1937 NFL Draft General information Date(s) December 12, 1936 Location Hotel Lincoln Overview 100 total selections in 10 roundsLeague NFL First selection Sam Francis, RB Mr. Irrelevant Solon Holt, GCleveland Rams Most selections (10) each team selected ten players Fewest selections (10) each team selected ten players Hall of Famers 2
The 1937 National Football League Draft was the second draft held by the National Football League (NFL). The draft took place December 12, 1936, at the Hotel Lincoln in New York City.[1] [2]
Player selections Round one Round two Round three Round four Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 31 Philadelphia Eagles Walt Gilbert Back Auburn 32 Chicago Cardinals H.K. "Bucky" Bryan Guard Tulane 33 Brooklyn Dodgers Bill Kurlish Tackle Pennsylvania 34 New York Giants Ward Cuff End Marquette 35 Pittsburgh Pirates Elmo "Bo" Hewes End Oklahoma 36 Boston Redskins Dick Bassi End Santa Clara 37 Detroit Lions Bill Glassford Back Pittsburgh 38 Chicago Bears Henry Hammond Back Southwestern (TN) 39 Green Bay Packers Earl "Bud" Svendsen End Minnesota 40 Cleveland Rams John Wiatrak Center Washington
Round five Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 41 Philadelphia Eagles Alex Drobnitch Back Denver 42 Brooklyn Dodgers Bert Johnson Tackle Kentucky 43 Chicago Cardinals Ham Harmon Center Tulsa 44 New York Giants Mickey Kobrosky Quarterback Trinity (CT) 45 Pittsburgh Pirates Jack Frye End Missouri 46 Boston Redskins Chuck Bond Tackle Washington 47 Detroit Lions Maury Patt Center Carnegie-Mellon 48 Chicago Bears Bill "Red" Conkright Center Oklahoma 49 Green Bay Packers Dewitt Gibson Guard Northwestern 50 Cleveland Rams Inwood Smith Tackle Ohio State
Round six Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 51 Philadelphia Eagles Bill Guckeyson Back Maryland 52 Chicago Cardinals Phil Dickens Tackle Tennessee 53 Brooklyn Dodgers John Golemgeske Tackle Wisconsin 54 New York Giants Jim Farley Back Virginia Military Institute 55 Pittsburgh Pirates Walt Roach Back Texas Christian 56 Boston Redskins Jimmie Cain End Washington 57 Detroit Lions George Bell Tackle Purdue 58 Chicago Bears Del Bjork Back Oregon 59 Green Bay Packers Merle Wendt Tackle Ohio State 60 Cleveland Rams Chris Del Sasso Tackle Indiana
Round seven Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 61 Philadelphia Eagles Herb Barna Guard West Virginia 62 Brooklyn Dodgers Fred Funk Back UCLA 63 Chicago Cardinals Herm Dickerson End Virginia Tech 64 New York Giants Jim Poole Back Mississippi 65 Pittsburgh Pirates Byron Haines Back Washington 66 Boston Redskins Rolla Holland Guard Kansas State 67 Detroit Lions John Sprague Back Southern Methodist 68 Chicago Bears J.W. "Buck" Friedman Tackle Rice 69 Green Bay Packers Marv Baldwin Tackle Texas Christian 70 Cleveland Rams Norm Schoen Tackle Baldwin–Wallace
Round eight Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 71 Philadelphia Eagles Nestor Hennon Back Carnegie-Mellon 72 Chicago Cardinals John Reynolds Center Baylor 73 Brooklyn Dodgers Steve Reid Tackle Northwestern 74 New York Giants Gene Meyers Back Kentucky 75 Pittsburgh Pirates Marty Kordick End St. Mary's (CA) 76 Boston Redskins Joel Eaves End Auburn 77 Detroit Lions Elvin Sayre Back Illinois 78 Chicago Bears Steve Toth Center Northwestern 79 Green Bay Packers Les Chapman Back Tulsa 80 Cleveland Rams Herm Schmarr Tackle Catholic University
Round nine Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 81 Philadelphia Eagles Paul Fanning Back Kansas State 82 Brooklyn Dodgers Ed Nowogrowski Back University of Washington 83 Chicago Cardinals Dwight Hafeli Back Washington (St. Louis) 84 New York Giants Dwight Scheyer End Washington State 85 Pittsburgh Pirates Matt Patanelli Tackle Michigan 86 Boston Redskins Bill Docherty Guard Temple 87 Detroit Lions Larry Kelley [3] Guard Yale 88 Chicago Bears Al Guepe End Marquette 89 Green Bay Packers Gordon Dahlgren Guard Michigan State 90 Cleveland Rams Ray Johnson Tackle Denver
Round ten Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 91 Philadelphia Eagles Ray Antil Back Minnesota 92 Chicago Cardinals Middleton Fitzsimmons Guard Georgia Tech 93 Brooklyn Dodgers Gil Kuhn Back USC 94 New York Giants Chuck Gelatka End Mississippi State 95 Pittsburgh Pirates Stan Nevers Tackle Kentucky 96 Boston Redskins Dom "Mac" Cara Guard North Carolina State 97 Detroit Lions Kay Bell Guard Washington State 98 Chicago Bears Ed (Red) Wade End Utah State 99 Green Bay Packers Dave Gavin Guard Holy Cross 100 [4] Cleveland Rams Solon Holt Tackle Texas Christian
Hall of Famers Sammy Baugh, quarterback from Texas Christian University taken 1st Round 6th Overall by the Boston Redskins. Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1963.[5] Clarence "Ace" Parker, back from Duke University taken 2nd Round 13th Overall by the Brooklyn Dodgers. Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1972.[6] Notable undrafted players References ^ "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 . ^ Larry Kelley, 1936 Heisman Trophy winner "Heisman Trophy" . Archived from the original on August 7, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2008 . ^ This last selection is commonly referred to as Mr. Irrelevant . ^ "Pro Football Hall of Fame" . Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2008 .^ "Pro Football Hall of Fame" . Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2008 .^ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career. External links