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The National Football League has held a player draft since 1936. Since 1936 there have been several franchises that have folded. This is a list of those franchises' first-round draft picks.
| Year | Overall | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 2 | Adrian Burk | QB | Baylor |
| Year | Overall | Player | Position | College | Incarnation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 1 | Angelo Bertelli | Back | Notre Dame | Boston Yanks |
| 1945 | 4 | Eddie Prokop | Georgia Tech | ||
| 1946 | 1 | Frank Dancewicz | Notre Dame | ||
| 1947 | 3 | Fritz Barzilauskas | G | Yale | |
| 1948 | 5 | Vaughn Mancha | C | Alabama | |
| 1949 | 3 | Doak Walker | Back | SMU | New York Bulldogs |
| 1950 | NA | None | NA | NA | New York Yanks |
| 1951 | |||||
| 1952 | 2 | Les Richter | G | California | Dallas Texans |
| Year | Overall | Player | Position | College | Incarnation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 4 | Dick Crayne | Back | Iowa | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 1937 | 2 | Ed Goddard | Washington State | ||
| 1938 | 3 | Boyd Brumbaugh | Duquesne | ||
| 1939 | 5 | Bob MacLeod | Dartmouth | ||
| 1940 | 4 | Banks McFadden | Clemson | ||
| 1941 | 8 | Dean McAdams | Washington | ||
| 1942 | 7 | Bobby Robertson | Southern California | ||
| 1943 | 4 | Paul Governali | Columbia | ||
| 1944 | 3 | Creighton Miller | Notre Dame | Brooklyn Tigers | |
| 1945 | Joe Renfroe | Tulane |
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