1961 - 62 Draft Review

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- 1961 - 62 Draft

Round	Selection	Team	Player	Position	College
1	1	Minnesota Vikings	Tommy Mason	HB	Tulane
1	2	Washington Redskins	Norm Snead	QB	Wake Forest
1	3	Washington Redskins	Joe Rutgens	T	Illinois
1	4	Los Angeles Rams	Marlin McKeever	LB	Southern California
1	5	Chicago Bears	Mike Ditka	E	Pittsburgh
1	6	San Francisco 49ers	Jimmy Johnson	B	UCLA
1	7	Baltimore Colts	Tom Matte	HB	Ohio State
1	8	St. Louis Cardinals	Ken Rice	T	Auburn
1	9	San Francisco 49ers	Bernie Casey	B	Bowling Green State
1	10	Cleveland Browns	Bobby Crespino	E	Mississippi
1	11	San Francisco 49ers	Billy Kilmer	B	UCLA
1	12	Green Bay Packers	Herb Adderley	B	Michigan State
1	13	Dallas Cowboys	Bob Lilly	T	Texas Christian
1	14	Philadelphia Eagles	Art Baker	FB	Syracuse
2	15	Minnesota Vikings	Rip Hawkins	LB	North Carolina
2	16	Dallas Cowboys	E.J. Holub	C	Texas Tech
2	17	New York Giants	Bob Gaiters	B	New Mexico State
2	18	Los Angeles Rams	Elbert Kimbrough	E	Northwestern
2	19	Pittsburgh Steelers	Myron Pottios	LB	Notre Dame
2	20	Chicago Bears	Bill Brown	B	Illinois
2	21	Baltimore Colts	Tom Gilburg	T	Syracuse
2	22	St. Louis Cardinals	Fred Arbanas	E	Michigan State
2	23	Detroit Lions	Danny Larose	E	Missouri
2	24	San Francisco 49ers	Roland Lakes	C	Wichita State
2	25	New York Giants	Bruce Tarbox	G	Syracuse
2	26	Green Bay Packers	Ron Kostelnik	T	Cincinnati
2	27	Cleveland Browns	Ed Nutting	T	Georgia Tech
2	28	Philadelphia Eagles	Bo Strange	C	Louisiana State
3	29	Minnesota Vikings	Fran Tarkenton	QB	Georgia
3	30	Dallas Cowboys	Stew Barber	G	Penn State
3	31	St. Louis Cardinals	Billy Wilson	T	Auburn
3	32	Los Angeles Rams	Harold Beaty	G	Oklahoma State
3	33	Chicago Bears	Claude Gibson	B	North Carolina State
3	34	Detroit Lions	Dick Mills	T	Pittsburgh
3	35	Baltimore Colts	Jerry Hill	HB	Wyoming
3	36	Philadelphia Eagles	Jim Wright	QB	Memphis
3	37	San Francisco 49ers	Bill Cooper	B	Muskingum
3	38	Detroit Lions	Houston Antwine	G	Southern Illinois
3	39	Washington Redskins	Jim Cunningham	B	Pittsburgh
3	40	Green Bay Packers	Phil Nugent	B	Tulane
3	41	Los Angeles Rams	Ron Miller	QB	Wisconsin
3	42	Philadelphia Eagles	Don Oakes	T	Virginia Tech
4	43	Minnesota Vikings	Chuck Lamson	HB	Wyoming
4	44	Dallas Cowboys	Sonny Davis	E	Baylor
4	45	Los Angeles Rams	Charlie Cowan	T	New Mexico Highlands
4	46	New York Giants	Ben Davidson	T	Washington
4	47	San Francisco 49ers	Aaron Thomas	E	Oregon State
4	48	Chicago Bears	Ernie Ladd	T	Grambling State
4	49	Baltimore Colts	Ken Gregory	E	Whittier
4	50	St. Louis Cardinals	Ron McDole	T	Nebraska
4	51	Detroit Lions	Ronnie Hartline	FB	Oklahoma
4	52	San Francisco 49ers	Dale Messer	B	Fresno State
4	53	Philadelphia Eagles	Dan Ficca	G	Southern California
4	54	Green Bay Packers	Paul Dudley	B	Arkansas
4	55	Cleveland Browns	John Brown	T	Syracuse
4	56	Green Bay Packers	Joe LeSage	G	Tulane
5	57	Minnesota Vikings	Ed Sharockman	HB	Pittsburgh
5	58	San Francisco 49ers	Clark Miller	T	Utah State
5	59	Pittsburgh Steelers	Fred Mautino	E	Syracuse
5	60	Los Angeles Rams	Willie Hector	G	Pacific
5	61	Chicago Bears	Keith Lincoln	B	Washington State
5	62	Baltimore Colts	Ed Dyas	B	Auburn
5	63	Baltimore Colts	Ronnie Osborne	T	Clemson
5	64	St. Louis Cardinals	Glenn Bass	E	East Carolina
5	65	San Francisco 49ers	Bob McCreary	T	Wake Forest
5	66	Detroit Lions	Earl Faison	E	Indiana
5	67	New York Giants	Jerry Daniels	E	Mississippi
5	68	Green Bay Packers	Jack Novak	G	Miami (Florida)
5	69	Cleveland Browns	Mike Lucci	C	Tennessee
5	70	Detroit Lions	Ron Puckett	T	Los Angeles State
6	71	Minnesota Vikings	Jerry Burch	E	Georgia Tech
6	72	Washington Redskins	Joe Krakoski	B	Illinois
6	73	Washington Redskins	John O'Day	T	Miami (Florida)
6	74	Los Angeles Rams	Bruce Olderman	T	Allegheny
6	75	Los Angeles Rams	Larry Wood	B	Northwestern
6	76	Chicago Bears	George Fleming	B	Washington
6	77	Baltimore Colts	Don Kern	HB	Virginia Military Institute
6	78	St. Louis Cardinals	Dale Evans	B	Kansas State
6	79	Cleveland Browns	Frank Parker	T	Oklahoma State
6	80	San Francisco 49ers	Mike McClellan	B	Oklahoma
6	81	New York Giants	Greg Larson	C	Minnesota
6	82	Green Bay Packers	Lee Folkins	E	Washington
6	83	St. Louis Cardinals	Dick Thornton	QB	Northwestern
6	84	Philadelphia Eagles	Ben Balme	G	Yale
7	85	Minnesota Vikings	Al Ferrie	E	Wagner
7	86	Dallas Cowboys	Art Gilmore	B	Oregon State
7	87	Washington Redskins	Jim Kerr	B	Penn State
7	88	Los Angeles Rams	Bobby Smith	B	UCLA
7	89	Chicago Bears	Mike Pyle	C	Yale
7	90	Pittsburgh Steelers	Dick Hoak	B	Penn State
7	91	Baltimore Colts	Ike Grimsley	HB	Michigan State
7	92	St. Louis Cardinals	George Hultz	T	Southern Mississippi
7	93	San Francisco 49ers	Ray Purdin	B	Northwestern
7	94	St. Louis Cardinals	Al Bemiller	C	Syracuse
7	95	New York Giants	Jim Collier	E	Arkansas
7	96	Green Bay Packers	Lewis Johnson	B	Florida A&M
7	97	Cleveland Browns	Preston Powell	B	Grambling State
7	98	Philadelphia Eagles	Irv Cross	B	Northwestern
8	99	Minnesota Vikings	Paul Lindquist	T	New Hampshire
8	100	Dallas Cowboys	Don Talbert	T	Texas
8	101	Washington Redskins	Charlie Barnes	E	Louisiana-Monroe
8	102	Los Angeles Rams	Reg Carolan	E	Idaho
8	103	Pittsburgh Steelers	George Balthazar	T	Tennessee State
8	104	Chicago Bears	Ed Ryan	B	Michigan State
8	105	Baltimore Colts	Paul Terhes	B	Bucknell
8	106	St. Louis Cardinals	Marshall Starks	HB	Illinois
8	107	Detroit Lions	Larry Muff	E	Benedictine (Kansas)
8	108	San Francisco 49ers	Neil Plumley	T	Oregon State
8	109	New York Giants	Allen Green	C	Mississippi
8	110	Cleveland Browns	Fred Cox	HB	Pittsburgh
8	111	Cleveland Browns	John Frongillo	T	Baylor
8	112	Philadelphia Eagles	Jim Beaver	G	Florida
9	113	Minnesota Vikings	Dan Sheehan	T	Tennessee-Chattanooga
9	114	Dallas Cowboys	Glynn Gregory	B	Southern Methodist
9	115	Washington Redskins	Joel Arrington	B	Duke
9	116	Los Angeles Rams	Duane Allen	E	Santa Ana JC
9	117	Chicago Bears	Bobby Bethune	B	Mississippi State
9	118	San Francisco 49ers	Leon Donohue	T	San Jose State
9	119	Baltimore Colts	Pete Nicklas	B	Baylor
9	120	St. Louis Cardinals	Chick Graning	HB	Georgia Tech
9	121	San Francisco 49ers	Everisto Nino	T	Texas A&M-Commerce
9	122	Detroit Lions	Bob Brooks	FB	Ohio University
9	123	New York Giants	Moses Gray	T	Indiana
9	124	Green Bay Packers	Vester Flanagan	T	Humboldt State
9	125	Cleveland Browns	Jake Gibbs	QB	Mississippi
9	126	Philadelphia Eagles	Wayne Fontes	HB	Michigan State
10	127	Minnesota Vikings	Doug Mayberry	FB	Utah State
10	128	Green Bay Packers	Roger Hagberg	B	Minnesota
10	129	Cleveland Browns	Wayne Wolff	G	Wake Forest
10	130	Los Angeles Rams	Joe Scibelli	T	American International*
10	131	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bill Mack	B	Notre Dame
10	132	Chicago Bears	Jason Harness	E	Michigan State
10	133	Baltimore Colts	Bob Clemens	B	Pittsburgh
10	134	St. Louis Cardinals	Jimmy King	T	Clemson
10	135	Detroit Lions	Errol Linden	E	Houston
10	136	San Francisco 49ers	Paul Hynes	FB	Louisiana Tech
10	137	New York Giants	Glen Knight	E	Shaw
10	138	Green Bay Packers	Buck McLeod	T	Baylor
10	139	Cleveland Browns	Ken Ericson	E	Syracuse
10	140	Philadelphia Eagles	Luther Hayes	E	Southern California
11	141	Minnesota Vikings	Jerry Mays	T	Southern Methodist
11	142	Dallas Cowboys	Norris Stevenson	B	Missouri
11	143	Washington Redskins	Riley Mattson	T	Oregon
11	144	Los Angeles Rams	Bobby Lane	E	Baylor
11	145	Chicago Bears	Sam Fewell	T	South Carolina
11	146	Pittsburgh Steelers	Skip Clement	B	North Carolina
11	147	Baltimore Colts	Ralph White	T	Bowling Green State
11	148	St. Louis Cardinals	Bill Kinnune	G	Washington
11	149	San Francisco 49ers	Tony Parrilli	G	Illinois
11	150	Detroit Lions	Larry Vargo	E	Detroit Mercy
11	151	New York Giants	Bob Benton	T	Mississippi
11	152	Green Bay Packers	Val Keckin	B	Southern Mississippi
11	153	Cleveland Browns	Billy Gault	B	Texas Christian
11	154	Philadelphia Eagles	L.E. Hicks	T	Florida
12	155	Minnesota Vikings	Steve Stonebreaker	E	Detroit Mercy
12	156	Dallas Cowboys	Lowndes Shingler	QB	Clemson
12	157	Washington Redskins	Bob Coolbaugh	E	Richmond
12	158	Los Angeles Rams	Walt Mince	B	Arizona
12	159	Pittsburgh Steelers	Frank Jackunas	T	Detroit Mercy
12	160	Chicago Bears	Howard Dyer	QB	Virginia Military Institute
12	161	Baltimore Colts	Dick Reynolds	T	North Carolina State
12	162	St. Louis Cardinals	Mike Stock	B	Northwestern
12	163	Detroit Lions	Tom Rodgers	B	Kentucky
12	164	San Francisco 49ers	Don Coffey	E	Memphis
12	165	New York Giants	Jackie Moynihan	QB	Holy Cross
12	166	Green Bay Packers	John Denvir	T	Colorado
12	167	Cleveland Browns	Dick Lage	E	Lenoir-Rhyne
12	168	Philadelphia Eagles	Billy Majors	B	Tennessee
13	169	Minnesota Vikings	Ray Hayes	FB	Central Oklahoma
13	170	Dallas Cowboys	Don Goodman	B	Florida
13	171	Washington Redskins	Doug Elmore	B	Mississippi
13	172	Los Angeles Rams	Mike McKeever	G	Southern California
13	173	Chicago Bears	Bob McLeod	E	Abilene Christian
13	174	San Francisco 49ers	Tommy Hackler	E	Tennessee Tech
13	175	Baltimore Colts	Dallas Garber	B	Marietta
13	176	St. Louis Cardinals	Ernie McMillan	E	Illinois
13	177	San Francisco 49ers	Gus Fincke	T	McNeese State
13	178	Detroit Lions	Paul Hodge	LB	Pittsburgh
13	179	New York Giants	Jerry Fields	B	Ohio State
13	180	Green Bay Packers	Elijah Pitts	B	Philander Smith
13	181	Cleveland Browns	Jack Wilson	B	Duke
13	182	Philadelphia Eagles	Don Jonas	B	Penn State
14	183	Minnesota Vikings	Ken Petersen	T	Utah
14	184	Dallas Cowboys	Billy Shaw	T	Georgia Tech
14	185	Washington Redskins	Doyle Schick	B	Kansas
14	186	Los Angeles Rams	Deacon Jones	T	Mississippi Valley State
14	187	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bob Schmitz	G	Montana State
14	188	Chicago Bears	Jim Tyrer	T	Ohio State
14	189	Baltimore Colts	Bob Hunt	T	Southern Methodist
14	190	St. Louis Cardinals	Bob Elliott	FB	North Carolina
14	191	Detroit Lions	Charley Bowers	HB	Northern Arizona
14	192	San Francisco 49ers	Billy Worrell	T	Georgia
14	193	New York Giants	Gene White	B	Florida A&M
14	194	Green Bay Packers	Nelson Toburen	E	Wichita State
14	195	Cleveland Browns	Phil Lohmann	C	Oklahoma
14	196	Philadelphia Eagles	Willie Fleming	HB	Iowa
15	197	Minnesota Vikings	Mike Mercer	E	Northern Arizona
15	198	Dallas Cowboys	Julius Varnado	T	San Francisco State
15	199	Washington Redskins	Bob Johnson	E	Michigan
15	200	Los Angeles Rams	Ernie Wright	T	Ohio State
15	201	Chicago Bears	Chuck Linning	T	Miami (Florida)
15	202	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ray McCowan	B	West Texas A&M
15	203	Baltimore Colts	E.A. Sims	E	New Mexico State
15	204	St. Louis Cardinals	Mel West	B	Missouri
15	205	San Francisco 49ers	Bob Sams	T	Central Oklahoma
15	206	Detroit Lions	Mike Lauber	E	Wisconsin-River Falls
15	207	New York Giants	Cody Binkley	C	Vanderbilt
15	208	Green Bay Packers	Ray Lardani	T	Miami (Florida)
15	209	Cleveland Browns	Charley Taylor	B	Mississippi
15	210	Philadelphia Eagles	Bobby Richards	T	Louisiana State
16	211	Minnesota Vikings	Ted Karpowicz	HB	Detroit Mercy
16	212	Dallas Cowboys	Jerry Steffen	B	Colorado
16	213	Washington Redskins	Ron Petty	T	Louisville
16	214	Los Angeles Rams	Mike Zeno	G	Virginia Tech
16	215	Pittsburgh Steelers	Wilbert Scott	B	Indiana
16	216	Chicago Bears	Wayne Frazier	C	Auburn
16	217	Baltimore Colts	Tom Wiesner	B	Wisconsin
16	218	St. Louis Cardinals	Jake Bradley	T	Florida A&M
16	219	Detroit Lions	Gus Krantz	T	Northern Michigan
16	220	San Francisco 49ers	Charley Fuller	HB	San Francisco State
16	221	New York Giants	Bernie Vishneski	T	Virginia Tech
16	222	Green Bay Packers	Clarence Mason	E	Bowling Green State
16	223	Cleveland Browns	Roger Shoals	T	Maryland
16	224	Philadelphia Eagles	G.W. Clapp	G	Auburn
17	225	Minnesota Vikings	Willie Jones	B	Purdue
17	226	Dallas Cowboys	Everett Cloud	B	Maryland
17	227	Washington Redskins	Joe Bellino	B	Navy
17	228	Los Angeles Rams	Chuck Allen	G	Washington
17	229	Chicago Bears	Rossie Barfield	E	North Carolina Central
17	230	Pittsburgh Steelers	Terry Nofsinger	QB	Utah
17	231	Baltimore Colts	Steve Jastrzembski	B	Pittsburgh
17	232	St. Louis Cardinals	Pat Fischer	B	Nebraska
17	233	San Francisco 49ers	Tom Jewell	T	Idaho State
17	234	Detroit Lions	Tom Goode	LB	Mississippi State
17	235	New York Giants	Sylvester Cooper	T	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
17	236	Green Bay Packers	Jim Brewington	T	North Carolina Central
17	237	Cleveland Browns	Calvin Bird	B	Kentucky
17	238	Philadelphia Eagles	Larry Lavery	T	Illinois
18	239	Minnesota Vikings	Bob Voight	T	Los Angeles State
18	240	Dallas Cowboys	Randy Williams	B	Indiana
18	241	Washington Redskins	George Tolford	T	Ohio State
18	242	Los Angeles Rams	Bill Williamson	T	Utah State
18	243	Pittsburgh Steelers	John Simko	E	Augustana (South Dakota)
18	244	Chicago Bears	John Finn	T	Louisville
18	245	Baltimore Colts	Wilson Allison	T	Baylor
18	246	St. Louis Cardinals	Art Browning	G	Duke
18	247	Detroit Lions	John Gregor	T	Montana
18	248	San Francisco 49ers	Kay McFarland	HB	Colorado State
18	249	New York Giants	Ken Desmarais	C	Holy Cross
18	250	Green Bay Packers	Arthur Sims	B	Texas A&M
18	251	Cleveland Browns	Ed Morris	T	Indiana
18	252	Philadelphia Eagles	Nick Maravich	T	North Carolina State
19	253	Minnesota Vikings	Bill Hill	FB	Presbyterian
19	254	Dallas Cowboys	Lynn Hoyem	C	Long Beach State
19	255	Washington Redskins	Tony Romeo	E	Florida State
19	256	Los Angeles Rams	Lou Zivkovich	T	New Mexico State
19	257	Chicago Bears	Ben Charles	QB	Southern California
19	258	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bernie Wyatt	B	Iowa
19	259	Baltimore Colts	Joe Novsek	T	Tulsa
19	260	St. Louis Cardinals	Dick Schnell	T	Wyoming
19	261	San Francisco 49ers	Tom Simpson	T	Davidson
19	262	Detroit Lions	Gene Valesano	B	Northern Michigan
19	263	New York Giants	Bob Reublin	B	Bowling Green State
19	264	Green Bay Packers	Lee Bondhus	T	South Dakota State
19	265	Cleveland Browns	Bob Minihane	G	Boston University
20	267	Minnesota Vikings	Mike McFarland	QB	Western Illinois
20	268	Dallas Cowboys	Jerry Morgan	B	Northern Iowa
20	269	Washington Redskins	Mike Ingram	G	Ohio State
19	269	Philadelphia Eagles	Dick Wilson	C	Penn State
20	270	Los Angeles Rams	Al Lederle	E	Georgia Tech
20	271	Pittsburgh Steelers	Mike Jones	QB	San Jose State
20	272	Chicago Bears	Gordon Mason	B	Tennessee Tech
20	273	Baltimore Colts	Al Kimbrough	B	Northwestern
20	274	St. Louis Cardinals	Leo Reed	E	Colorado State
20	275	Detroit Lions	Tom Lewis	B	Lake Forest
20	276	San Francisco 49ers	Jerry Peery	G	Central Oklahoma
20	277	New York Giants	Don McKeta	B	Washington
20	278	Green Bay Packers	Ray Ratkowski	B	Notre Dame
20	279	Cleveland Browns	Charlie Baker	T	Tennessee
20	280	Philadelphia Eagles	Jacque MacKinnon	B	Colgate