1937 NFL Draft
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The 1937 National Football League Draft was the second draft held by the
National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
(NFL). The draft took place December 12, 1936, at the Hotel Lincoln in New York City. The draft consisted of 10 rounds, with 100 player selections, two of which would later become members of the Professional Football Hall of Fame. Notable for this draft were the league's draft selections for a planned expansion team, the
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, who were admitted into the league prior to the 1937 season. The
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used the first overall pick to select back
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, but ended up trading him to Chicago Bears two months later.


Player selections


Round one


Round two


Round three


Round four


Round five


Round six


Round seven


Round eight


Round nine


Round ten


Hall of Famers

* Sammy Baugh, quarterback from Texas Christian University taken 1st Round 6th Overall by the Boston Redskins. :Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1963. * Clarence "Ace" Parker, back from Duke University taken 2nd Round 13th Overall by the Brooklyn Dodgers. :Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1972.


Notable undrafted players


References


External links


NFL Website – 1937 Draft



Pro Football Hall of Fame
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NFL Draft The National Football League Draft, also called the NFL Draft or (officially) the Player Selection Meeting, is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment. Each team is given a position in the drafting o ...