Green Bay Packers draft picks (1936–1969)
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The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers have competed in the National Football League (NFL) since 1921, two years after their original founding by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun.[1] They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) and play their home games at Lambeau Field in central Wisconsin.[2][3]
The NFL draft, officially known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting",[4] is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment.[5] The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings; the teams with the worst win–loss records receive the earliest picks. Teams that qualified for the NFL playoffs select after non-qualifiers, and their order depends on how far they advanced, using their regular season record as a tie-breaker. The final two selections in the first round are reserved for the Super Bowl runner-up and champion. Draft picks are tradable and players or other picks can be acquired with them.[6]
In 1936, the Packers took part in the first NFL draft of college football players. With the seventh pick of the first round of that draft, Russ Letlow, a guard out of the University of San Francisco, became the Packers' first draft selection.[7] In addition to the annual draft, the Packers took part in the 1950 All-America Football Conference (AAFC) dispersal draft. This draft was organized after the AAFC, which was formed as a competing league in 1946, merged with the NFL. Three teams from the AAFC were admitted into the NFL, while the remaining players from the five defunct teams became automatically eligible for selection by an existing NFL team in the dispersal draft.[8][9] Eleven of the players drafted by the Packers between 1936 and 1969 have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[10] Ten of these players, along with 25 other Packers draftees, have been inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.[11] The Packers took part in every draft from 1936 to 1969, prior to the AFL–NFL merger and the formation of the modern draft in 1970.[7]
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[edit]# | Inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame[11] |
† | Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame[10] |
‡ | Inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame |
1936 draft
[edit]Round | Pick # | Overall | Name | Position[a] | College |
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1 | 7 | 7 | Russ Letlow # | Guard | San Francisco |
2 | 7 | 16 | J. W. Wheeler | Tackle | Oklahoma |
3 | 7 | 25 | Bernie Scherer | End | Nebraska |
4 | 7 | 34 | Theron Ward | Back | Idaho |
5 | 7 | 43 | Darrell Lester | Center | TCU |
6 | 7 | 52 | Bob Reynolds | Tackle | Stanford |
7 | 7 | 61 | Wally Fromhart | Back | Notre Dame |
8 | 7 | 70 | Wally Cruice | Back | Northwestern |
9 | 7 | 79 | J. C. Wetsel | Guard | SMU |
1937 draft
[edit]Round | Pick # | Overall | Name | Position[a] | College |
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1 | 9 | 9 | Eddie Jankowski # | Fullback | Wisconsin |
2 | 9 | 19 | Ave Daniell | Tackle | Pittsburgh |
3 | 9 | 29 | Bud Wilkinson | Tacke | Minnesota |
4 | 9 | 39 | Bud Svendsen # | Center | Minnesota |
5 | 9 | 49 | Dewitt Gibson | Tackle | Northwestern |
6 | 9 | 59 | Merle Wendt | End | Ohio St. |
7 | 9 | 69 | Marv Baldwin | Tackle | TCU |
8 | 9 | 79 | Les Chapman | Tackle | Tulsa |
9 | 9 | 89 | Gordon Dahlgren | Guard | Michigan St. |
10 | 9 | 99 | Dave Gavin | Tackle | Holy Cross |
1938 draft
[edit]Round | Pick # | Overall | Name | Position[a] | College |
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1 | 7 | 7 | Cecil Isbell # | Tailback | Purdue |
3 | 7 | 22 | Marty Schreyer | Tackle | Purdue |
5 | 7 | 37 | Chuck Sweeney | End | Notre Dame |
6 | 7 | 47 | Andy Uram # | Running back | Minnesota |
7 | 7 | 57 | Johnny Kovatch | End | Northwestern |
8 | 7 | 67 | Phil Ragazzo | Tackle | Case Western Reserve |
9 | 7 | 77 | John Howell | Halfback | Nebraska |
10 | 7 | 87 | Frank Barnhart | Guard | Northern Colorado |
11 | 7 | 97 | Pete Tinsley # | Guard | Georgia |
12 | 7 | 107 | Tony Falkenstein | Fullback | Saint Mary's (CA) |
1939 draft
[edit]Round | Pick # | Overall | Name | Position[a] | College |
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1 | 9 | 9 | Larry Buhler | Back | Minnesota |
3 | 9 | 24 | Charley Brock # | Center | Nebraska |
5 | 9 | 39 | Lynn Hovland | Guard | Wisconsin |
6 | 9 | 49 | Larry Craig # | Quarterback | South Carolina |
7 | 9 | 59 | Frank Twedell | Guard | Minnesota |
8 | 9 | 69 | Paul Kell | Tackle | Notre Dame |
9 | 9 | 79 | Johnny Hall | Wingback | TCU |
10 | 9 | 89 | Vince Gavre | Back | Wisconsin |
11 | 9 | 99 | Charley Sprague | End | SMU |
13 | 9 | 119 | Dan Elmer | Center | Minnesota |
14 | 9 | 129 | Bill Badgett | Tackle | Georgia |
15 | 9 | 139 | Tom Greenfield | Center | Arizona |
16 | 9 | 149 | Roy Bellin | Back | Wisconsin |
17 | 9 | 159 | John Yerby | End | Oregon |
18 | 9 | 169 | Frank Balasz | Fullback | Iowa |
19 | 9 | 179 | John Brennan | Guard | Michigan |
20 | 9 | 189 | Charles Schultz | Tackle | Minnesota |
21 | 4 | 194 | Willard Hofer | Back | Notre Dame |
22 | 4 | 199 | Bill Gunther | Back | Santa Clara |
1940 draft
[edit]Round | Pick # | Overall | Name | Position[a] | College |
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1 | 9 | 9 | Hal Van Every | Tailback | Minnesota |
3 | 9 | 24 | Lou Brock # | Back | Purdue |
5 | 9 | 39 | Esco Sarkkinen | End | Ohio St. |
6 | 9 | 49 | Dick Cassiano | Back | Pittsburgh |
7 | 9 | 59 | Millard White | Tackle | Tulane |
8 | 9 | 69 | George Seeman | End | Nebraska |
9 | 9 | 79 | J. R. Manley | Guard | Oklahoma |
10 | 9 | 89 | Jack Brown | Back | Purdue |
11 | 9 | 99 | Don Guritz | Guard | Northwestern |
12 | 9 | 109 | Phil Gaspar | Tackle | USC |
13 | 9 | 119 | Ambrose Schindler | Back | USC |
14 | 9 | 129 | Bill Kerr | End | Notre Dame |
15 | 9 | 139 | Mel Brewer | Guard | Illinois |
16 | 9 | 149 | Ray Andrus | Back | Vanderbilt |
17 | 9 | 159 | Archie Kodros | Center | Michigan |
18 | 9 | 169 | Jim Gillette | Halfback | Virginia |
19 | 9 | 179 | Al Matuza | Center | — |
20 | 9 | 189 | Jim Reeder | Tackle | Illinois |
21 | 4 | 194 | Vince Eichler | Back | Cornell |
22 | 4 | 199 | Henry Luebcke | Tackle | Iowa |
1941 draft
[edit]Round | Pick # | Overall | Name | Position[a] | College |
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1 | 7 | 7 | George Paskvan | Fullback | Wisconsin |
3 | 6 | 21 | Bob Paffrath | Back | Minnesota |
5 | 7 | 37 | Ed Frutig | End | Michigan |
6 | 6 | 46 | Herm Rohrig | Wingback | Nebraska |
7 | 7 | 57 | Bill Telesmanic | End | San Francisco |
8 | 6 | 66 | Bill Kuusisto | Guard | Minnesota |
9 | 7 | 77 | Tony Canadeo ‡ | Halfback | Gonzaga |
10 | 6 | 86 | Mike Byelene | Back | Purdue |
11 | 7 | 97 | Paul Heimenz | Center | Northwestern |
12 | 6 | 106 | Mike Enich | Tackle | Iowa |
13 | 7 | 117 | Ed Heffernan | Back | — |
14 | 6 | 127 | Del Lyman | Tackle | UCLA |
15 | 7 | 137 | Johnny Frieberger | End | Arkansas |
16 | 6 | 146 | Ernie Pannell | Tackle | Texas A&M |
17 | 7 | 157 | Bob Saggau | Back | Notre Dame |
18 | 6 | 166 | Helge Pukema | Guard | Minnesota |
19 | 7 | 177 | Bob Hayes | End | Toledo |
20 | 6 | 186 | Jim Strasbaugh | Halfback | Ohio St. |
21 | 2 | 192 | Joe Bailey | Center | Kentucky |
22 | 1 | 196 | Bruno Malinowski | Back | Holy Cross |
1942 draft
[edit]Round | Pick # | Overall | Name | Position[a] | College |
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1 | 9 | 9 | Urban Odson | Tackle | Minnesota |
3 | 9 | 24 | Ray Frankowski | Guard | Washington |
5 | 9 | 39 | Bill Green | Back | Iowa |
6 | 9 | 49 | Joe Krivonak | Guard | South Carolina |
7 | 9 | 59 | Preston Johnson | Halfback | SMU |
8 | 9 | 69 | Joe Rogers | End | Michigan |
9 | 9 | 79 | Noah Langdale | Tackle | Alabama |
10 | 9 | 89 | Gene Flick | Center | Minnesota |
11 | 9 | 99 | Tom Farris | Quarterback | Wisconsin |
12 | 9 | 109 | Jimmy Richardson | Back | Marquette |
13 | 9 | 119 | Bruce Smith | Halfback | Minnesota |
14 | 9 | 129 | Bill Applegate | Guard | South Carolina |
15 | 9 | 139 | Jim Trimble | Tackle | Indiana |
16 | 9 | 149 | Tom Kinkade | Back | Ohio St. |
17 | 9 | 159 | Fred Peston | End | Nebraska |
18 | 9 | 169 | Bob Ingalls | Center | Michigan |
19 | 9 | 179 | George Benson | Back | Northwestern |
20 | 9 | 189 | Horace Young | Back | SMU |
21 | 4 | 194 | Henry Woronicz | End | Boston College |
22 | 4 | 199 | Woody Adams | Tackle | TCU |
1943 draft
[edit]1944 draft
[edit]Round | Pick # | Overall | Name | Position[a] | College |
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1 | 7 | 7 | Merv Pregulman | Center | Michigan |
3 | 6 | 22 | Tom Kuzma | Back | Michigan |
5 | 6 | 38 | Bill McPartland | Tackle | — |
6 | 6 | 49 | Mickey McCardle | Back | USC |
7 | 6 | 60 | Jack Tracy | End | Washington |
8 | 6 | 71 | Alex Agase | Linebacker | Illinois |
9 | 6 | 82 | Don Whitmire | Tackle | Navy |
10 | 6 | 93 | Bob Koch | Back | Oregon |
11 | 6 | 104 | Virgil Johnson | End | Arkansas |
12 | 6 | 115 | Roy Giusti | Back | — |
13 | 6 | 126 | Bill Baughman | Center | Alabama |
14 | 6 | 137 | Don Griffin | Halfback | Illinois |
15 | 6 | 148 | Bert Gissler | End | Nebraska |
16 | 6 | 159 | Lou Shelton | Back | Oregon St. |
17 | 6 | 170 | Charley Cusick | Guard | Colgate |
18 | 6 | 181 | Hugh Cox | Back | North Carolina |
19 | 6 | 192 | Kermit Davis | End | Mississippi St. |
20 | 6 | 203 | Bob Johnson | Center | Purdue |
21 | 6 | 214 | Jim Cox | Guard | Stanford |
22 | 6 | 225 | Cliff Anderson | End | Minnesota |
23 | 6 | 236 | John Wesley Perry | Back | Duke |
24 | 6 | 247 | Pete DeMaria | Guard | Purdue |
25 | 6 | 258 | Len Liss | Tackle | Marquette |
26 | 6 | 269 | Ray Jordan | Back | North Carolina |
27 | 6 | 280 | Al Grubaugh | Tackle | Nebraska |
28 | 6 | 291 | A. B. Howard | End | Mississippi St. |
29 | 6 | 302 | Paul Paladino | Guard | Arkansas |
30 | 6 | 313 | Bob Butchofsky | Back | Texas A&M |
31 | 1 | 319 | Russ Deal | Guard | Indiana |
32 | 1 | 325 | Abel Gonzales | Back | SMU |
1945 draft
[edit]1946 draft
[edit]Round | Pick # | Overall | Name | Position[a] | College |
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1 | 6 | 6 | Johnny Strzykalski | Halfback | Marquette |
3 | 6 | 21 | Bob Nussbaumer | Halfback | Michigan |
5 | 6 | 36 | Ed Cody | Fullback | Purdue |
6 | 6 | 46 | John Ferraro | Tackle | USC |
7 | 6 | 56 | Art Renner | End | Michigan |
8 | 6 | 66 | Bert Cole | Tackle | Oklahoma St. |
9 | 6 | 76 | Grant Darnell | Guard | Texas A&M |
10 | 6 | 86 | Joe McAfee | Back | Holy Cross |
11 | 6 | 96 | Steve Conroy | Back | Holy Cross |
12 | 6 | 106 | Billy Hildebrand | End | Mississippi St. |
13 | 6 | 116 | Tom Hand | Center | Iowa |
14 | 6 | 126 | George Hills | Guard | Georgia Tech |
15 | 6 | 136 | Jim Hough | Back | Clemson |
16 | 6 | 146 | Dean Gaines | Tackle | Georgia Tech |
17 | 6 | 156 | J. P. Miller | Guard | Georgia |
18 | 6 | 166 | Boyd Morse | End | Arizona |
19 | 6 | 176 | Joe Bradford | Center | USC |
20 | 6 | 186 | Bill DeRosa | Back | Boston College |
21 | 6 | 196 | Ralph Grant | Back | Bucknell |
22 | 6 | 206 | Howard Brown | Guard | Indiana |
23 | 6 | 216 | Andy Kosmac | Center | LSU |
24 | 6 | 226 | Maurice Stacy | Back | Washington |
25 | 6 | 236 | Chuck Davidson | Tackle | Cornell |
26 | 6 | 246 | John Norton | Back | Washington |
27 | 6 | 256 | Ed Holtsinger | Back | Georgia Tech |
28 | 6 | 266 | Joe Campbell | End | Holy Cross |
29 | 6 | 276 | Francis Saunders | Tackle | Clemson |
30 | 6 | 286 | Al Sparlis | Guard | UCLA |
31 | 1 | 291 | Ralph Clymer | Guard | Purdue |
32 | 1 | 296 | Joervin Henderson | Center | Missouri |
1947 draft
[edit]1948 draft
[edit]1949 draft
[edit]1950 AAFC dispersal draft
[edit]Round | Pick # | Overall | Name | Position[a] | AAFC Team |
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1 | 3 | 3 | Billy Grimes | Halfback | Los Angeles Dons |
2 | 3 | 16 | Alton Baldwin | End | Buffalo Bills |
3 | 3 | 29 | Homer Paine | Tackle | Chicago Hornets |
Extra | 2 | 41 | James Lukens | End | Buffalo Bills |
Extra | 4 | 23 | Abner Wimberly | End | Los Angeles Dons |
4 | 3 | 46 | Wilbur Volz | Halfback | Buffalo Bills |
5 | 3 | 59 | John Kerns | Tackle | Buffalo Bills |
Extra | 2 | 71 | Ted Cook | End | |
6 | 3 | 74 | Jason Bailey | Tackle | Chicago Hornets |
7 | 3 | 87 | Denny Crawford | Tackle | New York Yankees |
Extra | 2 | 99 | Carl Schuette | Center | Buffalo Bills |
8 | 3 | 102 | Zygmont Czarobski | Tackle | Chicago Hornets |
9 | 3 | 115 | Vic Schleich | Tackle | Chicago Hornets |
Extra | 2 | 127 | Paul Duke | Center | New York Yankees |
10 | 3 | 130 | R. M. Patterson | Tackle | Chicago Hornets |
1950 draft
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[edit]1960 draft
[edit]Round | Pick # | Overall | Name | Position[a] | College |
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1 | 5 | 5 | Tom Moore | Halfback | Vanderbilt |
2 | 5 | 17 | Bob Jeter # | Defensive back | Iowa |
5 | 3 | 51 | Dale Hackbart | Defensive back | Wisconsin |
6 | 5 | 65 | Mike Wright | Tackle | Minnesota |
7 | 5 | 77 | Kirk Phares | Guard | South Carolina |
8 | 5 | 89 | Don Hitt | Center | Oklahoma St. |
9 | 5 | 101 | Frank Brixius | Tackle | Minnesota |
11 | 5 | 125 | Ron Ray | Tackle | Howard Payne |
12 | 5 | 137 | Harry Ball | Tackle | Boston College |
13 | 5 | 149 | Paul Winslow | Defensive back | North Carolina Central |
14 | 5 | 161 | Jon Gilliam | Center | Texas A&M–Commerce |
15 | 5 | 173 | Garney Henley | Back | Huron |
16 | 5 | 185 | John Littlejohn | Back | Kansas St. |
17 | 5 | 197 | Joe Gomes | Back | South Carolina |
18 | 5 | 209 | Royce Whittington | Tackle | Southwestern Louisiana |
19 | 5 | 221 | Rich Brooks | End | Purdue |
20 | 5 | 233 | Gilmer Lewis | Tackle | Oklahoma |
1961 draft
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[edit]1966 draft
[edit]Round | Pick # | Overall | Name | Position[a] | College |
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1 | 9 | 9 | Jim Grabowski | Running back | Illinois |
1 | 13 | 13 | Gale Gillingham # | Guard | Minnesota |
2 | 14 | 30 | Tom Cichowski | Tackle | Maryland |
3 | 13 | 45 | Fred Heron | Defensive tackle | San Jose St. |
3 | 14 | 46 | Tony Jeter | Tight end | Nebraska |
4 | 14 | 62 | John Roderick | Wide receiver | SMU |
7 | 13 | 108 | Ray Miller | Defensive end | Idaho |
8 | 14 | 124 | Ken McLean | Flanker | Texas A&M |
9 | 13 | 138 | Ron Rector | Running back | Northwestern |
10 | 14 | 154 | Sam Montgomery | Defensive end | Southern |
11 | 13 | 168 | Ralph Wenzel | Guard | San Diego St. |
12 | 14 | 184 | Jim Mankins | Running back | Florida St. |
13 | 13 | 198 | Ed King | Linebacker | USC |
14 | 14 | 214 | Ron Hanson | Flanker | North Dakota St. |
15 | 13 | 228 | Grady Bolton | Tackle | Mississippi St. |
16 | 14 | 244 | Bob Schultz | Defensive end | Wisconsin–Stevens Point |
17 | 13 | 258 | David Hathcock | Defensive back | Memphis St. |
18 | 14 | 274 | Jim Jones | Defensive end | Nebraska-Omaha |
19 | 13 | 288 | Dave Moton | End | USC |
20 | 14 | 304 | Ed Maras | End | South Dakota St. |
1967 draft
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