1947 NFL draft

1947 NFL draft
Commodore Hotel (location of the draft)
General information
Date(s)	December 16, 1946
Location	Commodore Hotel in New York City, NY
Overview
300 total selections in 32 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Bob Fenimore, HB Chicago Bears
Most selections (32)	Chicago Bears
Fewest selections (29)	Chicago Cardinals Philadelphia Eagles
Hall of Famers	3 WR Dante Lavelli DB Tom Landry DT Art Donovan
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The 1947 NFL draft was held on December 16, 1946, at the Commodore Hotel in New York City, New York. ^{[1] [2]}

The National Football League in this draft made the first overall pick, a bonus pick determined by lottery. The Chicago Bears won the first lottery, and used the pick to select halfback Bob Fenimore. This lottery process ended in 1958. ^[3]

This draft was the last time the Bears had the first overall pick in a draft until 2024.

Player selections

Jump to round 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 † =Pro Bowler [N 1] ‡ =Hall of Famer [N 2]

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	Chicago Bears	Bob Fenimore	HB	Oklahoma A&M	MVC	Bonus lottery pick
	1	2	Detroit Lions	Glenn Davis  †	HB	Army	Ind.	1946 Heisman Trophy winner
	1	3	Boston Yanks	Fritz Barzilauskas	G	Yale	Ind.
	1	4	Washington Redskins	Cal Rossi	B	UCLA	PCC	Former 1946 draft first round pick; never ended up playing.
	1	5	Pittsburgh Steelers	Hub Bechtol	E	Texas	SWC
	1	6	Green Bay Packers	Ernie Case	QB	UCLA	PCC
	1	7	Chicago Cardinals	DeWitt Coulter  †	T	Army	Ind.	Member of the Giants
	1	8	Philadelphia Eagles	Neill Armstrong	E	Oklahoma A&M	MVC
	1	9	Los Angeles Rams	Herman Wedemeyer	B	St. Mary's (CA)	Ind.
	1	10	New York Giants	Vic Schwall	HB	Northwestern	Big Ten
	1	11	Chicago Bears	Don Kindt  †	DB	Wisconsin	Big Ten
	2	12	Detroit Lions	Russ Thomas	T	Ohio State	Big Ten
	2	13	Boston Yanks	Walter Heap	B	Texas	SWC
	3	14	Detroit Lions	Jim Kekeris	T	Missouri	Big Six
	3	15	Boston Yanks	John Rapacz	C	Oklahoma	Big Six
	3	16	Pittsburgh Steelers	John Mastrangelo	T	Notre Dame	Ind.
	3	17	Washington Redskins	Knight, GeneGene Knight	B	LSU	SEC
	3	18	Chicago Cardinals	Ermal Allen	QB	Kentucky	SEC
	3	19	Philadelphia Eagles	Bill Mackrides	QB	Nevada	Ind.
	3	20	Green Bay Packers	Burr Baldwin	E	UCLA	PCC
	3	21	Los Angeles Rams	Don Paul  †	LB	UCLA	PCC
	3	22	New York Giants	John Cannady  †	LB	Indiana	Big Ten
	3	23	Chicago Bears	Frank Minini	HB	San Jose State	CCAA
	4	24	Detroit Lions	Hoover, CharleyCharley Hoover	C	Vanderbilt	SEC
	4	25	Boston Yanks	Al Baldwin	E	Arkansas	SWC
	5	26	Detroit Lions	Bob Chappuis	TB	Michigan	Big Ten
	5	27	Boston Yanks	Carroll Vogelaar	T	San Francisco	Ind.
	5	28	Washington Redskins	Hank Foldberg	E	Army	Ind.
	5	29	Pittsburgh Steelers	Frank Wydo	T	Cornell	Ind.
	5	30	Philadelphia Eagles	George Savitsky	T	Penn	Ind.
	5	31	Green Bay Packers	Paul "Buddy" Burris	G	Oklahoma	Big Six
	5	32	Chicago Bears	Lloyd Merriman	B	Stanford	PCC
	5	33	Los Angeles Rams	Gray, GordonGordon Gray	B	USC	PCC
	5	34	New York Giants	Greene, NelsonNelson Greene	T	Tulsa	MVC
	5	35	Chicago Bears	Canady, JimJim Canady	B	Arkansas A&M	N/A
	6	36	Detroit Lions	Gallagher, BernieBernie Gallagher	G	Penn	Ind.
	6	37	Boston Yanks	George Sullivan	E	Notre Dame	Ind.
	6	38	Pittsburgh Steelers	Frank Aschenbrenner	RB	Northwestern	Big Ten
	6	39	Washington Redskins	Mike Garzoni	G	USC	PCC
	6	40	Green Bay Packers	Gene Wilson	E	SMU	SWC
	6	41	Chicago Cardinals	Ben Raimondi	TB	Indiana	Big Ten
	6	42	Chicago Bears	Stephens, RogerRoger Stephens	B	Cincinnati	Ind.
	6	43	Los Angeles Rams	Evanson, PaulPaul Evanson	T	Oregon State	PCC
	6	44	New York Giants	Bob Davis	T	Georgia Tech	SEC
	6	45	Chicago Bears	Harlan Wetz	T	Texas	SWC
	7	46	Detroit Lions	Ed Grain	G	Penn	Ind.
	7	47	Boston Yanks	Joe Watt	HB	Syracuse	Ind.
	7	48	Washington Redskins	Bill Gray	G	Oregon State	PCC
	7	49	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bryant Meeks	C	South Carolina	SoCon
	7	50	Chicago Cardinals	Howard Turner	B	NC State	SoCon
	7	51	Philadelphia Eagles	Yovicsin, TonyTony Yovicsin	E	Miami (FL)	Ind.
	7	52	Green Bay Packers	Connors, DickDick Connors	B	Northwestern	Big Ten
	7	53	Los Angeles Rams	Smyth, BillBill Smyth	DE	Penn State	Ind.
	7	54	New York Giants	Duke Iversen	B	Oregon	PCC
	7	55	Chicago Bears	Reid Moseley	E	Georgia	SEC
	8	56	Detroit Lions	James, HarveyHarvey James	C	Miami (FL)	Ind.
	8	57	Boston Yanks	Bill Chipley	E	Washington & Lee	SoCon
	8	58	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jerry Shipkey  †	LB	UCLA	PCC
	8	59	Washington Redskins	Hank Harris	G	Texas	SWC
	8	60	Chicago Cardinals	Maddock, GeorgeGeorge Maddock	T	Northwestern	Big Ten
	8	61	Philadelphia Eagles	Al Satterfield	T	Vanderbilt	SEC
	8	62	Green Bay Packers	Moncrief, MonteMonte Moncrief	T	Texas A&M	SWC
	8	63	Los Angeles Rams	McGovern, BillBill McGovern	C	Washington	PCC
	8	64	New York Giants	Frank Muehlheuser	FB	Colgate	Ind.
	8	65	Chicago Bears	Smith, AllenAllen Smith	E	Ole Miss	SEC
	9	66	Detroit Lions	Alexander, KaleKale Alexander	T	South Carolina	SoCon
	9	67	Boston Yanks	Gene Malinowski	B	Detroit	Ind.
	9	68	Washington Redskins	Roy Kurrasch	E	UCLA	PCC
	9	69	Pittsburgh Steelers	Vander Clute, BertBert Vander Clute	G	Wesleyan	—
	9	70	Chicago Cardinals	Art Dufelmeier	B	Illinois	Big Ten
	9	71	Philadelphia Eagles	Bob Leonetti	G	Wake Forest	SoCon
	9	72	Green Bay Packers	Bob McDougal	FB	Miami (FL)	Ind.
	9	73	Los Angeles Rams	Partin, MaxMax Partin	B	Tennessee	SEC
	9	74	New York Giants	Novitsky, JohnJohn Novitsky	T	Oklahoma City	Ind.
	9	75	Chicago Bears	Dwight Eddleman	B	Illinois	Big Ten
	10	76	Detroit Lions	Bump Elliott	B	Michigan	Big Ten
	10	77	Boston Yanks	Hazelhurst, BobBob Hazelhurst	HB	Denver	MSC
	10	78	Pittsburgh Steelers	Gibson, PaulPaul Gibson	E	NC State	SoCon
	10	79	Washington Redskins	Ernie Williamson	T	North Carolina	SoCon
	10	80	Philadelphia Eagles	Cornogg, UlyssesUlysses Cornogg	T	Wake Forest	SoCon
	10	81	Green Bay Packers	Bob Kelly	HB	Navy	Ind.
	10	82	Chicago Cardinals	Ray Ramsey	B	Bradley	Ind.
	10	83	Los Angeles Rams	Samuelson, CarlCarl Samuelson	DT	Nebraska	Big Six
	10	84	New York Giants	Mullis, FredFred Mullis	B	Chattanooga	Ind. (Coll.)
	10	85	Chicago Bears	Arnold Tucker	B	Army	Ind.
	11	86	Detroit Lions	Sullivan, PetePete Sullivan	T	Detroit	Ind.
	11	87	Boston Yanks	Sidorik, AlexAlex Sidorik	T	Mississippi State	SEC
	11	88	Washington Redskins	L. G. Carmody	B	Central Washington	Evergreen
	11	89	Pittsburgh Steelers	Medd, JackJack Medd	C	Wesleyan	—
	11	90	Chicago Cardinals	Wallace, DaveDave Wallace	B	Oklahoma	Big Six
	11	91	Philadelphia Eagles	Alex Sarkisian	C	Northwestern	Big Ten
	11	92	Green Bay Packers	Moulton, TomTom Moulton	C	Oklahoma A&M	MVC
	11	93	Los Angeles Rams	Steger, RussRuss Steger	B	Illinois	Big Ten
	11	94	New York Giants	Robert Hoernschemeyer  †	B	Navy	Ind.
	11	95	Chicago Bears	Hatch, LarryLarry Hatch	B	Washington	PCC
	12	96	Detroit Lions	Camarata, LaVerneLaVerne Camarata	B	Iowa State	Big Six
	12	97	Boston Yanks	Roberts, WallyWally Roberts	E	Holy Cross	Ind.
	12	98	Pittsburgh Steelers	Fitch, JackJack Fitch	B	North Carolina	SoCon
	12	99	Washington Redskins	Savage, U.S.U.S. Savage	E	Richmond	SoCon
	12	100	Green Bay Packers	Hills, GeorgeGeorge Hills	G	Georgia Tech	SEC
	12	101	Chicago Cardinals	Charley Sarratt	QB	Oklahoma	Big Six
	12	102	Philadelphia Eagles	D'Arcy, JerryJerry D'Arcy	C	Tulsa	MVC
	12	103	Los Angeles Rams	Dante Lavelli ‡†	E	Ohio State	Big Ten
	12	104	New York Giants	Hardy Brown  †	LB	Tulsa	MVC
	12	105	Chicago Bears	Tony Adamle  †	LB	Ohio State	Big Ten
	13	106	Detroit Lions	Walt Vezmar	G	Michigan State	Ind.
	13	107	Boston Yanks	Bob Sullivan	HB	Iowa	Big Ten
	13	108	Washington Redskins	Steckroth, BobBob Steckroth	E	William & Mary	SoCon
	13	109	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ara Parseghian	HB	Miami (OH)	Ind.
	13	110	Philadelphia Eagles	Hamberger, JohnJohn Hamberger	T	SMU	SWC
	13	111	Green Bay Packers	Bob Skoglund	DE	Notre Dame	Ind.
	13	112	Chicago Cardinals	Harden Cooper	T	Tulsa	MVC
	13	113	Los Angeles Rams	Dimitro, MikeMike Dimitro	G	UCLA	PCC
	13	114	New York Giants	Bill Hachten	G	Stanford	PCC
	13	115	Chicago Bears	Emile Fritz	G	Maryland	SoCon
	14	116	Detroit Lions	Hagen, DickDick Hagen	E	Washington	PCC
	14	117	Boston Yanks	Long, LeoLeo Long	B	Duke	SoCon
	14	118	Pittsburgh Steelers	Red Moore	G	Penn	Ind.
	14	119	Washington Redskins	Weldon Edwards	T	TCU	SWC
	14	120	Chicago Cardinals	Russ, CarlCarl Russ	B	Rice	SWC
	14	121	Philadelphia Eagles	Al Johnson	QB	Hardin–Simmons	Border
	14	122	Green Bay Packers	Jack Mitchell	B	Oklahoma	Big Six
	14	123	Los Angeles Rams	John Kissell	DT	Boston College	Ind.
	14	124	New York Giants	Fuson, Herschel "Ug"Herschel "Ug" Fuson	B	Army	Ind.
	14	125	Chicago Bears	Turner, JimJim Turner	T	California	PCC
	15	126	Detroit Lions	Meeks, J.W.J.W. Meeks	B	East Texas State	LSC
	15	127	Boston Yanks	Parker, FrankFrank Parker	T	Holy Cross	Ind.
	15	128	Washington Redskins	Wheeler, EarlEarl Wheeler	C	Arkansas	SWC
	15	129	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bruno, LarryLarry Bruno	B	Geneva	N/A
	15	130	Green Bay Packers	Denny Crawford	G	Tennessee	SEC
	15	131	Chicago Cardinals	Mulligan, BuddyBuddy Mulligan	B	Duke	SoCon
	15	132	Philadelphia Eagles	Cook, JoeJoe Cook	B	Hardin–Simmons	Border
	15	133	Los Angeles Rams	Fuchs, GeorgeGeorge Fuchs	B	Wisconsin	Big Ten
	15	134	New York Giants	Fallon, JohnJohn Fallon	T	Notre Dame	Ind.
	15	135	Chicago Bears	Goodall, WayneWayne Goodall	E	Oklahoma City	Ind.
	16	136	Detroit Lions	Nilsen, ReedReed Nilsen	C	BYU	MSC
	16	137	Boston Yanks	Marcolini, HugoHugo Marcolini	B	St. Bonaventure	Little Three
	16	138	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jenkins, RalphRalph Jenkins	C	Clemson	SoCon
	16	139	Washington Redskins	Gold, BillBill Gold	B	Tennessee	SEC
	16	140	Philadelphia Eagles	Jeff Durkota	FB	Penn State	Ind.
	16	141	Green Bay Packers	Callanan, JimJim Callanan	E	USC	PCC
	16	142	Chicago Cardinals	Charles Smith	HB	Georgia	SEC
	16	143	Los Angeles Rams	Chubb, RalphRalph Chubb	B	Michigan	Big Ten
	16	144	New York Giants	Orlando, BobBob Orlando	G	Colgate	Ind.
	16	145	Chicago Bears	Verne Gagne	E	Minnesota	Big Ten
	17	146	Detroit Lions	Tommy James  †	DB	Ohio State	Big Ten
	17	147	Boston Yanks	Marion Shirley	T	Oklahoma City	Ind.
	17	148	Washington Redskins	Hart, JackJack Hart	T	Detroit	Ind.
	17	149	Pittsburgh Steelers	Elbie Nickel  †	E	Cincinnati	Ind.
	17	150	Chicago Cardinals	Bob Ravensberg	E	Indiana	Big Ten
	17	151	Green Bay Packers	Ted Scalissi	HB	Ripon	MCAC
	17	152	Philadelphia Eagles	Hubert Shurtz	T	LSU	SEC
	17	153	Los Angeles Rams	Hardy, DonDon Hardy	E	USC	PCC
	17	154	New York Giants	Pulattie, FrankFrank Pulattie	B	SMU	SWC
	17	155	Chicago Bears	Wally Dreyer	DB	Michigan	Big Ten
	18	156	Detroit Lions	Maugham, RalphRalph Maugham	E	Utah State	MSC
	18	157	Boston Yanks	Nabors, RolandRoland Nabors	LB	Texas Tech	Border
	18	158	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bill Cregar	G	Holy Cross	Ind.
	18	159	Washington Redskins	Nichols, TomTom Nichols	B	Richmond	SoCon
	18	160	Green Bay Packers	Goodman, JimJim Goodman	T	Indiana	Big Ten
	18	161	Philadelphia Eagles	Bell, HalHal Bell	B	Muhlenberg	Ind.
	18	162	Chicago Cardinals	Barnett, BarneyBarney Barnett	E	Northeastern State	Oklahoma
	18	163	Los Angeles Rams	Ed Champagne	T	LSU	SEC
	18	164	New York Giants	Brinkley, DickDick Brinkley	B	Wake Forest	SoCon
	18	165	Chicago Bears	Pupa, WaltWalt Pupa	B	North Carolina	SoCon
	19	166	Detroit Lions	Baty, BurylBuryl Baty	B	Texas A&M	SWC
	19	167	Boston Yanks	Pat Kenelly	E	Southeastern Louisiana	Louisiana
	19	168	Washington Redskins	Harry Dowda	DB	Wake Forest	SoCon
	19	169	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jerry Mulready	E	North Dakota State	NCC
	19	170	Philadelphia Eagles	T. J. Campion	T	Southeastern Louisiana	Louisiana
	19	171	Chicago Cardinals	Deeds, ScottyScotty Deeds	B	BYU	MSC
	19	172	Green Bay Packers	Miller, DickDick Miller	G	Lawrence	MCAC
	19	173	Los Angeles Rams	Jim Dewar	B	Indiana	Big Ten
	19	174	New York Giants	Guess, FrankFrank Guess	B	Texas	SWC
	19	175	Chicago Bears	McLellan, JohnJohn McLellan	T	Montana State	RMAC
	20	176	Detroit Lions	Elmer Madar	E	Michigan	Big Ten
	20	177	Boston Yanks	Waller, DarrellDarrell Waller	B	Washington State	PCC
	20	178	Pittsburgh Steelers	Smith, WarrenWarren Smith	T	Kansas Wesleyan	KCAC
	20	179	Washington Redskins	Webb, CharlieCharlie Webb	E	LSU	SEC
	20	180	Chicago Cardinals	Clarence Esser	E	Wisconsin	Big Ten
	20	181	Green Bay Packers	Brad Ecklund  †	C	Oregon	PCC
	20	182	Philadelphia Eagles	Hall, FredFred Hall	G	LSU	SEC
	20	183	Los Angeles Rams	Ben Reiges	B	UCLA	PCC
	20	184	New York Giants	Tom Landry ‡†	DB	Texas	SWC
	20	185	Chicago Bears	Cromer, BillBill Cromer	B	Texas	SWC
	21	186	Detroit Lions	J. T. White	E	Michigan	Big Ten
	21	187	Boston Yanks	Paul Hart	B	Delaware	Mason-Dixon
	21	188	Washington Redskins	Bond, ElmoElmo Bond	T	Washington State	PCC
	21	189	Pittsburgh Steelers	Hamilton, FredFred Hamilton	T	Vanderbilt	SEC
	21	190	Green Bay Packers	West, BobBob West	B	Colorado	MSC
	21	191	Philadelphia Eagles	Clayton, JimJim Clayton	T	Wyoming	MSC
	21	192	Chicago Cardinals	Ballard, SheltonShelton Ballard	C	LSU	SEC
	21	193	Los Angeles Rams	Leon McLaughlin  †	C	UCLA	PCC
	21	194	New York Giants	Joe Ponsetto	B	Michigan	Big Ten
	21	195	Chicago Bears	Russ Reader	DB	Michigan State	Ind.
	22	196	Detroit Lions	Carl Schuette	LB	Marquette	Ind.
	22	197	Boston Yanks	Lamoure, GeneGene Lamoure	G	Fresno State	CCAA
	22	198	Pittsburgh Steelers	Fred Taylor	E	TCU	SWC
	22	199	Washington Redskins	Hefti, JimJim Hefti	B	St. Lawrence	—
	22	200	Philadelphia Eagles	Blomquist, GeorgeGeorge Blomquist	E	NC State	SoCon
	22	201	Chicago Cardinals	Wade Walker	T	Oklahoma	Big Six
	22	202	Green Bay Packers	Reilly, Maurice "Tex"Maurice "Tex" Reilly	B	Colorado	MSC
	22	203	Los Angeles Rams	Charlie Elliott	T	Oregon	PCC
	22	204	New York Giants	Art Donovan ‡	DT	Boston College	Ind.
	22	205	Chicago Bears	Batchelor, JimJim Batchelor	B	East Texas State	LSC
	23	206	Detroit Lions	Cipot, SteveSteve Cipot	T	St. Bonaventure	Little Three
	23	207	Boston Yanks	Kolaskinski, HankHank Kolaskinski	B	Wyoming	MSC
	23	208	Washington Redskins	Dudley, TomTom Dudley	E	Virginia	Ind.
	23	209	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bushmiaer, BinksBinks Bushmiaer	B	Vanderbilt	SEC
	23	210	Chicago Cardinals	Carroll, TomTom Carroll	T	Minnesota	Big Ten
	23	211	Green Bay Packers	Sockolov, RonRon Sockolov	T	California	PCC
	23	212	Philadelphia Eagles	Haynes, JoeJoe Haynes	C	Tulsa	MVC
	23	213	Los Angeles Rams	Levanti, LouLou Levanti	C	Illinois	Big Ten
	23	214	New York Giants	Shoener, HalHal Shoener	E	Iowa	Big Ten
	23	215	Chicago Bears	Lawler, AlAl Lawler	HB	Texas	SWC
	24	216	Detroit Lions	Cadenhead, BillBill Cadenhead	B	Alabama	SEC
	24	217	Boston Yanks	Heap, EdEd Heap	T	Texas	SWC
	24	218	Pittsburgh Steelers	Paul Davis	FB	Otterbein	OAC
	24	219	Washington Redskins	Bob Smith  †	DB	Iowa	Big Ten
	24	220	Green Bay Packers	Herbert St. John	G	Georgia	SEC
	24	221	Philadelphia Eagles	Hense, StantonStanton Hense	E	Xavier	N/A
	24	222	Chicago Cardinals	Dorsey, TomTom Dorsey	B	Brown	Ind.
	24	223	Los Angeles Rams	Cheek, J. D.J. D. Cheek	T	Oklahoma A&M	MVC
	24	224	New York Giants	Moll, BillBill Moll	B	Connecticut	NEC
	24	225	Chicago Bears	Berlin, GordonGordon Berlin	C	Washington	PCC
	25	226	Detroit Lions	Cody, JimJim Cody	T	East Texas State	LSC
	25	227	Boston Yanks	Polzin, JohnJohn Polzin	G	TCU	SWC
	25	228	Washington Redskins	Mullins, HalHal Mullins	T	Duke	SoCon
	25	229	Pittsburgh Steelers	Tommy Kalmanir	HB	Nevada	Ind.
	25	230	Philadelphia Eagles	Kelly, JohnnyJohnny Kelly	B	Rice	SWC
	25	231	Chicago Cardinals	Otto Schnellbacher  †	DB	Kansas	Big Six
	25	232	Green Bay Packers	Redeker, FredFred Redeker	B	Cincinnati	Ind.
	25	233	Los Angeles Rams	Dal Porto, BobBob Dal Porto	B	California	PCC
	25	234	New York Giants	Thomas, DickDick Thomas	G	Mississippi Southern	Ind.
	25	235	Chicago Bears	Cunningham, JohnJohn Cunningham	E	California	PCC
	26	236	Detroit Lions	Earl Maves	WB	Wisconsin	Big Ten
	26	237	Boston Yanks	Bloxom, DaveDave Bloxom	B	TCU	SWC
	26	238	Pittsburgh Steelers	Mohr, DonDon Mohr	E	Baldwin Wallace	OAC
	26	239	Washington Redskins	Bocoka, FrancisFrancis Bocoka	E	Washington State	PCC
	26	240	Chicago Cardinals	Joe, LarryLarry Joe	B	Penn State	Ind.
	26	241	Green Bay Packers	Lubker, HermHerm Lubker	E	Arkansas	SWC
	26	242	Philadelphia Eagles	Roberts, H. J.H. J. Roberts	G	Rice	SWC
	26	243	Los Angeles Rams	Standefer, GeneGene Standefer	B	Texas Tech	Border
	26	244	New York Giants	Ralph Stewart	C	Missouri	Big Six
	26	245	Chicago Bears	Max Morris	E	Northwestern	Big Ten
	27	246	Detroit Lions	Hillman, BillBill Hillman	B	Tennessee	SEC
	27	247	Boston Yanks	Odell Stautzenberger	G	Texas A&M	SWC
	27	248	Washington Redskins	Sacrinty, OtisOtis Sacrinty	B	Wake Forest	SoCon
	27	249	Pittsburgh Steelers	Young, ArtArt Young	G	Dartmouth	Ind.
	27	250	Green Bay Packers	Palladino, BobBob Palladino	B	Notre Dame	Ind.
	27	251	Philadelphia Eagles	Phil Cutchin	B	Kentucky	SEC
	27	252	Chicago Cardinals	Abrams, DickDick Abrams	B	Washington State	PCC
	27	253	Los Angeles Rams	David, BobBob David	G	Villanova	Ind.
	27	254	New York Giants	Bibighaus, GeorgeGeorge Bibighaus	E	Muhlenberg	Ind.
	27	255	Chicago Bears	Morris, BillBill Morris	E	Oklahoma	Big Six
	28	256	Detroit Lions	Kelly, ArchArch Kelly	E	Detroit	Ind.
	28	257	Boston Yanks	Chatterton, DickDick Chatterton	B	BYU	MSC
	28	258	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ralph Sazio	T	William & Mary	SoCon
	28	259	Washington Redskins	Dropo, MiltMilt Dropo	C	Connecticut	NEC
	28	260	Chicago Cardinals	Smith, JoeJoe Smith	E	Texas Tech	Border
	28	261	Philadelphia Eagles	Wakefield, CharleyCharley Wakefield	T	Stanford	PCC
	28	262	Green Bay Packers	Baxter, JerrellJerrell Baxter	T	North Carolina	SoCon
	28	263	Los Angeles Rams	Hunnicutt, JimJim Hunnicutt	G	South Carolina	SoCon
	28	264	New York Giants	Carrington, JimJim Carrington	G	Navy	Ind.
	28	265	Chicago Bears	Baumgardner, Joe BillyJoe Billy Baumgardner	HB	Texas	SWC
	29	266	Detroit Lions	Tulis, BobBob Tulis	T	Texas A&M	SWC
	29	267	Boston Yanks	Rodgers, TomTom Rodgers	T	Bucknell	Ind.
	29	268	Washington Redskins	Brownson, LynnLynn Brownson	B	Stanford	PCC
	29	269	Pittsburgh Steelers	Pitzer, DickDick Pitzer	E	Army	Ind.
	29	270	Chicago Cardinals	Rutunno, TonyTony Rutunno	B	St. Ambrose	N/A
	29	271	Green Bay Packers	Sellers, RayRay Sellers	E	Georgia	SEC
	29	272	Philadelphia Eagles	Langenbeck, DickDick Langenbeck	T	Cincinnati	Ind.
	29	273	Los Angeles Rams	Comer, JohnJohn Comer	B	Holy Cross	Ind.
	29	274	New York Giants	Harrison, ClaudeClaude Harrison	B	South Carolina	SoCon
	29	275	Chicago Bears	Jerry McCarthy	E	Penn	Ind.
	30	276	Detroit Lions	McAfee, HowardHoward McAfee	T	Tulane	SEC
	30	277	Boston Yanks	John Prchlik	DT	Yale	Ind.
	30	278	Pittsburgh Steelers	Stalloni, TonyTony Stalloni	T	Delaware	Mason-Dixon
	30	279	Washington Redskins	Joe Colone	B	Penn State	Ind.
	30	280	Green Bay Packers	Jerry Carle	B	Northwestern	Big Ten
	30	281	Philadelphia Eagles	Bernie Winkler	T	Texas Tech	Border
	30	282	Chicago Cardinals	Lindsley, ClydeClyde Lindsley	E	LSU	SEC
	30	283	Los Angeles Rams	Hal Dean	G	Ohio State	Big Ten
	30	284	New York Giants	Wright, JohnJohn Wright	B	Georgia	SEC
	30	285	Chicago Bears	Pierce, JackJack Pierce	B	Illinois	Big Ten
	31	286	Washington Redskins	Herb Shoener	E	Iowa	Big Ten
	31	287	Pittsburgh Steelers	Vince DiFrancesca	G	Northwestern	Big Ten
	31	288	Philadelphia Eagles	Stephens, BillBill Stephens	T	Baylor	SWC
	31	289	Chicago Cardinals	Bob Callahan	C	Michigan	Big Ten
	31	290	Green Bay Packers	Hogan, BillBill Hogan	B	Kansas	Big Six
	31	291	Los Angeles Rams	Atwell, JamesJames Atwell	B	South Carolina	SoCon
	31	292	New York Giants	Schuler, BillBill Schuler	T	Yale	Ind.
	31	293	Chicago Bears	Bulbs Ehlers	B	Purdue	Big Ten
	32	294	Pittsburgh Steelers	Warren Lahr  †	DB	Case Western Reserve	MAC
	32	295	Washington Redskins	Pievo, BoBo Pievo	T	Purdue	Big Ten
	32	296	Chicago Cardinals	Karamigios, JohnnyJohnny Karamigios	B	Denver	MSC
	32	297	Green Bay Packers	Ralph Olsen	DE	Utah	MSC
	32	298	Philadelphia Eagles	Kalosh, MikeMike Kalosh	E	La Crosse State	WSTCC
	32	299	Los Angeles Rams	Prymuski, BobBob Prymuski	G	Illinois	Big Ten
	32	300	New York Giants	Clayton, DonDon Clayton	B	North Carolina	SoCon

Hall of Famers

• Dante Lavelli, end from Ohio State University taken 12th round 103rd overall by the Los Angeles Rams.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1975. ^[4]

• Tom Landry, defensive back from Texas taken 20th round 184th overall by the New York Giants.

Inducted: For his Coaching achievements Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1990

• Art Donovan, defensive tackle from Boston College taken 22nd round 204th overall by the New York Giants

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1968.

Notable undrafted players

†	= Pro Bowler [N 1]

Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
Chicago Bears	Enrique Ecker	OT	John Carroll	OAC
Chicago Bears	George Gulyanics	HB/P	Alabama	SEC
Detroit Lions	George Hekkers	OT	Wisconsin	Big Ten
Washington Redskins	Hugh Taylor  †	WR	Oklahoma City	Ind.

Summary

Schools with multiple draft selections

Selections	Schools
10	Texas
9	UCLA
8	Michigan, Northwestern
7	LSU, Oklahoma
6	Army, Illinois
5	Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn, South Carolina, Tulsa, Wake Forest
4	California, Cincinnati, Detroit, Holy Cross, Iowa, Oklahoma A&M, Penn State, Stanford, TCU, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, USC, Vanderbilt, Washington, Washington State, Wisconsin
3	Arkansas, BYU, Duke, East Texas State, Miami (FL), Navy, NC State, Oklahoma City, Oregon, Rice, SMU, Yale
2	Boston College, Colgate, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Denver, Georgia Tech, Hardin–Simmons, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Muhlenberg, Nevada, Oregon State, Purdue, Richmond, Southeastern Louisiana, St. Bonaventure, Wesleyan, William & Mary, Wyoming

Notes

1. Players are identified as Pro Bowlers if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.
2. Players are identified as a Hall of Famer if they have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

References

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. "Draft History: 1940's". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on October 1, 2013.
4. List of 1970s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com ^{"Pro Football Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved October 6, 2008.}

External links

• NFL.com – 1947 Draft
• databaseFootball.com – 1947 Draft ^{[ usurped ]}
• "1947 National Football League Draft". Pro Football Hall of Fame . Retrieved July 10, 2025.