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.

Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
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

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
16	Chicago Cardinals	Elmer Angsman	Back	Notre Dame
17	Boston Yanks	Buster McClure	Tackle	Nevada
18	Pittsburgh Steelers	Harmon Rowe	Back	San Francisco
19	Chicago Bears	Frank Broyles	Quarterback	Georgia Tech
20	New York Giants	Hosea Rodgers	Back	North Carolina
21	Green Bay Packers	Bob Nussbaumer	Back	Michigan
22	Detroit Lions	Russ Thomas	Tackle	Ohio State
23	Philadelphia Eagles	Gordon Gray	End	USC
24	Washington Redskins	Stan Kozlowski	Back	Holy Cross
25	Los Angeles Rams	Don Samuel	Back	Oregon State

Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
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

Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
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

1946 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

Round thirty-one

Round thirty-two

Hall of Famers

Notable undrafted players

References

External links

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