National Football League draft
The 1959 NFL draft had its first four rounds held on December 1, 1958, and its final twenty-six rounds on January 21, 1959. Both sessions were held at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia .[ 1] [ 2] With the first overall pick in the draft, the Green Bay Packers selected quarterback Randy Duncan .
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 37 Cleveland Browns Gary Prahst End Michigan 38 Chicago Cardinals Ken Beck Tackle Texas A&M 39 Philadelphia Eagles Jim Grazione Quarterback Villanova 40 Washington Redskins Jim Wood End Oklahoma State 41 San Francisco 49ers Monte Clark Tackle USC 42 Detroit Lions Art Brandriff Back Virginia Military Inst 43 Los Angeles Rams Blanche Martin Back Michigan State 44 Los Angeles Rams John Tracey End Texas A&M 45 Los Angeles Rams Bob Reifsnyder Tackle Navy 46 Detroit Lions Bob Grottkau Guard Oregon State 47 Cleveland Browns Dave Lloyd Linebacker Georgia 48 Baltimore Colts Zeke Smith Guard Auburn
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 49 Washington Redskins Bob Wetoska Tackle Notre Dame 50 Chicago Cardinals Maury Schleicher End Penn State 51 Philadelphia Eagles Nick Mumley Tackle Purdue 52 Chicago Cardinals Ted Bates Tackle Oregon State 53 Cleveland Browns John Wooten Guard Colorado 54 San Francisco 49ers Frank Geremia Tackle Notre Dame 55 Green Bay Packers Andy Cvercko Center Northwestern 56 Los Angeles Rams John Lands End Montana State 57 Chicago Bears John Adams Back Cal State-Los Angeles 58 Cleveland Browns Dick LeBeau Cornerback Ohio State 59 New York Giants Ellison Kelly Guard Michigan State 60 Baltimore Colts Don Churchwell Guard Mississippi
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 61 Green Bay Packers Willie Taylor Center Florida A&M 62 Philadelphia Eagles Al Benecick Guard Syracuse 63 Chicago Cardinals Tom Redmond Tackle Vanderbilt 64 Chicago Cardinals Mac Lewis Tackle Iowa 65 Washington Redskins Jim McFalls Tackle Virginia Military Inst 66 San Francisco 49ers Tony Bavaro Tackle Holy Cross 67 Detroit Lions Dick Guesman Tackle West Virginia 68 Chicago Bears Fred Cole Guard Maryland 69 Los Angeles Rams Dave Painter Center Tulane 70 Cleveland Browns Jim Prestel Tackle Idaho 71 Cleveland Browns Bob Denton End Pacific 72 Baltimore Colts Palmer Pyle Tackle Michigan State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 73 Green Bay Packers Bobby Jackson Back Alabama 74 San Francisco 49ers Don Rogers Tackle South Carolina 75 Chicago Bears Jim Tucker End Tennessee-Chattanooga 76 Washington Redskins Don Lawrence Tackle Notre Dame 77 Detroit Lions Ben Donnell Center Vanderbilt 78 San Francisco 49ers Daniel Colchico End San Jose State 79 Washington Redskins Mitch Ogiego Quarterback Iowa 80 Los Angeles Rams Eddie Meador Back Arkansas Tech 81 Washington Redskins Jim Kenney End Boston University 82 Cleveland Browns Gene Miller Tackle Rice 83 Green Bay Packers Gary Raid Tackle Willamette 84 Baltimore Colts Hal Lewis Back Houston
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 85 Green Bay Packers Buddy Mayfield End South Carolina 86 Philadelphia Eagles Willmer Fowler Back Northwestern 87 Cleveland Browns Bob Ptacek Quarterback Michigan 88 Detroit Lions Jim Lenden Tackle Oregon 89 Washington Redskins Gene O'Pella End Villanova 90 San Francisco 49ers Lew Aiken End Vanderbilt 91 Pittsburgh Steelers Tom Barnett Back Purdue 92 Chicago Bears Dick Clark Back Baylor 93 Los Angeles Rams Bill Conner End Jackson State 94 Chicago Bears Willie Smith Tackle Michigan 95 Green Bay Packers Bob Laraba Back Texas-El Paso 96 Baltimore Colts Tommy Joe Coffey Back West Texas State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 97 Green Bay Packers George Dixon Back Bridgeport 98 Chicago Cardinals Gary Ferguson Tackle Southern Methodist 99 Philadelphia Eagles Gene Johnson Back Cincinnati 100 Washington Redskins Dick Haley Back Pittsburgh 101 Detroit Lions Carl Smith Back Tennessee 102 San Francisco 49ers Bobby Joe Green Back Florida 103 Pittsburgh Steelers Hal Davis Guard Houston 104 Los Angeles Rams Larry Cundiff Tackle Michigan State 105 Chicago Bears Maury Youmans Tackle Syracuse 106 Cleveland Browns Kirk Wilson Back UCLA 107 New York Giants Jack Delveaux Back Illinois 108 Baltimore Colts Tom Brown Guard Minnesota
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 109 Green Bay Packers Sam Tuccio Tackle Southern Mississippi 110 Philadelphia Eagles Rollie West Back Villanova 111 Chicago Cardinals Emil DeCantis Back North Carolina 112 Detroit Lions Jack Laraway Back Purdue 113 Washington Redskins Ron Toth Back Notre Dame 114 San Francisco 49ers Bronko Nagurski Tackle Notre Dame 115 Pittsburgh Steelers Riley Gunnels Tackle Georgia 116 Chicago Bears Bob Coronado End Pacific 117 Los Angeles Rams Alan Goldstein End North Carolina 118 New York Giants Bob Pepe End North Carolina State 119 Cleveland Browns Bob Zeman Back Wisconsin 120 Baltimore Colts Don Stewart End Southern Methodist
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 121 Green Bay Packers Bob Webb Back St. Ambrose 122 Chicago Cardinals Floyd Faucette Back Georgia Tech 123 Philadelphia Eagles Art Powell Wide receiver San Jose State 124 Washington Redskins Gerry Marciniak Guard Michigan 125 Detroit Lions Harry Jacobs Guard Bradley 126 San Francisco 49ers Jack Hayes Back Trinity (TX) 127 Pittsburgh Steelers Overton Curtis Back Utah State 128 Los Angeles Rams Joe Kelly Back New Mexico State 129 Chicago Bears Ed Gray Tackle North Texas State 130 Cleveland Browns Jerry King Guard Kent State 131 New York Giants Bob Sawyer Back Wyoming 132 Baltimore Colts Tom Stephens Back Syracuse
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 133 Green Bay Packers Larry Hall Guard Missouri Valley 134 Philadelphia Eagles Howard Keys Tackle Oklahoma State 135 Chicago Cardinals Ted Edmondson End Hardin–Simmons 136 Detroit Lions Ron Stehouwer Tackle Colorado State 137 Washington Redskins Roger Wypyszynski Tackle St. Norbert 138 San Francisco 49ers Bill Korutz Center Dayton 139 Pittsburgh Steelers Bill Pavliska Back Baylor 140 Chicago Bears Justin Rowland End Texas Christian 141 Los Angeles Rams Mike Connelly Center Utah State 142 New York Giants Charlie Flowers Back Mississippi 143 Cleveland Browns Frank Palandrani Tackle North Carolina State 144 Baltimore Colts Dick Wood Quarterback Auburn
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 145 Green Bay Packers Jim Hurd Back Albion 146 Chicago Cardinals Pat Lamberti End Richmond 147 Philadelphia Eagles Dick Stillwagon Back Purdue 148 Washington Redskins Billy Shoemake End Louisiana State 149 Detroit Lions Jim Steffen Back UCLA 150 San Francisco 49ers Bill Lopasky Guard West Virginia 151 Pittsburgh Steelers Dewey Bohling Back Hardin–Simmons 152 Los Angeles Rams Al Witcher End Baylor 153 Chicago Bears Gene Jones Back Rice 154 Cleveland Browns Ray Reese Back Bowling Green 155 New York Giants John Kompara Tackle South Carolina 156 Baltimore Colts Rudi Smith Tackle Mississippi
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 157 Green Bay Packers Ken Kerr Guard Arizona State 158 Philadelphia Eagles Jack Smith Tackle Clemson 159 Chicago Cardinals Bob Bobo Tackle Texas-El Paso 160 Detroit Lions Jim Baldwin Center McMurry 161 Washington Redskins Kurt Schwarz Guard Maryland 162 San Francisco 49ers Mike Dukes Back Clemson 163 Pittsburgh Steelers John Peppercorn End Kansas 164 Chicago Bears Joe Robb Tackle Texas Christian 165 Los Angeles Rams Pete Davidson Tackle The Citadel 166 New York Giants Roger Ellis Center Maine 167 Cleveland Browns Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion Wide receiver Bluffton 168 Baltimore Colts Ferdie Burket Back Southeastern Oklahoma
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 169 Green Bay Packers Dick Teteak Guard Wisconsin 170 Chicago Cardinals John Schroeder End North Carolina 171 Philadelphia Eagles Jim Poteete Center Mississippi State 172 Washington Redskins Fred Hood End Northeastern Oklahoma 173 Detroit Lions Bruce Maher Back Detroit 174 San Francisco 49ers Joe Belland Back Arizona State 175 Pittsburgh Steelers J.W. "Red" Brodnax Back Louisiana State 176 Los Angeles Rams Walt Kelly Back Houston 177 Chicago Bears Roger LeClerc Center Trinity (CT) 178 Cleveland Browns Tom Salwocki Center Pittsburgh 179 New York Giants Bob Bercich Back Michigan State 180 Baltimore Colts Ted Foret Tackle Auburn
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 181 Green Bay Packers Dan Edgington End Florida 182 Philadelphia Eagles Ken Paduch Tackle Auburn 183 Chicago Cardinals John Dingens Tackle Detroit 184 Detroit Lions George McGee Tackle Southern 185 Washington Redskins Dick Splain Tackle New Haven 186 San Francisco 49ers Bob Cook Back Idaho State 187 Pittsburgh Steelers Bill Carrico Guard North Texas State 188 Chicago Bears Don Redding Tackle North Carolina 189 Los Angeles Rams Ted Royal Center Duke 190 New York Giants Bob Soltis Back Minnesota 191 Cleveland Browns Jamie Caleb Back Grambling 192 Baltimore Colts Morris Keller Tackle Clemson
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 193 Green Bay Packers Tom Secules Back William & Mary 194 Chicago Cardinals Pete Hart Back Hardin–Simmons 195 Philadelphia Eagles Bill Craig Tackle Villanova 196 Washington Redskins Jim Healy Guard Holy Cross 197 Detroit Lions Jack Rudolph End Georgia Tech 198 San Francisco 49ers Jerome Jurczak Center Benedictine 199 Pittsburgh Steelers Bill Leeka Tackle UCLA 200 Los Angeles Rams Dave Wilemon Tackle Southern Methodist 201 Chicago Bears Willie Neal Back Jackson State 202 Cleveland Browns Homer Schmittan End Tennessee Tech 203 New York Giants Austin "Goose" Gonsoulin End Baylor 204 Baltimore Colts Leroy Bergan Tackle South Dakota State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 205 Green Bay Packers Dick Nearents Tackle Eastern Washington 206 Philadelphia Eagles Jim Benson Back Georgia Tech 207 Chicago Cardinals Darrell DeDecker Tackle Illinois 208 Detroit Lions Dave Holden Tackle Cal State-Los Angeles 209 Washington Redskins Joe Kapp Quarterback California 210 San Francisco 49ers Jack Cowley Tackle Trinity (TX) 211 Pittsburgh Steelers John Seinturier Tackle USC 212 Chicago Bears Ken Asbury Back Missouri Valley 213 Los Angeles Rams Dave Van Metre End Colorado College 214 New York Giants Al Ecuyer Guard Notre Dame 215 Cleveland Browns Ed Hill Guard Miami (OH) 216 Baltimore Colts Opie Bandy Tackle Tulsa
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 217 Green Bay Packers Bill Butler Back Tennessee-Chattanooga 218 Chicago Cardinals Billy Dunn Back Southern Methodist 219 Philadelphia Eagles Alan Miller Back Boston College 220 Washington Redskins Bobby Lauder Back Auburn 221 Detroit Lions Rufus Granderson Tackle Prairie View A&M 222 San Francisco 49ers Tom Osborne Back Hastings 223 Pittsburgh Steelers Dave Kocourek Wide receiver Wisconsin 224 Los Angeles Rams Carver Shannon Back Southern Illinois 225 Chicago Bears Chris Plain Tackle Stanford 226 Cleveland Browns Joe Schroeder Tackle Xavier 227 New York Giants George Scott Back Miami (OH) 228 Baltimore Colts Milt Crain Center Mississippi
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 229 Green Bay Packers Charley Sample Back Arkansas 230 Philadelphia Eagles Jim Payne Guard Clemson 231 Chicago Cardinals Jerry Lee Murphy Tackle Ohio State 232 Detroit Lions Dan McGrew Tackle Purdue 233 Washington Redskins Billy Brewer Back Mississippi 234 San Francisco 49ers Toby Deese Tackle Georgia Tech 235 Pittsburgh Steelers Rudy Hayes Back Clemson 236 Chicago Bears Tony Carcaterra End Elon 237 Los Angeles Rams Ross Coyle End Oklahoma 238 New York Giants Jerry Shetler Guard Minnesota 239 Cleveland Browns Al McClain Tackle Shaw 240 Baltimore Colts Paul Balonick Center North Carolina State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 241 Green Bay Packers Dave Smith Back Ripon 242 Chicago Cardinals Dale Memmelaar Guard Wyoming 243 Philadelphia Eagles Bob Salerno Guard Colorado 244 Washington Redskins Mel Reight Back West Virginia 245 Detroit Lions Buddy Davis Back Richmond 246 San Francisco 49ers Luther Carr Back Washington 247 Pittsburgh Steelers Johnny Green Quarterback Tennessee-Chattanooga 248 Los Angeles Rams Marv Bergmann Tackle Washington 249 Chicago Bears Donnie Stone Back Arkansas 250 Cleveland Browns Jim Fraser Guard Wisconsin 251 New York Giants Fred Swearingen Guard North Carolina 252 Baltimore Colts John Hernstein Back Michigan
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 253 Green Bay Packers Charlie Anderson End Drake 254 Philadelphia Eagles Jim Bowie Tackle Kentucky 255 Chicago Cardinals Glenn Shamblin Back West Virginia 256 Detroit Lions Lebron Shields Tackle Tennessee 257 Washington Redskins Art Gob End Pittsburgh 258 San Francisco 49ers Burnio McQueen End North Carolina A&T 259 Pittsburgh Steelers Burley Polk Tackle Hardin–Simmons 260 Chicago Bears Lennie Rubal Back William & Mary 261 Los Angeles Rams Bill Meglen Guard Utah State 262 New York Giants Gale Gibson End Iowa State 263 Cleveland Browns Joe Wenzel End Lehigh 264 Baltimore Colts Lonny Leatherman End Texas Christian
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 265 Green Bay Packers Ben Lawver Tackle Lewis & Clark 266 Chicago Cardinals Freddie Glick Defensive back Colorado State 267 Philadelphia Eagles Dick Williams End Southern 268 Washington Redskins Clarence Alexander Back Southeastern Louisiana 269 Detroit Lions Sal Cesario Tackle Denver 270 San Francisco 49ers Bruce Dollahan Tackle Illinois 271 Pittsburgh Steelers Emye Davis Back McMurry 272 Los Angeles Rams George Deiderich Guard Vanderbilt 273 Chicago Bears Bob Haller Tackle Northwest Missouri State 274 Cleveland Browns Jim Gardner Tackle Duke 275 New York Giants Frank Kremblas Quarterback Ohio State 276 Baltimore Colts Bob Davis Back Houston
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 277 Green Bay Packers Joe Hergert Center Florida 278 Philadelphia Eagles Gerry Benn Tackle Oklahoma State 279 Chicago Cardinals Jim Reed Guard East Texas State 280 Detroit Lions Fred Riddle Back Pittsburgh 281 Washington Redskins George Darrah Back Franklin & Marshall 282 San Francisco 49ers Craig Chudy End UCLA 283 Pittsburgh Steelers Wayne Farmer Tackle Purdue 284 Chicago Bears Bob Spain Tackle Baylor 285 Los Angeles Rams Tom Campbell Back Indiana 286 New York Giants Charley James Back Missouri 287 Cleveland Browns Russ Goings Guard Xavier 288 Baltimore Colts Bob Novogratz Guard Army
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 289 Green Bay Packers Leroy Hardee Back Florida A&M 290 Chicago Cardinals Jim Jeffery Tackle Auburn 291 Philadelphia Eagles Dick Jamieson Quarterback Bradley 292 Washington Redskins Bob Sargent Tackle Colby 293 Detroit Lions Dan Chamberlain End Cal State-Sacramento 294 San Francisco 49ers Roy Gee Guard Trinity (TX) 295 Pittsburgh Steelers Ron Miller End Vanderbilt 296 Los Angeles Rams Bob Borah End Houston 297 Chicago Bears Tom Huhn Center St. Joseph's (IN) 298 Cleveland Browns Ernie Spycholski Tackle Ohio State 299 New York Giants Lou Reale Center Buffalo 300 Baltimore Colts Ed Kieffer Back Syracuse
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 301 Green Bay Packers Ken Higginbotham End Trinity (TX) 302 Philadelphia Eagles Jim Burks Tackle Virginia Tech 303 Chicago Cardinals Joe Chuha Center USC 304 Detroit Lions Jim Bradley Back Lincoln (MO) 305 Washington Redskins Gene Grabosky Tackle Syracuse 306 San Francisco 49ers Ed Young End Louisville 307 Pittsburgh Steelers Jack Scott Tackle Ohio State 308 Chicago Bears Bob Kunde Tackle Capital 309 Los Angeles Rams Bill Strumke Back Georgia 310 New York Giants Frank Doretti Center California 311 Cleveland Browns Homer Floyd Back Kansas 312 Baltimore Colts Rene Lorio Back Southern Mississippi
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 313 Green Bay Packers Timothy Brown Running back Ball State 314 Chicago Cardinals Bob Corrigan Guard Indiana 315 Philadelphia Eagles Lowell Jenkins Tackle Wisconsin 316 Washington Redskins Norm Odyniec Back Notre Dame 317 Detroit Lions Bill Jerry Tackle South Carolina 318 San Francisco 49ers Mel Semenko Tackle Colorado 319 Pittsburgh Steelers Charley Tolar Back Northwestern State (LA) 320 Los Angeles Rams Alex Kroll Center Rutgers 321 Chicago Bears John Aveni End Indiana 322 Cleveland Browns Larry Baker Tackle Bowling Green 323 New York Giants Joe Biscaha End Richmond 324 Baltimore Colts Terry Thurman Back Rice
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 325 Green Bay Packers Jerry Epps Guard West Texas State 326 Philadelphia Eagles Leo Sexton End Auburn 327 Chicago Cardinals Don Fleming Defensive back Florida 328 Detroit Lions Vince Matthews Back Texas 329 Washington Redskins Bill Austin Back Rutgers 330 San Francisco 49ers Mike McCluskey Back Washington 331 Pittsburgh Steelers Ronnie Hall Back Missouri Valley 332 Chicago Bears Bob Williams Back Notre Dame 333 Los Angeles Rams Rafer Johnson Back UCLA 334 New York Giants Dolphus Williams Tackle Morgan State 335 Cleveland Browns Pete Abadie End Tulane 336 Baltimore Colts Fred Long Back Iowa
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 337 Green Bay Packers Jack Flara Back Pittsburgh 338 Chicago Cardinals Jim O'Connor Center Marshall 339 Philadelphia Eagles John Stolte Tackle Kansas State 340 Washington Redskins Don Lockwood Guard Tulane 341 Detroit Lions Dave Sime End Duke 342 San Francisco 49ers Jack Bolton Tackle Puget Sound 343 Pittsburgh Steelers Dick Loncar Tackle Notre Dame 344 Los Angeles Rams Ernie Moore End Alabama State 345 Chicago Bears Eddie Southern End Texas 346 Cleveland Browns Ron Nietupski Tackle Illinois 347 New York Giants Henry Christopher End Southern Methodist 348 Baltimore Colts Perry McGriff End Florida
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 349 Green Bay Packers Dick Emerich Tackle West Chester 350 Philadelphia Eagles Angelo Mosca Tackle Notre Dame 351 Chicago Cardinals Rabe Walton Back North Carolina 352 Detroit Lions Ron Stover End Oregon 353 Washington Redskins Jim Colclough Back Boston College 354 San Francisco 49ers Bob Carter Tackle Denver 355 Pittsburgh Steelers Willus Fjerstad Back Minnesota 356 Chicago Bears Cliff Jackson Back North Carolina Central 357 Los Angeles Rams Don Millich Back Washington 358 New York Giants Dave Sington Tackle Alabama 359 Cleveland Browns Carl Ketchie Back Washington State 360 [ 4] Baltimore Colts Blair Weese Back West Virginia Tech
Dick LeBeau , defensive back from Ohio State University taken 5th round 58th overall by the Cleveland Browns. Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2010.[ 5] Notable undrafted players [ edit ]