1939 NFL draft

1939 NFL draft
1939 NFL draft
	New Yorker Hotel (location of the draft), photographed in 2006
General information
Date	December 9, 1938
Location	New Yorker Hotel; in New York City, NY
Overview
	200 total selections in 22 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Ki Aldrich, C; Chicago Cardinals
Most selections (23)	Brooklyn Dodgers
Fewest selections (18)	Pittsburgh Pirates
Hall of Famers	1 QB Sid Luckman;
	← 1938 1940 →

The 1939 NFL draft was held on December 9, 1938, at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City, New York.^[1]^[2] With the first overall pick of the draft, the Chicago Cardinals selected center Ki Aldrich.

Player selections

‡	= Hall of Famer^[a]
†	= Pro Bowler^[b]


Rnd.	Pick	Team	Player	Pos.	College	Notes
1	1	Chicago Cardinals	Ki Aldrich ^†	C	TCU
1	2	Chicago Bears	Sid Luckman^‡	QB	Columbia	From Pittsburgh
1	3	Cleveland Rams	Parker Hall ^†	RB	Ole Miss
1	4	Philadelphia Eagles	Davey O'Brien ^†	QB	TCU	1938 Heisman Trophy winner^[3]
1	5	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bob MacLeod	B	Dartmouth
1	6	Chicago Bears	Bill Osmanski ^†	B	Holy Cross
1	7	Detroit Lions	John Pingel	B	Michigan State
1	8	Washington Redskins	I. B. Hale	T	TCU
1	9	Green Bay Packers	Larry Buhler ^†	B	Minnesota
1	10	New York Giants	Walt Nielsen	B	Arizona
2	11	Brooklyn Dodgers	Pug Manders ^†	FB	Drake	from Pittsburgh
2	12	Chicago Cardinals	Marshall Goldberg	HB	Pittsburgh
2	13	Cleveland Rams	Gaylon Smith	FB	Southwestern (TN)
2	14	Philadelphia Eagles	Charles Newton	B	Washington
2	15	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bob Haak	T	Indiana
3	16	Chicago Cardinals	Alvord Wolff	T	Santa Clara
3	17	Pittsburgh Pirates	Billy Patterson	TB	Baylor
3	18	Cleveland Rams	Elmer Tarbox	B	Texas Tech
3	19	Philadelphia Eagles	Joe Mihal ^†	T	Purdue
3	20	Brooklyn Dodgers	Waddy Young	TE	Oklahoma
3	21	Chicago Bears	John Wysocki	E	Villanova
3	22	Detroit Lions	Howard Weiss	FB	Wisconsin
3	23	Washington Redskins	Charlie Holm	B	Alabama
3	24	Green Bay Packers	Charley Brock ^†	C	Nebraska
3	25	New York Giants	John Chickerneo	BB	Pittsburgh
4	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	Hugh McCullough	DB	Oklahoma
4	27	Chicago Cardinals	Stebbins, HalHal Stebbins	B	Pittsburgh
4	28	Cleveland Rams	Wally Garard	T	Saint Mary's (CA)
4	29	Philadelphia Eagles	Billy Dewell ^†	E	SMU
4	30	Brooklyn Dodgers	Vic Bottari	B	California
5	31	Chicago Cardinals	Bill Daddio	E	Pittsburgh
5	32	Pittsburgh Pirates	Ernie Wheeler	B	North Dakota Agricultural
5	33	Cleveland Rams	Eddie Gatto	T	LSU
5	34	Philadelphia Eagles	Zed Coston	G	Texas A&M
5	35	Brooklyn Dodgers	Kinnison, JackJack Kinnison	C	Missouri
5	36	Chicago Bears	Joe Delaney	T	Holy Cross
5	37	Detroit Lions	Steve Maronic	T	North Carolina
5	38	Washington Redskins	Dick Todd ^†	B	Texas A&M
5	39	Green Bay Packers	Lynn Hovland	G	Wisconsin
5	40	New York Giants	Willis, DonDon Willis	B	Clemson
6	41	Pittsburgh Pirates	Sam Boyd	QB	Baylor
6	42	Chicago Cardinals	George Faust	B	Minnesota
6	43	Cleveland Rams	Barney McGarry	T	Utah
6	44	Philadelphia Eagles	Jake Schuehle	B	Rice
6	45	Brooklyn Dodgers	Len Janiak	B	Ohio
6	46	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ed Beinor ^†	T	Notre Dame
6	47	Detroit Lions	Wendlick, JoeJoe Wendlick	E	Oregon State
6	48	Washington Redskins	Anderson, DaveDave Anderson	B	California
6	49	Green Bay Packers	Larry Craig ^†	E	South Carolina
6	50	New York Giants	Ginney, JerryJerry Ginney	G	Santa Clara
7	51	Chicago Cardinals	Dwyer, BillBill Dwyer	B	New Mexico
7	52	Pittsburgh Pirates	Palumbo, EddieEddie Palumbo	B	Detroit
7	53	Cleveland Rams	Dowd, JerryJerry Dowd	C	Saint Mary's
7	54	Philadelphia Eagles	Tony Ippolito	B	Purdue
7	55	Brooklyn Dodgers	Alex Schoenbaum	T	Ohio State
7	56	Chicago Bears	Heileman, CharlieCharlie Heileman	E	Iowa State
7	57	Detroit Lions	Darrell Tully	B	East Texas State
7	58	Washington Redskins	Lumpkin, QuintonQuinton Lumpkin	C	Georgia
7	59	Green Bay Packers	Frank Twedell	T	Minnesota
7	60	New York Giants	Woodell, LloydLloyd Woodell	C	Arkansas
8	61	Pittsburgh Pirates	Nelson, OleOle Nelson	E	Michigan State
8	62	Chicago Cardinals	Hinkebein, ShermSherm Hinkebein	C	Kentucky
8	63	Cleveland Rams	Brunner, BroncoBronco Brunner	B	Tulane
8	64	Philadelphia Eagles	George Somers	T	La Salle
8	65	Brooklyn Dodgers	Dan Hill	C	Duke
8	66	Chicago Bears	Dannies, BobBob Dannies	C	Pittsburgh
8	67	Detroit Lions	Trzuskowski, DickDick Trzuskowski	T	Idaho
8	68	Washington Redskins	Bo Russell	T	Auburn
8	69	Green Bay Packers	Paul Kell ^†	T	Notre Dame
8	70	New York Giants	Zagar, PetePete Zagar	T	Stanford
9	71	Chicago Cardinals	Earl Brown	E	Notre Dame
9	72	Pittsburgh Pirates	Steve Petro	G	Pittsburgh
9	73	Cleveland Rams	Bostick, LewLew Bostick	G	Alabama
9	74	Philadelphia Eagles	Rankin Britt	E	Texas A&M
9	75	Brooklyn Dodgers	Kline, ForrestForrest Kline	G	TCU
9	76	Chicago Bears	Ray Bray ^†	G	Western State Teachers (MI)
9	77	Detroit Lions	Bill Callihan	B	Nebraska
9	78	Washington Redskins	Wilbur Moore ^†	B	Minnesota
9	79	Green Bay Packers	Johnny Hall	B	TCU
9	80	New York Giants	Mills, BobBob Mills	T	Nebraska
10	81	Pittsburgh Pirates	Jack Lee	B	Carnegie Tech
10	82	Chicago Cardinals	Earl Crowder	QB	Oklahoma
10	83	Cleveland Rams	Petrick, FrankFrank Petrick	E	Indiana
10	84	Philadelphia Eagles	Bill McKeever	T	Cornell
10	85	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bradley, KimbleKimble Bradley	B	Ole Miss
10	86	Chicago Bears	Wood, WaltWalt Wood	B	Tennessee
10	87	Detroit Lions	Raymond George ^†	T	USC
10	88	Washington Redskins	Jimmy Johnston	B	Washington
10	89	Green Bay Packers	Vince Gavre	B	Wisconsin
10	90	New York Giants	Roberts, TomTom Roberts	T	DePaul
11	91	Chicago Cardinals	Bowden Wyatt	E	Tennessee
11	92	Pittsburgh Pirates	Lou Tomasetti	B	Bucknell
11	93	Cleveland Rams	Roth, SidSid Roth	G	Cornell
11	94	Philadelphia Eagles	Paul Humphrey	C	Purdue
11	95	Brooklyn Dodgers	Lenc, GeorgeGeorge Lenc	E	Augustana (IL)
11	96	Chicago Bears	Braga, AlAl Braga	B	San Francisco
11	97	Detroit Lions	Tony Calvelli	C	Stanford
11	98	Washington Redskins	Jim German	B	Centre
11	99	Green Bay Packers	Sprague, CharleyCharley Sprague	E	SMU
11	100	New York Giants	Miller, MerlMerl Miller	B	Washington
12	101	Pittsburgh Pirates	Denny Cochran	B	Saint Louis
12	102	Chicago Cardinals	Jim Thomas	G	Oklahoma
12	103	Cleveland Rams	Chet Adams ^†	T	Ohio
12	104	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ralph Heikkinen	G	Michigan
12	106	Chicago Bears	Roise, HalHal Roise	B	Idaho
12	107	Detroit Lions	Coughlan, JimJim Coughlan	E	Santa Clara
12	108	Washington Redskins	O'Mara, BobBob O'Mara	B	Duke
12	109	Brooklyn Dodgers	Kaplanoff, CarlCarl Kaplanoff	T	Ohio State
12	110	New York Giants	Schroeder, BrunoBruno Schroeder	E	Texas A&M
13	111	Chicago Cardinals	Andy Sabados	G	The Citadel
13	112	Pittsburgh Pirates	Fabian Hoffman	E	Pittsburgh
13	113	Cleveland Rams	Joel Hitt	E	Mississippi College
13	114	Philadelphia Eagles	Allie White	T	TCU
13	115	Brooklyn Dodgers	Gembis, GeorgeGeorge Gembis	B	Wayne (MI)
13	116	Chicago Bears	Ed Bock	G	Iowa State
13	117	Detroit Lions	Hutchins, PrescottPrescott Hutchins	G	Oregon State
13	118	Washington Redskins	Steve Slivinski ^†	G	Washington
13	119	Green Bay Packers	Dan Elmer	C	Minnesota
13	120	New York Giants	Allis, SamSam Allis	B	Centenary
14	121	Pittsburgh Pirates	Ed Clary	B	South Carolina
14	122	Chicago Cardinals	Miatovich, BlaseBlase Miatovich	T	San Francisco
14	123	Cleveland Rams	Ryland, JohnJohn Ryland	C	UCLA
14	124	Philadelphia Eagles	Aleskus, JoeJoe Aleskus	T	Ohio State
14	125	Brooklyn Dodgers	Carnelly, RayRay Carnelly	B	Carnegie Tech
14	126	Chicago Bears	Anton Stolfa	B	Luther
14	127	Detroit Lions	Means, ArtArt Means	G	Washington
14	128	Washington Redskins	Bob Hoffman	B	USC	College junior; returned to USC
14	129	Green Bay Packers	Badgett, BillBill Badgett	T	Georgia
14	130	New York Giants	Watson, GeorgeGeorge Watson	B	North Carolina
15	131	Chicago Cardinals	Clarke, RussRuss Clarke	G	Santa Clara
15	132	Pittsburgh Pirates	John Tosi	C	Niagara
15	133	Cleveland Rams	Ben Friend	T	LSU
15	134	Philadelphia Eagles	Foster Watkins	B	West Texas State
15	135	Brooklyn Dodgers	Trunzo, LouLou Trunzo	G	Wake Forest
15	136	Chicago Bears	Bob Voigts	T	Northwestern
15	137	Detroit Lions	Hodge, GeneGene Hodge	E	East Texas State
15	138	Washington Redskins	Eric Tipton	B	Duke
15	139	Green Bay Packers	Tom Greenfield ^†	C	Arizona
15	140	New York Giants	Duggan, GilGil Duggan	T	Oklahoma
16	141	Pittsburgh Pirates	Lezouski, AlAl Lezouski	G	Pittsburgh
16	142	Chicago Cardinals	Goins, GusGus Goins	E	Clemson
16	143	Cleveland Rams	Reupke, GordonGordon Reupke	B	Iowa State
16	144	Philadelphia Eagles	Irv Hall	B	Brown
16	145	Brooklyn Dodgers	Gross, CharleyCharley Gross	G	Bradley
16	146	Chicago Bears	Armstrong, KenKen Armstrong	T	Tarkio
16	147	Detroit Lions	Lazetich, BillBill Lazetich		Montana
16	148	Washington Redskins	Dick Farman ^†	T	Washington State
16	149	Green Bay Packers	Bellin, RoyRoy Bellin	B	Wisconsin
16	150	New York Giants	Panish, TedTed Panish	B	Bradley
17	151	Chicago Cardinals	Ev Elkins	B	Marshall
17	152	Pittsburgh Pirates	Longhi, EdEd Longhi	C	Notre Dame
17	153	Cleveland Rams	Perrie, MikeMike Perrie	B	St. Mary's (CA)
17	154	Philadelphia Eagles	Riddell, BobBob Riddell	E	South Dakota State
17	155	Brooklyn Dodgers	John Siegal ^†	E	Columbia
17	156	Chicago Bears	Masters, RaphaelRaphael Masters	E	Newberry
17	157	Detroit Lions	Neihaus, RalphRalph Neihaus	T	Dayton
17	158	Washington Redskins	Clyde Shugart ^†	T	Iowa State
17	159	Green Bay Packers	Yerby, JohnJohn Yerby	E	Oregon
17	160	New York Giants	Jack Sanders	T	SMU
18	161	Pittsburgh Pirates	Shirk, DaveDave Shirk	E	Kansas
18	162	Chicago Cardinals	Frank Huffman	E	Marshall
18	163	Cleveland Rams	Alex Atty	G	West Virginia
18	164	Philadelphia Eagles	Charlie Gainor	E	North Dakota
18	165	Brooklyn Dodgers	Morin, PaulPaul Morin	T	Iowa State
18	166	Chicago Bears	Solly Sherman ^†	B	Chicago
18	167	Detroit Lions	Niemant, DutchDutch Niemant	B	New Mexico
18	168	Washington Redskins	Boyd Morgan	B	USC
18	169	Green Bay Packers	Frank Balazs ^†	B	Iowa
18	170	New York Giants	Dolman, WillWill Dolman	E	California
19	171	Chicago Cardinals	Mike Kochel	G	Fordham
19	172	Pittsburgh Pirates	Peters, FrankFrank Peters	E	Washington
19	173	Cleveland Rams	Lane, BillBill Lane	B	Bucknell
19	174	Philadelphia Eagles	White, MorrisMorris White	B	Tulsa
19	175	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ferrell Anderson	G	Kansas
19	176	Chicago Bears	Ed Simonich	B	Notre Dame
19	177	Detroit Lions	Tony Tonelli	G	USC
19	178	Washington Redskins	Smith, PhilPhil Smith	T	St. Benedict's
19	179	Green Bay Packers	John Brennan	G	Michigan
19	180	New York Giants	Paulman, BillBill Paulman	B	Stanford
20	181	Pittsburgh Pirates	Sheldrake, TomTom Sheldrake	E	Washington
20	182	Chicago Cardinals	Rice, TomTom Rice	T	San Francisco
20	183	Cleveland Rams	Graham, PaulPaul Graham	B	Indiana
20	184	Philadelphia Eagles	Gormley, DickDick Gormley	C	LSU
20	185	Brooklyn Dodgers	Popp, TonyTony Popp	E	Toledo
20	186	Chicago Bears	Vogeler, GeorgeGeorge Vogeler	C	Oklahoma A&M
20	187	Detroit Lions	McDonald, JimJim McDonald	C	Illinois
20	188	Washington Redskins	Coop, PaulPaul Coop	T	Centre
20	189	Green Bay Packers	Charles Schultz ^†	T	Minnesota
20	190	New York Giants	Smith, LyleLyle Smith	G	Tulane
21	191	Chicago Bears	Aldo Forte ^†	T	Montana
21	192	Detroit Lions	Waters, MerrillMerrill Waters	E	BYU
21	193	Detroit Lions	Kuber, MattMatt Kuber	G	Villanova
21	194	Green Bay Packers	Hofer, WillardWillard Hofer	B	Notre Dame
21	195	New York Giants	Mario Tonelli	B	Notre Dame
22	196	Chicago Bears	Kircher, EverettEverett Kircher	B	Iowa State
22	197	Detroit Lions	Howe, AlAl Howe	T	Xavier
22	198	Washington Redskins	Cruver, AlAl Cruver	B	Washington State
22	199	Green Bay Packers	Gunther, BillBill Gunther	B	Santa Clara
22	200	New York Giants	Rhodes, JackJack Rhodes	G	Texas

Hall of Famers

Sid Luckman, quarterback from Columbia taken 1st round 2nd overall by the Chicago Bears.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1965.^[4]

Notable undrafted players

†

= Pro Bowler^[b]


Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College
Chicago Cardinals	Henry Adams	C	Pittsburgh
Cleveland Rams	Riley Matheson	T	Texas Western
Detroit Lions	Connie Mack Berry	E	NC State
Green Bay Packers	Harry Jacunski ^†	E	Fordham
Philadelphia Eagles	Jack Ferrante	E

Notes

↑ Players are identified as a Hall of Famer if they have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
1 2 Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.

References

↑ Salomone, Dan (October 2, 2014). "NFL Draft headed to Chicago in 2015". Giants.com. New York Giants. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
↑ "NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
↑ "1938 – 4th Award Davey O'Brien TCU Back". Heisman Trophy. All Things Media. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
↑ "Sid Luckman". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.

External links

NFL.com – 1939 Draft
databaseFootball.com – 1939 Draft
"1939 National Football League Draft". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 10, 2025.

[3] Players are identified as a Hall of Famer if they have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

[pro-4] 1 2 Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.

[1] Salomone, Dan (October 2, 2014). "NFL Draft headed to Chicago in 2015". Giants.com. New York Giants. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.

[2] "NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.

[5] "1938 – 4th Award Davey O'Brien TCU Back". Heisman Trophy. All Things Media. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.

[6] "Sid Luckman". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.

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