1952 NFL draft

1952 NFL draft
1952 NFL draft
	The former Hotel Statler (location of the draft), photographed in 2018
General information
Date(s)	January 17, 1952
Location	Hotel Statler; in New York City
Overview
	360 total selections in 30 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Bill Wade, QB; Los Angeles Rams
Most selections (36)	Cleveland Browns
Fewest selections (27)	Detroit Lions
Hall of Famers	9 LB Les Richter; HB Ollie Matson; HB Hugh McElhenny; HB Frank Gifford; DE Gino Marchetti; S Bobby Dillon; S Yale Lary; OT George Young; CB Night Train Lane;
	← 1951 1953 →

The 1952 NFL draft was held on January 17, 1952, at Hotel Statler in New York.^[1]^[2] Selections made by New York Yanks were assigned to the new Dallas Texans.

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This was the sixth year that the first overall pick was a bonus pick determined by lottery, with the previous five winners (Chicago Bears in 1947, Washington Redskins in 1948, Philadelphia Eagles in 1949, Detroit Lions in 1950, and New York Giants in 1951) ineligible from the draw;^[3] it was won by the Los Angeles Rams, who selected quarterback Bill Wade.

The Washington Post sportswriter Mo Siegel later claimed that Washington Redskins owner George Preston Marshall let him choose a late-round pick. Siegel, he said, chose Tennessee Tech's Flavious Smith to force the first black player onto the all-white Redskins. If true, Marshall likely persuaded NFL Commissioner Bert Bell to remove the choice from the official records. (Smith, who did not hear the story until years later, was white.)^[4]

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Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
1	Los Angeles Rams ^{(Lottery bonus pick)}	Bill Wade	Quarterback	Vanderbilt
2	New York Yanks	Les Richter	Guard	California
3	Chicago Cardinals	Ollie Matson	Halfback	San Francisco
4	Green Bay Packers	Babe Parilli	Quarterback	Kentucky
5	Philadelphia Eagles	Johnny Bright	Back	Drake
6	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ed Modzelewski	Fullback	Maryland
7	Washington Redskins	Larry Isbell	Back	Baylor
8	Chicago Bears	Jim Dooley	Back	Miami (FL)
9	San Francisco 49ers	Hugh McElhenny	Halfback	Washington
10	Cleveland Browns ^{(From Detroit Lions)}	Bert Rechichar	Back	Tennessee
11	New York Giants	Frank Gifford	Halfback	USC
12	Cleveland Browns	Harry Agganis	Quarterback	Boston University
13	Los Angeles Rams	Bob Carey	End	Michigan State

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
14	New York Yanks	Gino Marchetti	Defensive end	San Francisco
15	Green Bay Packers	Billy Howton	End	Rice
16	Chicago Cardinals	Johnny Karras	Back	Illinois
17	Philadelphia Eagles	Jim Weatherall	Tackle	Oklahoma
18	Pittsburgh Steelers	George Tarasovic	Center	LSU
19	Washington Redskins	Andy Davis	Back	George Washington
20	Chicago Bears	Eddie Macon	Back	Pacific
21	Chicago Cardinals	Pete Brewster	End	Purdue
22	San Francisco 49ers	Bob Toneff	Tackle	Notre Dame
23	New York Giants	Ray Beck	Guard	Georgia Tech
24	Cleveland Browns	Bill Hughes	Center	Michigan State
25	Los Angeles Rams	Bob Griffin	Tackle	Arkansas

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
26	Cleveland Browns	Don Klosterman	Quarterback	Loyola (CA)
27	San Francisco 49ers	Gene Shannon	Back	Houston
28	Green Bay Packers	Bobby Dillon	Back	Texas
29	Philadelphia Eagles	Lum Snyder	Tackle	Georgia Tech
30	Pittsburgh Steelers	Steve Wadiak	Back	South Carolina
31	Washington Redskins	Al Dorow	Quarterback	Michigan State
32	Chicago Bears	Bill McColl	End	Stanford
33	San Francisco 49ers	Billy Tidwell	Back	Texas A&M
34	Detroit Lions	Yale Lary	Safety	Texas A&M
35	New York Giants	Don Heinrich	Quarterback	Washington
36	Cleveland Browns	Joe Campanella	Tackle	Ohio State
37	Los Angeles Rams	Dewey McConnell	End	Wyoming

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
38	New York Giants	Merwin Hodel	Back	Colorado
39	Cleveland Browns	Elmer Costa	Guard	NC State
40	Los Angeles Rams	Ken Casner	Tackle	Baylor
41	Philadelphia Eagles	Chuck Ulrich	Tackle	Illinois
42	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jack Gearding	Tackle	Xavier
43	Washington Redskins	Dick Hightower	Center	SMU
44	Chicago Bears	Herman Clark	Tackle	Oregon State
45	Detroit Lions	Pat Summerall	Kicker	Arkansas
46	San Francisco 49ers	Marion Campbell	Tackle	Georgia
47	New York Giants	Don Menasco	End	Texas
48	Cleveland Browns	Ray Renfro	Back	North Texas State
49	Los Angeles Rams	Skeets Quinlan	Back	San Diego State

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
50	New York Yanks	Jack Jorgenson	Tackle	Colorado
51	Chicago Cardinals	Dick Fugler	Tackle	Tulane
52	Green Bay Packers	Dave Hanner	Tackle	Arkansas
53	New York Yanks	Mel Sinquefield	Center	Ole Miss
54	Chicago Bears	Jack Hoffman	End	Xavier
55	Washington Redskins	Jim Clark	Guard	Oregon State
56	Chicago Bears	Fred Williams	Tackle	Arkansas
57	San Francisco 49ers	Pat O'Donahue	End	Wisconsin
58	Detroit Lions	Bob Miller	Tackle	Virginia
59	New York Giants	Bob Patton	Tackle	Clemson
60	Cleveland Browns	Keever Jankovich	End	Pacific
61	Los Angeles Rams	Gordon Polofsky	Back	Tennessee

1952 NFL draft

Player selections

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Round six

Round seven

Round eight

Round nine

Round ten

Round eleven

Round twelve

Round thirteen

Round fourteen

Round fifteen

Round sixteen

Round seventeen

Round eighteen

Round nineteen

Round twenty

Round twenty-one

Round twenty-two

Round twenty-three

Round twenty-four

Round twenty-five

Round twenty-six

Round twenty-seven

Round twenty-eight

Round twenty-nine

Round thirty

Notable undrafted players

Hall of Famers

References

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