1945 NFL Draft 5835034 217288262 2008-06-05T11:52:02Z SmackBot 433328 Date the maintenance tags or general fixes The '''[[1945 NFL season|1945]] [[National Football League]] [[NFL Draft|Draft]]''' was held on [[April 8]], [[1945]]. {{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||[[Arizona Cardinals#Chicago years (1898-1959)|Chicago Cardinals]]||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|[[Charley Trippi]]||[[Running back|Halfback]]||[[University of Georgia|Georgia]] |- |align=center|2||[[Pittsburgh Steelers]]||[[Paul Duhart]]||Halfback||[[University of Florida|Florida]] |- |align=center|3||[[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Tigers]]||[[Joe Renfroe]]||Back||[[Tulane University|Tulane]] |- |align=center|4||[[Boston Yanks]]||[[Eddie Prokop]]||Back||[[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] |- |align=center|5||[[St. Louis Rams#Cleveland Rams (1936-1945)|Cleveland Rams]]||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|[[Elroy Hirsch|Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch]]||[[Wide receiver|Wide Receiver]]||[[University of Michigan|Michigan]] |- |align=center|6||[[Detroit Lions]]||[[Frank Szymanski]]||[[Center (American football)|Center]]||[[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] |- |align=center|7||[[Chicago Bears]]||[[Don Lund]]||Back||Michigan |- |align=center|8||[[Washington Redskins]]||[[Jim Hardy]]||[[Quarterback]]||[[University of Southern California|USC]] |- |align=center|9||[[Philadelphia Eagles]]||[[John Yonaker]]||[[Defensive end|Defensive End]]||Notre Dame |- |align=center|10||[[New York Giants]]||[[Elmer Barbour]]||Quarterback||[[Wake Forest University|Wake Forest]] |- |align=center|11||[[Green Bay Packers]]||[[Walt Schlinkman]]||[[Fullback (American football)|Fullback]]||[[Texas Tech Red Raiders|Texas Tech]] |} ===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||Pittsburgh Steelers||Jack Dugger||End||Ohio State |- |align=center|13||Brooklyn Tigers||Wayne Williams||Back||Minnesota |- |align=center|14||Chicago Cardinals||Paul Collins||Back||Missouri |- |align=center|15||Boston Yanks||Tom Dean||Tackle||Southern Methodist |- |align=center|16||Cleveland Rams||Milan Lazetich||Tackle||Michigan |} ===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||Brooklyn Tigers||Cecil Gray||Center||Oregon |- |align=center|18||Chicago Cardinals||Walt Watt||Back||Miami (FL) |- |align=center|19||Pittsburgh Steelers||Bill Dellastatious||Back||Missouri |- |align=center|20||Boston Yanks||Damon Tassos||Guard||Texas A&M |- |align=center|21||Cleveland Rams||W.G. (Dub) Wooten||End||Oklahoma |- |align=center|22||Chicago Bears||Charley Allen||Back||Southern Methodist |- |align=center|23||Washington Redskins||John (Tree) Adams||Tackle||Notre Dame |- |align=center|24||Detroit Lions||Stan Mohrbacher||Guard||Iowa |- |align=center|25||Philadelphia Eagles||Alvin Dark||Back||Louisiana State |- |align=center|26||New York Giants||Gordon Appleby||Center||Ohio State |- |align=center|27||Green Bay Packers||Clyde Goodnight||End||Tulsa |} ===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||Bob Dobelstein||Guard||Tennessee |- |align=center|29||Pittsburgh Steelers||Roger Adams||Center||Florida |- |align=center|30||Brooklyn Tigers||Steve Erich||Guard||Marquette |- |align=center|31||Boston Yanks||Don Deeks||Tackle||Washington |- |align=center|32||Cleveland Rams||Jack Zilly||End||Notre Dame |} ===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||Pittsburgh Steelers||Chuck Mehelich||End||Duquesne |- |align=center|34||Brooklyn Tigers||Al Kowalski||Quarterback||Tulsa |- |align=center|35||Chicago Cardinals||Zeke Chronister||End||Texas Christian |- |align=center|36||Boston Yanks||Johnny (Strike) Strzykalski||Back||Marquette |- |align=center|37||Cleveland Rams||Roger Harding||Center||California |- |align=center|38||Washington Redskins||Georege Bujan||Center||Oregon |- |align=center|39||Detroit Lions||Bob Wiese||Back||Michigan |- |align=center|40||Chicago Bears||Forest Masterson||Center||Iowa |- |align=center|41||Philadelphia Eagles||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|[[Pete Pihos]]||Wide receiver||[[Indiana University (Bloomington)|Indiana]] |- |align=center|42||New York Giants||Ed Castleberry||Back||West Texas State |- |align=center|43||Green Bay Packers||Joe Graham||End||Florida |} ===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||Brooklyn Tigers||Dick Barwegen||Guard||Purdue |- |align=center|45||Chicago Cardinals||Corwin Clatt||Back||Notre Dame |- |align=center|46||Pittsburgh Steelers||Greg Browning||End||Denver |- |align=center|47||Boston Yanks||Jim Mello||Back||Notre Dame |- |align=center|48||Cleveland Rams||Jerry Cowhig||Back||Notre Dame |- |align=center|49||Detroit Lions||Gene Fekete||Back||Ohio State |- |align=center|50||Chicago Bears||Wayne Shaw||Back||Southern Methodist |- |align=center|51||Washington Redskins||Johnny North||End||Vanderbilt |- |align=center|52||Philadelphia Eagles||Chuck Dellago||Guard||Minnesota |- |align=center|53||New York Giants||Barney Poole||End||Mississippi/Army |- |align=center|54||Green Bay Packers||Don Wells||Tackle||Georgia |} ===Round seven=== <!-- The Team names, player positions, and college names should only be linked the first time they appear in the entire page --> <!-- 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||Ziggy Czarobski||Tackle||Notre Dame |- |align=center|56||Pittsburgh Steelers||Mike Wolak||Back||Duquesne |- |align=center|57||Brooklyn Tigers||Louie Futrell||Back||Fresno State |- |align=center|58||Boston Yanks||Marty Silovich||Center||Marquette |- |align=center|59||Cleveland Rams||Fred Negus||Center||Wisconsin |- |align=center|60||Chicago Bears||Glen Burgeis||Tackle||Tulsa |- |align=center|61||Washington Redskins||John Steber||Guard||Georgia Tech |- |align=center|62||Detroit Lions||Mike Jamoluk||Tackle||Temple |- |align=center|63||Philadelphia Eagles||Gonzalo Morales||Back||St. Mary's (CA) |- |align=center|64||New York Giants||Jack Mead||End||Wisconsin |- |align=center|65||Green Bay Packers||Casey Stephenson||Back||Tennessee |} ===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||Pittsburgh Steelers||Tom Hughes||Tackle||Missouri |- |align=center|67||Brooklyn Tigers||John Dodds||Guard||California |- |align=center|68||Chicago Cardinals||John Harrington||End||Marquette |- |align=center|69||Boston Yanks||Ellis Jones||Guard||Tulsa |- |align=center|70||Cleveland Rams||Johnny August||Back||Alabama |- |align=center|71||Washington Redskins||Art Porter||End||Tulane |- |align=center|72||Detroit Lions||Russ Lowther||Back||Detroit |- |align=center|73||Chicago Bears||Pat O'Brien||Tackle||Purdue |- |align=center|74||Philadelphia Eagles||Sam Robinson||Back||Washington |- |align=center|75||New York Giants||Nick Vodick||Back||Northwestern |- |align=center|76||Green Bay Packers||Toby Collins||Tackle||Tulsa |} ===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||Brooklyn Tigers||Elting Johnson||Back||Bucknell |- |align=center|78||Chicago Cardinals||Gene Meeks||Back||Kentucky |- |align=center|79||Pittsburgh Steelers||Leon Pense||Back||Arkansas |- |align=center|80||Boston Yanks||Earl Lambert||Back||Manhattan |- |align=center|81||Cleveland Rams||Dick Huffman||Tackle||Tennessee |- |align=center|82||Detroit Lions||Les Joop||Tackle||Illinois |- |align=center|83||Chicago Bears||Bill Mayther||Center||Oregon |- |align=center|84||Washington Redskins||Curt Kuykendall||Back||Auburn |- |align=center|85||Philadelphia Eagles||Forrest Hall||Back||San Francisco |- |align=center|86||New York Giants||John Rudan||Back||Marquette |- |align=center|87||Green Bay Packers||Lamar Dingler||End||Arkansas |} ===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||Bill Huber||End||Notre Dame |- |align=center|89||Pittsburgh Steelers||Art Brandau||Center||Tennessee |- |align=center|90||Brooklyn Tigers||Roy Cross||End||Tennessee |- |align=center|91||Boston Yanks||Don Kasprzak||Back||Dartmouth |- |align=center|92||Cleveland Rams||Vern Walters||Back||Alma |- |align=center|93||Chicago Bears||Bill Poe||Back||Clemson |- |align=center|94||Washington Redskins||Frank Brogger||End||Michigan State |- |align=center|95||Detroit Lions||Paul Walker||End||Yale |- |align=center|96||Philadelphia Eagles||Joe Sadonis||Tackle||Fordham |- |align=center|97||New York Giants||Vic Smith||Back||UCLA |- |align=center|98||Green Bay Packers||Hal Helscher||Back||Louisiana State |} ===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||Pittsburgh Steelers||Ray Ball||Back||Holy Cross |- |align=center|100||Brooklyn Tigers||Earl Haury||Tackle||Kansas State |- |align=center|101||Chicago Cardinals||Halley Heard||Tackle||Louisiana State |- |align=center|102||Boston Yanks||Ben Jones||End||Arkansas |- |align=center|103||Cleveland Rams||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|[[Tom Fears]]||[[End (American football)|End]]||[[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] |- |align=center|104||Washington Redskins||Mack Creger||Back||Northwestern |- |align=center|105||Detroit Lions||Howie Hansen||Tackle||Utah State |- |align=center|106||Chicago Bears||Chuck Avery||Back||Minnesota |- |align=center|107||Philadelphia Eagles||Rudy Mobley||Back||Hardin-Simmons |- |align=center|108||New York Giants||Jim Young||Tackle||Arkansas |- |align=center|109||Green Bay Packers||Ralph Hammond||Center||Pittsburgh |} ===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||Brooklyn Tigers||John Martin||Back||East Tennessee State |- |align=center|111||Chicago Cardinals||Bob Cowan||Back||Indiana |- |align=center|112||Pittsburgh Steelers||Frank Basilone||Back||Duquesne |- |align=center|113||Boston Yanks||Herb Coleman||Center||Notre Dame |- |align=center|114||Cleveland Rams||Joe Winkler||Center||Purdue |- |align=center|115||Detroit Lions||Mike Kasap||Tackle||Illinois |- |align=center|116||Chicago Bears||Jack Boyd||Back||UCLA |- |align=center|117||Washington Redskins||Paul McKee||End||Syracuse |- |align=center|118||Philadelphia Eagles||Jim Newmeyer||Tackle||St. Vincent |- |align=center|119||New York Giants||Billy Bevis||Back||Tennessee |- |align=center|120||Green Bay Packers||Ed Podgorski||Tackle||Lafayette |} ===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||Elmore (Buddy) Luper||Back||Duke |- |align=center|122||Pittsburgh Steelers||John Monahan||End||Dartmouth |- |align=center|123||Brooklyn Tigers||George McDonald||Tackle||South Carolina |- |align=center|124||Boston Yanks||Joe Pezelski||Back||Villanova |- |align=center|125||Cleveland Rams||Jack Aland||Tackle||Alabama |- |align=center|126||Chicago Bears||Ralph Ellsworth||Back||Texas |- |align=center|127||Washington Redskins||Charlie Conerly||Quarterback||Mississippi |- |align=center|128||Detroit Lions||Wally Hopp||Back||Nebraska |- |align=center|129||Philadelphia Eagles||Bill Chambers||Tackle||UCLA |- |align=center|130||New York Giants||Bob Boozer||Tackle||Arkansas |- |align=center|131||Green Bay Packers||Bill Hackett||Guard||Ohio 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||Pittsburgh Steelers||Mel Odelli||Back||Duquesne |- |align=center|133||Brooklyn Tigers||Hal Self||Back||Alabama |- |align=center|134||Chicago Cardinals||Solon (Bobo) Barnett||Guard||Baylor |- |align=center|135||Boston Yanks||John DiGangi||Tackle||Holy Cross |- |align=center|136||Cleveland Rams||Chuck Uknes||Back||Iowa |- |align=center|137||Washington Redskins||John Putnik||End||Utah State |- |align=center|138||Detroit Lions||Ben Trickey||Back||Iowa |- |align=center|139||Chicago Bears||Frank Mattioli||Guard||Pittsburgh |- |align=center|140||Philadelphia Eagles||John Duda||Back||Virginia |- |align=center|141||New York Giants||Stan Rhoades||Back||Mississippi State |- |align=center|142||Green Bay Packers||Marv Lindsey||Back||Arkansas |} ===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||Brooklyn Tigers||Tom Reilly||Guard||Fordham |- |align=center|144||Chicago Cardinals||Gordon Carver||Back||Duke |- |align=center|145||Pittsburgh Steelers||George Connor||Tackle||Notre Dame |- |align=center|146||Boston Yanks||Chan Highsmith||Center||North Carolina |- |align=center|147||Cleveland Rams||Bill Lund||Back||Case Western Reserve |- |align=center|148||Detroit Lions||Windell Williams||End||Rice |- |align=center|149||Chicago Bears||Merle Gibson||End||Texas Christian |- |align=center|150||Washington Redskins||Eddie Saenz||Back||USC |- |align=center|151||Philadelphia Eagles||Bill Montgomery||Back||Louisiana State |- |align=center|152||New York Giants||Jack Wink||Back||Wisconsin |- |align=center|153||Green Bay Packers||Robert (Buster) McClure||Tackle||Nevada-Reno |} ===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||John Cannady||Back||Indiana |- |align=center|155||Pittsburgh Steelers||Jim Ungles||Back||Kansas State |- |align=center|156||Brooklyn Tigers||Skimp Harrison||End||South Carolina |- |align=center|157||Boston Yanks||Mike Costello||End||Georgetown (DC) |- |align=center|158||Cleveland Rams||Bob Barton||End||Holy Cross |- |align=center|159||Chicago Bears||John Creevey||Back||Notre Dame |- |align=center|160||Washington Redskins||Dom Fusci||Tackle||South Carolina |- |align=center|161||Detroit Lions||Wayne Flanigan||End||Denver |- |align=center|162||Philadelphia Eagles||Howard Werner||End||Syracuse |- |align=center|163||New York Giants||Jim Little||Tackle||Kentucky |- |align=center|164||Green Bay Packers||Harry Pieper||Center||California |} ===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||Pittsburgh Steelers||John Itzel||Back||Pittsburgh |- |align=center|166||Brooklyn Tigers||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|[[Arnie Weinmeister]]||[[Defensive tackle|Defensive Tackle]]||[[University of Washington|Washington]] |- |align=center|167||Chicago Cardinals||Ben Cittadino||End||Duke |- |align=center|168||Boston Yanks||Paul Dromgoole||End||Manhattan |- |align=center|169||Cleveland Rams||Dick Hoerner||Back||Iowa |- |align=center|170||Washington Redskins||Bobby Tom Jenkins||Back||Alabama |- |align=center|171||Detroit Lions||O.J. Key||Back||Tulane |- |align=center|172||Chicago Bears||Nick Sacrinty||Back||Wake Forest |- |align=center|173||Philadelphia Eagles||Jim Austin||Back||Missouri |- |align=center|174||New York Giants||Bob Jabbusch||Guard||Ohio State |- |align=center|175||Green Bay Packers||Bob Kula||Back||Minnesota |} ===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||Brooklyn Tigers||Virgil Eikenberg||Back||Rice |- |align=center|177||Chicago Cardinals||Ralph Strayhorn||Guard||North Carolina |- |align=center|178||Pittsburgh Steelers||Alex Wizbicki||Back||Holy Cross |- |align=center|179||Boston Yanks||Dolph Czekala||Tackle||Syracuse |- |align=center|180||Cleveland Rams||Lee Kennon||Tackle||Oklahoma |- |align=center|181||Detroit Lions||Jim McWhorter||Back||Alabama |- |align=center|182||Chicago Bears||Jim Keane||End||Iowa |- |align=center|183||Washington Redskins||Ed Stacco||Tackle||Colgate |- |align=center|184||Philadelphia Eagles||Quentin Klenk||Tackle||USC |- |align=center|185||New York Giants||Bill Byrd||Center||Maryland |- |align=center|186||Green Bay Packers||Frank Hazard||Guard||Nebraska |} ===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||John Andretich||Back||Purdue |- |align=center|188||Pittsburgh Steelers||Jim Landrigan||Tackle||Dartmouth |- |align=center|189||Brooklyn Tigers||Al Kasulin||Back||Villanova |- |align=center|190||Boston Yanks||Joe Drumm||Tackle||Georgetown (DC) |- |align=center|191||Cleveland Rams||Eagle Matulich||Back||Mississippi State |- |align=center|192||Chicago Bears||Bruno Niedziela||Tackle||Iowa |- |align=center|193||Washington Redskins||Jim Bradshaw||Center||Auburn |- |align=center|194||Detroit Lions||Clyde LeForce||Back||Tulsa |- |align=center|195||Philadelphia Eagles||Joe Spencer||Tackle||Oklahoma State |- |align=center|196||New York Giants||Glenn Morries||Tackle||Texas |- |align=center|197||Green Bay Packers||Ed Jeffers||Tackle||Oklahoma 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||Pittsburgh Steelers||Bill Lilienthal||Tackle||Villanova |- |align=center|199||Brooklyn Tigers||Charley Lively||Tackle||Arkansas |- |align=center|200||Chicago Cardinals||John Kramer||Tackle||Marquette |- |align=center|201||Boston Yanks||Mario Gianelli||Tackle||Boston College |- |align=center|202||Cleveland Rams||Bill Griffin||Tackle||Kentucky |- |align=center|203||Washington Redskins||Bill Shipkey||Back||Stanford |- |align=center|204||Detroit Lions||Mike Castronis||Guard||Georgia |- |align=center|205||Chicago Bears||Broughton Williams||End||Florida |- |align=center|206||Philadelphia Eagles||Leo Pratt||Tackle||Oklahoma State |- |align=center|207||New York Giants||Pete Davis||Back||Santa Clara |- |align=center|208||Green Bay Packers||Bill Prentice||Back||Santa Clara |} ===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||Brooklyn Tigers||Ted Curran||Back||Iowa |- |align=center|210||Chicago Cardinals||J.D. (Red) Cheek||Guard||Baylor |- |align=center|211||Pittsburgh Steelers||Art Price||Back||Rutgers |- |align=center|212||Boston Yanks||Eric Jamison||Tackle||San Francisco |- |align=center|213||Cleveland Rams||Leroy Erickson||Back||Oregon |- |align=center|214||Detroit Lions||Ken Currier||Guard||Wisconsin |- |align=center|215||Chicago Bears||Walt Stickel||Tackle||Pennsylvania |- |align=center|216||Washington Redskins||Sid Halliday||Tackle||Southern Methodist |- |align=center|217||Philadelphia Eagles||Phil Teschner||Tackle||Brown |- |align=center|218||New York Giants||Sam Vacanti||Back||Iowa |- |align=center|219||Green Bay Packers||Warren Fuller||End||Fordham |} ===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||Fred Grant||Back||Wake Forest |- |align=center|221||Pittsburgh Steelers||Don Malmberg||Back||UCLA |- |align=center|222||Brooklyn Tigers||Don Fabling||Back||Colorado |- |align=center|223||Boston Yanks||Walt Kretz||Back||Cornell |- |align=center|224||Cleveland Rams||Ray Evans||Tackle||Texas-El Paso |- |align=center|225||Chicago Bears||Bob Livingston||Back||Notre Dame |- |align=center|226||Washington Redskins||Chick Davidson||Tackle||Cornell |- |align=center|227||Detroit Lions||Jack Verutti||Back||St. Mary's (CA) |- |align=center|228||Philadelphia Eagles||Johnny Magee||Guard||Rice |- |align=center|229||New York Giants||Vern Oliver||Center||Washington State |- |align=center|230||Green Bay Packers||Fred Neilsen||Tackle||St. Mary's (CA) |} ===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||Pittsburgh Steelers||Everett Hartwell||End||Auburn |- |align=center|232||Brooklyn Tigers||Wally Crittenden||Back||USC |- |align=center|233||Chicago Cardinals||Johnny Cook||Back||Georgia |- |align=center|234||Boston Yanks||Marty Grbovaz||End||San Francisco |- |align=center|235||Cleveland Rams||Luke Higgins||Tackle||Notre Dame |- |align=center|236||Washington Redskins||Gabby Martin||End||Southern Methodist |- |align=center|237||Detroit Lions||Ray Olsen||Back||Tulane |- |align=center|238||Chicago Bears||Mike Vargon||End||Kansas State |- |align=center|239||Philadelphia Eagles||Norm (Monk) Mosley||Back||Alabama |- |align=center|240||New York Giants||Jim Chadwell||Tackle||Tennessee |- |align=center|241||Green Bay Packers||Bob Gilmore||Back||Washington |} ===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||Brooklyn Tigers||Jules Taddie||Center||Rochester |- |align=center|243||Chicago Cardinals||Ardie McClure||Tackle||Georgia |- |align=center|244||Pittsburgh Steelers||Ed Cain||Back||Rice |- |align=center|245||Boston Yanks||Ziggy Gory||Center||Villanova |- |align=center|246||Cleveland Rams||Stan Nowak||End||South Carolina |- |align=center|247||Detroit Lions||Russ Morrow||Center||Tennessee |- |align=center|248||Chicago Bears||Charley Wright||Guard||Iowa State |- |align=center|249||Washington Redskins||Jim McMurdy||Center||Stanford |- |align=center|250||Philadelphia Eagles||Blair Brown||Guard||Oklahoma State |- |align=center|251||New York Giants||Vince Mroz||End||Michigan State |- |align=center|252||Green Bay Packers||Lloyd Baxter||Center||Southern Methodist |} ===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||Hugo Norige||Back||Wooster |- |align=center|254||Pittsburgh Steelers||Angelo Carlaccini||Back||Pittsburgh |- |align=center|255||Brooklyn Tigers||Jerry Whitney||Back||USC |- |align=center|256||Boston Yanks||Bill Iancelli||End||William & Mary |- |align=center|257||Cleveland Rams||Gene Konopka||Guard||Villanova |- |align=center|258||Chicago Bears||Jack Green||Guard||Alabama |- |align=center|259||Washington Redskins||Cecil (Cy) Souders||End||Ohio State |- |align=center|260||Detroit Lions||Stan Green||Tackle||Oklahoma |- |align=center|261||Philadelphia Eagles||Bob Hall||End||Stanford |- |align=center|262||New York Giants||George Kita||Back||Drake |- |align=center|263||Green Bay Packers||Nolan Luhn||End||Tulsa |} ===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||Pittsburgh Steelers||Ed Burns||Back||Boston College |- |align=center|265||Brooklyn Tigers||Felix Trapani||Guard||Louisiana State |- |align=center|266||Chicago Cardinals||Gene (Red) Knight||Back||Louisiana State |- |align=center|267||Boston Yanks||Al Kull||Tackle||Fordham |- |align=center|268||Cleveland Rams||Ray Florek||Back||Illinois |- |align=center|269||Washington Redskins||Ben Wall||Back||Western Michigan |- |align=center|270||Detroit Lions||Bob Ivory||Guard||Detroit |- |align=center|271||Chicago Bears||Lu Gambino||Back||Maryland |- |align=center|272||Philadelphia Eagles||Don Talcott||Tackle||Nevada-Reno |- |align=center|273||New York Giants||Doug Graham||Tackle||Stanford |- |align=center|274||Green Bay Packers||Nestor Blanco||Guard||Colorado Mines |} ===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||Brooklyn Tigers||Hal Finney||Back||USC |- |align=center|276||Chicago Cardinals||Don Fambrough||Back||Texas |- |align=center|277||Pittsburgh Steelers||Glen Stough||Tackle||Duke |- |align=center|278||Boston Yanks||Bob Mangene||Back||Boston College |- |align=center|279||Cleveland Rams||Russ Perry||Back||Wake Forest |- |align=center|280||Detroit Lions||Dell Taylor||Back||Tulsa |- |align=center|281||Chicago Bears||Ray Jones||Back||Texas |- |align=center|282||Washington Redskins||Goerge Hillery||End||Texas-El Paso |- |align=center|283||Philadelphia Eagles||Bill Thompson||Tackle||New Mexico |- |align=center|284||New York Giants||Jack Dillon||End||Texas Tech |- |align=center|285||Green Bay Packers||Bill Chestnutn||Back||Kansas |} ===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||Garland (Bulldog) Williams||Tackle||Duke |- |align=center|287||Pittsburgh Steelers||Jim Marsh||Tackle||Oklahoma State |- |align=center|288||Brooklyn Tigers||Don Fauble||Back||Oklahoma |- |align=center|289||Boston Yanks||John Morelli||Guard||Georgetown (DC) |- |align=center|290||Cleveland Rams||Pat West||Back||USC |- |align=center|291||Chicago Bears||Bob Hary||Back||Minnesota |- |align=center|292||Washington Redskins||Milford Dreblow||Back||USC |- |align=center|293||Detroit Lions||Len Ciesla||Back||Creighton |- |align=center|294||Philadelphia Eagles||Al Fleming||Center||Wichita State |- |align=center|295||New York Giants||Charley Anthony||Back||Brown |- |align=center|296||Green Bay Packers||Jim Thompson||Back||Washington State |} ===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||Pittsburgh Steelers||Ralph Grant||Back||Bucknell |- |align=center|298||Brooklyn Tigers||Nick Studen||Back||Denver |- |align=center|299||Chicago Cardinals||Ed Dusek||Back||Texas A&M |- |align=center|300||Boston Yanks||John Fisher||Center||Harvard |- |align=center|301||Cleveland Rams||Bill Davis||Back||Oregon |- |align=center|302||Washington Redskins||Frank Irwin||Tackle||Duke |- |align=center|303||Detroit Lions||Frank Lopp||Tackle||Wisconsin |- |align=center|304||Chicago Bears||Nick Forkovich||Back||William & Mary |- |align=center|305||Philadelphia Eagles||Leo Benjamin||Center||West Virginia |- |align=center|306||New York Giants||Ray Pipkin||Back||Arkansas |- |align=center|307||Green Bay Packers||Jim Evans||End||Idaho |} ===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||Brooklyn Tigers||LeMar Dykstra||Back||Colorado |- |align=center|309||Chicago Cardinals||Otto Payne||Back||Texas A&M |- |align=center|310||Pittsburgh Steelers||John Kondria||Tackle||St. Vincent |- |align=center|311||Boston Yanks||Elmer Oberto||Guard||Georgetown (DC) |- |align=center|312||Cleveland Rams||Charley Compton||Tackle||Alabama |- |align=center|313||Detroit Lions||Paul Limont||End||Notre Dame |- |align=center|314||Chicago Bears||Don Robinson||Back||Michigan |- |align=center|315||Washington Redskins||Leon Diner||End||Denver |- |align=center|316||Philadelphia Eagles||Jim Dougherty||Back||Miami (OH) |- |align=center|317||New York Giants||Joe Wolf||Center||USC |- |align=center|318||Green Bay Packers||Ham Nichols||Guard||Rice |} ===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||Chicago Bears||Wayne (Rusty) Johnston||Back||Marquette |- |align=center|320||Washington Redskins||Bob Cummings||Center||Vanderbilt |- |align=center|321||Detroit Lions||Ben Schadler||Back||Northwestern |- |align=center|322||Philadelphia Eagles||Ken Reese||Back||Alabama |- |align=center|323||New York Giants||Bill Broderick||Tackle||Utah |- |align=center|324||Green Bay Packers||John Priday||Back||Ohio State |} ===Round thirty two=== {|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||Washington Redskins||Don Nolander||Tackle||Minnesota |- |align=center|326||Detroit Lions||Tom Dorais||Back||Detroit |- |align=center|327||Chicago Bears||George Groves||Center||Marquette |- |align=center|328||Philadelphia Eagles||Loren Braner||Center||Pittsburgh |- |align=center|329||New York Giants||John Staples||Guard||Alabama |- |align=center|330||Green Bay Packers||Billy Joe Aldridge||Back||Oklahoma State |} {| |- |style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= Hall of Famer |} ==Hall of Famers== * Charley Trippi, Halfback from Georgia taken 1st round 1st overall by the Chicago Cardinals. :Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1968. * Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, Wide Receiver from Michigan taken 1st round 5th overall by the Cleveland Rams. :Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1968. * Pete Pihos, Defensive End from Indiana University (Bloomington) taken 5th round 41st overall by the Philadelphia Eagles. :Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1970. * Tom Fears, End from the University of California, Los Angeles taken 11th round 103rd overall by the Cleveland Rams. :Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1970 * Arnie Weinmeister, Defensive Tackle from Washington taken 17th round 166th overall by the Brooklyn Tigers. :Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1984. ==External links== * [http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=1945 NFL.com - 1945 Draft] * [http://www.databasefootball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=NFL&yr=1945 databaseFootball.com - 1945 Draft] * [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1945.jsp Pro Football Hall of Fame] {{NFL drafts}} [[Category:National Football League Draft]] [[Category:1945 National Football League season| Draft]]