1938 NFL draft

1938 NFL draft
1938 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)	December 12, 1937
Location	Sherman House Hotel,; in Chicago, IL
Overview
	110 total selections in 12 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Corbett Davis, FB; Cleveland Rams
Most selections (12)	Brooklyn Dodgers,; Chicago Cardinals,; Cleveland Rams,; Philadelphia Eagles,; Pittsburgh Pirates
Fewest selections (10)	Chicago Bears ; Detroit Lions ; Green Bay Packers ; New York Giants ; Washington Redskins
Hall of Famers	2 C Alex Wojciechowicz ; OT Frank Kinard ;
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Last updated April 06, 2024

The 1938 NFL draft was held on December 12, 1937, at the Sherman House Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.^[1]^[2] The draft consisted of 12 rounds and 110 player selections. It began with the Cleveland Rams using the first overall pick of the draft to select Corbett Davis.

Player selections

Round one


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
1	1	Cleveland Rams	Corbett Davis	RB	Indiana	Big Ten
1	2	Philadelphia Eagles	James Allen McDonald	B	Ohio State	Big Ten
1	3	Brooklyn Dodgers	Boyd Brumbaugh	B	Duquesne	Ind.
1	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	Byron "Whizzer" White	B	Colorado	RMAC
1	5	Chicago Cardinals	Jack Robbins	B	Arkansas	N/A
1	6	Detroit Lions	Alex Wojciechowicz ^‡	C	Fordham	Ind.
1	7	Green Bay Packers	Cecil Isbell	B	Purdue	Big Ten
1	8	New York Giants	George Karamatic	B	Gonzaga	Ind.
1	9	Washington Redskins	Andy Farkas	B	Detroit	N/A
1	10	Chicago Bears	Joe Gray	B	Oregon State	PCC

Round two


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
2	11	Cleveland Rams	Jim Benton	E	Arkansas	SWC
2	12	Philadelphia Eagles	Dick Riffle	B	Albright	Ind.
2	13	Brooklyn Dodgers	Joe Kilgrow	B	Alabama	SEC
2	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	Frank Filchock	B	Indiana	Big Ten
2	15	Chicago Cardinals	Milt Popovich	B	Montana	PCC

Round three


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
3	16	Cleveland Rams	Joe Routt	OG	Texas A&M	SWC
3	17	Philadelphia Eagles	Joe Bukant	B	Washington University	MVC
3	18	Brooklyn Dodgers	Frank Kinard ^‡	T	Ole Miss	SEC
3	19	Pittsburgh Pirates	Hugh Wolfe	B	Texas	SWC
3	20	Chicago Cardinals	Frank Patrick	B	Pittsburgh	Ind.
3	21	Detroit Lions	Smith, PetePete Smith	E	Oklahoma	MVIAA
3	22	Green Bay Packers	Schreyer, MartyMarty Schreyer	T	Purdue	Big Ten
3	23	New York Giants	Fred Vanzo	B	Northwestern	Big Ten
3	24	Washington Redskins	Sam Chapman	B	California	PCC
3	25	Chicago Bears	Gary Famiglietti	B	Boston University	Ind.

Round four


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
4	26	Cleveland Rams	Vic Markov	T	Washington	PCC
4	27	Philadelphia Eagles	Meek, JohnJohn Meek	B	California	PCC
4	28	Brooklyn Dodgers	Moore, GeneGene Moore	C	Colorado	RMAC
4	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	Tony Matisi	T	Pittsburgh	Ind.
4	30	Chicago Cardinals	Bob Herwig	C	California	PCC

Round five


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
5	31	Cleveland Rams	Ed Franco	OG	Fordham	Ind.
5	32	Philadelphia Eagles	Fred Shirey	T	Nebraska	MVIAA
5	33	Brooklyn Dodgers	Merlin, EdEd Merlin	OG	Vanderbilt	SEC
5	34	Pittsburgh Pirates	Lou Midler	T	Minnesota	Big Ten
5	35	Chicago Cardinals	Al Babartsky	T	Fordham	Ind.
5	36	Detroit Lions	Andy Bershak	E	North Carolina	SoCon
5	37	Green Bay Packers	Chuck Sweeney	E	Notre Dame	Ind.
5	38	New York Giants	Konemann, MarionMarion Konemann	B	Georgia Tech	SEC
5	39	Washington Redskins	Price, DaveDave Price	C	Mississippi State	SEC
5	40	Chicago Bears	Gust Zarnas	OG	Ohio State	Big Ten

Round six


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
6	41	Cleveland Rams	Ray Hamilton	OG	Arkansas	SWC
6	42	Philadelphia Eagles	Herschel Ramsey	E	Texas Tech	Border
6	43	Brooklyn Dodgers	Perry Schwartz	E	California	PCC
6	44	Pittsburgh Pirates	George Platukis	E	Duquesne	Ind.
6	45	Chicago Cardinals	Brunansky, JoeJoe Brunansky	T	Duke	SoCon
6	46	Detroit Lions	Schleckman, KarlKarl Schleckman	T	Utah	RMAC
6	47	Green Bay Packers	Andy Uram	B	Minnesota	Big Ten
6	48	New York Giants	Frank Souchak	E	Pittsburgh	Ind.
6	49	Washington Redskins	Dohrmann, ElmerElmer Dohrmann	E	Nebraska	MVIAA
6	50	Chicago Bears	Bob Masterson	E	Miami (FL)	SIAA

Round seven


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
7	51	Cleveland Rams	Marcel Chesbro	OG	Colgate	Ind.
7	52	Philadelphia Eagles	Bob Lannon	E	Iowa	Big Ten
7	53	Brooklyn Dodgers	Leroy Monsky	OG	Alabama	SEC
7	54	Pittsburgh Pirates	King, RayRay King	E	Minnesota	Big Ten
7	55	Chicago Cardinals	Cherry, EdEd Cherry	B	Hardin–Simmons	Ind.
7	56	Detroit Lions	Paul Szakash	E	Montana	PCC
7	57	Green Bay Packers	Johnny Kovatch	E	Northwestern	Big Ten
7	58	New York Giants	Moan, KellyKelly Moan	HB	West Virginia	Ind.
7	59	Washington Redskins	Roy Young	OG	Texas A&M	SWC
7	60	Chicago Bears	Ramsey, FrankFrank Ramsey	T	Oregon State	PCC

Round eight


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
8	61	Cleveland Rams	Walter Mayberry	B	Florida	SEC
8	62	Philadelphia Eagles	Clem Woltman	OG	Purdue	Big Ten
8	63	Brooklyn Dodgers	Noyes, LenLen Noyes	OG	Montana	PCC
8	64	Pittsburgh Pirates	Tom Burnette	HB	North Carolina	SoCon
8	65	Chicago Cardinals	Lavington, LeonLeon Lavington	E	Colorado	RMAC
8	66	Detroit Lions	Richard Nardi	HB	Ohio State	Big Ten
8	67	Green Bay Packers	Phil Ragazzo	OG	Western Reserve	Ind.
8	68	New York Giants	Ted Doyle	B	Nebraska	MVIAA
8	69	Washington Redskins	Bill Hartman	FB	Georgia	SEC
8	70	Chicago Bears	Sims, FletcherFletcher Sims	B	Georgia Tech	SEC

Round nine


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
9	71	Cleveland Rams	Ream, CharlesCharles Ream	E	Ohio State	Big Ten
9	72	Philadelphia Eagles	Elmer Kolberg	B	Oregon State	PCC
9	73	Brooklyn Dodgers	Stringham, JohnJohn Stringham	B	BYU	RMAC
9	74	Pittsburgh Pirates	Paul McDonough	E	Utah	RMAC
9	75	Chicago Cardinals	Phil Dougherty	C	Santa Clara	Ind.
9	76	Detroit Lions	Jim Sirtoskty	OG	Indiana	Big Ten
9	77	Green Bay Packers	John Howell	HB	Nebraska	MVIAA
9	78	New York Giants	John Mellus	T	Villanova	Ind.
9	79	Washington Redskins	Ed Parks	C	Oklahoma	MVIAA
9	80	Chicago Bears	Schwarz, AlexAlex Schwarz	T	San Francisco	Ind.

Round ten


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
10	81	Cleveland Rams	Joe Maras	C	Duquesne	Ind.
10	82	Philadelphia Eagles	Emmett Kriel	OG	Baylor	SWC
10	83	Brooklyn Dodgers	Jim Sivell	OG	Auburn	SEC
10	84	Pittsburgh Pirates	McCarty, PatPat McCarty	C	Notre Dame	Ind.
10	85	Chicago Cardinals	Dwight Sloan	FB	Arkansas	SWC
10	86	Detroit Lions	Wolf, RalphRalph Wolf	C	Ohio State	Big Ten
10	87	Green Bay Packers	Barnhart, FrankFrank Barnhart	OG	Colorado State–Greeley	RMAC
10	88	New York Giants	Grimstead, BobBob Grimstead	T	Washington State	PCC
10	89	Washington Redskins	Abbott, JackJack Abbott	B	Elon	North State
10	90	Chicago Bears	Weger, JohnJohn Weger	T	Butler	IIC

Round eleven

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
91	Cleveland Rams	Al Hoptowit	Guard	Washington State
92	Philadelphia Eagles	Carl Hinkle	Center	Vanderbilt
93	Brooklyn Dodgers	Johnny Druze	End	Fordham
94	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bill Krause	Guard	Baldwin Wallace
95	Chicago Cardinals	Bob Kenderdine	End	Indiana
96	Detroit Lions	Clarence Douglass	Back	Kansas
97	Green Bay Packers	Pete Tinsley	Back	Georgia
98	New York Giants	Doug Oldershaw	End	Santa Barbara State
99	Washington Redskins	Dick Johnston	End	Washington
100	Chicago Bears	Ray Mickovsky	Back	Case Western Reserve

Round twelve

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
101	Cleveland Rams	Vic Spadaccini	Halfback	Minnesota
102	Philadelphia Eagles	John Michelosen	Back	Pittsburgh
103	Brooklyn Dodgers	Lou Mark	Back	NC State
104	Pittsburgh Pirates	Joe Kuharich	Guard	Notre Dame
105	Chicago Cardinals	Bob Mautner	Center	Holy Cross
106	Detroit Lions	Clint Frank ^[3]	Halfback	Yale
107	Green Bay Packers	Tony Falkenstein	Back	St. Mary's (CA)
108	New York Giants	Elmore Hackney	Fullback	Duke
109	Washington Redskins	Henry "Hank" Bartos	Guard	North Carolina
110	Chicago Bears	Fred Dreher	End	Denver

Hall of Famers

Alex Wojciechowicz, center from Fordham, taken 1st round 6th overall by the Detroit Lions.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1968.^[4]

Frank “Bruiser” Kinard, offensive tackle from Ole Miss, taken 3rd round 18th overall by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1971.^[5]

Notable undrafted players

= Pro Bowler ^[6]


Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
Green Bay Packers	Carl Mulleneaux	E	Utah State	RMAC
Green Bay Packers	Baby Ray ^†	T	Vanderbilt	SEC
New York Giants	Enio Conti ^†	OG	Fordham	Ind.
New York Giants	Frank Cope ^†	T	Santa Clara	Ind.
Washington Redskins	Willie Wilkin ^†	OT	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind.

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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.
↑ Clinton Frank, 1937 Heisman Trophy winner ^{"Heisman Trophy". Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2012.}
↑ ^{"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.

External links

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databaseFootball.com – 1938 Draft
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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.

[Heisman_note-3] Clinton Frank, 1937 Heisman Trophy winner ^{"Heisman Trophy". Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2012.}

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

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

[Pro_Bowler_note-6] 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