1945 NFL Draft - Pro Football Archives

Round	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	College
1	1	Chicago Cardinals	Charley Trippi	B	Georgia
1	2	Pittsburgh Steelers	Paul Duhart	B	Florida
1	3	Brooklyn Tigers	Joe Renfroe	B	Tulane
1	4	Boston Yanks	Eddie Prokop	B	Georgia Tech
1	5	Cleveland Rams	Elroy Hirsch	B	Michigan
1	6	Detroit Lions	Frank Szymanski	C	Notre Dame
1	7	Chicago Bears	Don Lund	B	Michigan
1	8	Washington Redskins	Jim Hardy	QB	Southern California
1	9	Philadelphia Eagles	John Yonakor	E	Notre Dame
1	10	New York Giants	Elmer Barbour	B	Wake Forest
1	11	Green Bay Packers	Walt Schlinkman	B	Texas Tech
2	12	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jack Dugger	E	Ohio State
2	13	Brooklyn Tigers	Wayne Williams	B	Minnesota
2	14	Chicago Cardinals	Paul Collins	B	Missouri
2	15	Boston Yanks	Tom Dean	T	Southern Methodist
2	16	Cleveland Rams	Mike Lazetich	T	Michigan
3	17	Brooklyn Tigers	Cecil Gray	C	Oregon
3	18	Chicago Cardinals	Walt Watt	B	Miami (Florida)
3	19	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bill Dellastatious	B	Missouri
3	20	Boston Yanks	Damon Tassos	G	Texas A&M
3	21	Cleveland Rams	W.G. Wooten	E	Oklahoma
3	22	Chicago Bears	Charley Allen	B	Southern Methodist
3	23	Washington Redskins	John Adams	T	Notre Dame
3	24	Detroit Lions	Stan Mohrbacher	G	Iowa
3	25	Philadelphia Eagles	Alvin Dark	B	Louisiana-Lafayette
3	26	New York Giants	Gordon Appleby	C	Ohio State
3	27	Green Bay Packers	Clyde Goodnight	E	Tulsa
4	28	Chicago Cardinals	Bob Dobelstein	G	Tennessee
4	29	Pittsburgh Steelers	Roger Adams	C	Florida
4	30	Brooklyn Tigers	Steve Enich	G	Marquette
1	31	Boston Yanks	Don Deeks	T	Washington
4	32	Cleveland Rams	Jack Zilly	E	Notre Dame
5	33	Pittsburgh Steelers	Charley Mehelich	E	Duquesne
5	34	Brooklyn Tigers	Al Kowalski	QB	Tulsa
5	35	Chicago Cardinals	Zeke Chronister	E	Texas Christian
5	36	Boston Yanks	Johnny Strzykalski	B	Marquette
5	37	Cleveland Rams	Roger Harding	C	California
5	38	Washington Redskins	George Bujan	C	Illinois
5	39	Detroit Lions	Bob Wiese	B	Michigan
5	40	Chicago Bears	Forrest Masterson	C	Iowa
5	41	Philadelphia Eagles	Pete Pihos	E	Indiana
5	42	New York Giants	Ed Castleberry	B	West Texas A&M
5	43	Green Bay Packers	Joe Graham	E	Florida
6	44	Brooklyn Tigers	Dick Barwegen	G	Purdue
6	45	Chicago Cardinals	Corwin Clatt	B	Notre Dame
6	46	Pittsburgh Steelers	Gregg Browning	E	Denver
6	47	Boston Yanks	Jim Mello	B	Notre Dame
6	48	Cleveland Rams	Gerry Cowhig	B	Notre Dame
6	49	Detroit Lions	Gene Fekete	B	Ohio State
6	50	Chicago Bears	Wayne Shaw	B	Southern Methodist
6	51	Washington Redskins	John North	E	Vanderbilt
6	52	Philadelphia Eagles	Chuck Dellago	G	Minnesota
6	53	New York Giants	Barney Poole	E	Mississippi
6	54	Green Bay Packers	Don Wells	T	Georgia
7	55	Chicago Cardinals	Ziggy Czarobski	T	Notre Dame
7	56	Pittsburgh Steelers	Mike Wolak	B	Duquesne
7	57	Brooklyn Tigers	Louie Futrell	B	Southern California
7	58	Boston Yanks	Marty Silovich	C	Marquette
7	59	Cleveland Rams	Fred Negus	C	Wisconsin
7	60	Chicago Bears	Glen Burgeis	T	Tulsa
7	61	Washington Redskins	John Steber	G	Georgia Tech
7	62	Detroit Lions	Mike Jarmoluk	T	Temple
7	63	Philadelphia Eagles	Gonzalo Morales	B	St. Mary's (California)
7	64	New York Giants	Jack Mead	E	Wisconsin
7	65	Green Bay Packers	Casey Stephenson	B	Tennessee
8	66	Pittsburgh Steelers	Tom Hughes	T	Missouri
8	67	Brooklyn Tigers	John Dodds	G	California
8	68	Chicago Cardinals	John Harrington	E	Marquette
8	69	Boston Yanks	Ellis Jones	G	Tulsa
8	70	Cleveland Rams	Johnny August	B	Alabama
8	71	Washington Redskins	Art Porter	E	Tulane
8	72	Detroit Lions	Jack Lowther	B	Detroit Mercy
8	73	Chicago Bears	Pat O'Brien	T	Purdue
8	74	Philadelphia Eagles	Sam Robinson	B	Washington
8	75	New York Giants	Nick Vodick	B	Northwestern
8	76	Green Bay Packers	Toby Collins	T	Tulsa
9	77	Brooklyn Tigers	Elting Johnson	B	Bucknell
9	78	Chicago Cardinals	Gene Meeks	B	Kentucky
9	79	Pittsburgh Steelers	Leon Pense	B	Arkansas
9	80	Boston Yanks	Earl Lambert	B	Manhattan
9	81	Cleveland Rams	Dick Huffman	T	Tennessee
9	82	Detroit Lions	Les Joop	T	Illinois
9	83	Chicago Bears	Bill Mayther	C	Oregon
9	84	Washington Redskins	Curt Kuykendall	B	Auburn
9	85	Philadelphia Eagles	Forrest Hall	B	San Francisco
9	86	New York Giants	John Rudan	B	Marquette
9	87	Green Bay Packers	Lamar Dingler	E	Arkansas
10	88	Chicago Cardinals	Bill Huber	E	Illinois
10	89	Pittsburgh Steelers	Art Brandau	C	Tennessee
10	90	Brooklyn Tigers	Roy Cross	E	Tennessee
10	91	Boston Yanks	Don Kasprzak	B	Dartmouth
10	92	Cleveland Rams	Vernon Walters	B	Oberlin
10	93	Chicago Bears	Billy Poe	B	Clemson
10	94	Washington Redskins	Frank Brogger	E	Michigan State
10	95	Detroit Lions	Paul Walker	E	Yale
10	96	Philadelphia Eagles	Joe Sadonis	T	Fordham
10	97	New York Giants	Vic Smith	B	UCLA
10	98	Green Bay Packers	Hal Helscher	B	Louisiana State
11	99	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ray Ball	B	Holy Cross
11	100	Brooklyn Tigers	Earl Haury	T	Kansas State
11	101	Chicago Cardinals	Holley Heard	T	Louisiana State
11	102	Boston Yanks	Ben Jones	E	Arkansas
11	103	Cleveland Rams	Tom Fears	E	UCLA
11	104	Washington Redskins	Mack a	B	Oklahoma State
11	105	Detroit Lions	Howie Hansen	T	Utah State
11	106	Chicago Bears	Chuck Avery	B	Minnesota
11	107	Philadelphia Eagles	Rudy Mobley	B	Hardin-Simmons
11	108	New York Giants	Jim Young	T	Arkansas
11	109	Green Bay Packers	Ralph Hammond	C	Pittsburgh
12	110	Brooklyn Tigers	John Martin	B	East Tennessee State
12	111	Chicago Cardinals	Bob Cowan	B	Indiana
12	112	Pittsburgh Steelers	Frankie Basilone	B	Duquesne
12	113	Boston Yanks	Herb Coleman	C	Notre Dame
12	114	Cleveland Rams	Joe Winkler	C	Purdue
12	115	Detroit Lions	Mike Kasap	T	Illinois
12	116	Chicago Bears	Jack Boyd	B	UCLA
12	117	Washington Redskins	Paul McKee	E	Syracuse
12	118	Philadelphia Eagles	Jim Newmeyer	T	St. Vincent
12	119	New York Giants	Billy Bevis	B	Tennessee
12	120	Green Bay Packers	Ed Podgorski	T	Lafayette
13	121	Chicago Cardinals	Buddy Luper	B	Duke
13	122	Pittsburgh Steelers	John Monahan	E	Dartmouth
13	123	Brooklyn Tigers	George McDonald	T	South Carolina
13	124	Boston Yanks	Joe Pezelski	B	Villanova
13	125	Cleveland Rams	Jack Aland	T	Alabama
13	126	Chicago Bears	Ralph Ellsworth	B	Texas
13	127	Washington Redskins	Charley Conerly	QB	Mississippi
13	128	Detroit Lions	Wally Hopp	B	Nebraska
13	129	Philadelphia Eagles	Bill Chambers	T	UCLA
13	130	New York Giants	Bob Boozer	T	Arkansas
13	131	Green Bay Packers	Bill Hackett	G	Ohio State
14	132	Pittsburgh Steelers	Mel Odelli	B	Duquesne
14	133	Brooklyn Tigers	Hal Self	B	Alabama
14	134	Chicago Cardinals	Solon Barnett	G	Baylor
14	135	Boston Yanks	John DiGangi	T	Holy Cross
14	136	Cleveland Rams	Chuck Uknes	B	Iowa
14	137	Washington Redskins	John Putnik	E	Utah State
14	138	Detroit Lions	Ben Trickey	B	Iowa
14	139	Chicago Bears	Frank Mattioli	G	Pittsburgh
14	140	Philadelphia Eagles	John Duda	B	Virginia
14	141	New York Giants	Stan Rhoades	B	Mississippi State
14	142	Green Bay Packers	Marv Lindsey	B	Arkansas
15	143	Brooklyn Tigers	Tom Reilly	G	Fordham
15	144	Chicago Cardinals	Gordon Carver	B	Duke
15	145	Pittsburgh Steelers	George Connor	T	Notre Dame
15	146	Boston Yanks	Chan Highsmith	C	North Carolina
15	147	Cleveland Rams	Bill Lund	B	Case Western Reserve
15	148	Detroit Lions	Win Williams	E	Rice
15	149	Chicago Bears	Merle Gibson	E	Texas Christian
15	150	Washington Redskins	Eddie Saenz	B	Southern California
15	151	Philadelphia Eagles	Bill Montgomery	B	Louisiana State
15	152	New York Giants	Jack Wink	B	Wisconsin
15	153	Green Bay Packers	Bob McClure	T	Nevada-Reno
16	154	Chicago Cardinals	John Cannady	B	Indiana
16	155	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jim Ungles	B	Kansas State
16	156	Brooklyn Tigers	Skimp Harrison	E	South Carolina
16	157	Boston Yanks	Mike Costello	E	Georgetown (DC)
16	158	Cleveland Rams	Bob Barton	E	Holy Cross
16	159	Chicago Bears	Johnny Creevey	B	Notre Dame
16	160	Washington Redskins	Dom Fusci	T	South Carolina
16	161	Detroit Lions	Wayne Flanigan	E	Denver
16	162	Philadelphia Eagles	Howard Werner	E	Syracuse
16	163	New York Giants	Jim Little	T	Kentucky
16	164	Green Bay Packers	Harry Pieper	C	California
17	165	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jack Itzel	B	Pittsburgh
17	166	Brooklyn Tigers	Arnie Weinmeister	T	Washington
17	167	Chicago Cardinals	Benny Cittadino	E	Duke
17	168	Boston Yanks	Paul Dromgoole	E	Manhattan
17	169	Cleveland Rams	Dick Hoerner	B	Iowa
17	170	Washington Redskins	Bobby Jenkins	B	Navy
17	171	Detroit Lions	O.J. Key	B	Tulane
17	172	Chicago Bears	Nick Sacrinty	B	Wake Forest
17	173	Philadelphia Eagles	Jim Austin	B	Missouri
17	174	New York Giants	Bob Jabbusch	G	Ohio State
17	175	Green Bay Packers	Bob Kula	B	Minnesota
18	176	Brooklyn Tigers	Charley Eikenberg	B	Rice
18	177	Chicago Cardinals	Ralph Strayhorn	G	North Carolina
18	178	Pittsburgh Steelers	Alex Wizbicki	B	Holy Cross
18	179	Boston Yanks	Dolph Czekala	T	Syracuse
18	180	Cleveland Rams	Lee Kennon	T	Oklahoma
18	181	Detroit Lions	Jim McWhorter	B	Alabama
18	182	Chicago Bears	Jim Keane	E	Iowa
16	182	Detroit Lions	Len Zyzda	DE	Purdue
18	183	Washington Redskins	Ed Stacco	T	Colgate
18	184	Philadelphia Eagles	Quentin Klenk	T	Southern California
18	185	New York Giants	Bill Byrd	C	Maryland
18	186	Green Bay Packers	Frank Hazard	G	Nebraska
19	187	Chicago Cardinals	John Andretich	B	Purdue
19	188	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jim Landrigan	T	Dartmouth
19	189	Brooklyn Tigers	Al Kasulin	B	Villanova
19	190	Boston Yanks	Joe Drumm	T	Georgetown (DC)
19	191	Cleveland Rams	Wally Matulich	B	Mississippi State
19	192	Chicago Bears	Bruno Niedziela	T	Iowa
19	193	Washington Redskins	Jim Bradshaw	C	Auburn
19	194	Detroit Lions	Clyde LeForce	B	Tulsa
19	195	Philadelphia Eagles	Joe Spencer	T	Oklahoma State
19	196	New York Giants	Glenn Morries	T	Texas
19	197	Green Bay Packers	Ed Jeffers	T	Oklahoma State
20	198	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bill Lilienthal	T	Villanova
20	199	Brooklyn Tigers	Charley Lively	T	Arkansas
20	200	Chicago Cardinals	Jack Kramer	T	Marquette
20	201	Boston Yanks	Mario Giannelli	T	Boston College
20	202	Cleveland Rams	Bill Griffin	T	Kentucky
20	203	Washington Redskins	Bill Shipkey	B	Stanford
20	204	Detroit Lions	Mike Castronis	G	Georgia
20	205	Chicago Bears	Charles Williams	E	Florida
20	206	Philadelphia Eagles	Leo Pratt	T	Oklahoma State
20	207	New York Giants	Pete Davis	B	Santa Clara
20	208	Green Bay Packers	Bill Prentice	B	Santa Clara
21	209	Brooklyn Tigers	Ted Curran	B	Iowa
21	210	Chicago Cardinals	Red Cheek	G	Baylor
21	211	Pittsburgh Steelers	Art Price	B	Rutgers
21	212	Boston Yanks	Eric Jamison	T	San Francisco
21	213	Cleveland Rams	Leroy Erickson	B	Oregon
21	214	Detroit Lions	Ken Currier	G	Wisconsin
21	215	Chicago Bears	Walt Stickel	T	Pennsylvania
21	216	Washington Redskins	Sid Halliday	T	Southern Methodist
21	217	Philadelphia Eagles	Phil Teschner	T	Brown
21	218	New York Giants	Sammy Vacanti	B	Nebraska
21	219	Green Bay Packers	Warren Fuller	E	Fordham
22	220	Chicago Cardinals	Fred Grant	B	Alabama
22	221	Pittsburgh Steelers	Don Malmberg	B	UCLA
22	222	Brooklyn Tigers	John Fabling	B	Colorado
22	223	Boston Yanks	Walt Kretz	B	Cornell
22	224	Cleveland Rams	Ray Evans	T	Texas-El Paso
22	225	Chicago Bears	Bobby Livingstone	B	Notre Dame
22	226	Washington Redskins	Chick Davidson	T	Cornell
20	227	Detroit Lions	Jack Verutti	B	St. Mary's (California)
22	228	Philadelphia Eagles	John Magee	G	Rice
22	229	New York Giants	Verne Oliver	C	Washington State
22	230	Green Bay Packers	Fred Nielson	T	St. Mary's (California)
23	231	Pittsburgh Steelers	Everett Harwell	E	Auburn
23	232	Brooklyn Tigers	Wally Crittenden	B	Loyola Marymount
23	233	Chicago Cardinals	Johnny Cook	B	Georgia
23	234	Boston Yanks	Marty Grbovaz	E	San Francisco
23	235	Cleveland Rams	Luke Higgins	T	Notre Dame
23	236	Washington Redskins	Grady Martin	E	Southern Methodist
23	237	Detroit Lions	Roy Olsen	B	Tulane
23	238	Chicago Bears	Mike Vargon	E	Kansas State
23	239	Philadelphia Eagles	Norm Mosley	B	Alabama
23	240	New York Giants	Jim Chadwell	T	Tennessee
23	241	Green Bay Packers	Bob Gilmore	B	Washington
24	242	Brooklyn Tigers	Julius Taddie	C	Rochester
24	243	Chicago Cardinals	Ardie McClure	T	Georgia
24	244	Pittsburgh Steelers	Edgar Cain	B	Rice
24	245	Boston Yanks	Ziggy Gory	C	Villanova
24	246	Cleveland Rams	Stan Nowak	E	South Carolina
24	247	Detroit Lions	Russ Morrow	C	Tennessee
24	248	Chicago Bears	Charley Wright	G	Iowa State
24	249	Washington Redskins	Jim McCurdy	C	Stanford
24	250	Philadelphia Eagles	Blair Brown	G	Oklahoma State
24	251	New York Giants	Vince Mroz	E	Michigan State
24	252	Green Bay Packers	Lloyd Baxter	C	Southern Methodist
25	253	Chicago Cardinals	Hugo Norige	B	Worcester Poly
25	254	Pittsburgh Steelers	Angelo Carlaccini	B	Pittsburgh
25	255	Brooklyn Tigers	Jerry Whitney	B	Southern California
24	256	Boston Yanks	Bill Iannicelli	E	Franklin & Marshall
25	257	Cleveland Rams	Gene Konopka	G	Villanova
25	258	Chicago Bears	Jack Green	G	Alabama
25	259	Washington Redskins	Cecil Souders	E	Ohio State
25	260	Detroit Lions	Stan Green	T	Oklahoma
25	261	Philadelphia Eagles	Bob Hall	E	Stanford
25	262	New York Giants	George Kita	B	Drake
25	263	Green Bay Packers	Nolan Luhn	E	Tulsa
26	264	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ed Burns	B	Boston College
26	265	Brooklyn Tigers	Felix Trapani	G	Louisiana State
26	266	Chicago Cardinals	Gene Knight	B	Louisiana State
26	267	Boston Yanks	Al Kull	T	Fordham
26	268	Cleveland Rams	Ray Florek	B	Illinois
26	269	Washington Redskins	Ben Wall	B	Western Michigan
26	270	Detroit Lions	Bob Ivory	G	Detroit Mercy
26	271	Chicago Bears	Lu Gambino	B	Maryland
26	272	Philadelphia Eagles	Don Talcott	T	Nevada-Reno
26	273	New York Giants	Doug Graham	T	Stanford
26	274	Green Bay Packers	Nestor Blanco	G	Colorado Mines
27	275	Brooklyn Tigers	Hal Finney	B	Southern California
27	276	Chicago Cardinals	Don Fambrough	B	Kansas
27	277	Pittsburgh Steelers	Glen Stough	T	Duke
27	278	Boston Yanks	Bob Mangene	B	Boston College
27	279	Cleveland Rams	Russ Perry	B	Wake Forest
27	280	Detroit Lions	Dell Taylor	B	Tulsa
27	281	Chicago Bears	Ray Jones	B	Texas
27	282	Washington Redskins	George Hillery	E	Texas Wesleyan
27	283	Philadelphia Eagles	Bill Thompson	T	New Mexico
27	284	New York Giants	Jack Dillon	E	Texas Tech
27	285	Green Bay Packers	Bill Chestnut	B	Kansas
28	286	Chicago Cardinals	Garland Williams	T	Georgia
28	287	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jim Marsh	T	Oklahoma State
28	288	Brooklyn Tigers	Don Fauble	B	Oklahoma
28	289	Boston Yanks	John Morelli	G	Georgetown (DC)
28	290	Cleveland Rams	Pat West	B	Southern California
28	291	Chicago Bears	Bob Hary	B	Minnesota
28	292	Washington Redskins	Milford Dreblow	B	Southern California
28	293	Detroit Lions	Len Ciesla	B	Creighton
28	294	Philadelphia Eagles	Al Fleming	C	Wichita State
28	295	New York Giants	Charley Anthony	B	Brown
28	296	Green Bay Packers	Jim Thompson	B	Washington State
29	297	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ralph Grant	B	Bucknell
29	298	Brooklyn Tigers	Nick Studen	B	Denver
29	299	Chicago Cardinals	Ed Dusek	B	Texas A&M
29	300	Boston Yanks	John Fisher	C	Harvard
29	301	Cleveland Rams	Bill Davis	B	Oregon
29	302	Washington Redskins	Frank Irwin	T	Duke
29	303	Detroit Lions	Frank Lopp	T	Wisconsin
29	304	Chicago Bears	Nick Forkovitch	B	William & Mary
29	305	Philadelphia Eagles	Leo Benjamin	C	West Virginia
29	306	New York Giants	Joyce Pipkin	B	Arkansas
29	307	Green Bay Packers	Jim Evans	E	Idaho
30	308	Brooklyn Tigers	Lemar Dykstra	B	Colorado
30	309	Chicago Cardinals	Otto Payne	B	Texas A&M
30	310	Pittsburgh Steelers	John Kondrla	T	St. Vincent
30	311	Boston Yanks	Elmer Oberto	G	Georgetown (DC)
30	312	Cleveland Rams	Chuck Compton	T	Alabama
30	313	Detroit Lions	Paul Limont	T	Notre Dame
30	314	Chicago Bears	Don Robinson	B	Michigan
30	315	Washington Redskins	Leon Diner	E	Denver
30	316	Philadelphia Eagles	Jim Dougherty	B	Miami (Ohio)
30	317	New York Giants	Joe Wolf	C	Southern California
30	318	Green Bay Packers	Ham Nichols	G	Rice
31	319	Chicago Bears	Wayne Johnston	B	Marquette
31	320	Washington Redskins	Bob Cummings	C	Vanderbilt
31	321	Detroit Lions	Ben Schadler	B	Northwestern
31	322	Philadelphia Eagles	Kenny Reese	B	Alabama
31	323	New York Giants	Bill Broderick	T	Utah
31	324	Green Bay Packers	Paul Priday	B	Ohio State
32	325	Washington Redskins	Don Nolander	T	Minnesota
32	326	Detroit Lions	Tom Dorais	B	Detroit Mercy
32	327	Chicago Bears	George Groves	C	Marquette
32	328	Philadelphia Eagles	Loren Braner	C	Pittsburgh
32	329	New York Giants	John Staples	G	Alabama
32	330	Green Bay Packers	Billy Joe Aldridge	B	Oklahoma State