1965 - 66 Draft Review

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- 1965 - 66 Draft

Round	Selection	Team	Player	Position	College
1	1	New York Giants	Tucker Frederickson	B	Auburn
1	2	San Francisco 49ers	Ken Willard	FB	North Carolina
1	3	Chicago Bears	Dick Butkus	LB	Illinois
1	4	Chicago Bears	Gale Sayers	HB	Kansas
1	5	Dallas Cowboys	Craig Morton	QB	California
1	6	Chicago Bears	Steve DeLong	T	Tennessee
1	7	Green Bay Packers	Donny Anderson	HB	Texas Tech
1	8	Minnesota Vikings	Jack Snow	E	Notre Dame
1	9	Los Angeles Rams	Clancy Williams	HB	Washington State
1	10	Green Bay Packers	Larry Elkins	E	Baylor
1	11	Detroit Lions	Tom Nowatzke	FB	Indiana
1	12	St. Louis Cardinals	Joe Namath	QB	Alabama
1	13	San Francisco 49ers	George Donnelly	B	Illinois
1	14	Baltimore Colts	Mike Curtis	LB	Duke
2	15	Minnesota Vikings	Archie Sutton	T	Illinois
2	16	San Francisco 49ers	Joe Cerne	C	Northwestern
2	17	Cleveland Browns	Jim Garcia	T	Purdue
2	18	Pittsburgh Steelers	Roy Jefferson	HB	Utah
2	19	Dallas Cowboys	Malcolm Walker	LB	Rice
2	20	Philadelphia Eagles	Ray Rissmiller	T	Georgia
2	21	Washington Redskins	Bob Breitenstein	T	Tulsa
2	22	Cleveland Browns	Gerry Bussell	HB	Georgia Tech
2	23	Minnesota Vikings	Lance Rentzel	HB	Oklahoma
2	24	Green Bay Packers	Al Dotson	T	Grambling State
2	25	Detroit Lions	Jerry Rush	T	Michigan State
2	26	St. Louis Cardinals	Dave Simmons	LB	Georgia Tech
2	27	Cleveland Browns	Walter Johnson	DT	Los Angeles State
2	28	Baltimore Colts	Ralph Neely	T	Oklahoma
3	29	San Francisco 49ers	Bob Schweickert	B	Virginia Tech
3	30	San Francisco 49ers	Jim Norton	T	Washington
3	31	New York Giants	Chuck Mercein	FB	Yale
3	32	Cleveland Browns	Bo Scott	HB	Ohio State
3	33	New York Giants	Bob Timberlake	QB	Michigan
3	34	Washington Redskins	Kent McCloughan	B	Nebraska
3	35	Philadelphia Eagles	Al Nelson	HB	Cincinnati
3	36	Baltimore Colts	Glenn Ressler	C	Penn State
3	37	Los Angeles Rams	Fred Brown	E-LB	Miami (Florida)
3	38	Green Bay Packers	Allen Brown	E	Mississippi
3	39	Detroit Lions	Fred Biletnikoff	FL	Florida State
3	40	St. Louis Cardinals	Ray Ogden	E	Alabama
3	41	Cleveland Browns	Bobby Maples	LB	Baylor
3	42	San Francisco 49ers	Jack Chapple	LB	Stanford
4	43	New York Giants	Henry Carr	HB	Arizona State
4	44	San Francisco 49ers	Larry Todd	FL	Arizona State
4	45	Chicago Bears	Jim Nance	FB	Syracuse
4	46	Detroit Lions	Tom Myers	QB	Northwestern
4	47	Dallas Cowboys	Jimmy Sidle	HB	Auburn
4	48	Philadelphia Eagles	Fred Hill	E	Southern California
4	49	Baltimore Colts	Marty Schottenheimer	LB	Pittsburgh
4	50	Los Angeles Rams	Mike Strofolino	LB	Villanova
4	51	Minnesota Vikings	Jim Whalen	E	Boston College
4	52	Green Bay Packers	Wally Mahle	B	Syracuse
4	53	Dallas Cowboys	Bob Svihus	T	Southern California
4	54	St. Louis Cardinals	Johnny Roland	HB	Missouri
4	55	Minnesota Vikings	Jim Harris	T	Utah State
4	56	Baltimore Colts	Dave Johnson	E	San Jose State
5	57	Detroit Lions	Tommy Vaughn	B	Iowa State
5	58	San Francisco 49ers	Dave McCormick	T	Louisiana State
5	59	Green Bay Packers	Jim Harvey	T	Mississippi
5	60	Los Angeles Rams	Frank Marchlewski	C	Minnesota
5	61	Dallas Cowboys	Roger Pettee	LB	Florida
5	62	New York Giants	Frank Lambert	E	Mississippi
5	63	Philadelphia Eagles	John Henderson	E	Michigan
5	64	Detroit Lions	Ed Flanagan	C	Purdue
5	65	Los Angeles Rams	Doug Woodlief	E	Memphis
5	66	Green Bay Packers	Doug Goodwin	FB	Maryland-Eastern Shore
5	67	Detroit Lions	John Flynn	C	Oklahoma
5	68	St. Louis Cardinals	Bob Bonds	HB	San Jose State
5	69	Cleveland Browns	Billy Irwin	T	Mississippi
5	70	Baltimore Colts	John McGuire	E	Syracuse
6	71	Baltimore Colts	Bobby Felts	HB	Florida A&M
6	72	Cleveland Browns	Arnie Simkus	T	Michigan
6	73	Chicago Bears	Tony Carey	HB	Notre Dame
6	74	Green Bay Packers	Rich Koeper	T	Oregon State
6	75	Dallas Cowboys	Sonny Utz	FB	Virginia Tech
6	76	Philadelphia Eagles	John Huarte	QB	Notre Dame
6	77	Philadelphia Eagles	Gary Garrison	E	San Diego State
6	78	Los Angeles Rams	Rex Harrison	E	Elon
6	79	Minnesota Vikings	Jim Grisham	B	Oklahoma
6	80	Green Bay Packers	Bill Symons	HB	Colorado
6	81	Detroit Lions	Earl Hawkins	B	Emory & Henry
6	82	St. Louis Cardinals	Glen Ray Hines	T	Arkansas
6	83	Cleveland Browns	Corwyn Aldredge	E	Northwestern State (Louisiana)
6	84	Baltimore Colts	Al Atkinson	T	Villanova
7	85	Green Bay Packers	Jerry Roberts	B	Baldwin-Wallace
7	86	Green Bay Packers	Roger Jacobazzi	T	Wisconsin
7	87	Pittsburgh Steelers	Charlie Browning	B	Washington
7	88	Chicago Bears	Dick Gordon	HB	Michigan State
7	89	Dallas Cowboys	Brig Owens	QB	Cincinnati
7	90	Chicago Bears	Mickey Sutton	B	Auburn
7	91	Philadelphia Eagles	Erwin Will	T	Dayton
7	92	Detroit Lions	Greg Kent	T	Utah
7	93	Los Angeles Rams	Tony Guillory	G	Lamar
7	94	Green Bay Packers	Junior Coffey	FB	Washington
7	95	Detroit Lions	Bob Kowalkowski	G	Virginia
7	96	St. Louis Cardinals	Frank Roy	E	Utah
7	97	Cleveland Browns	Dale Lindsey	LB	Western Kentucky
7	98	Baltimore Colts	Johnny Kolacek	T	Corpus Christi
8	99	New York Giants	Willie Williams	B	Grambling State
8	100	Minnesota Vikings	John Hankinson	QB	Minnesota
8	101	Chicago Bears	Brian Schweda	T	Kansas
8	102	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bill Howley	E	Pittsburgh
8	103	Dallas Cowboys	Russ Wayt	LB	Rice
8	104	Philadelphia Eagles	Al Piraino	T	Wisconsin
8	105	Washington Redskins	Don Croftcheck	G-LB	Indiana
8	106	Los Angeles Rams	Stan Dzura	T	California
8	107	Minnesota Vikings	Jeff Jordan	B	Tulsa
8	108	Green Bay Packers	Mike Shinn	E	Kansas
8	109	Detroit Lions	Larry Harbin	B	Appalachian State
8	110	St. Louis Cardinals	John Meyer	LB	Notre Dame
8	111	Cleveland Browns	Mike Howell	B	Grambling State
8	112	Baltimore Colts	Rosey Davis	T	Tennessee State
9	113	New York Giants	John Frick	E	Ohio University
9	114	San Francisco 49ers	Wayne Swinford	HB	Georgia
9	115	Pittsburgh Steelers	Tom Neville	T	Mississippi State
9	116	Chicago Bears	Ken Ambrusko	B	Maryland
9	117	Dallas Cowboys	Jim Zanios	FB	Texas Tech
9	118	Washington Redskins	Jerry Smith	E	Arizona State
9	119	Philadelphia Eagles	Floyd Hudlow	B	Arizona
9	120	Minnesota Vikings	Frankie McClendon	T	Alabama
9	121	Los Angeles Rams	Ronnie Caveness	LB	Arkansas
9	122	Green Bay Packers	Larry Bulaich	B	Texas Christian
9	123	Detroit Lions	Bruce McLenna	B	Hillsdale
9	124	St. Louis Cardinals	Jimmy Heidel	B	Mississippi
9	125	Cleveland Browns	Gary Lane	QB	Missouri
9	126	Baltimore Colts	Tom Bleick	B	Georgia Tech
10	127	New York Giants	Ben Crenshaw	B	Jackson State
10	128	San Francisco 49ers	Bob Cappadona	FB	Northeastern
10	129	Chicago Bears	Dennis Murphy	T	Florida
10	130	Pittsburgh Steelers	Dave Tobey	C	Oregon
10	131	Dallas Cowboys	Gaylon McCollough	C	Alabama
10	132	Philadelphia Eagles	Rick Redman	G	Washington
10	133	Washington Redskins	Bob Briggs	FB	Central Oklahoma
10	134	Los Angeles Rams	Jim Burt	HB	Western Kentucky
10	135	Minnesota Vikings	Jerry Schweiger	T	Wisconsin-Superior
10	136	Green Bay Packers	Bud Marshall	T	Stephen F. Austin State
10	137	Detroit Lions	Frank Pennie	T	Florida State
10	138	St. Louis Cardinals	Chuck Drulis, Jr.	E	Duke
10	139	Cleveland Browns	Pat Screen	QB	Louisiana State
10	140	Baltimore Colts	George Harold	B	Allen
11	141	New York Giants	Ernie Koy	B	Texas
11	142	San Francisco 49ers	Steve Mass	T	Arizona
11	143	Pittsburgh Steelers	Frank Molden	T	Jackson State
11	144	Chicago Bears	Frank Cornish	T	Grambling State
11	145	Dallas Cowboys	Jethro Pugh	T	Elizabeth City State
11	146	Washington Redskins	Willie Adams	G	New Mexico State
11	147	Philadelphia Eagles	Lou James	HB	Texas-El Paso
11	148	Minnesota Vikings	John Thomas	E	Southern California
11	149	Los Angeles Rams	Merlin Walet	FB	McNeese State
11	150	Green Bay Packers	Jim Weatherwax	T	Los Angeles State
11	151	Detroit Lions	Jim Kearney	B	Prairie View A&M
11	152	St. Louis Cardinals	Buddy French	B	Alabama
11	153	Cleveland Browns	Olie Cordill	B	Memphis
11	154	Baltimore Colts	Lamar Richardson	E	Fisk
12	155	New York Giants	Jim Carroll	LB	Notre Dame
12	156	San Francisco 49ers	Dave Plump	HB	Fresno State
12	157	Chicago Bears	Steve Cox	T	South Carolina
12	158	Pittsburgh Steelers	Kraig Lofquist	B	Minnesota
12	159	Dallas Cowboys	Ernie Kellermann	QB	Miami (Ohio)
12	160	Washington Redskins	John Strohmeyer	T	Nebraska
12	161	Philadelphia Eagles	John Kuzniewski	HB	Purdue
12	162	Los Angeles Rams	Bob Werl	E	Miami (Florida)
12	163	Minnesota Vikings	Mike Tilleman	T	Montana
12	164	Green Bay Packers	Gene Jeter	HB	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
12	165	Detroit Lions	Jim Moore	LB	North Texas
12	166	St. Louis Cardinals	Glenn Sasser	E	North Carolina State
12	167	Cleveland Browns	Justin Canale	OG	Mississippi State
12	168	Baltimore Colts	Ted Rodosovich	G	Cincinnati
13	169	New York Giants	Carl Lockhart	B	North Texas
13	170	San Francisco 49ers	Gregg Schumacher	E	Illinois
13	171	Pittsburgh Steelers	J.R. Wilburn	B	South Carolina
13	172	Chicago Bears	Dave Daniels	T	Florida A&M
13	173	Dallas Cowboys	Jack Schraub	E	California
13	174	Washington Redskins	Biff Bracy	HB	Duke
13	175	Philadelphia Eagles	John Fouse	E	Arizona
13	176	Minnesota Vikings	Dave Osborn	B	North Dakota
13	177	Los Angeles Rams	Brent Berry	T	San Jose State
13	178	Green Bay Packers	Roy Schmidt	G	Long Beach State
13	179	Detroit Lions	Jack Jacobson	B	Oklahoma State
13	180	St. Louis Cardinals	Steve Murphy	HB	Northwestern
13	181	Cleveland Browns	Henry Pickett	HB	Baylor
13	182	Baltimore Colts	Bruce Airheart	HB	North Dakota State
14	183	New York Giants	Olen Underwood	E	Texas
14	184	San Francisco 49ers	Frank Andruski	HB	Utah
14	185	Chicago Bears	Dave Pivec	E	Notre Dame
14	186	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jim Butler	B	Edward Waters
14	187	Dallas Cowboys	Garry Porterfield	E	Tulsa
14	188	Philadelphia Eagles	Tom Longo	B	Notre Dame
14	189	Washington Redskins	Dave Estrada	HB	Northern Arizona
14	190	Los Angeles Rams	Bill Robertson	E	Austin
14	191	Minnesota Vikings	Max Leetzow	E	Idaho
14	192	Green Bay Packers	John Putman	FB	Drake
14	193	Detroit Lions	Larry Brown	B	Oklahoma
14	194	St. Louis Cardinals	Mike Alford	C	Auburn
14	195	Cleveland Browns	Dan Simrell	QB	Toledo
14	196	Baltimore Colts	Jerry Fishman	LB	Maryland
15	197	New York Giants	Mike Giers	G	Southern California
15	198	San Francisco 49ers	Joe Pabian	T	West Virginia
15	199	Pittsburgh Steelers	John Carrell	T	Texas Tech
15	200	Chicago Bears	Art Robinson	B	Los Angeles State
15	201	Dallas Cowboys	Gene Foster	B	Arizona State
15	202	Washington Redskins	Ben Baldwin	B	Vanderbilt
15	203	Philadelphia Eagles	Otis Taylor	B	Prairie View A&M
15	204	Minnesota Vikings	Phil Morgan	B	East Tennessee State
15	205	Los Angeles Rams	Marv Davis	E	Wichita State
15	206	Green Bay Packers	Chuck Hurston	T	Auburn
15	207	Detroit Lions	Wallace Dickey	E	Texas State
15	208	St. Louis Cardinals	Harlan Lane	B	Baylor
15	209	Cleveland Browns	Larry Gagner	T	Florida
15	210	Baltimore Colts	Roy Hilton	FB	Jackson State
16	211	New York Giants	Tom Good	B	Marshall
16	212	San Francisco 49ers	Dave Hettema	T	New Mexico
16	213	Chicago Bears	Frank Pitts	E	Southern University
16	214	Pittsburgh Steelers	Doug Dusenbury	K	Kansas State
16	215	Dallas Cowboys	Doug McDougal	E	Oregon State
16	216	Philadelphia Eagles	Jim Gray	B	Toledo
16	217	Washington Redskins	Bob Reed	G	Tennessee State
16	218	Los Angeles Rams	Charlie Brown	T	Tulsa
16	219	Minnesota Vikings	Paul Labinski	T	St. John's (Minnesota)
16	220	Green Bay Packers	Phil Vandersea	FB	Massachusetts
16	221	Detroit Lions	John Smith	T	Maryland-Eastern Shore
16	222	St. Louis Cardinals	Carl Silvestri	B	Wisconsin
16	223	Cleveland Browns	Mel Anthony	FB	Michigan
16	224	Baltimore Colts	Steve Tensi	QB	Florida State
17	225	New York Giants	Dave Powless	G	Illinois
17	226	San Francisco 49ers	Len Frketich	E	Oregon State
17	227	Pittsburgh Steelers	Whit Canale	FB	Tennessee
17	228	Chicago Bears	Tom LaFramboise	QB	Louisville
17	229	Dallas Cowboys	Mitch Johnson	T	UCLA
17	230	Washington Redskins	Gary Hart	E	Vanderbilt
17	231	Philadelphia Eagles	Dave Austin	E	Georgia Tech
17	232	Minnesota Vikings	Veran Smith	B	Utah State
17	233	Los Angeles Rams	Ed Blecksmith	B	Southern California
17	234	Green Bay Packers	Steve Clark	K	Oregon State
17	235	Detroit Lions	Sonny Odom	HB	Duke
17	236	St. Louis Cardinals	Mike Melinkovich	T	Grays Harbor JC
17	237	Cleveland Browns	Johnny Boyette	T	Clemson
17	238	Baltimore Colts	Fred Reichardt	HB	Wisconsin
18	239	New York Giants	Mike Ciccolella	LB	Dayton
18	240	San Francisco 49ers	Leon Standridge	E	San Diego State
18	241	Chicago Bears	Mike Schwager	T	Northwestern
18	242	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bob Howard	B	Stanford
18	243	Dallas Cowboys	Marty Amsler	T	Evansville
18	244	Philadelphia Eagles	Bill Marcordes	E	Bradley
18	245	Washington Redskins	Chris Hanburger	C-LB	North Carolina
18	246	Los Angeles Rams	Leo Lowery	FB	Texas Tech
18	247	Minnesota Vikings	Rich Kotite	E	Wagner
18	248	Green Bay Packers	Jeff White	E	Texas Tech
18	249	Detroit Lions	Karl Sweetan	QB	Wake Forest
18	250	St. Louis Cardinals	Ed McQuarters	G	Oklahoma
18	251	Cleveland Browns	Dick Arrington	G	Notre Dame
18	252	Baltimore Colts	Charley King	HB	Purdue
19	253	New York Giants	Smith Reed	B	Alcorn State
19	254	San Francisco 49ers	Dale Ford	HB	Washington State
19	255	Pittsburgh Steelers	Lonny Price	B	Louisiana-Lafayette
19	256	Chicago Bears	Lou Bobich	K	Michigan State
19	257	Dallas Cowboys	Marv Rettenmund	HB	Ball State
19	258	Washington Redskins	Roosevelt Ellerbe	B	Iowa State
19	259	Philadelphia Eagles	Charlie Englehart	T	John Carroll
19	260	Minnesota Vikings	Ellis Johnson	HB	Southeastern Louisiana
19	261	Los Angeles Rams	Billy Guy Anderson	QB	Tulsa
19	262	Green Bay Packers	Len Sears	T	South Carolina
19	263	Detroit Lions	Preston Love	B	Nebraska
19	264	St. Louis Cardinals	Roy Shivers	HB	Utah State
19	265	Cleveland Browns	Ed Orazen	G	Ohio State
19	266	Baltimore Colts	Barry Brown	E-LB	Florida
20	267	New York Giants	John Torok	QB	Arizona State
20	268	San Francisco 49ers	Dennis Duncan	HB	Louisiana Christian
20	269	Chicago Bears	Ralph Kurek	FB	Wisconsin
20	270	Pittsburgh Steelers	Craig Fertig	QB	Southern California
20	271	Dallas Cowboys	Ron Barlow	T	Kansas State
20	272	Philadelphia Eagles	Bobby Shann	E	Boston College
20	273	Baltimore Colts	Ray Johnson	C	Prairie View A&M
20	274	Los Angeles Rams	Billy Scott	E	Northeastern State
20	275	Minnesota Vikings	Cosmo Iacavazzi	B	Princeton
20	276	Green Bay Packers	Jim Chandler	FB	Benedict
20	277	Detroit Lions	George Wilson	QB	Xavier (Ohio)
20	278	St. Louis Cardinals	Tony Giacobazzi	E	Iowa
20	279	Cleveland Browns	Frank Goldberg	LB	Central Michigan
20	280	Baltimore Colts	George Haffner	QB	McNeese State