1946 NFL draft

1946 NFL draft
1946 NFL draft
	Commodore Hotel (location of the draft)
General information
Date(s)	January 14, 1946
Location	Commodore Hotel; in New York City, NY
Overview
	300 total selections in 32 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Frank Dancewicz, QB; Boston Yanks
Most selections (30)	each team made 30 picks
Fewest selections (30)	each team made 30 picks
Hall of Famers	5 OT George Connor; C Frank Gatski; OT/K Lou Groza; FB Marion Motley; DT Bill Willis;
	← 1945 1947 →

The 1946 NFL draft was held on January 14, 1946, at the Commodore Hotel in New York City, New York.^[1]

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The selections were initially withheld from the public out of fear that the newly formed All-America Football Conference would sign away players selected high.^[2] With the first overall pick of the draft, the Boston Yanks selected quarterback Frank Dancewicz. The most notable draft choice in this player selection meeting was made by the Washington Redskins and remains one of the biggest draft blunders of all time. They chose Cal Rossi with the 9th overall pick, but Rossi, a junior at UCLA, was not eligible to be drafted. They chose him again in the 1947 NFL draft, but he never played football professionally.

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Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
1	1	Boston Yanks	Frank Dancewicz	QB	Notre Dame	Ind.	Bonus lottery pick
1	2	Chicago Cardinals	Dub Jones ^†	B	Tulane	SEC
1	3	Pittsburgh Steelers	Doc Blanchard	FB	Army	Ind.	^[4]
1	4	Chicago Bears	Johnny Lujack ^†	QB	Notre Dame	Ind.	^[5]
1	5	New York Giants	George Connor^‡^†	T	Notre Dame	Ind.
1	6	Green Bay Packers	Johnny Strzykalski ^†	B	Marquette	Ind.
1	7	Philadelphia Eagles	Leo Riggs	B	USC	PCC
1	8	Detroit Lions	Bill Dellastatious	B	Missouri	Big Six
1	9	Washington Redskins	Cal Rossi	B	UCLA	PCC
1	10	Los Angeles Rams	Emil Sitko	HB	Notre Dame	Ind.
2	11	Chicago Cardinals	Mac Wenskunas	C	Illinois	Big Ten
2	12	Boston Yanks	Scollard, NickNick Scollard	E	St. Joseph's (IN)	N/A
2	13	Pittsburgh Steelers	Clark, GeorgeGeorge Clark	B	Duke	SoCon
2	14	Chicago Bears	Jules Rykovich	B	Illinois	Big Ten
2	15	New York Giants	Jones, ElmerElmer Jones	G	Wake Forest	SoCon
3	16	Chicago Cardinals	Elmer Angsman ^†	B	Notre Dame	Ind.
3	17	Boston Yanks	McClure, BusterBuster McClure	T	Nevada	Ind.
3	18	Pittsburgh Steelers	Harmon Rowe	B	San Francisco	—
3	19	Chicago Bears	Frank Broyles	QB	Georgia Tech	SEC
3	20	New York Giants	Rodgers, HoseaHosea Rodgers	B	North Carolina	SoCon
3	21	Green Bay Packers	Bob Nussbaumer	B	Michigan	Big Ten
3	22	Detroit Lions	Russ Thomas	T	Ohio State	Big Ten
3	23	Philadelphia Eagles	Gray, GordonGordon Gray	E	USC	PCC
3	24	Washington Redskins	Stan Kozlowski	B	Holy Cross	Ind.
3	25	Los Angeles Rams	Don Samuel	B	Oregon State	N/A
4	26	Chicago Cardinals	Hamilton Nichols	G	Rice	SWC
4	27	Boston Yanks	Jack Breslin	B	Michigan State	Ind.
4	28	Pittsburgh Steelers	Joe Tepsic	B	Penn State	Ind.
4	29	Chicago Bears	Knotts, ErnestErnest Knotts	G	Duke	SoCon
4	30	New York Giants	Paul Duke	C	Georgia Tech	SEC
5	31	Chicago Cardinals	Joe Golding	B	Oklahoma	Big Six
5	32	Boston Yanks	Bourgeois, GastonGaston Bourgeois	B	Tulane	SEC
5	33	Pittsburgh Steelers	Seiferling, JackJack Seiferling	B	Utah State	MSC
5	34	Chicago Bears	Don Schneider	B	Penn	Ind.
5	35	New York Giants	Pete Stout	B	TCU	SWC
5	36	Green Bay Packers	Ed Cody	B	Purdue	Big Ten
5	37	Philadelphia Eagles	Walt Slater	B	Tennessee	SEC
5	38	Detroit Lions	Harris, DaveDave Harris	E	Wake Forest	SoCon
5	39	Washington Redskins	Adelt, GayGay Adelt	B	Utah	MSC
5	40	Los Angeles Rams	Don Paul ^†	C	UCLA	PCC
6	41	Chicago Cardinals	Dickey, LenLen Dickey	T	Texas A&M	SWC
6	42	Boston Yanks	Tigart, ThurmanThurman Tigart	G	Oklahoma	Big Six
6	43	Pittsburgh Steelers	Marion Woods	G	Clemson	SoCon
6	44	Chicago Bears	Ted Scruggs	E	Rice	SWC
6	45	New York Giants	Lalikos, JimJim Lalikos	T	Brown	Ind.
6	46	Green Bay Packers	John Ferraro	T	USC	PCC
6	47	Detroit Lions	Eddins, JoeJoe Eddins	G	Auburn	SEC
6	48	Philadelphia Eagles	Felto Prewitt	C	Tulsa	MVC
6	49	Washington Redskins	Trojanowski, WaltWalt Trojanowski	B	Connecticut	NEC
6	50	Los Angeles Rams	Oestreich, AceAce Oestreich	B	California	PCC

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
51	Chicago Cardinals	Pat Lenshan	End	Tennessee
52	Boston Yanks	Ed Mieszkowski	Tackle	Notre Dame
53	Pittsburgh Steelers	Tom Reinhardt	Tackle	Minnesota
54	Chicago Bears	Wendell Beard	Tackle	California
55	New York Giants	Jim Plyler	Tackle	Texas
56	Green Bay Packers	Art Renner	End	Michigan
57	Philadelphia Eagles	George Robotham	End	UCLA
58	Detroit Lions	Pete Berezney	Tackle	Notre Dame
59	Washington Redskins	Bob Hendren	Tackle	USC
60	Los Angeles Rams	Dolly King	End	Georgia

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
61	Chicago Cardinals	Phil Tinsley	End	Alabama
62	Boston Yanks	Chet Lipka	End	Boston College
63	Pittsburgh Steelers	Joe Ponsetto	Back	Michigan
64	Chicago Bears	John Ziegler	Back	Colorado
65	New York Giants	Gene Roberts	Back	Chattanooga
66	Green Bay Packers	Bert Cole	Tackle	Oklahoma A&M
67	Detroit Lions	Keith DeCourcey	Back	Washington
68	Philadelphia Eagles	Jim Lecture	Guard	Northwestern
69	Washington Redskins	George Callanan	Back	USC
70	Los Angeles Rams	Joe Whisler	Back	Ohio State

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
71	Chicago Cardinals	Jake Colhouer	Guard	Oklahoma A&M
72	Boston Yanks	Al Dekdebrun	Back	Cornell
73	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bob Evans	Back	Penn
74	Chicago Bears	Walt Dropo	End	Connecticut
75	New York Giants	Mike Harris	Guard	Mississippi State
76	Green Bay Packers	Grant Darnell	Guard	Texas A&M
77	Philadelphia Eagles	Ernie Lewis	Back	Colorado
78	Detroit Lions	Bill Hedges	Tackle	West Texas State
79	Washington Redskins	Bob Skoglund	End	Notre Dame
80	Los Angeles Rams	Mike Schumchyk	End	Arkansas

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
81	Chicago Cardinals	Tom Barber	Tackle	Chattanooga
82	Boston Yanks	Rex John	Tackle	Wisconsin
83	Pittsburgh Steelers	Mel Bonwell	Back	Central (IA)
84	Chicago Bears	Bill Harris	Center	Auburn
85	New York Giants	Walt Clay	Back	Colorado
86	Green Bay Packers	Joe McAfee	Back	Holy Cross
87	Detroit Lions	Thornton Dixon	Tackle	Ohio State
88	Philadelphia Eagles	Al Vandeweghe	End	William & Mary
89	Washington Redskins	Jake Leicht	Back	Oregon
90	Los Angeles Rams	Joe Signaigo	Guard	Notre Dame

1946 NFL draft

Player selections

Round 1–6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Round 26

Round 27

Round 28

Round 29

Round 30

Round 31

Round 32

Hall of Famers

Notable undrafted players

References

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