1940 NFL draft

1940 NFL draft
1940 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)	December 9, 1939
Location	Schroeder Hotel; in Milwaukee, WI
Overview
	200 total selections in 22 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	George Cafego, TB; Chicago Cardinals
Most selections (20)	each team made 20 picks
Fewest selections (20)	each team made 20 picks
Hall of Famers	2 QB George McAfee; C Bulldog Turner;
	← 1939 1941 →

The 1940 NFL draft was held on December 9, 1939, at the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.^[1]^[2] With the first overall pick of the draft, the Chicago Cardinals selected George Cafego.

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Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
1	1	Chicago Cardinals	George Cafego	FB	Tennessee	SEC
1	2	Philadelphia Eagles	George McAfee^‡	QB	Duke	SoCon
1	3	Pittsburgh Steelers	Kay Eakin	HB	Arkansas	SWC
1	4	Brooklyn Dodgers	Banks McFadden	HB	Clemson	SoCon
1	5	Cleveland Rams	Olie Cordill	HB	Rice	SWC
1	6	Detroit Lions	Doyle Nave	QB	USC	PCC
1	7	Chicago Bears	Bulldog Turner^‡	C	Hardin–Simmons	Ind.
1	8	Washington Redskins	Ed Boell	QB	NYU	Ind.
1	9	Green Bay Packers	Hal Van Every	HB	Minnesota	Big Ten
1	10	New York Giants	Grenny Lansdell	HB	USC	PCC
2	11	Chicago Cardinals	George "Snuffy" Stirnweiss	B	North Carolina	SoCon
2	12	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ralph Wenzell	E	Tulane	SEC
2	13	Philadelphia Eagles	John Schiechl	C	Santa Clara	Ind.
2	14	Brooklyn Dodgers	Nile Kinnick	B	Iowa	Big Ten
2	15	Cleveland Rams	Merl Condit	B	Carnegie Tech	Ind.
3	16	Chicago Cardinals	Lloyd Madden	B	Colorado Mines	RMAC
3	17	Philadelphia Eagles	Dick Favor	B	Oklahoma	Big Six
3	18	Pittsburgh Steelers	George Kiick	B	Bucknell	Ind.
3	19	Brooklyn Dodgers	Rhoten Shetley	B	Furman	SoCon
3	20	Cleveland Rams	Jack Haman	C	Northwestern	Big Ten
3	21	Detroit Lions	Bill Fisk	E	USC	PCC
3	22	Chicago Bears	Ken Kavanaugh	E	LSU	SEC
3	23	Washington Redskins	Buddy Banker	B	Tulane	SEC
3	24	Green Bay Packers	Lou Brock	B	Purdue	Big Ten
3	25	New York Giants	John McLaughry	B	Brown	Ind.
4	26	Chicago Cardinals	John Shirk	E	Oklahoma	Big Six
4	27	Pittsburgh Steelers	Frank "Pop" Ivy	E	Oklahoma	Big Six
4	28	Philadelphia Eagles	Eberle Schultz	OG	Oregon State	PCC
4	29	Brooklyn Dodgers	Edgar "Bill" Bailey	E	Duke	SoCon
4	30	Cleveland Rams	Bobby Wood	T	Alabama	SEC
5	31	Chicago Cardinals	Marty Christiansen	B	Minnesota	Big Ten
5	32	Philadelphia Eagles	Frank Emmons	B	Oregon	PCC
5	33	Pittsburgh Steelers	Clark Goff	T	Florida	SEC
5	34	Brooklyn Dodgers	Walt Merrill	T	Alabama	SEC
5	35	Cleveland Rams	Park Myers	T	Texas	SWC
5	36	Detroit Lions	Harry Smith	OG	USC	PCC
5	37	Chicago Bears	Ed Kolman	T	Temple	Ind.
5	38	Washington Redskins	Kirchem, BillBill Kirchem	T	Tulane	SEC
5	39	Green Bay Packers	Esco Sarkkinen	E	Ohio State	Big Ten
5	40	New York Giants	Carl Tomasello	E	Scranton	N/A
6	41	Chicago Cardinals	Vic Reginato	E	Oregon	PCC
6	42	Pittsburgh Steelers	Frank Bykowski	OG	Purdue	Big Ten
6	43	Philadelphia Eagles	Singer, SaulSaul Singer	T	Arkansas	SWC
6	44	Brooklyn Dodgers	Murray, JackJack Murray	C	Wisconsin	Big Ten
6	45	Cleveland Rams	Ken Heineman	B	Texas Mines	Border
6	46	Detroit Lions	Rike, JimJim Rike	C	Tennessee	SEC
6	47	Chicago Bears	John Woudenberg	T	Denver	N/A
6	48	Washington Redskins	Joe Boyd	T	Texas A&M	SWC
6	49	Green Bay Packers	Dick Cassiano	B	Pittsburgh	Ind.
6	50	New York Giants	Lou Smith	B	California	N/A
7	51	Chicago Cardinals	Andy Chisick	C	Villanova	Ind.
7	52	Philadelphia Eagles	Hal "Mike" Pegg	C	Bucknell	Ind.
7	53	Pittsburgh Steelers	Cignetti, PetePete Cignetti	B	Boston College	Ind.
7	54	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ed "Ty" Coon	T	NC State	SoCon
7	55	Cleveland Rams	Bob Nowaskey	E	George Washington	Ind.
7	56	Detroit Lions	Bob Winslow	E	USC	PCC
7	57	Chicago Bears	Len Akin	OG	Baylor	SWC
7	58	Washington Redskins	Roy Zimmerman	B	San Jose State	CCAA
7	59	Green Bay Packers	White, MillardMillard White	T	Tulane	SEC
7	60	New York Giants	Rex Williams	C	Texas Tech	Border
8	61	Chicago Cardinals	Ben Kish	B	Pittsburgh	Ind.
8	62	Pittsburgh Steelers	Carl Nery	OG	Duquesne	Ind.
8	63	Philadelphia Eagles	Don Looney	E	TCU	SWC
8	64	Brooklyn Dodgers	Frank Zadworney	B	Ohio State	Big Ten
8	65	Cleveland Rams	Anahu, BillBill Anahu	E	Santa Clara	Ind.
8	66	Detroit Lions	Tranavitch, BillBill Tranavitch	B	Rutgers	Ind.
8	67	Chicago Bears	Jim Fordham	B	Georgia	SEC
8	68	Washington Redskins	Orf, Roland "Bud"Roland "Bud" Orf	E	Missouri	Big Six
8	69	Green Bay Packers	George Seeman	E	Nebraska	Big Six
8	70	New York Giants	Win Pedersen	T	Minnesota	Big Ten
9	71	Chicago Cardinals	Pappas, LukeLuke Pappas	T	Utah	MSC
9	72	Philadelphia Eagles	Jones, DonDon Jones	B	Washington	PCC
9	73	Pittsburgh Steelers	Boisseau, DickDick Boisseau	T	Washington & Lee	N/A
9	74	Brooklyn Dodgers	Jocher, ArtArt Jocher	T	Manhattan	N/A
9	75	Cleveland Rams	Wilfred Thorpe	OG	Arkansas	SWC
9	76	Detroit Lions	Haas, BobBob Haas	T	Missouri	Big Six
9	77	Chicago Bears	Hampton Pool	E	Stanford	PCC
9	78	Washington Redskins	Bob Hoffman	B	USC	PCC
9	79	Green Bay Packers	Manley, J. R.J. R. Manley	OG	Oklahoma	Big Six
9	80	New York Giants	Dom Principe	B	Fordham	Ind.
10	81	Chicago Cardinals	Roche, JackJack Roche	B	Santa Clara	Ind.
10	82	Pittsburgh Steelers	Shu, PaulPaul Shu	B	VMI	SoCon
10	83	Philadelphia Eagles	Frank Maher	B	Toledo	OAC
10	84	Brooklyn Dodgers	Turner, JimJim Turner	OG	Holy Cross	Ind.
10	85	Cleveland Rams	Smith, HerbHerb Smith	B	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind.
10	86	Detroit Lions	DeWitte, LeonLeon DeWitte	B	Purdue	Big Ten
10	87	Chicago Bears	Pace, TomTom Pace	B	Utah	MSC
10	88	Washington Redskins	Bob Seymour	B	Oklahoma	Big Six
10	89	Green Bay Packers	Brown, JackJack Brown	B	Purdue	Big Ten
10	90	New York Giants	Clark, EarlEarl Clark	B	TCU	SWC
11	91	Chicago Cardinals	Davis, BillBill Davis	T	Texas Tech	Border
11	92	Philadelphia Eagles	Elmer Hackney	B	Kansas State	Big Six
11	93	Pittsburgh Steelers	Cary Cox	C	Alabama	SEC
11	94	Brooklyn Dodgers	Cutlich, NickNick Cutlich	T	Northwestern	Big Ten
11	95	Cleveland Rams	Boyd Clay	T	Tennessee	SEC
11	96	Detroit Lions	Erwin Prasse	E	Iowa	Big Ten
11	97	Chicago Bears	Lee Artoe	T	California	N/A
11	98	Washington Redskins	Stoecker, HowardHoward Stoecker	T	USC	PCC
11	99	Green Bay Packers	Guritz, DonDon Guritz	OG	Northwestern	Big Ten
11	100	New York Giants	McKibben, JohnJohn McKibben	E	Tulsa	MVC
12	101	Chicago Cardinals	Andersen, StanStan Andersen	T	Stanford	PCC
12	102	Pittsburgh Steelers	Rocco Pirro	B	Catholic University	Ind.
12	103	Philadelphia Eagles	Horner, DurwardDurward Horner	E	TCU	SWC
12	104	Brooklyn Dodgers	Dougherty, GeorgeGeorge Dougherty	B			Sources say Howard but the first African American was drafted in 1949.
12	105	Cleveland Rams	Jim "Shag" Goolsby	C	Mississippi State	SEC
12	106	Detroit Lions	Binder, KenKen Binder	B	Carroll (WI)	N/A
12	107	Chicago Bears	McCubbin, BillBill McCubbin	E	Kentucky	SEC
12	108	Washington Redskins	Johnson, AllenAllen Johnson	OG	Duke	SoCon
12	109	Green Bay Packers	Gaspar, PhilPhil Gaspar	T	USC	PCC
12	110	New York Giants	McGee, EdEd McGee	OG	Temple	Ind.
13	111	Chicago Cardinals	Alton Coppage	E	Oklahoma	Big Six
13	112	Philadelphia Eagles	Hennis, TedTed Hennis	B	Purdue	Big Ten
13	113	Pittsburgh Steelers	John Noppenberg	B	Miami (FL)	SIAA
13	114	Brooklyn Dodgers	Gussie, MikeMike Gussie	OG	West Virginia	Ind.
13	115	Cleveland Rams	Jack Gregory	T	Chattanooga	Dixie
13	116	Detroit Lions	Bowers, JustinJustin Bowers	T	Oklahoma	Big Six
13	117	Chicago Bears	Harry Clarke	B	West Virginia	Ind.
13	118	Washington Redskins	Sam Bartholomew	B	Tennessee	SEC
13	119	Green Bay Packers	Ambrose Schindler	B	USC	PCC
13	120	New York Giants	Payne, JoeJoe Payne	OG	Clemson	SoCon
14	121	Chicago Cardinals	Hudson, JudsonJudson Hudson	B	Davis & Elkins	N/A
14	122	Pittsburgh Steelers	Stublar, NickNick Stublar	T	Santa Clara	Ind.
14	123	Philadelphia Eagles	Bunsen, BillBill Bunsen	B	Kansas	Big Six
14	124	Brooklyn Dodgers	Coffman, LenLen Coffman	B	Tennessee	SEC
14	125	Cleveland Rams	Bogden, PetePete Bogden	E	Utah	MSC
14	126	Detroit Lions	Jack Morlock	B	Marshall	WVIAC
14	127	Chicago Bears	Crisci, FrankFrank Crisci	T			Case Western Reserve
14	128	Washington Redskins	Lain, ErnieErnie Lain	B	Rice	SWC
14	129	Green Bay Packers	Bill Kerr	E	Notre Dame	Ind.
14	130	New York Giants	Smith, BobBob Smith	B	Oregon	PCC
15	131	Chicago Cardinals	Ziemba, JoeJoe Ziemba	E	St. Benedict's (KS)	N/A
15	132	Philadelphia Eagles	Crumbaker, DonDon Crumbaker	E	Kansas State	Big Six
15	133	Pittsburgh Steelers	McCarthy, RayRay McCarthy	B	Santa Clara	Ind.
15	134	Brooklyn Dodgers	Conlin, JimJim Conlin	C	NYU	Ind.
15	135	Cleveland Rams	Owen Goodnight	B	Hardin–Simmons	Ind.
15	136	Detroit Lions	Stillman Rouse	E	Missouri	Big Six
15	137	Chicago Bears	Barnes, ShermSherm Barnes	E	Baylor	SWC
15	138	Washington Redskins	Hayward "Sandy" Sanford	E	Alabama	SEC
15	139	Green Bay Packers	Mel Brewer	OG	Illinois	Big Ten
15	140	New York Giants	Turner, OthelOthel Turner	T	Tulsa	MVC
16	141	Chicago Cardinals	Beryl Clark	B	Oklahoma	Big Six
16	142	Pittsburgh Steelers	Leon Gajecki	C	Penn State	Ind.
16	143	Philadelphia Eagles	Green, J. R.J. R. Green	T	Rice	SWC
16	144	Brooklyn Dodgers	Donovan, DennisDennis Donovan	B	Oregon	PCC
16	145	Cleveland Rams	Kohler, MorrisMorris Kohler	B	Oregon State	PCC
16	146	Detroit Lions	Padley, JackJack Padley	B	Dayton	Ind.
16	147	Detroit Lions	Christianson, AlAl Christianson	B	Knox	N/A
16	148	Washington Redskins	Willard "Bolo" Perdue	E	Duke	SoCon
16	149	Green Bay Packers	Andrus, RayRay Andrus	B	Vanderbilt	SEC
16	150	New York Giants	Swan, NedNed Swan	C	Drake	MVC
17	151	Chicago Cardinals	Ralph Foster	T	Oklahoma A&M	MVC
17	152	Philadelphia Eagles	Jim Molnar	B	Bradley	Illinois
17	153	Pittsburgh Steelers	Mickey Sullivan	E	NC State	SoCon
17	154	Brooklyn Dodgers	Funair, FrankFrank Funair	B	Bucknell	Ind.
17	155	Cleveland Rams	Jack Nix	B	Mississippi State	SEC
17	156	Detroit Lions	Johnny Hackenbruck	T	Oregon State	PCC
17	157	Chicago Bears	White, WilburWilbur White	T	Bradley	Illinois
17	158	Washington Redskins	Steve Andrako	C	Ohio State	Big Ten
17	159	Green Bay Packers	Archie Kodros	C	Michigan	Big Ten
17	160	New York Giants	Rogalla, JohnJohn Rogalla	B	Scranton	N/A
18	161	Chicago Cardinals	Bryant, LowellLowell Bryant	B	Clemson	SoCon
18	162	Pittsburgh Steelers	Daly, SeatonSeaton Daly	T	Gonzaga	Ind.
18	163	Philadelphia Eagles	Schwartzer, ErnieErnie Schwartzer	OG	Boston College	Ind.
18	164	Brooklyn Dodgers	Strosser, WaltWalt Strosser	B	Saint Vincent	N/A
18	165	Cleveland Rams	Ralph Stevenson	OG	Oklahoma	Big Six
18	166	Detroit Lions	Frank Ribar	OG	Duke	SoCon
18	167	Chicago Bears	Schlosser, RalphRalph Schlosser	C	Gonzaga	Ind.
18	168	Washington Redskins	Graybeal, JayJay Graybeal	B	Oregon	PCC
18	169	Green Bay Packers	Jim Gillette	B	Virginia	Ind.
18	170	New York Giants	Bill "Monk" Edwards	T	Baylor	SWC
19	171	Chicago Cardinals	Buckley, RussRuss Buckley	B	Gustavus Adolphus	MIAC
19	172	Philadelphia Eagles	Schneller, BillBill Schneller	B	Ole Miss	SEC
19	173	Pittsburgh Steelers	Harvey, ThadThad Harvey	T	Notre Dame	Ind.
19	174	Brooklyn Dodgers	Hydock, SteveSteve Hydock	E	Albright	Ind.
19	175	Cleveland Rams	Dante Magnani	B	Saint Mary's	Ind.
19	176	Detroit Lions	McCarthy, HerbHerb McCarthy	B	Denver	N/A
19	177	Chicago Bears	Popov, JohnJohn Popov	B	Cincinnati	Ind.
19	178	Washington Redskins	Slagle, CharleyCharley Slagle	B	North Carolina	SoCon
19	179	Green Bay Packers	Al Matuza	C	Georgetown	Ind. (Univ.)
19	180	New York Giants	Walden, CecilCecil Walden	OG	Oregon	PCC
20	181	Chicago Cardinals	Rupert Pate	T	Wake Forest	SoCon
20	182	Pittsburgh Steelers	Katzenstein, MarvinMarvin Katzenstein	T	Colorado Mines	RMAC
20	183	Philadelphia Eagles	Debord, BillBill Debord	T	Kansas State	Big Six
20	184	Brooklyn Dodgers	Howell, MiltMilt Howell	OG	Auburn	SEC
20	185	Cleveland Rams	Luke Lindon	T	Kentucky	SEC
20	186	Detroit Lions	Parten, DubDub Parten	T	Centenary	N/A
20	187	Chicago Bears	Young Bussey	B	LSU	SEC
20	188	Washington Redskins	Murphy, F. W. "BuckF. W. "Buck Murphy	B	Georgia Tech	SEC
20	189	Green Bay Packers	Jim Reeder	T	Illinois	Big Ten
20	190	New York Giants	Sullivan, JohnJohn Sullivan	E	San Francisco	Ind.
21	191	Detroit Lions	Morgan, MalvernMalvern Morgan	C	Auburn	SEC
21	192	Chicago Bears	Ray "Scooter" McLean	B	Saint Anselm	N/A
21	193	Washington Redskins	Wetzel, MelMel Wetzel	T	Missouri	Big Six
21	194	Green Bay Packers	Eichler, VinceVince Eichler	B	Cornell	Ind.
21	195	New York Giants	Bynum, WeenieWeenie Bynum	B	Centenary	N/A
22	196	Detroit Lions	Orf, BobBob Orf	E	Missouri	Big Six
22	197	Chicago Bears	Walt Kichefski	E	Miami (FL)	SIAA
22	198	Washington Redskins	Steve Sitko	B	Notre Dame	Ind.
22	199	Green Bay Packers	Luebcke, HenryHenry Luebcke	T	Iowa	Big Ten
22	200	New York Giants	Claxton, MyronMyron Claxton	T	Whittier	N/A

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George McAfee, quarterback from Duke taken 1st round 2nd overall by the Philadelphia Eagles.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1966.^[3]

Bulldog Turner, center from Hardin–Simmons taken 1st round 7th overall by the Chicago Bears.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1966.^[3]

^†	= Pro Bowler^[4]

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Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
Cleveland Rams	Fred Gehrke	RB/CB	Utah	MSC
Green Bay Packers	Ray Riddick	E	Fordham	Ind.
New York Giants	Jack Hinkle	RB	Syracuse	Ind.
Pittsburgh Steelers	Tommy Thompson ^†	QB	Tulsa	MVC
Washington Redskins	Ray Hare ^†	RB	Gonzaga	Ind.

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[1]
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.
[2]
"NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
[3]
List of Hall of Fame Inductees at profootballhof.com ^{"Pro Football Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2008.}
[4]
Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.

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[1] [1]
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.

[2] [2]
"NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.

[1960s_hof_note-3] [3]
List of Hall of Fame Inductees at profootballhof.com ^{"Pro Football Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2008.}

[Pro_Bowler_note-4] [4]
Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.

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