National Football League draft
The 1965 NFL draft was held at the Summit Hotel in New York City on Saturday, November 28, 1964.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] The first player selected was Tucker Frederickson , back from Auburn , by the New York Giants .[ 5]
The draft was marked by the failure of the St. Louis Cardinals to sign quarterback Joe Namath of Alabama , who went with the New York Jets of the American Football League .[ 2] The AFL draft was held the same day.
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 43 New York Giants Henry Carr Running back Arizona State 44 San Francisco 49ers Larry Todd Wide receiver Arizona State 45 Chicago Bears Jim Nance [ 11] Fullback Syracuse 46 Detroit Lions Tommy Myers Quarterback Northwestern 47 Dallas Cowboys Jimmy Sidle Running back Auburn 48 Baltimore Colts Fred Hill Wide receiver USC 49 Baltimore Colts Marty Schottenheimer [ 12] Linebacker Pittsburgh 50 Los Angeles Rams Mike Strofolino Linebacker Villanova 51 Minnesota Vikings Jim Whalen End Boston College 52 Green Bay Packers Wally Mahle Back Syracuse 53 Dallas Cowboys Bob Svihus [ 13] Tackle USC 54 St. Louis Cardinals Johnny Roland Running back Missouri 55 Minnesota Vikings Jim Harris Tackle Utah State 56 Baltimore Colts Dave Johnson Wide receiver San Jose State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 57 Detroit Lions Tommy Vaughn Back Iowa State 58 San Francisco 49ers Dave McCormick Tackle Louisiana State 59 Green Bay Packers Jim Harvey Tackle Mississippi 60 Los Angeles Rams Frank Marchlewski Center Minnesota 61 Dallas Cowboys Roger Pettee Linebacker Florida 62 New York Giants Frank Lambert End Mississippi 63 Philadelphia Eagles John Henderson End Michigan 64 Detroit Lions Ed Flanagan Center Purdue 65 Los Angeles Rams Doug Woodlief End Memphis State 66 Green Bay Packers Doug Goodwin Running back Maryland-Eastern Shore 67 Detroit Lions John Flynn End Oklahoma 68 St. Louis Cardinals Bobby Bonds Running back San Jose State 69 Cleveland Browns Bill Irwin Tackle Mississippi 70 Baltimore Colts John McGuire Wide receiver Syracuse
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 71 Baltimore Colts Bobby Felts Running back Florida A&M 72 Cleveland Browns Arnie Simkus Tackle Michigan 73 Chicago Bears Tony Carey Running back Notre Dame 74 Green Bay Packers Richard Koeper Tackle Oregon State 75 Dallas Cowboys Sonny Utz Running back Virginia Tech 76 Philadelphia Eagles John Huarte [ 14] [ 15] Quarterback Notre Dame 77 Philadelphia Eagles Gary Garrison Wide receiver San Diego State 78 Los Angeles Rams Bill Harrison End Elon 79 Minnesota Vikings Jim Grisham Back Oklahoma 80 Green Bay Packers Bill Symons Running back Colorado 81 Detroit Lions Earl Hawkins Back Emory & Henry 82 St. Louis Cardinals Glen Ray Hines Tackle Arkansas 83 Cleveland Browns Corwyn Aldredge Wide receiver Northwestern State (LA) 84 Baltimore Colts Al Atkinson Tackle Villanova
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 85 Green Bay Packers Jerry Roberts Back Baldwin–Wallace 86 Green Bay Packers Roger Jacobazzi Tackle Wisconsin 87 Pittsburgh Steelers Charley Browning Back Washington 88 Chicago Bears Dick Gordon Running back Michigan State 89 Dallas Cowboys Brig Owens Quarterback Cincinnati 90 Chicago Bears Mickey Sutton Back Auburn 91 Philadelphia Eagles Erwin Will Tackle Dayton 92 Detroit Lions Greg Kent Tackle Utah 93 Los Angeles Rams Tony Guillory Guard Lamar 94 Green Bay Packers Junior Coffey Running back Washington 95 Detroit Lions Bob Kowalkowski Guard Virginia 96 St. Louis Cardinals Frank Roy End Utah 97 Cleveland Browns Dale Lindsey Linebacker Western Kentucky 98 Baltimore Colts John Kolocek Tackle Corpus Christi State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 99 New York Giants Willie Williams Back Grambling 100 Minnesota Vikings John Hankinson Quarterback Minnesota 101 Chicago Bears Brian Schweda Tackle Kansas 102 Pittsburgh Steelers Bill Howley End Pittsburgh 103 Dallas Cowboys Russell Wayt Linebacker Rice 104 Philadelphia Eagles Al Piraino Tackle Wisconsin 105 Washington Redskins Don Croftcheck Guard Indiana 106 Los Angeles Rams Stan Dzura Tackle California 107 Minnesota Vikings Jeff Jordon Back Tulsa 108 Green Bay Packers Mike Shinn End Kansas 109 Detroit Lions Larry Harbin Back Appalachian State 110 St. Louis Cardinals John Meyer Linebacker Notre Dame 111 Cleveland Browns Mike Howell Defensive back Grambling 112 Baltimore Colts Roosevelt Davis Tackle Tennessee State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 113 New York Giants John Frick End Ohio 114 San Francisco 49ers Wayne Swinford Running back Georgia 115 Pittsburgh Steelers Tom Neville Tackle Mississippi State 116 Chicago Bears Ken Ambrusko Back Maryland 117 Dallas Cowboys Jim Zanios Running back Texas Tech 118 Washington Redskins Jerry Smith Tight end Arizona State 119 Philadelphia Eagles Floyd Hudlow Back Arizona 120 Minnesota Vikings Frank McClendon Tackle Alabama 121 Los Angeles Rams Ronnie Caveness Linebacker Arkansas 122 Green Bay Packers Larry Bulaich Back Texas Christian 123 Detroit Lions Bruce McLenna Back Hillsdale 124 St. Louis Cardinals Jimmy Heidel Back Mississippi 125 Cleveland Browns Gary Lane Quarterback Missouri 126 Baltimore Colts Tom Bleick Back Georgia Tech
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 127 New York Giants Ben Crenshaw Back Jackson State 128 San Francisco 49ers Bob Cappadona Running back Northeastern 129 Chicago Bears Dennis Murphy Tackle Florida 130 Pittsburgh Steelers Dave Tobey Center Oregon 131 Dallas Cowboys Gaylon McCullough Center Alabama 132 Philadelphia Eagles Rick Redman Center Washington 133 Washington Redskins Bob Briggs Running back Central State (OK) 134 Los Angeles Rams Jim Burt Running back Western Kentucky 135 Minnesota Vikings Jerald Schweiger Tackle Wisconsin–Superior 136 Green Bay Packers Bud Marshall Tackle Stephen F. Austin 137 Detroit Lions Frank Pennie Tackle Florida 138 St. Louis Cardinals Chuck Drulis End Duke 139 Cleveland Browns Pat Screen Quarterback Louisiana State 140 Baltimore Colts George Harold Back Allen
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 141 New York Giants Ernie Koy Running back Texas 142 San Francisco 49ers Steve Mass Tackle Detroit 143 Pittsburgh Steelers Frank Molden Tackle Jackson State 144 Chicago Bears Frank Cornish Tackle Grambling 145 Dallas Cowboys Jethro Pugh Tackle Elizabeth City State 146 Washington Redskins Willie Adams Guard New Mexico State 147 Philadelphia Eagles Louis James Running back Texas-El Paso 148 Minnesota Vikings John Thomas End USC 149 Los Angeles Rams Merlin Walet Running back McNeese State 150 Green Bay Packers Jim Weatherwax Tackle Cal State-Los Angeles 151 Detroit Lions Jim Kearney Back Prairie View A&M 152 St. Louis Cardinals Bud French Back Alabama 153 Cleveland Browns Olie Cordill Back Memphis State 154 Baltimore Colts Lamar Richardson Wide receiver Fisk
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 155 New York Giants Jim Carroll Linebacker Notre Dame 156 San Francisco 49ers Dave Plump Running back Fresno State 157 Chicago Bears Steve Cox Tackle South Carolina 158 Pittsburgh Steelers Craig Lofquist Back Minnesota 159 Dallas Cowboys Ernie Kellerman Quarterback Miami (OH) 160 Washington Redskins John Strohmeyer Tackle Nebraska 161 Philadelphia Eagles John Kuznieski Running back Purdue 162 Los Angeles Rams Bob Werl End Miami (FL) 163 Minnesota Vikings Mike Tilleman Tackle Montana 164 Green Bay Packers Gene Jeter Running back Arkansas-Pine Bluff 165 Detroit Lions Jim Moore Linebacker North Texas State 166 St. Louis Cardinals Glen Sasser End North Carolina State 167 Cleveland Browns Justin Canale Guard Mississippi State 168 Baltimore Colts Ted Rodosovich Guard Cincinnati
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 169 New York Giants Carl Lockhart Defensive back North Texas State 170 San Francisco 49ers Gregg Schumacher End Illinois 171 Pittsburgh Steelers J.R. Wilburn Back South Carolina 172 Chicago Bears Dave Daniels Tackle Florida A&M 173 Dallas Cowboys Jack Schraub End California 174 Washington Redskins Biff Bracy Running back Duke 175 Philadelphia Eagles John Fouse End Arizona 176 Minnesota Vikings Dave Osborn Back North Dakota 177 Los Angeles Rams Brent Berry Tackle San Jose State 178 Green Bay Packers Roy Schmidt Guard Long Beach State 179 Detroit Lions Jack Jacobson Back Oklahoma State 180 St. Louis Cardinals Steve Murphy Running back Northwestern 181 Cleveland Browns Henry Pickett Running back Baylor 182 Baltimore Colts Bruce Airheart Running back North Dakota State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 183 New York Giants Olen Underwood End Texas 184 San Francisco 49ers Frank Andruski Running back Utah 185 Chicago Bears Dave Pivec Wide receiver Notre Dame 186 Pittsburgh Steelers Jim (Cannonball) Butler Back Edward Waters 187 Dallas Cowboys Garry Porterfield Wide receiver Tulsa 188 Philadelphia Eagles Tom Longo Back Notre Dame 189 Washington Redskins Dave Estrada Running back Arizona State 190 Los Angeles Rams Bill Robertson End Austin 191 Minnesota Vikings Max Leetzow End Idaho 192 Green Bay Packers John Putnam Running back Drake 193 Detroit Lions Larry Brown Back Oklahoma 194 St. Louis Cardinals Mike Alford Center Auburn 195 Cleveland Browns Dan Simrell Quarterback Toledo 196 Baltimore Colts Jerry Fishman Linebacker Maryland
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 197 New York Giants Mike Giers Guard USC 198 San Francisco 49ers Joe Pabian Tackle West Virginia 199 Pittsburgh Steelers John Carrell Tackle Texas Tech 200 Chicago Bears Art Robinson Back Cal State-Los Angeles 201 Dallas Cowboys Gene Foster Back Arizona State 202 Washington Redskins Ben Baldwin Back Vanderbilt 203 Philadelphia Eagles Otis Taylor [ 16] Wide receiver Prairie View A&M 204 Minnesota Vikings Phillip Morgan Back East Tennessee State 205 Los Angeles Rams Marvin Davis End Wichita State 206 Green Bay Packers Chuck Hurston Tackle Auburn 207 Detroit Lions Wallace Dickey End Southwest Texas State 208 St. Louis Cardinals Harlan Lane Back Baylor 209 Cleveland Browns Larry Gagner Tackle Florida 210 Baltimore Colts Roy Hilton Running back Jackson State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 211 New York Giants Tom Good Back Marshall 212 San Francisco 49ers Dave Hettema Tackle New Mexico 213 Chicago Bears Frank Pitts Wide receiver Southern 214 Pittsburgh Steelers Doug Dusenbury Kicker Kansas State 215 Dallas Cowboys Doug McDougal End Oregon State 216 Philadelphia Eagles Jim Gray Back Toledo 217 Washington Redskins Bob Reed Guard Tennessee A&I 218 Los Angeles Rams Charlie Brown Tackle Tulsa 219 Minnesota Vikings Paul Labinski Tackle St. John's (MN) 220 Green Bay Packers Phil Vandersea Running back Massachusetts 221 Detroit Lions John Smith Tackle Maryland-Eastern Shore 222 St. Louis Cardinals Carl Silvestri Back Wisconsin 223 Cleveland Browns Mel Anthony Running back Michigan 224 Baltimore Colts Steve Tensi Quarterback Florida State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 225 New York Giants Dave Powless Guard Illinois 226 San Francisco 49ers Len Frketich End Oregon State 227 Pittsburgh Steelers Whit Canale Running back Tennessee 228 Chicago Bears Tom LaFramboise Quarterback Louisville 229 Dallas Cowboys Mitch Johnson Tackle UCLA 230 Washington Redskins Gary Hart End Vanderbilt 231 Philadelphia Eagles Dave Austin End Georgia Tech 232 Minnesota Vikings Veran Smith Back Utah State 233 Los Angeles Rams Ed Blecksmith Back USC 234 Green Bay Packers Steve Clark Kicker Oregon State 235 Detroit Lions Sonny Odom Running back Duke 236 St. Louis Cardinals Mike Melinkovich Tackle Gray's Harbor J.C. 237 Cleveland Browns John Boyette Tackle Clemson 238 Baltimore Colts Rick Reichardt Running back Wisconsin
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 239 New York Giants Mike Ciccolella Linebacker Dayton 240 San Francisco 49ers Leon Standridge End San Diego State 241 Chicago Bears Mike Schwager Tackle Northwestern 242 Pittsburgh Steelers Bob Howard Back Stanford 243 Dallas Cowboys Marty Amsler Tackle Evansville 244 Philadelphia Eagles Bill Marcordes End Bradley 245 Washington Redskins Chris Hanburger Linebacker North Carolina 246 Los Angeles Rams Leo Lowery Running back Texas Tech 247 Minnesota Vikings Rich Kotite End Wagner 248 Green Bay Packers Jeff White End Texas Tech 249 Detroit Lions Karl Sweetan Quarterback Wake Forest 250 St. Louis Cardinals Ed McQuarters Guard Oklahoma 251 Cleveland Browns Dick Arrington Guard Notre Dame 252 Baltimore Colts Charley King Running back Purdue
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 253 New York Giants Smith Reed Back Alcorn State 254 San Francisco 49ers Dale Ford Running back Washington State 255 Pittsburgh Steelers Lonnie Price Back Southwestern Louisiana 256 Chicago Bears Lou Bobich Kicker Michigan State 257 Dallas Cowboys Merv Rettenmund Running back Ball State 258 Washington Redskins Roosevelt Ellerbe Back Iowa State 259 Philadelphia Eagles Charley Englehart Tackle John Carroll 260 Minnesota Vikings Ellis Johnson Running back Southeastern Louisiana 261 Los Angeles Rams Billy Guy Anderson Quarterback Tulsa 262 Green Bay Packers Len Sears Tackle South Carolina 263 Detroit Lions Preston Love Back Nebraska 264 St. Louis Cardinals Roy Shivers Running back Utah State 265 Cleveland Browns Ed Orazen Guard Ohio State 266 Baltimore Colts Barry Brown End Florida
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 267 New York Giants John Torok Quarterback Arizona State 268 San Francisco 49ers Dennis Duncan Back Louisiana College 269 Chicago Bears Ralph Kurek Running back Wisconsin 270 Pittsburgh Steelers Craig Fertig Quarterback USC 271 Dallas Cowboys Don Barlow Tackle Kansas State 272 Philadelphia Eagles Bobby Shann End Boston College 273 Baltimore Colts Ray Johnson Center Prairie View A&M 274 Los Angeles Rams Billy Scott End Northeast Oklahoma 275 Minnesota Vikings Cosmo Iacavazzi Back Princeton 276 Green Bay Packers Jim Chandler Running back Benedict 277 Detroit Lions George Wilson Quarterback Xavier 278 St. Louis Cardinals Tony Giacobazzi End Iowa 279 Cleveland Browns Frank Goldberg Linebacker Central Michigan 280 [ 17] Baltimore Colts George Haffner Quarterback McNeese State
= Pro Bowler [ 6] = AFL All-Star [ 7] = Hall of Famer
Five members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were taken in the 1965 NFL draft:
Gale Sayers , halfback from University of Kansas taken 1st round 4th overall by the Chicago Bears. Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1977.[ 18] Dick Butkus , linebacker from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign taken 1st round 3rd overall by the Chicago Bears. Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1979.[ 18] Joe Namath , quarterback from Alabama taken 1st round 12th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals but signed with the New York Jets. Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1985.[ 19] Fred Biletnikoff , wide receiver from Florida State taken 3rd round 39th overall by the Detroit Lions but signed with the Oakland Raiders. Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1988.[ 19] Chris Hanburger , linebacker from the University of North Carolina taken in the 18th round, 245th overall by the Washington Redskins. Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2011. Notable undrafted players [ edit ] ^ "NFL draft nudges forward slowly" . Milwaukee Journal . wire services. November 29, 1964. p. 1, sports. ^ a b Hand, Jack (November 29, 1964). "NFL gets early signees" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. 2, sports. ^ "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 . ^ "No. 1 picks" . Spokane Daily Chronicle . Associated Press. November 28, 1964. p. 8. ^ a b c Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career. ^ a b Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star team at any time in their career. ^ Steve DeLong signed with the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League. ^ Joe Namath signed with the New York Jets of the American Football League. ^ Fred Biletnikoff signed with the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League ^ Jim Nance signed with the Boston Patriots of the American Football League. ^ Marty Schottenheimer signed with the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League. ^ Bob Svihus signed with the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League. ^ John Huarte, 1964 Heisman Trophy winner "Heisman Trophy" . Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2013 . ^ John Huarte signed with the Boston Patriots of the American Football League. ^ Otis Taylor signed with the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League. ^ This last selection is commonly referred to as Mr. Irrelevant . ^ a b List of 1970s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com "Pro Football Hall of Fame" . Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2008 . ^ a b List of 1980s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com "Pro Football Hall of Fame" . Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2008 .