1947 AAFC draft
General information
Date(s)December 20-21, 1946
LocationCleveland, Ohio
Overview
170 total selections in 25 rounds
LeagueAAFC
First selectionElmer Madar, E
Florida Seahawks
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The 1947 AAFC draft was the first collegiate draft of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). It used an inverse order to the teams' final standings in the 1946 season. The Buffalo Bills, which had finished with the same record as the Brooklyn Dodgers, drafted second in each round, with Brooklyn drafting third.

Beginning in round 16, a type of supplemental draft was held. From rounds 16 through 25, the Cleveland Browns and New York Yankees which were the league's top two teams, did not make any selections. From rounds 21 to 25, the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Dons did not receive any selections.[1]

Although the Miami Seahawks played in the league's inaugural season, the franchise was confiscated by the AAFC prior to the draft for failure to fulfill contractual obligations.[2] Their selections were exercised by their head coach Hampton Poole, and were listed under the name "Florida Seahawks".[3] On December 28, its assets (including its draft choices rights) were sold to a group of entrepreneurs who founded the original Baltimore Colts.

Special draft

Prior to the regular draft, 'special selections' were made. It is not known why these were not part of the regular draft or in what order they were executed. All teams had two, except the Buffalo Bills, which had four, because the Los Angeles Dons and San Francisco 49ers, each traded one of its choices to Buffalo.[1]

= All-Star
= AAFC MVP
AAFC team Player Position College
Florida Seahawks Ernie Case B UCLA
Florida Seahawks Arnold Tucker QB Army
Brooklyn Dodgers Doc Blanchard FB Army
Brooklyn Dodgers Gene Roberts B Tennessee-Chattanooga
Buffalo Bills Frank Aschenbrenner B Northwestern
Buffalo Bills Red Cochran B Wake Forest
Buffalo Bills Bob Fenimore B Oklahoma State
Buffalo Bills Cal Richardson E Tulsa
Chicago Rockets Bernie Gallagher T Pennsylvania
Chicago Rockets Johnny Lujack QB Notre Dame
Cleveland Browns Dick Hoerner B Iowa
Cleveland Browns Larry Rice C Tulane
Los Angeles Dons Herman Wedemeyer B St. Mary's (California)
New York Yankees Charley Trippi B Georgia
New York Yankees Buddy Young B Illinois
San Francisco 49ers Glenn Davis B Army

Player selections

= All-Star
= AAFC MVP
Round Pick # AAFC team Player Position College
1 1 Florida Seahawks Elmer Madar E Michigan
1 2 Buffalo Bills Al Baldwin E Arkansas
1 3 Brooklyn Dodgers Neill Armstrong E Oklahoma State
1 4 Chicago Rockets George Sullivan T Notre Dame
1 5 Los Angeles Dons Burr Baldwin E UCLA
1 6 San Francisco 49ers Clyde LeForce B Tulsa
1 7 New York Yankees Ben Raimondi B Indiana
1 8 Cleveland Browns Bob Chappuis B Michigan
2 9 Florida Seahawks Hub Bechtol E Texas
2 10 Buffalo Bills Bob Davis T Georgia Tech
2 11 Brooklyn Dodgers Charley Conerly QB Mississippi
2 12 Chicago Rockets Ray Manieri B Wake Forest
2 13 Los Angeles Dons Jerry Shipkey B UCLA
2 14 San Francisco 49ers Bob Wiese B Michigan
2 15 New York Yankees Monte Moncrief T Texas A&M
2 16 Cleveland Browns Gerry Cowhig B Notre Dame
3 17 Florida Seahawks Tommy Mont B Maryland
3 18 Buffalo Bills Ray Kuffel E Marquette
3 19 Brooklyn Dodgers Fritz Barzilauskas G Yale
3 20 Chicago Rockets Bob Derleth T Michigan
3 21 Los Angeles Dons Lloyd Merriman B Stanford
3 22 San Francisco 49ers Paul Duke C Georgia Tech
3 23 New York Yankees Bill Collins G Texas
3 24 Cleveland Browns Jack Carpenter T Michigan
4 25 Florida Seahawks Weldon Humble G Rice
4 26 Buffalo Bills Joe Andrejco B Fordham
4 27 Brooklyn Dodgers Jim Wright G Southern Methodist
4 28 Chicago Rockets Johnny Reagan B Montana
4 29 Los Angeles Dons Cal Rossi B UCLA
4 30 San Francisco 49ers Don Samuel B Oregon State
4 31 New York Yankees Joe Tereshinski Sr. E Georgia
4 32 Cleveland Browns Bob Cowan B Indiana
5 33 Florida Seahawks Russ Deal T Indiana
5 34 Buffalo Bills John Mastrangelo G Notre Dame
5 35 Brooklyn Dodgers Harlan Wetz T Texas
5 36 Chicago Rockets Jim Pharr C Auburn
5 37 Los Angeles Dons Boyd Clement T Oregon State
5 38 San Francisco 49ers Al Satterfield T Vanderbilt
5 39 New York Yankees Jack Durishan T Pittsburgh
5 40 Cleveland Browns Bill Griffin T Kentucky
6 41 Florida Seahawks Don Malmberg T UCLA
6 42 Buffalo Bills Bert Corley C Mississippi State
6 43 Brooklyn Dodgers Binks Bushmiaer B Vanderbilt
6 44 Chicago Rockets Bob Sandberg B Minnesota
6 45 Los Angeles Dons Willie Zapalac B Texas A&M
6 46 San Francisco 49ers Jack Zilly E Notre Dame
6 47 New York Yankees Walt Dropo E Connecticut
6 48 Cleveland Browns Jack Bush T Georgia
7 49 Florida Seahawks Vic Schwall B Northwestern
7 50 Buffalo Bills Ernie Knotts G Duke
7 51 Brooklyn Dodgers Garland Williams T Georgia
7 52 Chicago Rockets Eddie Allen B Pennsylvania
7 53 Los Angeles Dons George Savitsky T Pennsylvania
7 54 San Francisco 49ers Gene Knight B Louisiana State
7 55 New York Yankees Roland Nabors C Texas Tech
7 56 Cleveland Browns John Rapacz C Oklahoma
8 57 Florida Seahawks Howie Turner B North Carolina State
8 58 Buffalo Bills Joe Watt B Syracuse
8 59 Brooklyn Dodgers Jim Hefti B St. Lawrence
8 60 Chicago Rockets Matt Bolger E Notre Dame
8 61 Los Angeles Dons Don Paul C UCLA
8 62 San Francisco 49ers Charley Malmberg T Rice
8 63 New York Yankees George Strohmeyer C Notre Dame
8 64 Cleveland Browns Bob Hazelhurst B Denver
9 65 Florida Seahawks Frank Hubbell E Tennessee
9 66 Buffalo Bills Paul Gibson E North Carolina State
9 67 Brooklyn Dodgers Buddy Burris G Oklahoma
9 68 Chicago Rockets Charley Eikenberg B Rice
9 69 Los Angeles Dons Paul Hart B Delaware
9 70 San Francisco 49ers Bob Leonetti G Wake Forest
9 71 New York Yankees Ted Ossowski T Oregon State
9 72 Cleveland Browns Ralph Ellsworth B Texas
10 73 Florida Seahawks Gaston Bourgeois G Tulane
10 74 Buffalo Bills John Maskas T Virginia Tech
10 75 Brooklyn Dodgers Charles Milner G Duke
10 76 Chicago Rockets Ermal Allen QB Kentucky
10 77 Los Angeles Dons Walt Heap QB Texas
10 78 San Francisco 49ers Frank Broyles QB Georgia Tech
10 79 New York Yankees Dick Werder G Georgetown (DC)
10 80 Cleveland Browns Jimmy Dewar HB Indiana
11 81 Florida Seahawks Jim Brieske C Michigan
11 82 Buffalo Bills Baxter Jarrell T North Carolina
11 83 Brooklyn Dodgers Jim Smith T Colorado
11 84 Chicago Rockets Marty Chaves G Oregon State
11 85 Los Angeles Dons Mike Dimitro G UCLA
11 86 San Francisco 49ers Jim Tyree E Oklahoma
11 87 New York Yankees Bill Healy G Georgia Tech
11 88 Cleveland Browns Bill Huber E Illinois
12 89 Florida Seahawks Rudy Mobley B Hardin-Simmons
12 90 Buffalo Bills Chet Lipka T Boston College
12 91 Brooklyn Dodgers Marv Goodman E Willamette
12 92 Chicago Rockets George Jernigan G Georgia
12 93 Los Angeles Dons Bill Moore T Penn State
12 94 San Francisco 49ers Ed Robnett B Texas Tech
12 95 New York Yankees Ed Sikorski B Muhlenberg
12 96 Cleveland Browns Mario Giannelli G Boston College
13 97 Florida Seahawks Gerry Doherty B Delaware
13 98 Buffalo Bills Joe Sowinski G Indiana
13 99 Brooklyn Dodgers Ted Scruggs E Rice
13 100 Chicago Rockets R.J. Jordan E Georgia Tech
13 101 Los Angeles Dons Joe Martin B Cornell
13 102 San Francisco 49ers Walt Slater B Tennessee
13 103 New York Yankees Bill Miklich B Idaho
13 104 Cleveland Browns Marshall Shurnas E Missouri
14 105 Florida Seahawks Bill Baumgartner E Minnesota
14 106 Buffalo Bills Bill Chipley E Washington & Lee
14 107 Brooklyn Dodgers Reed Nilsen C Brigham Young
14 108 Chicago Rockets Bob Livingstone B Notre Dame
14 109 Los Angeles Dons Gene Wilson E Southern Methodist
14 110 San Francisco 49ers Earl Wheeler C Arkansas
14 111 New York Yankees Chuck Elliott T Oregon
14 112 Cleveland Browns Joe Signaigo B Notre Dame
15 113 Florida Seahawks Jim Kekeris T Missouri
15 114 Buffalo Bills Bronco Kosanovich C Penn State
15 115 Brooklyn Dodgers Gus Shannon G Colorado
15 116 Chicago Rockets Bill Ivy T Northwestern
15 117 Los Angeles Dons Frank Muehlheuser B Colgate
15 118 San Francisco 49ers Les Proctor G Texas
15 119 New York Yankees Ed Grain G Pennsylvania
15 120 Cleveland Browns Dean Widseth T Bemidji State
16 121 Florida Seahawks John North E Vanderbilt
16 122 Buffalo Bills Frank Kosikowski E Notre Dame
16 123 Brooklyn Dodgers Joe Cook B Hardin-Simmons
16 124 Chicago Rockets Bruno Niedziela T Iowa
16 125 Los Angeles Dons Ed Cody B Purdue
16 126 San Francisco 49ers Al DeRogatis T Duke
17 127 Florida Seahawks Jim Canady B Texas
17 128 Buffalo Bills Wash Serini T Kentucky
17 129 Brooklyn Dodgers Frank Laurinaitis G Richmond
17 130 Chicago Rockets Bill Mackrides QB Nevada-Reno
17 131 Los Angeles Dons Bob Sullivan B Holy Cross
17 132 San Francisco 49ers Earl Tullos T Louisiana State
18 133 Florida Seahawks Howie Brown G Indiana
18 134 Buffalo Bills Vinnie Yablonski B Columbia
18 135 Brooklyn Dodgers Ed Gustafson C George Washington
18 136 Chicago Rockets Mac Wenskunas C Illinois
18 137 Los Angeles Dons Lou Cullen B New Mexico
18 138 San Francisco 49ers Bryant Meeks C South Carolina
19 139 Florida Seahawks Johnny Sims B Tulane
19 140 Buffalo Bills Charley Compton T Alabama
19 141 Brooklyn Dodgers Dick Hagen E Washington
19 142 Chicago Rockets Tony Graham C St. Mary's (Minnesota)
19 143 Los Angeles Dons John Killilea B Boston College
19 144 San Francisco 49ers Ed Royston G Wake Forest
20 145 Florida Seahawks Burt VanderClute G Wesleyan
20 146 Buffalo Bills Bill Swiacki E Columbia
20 147 Brooklyn Dodgers Hank Foldberg E Army
20 148 Chicago Rockets Russ Benda G Iowa
20 149 Los Angeles Dons Plato Andros G Oklahoma
20 150 San Francisco 49ers Max Bumgardner E Texas
21 151 Florida Seahawks Tony Stalloni T Delaware
21 152 Buffalo Bills Ham Nichols G Rice
21 153 Brooklyn Dodgers Harry Furman T Cornell
21 154 Chicago Rockets George Watkins T Texas
22 155 Florida Seahawks Jean Lamoure G Fresno State
22 156 Buffalo Bills John Furey T Boston College
22 157 Brooklyn Dodgers Walt Kretz B Cornell
22 158 Chicago Rockets Sammy Vacanti B Nebraska
23 159 Florida Seahawks Leo Daniels B Texas A&M
23 160 Buffalo Bills Don Schneider B Pennsylvania
23 161 Brooklyn Dodgers John Monahan E Dartmouth
23 162 Chicago Rockets Len Zenkevitch T Idaho
24 163 Florida Seahawks Tex Reilly B Colorado
24 164 Buffalo Bills Chan Highsmith C North Carolina
24 165 Brooklyn Dodgers Bruce Bailey B Virginia
24 166 Chicago Rockets Dave Day G Iowa
25 167 Florida Seahawks Jim Landrigan T Dartmouth
25 168 Buffalo Bills Frank Wydo T Cornell
25 169 Brooklyn Dodgers Ray Evans B Texas-El Paso
25 170 Chicago Rockets Bill Franks T Illinois

References

  1. ^ a b "1947 AAFC Draft" (PDF). Profootballresearchers.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-17. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "All-America League Boots Hawks Out, Takes Players". The Daily Oklahoman. December 21, 1946. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  3. ^ "Browns Are Favored By 15.5 Points". The Evening Independent. Associated Press. December 20, 1946. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

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