1939 NFL draft

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

The 1939 NFL draft was held on December 9, 1938, at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City, New York.¹² With the first overall pick of the draft, the Chicago Cardinals selected center Ki Aldrich.

Player selections

‡	= Hall of Famer^a
†	= Pro Bowler^b


Rnd.	Pick	Team	Player	Pos.	College	Notes
1	1	Chicago Cardinals	Ki Aldrich ^†	C	TCU
1	2	Chicago Bears	Sid Luckman^‡	QB	Columbia	From Pittsburgh
1	3	Cleveland Rams	Parker Hall ^†	RB	Ole Miss
1	4	Philadelphia Eagles	Davey O'Brien ^†	QB	TCU	1938 Heisman Trophy winner³
1	5	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bob MacLeod	B	Dartmouth
1	6	Chicago Bears	Bill Osmanski ^†	B	Holy Cross
1	7	Detroit Lions	John Pingel	B	Michigan State
1	8	Washington Redskins	I. B. Hale	T	TCU
1	9	Green Bay Packers	Larry Buhler ^†	B	Minnesota
1	10	New York Giants	Walt Nielsen	B	Arizona
2	11	Brooklyn Dodgers	Pug Manders ^†	FB	Drake	from Pittsburgh
2	12	Chicago Cardinals	Marshall Goldberg	HB	Pittsburgh
2	13	Cleveland Rams	Gaylon Smith	FB	Southwestern (TN)
2	14	Philadelphia Eagles	Charles Newton	B	Washington
2	15	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bob Haak	T	Indiana
3	16	Chicago Cardinals	Alvord Wolff	T	Santa Clara
3	17	Pittsburgh Pirates	Billy Patterson	TB	Baylor
3	18	Cleveland Rams	Elmer Tarbox	B	Texas Tech
3	19	Philadelphia Eagles	Joe Mihal ^†	T	Purdue
3	20	Brooklyn Dodgers	Waddy Young	TE	Oklahoma
3	21	Chicago Bears	John Wysocki	E	Villanova
3	22	Detroit Lions	Howard Weiss	FB	Wisconsin
3	23	Washington Redskins	Charlie Holm	B	Alabama
3	24	Green Bay Packers	Charley Brock ^†	C	Nebraska
3	25	New York Giants	John Chickerneo	BB	Pittsburgh
4	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	Hugh McCullough	DB	Oklahoma
4	27	Chicago Cardinals	Stebbins, HalHal Stebbins	B	Pittsburgh
4	28	Cleveland Rams	Wally Garard	T	Saint Mary's (CA)
4	29	Philadelphia Eagles	Billy Dewell ^†	E	SMU
4	30	Brooklyn Dodgers	Vic Bottari	B	California
5	31	Chicago Cardinals	Bill Daddio	E	Pittsburgh
5	32	Pittsburgh Pirates	Ernie Wheeler	B	North Dakota Agricultural
5	33	Cleveland Rams	Eddie Gatto	T	LSU
5	34	Philadelphia Eagles	Zed Coston	G	Texas A&M
5	35	Brooklyn Dodgers	Kinnison, JackJack Kinnison	C	Missouri
5	36	Chicago Bears	Joe Delaney	T	Holy Cross
5	37	Detroit Lions	Steve Maronic	T	North Carolina
5	38	Washington Redskins	Dick Todd ^†	B	Texas A&M
5	39	Green Bay Packers	Lynn Hovland	G	Wisconsin
5	40	New York Giants	Willis, DonDon Willis	B	Clemson
6	41	Pittsburgh Pirates	Sam Boyd	QB	Baylor
6	42	Chicago Cardinals	George Faust	B	Minnesota
6	43	Cleveland Rams	Barney McGarry	T	Utah
6	44	Philadelphia Eagles	Jake Schuehle	B	Rice
6	45	Brooklyn Dodgers	Len Janiak	B	Ohio
6	46	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ed Beinor ^†	T	Notre Dame
6	47	Detroit Lions	Wendlick, JoeJoe Wendlick	E	Oregon State
6	48	Washington Redskins	Anderson, DaveDave Anderson	B	California
6	49	Green Bay Packers	Larry Craig ^†	E	South Carolina
6	50	New York Giants	Ginney, JerryJerry Ginney	G	Santa Clara
7	51	Chicago Cardinals	Dwyer, BillBill Dwyer	B	New Mexico
7	52	Pittsburgh Pirates	Palumbo, EddieEddie Palumbo	B	Detroit
7	53	Cleveland Rams	Dowd, JerryJerry Dowd	C	Saint Mary's
7	54	Philadelphia Eagles	Tony Ippolito	B	Purdue
7	55	Brooklyn Dodgers	Alex Schoenbaum	T	Ohio State
7	56	Chicago Bears	Heileman, CharlieCharlie Heileman	E	Iowa State
7	57	Detroit Lions	Darrell Tully	B	East Texas State
7	58	Washington Redskins	Lumpkin, QuintonQuinton Lumpkin	C	Georgia
7	59	Green Bay Packers	Frank Twedell	T	Minnesota
7	60	New York Giants	Woodell, LloydLloyd Woodell	C	Arkansas
8	61	Pittsburgh Pirates	Nelson, OleOle Nelson	E	Michigan State
8	62	Chicago Cardinals	Hinkebein, ShermSherm Hinkebein	C	Kentucky
8	63	Cleveland Rams	Brunner, BroncoBronco Brunner	B	Tulane
8	64	Philadelphia Eagles	George Somers	T	La Salle
8	65	Brooklyn Dodgers	Dan Hill	C	Duke
8	66	Chicago Bears	Dannies, BobBob Dannies	C	Pittsburgh
8	67	Detroit Lions	Trzuskowski, DickDick Trzuskowski	T	Idaho
8	68	Washington Redskins	Bo Russell	T	Auburn
8	69	Green Bay Packers	Paul Kell ^†	T	Notre Dame
8	70	New York Giants	Zagar, PetePete Zagar	T	Stanford
9	71	Chicago Cardinals	Earl Brown	E	Notre Dame
9	72	Pittsburgh Pirates	Steve Petro	G	Pittsburgh
9	73	Cleveland Rams	Bostick, LewLew Bostick	G	Alabama
9	74	Philadelphia Eagles	Rankin Britt	E	Texas A&M
9	75	Brooklyn Dodgers	Kline, ForrestForrest Kline	G	TCU
9	76	Chicago Bears	Ray Bray ^†	G	Western State Teachers (MI)
9	77	Detroit Lions	Bill Callihan	B	Nebraska
9	78	Washington Redskins	Wilbur Moore ^†	B	Minnesota
9	79	Green Bay Packers	Johnny Hall	B	TCU
9	80	New York Giants	Mills, BobBob Mills	T	Nebraska
10	81	Pittsburgh Pirates	Jack Lee	B	Carnegie Tech
10	82	Chicago Cardinals	Earl Crowder	QB	Oklahoma
10	83	Cleveland Rams	Petrick, FrankFrank Petrick	E	Indiana
10	84	Philadelphia Eagles	Bill McKeever	T	Cornell
10	85	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bradley, KimbleKimble Bradley	B	Ole Miss
10	86	Chicago Bears	Wood, WaltWalt Wood	B	Tennessee
10	87	Detroit Lions	Raymond George ^†	T	USC
10	88	Washington Redskins	Jimmy Johnston	B	Washington
10	89	Green Bay Packers	Vince Gavre	B	Wisconsin
10	90	New York Giants	Roberts, TomTom Roberts	T	DePaul
11	91	Chicago Cardinals	Bowden Wyatt	E	Tennessee
11	92	Pittsburgh Pirates	Lou Tomasetti	B	Bucknell
11	93	Cleveland Rams	Roth, SidSid Roth	G	Cornell
11	94	Philadelphia Eagles	Paul Humphrey	C	Purdue
11	95	Brooklyn Dodgers	Lenc, GeorgeGeorge Lenc	E	Augustana (IL)
11	96	Chicago Bears	Braga, AlAl Braga	B	San Francisco
11	97	Detroit Lions	Tony Calvelli	C	Stanford
11	98	Washington Redskins	Jim German	B	Centre
11	99	Green Bay Packers	Sprague, CharleyCharley Sprague	E	SMU
11	100	New York Giants	Miller, MerlMerl Miller	B	Washington
12	101	Pittsburgh Pirates	Denny Cochran	B	Saint Louis
12	102	Chicago Cardinals	Jim Thomas	G	Oklahoma
12	103	Cleveland Rams	Chet Adams ^†	T	Ohio
12	104	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ralph Heikkinen	G	Michigan
12	106	Chicago Bears	Roise, HalHal Roise	B	Idaho
12	107	Detroit Lions	Coughlan, JimJim Coughlan	E	Santa Clara
12	108	Washington Redskins	O'Mara, BobBob O'Mara	B	Duke
12	109	Brooklyn Dodgers	Kaplanoff, CarlCarl Kaplanoff	T	Ohio State
12	110	New York Giants	Schroeder, BrunoBruno Schroeder	E	Texas A&M
13	111	Chicago Cardinals	Andy Sabados	G	The Citadel
13	112	Pittsburgh Pirates	Fabian Hoffman	E	Pittsburgh
13	113	Cleveland Rams	Joel Hitt	E	Mississippi College
13	114	Philadelphia Eagles	Allie White	T	TCU
13	115	Brooklyn Dodgers	Gembis, GeorgeGeorge Gembis	B	Wayne (MI)
13	116	Chicago Bears	Ed Bock	G	Iowa State
13	117	Detroit Lions	Hutchins, PrescottPrescott Hutchins	G	Oregon State
13	118	Washington Redskins	Steve Slivinski ^†	G	Washington
13	119	Green Bay Packers	Dan Elmer	C	Minnesota
13	120	New York Giants	Allis, SamSam Allis	B	Centenary
14	121	Pittsburgh Pirates	Ed Clary	B	South Carolina
14	122	Chicago Cardinals	Miatovich, BlaseBlase Miatovich	T	San Francisco
14	123	Cleveland Rams	Ryland, JohnJohn Ryland	C	UCLA
14	124	Philadelphia Eagles	Aleskus, JoeJoe Aleskus	T	Ohio State
14	125	Brooklyn Dodgers	Carnelly, RayRay Carnelly	B	Carnegie Tech
14	126	Chicago Bears	Anton Stolfa	B	Luther
14	127	Detroit Lions	Means, ArtArt Means	G	Washington
14	128	Washington Redskins	Bob Hoffman	B	USC	College junior; returned to USC
14	129	Green Bay Packers	Badgett, BillBill Badgett	T	Georgia
14	130	New York Giants	Watson, GeorgeGeorge Watson	B	North Carolina
15	131	Chicago Cardinals	Clarke, RussRuss Clarke	G	Santa Clara
15	132	Pittsburgh Pirates	John Tosi	C	Niagara
15	133	Cleveland Rams	Ben Friend	T	LSU
15	134	Philadelphia Eagles	Foster Watkins	B	West Texas State
15	135	Brooklyn Dodgers	Trunzo, LouLou Trunzo	G	Wake Forest
15	136	Chicago Bears	Bob Voigts	T	Northwestern
15	137	Detroit Lions	Hodge, GeneGene Hodge	E	East Texas State
15	138	Washington Redskins	Eric Tipton	B	Duke
15	139	Green Bay Packers	Tom Greenfield ^†	C	Arizona
15	140	New York Giants	Duggan, GilGil Duggan	T	Oklahoma
16	141	Pittsburgh Pirates	Lezouski, AlAl Lezouski	G	Pittsburgh
16	142	Chicago Cardinals	Goins, GusGus Goins	E	Clemson
16	143	Cleveland Rams	Reupke, GordonGordon Reupke	B	Iowa State
16	144	Philadelphia Eagles	Irv Hall	B	Brown
16	145	Brooklyn Dodgers	Gross, CharleyCharley Gross	G	Bradley
16	146	Chicago Bears	Armstrong, KenKen Armstrong	T	Tarkio
16	147	Detroit Lions	Lazetich, BillBill Lazetich		Montana
16	148	Washington Redskins	Dick Farman ^†	T	Washington State
16	149	Green Bay Packers	Bellin, RoyRoy Bellin	B	Wisconsin
16	150	New York Giants	Panish, TedTed Panish	B	Bradley
17	151	Chicago Cardinals	Ev Elkins	B	Marshall
17	152	Pittsburgh Pirates	Longhi, EdEd Longhi	C	Notre Dame
17	153	Cleveland Rams	Perrie, MikeMike Perrie	B	St. Mary's (CA)
17	154	Philadelphia Eagles	Riddell, BobBob Riddell	E	South Dakota State
17	155	Brooklyn Dodgers	John Siegal ^†	E	Columbia
17	156	Chicago Bears	Masters, RaphaelRaphael Masters	E	Newberry
17	157	Detroit Lions	Neihaus, RalphRalph Neihaus	T	Dayton
17	158	Washington Redskins	Clyde Shugart ^†	T	Iowa State
17	159	Green Bay Packers	Yerby, JohnJohn Yerby	E	Oregon
17	160	New York Giants	Jack Sanders	T	SMU
18	161	Pittsburgh Pirates	Shirk, DaveDave Shirk	E	Kansas
18	162	Chicago Cardinals	Frank Huffman	E	Marshall
18	163	Cleveland Rams	Alex Atty	G	West Virginia
18	164	Philadelphia Eagles	Charlie Gainor	E	North Dakota
18	165	Brooklyn Dodgers	Morin, PaulPaul Morin	T	Iowa State
18	166	Chicago Bears	Solly Sherman ^†	B	Chicago
18	167	Detroit Lions	Niemant, DutchDutch Niemant	B	New Mexico
18	168	Washington Redskins	Boyd Morgan	B	USC
18	169	Green Bay Packers	Frank Balazs ^†	B	Iowa
18	170	New York Giants	Dolman, WillWill Dolman	E	California
19	171	Chicago Cardinals	Mike Kochel	G	Fordham
19	172	Pittsburgh Pirates	Peters, FrankFrank Peters	E	Washington
19	173	Cleveland Rams	Lane, BillBill Lane	B	Bucknell
19	174	Philadelphia Eagles	White, MorrisMorris White	B	Tulsa
19	175	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ferrell Anderson	G	Kansas
19	176	Chicago Bears	Ed Simonich	B	Notre Dame
19	177	Detroit Lions	Tony Tonelli	G	USC
19	178	Washington Redskins	Smith, PhilPhil Smith	T	St. Benedict's
19	179	Green Bay Packers	John Brennan	G	Michigan
19	180	New York Giants	Paulman, BillBill Paulman	B	Stanford
20	181	Pittsburgh Pirates	Sheldrake, TomTom Sheldrake	E	Washington
20	182	Chicago Cardinals	Rice, TomTom Rice	T	San Francisco
20	183	Cleveland Rams	Graham, PaulPaul Graham	B	Indiana
20	184	Philadelphia Eagles	Gormley, DickDick Gormley	C	LSU
20	185	Brooklyn Dodgers	Popp, TonyTony Popp	E	Toledo
20	186	Chicago Bears	Vogeler, GeorgeGeorge Vogeler	C	Oklahoma A&M
20	187	Detroit Lions	McDonald, JimJim McDonald	C	Illinois
20	188	Washington Redskins	Coop, PaulPaul Coop	T	Centre
20	189	Green Bay Packers	Charles Schultz ^†	T	Minnesota
20	190	New York Giants	Smith, LyleLyle Smith	G	Tulane
21	191	Chicago Bears	Aldo Forte ^†	T	Montana
21	192	Detroit Lions	Waters, MerrillMerrill Waters	E	BYU
21	193	Detroit Lions	Kuber, MattMatt Kuber	G	Villanova
21	194	Green Bay Packers	Hofer, WillardWillard Hofer	B	Notre Dame
21	195	New York Giants	Mario Tonelli	B	Notre Dame
22	196	Chicago Bears	Kircher, EverettEverett Kircher	B	Iowa State
22	197	Detroit Lions	Howe, AlAl Howe	T	Xavier
22	198	Washington Redskins	Cruver, AlAl Cruver	B	Washington State
22	199	Green Bay Packers	Gunther, BillBill Gunther	B	Santa Clara
22	200	New York Giants	Rhodes, JackJack Rhodes	G	Texas

Hall of Famers

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

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1965.⁴

Notable undrafted players

†

= Pro Bowler^b


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

Notes

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

References

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

External links

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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