1937 NFL draft

The 1937 NFL 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] The draft consisted of 10 rounds, with 100 player selections, two of which would later become members of the Professional Football Hall of Fame. Notable for this draft were the league's draft selections for a planned expansion team, the Cleveland Rams, who were admitted into the league prior to the 1937 season. The Philadelphia Eagles used the first overall pick to select back Sam Francis, but ended up trading him to Chicago Bears two months later.^[3]

1937 NFL draft
Building of the former Hotel Lincoln (location of the draft), photographed in 2013
General information
Date(s)	December 12, 1936
Location	Hotel Lincoln in New York City
Overview
100 total selections in 10 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Sam Francis, RB Philadelphia Eagles
Most selections (10)	each team selected ten players
Fewest selections (10)	each team selected ten players
Hall of Famers	2 QB Sammy Baugh QB Ace Parker
← 1936 1938 →

Player selections

= Hall of Famer

	Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
	1	1	Philadelphia Eagles	Sam Francis	B	Nebraska	Big Six
	1	2	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ed Goddard	B	Washington State	PCC
	1	3	Chicago Cardinals	Ray Buivid	QB	Marquette	Ind.
	1	4	New York Giants	Ed Widseth	T	Minnesota	Big Ten
	1	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	Mike Basrak	C	Duquesne	Ind.
	1	6	Washington Redskins	Sammy Baugh‡	QB	TCU	SWC
	1	7	Detroit Lions	Lloyd Cardwell	B	Nebraska	Big Six
	1	8	Chicago Bears	Les McDonald	E	Nebraska	Big Six
	1	9	Green Bay Packers	Eddie Jankowski	B	Wisconsin	Big Ten
	1	10	Cleveland Rams	Johnny Drake	B	Purdue	Big Ten
	2	11	Philadelphia Eagles	Franny Murray	B	Penn	Ind.
	2	12	Chicago Cardinals	Gaynell Tinsley	E	LSU	SEC
	2	13	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ace Parker‡	B	Duke	SoCon
	2	14	New York Giants	Art White	B	Alabama	SEC
	2	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bob Finley	G	SMU	SWC
	2	16	Washington Redskins	Nello Falaschi	C	Santa Clara	Ind.
	2	17	Detroit Lions	Charley Hamrick	T	Ohio State	Big Ten
	2	18	Chicago Bears	Marvin Stewart	B	LSU	SEC
	2	19	Green Bay Packers	Ave Daniell	HB	Pittsburgh	Ind.
	2	20	Cleveland Rams	Jules Alfonse	T	Minnesota	Big Ten
	3	21	Philadelphia Eagles	Drew Ellis	T	TCU	SWC
	3	22	Brooklyn Dodgers	Max Starcevich	B	Washington	PCC
	3	23	Chicago Cardinals	Arthur Guepe	B	Marquette	Ind.
	3	24	New York Giants	Jerry Dennerlein	C	St. Mary's (CA)	Ind.
	3	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bill Breeden	E	Oklahoma	Big Six
	3	26	Washington Redskins	Maurice Elder	B	Kansas State	Big Six
	3	27	Detroit Lions	Vern Huffman	E	Indiana	Big Ten
	3	28	Chicago Bears	Dick Plasman	B	Vanderbilt	SEC
	3	29	Green Bay Packers	Bud Wilkinson	E	Minnesota	Big Ten
	3	30	Cleveland Rams	Larue, BobbyBobby Larue	T	Pittsburgh	Ind.
	4	31	Philadelphia Eagles	Walter Gilbert	B	Auburn	SEC
	4	32	Chicago Cardinals	Bryan, BuckyBucky Bryan	G	Tulane	SEC
	4	33	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bill Kurlish	T	Penn	Ind.
	4	34	New York Giants	Ward Cuff	E	Marquette	Ind.
	4	35	Pittsburgh Pirates	Hewes, BoBo Hewes	E	Oklahoma	Big Six
	4	36	Washington Redskins	Dick Bassi	E	Santa Clara	Ind.
	4	37	Detroit Lions	Bill Glassford	B	Pittsburgh	Ind.
	4	38	Chicago Bears	Henry Hammond	B	Southwestern (TN)	Dixie
	4	39	Green Bay Packers	Bud Svendsen	E	Minnesota	Big Ten
	5	40	Cleveland Rams	John Wiatrak	C	Washington	PCC
	5	41	Philadelphia Eagles	Alex Drobnitch	B	Denver	N/A
	5	42	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bert Johnson	T	Kentucky	SEC
	5	43	Chicago Cardinals	Ham Harmon	C	Tulsa	MVC
	5	44	New York Giants	Mickey Kobrosky	QB	Trinity (CT)	Ind.
	5	45	Pittsburgh Pirates	Frye, JackJack Frye	E	Missouri	Big Six
	5	46	Washington Redskins	Chuck Bond	T	Washington	PCC
	5	47	Detroit Lions	Maury Patt	C	Carnegie Tech	Ind.
	5	48	Chicago Bears	Red Conkright	C	Oklahoma	Big Six
	5	49	Green Bay Packers	Gibson, DewittDewitt Gibson	G	Northwestern	Big Ten
	5	50	Cleveland Rams	Inwood Smith	T	Ohio State	Big Ten
	6	51	Philadelphia Eagles	Bill Guckeyson	B	Maryland	SoCon
	6	52	Chicago Cardinals	Dickens, PhilPhil Dickens	T	Tennessee	SEC
	6	53	Brooklyn Dodgers	John Golemgeske	T	Wisconsin	Big Ten
	6	54	New York Giants	Farley, JimJim Farley	B	VMI	SoCon
	6	55	Pittsburgh Pirates	Roach, WaltWalt Roach	B	TCU	SWC
	6	56	Washington Redskins	Jimmie Cain	E	Washington	PCC
	6	57	Detroit Lions	Bell, GeorgeGeorge Bell	T	Purdue	Big Ten
	6	58	Chicago Bears	Del Bjork	B	Oregon	PCC
	6	59	Green Bay Packers	Merle Wendt	T	Ohio State	Big Ten
	6	60	Cleveland Rams	Del Sasso, ChrisChris Del Sasso	T	Indiana	Big Ten
	7	61	Philadelphia Eagles	Herb Barna	G	West Virginia	Ind.
	7	62	Brooklyn Dodgers	Funk, FredFred Funk	B	UCLA	PCC
	7	63	Chicago Cardinals	Dickerson, HermHerm Dickerson	E	VPI	SoCon
	7	64	New York Giants	Buster Poole	E	Ole Miss	SEC
	7	65	Pittsburgh Pirates	Byron Haines	B	Washington	PCC
	7	66	Washington Redskins	Holland, RollaRolla Holland	G	Kansas State	Big Six
	7	67	Detroit Lions	Sprague, JohnJohn Sprague	B	SMU	SWC
	7	68	Chicago Bears	Friedman, BuckBuck Friedman	T	Rice	SWC
	7	69	Green Bay Packers	Baldwin, MarvMarv Baldwin	T	TCU	SWC
	7	70	Cleveland Rams	Schoen, NormNorm Schoen	T	Baldwin–Wallace	N/A
	8	71	Philadelphia Eagles	Hennon, NestorNestor Hennon	B	Carnegie Tech	Ind.
	8	72	Chicago Cardinals	Reynolds, JohnJohn Reynolds	C	Baylor	SWC
	8	73	Brooklyn Dodgers	Steve Reid	T	Northwestern	Big Ten
	8	74	New York Giants	Meyers, GeneGene Meyers	B	Kentucky	SEC
	8	75	Pittsburgh Pirates	Kordick, MartyMarty Kordick	E	St. Mary's (CA)	Ind.
	8	76	Washington Redskins	Joel Eaves	E	Auburn	SEC
	8	77	Detroit Lions	Sayre, ElvinElvin Sayre	B	Illinois	Big Ten
	8	78	Chicago Bears	Toth, SteveSteve Toth	C	Northwestern	Big Ten
	8	79	Green Bay Packers	Chapman, LesLes Chapman	B	Tulsa	MVC
	8	80	Cleveland Rams	Schmarr, HermHerm Schmarr	T	Catholic University	Ind.
	9	81	Philadelphia Eagles	Fanning, PaulPaul Fanning	B	Kansas State	Big Six
	9	82	Brooklyn Dodgers	Nowogrowski, EdEd Nowogrowski	B	Washington	PCC
	9	83	Chicago Cardinals	Dwight Hafeli	B	Washington University	MVC
	9	84	New York Giants	Scheyer, DwightDwight Scheyer	E	Washington State	PCC
	9	85	Pittsburgh Pirates	Matt Patanelli	T	Michigan	Big Ten
	9	86	Washington Redskins	Bill Docherty	G	Temple	Ind.
	9	87	Detroit Lions	Larry Kelley	E	Yale	Ind.	1936 Heisman Trophy winner[4]
	9	88	Chicago Bears	Guepe, AlAl Guepe	E	Marquette	Ind.
	9	89	Green Bay Packers	Dahlgren, GordonGordon Dahlgren	G	Michigan State	Ind.
	9	90	Cleveland Rams	Ray Johnson	T	Denver	N/A
	10	91	Philadelphia Eagles	Antil, RayRay Antil	B	Minnesota	Big Ten
	10	92	Chicago Cardinals	Fitzsimmons, MiddletonMiddleton Fitzsimmons	G	Georgia Tech	SEC
	10	93	Brooklyn Dodgers	Gil Kuhn	B	USC	PCC
	10	94	New York Giants	Chuck Gelatka	E	Mississippi State	SEC
	10	95	Pittsburgh Pirates	Nevers, StanStan Nevers	T	Kentucky	SEC
	10	96	Washington Redskins	Mac Cara	G	NC State	SoCon
	10	97	Detroit Lions	Kay Bell	G	Washington State	PCC
	10	98	Chicago Bears	Wade, RedRed Wade	E	Utah State	RMAC
	10	99	Green Bay Packers	Gavin, DaveDave Gavin	G	Holy Cross	Ind.
	10	100	Cleveland Rams	Holt, SolonSolon Holt	T	TCU	SWC

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

= Pro Bowler [7]

Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
Chicago Bears	George Wilson †	E	Northwestern	Big Ten
Cleveland Rams	Chuck Cherundolo	C/LB	Penn State	Ind.
New York Giants	Hank Soar	HB/LB	Providence	Ind.
New York Giants	Bill Walls	E	TCU	SWC
Philadelphia Eagles	Rabbit Keen	HB/QB	Arkansas	SWC