1937 NFL draft

1937 NFL draft
1937 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)	December 12, 1936
Location	Hotel Lincoln ; in New York City
Overview
	100 total selections in 10 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Sam Francis, RB; Philadelphia Eagles
Most selections (10)	each team selected ten players
Fewest selections (10)	each team selected ten players
Hall of Famers	2 QB Sammy Baugh ; QB Ace Parker ;
	← 1936 1938 →

Last updated February 21, 2025

The 1937 NFL draft was the second draft held by the National Football League (NFL). The draft took place December 12, 1936, at the Hotel Lincoln in New York City.^[1]^[2] The draft consisted of 10 rounds, with 100 player selections, two of which would later become members of the Professional Football Hall of Fame. Notable for this draft were the league's draft selections for a planned expansion team, the Cleveland Rams, who were admitted into the league prior to the 1937 season. The Philadelphia Eagles used the first overall pick to select back Sam Francis, but ended up trading him to Chicago Bears two months later.^[3]

Player selections

= Hall of Famer


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
1	1	Philadelphia Eagles	Sam Francis	B	Nebraska	Big Six
1	2	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ed Goddard	B	Washington State	PCC
1	3	Chicago Cardinals	Ray Buivid	QB	Marquette	Ind.
1	4	New York Giants	Ed Widseth	T	Minnesota	Big Ten
1	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	Mike Basrak	C	Duquesne	Ind.
1	6	Washington Redskins	Sammy Baugh ^‡	QB	TCU	SWC
1	7	Detroit Lions	Lloyd Cardwell	B	Nebraska	Big Six
1	8	Chicago Bears	Les McDonald	E	Nebraska	Big Six
1	9	Green Bay Packers	Eddie Jankowski	B	Wisconsin	Big Ten
1	10	Cleveland Rams	Johnny Drake	B	Purdue	Big Ten
2	11	Philadelphia Eagles	Franny Murray	B	Penn	Ind.
2	12	Chicago Cardinals	Gaynell Tinsley	E	LSU	SEC
2	13	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ace Parker ^‡	B	Duke	SoCon
2	14	New York Giants	Art White	B	Alabama	SEC
2	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bob Finley	OG	SMU	SWC
2	16	Washington Redskins	Nello Falaschi	C	Santa Clara	Ind.
2	17	Detroit Lions	Charley Hamrick	T	Ohio State	Big Ten
2	18	Chicago Bears	Marvin Stewart	B	LSU	SEC
2	19	Green Bay Packers	Ave Daniell	HB	Pittsburgh	Ind.
2	20	Cleveland Rams	Jules Alfonse	T	Minnesota	Big Ten
3	21	Philadelphia Eagles	Drew Ellis	T	TCU	SWC
3	22	Brooklyn Dodgers	Max Starcevich	B	Washington	PCC
3	23	Chicago Cardinals	Arthur Guepe	B	Marquette	Ind.
3	24	New York Giants	Jerry Dennerlein	C	St. Mary's (CA)	Ind.
3	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bill Breeden	E	Oklahoma	Big Six
3	26	Washington Redskins	Maurice Elder	B	Kansas State	Big Six
3	27	Detroit Lions	Vern Huffman	E	Indiana	Big Ten
3	28	Chicago Bears	Dick Plasman	B	Vanderbilt	SEC
3	29	Green Bay Packers	Bud Wilkinson	E	Minnesota	Big Ten
3	30	Cleveland Rams	Larue, BobbyBobby Larue	T	Pittsburgh	Ind.
4	31	Philadelphia Eagles	Walter Gilbert	B	Auburn	SEC
4	32	Chicago Cardinals	Bryan, BuckyBucky Bryan	OG	Tulane	SEC
4	33	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bill Kurlish	T	Penn	Ind.
4	34	New York Giants	Ward Cuff	E	Marquette	Ind.
4	35	Pittsburgh Pirates	Hewes, BoBo Hewes	E	Oklahoma	Big Six
4	36	Washington Redskins	Dick Bassi	E	Santa Clara	Ind.
4	37	Detroit Lions	Bill Glassford	B	Pittsburgh	Ind.
4	38	Chicago Bears	Henry Hammond	B	Southwestern (TN)	Dixie
4	39	Green Bay Packers	Bud Svendsen	E	Minnesota	Big Ten
5	40	Cleveland Rams	John Wiatrak	C	Washington	PCC
5	41	Philadelphia Eagles	Alex Drobnitch	B	Denver	N/A
5	42	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bert Johnson	T	Kentucky	SEC
5	43	Chicago Cardinals	Ham Harmon	C	Tulsa	MVC
5	44	New York Giants	Mickey Kobrosky	QB	Trinity (CT)	Ind.
5	45	Pittsburgh Pirates	Frye, JackJack Frye	E	Missouri	Big Six
5	46	Washington Redskins	Chuck Bond	T	Washington	PCC
5	47	Detroit Lions	Maury Patt	C	Carnegie Tech	Ind.
5	48	Chicago Bears	Red Conkright	C	Oklahoma	Big Six
5	49	Green Bay Packers	Gibson, DewittDewitt Gibson	OG	Northwestern	Big Ten
5	50	Cleveland Rams	Inwood Smith	T	Ohio State	Big Ten
6	51	Philadelphia Eagles	Bill Guckeyson	B	Maryland	SoCon
6	52	Chicago Cardinals	Dickens, PhilPhil Dickens	T	Tennessee	SEC
6	53	Brooklyn Dodgers	John Golemgeske	T	Wisconsin	Big Ten
6	54	New York Giants	Farley, JimJim Farley	B	VMI	SoCon
6	55	Pittsburgh Pirates	Roach, WaltWalt Roach	B	TCU	SWC
6	56	Washington Redskins	Jimmie Cain	E	Washington	PCC
6	57	Detroit Lions	Bell, GeorgeGeorge Bell	T	Purdue	Big Ten
6	58	Chicago Bears	Del Bjork	B	Oregon	PCC
6	59	Green Bay Packers	Merle Wendt	T	Ohio State	Big Ten
6	60	Cleveland Rams	Del Sasso, ChrisChris Del Sasso	T	Indiana	Big Ten
7	61	Philadelphia Eagles	Herb Barna	OG	West Virginia	Ind.
7	62	Brooklyn Dodgers	Funk, FredFred Funk	B	UCLA	PCC
7	63	Chicago Cardinals	Dickerson, HermHerm Dickerson	E	VPI	SoCon
7	64	New York Giants	Buster Poole	E	Ole Miss	SEC
7	65	Pittsburgh Pirates	Byron Haines	B	Washington	PCC
7	66	Washington Redskins	Holland, RollaRolla Holland	OG	Kansas State	Big Six
7	67	Detroit Lions	Sprague, JohnJohn Sprague	B	SMU	SWC
7	68	Chicago Bears	Friedman, BuckBuck Friedman	T	Rice	SWC
7	69	Green Bay Packers	Baldwin, MarvMarv Baldwin	T	TCU	SWC
7	70	Cleveland Rams	Schoen, NormNorm Schoen	T	Baldwin–Wallace	N/A
8	71	Philadelphia Eagles	Hennon, NestorNestor Hennon	B	Carnegie Tech	Ind.
8	72	Chicago Cardinals	Reynolds, JohnJohn Reynolds	C	Baylor	SWC
8	73	Brooklyn Dodgers	Steve Reid	T	Northwestern	Big Ten
8	74	New York Giants	Meyers, GeneGene Meyers	B	Kentucky	SEC
8	75	Pittsburgh Pirates	Kordick, MartyMarty Kordick	E	St. Mary's (CA)	Ind.
8	76	Washington Redskins	Joel Eaves	E	Auburn	SEC
8	77	Detroit Lions	Sayre, ElvinElvin Sayre	B	Illinois	Big Ten
8	78	Chicago Bears	Toth, SteveSteve Toth	C	Northwestern	Big Ten
8	79	Green Bay Packers	Chapman, LesLes Chapman	B	Tulsa	MVC
8	80	Cleveland Rams	Schmarr, HermHerm Schmarr	T	Catholic University	Ind.
9	81	Philadelphia Eagles	Fanning, PaulPaul Fanning	B	Kansas State	Big Six
9	82	Brooklyn Dodgers	Nowogrowski, EdEd Nowogrowski	B	Washington	PCC
9	83	Chicago Cardinals	Dwight Hafeli	B	Washington University	MVC
9	84	New York Giants	Scheyer, DwightDwight Scheyer	E	Washington State	PCC
9	85	Pittsburgh Pirates	Matt Patanelli	T	Michigan	Big Ten
9	86	Washington Redskins	Bill Docherty	OG	Temple	Ind.
9	87	Detroit Lions	Larry Kelley	E	Yale	Ind.	1936 Heisman Trophy winner^[4]
9	88	Chicago Bears	Guepe, AlAl Guepe	E	Marquette	Ind.
9	89	Green Bay Packers	Dahlgren, GordonGordon Dahlgren	OG	Michigan State	Ind.
9	90	Cleveland Rams	Ray Johnson	T	Denver	N/A
10	91	Philadelphia Eagles	Antil, RayRay Antil	B	Minnesota	Big Ten
10	92	Chicago Cardinals	Fitzsimmons, MiddletonMiddleton Fitzsimmons	OG	Georgia Tech	SEC
10	93	Brooklyn Dodgers	Gil Kuhn	B	USC	PCC
10	94	New York Giants	Chuck Gelatka	E	Mississippi State	SEC
10	95	Pittsburgh Pirates	Nevers, StanStan Nevers	T	Kentucky	SEC
10	96	Washington Redskins	Mac Cara	OG	NC State	SoCon
10	97	Detroit Lions	Kay Bell	OG	Washington State	PCC
10	98	Chicago Bears	Wade, RedRed Wade	E	Utah State	RMAC
10	99	Green Bay Packers	Gavin, DaveDave Gavin	OG	Holy Cross	Ind.
10	100	Cleveland Rams	Holt, SolonSolon Holt	T	TCU	SWC

Hall of Famers

Sammy Baugh, quarterback from Texas Christian University taken 1st Round 6th Overall by the Boston Redskins.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1963.^[5]

Clarence “Ace” Parker, back from Duke University taken 2nd Round 13th Overall by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1972.^[6]

Notable undrafted players

= Pro Bowler ^[7]


Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
Chicago Bears	George Wilson ^†	E	Northwestern	Big Ten
Cleveland Rams	Chuck Cherundolo	C/LB	Penn State	Ind.
New York Giants	Hank Soar	HB/LB	Providence	Ind.
New York Giants	Bill Walls	E	TCU	SWC
Philadelphia Eagles	Rabbit Keen	HB/QB	Arkansas	SWC

References

↑ "NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
↑ 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.
↑ Lyons, Robert S. (2010). On Any Given Sunday, A Life of Bert Bell. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-59213-731-2.
↑ "Heisman Trophy". Archived from the original on August 7, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
↑ ^{"Pro Football Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2008.}
↑ ^{"Pro Football Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2008.}
↑ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.

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[1] "NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.

[2] 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.

[3] Lyons, Robert S. (2010). On Any Given Sunday, A Life of Bert Bell. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-59213-731-2.

[Heisman-4] "Heisman Trophy". Archived from the original on August 7, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2008.

[5] {"Pro Football Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2008.}

[6] {"Pro Football Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2008.}

[Pro_Bowler_note-7] Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.

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v t e 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