1939 NFL draft

1939 NFL draft
New Yorker Hotel (location of the draft), photographed in 2006
General information
Date(s)	December 9, 1938
Location	New Yorker Hotel in New York City, NY
Overview
200 total selections in 22 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Ki Aldrich, C Chicago Cardinals
Most selections (23)	Brooklyn Dodgers
Fewest selections (18)	Pittsburgh Pirates
Hall of Famers	1 QB Sid Luckman
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The 1939 NFL draft was held on December 9, 1938, at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City, New York. ^{[1] [2]} With the first overall pick of the draft, the Chicago Cardinals selected center Ki Aldrich.

Player selections

= Hall of Famer

	Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
	{{{round}}}	{{{picknum}}}
	1	2	Chicago Bears	Sid Luckman ‡	QB	Columbia	Ind.	From Pittsburgh
	1	3	Cleveland Rams	Parker Hall	RB	Ole Miss	SEC
	1	4	Philadelphia Eagles	Davey O'Brien	QB	TCU	SWC	1938 Heisman Trophy winner
	1	5	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bob MacLeod	B	Dartmouth	Ind.
	1	6	Chicago Bears	Bill Osmanski	B	Holy Cross	Ind.
	1	7	Detroit Lions	John Pingel	B	Michigan State	Ind.
	1	8	Washington Redskins	I. B. Hale	T	TCU	SWC
	1	9	Green Bay Packers	Larry Buhler	B	Minnesota	Big Ten
	1	10	New York Giants	Walt Nielsen	B	Arizona	BIAA
	2	11	Brooklyn Dodgers	Pug Manders	FB	Drake	MVC	from Pittsburgh
	2	12	Chicago Cardinals	Marshall Goldberg	HB	Pittsburgh	Ind.
	2	13	Cleveland Rams	Gaylon Smith	FB	Southwestern (TN)	Dixie
	2	14	Philadelphia Eagles	Charles Newton	B	Washington	PCC
	2	15	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bob Haak	T	Indiana	Big Ten
	3	16	Chicago Cardinals	Alvord Wolff	T	Santa Clara	Ind.
	3	17	Pittsburgh Pirates	Billy Patterson	TB	Baylor	SWC
	3	18	Cleveland Rams	Elmer Tarbox	B	Texas Tech	Border
	3	19	Philadelphia Eagles	Joe Mihal  †	T	Purdue	Big Ten
	3	20	Brooklyn Dodgers	Waddy Young	TE	Oklahoma	Big Six
	3	21	Chicago Bears	John Wysocki	E	Villanova	Ind.
	3	22	Detroit Lions	Howard Weiss	FB	Wisconsin	Big Ten
	3	23	Washington Redskins	Charlie Holm	B	Alabama	SEC
	3	24	Green Bay Packers	Charley Brock  †	C	Nebraska	Big Six
	3	25	New York Giants	John Chickerneo	BB	Pittsburgh	Ind.
	4	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	Hugh McCullough	DB	Oklahoma	Big Six
	4	27	Chicago Cardinals	Stebbins, HalHal Stebbins	B	Pittsburgh	Ind.
	4	28	Cleveland Rams	Wally Garard	T	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind.
	4	29	Philadelphia Eagles	Billy Dewell	E	SMU	SWC
	4	30	Brooklyn Dodgers	Vic Bottari	B	California	PCC
	5	31	Chicago Cardinals	Bill Daddio	E	Pittsburgh	Ind.
	5	32	Pittsburgh Pirates	Ernie Wheeler	B	North Dakota Agricultural	NCC
	5	33	Cleveland Rams	Eddie Gatto	T	LSU	SEC
	5	34	Philadelphia Eagles	Zed Coston	G	Texas A&M	SWC
	5	35	Brooklyn Dodgers	Kinnison, JackJack Kinnison	C	Missouri	Big Six
	5	36	Chicago Bears	Joe Delaney	T	Holy Cross	Ind.
	5	37	Detroit Lions	Steve Maronic	T	North Carolina	SoCon
	5	38	Washington Redskins	Dick Todd	B	Texas A&M	SWC
	5	39	Green Bay Packers	Lynn Hovland	G	Wisconsin	Big Ten
	5	40	New York Giants	Willis, DonDon Willis	B	Clemson	SoCon
	6	41	Pittsburgh Pirates	Sam Boyd	QB	Baylor	SWC
	6	42	Chicago Cardinals	George Faust	B	Minnesota	Big Ten
	6	43	Cleveland Rams	Barney McGarry	T	Utah	MSC
	6	44	Philadelphia Eagles	Jake Schuehle	B	Rice	SWC
	6	45	Brooklyn Dodgers	Len Janiak	B	Ohio	Buckeye
	6	46	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ed Beinor	T	Notre Dame	Ind.
	6	47	Detroit Lions	Wendlick, JoeJoe Wendlick	E	Oregon State	PCC
	6	48	Washington Redskins	Anderson, DaveDave Anderson	B	California	N/A
	6	49	Green Bay Packers	Larry Craig	E	South Carolina	SoCon
	6	50	New York Giants	Ginney, JerryJerry Ginney	G	Santa Clara	Ind.
	7	51	Chicago Cardinals	Dwyer, BillBill Dwyer	B	New Mexico	Border
	7	52	Pittsburgh Pirates	Palumbo, EddieEddie Palumbo	B	Detroit	N/A
	7	53	Cleveland Rams	Dowd, JerryJerry Dowd	C	Saint Mary's	Ind.
	7	54	Philadelphia Eagles	Tony Ippolito	B	Purdue	Big Ten
	7	55	Brooklyn Dodgers	Alex Schoenbaum	T	Ohio State	Big Ten
	7	56	Chicago Bears	Heileman, CharlieCharlie Heileman	E	Iowa State	Big Six
	7	57	Detroit Lions	Darrell Tully	B	East Texas State	LSC
	7	58	Washington Redskins	Lumpkin, QuintonQuinton Lumpkin	C	Georgia	SEC
	7	59	Green Bay Packers	Frank Twedell	T	Minnesota	Big Ten
	7	60	New York Giants	Woodell, LloydLloyd Woodell	C	Arkansas	SWC
	8	61	Pittsburgh Pirates	Nelson, OleOle Nelson	E	Michigan State	Ind.
	8	62	Chicago Cardinals	Hinkebein, ShermSherm Hinkebein	C	Kentucky	SEC
	8	63	Cleveland Rams	Brunner, BroncoBronco Brunner	B	Tulane	SEC
	8	64	Philadelphia Eagles	George Somers	T	La Salle	Ind.
	8	65	Brooklyn Dodgers	Dan Hill	C	Duke	SoCon
	8	66	Chicago Bears	Dannies, BobBob Dannies	C	Pittsburgh	Ind.
	8	67	Detroit Lions	Trzuskowski, DickDick Trzuskowski	T	Idaho	PCC
	8	68	Washington Redskins	Bo Russell	T	Auburn	SEC
	8	69	Green Bay Packers	Paul Kell	T	Notre Dame	Ind.
	8	70	New York Giants	Zagar, PetePete Zagar	T	Stanford	PCC
	9	71	Chicago Cardinals	Earl Brown	E	Notre Dame	Ind.
	9	72	Pittsburgh Pirates	Steve Petro	G	Pittsburgh	Ind.
	9	73	Cleveland Rams	Bostick, LewLew Bostick	G	Alabama	SEC
	9	74	Philadelphia Eagles	Rankin Britt	E	Texas A&M	SWC
	9	75	Brooklyn Dodgers	Kline, ForrestForrest Kline	G	TCU	SWC
	9	76	Chicago Bears	Ray Bray	G	Western State Teachers (MI)	Ind.
	9	77	Detroit Lions	Bill Callihan	B	Nebraska	Big Six
	9	78	Washington Redskins	Wilbur Moore	B	Minnesota	Big Ten
	9	79	Green Bay Packers	Johnny Hall	B	TCU	SWC
	9	80	New York Giants	Mills, BobBob Mills	T	Nebraska	Big Six
	10	81	Pittsburgh Pirates	Jack Lee	B	Carnegie Tech	Ind.
	10	82	Chicago Cardinals	Earl Crowder	QB	Oklahoma	Big Six
	10	83	Cleveland Rams	Petrick, FrankFrank Petrick	E	Indiana	Big Ten
	10	84	Philadelphia Eagles	Bill McKeever	T	Cornell	Ind.
	10	85	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bradley, KimbleKimble Bradley	B	Ole Miss	SEC
	10	86	Chicago Bears	Wood, WaltWalt Wood	B	Tennessee	SEC
	10	87	Detroit Lions	Raymond George	T	USC	PCC
	10	88	Washington Redskins	Jimmy Johnston	B	Washington	PCC
	10	89	Green Bay Packers	Vince Gavre	B	Wisconsin	Big Ten
	10	90	New York Giants	Roberts, TomTom Roberts	T	DePaul	—
	11	91	Chicago Cardinals	Bowden Wyatt	E	Tennessee	SEC
	11	92	Pittsburgh Pirates	Lou Tomasetti	B	Bucknell	Ind.
	11	93	Cleveland Rams	Roth, SidSid Roth	G	Cornell	Ind.
	11	94	Philadelphia Eagles	Paul Humphrey	C	Purdue	Big Ten
	11	95	Brooklyn Dodgers	Lenc, GeorgeGeorge Lenc	E	Augustana (IL)	N/A
	11	96	Chicago Bears	Braga, AlAl Braga	B	San Francisco	Ind.
	11	97	Detroit Lions	Tony Calvelli	C	Stanford	PCC
	11	98	Washington Redskins	Jim German	B	Centre	SIAA
	11	99	Green Bay Packers	Sprague, CharleyCharley Sprague	E	SMU	SWC
	11	100	New York Giants	Miller, MerlMerl Miller	B	Washington	PCC
	12	101	Pittsburgh Pirates	Denny Cochran	B	Saint Louis	N/A
	12	102	Chicago Cardinals	Jim Thomas	G	Oklahoma	Big Six
	12	103	Cleveland Rams	Chet Adams	T	Ohio	Buckeye
	12	104	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ralph Heikkinen	G	Michigan	Big Ten
	12	106	Chicago Bears	Roise, HalHal Roise	B	Idaho	PCC
	12	107	Detroit Lions	Coughlan, JimJim Coughlan	E	Santa Clara	Ind.
	12	108	Washington Redskins	O'Mara, BobBob O'Mara	B	Duke	SoCon
	12	109	Brooklyn Dodgers	Kaplanoff, CarlCarl Kaplanoff	T	Ohio State	Big Ten
	12	110	New York Giants	Schroeder, BrunoBruno Schroeder	E	Texas A&M	SWC
	13	111	Chicago Cardinals	Andy Sabados	G	The Citadel	SoCon
	13	112	Pittsburgh Pirates	Fabian Hoffman	E	Pittsburgh	Ind.
	13	113	Cleveland Rams	Joel Hitt	E	Mississippi College	—
	13	114	Philadelphia Eagles	Allie White	T	TCU	SWC
	13	115	Brooklyn Dodgers	Gembis, GeorgeGeorge Gembis	B	Wayne (MI)	Ind.
	13	116	Chicago Bears	Ed Bock	G	Iowa State	Big Six
	13	117	Detroit Lions	Hutchins, PrescottPrescott Hutchins	G	Oregon State	PCC
	13	118	Washington Redskins	Steve Slivinski	G	Washington	PCC
	13	119	Green Bay Packers	Dan Elmer	C	Minnesota	Big Ten
	13	120	New York Giants	Allis, SamSam Allis	B	Centenary	N/A
	14	121	Pittsburgh Pirates	Ed Clary	B	South Carolina	SoCon
	14	122	Chicago Cardinals	Miatovich, BlaseBlase Miatovich	T	San Francisco	Ind.
	14	123	Cleveland Rams	Ryland, JohnJohn Ryland	C	UCLA	PCC
	14	124	Philadelphia Eagles	Aleskus, JoeJoe Aleskus	T	Ohio State	Big Ten
	14	125	Brooklyn Dodgers	Carnelly, RayRay Carnelly	B	Carnegie Tech	Ind.
	14	126	Chicago Bears	Anton Stolfa	B	Luther	N/A
	14	127	Detroit Lions	Means, ArtArt Means	G	Washington	PCC
	14	128	Washington Redskins	Bob Hoffman	B	USC	PCC	College junior; returned to USC
	14	129	Green Bay Packers	Badgett, BillBill Badgett	T	Georgia	SEC
	14	130	New York Giants	Watson, GeorgeGeorge Watson	B	North Carolina	SoCon
	15	131	Chicago Cardinals	Clarke, RussRuss Clarke	G	Santa Clara	Ind.
	15	132	Pittsburgh Pirates	John Tosi	C	Niagara	N/A
	15	133	Cleveland Rams	Ben Friend	T	LSU	SEC
	15	134	Philadelphia Eagles	Foster Watkins	B	West Texas State	Ind.
	15	135	Brooklyn Dodgers	Trunzo, LouLou Trunzo	G	Wake Forest	SoCon
	15	136	Chicago Bears	Bob Voigts	T	Northwestern	Big Ten
	15	137	Detroit Lions	Hodge, GeneGene Hodge	E	East Texas State	LSC
	15	138	Washington Redskins	Eric Tipton	B	Duke	SoCon
	15	139	Green Bay Packers	Tom Greenfield	C	Arizona	BIAA
	15	140	New York Giants	Duggan, GilGil Duggan	T	Oklahoma	Big Six
	16	141	Pittsburgh Pirates	Lezouski, AlAl Lezouski	G	Pittsburgh	Ind.
	16	142	Chicago Cardinals	Goins, GusGus Goins	E	Clemson	SoCon
	16	143	Cleveland Rams	Reupke, GordonGordon Reupke	B	Iowa State	Big Six
	16	144	Philadelphia Eagles	Irv Hall	B	Brown	N/A
	16	145	Brooklyn Dodgers	Gross, CharleyCharley Gross	G	Bradley	Illinois
	16	146	Chicago Bears	Armstrong, KenKen Armstrong	T	Tarkio	MCAU
	16	147	Detroit Lions	Lazetich, BillBill Lazetich		Montana	PCC
	16	148	Washington Redskins	Dick Farman	T	Washington State	PCC
	16	149	Green Bay Packers	Bellin, RoyRoy Bellin	B	Wisconsin	Big Ten
	16	150	New York Giants	Panish, TedTed Panish	B	Bradley	Illinois
	17	151	Chicago Cardinals	Ev Elkins	B	Marshall	WVIAC
	17	152	Pittsburgh Pirates	Longhi, EdEd Longhi	C	Notre Dame	Ind.
	17	153	Cleveland Rams	Perrie, MikeMike Perrie	B	St. Mary's (CA)	Ind.
	17	154	Philadelphia Eagles	Riddell, BobBob Riddell	E	South Dakota State	NCC
	17	155	Brooklyn Dodgers	John Siegal	E	Columbia	Ind.
	17	156	Chicago Bears	Masters, RaphaelRaphael Masters	E	Newberry	Ind. (Div. II)
	17	157	Detroit Lions	Neihaus, RalphRalph Neihaus	T	Dayton	Buckeye
	17	158	Washington Redskins	Clyde Shugart	T	Iowa State	Big Six
	17	159	Green Bay Packers	Yerby, JohnJohn Yerby	E	Oregon	PCC
	17	160	New York Giants	Jack Sanders	T	SMU	SWC
	18	161	Pittsburgh Pirates	Shirk, DaveDave Shirk	E	Kansas	Big Six
	18	162	Chicago Cardinals	Frank Huffman	E	Marshall	WVIAC
	18	163	Cleveland Rams	Alex Atty	G	West Virginia	Ind.
	18	164	Philadelphia Eagles	Charlie Gainor	E	North Dakota	NCC
	18	165	Brooklyn Dodgers	Morin, PaulPaul Morin	T	Iowa State	Big Six
	18	166	Chicago Bears	Solly Sherman	B	Chicago	Big Ten
	18	167	Detroit Lions	Niemant, DutchDutch Niemant	B	New Mexico	Border
	18	168	Washington Redskins	Boyd Morgan	B	USC	PCC
	18	169	Green Bay Packers	Frank Balasz	B	Iowa	Big Ten
	18	170	New York Giants	Dolman, WillWill Dolman	E	California	N/A
	19	171	Chicago Cardinals	Mike Kochel	G	Fordham	Ind.
	19	172	Pittsburgh Pirates	Peters, FrankFrank Peters	E	Washington	PCC
	19	173	Cleveland Rams	Lane, BillBill Lane	B	Bucknell	Ind.
	19	174	Philadelphia Eagles	White, MorrisMorris White	B	Tulsa	MVC
	19	175	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ferrell Anderson	G	Kansas	Big Six
	19	176	Chicago Bears	Ed Simonich	B	Notre Dame	Ind.
	19	177	Detroit Lions	Tony Tonelli	G	USC	PCC
	19	178	Washington Redskins	Smith, PhilPhil Smith	T	St. Benedict's	N/A
	19	179	Green Bay Packers	John Brennan	G	Michigan	Big Ten
	19	180	New York Giants	Paulman, BillBill Paulman	B	Stanford	PCC
	20	181	Pittsburgh Pirates	Sheldrake, TomTom Sheldrake	E	Washington	PCC
	20	182	Chicago Cardinals	Rice, TomTom Rice	T	San Francisco	Ind.
	20	183	Cleveland Rams	Graham, PaulPaul Graham	B	Indiana	Big Ten
	20	184	Philadelphia Eagles	Gormley, DickDick Gormley	C	LSU	SEC
	20	185	Brooklyn Dodgers	Popp, TonyTony Popp	E	Toledo	OAC
	20	186	Chicago Bears	Vogeler, GeorgeGeorge Vogeler	C	Oklahoma A&M	MVC
	20	187	Detroit Lions	McDonald, JimJim McDonald	C	Illinois	Big Ten
	20	188	Washington Redskins	Coop, PaulPaul Coop	T	Centre	SIAA
	20	189	Green Bay Packers	Charles Schultz	T	Minnesota	Big Ten
	20	190	New York Giants	Smith, LyleLyle Smith	G	Tulane	SEC
	21	191	Chicago Bears	Aldo Forte	T	Montana	PCC
	21	192	Detroit Lions	Waters, MerrillMerrill Waters	E	BYU	MSC
	21	193	Detroit Lions	Kuber, MattMatt Kuber	G	Villanova	Ind.
	21	194	Green Bay Packers	Hofer, WillardWillard Hofer	B	Notre Dame	Ind.
	21	195	New York Giants	Mario Tonelli	B	Notre Dame	Ind.
	22	196	Chicago Bears	Kircher, EverettEverett Kircher	B	Iowa State	Big Six
	22	197	Detroit Lions	Howe, AlAl Howe	T	Xavier	N/A
	22	198	Washington Redskins	Cruver, AlAl Cruver	B	Washington State	PCC
	22	199	Green Bay Packers	Gunther, BillBill Gunther	B	Santa Clara	Ind.
	22	200	New York Giants	Rhodes, JackJack Rhodes	G	Texas	SWC

Hall of Famers

• Sid Luckman, quarterback from Columbia taken 1st round 2nd overall by the Chicago Bears.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1965. ^[3]

Notable undrafted players

= Pro Bowler [4]

Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
Chicago Cardinals	Henry Adams	C	Pittsburgh	Ind.
Cleveland Rams	Riley Matheson	OT	Texas Western	Border
Detroit Lions	Connie Mack Berry	E	NC State	SoCon
Green Bay Packers	Harry Jacunski  †	E	Fordham	Ind.
Philadelphia Eagles	Jack Ferrante	E

Notes

^ Heisman Winner ^[5]

References

1. 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.
2. "NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
3. "Sid Luckman". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
4. Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.
5. "1938 – 4th Award Davey O'Brien TCU Back". Heisman Trophy. All Things Media. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.

External links

• NFL.com – 1939 Draft
• databaseFootball.com – 1939 Draft ^{[ usurped ]}
• "1939 National Football League Draft". Pro Football Hall of Fame . Retrieved July 10, 2025.