1947 NFL Draft

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The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946.

1 Round One
2 Hall of Famers
3 Other notable players drafted
4 Trivia
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Round One

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Chicago Bears (Lottery bonus pick)	Bob Fenimore	Back	Oklahoma A&M
2	Detroit Lions	Glenn Davis	Halfback	Army
3	Boston Yanks	Fritz Barzilauskas	Guard	Yale
4	Washington Redskins	Cal Rossi	Back	UCLA
5	Pittsburgh Steelers	Hub Bechtol	End	Texas
6	Green Bay Packers	Ernie Case	Back	UCLA
7	Chicago Cardinals	DeWitt "Tex" Coulter	Tackle	Army
8	Philadelphia Eagles	Neill Armstrong	End	Oklahoma A&M
9	Los Angeles Rams	Herman Wedemeyer	Halfback	St. Mary's
10	New York Giants	Vic Schwall	Halfback	Northwestern
11	Chicago Bears	Don Kindt	Back	Wisconsin

[edit] Hall of Famers

Dante Lavelli, End, Ohio State - taken 12th round, 103rd overall by the Los Angeles Rams. Inducted in 1975.

[edit] Other notable players drafted

Joe Watt, Back, Syracuse - taken 7th round, 47th overall by the Boston Yanks.

[edit] Trivia

Cal Rossi was also picked in the first round of the 1946 Draft by the Redskins, but was a junior and so not eligible. They picked him again in this draft, but he never played professionally.
The NFL in this draft made the first overall pick a bonus pick determined by lottery. The Chicago Bears won the first lottery. This process was ended in 1958.

[edit] See also

List of professional football drafts

[edit] External links

Preceded by 1946 NFL Draft	NFL Draft 1947	Succeeded by 1948 NFL Draft

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