1944 NFL Draft - Pro Football Archives

Round	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	College
1	1	Boston Yanks	Angelo Bertelli	B	Notre Dame
1	2	Chicago Cardinals	Pat Harder	B	Wisconsin
1	3	Brooklyn Tigers	Creighton Miller	B	Notre Dame
1	4	Detroit Lions	Otto Graham	B	Northwestern
1	5	Philadelphia Eagles	Steve Van Buren	B	Louisiana State
1	6	New York Giants	Billy Hillenbrand	B	Indiana
1	7	Green Bay Packers	Merv Pregulman	G	Michigan
1	8	Washington Redskins	Mike Micka	B	Colgate
1	9	Chicago Bears	Ray Evans	B	Kansas
1	10	Pittsburgh Steelers	Johnny Podesto	B	St. Mary's (California)
1	11	Cleveland Rams	Tony Butkovich	B	Purdue
2	12	Chicago Cardinals	Paul Mitchell	T	Minnesota
2	13	Brooklyn Tigers	Jim Callahan	B	Texas
2	14	Detroit Lions	Bob Cifers	B	Tennessee
2	15	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bob Odell	E	Pennsylvania
2	16	New York Giants	Lamar Blount	B	Mississippi State
3	17	Chicago Cardinals	Saxon Judd	E	Tulsa
3	18	Brooklyn Tigers	Ralph Park	B	Texas
3	19	Detroit Lions	Ralph Heywood	E	Southern California
3	20	Philadelphia Eagles	Loren La Prade	G	Stanford
3	21	New York Giants	Clyde Flowers	T	Texas Christian
3	22	Green Bay Packers	Tom Kuzma	B	Michigan
3	23	Washington Redskins	Earle Audet	T	Southern California
3	24	Chicago Bears	Rudy Smeja	E	Michigan
3	25	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bob Gantt	E	Duke
3	26	Cleveland Rams	Gil Bouley	T	Boston College
3	27	Boston Yanks	Babe Dimancheff	B	Purdue
4	28	Chicago Cardinals	John Tavener	C	Indiana
4	29	Brooklyn Tigers	Rudy Sikich	T	Minnesota
4	30	Detroit Lions	George Bettridge	B	Utah
4	31	Pittsburgh Steelers	Art McCaffray	T	Pacific
4	32	New York Giants	Herb Kane	T	East Central
5	33	Chicago Cardinals	Bill Blackburn	C	Rice
5	34	Brooklyn Tigers	Vern Ullom	E	Cincinnati
5	35	Detroit Lions	John Greene	T	Michigan
5	36	Philadelphia Eagles	Joe Parker	E	Texas
5	37	New York Giants	Vic Maitland	T	Hobart
5	38	Green Bay Packers	Bill McPartland	T	St. Mary's (California)
5	39	Washington Redskins	Ed Doherty	B	Boston College
5	40	Chicago Bears	Abe Croft	E	Southern Methodist
5	41	Pittsburgh Steelers	George Owen	G	Wake Forest
5	42	Cleveland Rams	Bob Waterfield	B	UCLA
5	43	Boston Yanks	Larry Rice	C	Tulane
6	44	Chicago Cardinals	Bill Garnaas	B	Minnesota
6	45	Brooklyn Tigers	Bruce McDonald	E	Illinois State
6	46	Detroit Lions	Ed Alliquie	T	Santa Clara
6	47	Pittsburgh Steelers	Dan Savage	B	Brown
6	48	New York Giants	Jack Okland	T	Utah
6	49	Green Bay Packers	Mickey McCardle	B	Southern California
6	50	Washington Redskins	Jackie Fellows	B	Fresno State
6	51	Chicago Bears	C.B. Stanley	T	Tulsa
6	52	Philadelphia Eagles	Hillery Horne	T	Mississippi State
6	53	Cleveland Rams	Al Akins	B	Washington State
6	54	Boston Yanks	John Parker	T	San Francisco
7	55	Chicago Cardinals	Roger Smith	B	Texas Tech
7	56	Brooklyn Tigers	Bob Graiziger	G	Minnesota
7	57	Detroit Lions	Paul Briggs	T	Colorado
7	58	Philadelphia Eagles	Vic Kulbitski	B	Minnesota
7	59	New York Giants	Herm Frickey	B	Minnesota
7	60	Green Bay Packers	Jack Tracy	E	Washington
7	61	Washington Redskins	Hal Fischer	G	Texas
7	62	Chicago Bears	Darwin Seeley	C	Stanford
7	63	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jesse Freitas	B	Santa Clara
7	64	Cleveland Rams	George Cheverko	B	Fordham
7	65	Boston Yanks	Mike Andrews	E	North Carolina State
8	66	Chicago Cardinals	Red Cochran	B	Wake Forest
8	67	Brooklyn Tigers	Jack Sachse	C	Texas
8	68	Detroit Lions	Rod Giske	G	Washington State
8	69	Pittsburgh Steelers	George Titus	C	Holy Cross
8	70	New York Giants	Roy Clay	B	Colorado State
8	71	Green Bay Packers	Alex Agase	G	Illinois
8	72	Washington Redskins	Cliff White	T	Murray State
8	73	Chicago Bears	Randall Fawcett	B	Stanford
8	74	Philadelphia Eagles	George Phillips	B	UCLA
8	75	Cleveland Rams	Stan Stasica	B	Illinois
8	76	Boston Yanks	Bobby Musick	B	Southern California
9	77	Chicago Cardinals	Frankie Scanlan	B	San Francisco
9	78	Brooklyn Tigers	Mitch Olenski	T	Alabama
9	79	Detroit Lions	Matt Bolger	E	Notre Dame
9	80	Philadelphia Eagles	Paul Sarringhaus	B	Ohio State
9	81	New York Giants	Johnny Sanchez	T	San Francisco
9	82	Green Bay Packers	Don Whitmire	T	Navy
9	83	Washington Redskins	Ted Ogdahl	B	Pacific
9	84	Chicago Bears	Jack Morton	E	Purdue
9	85	Pittsburgh Steelers	Eddie Stofko	B	St. Francis (Pennsylvania)
9	86	Cleveland Rams	Fred Boensch	T	Stanford
9	87	Boston Yanks	Tex Warrington	C	Auburn
10	88	Chicago Cardinals	Lou Saban	B	Indiana
10	89	Brooklyn Tigers	Aldo Cenci	B	Penn State
10	90	Detroit Lions	Herb Hein	E	Minnesota
10	91	Pittsburgh Steelers	Val Jansante	E	Villanova
10	92	New York Giants	Ernie Beamer	E	Duke
10	93	Green Bay Packers	Bob Koch	B	Oregon
10	94	Washington Redskins	Bob Sneddon	B	St. Mary's (California)
10	95	Chicago Bears	Bill Starford	C	Wake Forest
10	96	Philadelphia Eagles	John Perko	G	Notre Dame
10	97	Cleveland Rams	Bob Shaw	E	Ohio State
10	98	Boston Yanks	Angelo Sisti	T	Boston College
11	99	Chicago Cardinals	Fran Griffin	T	Holy Cross
11	100	Brooklyn Tigers	John Bicanich	G	Northwestern
11	101	Detroit Lions	Paul White	B	Michigan
11	102	Philadelphia Eagles	Elliott Ormsbee	B	Bradley
11	103	New York Giants	Carl Grate	G	Georgia
11	104	Green Bay Packers	Virgil Johnson	E	Arkansas
11	105	Washington Redskins	Bill Aldworth	T	Minnesota
11	106	Chicago Bears	Lin Houston	G	Ohio State
11	107	Pittsburgh Steelers	Carl Buda	G	Tulsa
11	108	Cleveland Rams	Joe Andrejco	B	Fordham
11	109	Boston Yanks	Gene Long	G	Kansas
12	110	Chicago Cardinals	Leo Daniels	B	Texas A&M
12	111	Brooklyn Tigers	Jim Tyree	E	Oklahoma
12	112	Detroit Lions	Jack Lescoulie	G	UCLA
12	113	Pittsburgh Steelers	Sam Gray	E	Tulsa
12	114	New York Giants	Tommy Mont	B	Maryland
12	115	Green Bay Packers	Roy Giusti	B	St. Mary's (California)
12	116	Washington Redskins	Bill Joslyn	B	Stanford
12	117	Chicago Bears	J.P. Moore	B	Vanderbilt
12	118	Philadelphia Eagles	Earle Parsons	B	Southern California
12	119	Cleveland Rams	Pat Filley	G	Notre Dame
12	120	Boston Yanks	Ed Fiorentino	E	Brown
13	121	Chicago Cardinals	Bobby Dobbs	B	Army
13	122	Brooklyn Tigers	Jim Wright	C	Southern Methodist
13	123	Detroit Lions	Doug Rehor	B	Dickinson
13	124	Philadelphia Eagles	Bob Hanzlik	E	Wisconsin
13	125	New York Giants	Ray Poole	E	Mississippi
13	126	Green Bay Packers	Bill Baughman	C	Alabama
13	127	Washington Redskins	Charlie Walker	C	Kentucky
13	128	Chicago Bears	Bill Duffey	E	Georgetown (DC)
13	129	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bob Longacre	B	William & Mary
13	130	Cleveland Rams	Bob Erickson	B	Washington
13	131	Boston Yanks	Mike Zeleznak	B	Kansas State
14	132	Chicago Cardinals	Van Hall	B	Texas Christian
14	133	Brooklyn Tigers	John Genis	T	Illinois
14	134	Detroit Lions	Bill Pritula	C	Michigan
14	135	Pittsburgh Steelers	Les Zetty	E	Muhlenberg
14	136	New York Giants	Bert Corley	C	Mississippi State
14	137	Green Bay Packers	Don Griffin	B	Illinois
14	138	Washington Redskins	Boyd Clement	C	Oregon State
14	139	Chicago Bears	Joe Hartley	T	Louisiana State
14	140	Philadelphia Eagles	Jim Talley	C	Louisiana State
14	141	Cleveland Rams	Mel Maceau	C	Marquette
14	142	Boston Yanks	John Maskas	T	Virginia Tech
15	143	Chicago Cardinals	Jack Carpenter	T	Michigan
15	144	Brooklyn Tigers	Billy Murphy	B	Mississippi State
15	145	Detroit Lions	Jim Molich	E	Fresno State
15	146	Philadelphia Eagles	Dom Fusci	T	South Carolina
15	147	New York Giants	Ollie Poole	E	Mississippi
15	148	Green Bay Packers	Bert Gissler	E	Nebraska
15	149	Washington Redskins	Jim Gaffney	B	Tennessee
15	150	Chicago Bears	Charles Milner	G	Duke
15	151	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jim Myers	G	Tennessee
15	152	Cleveland Rams	Frank Hubbell	E	Tennessee
15	153	Boston Yanks	John Bond	B	Texas Christian
16	154	Chicago Cardinals	Charley Csuri	T	Ohio State
16	155	Brooklyn Tigers	Doug Essick	E	Southern California
16	156	Detroit Lions	Jules Yakapovich	B	Colgate
16	157	Pittsburgh Steelers	Joe Gottlieb	B	Duquesne
16	158	New York Giants	Ralph Ellsworth	B	Texas
16	159	Green Bay Packers	Lou Shelton	B	Oregon State
16	160	Washington Redskins	Ted Ossowski	T	Oregon State
16	161	Chicago Bears	Ed Hirsch	G	Northwestern
16	162	Philadelphia Eagles	Johnny Green	E	Tulsa
16	163	Cleveland Rams	Johnny Aguirre	T	Southern California
16	164	Boston Yanks	Roger Antaya	G	Dartmouth
17	165	Chicago Cardinals	Joe Magliolo	B	Texas
17	166	Brooklyn Tigers	Howie Maley	B	Southern Methodist
17	167	Detroit Lions	Jack Helms	T	Georgia Tech
17	168	Philadelphia Eagles	Jackie Freeman	B	William & Mary
17	169	New York Giants	Ed Schneider	T	Washburn
17	170	Green Bay Packers	Charley Cusick	G	Colgate
17	171	Washington Redskins	Tom Davis	B	Duke
17	172	Chicago Bears	Ed Ryckeley	E	Georgia Tech
17	173	Pittsburgh Steelers	Hugh Davis	B	Michigan State
17	174	Cleveland Rams	Aubrey Clayton	B	Auburn
17	175	Boston Yanks	Marshall Shurnas	E	Missouri
18	176	Chicago Cardinals	Walt Szot	T	Bucknell
18	177	Brooklyn Tigers	Don Willer	T	Southern California
18	178	Detroit Lions	Elmer Madarik	B	Detroit Mercy
18	179	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bill Sullivan	E	Villanova
18	180	New York Giants	Marcel Gres	T	Texas
18	181	Green Bay Packers	Hugh Cox	B	North Carolina
18	182	Washington Redskins	John Batorski	E	Colgate
19	183	Chicago Bears	Howdy Plasman	B	Miami (Florida)
18	184	Philadelphia Eagles	Joe Kane	B	Pennsylvania
18	185	Cleveland Rams	Ziggy Zamlynski	B	Villanova
18	186	Boston Yanks	Reldon Bennett	T	Louisiana State
19	187	Chicago Cardinals	Jack Adams	E	Presbyterian
19	188	Brooklyn Tigers	Howard Callanan	B	Southern California
19	189	Detroit Lions	Bill Eubanks	E	Mississippi
19	190	Philadelphia Eagles	Tony Schiro	G	Santa Clara
19	191	New York Giants	Neil Brooks	B	Washington
19	192	Green Bay Packers	Kermit Davis	E	Mississippi State
19	193	Washington Redskins	Clyde Ehrhardt	C	Georgia
19	194	Chicago Bears	Barry French	T	Purdue
19	195	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jimmy Woodside	C	Temple
19	196	Cleveland Rams	Bob McBride	G	Notre Dame
19	197	Boston Yanks	Art Faircloth	B	Guilford
20	198	Chicago Cardinals	Ray Kuffel	E	Marquette
20	199	Brooklyn Tigers	George Doherty	T	Louisiana Tech
20	200	Detroit Lions	Ray Ahlstrom	B	St. Mary's (California)
20	201	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bill Miller	B	Pennsylvania
20	202	New York Giants	Pete Kane	B	Geneva
20	203	Green Bay Packers	Bob Johnson	C	Purdue
20	204	Washington Redskins	Dave Brown	E	UCLA
20	205	Chicago Bears	Paul Taylor	B	Southern California
20	206	Philadelphia Eagles	Norm Michael	B	Syracuse
20	207	Cleveland Rams	Joe Yackanich	T	Fordham
20	208	Boston Yanks	Tony Bilotti	G	St. Mary's (California)
21	209	Chicago Cardinals	Jack West	E	Texas
21	210	Brooklyn Tigers	Mike Mihalic	G	Mississippi State
21	211	Detroit Lions	Alex Kapter	G	Northwestern
21	212	Philadelphia Eagles	Eddie Kulakowski	T	West Virginia
21	213	New York Giants	M.L. Kittrell	B	Baylor
21	214	Green Bay Packers	Jim Cox	T	Stanford
21	215	Washington Redskins	Bill Ivy	T	Northwestern
21	216	Chicago Bears	Bob Margarita	B	Brown
21	217	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bob Lawson	E	Holy Cross
21	218	Cleveland Rams	Johnny Creevey	B	Notre Dame
21	219	Boston Yanks	Bill Furman	T	Washington & Lee
22	220	Chicago Cardinals	Jack Escorcia	B	Illinois State
22	221	Brooklyn Tigers	Ted Cook	E	Alabama
22	222	Detroit Lions	Vic Clark	B	Texas-El Paso
22	223	Pittsburgh Steelers	Hank Caver	B	Presbyterian
22	224	New York Giants	Roy Renfro	G	Fresno State
22	225	Green Bay Packers	Cliff Anderson	E	Minnesota
22	226	Washington Redskins	Bruce Babcock	B	Rochester
22	227	Chicago Bears	Eddy Davis	B	Oklahoma
22	228	Philadelphia Eagles	Al Postus	B	Villanova
22	229	Cleveland Rams	David Paul Jones	B	Arkansas
22	230	Boston Yanks	Clare Morford	G	Oklahoma
23	231	Chicago Cardinals	Don Buffmire	B	Northwestern
23	232	Brooklyn Tigers	Bucky Gillenwater	T	Texas Tech
23	233	Detroit Lions	Max Fischer	C	Oklahoma
23	234	Philadelphia Eagles	Milt Smith	E	UCLA
23	235	New York Giants	John Dubzinski	G	Boston College
23	236	Green Bay Packers	John Perry	B	Duke
23	237	Washington Redskins	Billy Reinhard	B	California
23	238	Chicago Bears	Dick Jamison	T	Southern California
23	239	Pittsburgh Steelers	Paul Carter	T	Michigan State
23	240	Cleveland Rams	Jim Pharr	C	Auburn
23	241	Boston Yanks	Dilton Richmond	E	Louisiana State
24	242	Chicago Cardinals	Bob Nanni	T	Duke
24	243	Brooklyn Tigers	Jack Baldwin	C	Centenary
24	244	Detroit Lions	Chuck Jacoby	B	Indiana
24	245	Pittsburgh Steelers	Dick Holben	T	Muhlenberg
24	246	New York Giants	Howard Beyer	C	Michigan State
24	247	Green Bay Packers	Pete DeMaria	G	Purdue
24	248	Washington Redskins	Ernie Bauer	G	South Carolina
24	249	Chicago Bears	Jack Bortka	B	Kansas State
24	250	Philadelphia Eagles	Earl Klapstein	T	Pacific
24	251	Cleveland Rams	Joe Warlick	B	Mississippi State
24	252	Boston Yanks	Courtney Lawler	B	Richmond
25	253	Chicago Cardinals	John McGinnis	E	Notre Dame
25	254	Brooklyn Tigers	Dick Manning	B	Southern California
25	255	Detroit Lions	Bob McCarthy	E	St. Mary's (California)
25	256	Philadelphia Eagles	Bob Frisbee	B	Stanford
25	257	New York Giants	Ben Babula	B	Fordham
25	258	Green Bay Packers	Len Liss	T	Marquette
25	259	Washington Redskins	Joe Martin	B	Cornell
25	260	Chicago Bears	Roy Ruskusky	E	St. Mary's (California)
25	261	Pittsburgh Steelers	Howard Tippee	B	Iowa State
25	262	Cleveland Rams	Bart Gianelli	G	Santa Clara
25	263	Boston Yanks	Howard Debus	B	Nebraska
26	264	Chicago Cardinals	Warren Hodges	T	Kansas
26	265	Brooklyn Tigers	Ray Grierson	E	Illinois
26	266	Detroit Lions	Stan Hendrickson	E	Colorado
26	267	Pittsburgh Steelers	Charley Malmberg	T	Rice
26	268	New York Giants	Ted Fitanides	B	New Hampshire
26	269	Green Bay Packers	Ray Jordan	B	North Carolina
26	270	Washington Redskins	Lee Gustafson	B	Oregon State
26	271	Chicago Bears	Harry Franck	B	Northwestern
26	272	Philadelphia Eagles	Ed Eiden	B	Scranton
26	273	Cleveland Rams	Charlie Kuhn	B	Kentucky
26	274	Boston Yanks	Bill Portwood	E	Kentucky
27	275	Chicago Cardinals	Bill Earley	B	Notre Dame
27	276	Brooklyn Tigers	Joe Golding	B	Oklahoma
27	277	Detroit Lions	Fred Bouldin	B	Missouri
27	278	Philadelphia Eagles	Barney Burdick	E	Creighton
27	279	New York Giants	Andy Bires	E	Alabama
27	280	Green Bay Packers	Al Grubaugh	T	Nebraska
27	281	Washington Redskins	Nick Pappas	T	Utah
27	282	Chicago Bears	Jack McKewen	T	Alabama
27	283	Pittsburgh Steelers	Pete Ashbaugh	B	Notre Dame
27	284	Cleveland Rams	Jim Smith	T	Colorado
27	285	Boston Yanks	Harold Collins	G	Southwestern (Texas)
28	286	Chicago Cardinals	Bob Davis	G	Oregon
28	287	Brooklyn Tigers	Bob Zimny	T	Indiana
28	288	Detroit Lions	Dick McElwee	B	West Virginia
28	289	Pittsburgh Steelers	Pat Petroski	G	Miami (Florida)
28	290	New York Giants	Tom Rock	E	Columbia
28	291	Green Bay Packers	A.B. Howard	E	Mississippi State
28	292	Washington Redskins	Lindsay Bowen	E	Rice
28	293	Chicago Bears	Charlie Mitchell	B	Tulsa
28	294	Philadelphia Eagles	Nick Daukas	T	Dartmouth
28	295	Cleveland Rams	Ray Donelli	B	Duquesne
28	296	Boston Yanks	Audrey Gill	C	Texas
29	297	Chicago Cardinals	Vince DiFrancesca	T	Northwestern
29	298	Brooklyn Tigers	Marty Frohm	T	Mississippi State
29	299	Detroit Lions	Bob Derleth	T	Michigan
29	300	Philadelphia Eagles	Pasquale Darone	G	Boston College
29	301	New York Giants	Walt Cyhel	T	Creighton
29	302	Green Bay Packers	Paul Paladino	G	Arkansas
29	303	Washington Redskins	Bill Gustafson	T	Washington State
29	304	Chicago Bears	Pat Boyle	G	Wisconsin
29	305	Pittsburgh Steelers	Joe Tosti	E	Scranton
29	306	Cleveland Rams	John Hughes	E	Mississippi State
29	307	Boston Yanks	Chet Wasilewski	B	Mansfield
30	308	Chicago Cardinals	Lloyd Ott	C	North Carolina State
30	309	Brooklyn Tigers	Howard Blose	B	Cornell
30	310	Detroit Lions	George Dick	E	Kansas
30	311	Pittsburgh Steelers	Len Seelinger	B	Wisconsin
30	312	New York Giants	Francis Nelson	B	Baylor
30	313	Green Bay Packers	Bob Butchofsky	B	Texas A&M
30	314	Washington Redskins	Chet Yablonski	C	Holy Cross
30	315	Chicago Bears	Bernie Pepper	T	Missouri
30	316	Philadelphia Eagles	Bill Clark	T	Colorado College
30	317	Cleveland Rams	Dick McPhee	B	Georgia
30	318	Boston Yanks	Gus Letchas	B	Georgia
31	319	Green Bay Packers	Russ Deal	G	Indiana
31	320	Washington Redskins	Buster Hollingbery	C	Washington State
31	321	Chicago Bears	Karl Vogt	T	Villanova
31	322	Philadelphia Eagles	Pete Pasko	E	East Stroudsburg
31	323	Cleveland Rams	Jim McLeod	E	Louisiana State
31	324	Boston Yanks	Ralph Calcagni	T	Cornell
32	325	Green Bay Packers	Abel Gonzales	B	Notre Dame
32	326	Washington Redskins	Willard Sheller	B	Stanford
32	327	Chicago Bears	Bob Endres	T	Colgate
32	328	Philadelphia Eagles	Myron Majewski	T	American International
32	329	Cleveland Rams	Stan Kudlacz	C	Notre Dame
32	330	Boston Yanks	Walton Roberts	B	Texas