The 1949 National Football League Draft was held on December 21, 1948, at The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia.[1] The draft was preceded by a secret draft meeting held November 15, 1948, at the Hotel Schenley in Pittsburgh .[2]
Player selections [ ]
= Pro Bowler [3]
= Hall of Famer
Round one [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
1
Philadelphia Eagles (Lottery bonus pick)
Chuck Bednarik
Center
Pennsylvania
2
Detroit Lions
Johnny Rauch
Quarterback
Georgia
3
New York Bulldogs (formerly the Boston Yanks )
Doak Walker [4]
Halfback
Southern Methodist
4
New York Giants
Paul Page
Halfback
Southern Methodist
5
Green Bay Packers
Stan Heath
Quarterback
Nevada-Reno
6
Pittsburgh Steelers
Bobby Gage
Back
Clemson
7
Los Angeles Rams
Bobby Thomason
Quarterback
Virginia Military Institute
8
Washington Redskins
Rob Goode
Back
Texas A&M
9
Philadelphia Eagles
Frank Tripucka
Quarterback
Notre Dame
10
Chicago Cardinals
Bill Fischer
Guard
Notre Dame
11
Chicago Bears
Center
Texas
Round two [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
12
Detroit Lions
John Panelli
Back
Notre Dame
13
New York Bulldogs
Bob DeMoss
Back
Purdue
14
New York Giants
Al DeRogatis
Tackle
Duke
15
Green Bay Packers
Dan Dworsky
Center
Michigan
16
Pittsburgh Steelers
Harper Davis
Back
Mississippi State
17
Los Angeles Rams
George Sims
Back
Baylor
18
Washington Redskins
Laurie Niemi
Tackle
Washington State
19
Philadelphia Eagles
Frank Burns
Back
Rutgers
20
Chicago Bears
Billy Grimes
Back
Oklahoma State
21
Chicago Cardinals
Dick McKissack
Back
Southern Methodist
Round three [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
22
Detroit Lions
Lou Kusserow
Back
Columbia
23
New York Bulldogs
Phil Colella
Back
St. Bonaventure
24
New York Giants
Bill Olson
Back
Columbia
25
Green Bay Packers
Lou Ferry
Tackle
Villanova
26
Pittsburgh Steelers
Bill Walsh
Center
Notre Dame
27
Los Angeles Rams
Jim Winkler
Tackle
Texas A&M
28
Washington Redskins
Len Szafaryn
Tackle
North Carolina
29
Philadelphia Eagles
Frank Ziegler
Back
Georgia Tech
30
New York Bulldogs
Lynn Chewning
Back
Hampden-Sydney
31
Chicago Bears
Johnny "Red" O'Quinn
End
Wake Forest
Round four [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
32
Detroit Lions
Joe Sullivan
Back
Dartmouth
33
New York Bulldogs
Huey Keeney
Back
Rice
34
Green Bay Packers
Bob Summerhays
Back
Utah
35
New York Giants
Bill Kay
Tackle
Iowa
36
Pittsburgh Steelers
Joe Geri
Back
Georgia
37
Los Angeles Rams
Norm Van Brocklin
Quarterback
Oregon
38
Washington Redskins
Mike DeNoia
Back
University of Scranton
39
Chicago Bears
Ben Bendrick
Back
Wisconsin
40
Chicago Cardinals
John Goldsberry
Tackle
Indiana
41
Philadelphia Eagles
Don Panciera
Back
University of San Francisco
Round five [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
42
Detroit Lions
George Brodnax
End
Georgia Tech
43
Green Bay Packers
Glenn Lewis
Back
Texas Tech
44
New York Bulldogs
Mike Boyda
Back
Washington & Lee
45
Pittsburgh Steelers
Bill Long
End
Oklahoma State
46
New York Giants
J.D. Cheek
Guard
Oklahoma State
47
Los Angeles Rams
Earl "Dixie" Howell
Back
Mississippi
48
Washington Redskins
Eddie Berrang
End
Villanova
49
Chicago Bears
John Hoffman
Back
Arkansas
50
Chicago Cardinals
Tom Wham
End
Furman
51
Philadelphia Eagles
Terry Brennan
Back
Notre Dame
Round six [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
52
Detroit Lions
Bob Meinert
Back
Oklahoma State
53
New York Bulldogs
Albin "Rip" Collins
Back
Louisiana State
54
Green Bay Packers
Joe Ethridge
Tackle
Southern Methodist
55
New York Giants
Abe Gibron
Guard
Purdue
56
Pittsburgh Steelers
Doug Brightwell
Center
Texas Christian
57
Los Angeles Rams
Charles Reynolds
Back
Texas Tech
58
Philadelphia Eagles
Warren Huey
End
Michigan State
59
Chicago Bears
Jerry Krall
Back
Ohio State
60
Chicago Cardinals
Bernie Hanula
Tackle
Wake Forest
61
New York Bulldogs
Sam Tamburo
End
Penn State
Round seven [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
62
Chicago Cardinals
Myrl Greathouse
Back
Oklahoma
63
Los Angeles Rams
Jerry Williams
Back
Washington State
64
New York Bulldogs
Pete Wismann
Center
St. Louis
65
Pittsburgh Steelers
Bill Talarico
Back
Pennsylvania
66
New York Giants
Frank LoVuolo
End
St. Bonaventure
67
Los Angeles Rams
Jon Baker
Guard
California
68
Washington Redskins
Chet Fritz
Guard
Missouri
69
Chicago Bears
Wally "Wah-Wah" Jones
End
Kentucky
70
Chicago Cardinals
Jim Cain
End
Alabama
71
Philadelphia Eagles
Frank Gillespie
Guard
Clemson
Round eight [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
72
Chicago Bears
Gerry "Bones" Weatherly
Center
Rice
73
New York Bulldogs
Mike Rubish
End
North Carolina
74
Green Bay Packers
Dan Orlich
End
Nevada-Reno
75
New York Giants
John Salscheider
Back
St. Thomas (MN)
76
Pittsburgh Steelers
George Brown
Guard
Texas Christian
77
Los Angeles Rams
John Waldrum
Guard
Sul Ross
78
Washington Redskins
Bob Kennedy
Back
North Carolina
79
Chicago Bears
Bill Wightkin
End
Notre Dame
80
Chicago Cardinals
Joe E. Brown
Back
Georgia Tech
81
Philadelphia Eagles
Bob Dean
Back
Cornell
Round nine [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
82
Detroit Lions
Chuck Drazenovich
Back
Penn State
83
Green Bay Packers
Ev Faunce
Back
Minnesota
84
New York Bulldogs
Bernie Craig
Tackle
Denver
85
Pittsburgh Steelers
Tom Brennan
Tackle
Boston College
86
New York Giants
Joe Soboleski
Guard
Michigan
87
Los Angeles Rams
Johnny Smith
End
Arizona
88
Washington Redskins
Ed McNeil
End
Michigan
89
Chicago Bears
Dolph Tokarczyk
Guard
Pennsylvania
90
Chicago Cardinals
Hal Herring
Center
Auburn
91
Philadelphia Eagles
Jonathan Jenkins
Tackle
Dartmouth
Round ten [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
92
Detroit Lions
Bill Davis
Guard
Duke
93
New York Bulldogs
John Geary
Tackle
Wesleyan
94
Los Angeles Rams
George Buksar
Back
Purdue
95
New York Giants
Gene Rossides
Back
Columbia
96
Pittsburgh Steelers
Bob Hood
End
Alabama
97
Los Angeles Rams
Max Minnich
Back
Bowling Green
98
Washington Redskins
Vic Vasicek
Guard
Texas
99
Chicago Bears
Lee Malley
Back
Vanderbilt
100
Chicago Cardinals
Bob Hecker
Back
Baldwin-Wallace
101
Philadelphia Eagles
Roy Lester
End
West Virginia
Round eleven [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
102
Detroit Lions
Ernie Settembre
Tackle
Miami (FL)
103
Green Bay Packers
Harry Larche
Tackle
Arkansas State
104
New York Bulldogs
Edo Mencotti
Back
Detroit
105
Pittsburgh Steelers
Al Sanders
Center
Southern Mississippi
106
New York Giants
Dick Hensley
End
Kentucky
107
Los Angeles Rams
Jim Cozad
Tackle
Iowa
108
Washington Redskins
Homer Hobbs
Guard
Georgia
109
Chicago Bears
Jerry Tiblier
Back
Mississippi
110
Chicago Cardinals
Stan Flowers
End
Redlands
111
Philadelphia Eagles
Bobby Wilson
Back
Mississippi
Round twelve [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
112
Detroit Lions
Virgil Boteler
Center
New Mexico
113
New York Bulldogs
Mornane Maenhout
End
St. John's (MN)
114
Green Bay Packers
Rebel Roy Steiner
End
Alabama
115
New York Giants
George Sundheim
Back
Northwestern
116
Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim Finks
Quarterback
Tulsa
117
Los Angeles Rams
Bill Renna
Center
Santa Clara
118
Washington Redskins
Harry Varner
Tackle
Arizona
119
Chicago Bears
George Blanda
Quarterback
Kentucky
120
Chicago Cardinals
Billy Stone
Back
Bradley
121
Philadelphia Eagles
Dale Armstrong
End
Dartmouth
Round thirteen [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
122
Detroit Lions
Al Russas
End
Tennessee
123
Green Bay Packers
Al Mastrangeli
Center
Illinois
124
New York Bulldogs
Jim Dieckelman
End
Holy Cross
125
Pittsburgh Steelers
R. R. Walston
Guard
North Texas State
126
New York Giants
Bill Austin
Tackle
Oregon State
127
Los Angeles Rams
Paul Barry
Back
Tulsa
128
Washington Redskins
Ed Henke
Tackle
USC
129
Chicago Bears
George Taliaferro
Back
Indiana
130
Chicago Cardinals
Bob Todd
Tackle
Louisville
131
Philadelphia Eagles
Lyle Button
Tackle
Illinois
Round fourteen [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
132
Detroit Lions
Dale Panter
Tackle
Utah State
133
New York Bulldogs
Ed Toscani
Back
Dayton
134
Green Bay Packers
Bobby Williams
Center
Texas Tech
135
New York Giants
Norb Adams
Back
Purdue
136
Pittsburgh Steelers
Dave Moon
Back
Southern Methodist
137
Los Angeles Rams
Ed Carmichael
Tackle
Oregon State
138
Washington Redskins
Pat Haggerty
End
William & Mary
139
Chicago Bears
Ernie Kelly
Guard
Texas-El Paso
140
Chicago Cardinals
Tony Klimek
End
Illinois
141
Philadelphia Eagles
Bobby Lund
Back
Tennessee
Round fifteen [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
142
Detroit Lions
Bob Pifferini
Center
San Jose State
143
Green Bay Packers
Ken Cooper
Guard
Vanderbilt
144
New York Bulldogs
George Ramacorti
Guard
Boston University
145
Pittsburgh Steelers
Ed Sobczak
End
Michigan
146
New York Giants
Ralph Pickelsimer
Center
Otterbein
147
Los Angeles Rams
J. C. Dodd
Back
Sul Ross
148
Washington Redskins
Gene Frassetto
Tackle
California
149
Chicago Bears
Hal Faverty
Guard
Wisconsin
150
Chicago Cardinals
Bob McQuade
Back
Xavier
151
Philadelphia Eagles
Carl Copp
Tackle
Vanderbilt
Round sixteen [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
152
Detroit Lions
Kimball Merrill
Tackle
Brigham Young
153
New York Bulldogs
Jack Bruce
Back
William & Mary
154
Green Bay Packers
Gene Remenar
Tackle
West Virginia
155
New York Giants
Jerry Morrical
Tackle
Indiana
156
Pittsburgh Steelers
Denvard Snell
Tackle
Auburn
157
Los Angeles Rams
Joe Morgan
Guard
Southern Mississippi
158
Washington Redskins
Dick Flowers
Tackle
Alabama
159
Chicago Bears
Al Wahl
Tackle
Michigan
160
Chicago Cardinals
Tom Murdock
Back
Appalachian State
161
Philadelphia Eagles
Frank Reno
End
West Virginia
Round seventeen [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
162
Detroit Lions
Zealand Thigpen
Back
Vanderbilt
163
Green Bay Packers
Paul Devine
Back
Heidelberg
164
New York Bulldogs
Warren Beson
Center
Minnesota
165
Pittsburgh Steelers
Veto Kissell
Back
Holy Cross
166
New York Giants
Wally Teninga
Back
Michigan
167
Los Angeles Rams
Dick Sheffield
End
Tulane
168
Washington Redskins
Ross Pritchard
Back
Arkansas
169
Chicago Bears
John Corbisiero
Back
Middlebury
170
Chicago Cardinals
Eddie Rupp
Back
Denison
171
Philadelphia Eagles
Leo Skladany
End
Pittsburgh
Round eighteen [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
172
Detroit Lions
Bill Wehr
Center
Denison
173
New York Bulldogs
Albie Gould
End
Boston College
174
Green Bay Packers
Floyd Lewis
Guard
Southern Methodist
175
New York Giants
Dick Nutt
Back
North Texas State
176
Pittsburgh Steelers
Clint Shipman
Tackle
East Texas State
177
Los Angeles Rams
Hillary Chollet
Back
Cornell
178
Washington Redskins
Herb Siegert
Guard
Illinois
179
Chicago Bears
Jim Moran
Back
John Carroll
180
Chicago Cardinals
Webb Halbert
Back
Iowa
181
Philadelphia Eagles
Russ Strait
Back
Muhlenberg
Round nineteen [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
182
Detroit Lions
Wally Triplett
Back
Penn State
183
Green Bay Packers
Bobby Folsom
End
Southern Methodist
184
New York Bulldogs
Bob Reich
Tackle
Colgate
185
Pittsburgh Steelers
Jack McBride
End
Rice
186
New York Giants
Ken McCall
Back
Georgia
187
Los Angeles Rams
Joe Leonard
Tackle
Virginia
188
Washington Redskins
Bob Hainlen
Back
Colorado State
189
Chicago Bears
Bob Mitten
Guard
North Carolina
190
Chicago Cardinals
Dean Laun
End
Iowa State
191
Philadelphia Eagles
Paul Odom
Guard
Rollins
Round twenty [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
192
Detroit Lions
Joe Romano
Tackle
North Carolina
193
New York Bulldogs
Frank Gaul
Tackle
Notre Dame
194
Green Bay Packers
Larry Cooney
Back
Penn State
195
New York Giants
Pat O'Sullivan
Center
Alabama
196
Pittsburgh Steelers
Ben Mann
Guard
Mississippi
197
Los Angeles Rams
Lloyd Eisenberg
Tackle
Duke
198
Washington Redskins
Ollie Fletcher
End
USC
199
Chicago Bears
Bob Heck
Back
Pacific
200
Chicago Cardinals
Earl Rowan
Tackle
Hardin-Simmons
201
Philadelphia Eagles
Lloyd Brinkman
Back
Missouri
Round twenty-one [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
202
Detroit Lions
Jack Lininger
Center
Ohio State
203
Green Bay Packers
Ken Kranz
Back
Wisconsin–Milwaukee
204
New York Bulldogs
Sammy Pierce
Back
Baylor
205
Pittsburgh Steelers
Joe Jackura
Center
Georgia
206
New York Giants
A. D. Cate
Guard
North Texas State
207
Los Angeles Rams
George Teufel
Back
Lock Haven
208
Washington Redskins
Tommy Hughes
Back
Duke
209
Chicago Bears
Jim Duncan
End
Duke
210
Chicago Cardinals
Leon Joslin
Back
Texas Christian
211
Philadelphia Eagles
Lou Futrell
Back
USC
Round twenty-two [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
212
Detroit Lions
Gil Tobler
Back
Utah
213
New York Bulldogs
Jim Lail
Back
Wake Forest
214
Green Bay Packers
John Kordich
Back
USC
215
New York Giants
Tom Fetzer
Back
Wake Forest
216
Pittsburgh Steelers
Lloyd Johnson
Back
West Texas State
217
Los Angeles Rams
Ed Hamilton
End
Arkansas
218
Washington Redskins
Bill Clements
End
UCLA
219
Chicago Bears
Dick Bertuzzi
Back
Kansas
220
Chicago Cardinals
Bill Sprang
Center
Purdue
221
Philadelphia Eagles
Harvey Kingry
Back
Colorado Mines
Round twenty-three [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
222
Detroit Lions
R.B. Patterson
Guard
Mississippi State
223
Green Bay Packers
Bill Kelley
End
Texas Tech
224
New York Bulldogs
Nick Lanza
Back
Rice
225
Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim Owens
End
Oklahoma
226
New York Giants
Cletus Fischer
Back
Nebraska
227
Los Angeles Rams
Walt Kersulis
End
Illinois
228
Washington Redskins
Frank Pattee
Back
Kansas
229
Chicago Bears
Harry Kane
Center
Pacific
230
Chicago Cardinals
Bob Cox
End
North Carolina
231
Philadelphia Eagles
Hank Kalver
Tackle
Oklahoma City
Round twenty-four [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
232
Detroit Lions
Oswald Clark
End
Michigan
233
New York Bulldogs
Joe Ponsalle
Tackle
Trinity (CT)
234
Green Bay Packers
Jimmy Ford
Back
Tulsa
235
New York Giants
Don McAuliffe
Back
Notre Dame
236
Pittsburgh Steelers
Ivan Snowden
Tackle
Texas A&I
237
Los Angeles Rams
Fred Klemenok
Back
San Francisco
238
Washington Redskins
Jim Cullom
Guard
California
239
Chicago Bears
Bernie Smith
Tackle
Texas-El Paso
240
Chicago Cardinals
Stan Szymakowski
Back
Lehigh
241
Philadelphia Eagles
Fred Leon
Tackle
Nevada-Reno
Round twenty-five [ ]
Pick #
NFL Team
Player
Position
College
242
Detroit Lions
Les Cowan
End
McMurry
243
Green Bay Packers
Frank Lambright
Guard
Arkansas
244
New York Bulldogs
Paul Girolamo
Back
Cornell
245
Pittsburgh Steelers
Bobby Gaff
Back
Texas A&M
246
New York Giants
Gene Degyanski
End
Baldwin-Wallace
247
Los Angeles Rams
Clay Matthews
Tackle
Georgia Tech
248
Washington Redskins
Nick Sebek
Back
Indiana
249
Chicago Bears
Stan Marczyk
Tackle
North Carolina
250
New York Giants
Ralph Doran
Back
Iowa
251 [5]
Philadelphia Eagles
John "Bull" Schweder
Guard
Pennsylvania
Hall of Famers [ ]
Chuck Bednarik, center from the University of Pennsylvania taken 1st round 1st overall by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1967.[6]
Norm Van Brocklin, quarterback from the University of Oregon taken 4th round 37th overall by the Los Angeles Rams.
Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1971.[7]
George Blanda, quarterback from the University of Kentucky taken 12th round 119th overall by the Chicago Bears.
Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1981.[8]
Doak Walker, halfback from Southern Methodist University taken 1st round 3rd overall by the Boston Yanks.
Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1986.[8]
Jim Finks, quarterback from Tulsa taken 12th round 116th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Inducted: For his achievements as an Executive Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1995.
Although not an inductee, Wallace Triplett 's photograph hangs in the Hall of Fame in recognition of his being the first African-American to be drafted by and play for a National Football League team.[1]
Notable undrafted players [ ]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
Related: 1949 AAFC season