1944 NFL Draft 5834332 218635250 2008-06-11T14:37:54Z 12.107.115.3 The '''[[1944 NFL season|1944]] [[National Football League]] [[NFL Draft|Draft]]''' was held on [[April 19]], [[1944]]. {{Expand-section|date=June 2008}} ==Player selections== {| |- |style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]]r |} ===Round one=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|1||[[Boston Yanks]]||[[Angelo Bertelli]]||[[Quarterback]]||[[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] |- |align=center|2||[[Arizona Cardinals#Chicago years (1898-1959)|Chicago Cardinals]]||[[Pat Harder]]||[[Fullback (American football)|Fullback]]||[[University of Wisconsin-Madison|Wisconsin]] |- |align=center|3||[[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Tigers]]||[[Creighton Miller]]||[[Running back|Halfback]]||Notre Dame |- |align=center|4||[[Detroit Lions]]||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|[[Otto Graham]]||Back||[[Northwestern University|Northwestern]] |- |align=center|5||[[Philadelphia Eagles]]||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|[[Steve Van Buren]]||Halfback||[[Louisiana State University|LSU]] |- |align=center|6||[[New York Giants]]||[[Billy Hillenbrand]]||Halfback||[[Indiana University (Bloomington)|Indiana]] |- |align=center|7||[[Green Bay Packers]]||[[Merv Pregulman]]||[[Guard (American football)|Guard]]||[[University of Michigan|Michigan]] |- |align=center|8||[[Washington Redskins]]||[[Mike Micka]]||Back||[[Colgate University|Colgate]] |- |align=center|9||[[Chicago Bears]]||[[Ray Evans (football player)|Ray Evans]]||Halfback||[[University of Kansas|Kansas]] |- |align=center|10||[[Pittsburgh Steelers]]||[[Johnny Podesto]]||Tailback||[[Saint Mary's College of California|St. Mary's (CA)]] |- |align=center|11||[[St. Louis Rams#Cleveland Rams (1936-1945)|Cleveland Rams]]||[[Tony Butkovich]]||Fullback||[[Purdue University|Purdue]] |} ===Round two=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|12||Chicago Cardinals||Paul Mitchell||Tackle||Minnesota |- |align=center|13||Brooklyn Tigers||Jim Callahan||Back||Texas |- |align=center|14||Detroit Lions||Bob Cifers||Back||Tennessee |- |align=center|15||Pittsburgh Steelers||Bob Odell||End||Pennsylvania |- |align=center|16||New York Giants||Lamar Blount||Back||Mississippi State |} ===Round three=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|17||Chicago Cardinals||Saxon Judd||End||Tulsa |- |align=center|18||Brooklyn Tigers||Ralph Park||Back||Texas |- |align=center|19||Detroit Lions||Ralph Heywood||End||USC |- |align=center|20||Philadelphia Eagles||Loren LaPrade||Guard||Stanford |- |align=center|21||New York Giants||Clyde Flowers||Tackle||Texas Christian |- |align=center|22||Green Bay Packers||Tom Kuzma||Back||Michigan |- |align=center|23||Washington Redskins||Earl Audet||Tackle||USC |- |align=center|24||Chicago Bears||Rudy Smeja||End||Michigan |- |align=center|25||Pittsburgh Steelers||Bob Gantt||End||Duke |- |align=center|26||Cleveland Rams||Gil Buley||Tackle||Boston College |- |align=center|27||Boston Yanks||Boris (Babe) Dimancheff||Back||Purdue |} ===Round four=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|28||Chicago Cardinals||Jack Tavener||Center||Indiana |- |align=center|29||Brooklyn Tigers||Rudy Sikich||Tackle||Minnesota |- |align=center|30||Detroit Lions||George Betteridge||Back||Utah |- |align=center|31||Pittsburgh Steelers||Art McCaffray||Tackle||Pacific |- |align=center|32||New York Giants||Herb Kane||Tackle||East Central (OK) |} ===Round five=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|33||Chicago Cardinals||Bill Blackburn||Center||Rice |- |align=center|34||Brooklyn Tigers||Verne Ullom||End||Cincinnati |- |align=center|35||Detroit Lions||John Greene||Tackle||Michigan |- |align=center|36||Philadelphia Eagles||Joe Parker||End||Texas |- |align=center|37||New York Giants||Vic Maitland||Tackle||Hobart |- |align=center|38||Green Bay Packers||Bill McPartland||Tackle||St. Mary's (CA) |- |align=center|39||Washington Redskins||Ed Doherty||Back||Boston College |- |align=center|40||Chicago Bears||Abe Croft||End||Southern Methodist |- |align=center|41||Pittsburgh Steelers||George Owen||Guard||Wake Forest |- |align=center|42||Cleveland Rams||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|[[Bob Waterfield]]||Quarterback||[[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] |- |align=center|43||Boston Yanks||Larry Rice||Center||Tulane |} ===Round six=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|44||Chicago Cardinals||Bill Garnaas||Back||Minnesota |- |align=center|45||Brooklyn Tigers||Bruce McDonald||End||Illinois State |- |align=center|46||Detroit Lions||Ed Alliquie||Tackle||Santa Clara |- |align=center|47||Pittsburgh Steelers||Dan Savage||Back||Brown |- |align=center|48||New York Giants||Jack Okland||Tackle||Utah State |- |align=center|49||Green Bay Packers||Mickey McCardle||Back||USC |- |align=center|50||Washington Redskins||Jackie Fellows||Back||Fresno State |- |align=center|51||Chicago Bears||C.B. Stanley||Tackle||Tulsa |- |align=center|52||Philadelphia Eagles||Hillary Horne||Tackle||Mississippi State |- |align=center|53||Cleveland Rams||Al Akins||Back||Washington State |- |align=center|54||Boston Yanks||John (Butch) Parker||Tackle||Loyola (LA) |} ===Round seven=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|55||Chicago Cardinals||Rodger Smith||Back||Texas Tech |- |align=center|56||Brooklyn Tigers||Bob Graiziger||Guard||Minnesota |- |align=center|57||Detroit Lions||Paul Briggs||Tackle||Colorado |- |align=center|58||Philadelphia Eagles||Vic Kulbitski||Back||Minnesota |- |align=center|59||New York Giants||Herm Frickey||Back||Minnesota |- |align=center|60||Green Bay Packers||Jack Tracy||End||Washington |- |align=center|61||Washington Redskins||Hal Fischer||Guard||Texas |- |align=center|62||Chicago Bears||Darwin Seeley||Center||Stanford |- |align=center|63||Pittsburgh Steelers||Jesse Frietas||Back||Santa Clara |- |align=center|64||Cleveland Rams||George Cheverko||Back||Fordham |- |align=center|65||Boston Yanks||Mike Andrews||End||North Carolina State |} ===Round eight=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|66||Chicago Cardinals||John (Red) Cochran||Back||Wake Forest |- |align=center|67||Brooklyn Tigers||Jack Sachse||Center||Texas |- |align=center|68||Detroit Lions||Rod Giske||Guard||Washington State |- |align=center|69||Pittsburgh Steelers||George Titus||Center||Holy Cross |- |align=center|70||New York Giants||Roy Clay||Back||Colorado State |- |align=center|71||Green Bay Packers||Alex Agase||Guard||Illinois |- |align=center|72||Washington Redskins||Cliff White||Tackle||Murray State |- |align=center|73||Chicago Bears||Randall (Buck) Fawcett||Back||Stanford |- |align=center|74||Philadelphia Eagles||George Phillips||Back||UCLA |- |align=center|75||Cleveland Rams||Stan Stasica||Back||South Carolina |- |align=center|76||Boston Yanks||Bob Musick||Back||USC |} ===Round nine=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|77||Chicago Cardinals||Frank Scanlan||Back||Loyola (LA) |- |align=center|78||Brooklyn Tigers||Mitch Olenski||Tackle||Alabama |- |align=center|79||Detroit Lions||Matthew Bolger||End||Notre Dame |- |align=center|80||Philadelphia Eagles||Paul Sarringhaus||Back||Ohio State |- |align=center|81||New York Giants||Johnny Sanchez||Tackle||San Francisco |- |align=center|82||Green Bay Packers||Don Whitmire||Tackle||Alabama/Navy |- |align=center|83||Washington Redskins||Ted Ogdahl||Back||Willamette |- |align=center|84||Chicago Bears||Jack Morton||End||Missouri |- |align=center|85||Pittsburgh Steelers||Ed Stofko||Back||St. Francis |- |align=center|86||Cleveland Rams||Fred Boenisch||Tackle||Stanford |- |align=center|87||Boston Yanks||Caleb (Tex) Warrington||Center||Auburn |} ===Round ten=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|88||Chicago Cardinals||Lou Saban||Back||Indiana |- |align=center|89||Brooklyn Tigers||Aldo Cenci||Back||Penn State |- |align=center|90||Detroit Lions||Herb Hein||End||Minnesota |- |align=center|91||Pittsburgh Steelers||Val Jansante||End||Duquesne |- |align=center|92||New York Giants||Ernie Beamer||End||Duke |- |align=center|93||Green Bay Packers||Bob Koch||Back||Oregon |- |align=center|94||Washington Redskins||Bob Sneddon||Back||St. Mary's (CA) |- |align=center|95||Chicago Bears||Bill Stanford||Center||Wake Forest |- |align=center|96||Philadelphia Eagles||John Perko||Guard||Minnesota |- |align=center|97||Cleveland Rams||Bob Shaw||End||Ohio State |- |align=center|98||Boston Yanks||Angelo Sisti||Tackle||Boston College |} ===Round eleven=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|99||Chicago Cardinals||Fran Griffin||Tackle||Holy Cross |- |align=center|100||Brooklyn Tigers||John Bicaninch||Guard||Minnesota |- |align=center|101||Detroit Lions||Paul White||Back||Michigan |- |align=center|102||Philadelphia Eagles||Elliott Ormsbee||Back||Bradley |- |align=center|103||New York Giants||Carl Grate||Guard||Georgia |- |align=center|104||Green Bay Packers||Virgil Johnson||End||Arkansas |- |align=center|105||Washington Redskins||Bill Aldworth||Tackle||Minnesota |- |align=center|106||Chicago Bears||Lin Houston||Guard||Ohio State |- |align=center|107||Pittsburgh Steelers||Carl Buda||Guard||Tulsa |- |align=center|108||Cleveland Rams||Joe Andrejco||Back||Fordham |- |align=center|109||Boston Yanks||Gene Long||Guard||Kansas |} ===Round twelve=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|110||Chicago Cardinals||Leo Daniels||Back||Texas A&M |- |align=center|111||Brooklyn Tigers||Jim Tyree||End||Oklahoma |- |align=center|112||Detroit Lions||Jack Lescoulie||Guard||UCLA |- |align=center|113||Pittsburgh Steelers||Sam Gray||End||Tulsa |- |align=center|114||New York Giants||Tommy Mont||Back||Maryland |- |align=center|115||Green Bay Packers||Roy Giusti||Back||St. Mary's (CA) |- |align=center|116||Washington Redskins||Bill Joslyn||Back||Stanford |- |align=center|117||Chicago Bears||J.P. Moore||Back||Vanderbilt |- |align=center|118||Philadelphia Eagles||Earle Parsons||Back||USC |- |align=center|119||Cleveland Rams||Pat Filley||Guard||Notre Dame |- |align=center|120||Boston Yanks||Ed Fiorentino||End||Boston College |} ===Round thirteen=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|121||Chicago Cardinals||Bobby Dobbs||Back||Tulsa |- |align=center|122||Brooklyn Tigers||Jim Wright||Center||Southern Methodist |- |align=center|123||Detroit Lions||Doug Rehor||Back||Dickinson |- |align=center|124||Philadelphia Eagles||Bob Hanzlik||End||Wisconsin |- |align=center|125||New York Giants||Ray Poole||End||Mississippi |- |align=center|126||Green Bay Packers||Bill Baughman||Center||Alabama |- |align=center|127||Washington Redskins||Charley Walker||Center||Kentucky |- |align=center|128||Chicago Bears||Bill Duffey||End||Georgetown (DC) |- |align=center|129||Pittsburgh Steelers||Bob Longacre||Back||William & Mary |- |align=center|130||Cleveland Rams||Bob Erickson||Back||Washington |- |align=center|131||Boston Yanks||Mike Zeleznak||Back||Kansas State |} ===Round fourteen=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|132||Chicago Cardinals||Van Hall||Back||Texas Christian |- |align=center|133||Brooklyn Tigers||John Genis||Tackle||Illinois |- |align=center|134||Detroit Lions||Bill Pritula||Center||Michigan |- |align=center|135||Pittsburgh Steelers||Les Zetty||End||Muhlenberg |- |align=center|136||New York Giants||Bert Corley||Center||Mississippi State |- |align=center|137||Green Bay Packers||Don Griffin||Back||Illinois |- |align=center|138||Washington Redskins||Boyd Clement||Center||Oregon State |- |align=center|139||Chicago Bears||Joe Hartley||Tackle||Louisiana State |- |align=center|140||Philadelphia Eagles||Jim Talley||Center||Louisiana State |- |align=center|141||Cleveland Rams||Mel Maceau||Center||Marquette |- |align=center|142||Boston Yanks||John Maskas||Tackle||Virginia Tech |} ===Round fifteen=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|143||Chicago Cardinals||Jack Carpenter||Tackle||Missouri |- |align=center|144||Brooklyn Tigers||Billie (Spook) Murphy||Back||Mississippi State |- |align=center|145||Detroit Lions||Jim Molich||End||Fresno State |- |align=center|146||Philadelphia Eagles||Dom Fusci||Tackle||South Carolina |- |align=center|147||New York Giants||Ollie Poole||End||Mississippi |- |align=center|148||Green Bay Packers||Bert Gissler||End||Nebraska |- |align=center|149||Washington Redskins||Jim Gaffney||Back||Tennessee |- |align=center|150||Chicago Bears||Bill Milner||Guard||Duke |- |align=center|151||Pittsburgh Steelers||Jim Myers||Guard||Tennessee |- |align=center|152||Cleveland Rams||Frank (Bud) Hubbell||End||Tennessee |- |align=center|153||Boston Yanks||John Bond||Back||Texas Christian |} ===Round sixteen=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|154||Chicago Cardinals||Charley Csuri||Tackle||Ohio State |- |align=center|155||Brooklyn Tigers||Doug Essick||End||USC |- |align=center|156||Detroit Lions||Jules Yakapovich||Back||Colgate |- |align=center|157||Pittsburgh Steelers||Joe Gottlieb||Back||Duquesne |- |align=center|158||New York Giants||Ralph Ellsworth||Back||Texas |- |align=center|159||Green Bay Packers||Lou Shelton||Back||Oregon State |- |align=center|160||Washington Redskins||Ted Ossowski||Tackle||Oregon State |- |align=center|161||Chicago Bears||Ed (Buckets) Hirsch||Back||Northwestern |- |align=center|162||Philadelphia Eagles||Johnny Green||End||Tulsa |- |align=center|163||Cleveland Rams||John Aguirre||Tackle||USC |- |align=center|164||Boston Yanks||Roger Antaya||Guard||Dartmouth |} ===Round seventeen=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|165||Chicago Cardinals||Joe Magliol||Back||Texas |- |align=center|166||Brooklyn Tigers||Howard (Red) Maley||Back||Southern Methodist |- |align=center|167||Detroit Lions||Jack Helms||Tackle||Georgia Tech |- |align=center|168||Philadelphia Eagles||Jackie Freeman||Back||William & Mary |- |align=center|169||New York Giants||Ed Schneider||Tackle||Washburn |- |align=center|170||Green Bay Packers||Charley Cusick||Guard||Colgate |- |align=center|171||Washington Redskins||Tom Davis||Back||Duke |- |align=center|172||Chicago Bears||Ed Ryckeley||End||Georgia Tech |- |align=center|173||Pittsburgh Steelers||Hugh Davis||Back||Michigan State |- |align=center|174||Cleveland Rams||Aubrey Clayton||Back||Auburn |- |align=center|175||Boston Yanks||Marshall Shurnas||End||Missouri |} ===Round eighteen=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|176||Chicago Cardinals||Walt Szot||Tackle||Bucknell |- |align=center|177||Brooklyn Tigers||Don Willer||Tackle||USC |- |align=center|178||Detroit Lions||Elmer (Tippy) Madarik||Back||Detroit |- |align=center|179||Pittsburgh Steelers||Bill Sullivan||End||Villanova |- |align=center|180||New York Giants||Marcel Gres||Tackle||Texas |- |align=center|181||Green Bay Packers||Hugh Cox||Back||North Carolina |- |align=center|182||Washington Redskins||John Batorski||End||Colgate |- |align=center|183||Chicago Bears||Howdy Plasman||Back||Miami (FL) |- |align=center|184||Philadelphia Eagles||Joe Kane||Back||Pennsylvania |- |align=center|185||Cleveland Rams||Ziggy Zamlynski||Back||Villanova |- |align=center|186||Boston Yanks||Reldon Bennett||Tackle||Louisiana State |} ===Round nineteen=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|187||Chicago Cardinals||Jack Adams||End||Presbyterian |- |align=center|188||Brooklyn Tigers||Howard Callanan||Back||USC |- |align=center|189||Detroit Lions||Bill Eubank||End||Mississippi State |- |align=center|190||Philadelphia Eagles||Tony Schiro||Guard||Santa Clara |- |align=center|191||New York Giants||Neil Brooks||Back||Washington |- |align=center|192||Green Bay Packers||Kermit Davis||End||Mississippi State |- |align=center|193||Washington Redskins||Clyde Erhardt||Center||Georgia |- |align=center|194||Chicago Bears||Barry (Bear) French||Tackle||Purdue |- |align=center|195||Pittsburgh Steelers||Jimmy Woodside||Center||Temple |- |align=center|196||Cleveland Rams||Bob McBride||Guard||Notre Dame |- |align=center|197||Boston Yanks||Art Faircloth||Back||North Carolina State |} ===Round twenty=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|198||Chicago Cardinals||Ray Kuffel||End||Marquette |- |align=center|199||Brooklyn Tigers||George Doherty||Tackle||Louisiana Tech |- |align=center|200||Detroit Lions||Ray Ahlstrom||Back||St. Mary's (CA) |- |align=center|201||Pittsburgh Steelers||Bill Miller||Back||Pennsylvania |- |align=center|202||New York Giants||Pete Kane||Back||Geneva |- |align=center|203||Green Bay Packers||Bob Johnson||Center||Purdue |- |align=center|204||Washington Redskins||Dave Brown||End||UCLA |- |align=center|205||Chicago Bears||Paul Taylor||Back||USC |- |align=center|206||Philadelphia Eagles||Norm Michael||Back||Syracuse |- |align=center|207||Cleveland Rams||Joe Yackanich||Tackle||Fordham |- |align=center|208||Boston Yanks||Tony Bilotti||Guard||St. Mary's (CA) |} ===Round twenty one=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|209||Chicago Cardinals||Jack West||End||Texas |- |align=center|210||Brooklyn Tigers||Mike Mihalic||Guard||Mississippi State |- |align=center|211||Detroit Lions||Alex Kapter||Guard||Northwestern |- |align=center|212||Philadelphia Eagles||Eddie Kulakowski||Tackle||West Virginia |- |align=center|213||New York Giants||M.L. (Kit) Kittrell||Back||Baylor |- |align=center|214||Green Bay Packers||Jim Cox||Tackle||Stanford |- |align=center|215||Washington Redskins||Bill Ivy||Tackle||Northwestern |- |align=center|216||Chicago Bears||Hank Margarita||Back||Brown |- |align=center|217||Pittsburgh Steelers||Bob Lawson||End||Holy Cross |- |align=center|218||Cleveland Rams||John Creevey||Back||Notre Dame |- |align=center|219||Boston Yanks||Bill Furman||Tackle||Washington & Lee |} ===Round twenty two=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|220||Chicago Cardinals||Jack Esorcia||Back||Illinois State |- |align=center|221||Brooklyn Tigers||Ted Cook||End||Alabama |- |align=center|222||Detroit Lions||Vick Clark||Back||Texas-El Paso |- |align=center|223||Pittsburgh Steelers||Hank Caver||Back||Presbyterian |- |align=center|224||New York Giants||Roy Renfro||Guard||Fresno State |- |align=center|225||Green Bay Packers||Cliff Anderson||End||Minnesota |- |align=center|226||Washington Redskins||Bruce Babcock||Back||Rochester |- |align=center|227||Chicago Bears||Ed Davis||Back||Oklahoma |- |align=center|228||Philadelphia Eagles||Al Postus||Back||Villanova |- |align=center|229||Cleveland Rams||David Paul Jones||Back||Arkansas |- |align=center|230||Boston Yanks||Clare Morford||Guard||Oklahoma |} ===Round twenty three=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|231||Chicago Cardinals||Don Buffmire||Back||Northwestern |- |align=center|232||Brooklyn Tigers||Bucky Gillenwater||Tackle||Texas |- |align=center|233||Detroit Lions||Max Fischer||Center||Oklahoma |- |align=center|234||Philadelphia Eagles||Milt Smith||End||UCLA |- |align=center|235||New York Giants||John Dubzinski||Guard||Boston College |- |align=center|236||Green Bay Packers||John Wesley Perry||Back||Duke |- |align=center|237||Washington Redskins||Bill Reinhard||Back||California |- |align=center|238||Chicago Bears||Dick Jamison||Tackle||USC |- |align=center|239||Pittsburgh Steelers||Paul Carter||Tackle||Michigan State |- |align=center|240||Cleveland Rams||Jim Pharr||Center||Auburn |- |align=center|241||Boston Yanks||Dilton Richmond||End||Louisiana State |} ===Round twenty four=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|242||Chicago Cardinals||Bob Nanni||Tackle||Duke |- |align=center|243||Brooklyn Tigers||Jack Baldwin||Center||Centenary |- |align=center|244||Detroit Lions||Chuck Jacoby||Back||Indiana |- |align=center|245||Pittsburgh Steelers||Dick Holben||Tackle||Muhlenberg |- |align=center|246||New York Giants||Howard Beyer||Center||Michigan State |- |align=center|247||Green Bay Packers||Pete DeMaria||Guard||Purdue |- |align=center|248||Washington Redskins||Ed Bauer||Guard||South Carolina |- |align=center|249||Chicago Bears||Jack Bortka||Back||Kansas State |- |align=center|250||Philadelphia Eagles||Earl Klapstein||Tackle||Pacific |- |align=center|251||Cleveland Rams||Joe Warlick||Back||Mississippi State |- |align=center|252||Boston Yanks||Courtney Lawlor||Back||Richmond |} ===Round twenty five=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|253||Chicago Cardinals||John McGinnis||End||Notre Dame |- |align=center|254||Brooklyn Tigers||Dick Manning||Back||USC |- |align=center|255||Detroit Lions||Bob McCarthy||End||St. Mary's (CA) |- |align=center|256||Philadelphia Eagles||Bob Frisbee||Back||Stanford |- |align=center|257||New York Giants||Ben Babula||Back||Fordham |- |align=center|258||Green Bay Packers||Len Liss||Tackle||Marquette |- |align=center|259||Washington Redskins||Joe (Smokey) Martin||Back||Cornell |- |align=center|260||Chicago Bears||Roy Ruskusky||End||St. Mary's (CA) |- |align=center|261||Pittsburgh Steelers||Howard Tippee||Back||Iowa State |- |align=center|262||Cleveland Rams||Bert Gianelli||Guard||Santa Clara |- |align=center|263||Boston Yanks||Howard Debus||Back||Nebraska |} ===Round twenty six=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|264||Chicago Cardinals||Warren Hodges||Tackle||Kansas |- |align=center|265||Brooklyn Tigers||Ray Grierson||End||Illinois |- |align=center|266||Detroit Lions||Stan Hendrickson||End||Colorado |- |align=center|267||Pittsburgh Steelers||Charley Malmberg||Tackle||Rice |- |align=center|268||New York Giants||Ted Fitanides||Back||New Hampshire |- |align=center|269||Green Bay Packers||Ray Jordan||Back||North Carolina |- |align=center|270||Washington Redskins||Lee Gustafson||Back||Oregon State |- |align=center|271||Chicago Bears||Harry Franck||Back||Northwestern |- |align=center|272||Philadelphia Eagles||Ed Eiden||Back||Scranton |- |align=center|273||Cleveland Rams||Charley Kuhn||Back||Kentucky |- |align=center|274||Boston Yanks||Bill Portwood||End||Kentucky |} ===Round twenty seven=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|275||Chicago Cardinals||Bill Earley||Back||Notre Dame |- |align=center|276||Brooklyn Tigers||Joe Golding||Back||Oklahoma |- |align=center|277||Detroit Lions||Fred Bouldin||Back||Missouri |- |align=center|278||Philadelphia Eagles||Barney Burdick||End||Creighton |- |align=center|279||New York Giants||Andy Bires||End||Alabama |- |align=center|280||Green Bay Packers||Al Grubaugh||Tackle||Nebraska |- |align=center|281||Washington Redskins||Nick Pappas||Tackle||Utah |- |align=center|282||Chicago Bears||Jack McKewan||Tackle||Alabama |- |align=center|283||Pittsburgh Steelers||Russ Ashbaugh||Back||Notre Dame |- |align=center|284||Cleveland Rams||Jim Smith||Tackle||Colorado |- |align=center|285||Boston Yanks||Harold Collins||Guard||Southwestern (TX) |} ===Round twenty eight=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|286||Chicago Cardinals||Bob Davis||Guard||Oregon |- |align=center|287||Brooklyn Tigers||Bob Zimny||Tackle||Indiana |- |align=center|288||Detroit Lions||Dick McElwee||Back||West Virginia |- |align=center|289||Pittsburgh Steelers||Pat Petroski||Guard||Miami (FL) |- |align=center|290||New York Giants||Tom Rock||End||Columbia |- |align=center|291||Green Bay Packers||A.B. Howard||End||Mississippi State |- |align=center|292||Washington Redskins||Lindsey Bowen||End||Rice |- |align=center|293||Chicago Bears||Charley Mitchell||Back||Tulsa |- |align=center|294||Philadelphia Eagles||Nick Daukas||Tackle||Dartmouth |- |align=center|295||Cleveland Rams||Ray Donelli||Back||Duquesne |- |align=center|296||Boston Yanks||Aubrey Gill||Center||Texas |} ===Round twenty nine=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|297||Chicago Cardinals||Vince DiFrancesca||Tackle||Northwestern |- |align=center|298||Brooklyn Tigers||Marty Frohm||Tackle||Mississippi State |- |align=center|299||Detroit Lions||Bob Derleth||Tackle||Michigan |- |align=center|300||Philadelphia Eagles||Pasquale Darone||Guard||Boston College |- |align=center|301||New York Giants||Walt Cyhel||Tackle||Creighton |- |align=center|302||Green Bay Packers||Paul Paladino||Guard||Arkansas |- |align=center|303||Washington Redskins||Bill Gustafson||Tackle||Washington State |- |align=center|304||Chicago Bears||Pat Boyle||Guard||Wisconsin |- |align=center|305||Pittsburgh Steelers||Joe Tosti||End||Scranton |- |align=center|306||Cleveland Rams||John Hughes||End||Mississippi State |- |align=center|307||Boston Yanks||Chet Wasilewski||Back||Holy Cross |} ===Round thirty=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|308||Chicago Cardinals||Lloyd Ott||Center||North Carolina State |- |align=center|309||Brooklyn Tigers||Howard Blose||Back||Cornell |- |align=center|310||Detroit Lions||George Dick||End||Kansas |- |align=center|311||Pittsburgh Steelers||Len Seelinger||Back||Wisconsin |- |align=center|312||New York Giants||Francis Nelson||Back||Baylor |- |align=center|313||Green Bay Packers||Bob Butchofsky||Back||Texas A&M |- |align=center|314||Washington Redskins||Bill Yablonski||Center||Holy Cross |- |align=center|315||Chicago Bears||Bernie Pepper||Tackle||Missouri |- |align=center|316||Philadelphia Eagles||Bill Clark||Tackle||Colorado College |- |align=center|317||Cleveland Rams||Dick McPhee||Back||Georgia |- |align=center|318||Boston Yanks||Gus Lethas||Back||Georgia |} ===Round thirty one=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|319||Green Bay Packers||Russ Deal||Guard||Indiana |- |align=center|320||Washington Redskins||Buster Hollingbery||Center||Washington State |- |align=center|321||Chicago Bears||Karl Vogt||Tackle||Villanova |- |align=center|322||Philadelphia Eagles||Pete Pasko||End||East Stroudsburg |- |align=center|323||Cleveland Rams||Jim McLeod||End||Louisiana State |- |align=center|324||Boston Yanks||Ralph Calcagni||Tackle||Pennsylvania |} ===Round thirty two=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> {|class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College |- |align=center|325||Green Bay Packers||Abel (Frito) Gonzales||Back||Southern Methodist |- |align=center|326||Washington Redskins||Willard Sheller||Back||Stanford |- |align=center|327||Chicago Bears||Bob Endres||Tackle||Colgate |- |align=center|328||Philadelphia Eagles||Myron Majewski||Tackle||American International |- |align=center|329||Cleveland Rams||Stan Kudlacz||Center||Notre Dame |- |align=center|330||Boston Yanks||Walton Roberts||Back||Texas |} {| |- |style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= Hall of Famer |} ==Hall of Famers== * Otto Graham, Quarterback from Northwestern taken 1st round 4th overall by the Detroit Lions. :Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1965. * Steve Van Buren, Halfback from LSU taken 1st round 5th overall by the Philadelphia Eagles. :Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1965. * Bob Waterfield, Quarterback from UCLA taken 5th round 42nd overall by the Cleveland Rams. :Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1965. ==External links== * [http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=1944 NFL.com - 1944 Draft] * [http://www.databasefootball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=NFL&yr=1944 databaseFootball.com - 1944 Draft] * [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1944.jsp Pro Football Hall of Fame] {{NFL drafts}} [[Category:National Football League Draft]] [[Category:1944 National Football League season| Draft]]