	Gomer Jones	C	Ohio State	Big Ten
	2	16	Green Bay Packers	Wheeler, DubDub Wheeler	T	Oklahoma	Big Six
	2	17	Detroit Lions	Cheshire, ChuckChuck Cheshire	B	UCLA	PCC
	2	18	New York Giants	Tuffy Leemans ‡†	FB	George Washington	Ind.
	3	19	Philadelphia Eagles	Muller, WesWes Muller	C	Stanford	PCC
	3	20	Boston Redskins	Ed Smith	BB	NYU	Ind.
	3	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bobby Grayson	B	Stanford	PCC
	3	22	Brooklyn Dodgers	Wagner Jorgensen	C	St. Mary's (CA)	Ind.
	3	23	Chicago Cardinals	Eddie Erdelatz	E	St. Mary's (CA)	Ind.
	3	24	Chicago Bears	Roscoe, GeorgeGeorge Roscoe	B	Minnesota	Big Ten
	3	25	Green Bay Packers	Bernie Scherer	E	Nebraska	Big Six
	3	26	Detroit Lions	Andy Pilney	B	Notre Dame	Ind.
	3	27	New York Giants	Frank Loebs	E	Purdue	Big Ten
	4	28	Philadelphia Eagles	Bill Wallace	B	Rice	SWC
	4	29	Boston Redskins	Paul Tangora	OG	Northwestern	Big Ten
	4	30	Pittsburgh Pirates	Truman Spain	T	SMU	SWC
	4	31	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bear Bryant	E	Alabama	SEC
	4	32	Chicago Bears	Bob Allman	E	Michigan State	Ind.
	4	33	Chicago Cardinals	Ed Brett	E	Washington State	PCC
	4	34	Green Bay Packers	Ward, TheronTheron Ward	B	Idaho	PCC
	4	35	Detroit Lions	Sheldon Beise	B	Minnesota	Big Ten
	4	36	New York Giants	Gene Rose	E	Tennessee	SEC
	5	37	Philadelphia Eagles	Shuford, HarryHarry Shuford	B	SMU	SWC
	5	38	Boston Redskins	Groseclose, WilsonWilson Groseclose	T	TCU	SWC
	5	39	Pittsburgh Pirates	Sandefur, DickDick Sandefur	FB	Purdue	Big Ten
	5	40	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bob Wilson	TB	SMU	SWC
	5	41	Chicago Cardinals	Riordan, StanStan Riordan	E	Oregon	PCC
	5	42	Chicago Bears	Vern Oech	OG	Minnesota	Big Ten
	5	43	Green Bay Packers	Darrell Lester	C	TCU	SWC
	5	44	Detroit Lions	Francis, KavanaughKavanaugh Francis	C	Alabama	SEC
	5	45	New York Giants	Edward A. Jontos	OG	Syracuse	Ind.
	6	46	Philadelphia Eagles	Barabas, AlAl Barabas	B	Columbia	Ind.
	6	47	Boston Redskins	Larry Lutz	T	California	PCC
	6	48	Pittsburgh Pirates	Orr, MauriceMaurice Orr	T	SMU	SWC
	6	49	Brooklyn Dodgers	Joe 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	Bob Reynolds	T	Stanford	PCC
	6	53	Detroit Lions	Abe Mickal	B	LSU	SEC
	6	54	New York Giants	Durner, GusGus Durner	T	Duke	SoCon
	7	55	Philadelphia Eagles	Jac Weller	OG	Princeton	Ind.
	7	56	Boston Redskins	Don Irwin	FB	Colgate	Ind.
	7	57	Pittsburgh Pirates	Marty 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	Dick Smith	T	Minnesota	Big Ten
	7	61	Green Bay Packers	Wally Fromhart	B	Notre Dame	Ind.
	7	62	Detroit Lions	Charles Wasicek	T	Colgate	Ind.
	7	63	New York Giants	Peeples, BobBob Peeples	T	Marquette	Ind.
	8	64	Philadelphia Eagles	Pepper Constable	B	Princeton	Ind.
	8	65	Boston Redskins	Wayne Millner ‡	E	Notre Dame	Ind.
	8	66	Pittsburgh Pirates	Ed Karpowich	T	Catholic University	Ind.
	8	67	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bones Hamilton	B	Stanford	PCC
	8	68	Chicago Bears	Sylvester, JohnJohn Sylvester	E	Rice	SWC
	8	69	Chicago Cardinals	Ross Carter	OG	Oregon	PCC
	8	70	Green Bay Packers	Wally 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	Paul Pauk	B	Princeton	Ind.
	9	74	Boston Redskins	Saunders, MarcelMarcel Saunders	OG	Loyola (CA)	Ind.
	9	75	Pittsburgh Pirates	Meglen, JoeJoe Meglen	B	Georgetown	Ind.
	9	76	Brooklyn Dodgers	Jim Moscrip	E	Stanford	PCC
	9	77	Chicago Cardinals	Larsen, NielsNiels Larsen	T	Stanford	PCC
	9	78	Chicago Bears	Dan Fortmann ‡†	OG	Colgate	Ind.
	9	79	Green Bay Packers	J. C. Wetsel	OG	SMU	SWC
	9	80	Detroit Lions	Train, BobBob Train	E	Yale	Ind.
	9	81	New York Giants	Phil Flanagan	OG	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

†	= Pro Bowler [6]

Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
Chicago Bears	Ray Nolting	HB	Cincinnati	Buckeye
Philadelphia Eagles	David Smukler	FB	Temple	Ind.

Schools with multiple draft selections

Selections	Schools
7	Stanford
6	Minnesota
5	Notre Dame, SMU
3	Alabama, Colgate, Princeton, Rice, St. Mary's, TCU
2	Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon, Purdue, Washington State

References

1. "History: 1936 Draft". Pro Football Hall of Fame . Retrieved June 30, 2012.
2. "NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
3. 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.
4. "Chicago Bears Granted Option on Jay Berwanger". Milwaukee Journal . February 10, 1936. p. D4. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
5. "Outstanding Pro Linemen Coming Here With Eagles". Reading Eagle . October 29, 1936. p. 24. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
6. Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.
7. Players are identified as a Hall of Famer if they have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
8. "Heisman Trophy". Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
9. "List of 1960s Hall of Fame Inductees". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
10. "List of 1970s Hall of Fame Inductees". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2011.

External links

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