National Football League draft
The 1951 NFL draft was held January 18–19, 1951, at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago.[ 1] [ 2]
The Baltimore Colts folded after the 1950 season, and the NFL placed their players in the 1951 NFL Draft.[ 3] Y. A. Tittle leading the list, going to the San Francisco 49ers with the third pick overall.
This was the fifth year that the first overall pick was a bonus pick determined by lottery, with the previous four winners (Chicago Bears in 1947, Washington Redskins in 1948, Philadelphia Eagles in 1949, and Detroit Lions in 1950) ineligible from the draw;[ 4] New York Giants , who selected halfback Kyle Rote .
HOF Member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame Pick # NFL team Player Position College 87 Washington Redskins Billy Cox Back Duke 88 Cleveland Browns Art Spinney End Boston College (Redrafted Colt) 89 San Francisco 49ers Joe Arenas Back Nebraska–Omaha 90 Chicago Cardinals Leo Sanford Center Louisiana Tech 91 Detroit Lions Dick Raklovits Back Illinois 92 Pittsburgh Steelers Henry Minarik End Michigan State 93 Philadelphia Eagles Jack Richards End Arkansas 94 New York Yanks Larry Lauer Center Alabama 95 Chicago Bears Clair Mayes Guard Oklahoma 96 Los Angeles Rams Hugo Primiani Tackle Boston University 97 New York Giants Fred Benners Back SMU 98 Cleveland Browns Max Clark Back Houston
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 99 Green Bay Packers Dick McWilliams Tackle Michigan 100 San Francisco 49ers Bruce Van Alstyne End Stanford 101 Washington Redskins Jake Rowden Center Maryland 102 Chicago Cardinals Neil Schmidt Back Purdue 103 Pittsburgh Steelers John Schweder Guard Penn 104 Philadelphia Eagles Denny Doyle Guard Tulane 105 Cleveland Browns Burl Toler Guard San Francisco 106 New York Yanks Don Colo Tackle Brown (Redrafted Colt) 107 Los Angeles Rams Nolan Lang Back Oklahoma 108 Chicago Bears Bill Gregus Back Wake Forest 109 New York Giants Holland Donan Tackle Princeton 110 Cleveland Browns Don Shula Back John Carroll
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 111 Washington Redskins James Janosek Tackle Purdue 112 San Francisco 49ers Nick Feher Guard Georgia 113 Washington Redskins Bob Jensen End Iowa State 114 Green Bay Packers Bob Noppinger Tackle Georgetown 115 Chicago Cardinals Ken Cooper Guard Vanderbilt (Redrafted Colt) 116 Philadelphia Eagles Louis Schaufele Back Arkansas 117 Detroit Lions Jim Shoaf Guard LSU 118 Pittsburgh Steelers Paul Salata End USC 119 New York Yanks Jesse Thomas Back Michigan State 120 Chicago Bears J. W. Sherrill Back Tennessee 121 Los Angeles Rams Roland Kirkby Back Washington 122 New York Giants Earl Murray Guard Purdue 123 Cleveland Browns Chet Gierula Guard Maryland
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 136 Green Bay Packers Carl Kreager Center Michigan 137 San Francisco 49ers Jim Monachino Back California 138 Washington Redskins Al Applegate Guard Scranton 139 Chicago Cardinals Jack Landry Back Notre Dame 140 Pittsburgh Steelers Jim Brandt Back St. Thomas (MN) 141 Philadelphia Eagles Henry Rich Back Arizona State 142 Cleveland Browns Milan Sellers Back Florida State 143 New York Yanks Al Lary End Alabama 144 Chicago Bears Punjab Hairston Tackle Nevada 145 Los Angeles Rams Don Hardey Back Pacific 146 New York Giants Bob Hudson End Clemson 147 Cleveland Browns Stew Kirtley End Morehead State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 148 San Francisco 49ers Dick Harvin End Georgia Tech 149 Washington Redskins Dick Campbell Back Wyoming 150 Green Bay Packers Ed Stephens Back Missouri 151 Chicago Cardinals Volney Peters Tackle USC 152 Philadelphia Eagles Pete Mastellone Center Miami (FL) 153 Detroit Lions Wayne Siegert Tackle Illinois 154 Pittsburgh Steelers Bill Szabo Tackle Bucknell 155 New York Yanks John Thomas End Oregon State 156 Los Angeles Rams Joe Reid Center LSU 157 Chicago Bears Charley Wright Back West Texas State 158 New York Giants Paul Douglass Back Illinois 159 Cleveland Browns Bob Voskuhl Center Georgetown (KY)
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 160 Washington Redskins Adrian Burk Quarterback Baylor (Redrafted Colt) 161 Green Bay Packers Ray Bauer End Montana 162 San Francisco 49ers Rex Berry Back BYU 163 Chicago Cardinals Bill Leskovar Back Kentucky 164 Detroit Lions Lee Wittmer Tackle Detroit 165 Pittsburgh Steelers Mike Mizerany Guard Alabama 166 Philadelphia Eagles Bobby Walston End Georgia 167 New York Yanks Charley Rapp Back Duquesne 168 Chicago Bears Bailey Woods Back Abilene Christian 169 Los Angeles Rams Rob McCoy Back Georgia Tech 170 New York Giants Pat Flanagan Tackle Marquette 171 Cleveland Browns Rudy Cernoch Tackle Northwestern
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 172 Green Bay Packers Joe Ernst Back Tulane 173 San Francisco 49ers Dave Sparks Guard South Carolina 174 Washington Redskins Vic Thomas Tackle Colorado 175 Chicago Cardinals John Simcic Guard Wisconsin 176 Pittsburgh Steelers Clay Webb Back Kentucky 177 Philadelphia Eagles Bobby North Back Georgia Tech 178 Detroit Lions Jimmie Hill Back Tennessee 179 New York Yanks Bill Wanamaker Guard Kentucky 180 Los Angeles Rams Obie Posey Back Southern 181 Chicago Bears Sid Hall Center Pacific 182 New York Giants Gene Vykukal Tackle Texas 183 Cleveland Browns Joe Skibinski Guard Purdue
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 184 San Francisco 49ers Bob White Back Stanford 185 Washington Redskins Bob Bates Center Texas A&M 186 Green Bay Packers Dick Afflis Tackle Nevada 187 Chicago Cardinals Gene Miller Back Northwestern 188 Philadelphia Eagles Hal Hatfield End USC 189 Detroit Lions Ted Geremsky End Pittsburgh 190 Pittsburgh Steelers Lambert Oberg Center Trinity (CT) 191 New York Yanks Bill Fray Tackle Idaho 192 Chicago Bears Frank Volm End Marquette 193 Los Angeles Rams Bill Robertson End Memphis State 194 New York Giants Alan Pfeifer End Fordham 195 Cleveland Browns Ed Pasky Back South Carolina
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 196 Washington Redskins Gene Brito End Loyola (CA) 197 Green Bay Packers Ray Pelfrey Back Eastern Kentucky 198 San Francisco 49ers Art Michalik Guard St. Ambrose 199 Chicago Cardinals Henry May Center Southwest Missouri State 200 Detroit Lions Darrell Meisenheimer Back Oklahoma A&M 201 Pittsburgh Steelers Ted Gehlmann Tackle William & Mary 202 Philadelphia Eagles Hal Waggoner Back Tulane 203 New York Yanks Dick Rowan Center Texas 204 Los Angeles Rams Hal Riley End Baylor 205 Chicago Bears Don Dufek Back Michigan 206 New York Giants Bud Sherrod End Tennessee 207 Cleveland Browns Leroy Ka-Ne Back Dayton
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 208 Green Bay Packers Ed Petela Back Boston College 209 San Francisco 49ers Jim Murphy Tackle Xavier 210 Washington Redskins Dom Fucci Back Kentucky 211 Chicago Cardinals Russ Pomeroy Tackle Stanford 212 Pittsburgh Steelers Pat Field Back Georgia 213 Philadelphia Eagles Bill Weeks Back Iowa State 214 Detroit Lions Eddie Wolgast Back Arizona 215 New York Yanks Bob Watson End UCLA 216 Chicago Bears Chuck Brown Guard Illinois 217 Los Angeles Rams Dick Daugherty Guard Oregon 218 New York Giants Frank Smith Back Miami (FL) 219 Cleveland Browns Rube DeRoin Center Oklahoma A&M
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 220 San Francisco 49ers John Phillips Back Mississippi Southern 221 Washington Redskins Buddy Brown Guard Arkansas 222 Green Bay Packers Jim Liber Back Xavier 223 Chicago Cardinals Gene Ackerman End Missouri 224 Philadelphia Eagles John Bove Tackle West Virginia 225 Detroit Lions Gordy Hanson Tackle Washington State 226 Pittsburgh Steelers Bill Pavlikowski Back Boston University 227 New York Yanks Ralph Longmore Back Duquesne 228 Los Angeles Rams Andy Robustelli Defensive end Arnold 229 Chicago Bears Ed Lisak Back Oklahoma 230 New York Giants Billy Conn Back Auburn 231 Cleveland Browns Ray Solari Guard California
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 232 Washington Redskins John Kerestes Back Purdue 233 Green Bay Packers Dick Johnson Tackle Virginia 234 San Francisco 49ers Al Tate Tackle Illinois 235 Chicago Cardinals Fred Wallner Guard Notre Dame 236 Detroit Lions Harry Gibbons Back South Dakota State 237 Pittsburgh Steelers Tex Donnelly Tackle Holy Cross 238 Philadelphia Eagles John Glorioso Back Missouri 239 New York Yanks Jerrell Price Tackle Texas Tech 240 Chicago Bears Larry Smith Center South Carolina 241 Los Angeles Rams Jim Nutter Back Wichita 242 New York Giants Bill Albright Tackle Wisconsin 243 Cleveland Browns Jack Crocher Back Tulsa
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 244 Green Bay Packers Art Edling End Minnesota 245 San Francisco 49ers Hardy Brown Back Tulsa 246 Washington Redskins Clarence Marable Tackle TCU 247 Chicago Cardinals Dick Bunting End Drake 248 Pittsburgh Steelers Ernie Cheatham Tackle Loyola (CA) 249 Philadelphia Eagles Neal Franklin Tackle SMU 250 Detroit Lions King Block Back Idaho 251 New York Yanks Al Pollard Back Army 252 Los Angeles Rams Earl Stelle Back Oregon 253 Chicago Bears Larry Higgins Back Fordham 254 New York Giants Bernie Lemonick Guard Penn 255 Cleveland Browns Ray Stone End Texas
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 256 San Francisco 49ers Dwight Winslow Back Boise JC 257 Washington Redskins Elliot Speed Center Alabama 258 Green Bay Packers Art Felker End Marquette 259 Chicago Cardinals S. J. Whitman Back Tulsa 260 Philadelphia Eagles Jack Rucker Back Mississippi State 261 Detroit Lions Dan Foldberg End Army 262 Pittsburgh Steelers Dick Hendley Back Clemson 263 New York Yanks Eddie King Center Boston College (Redrafted Colt) 264 Chicago Bears Bob Hanson Guard Montana 265 Los Angeles Rams Billy Baggett Back LSU 266 New York Giants Waldo Binkley Tackle Austin Peay 267 Cleveland Browns Carl Taseff Cornerback John Carroll
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 268 Washington Redskins Zeke Martin Back North Texas State 269 Green Bay Packers Tubba Chamberlain Guard UW–Eau Claire 270 San Francisco 49ers Wally Brunswald Back Gustavus Adolphus 271 Chicago Cardinals Jim Owens End Oklahoma (Redrafted Colt) 272 Detroit Lions Dick Gabriel Back Lehigh 273 Pittsburgh Steelers Joe Minor End John Carroll 274 Philadelphia Eagles Jack Bighead End Pepperdine 275 New York Yanks Dave Cunningham Back Utah 276 Los Angeles Rams Dean Thomas Tackle Michigan State 277 Chicago Bears Rene Hlavac Tackle Nebraska–Omaha 278 New York Giants Dick Yelvington Tackle Georgia 279 Cleveland Browns Johnny Champion Back SMU
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 280 Green Bay Packers Dick Christie Back Nebraska–Omaha 281 San Francisco 49ers Tom Kingsford Back Montana 282 Washington Redskins Tom Powers Back Duke 283 Chicago Cardinals Billy Cross Back West Texas State 284 Pittsburgh Steelers Art Alois Center San Francisco 285 Philadelphia Eagles Tony Kotowski End Mississippi State 286 Detroit Lions George Buksar Back Purdue (Redrafted Colt) 287 New York Yanks Breck Stroschein End UCLA 288 Chicago Bears Pete Dokas End Mansfield 289 Los Angeles Rams Harry Abeltin Tackle Colgate 290 New York Giants Dick Kuh Guard Michigan State 291 Cleveland Browns Wayne Benner Back Florida State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 292 San Francisco 49ers Mike Peterson End Denver 293 Washington Redskins Bob Chubb End Shippensburg 294 Green Bay Packers Monte Charles Back Hillsdale 295 Chicago Cardinals Vernon Quick Guard Wofford 296 Philadelphia Eagles Glenn Drahn Back Iowa 297 Detroit Lions Dick Harris Center Texas 298 Pittsburgh Steelers Tom Calvin Back Alabama 299 New York Yanks Roy Boudreaux Tackle Southwestern Louisiana 300 Los Angeles Rams Jackie Calvert Tackle Clemson 301 Chicago Bears Johnny Miller Back Northwestern 302 New York Giants Chet Lagod Tackle Chattanooga 303 Cleveland Browns John Knispel Tackle UW–La Crosse
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 304 Washington Redskins Johnny Williams Back USC 305 Green Bay Packers Bill Miller Tackle Ohio State 306 San Francisco 49ers Keith Carpenter Tackle San Jose State 307 Chicago Cardinals Jeff Fleischmann Back Cornell 308 Detroit Lions Frank Kazmierski Center West Virginia 309 Pittsburgh Steelers Pug Pearman Guard Tennessee 310 Philadelphia Eagles Billy Stewart Back Mississippi State 311 New York Yanks Will Sherman Back St. Mary's (CA) 312 Chicago Bears Buddy Rogers Back Arkansas 313 Los Angeles Rams Howie Ruetz Tackle Loras 314 New York Giants Quincy Armstrong Center North Texas State 315 Cleveland Browns Fred Williams Tackle Arkansas
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 316 Green Bay Packers Bob Bossons Center Georgia Tech 317 San Francisco 49ers Ray Lung Guard Oregon 318 Washington Redskins Bill Johnson Back Stetson 319 Chicago Cardinals Ken Huxhold Tackle Wisconsin 320 Pittsburgh Steelers Bob Radcliffe Back Wisconsin 321 Philadelphia Eagles Bob Winship Tackle Rice 322 Detroit Lions Harry Allis End Michigan 323 New York Yanks Ed Price Back Texas Tech 324 Los Angeles Rams Al Brosky Back Illinois 325 Chicago Bears Jerry Taylor Center Wyoming 326 New York Giants Charley Hubbard End Morris Harvey 327 Cleveland Browns Jack Jones Back Livingston
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 328 San Francisco 49ers Jack Rohan Back Loras 329 Washington Redskins John Kadlec Guard Missouri 330 Green Bay Packers Bill Ayre Back Abilene Christian 331 Chicago Cardinals Dick Martin Back Kentucky 332 Philadelphia Eagles Marv Stendel End Arkansas 333 Detroit Lions Dick Peot Tackle South Dakota State 334 Pittsburgh Steelers Howard Hansen Back UCLA 335 New York Yanks Jim Chadband Back Idaho 336 Chicago Bears Leon Campbell Back Arkansas (Redrafted Colt) 337 Los Angeles Rams Sterling Wingo Back VPI 338 New York Giants Hal Quinn Guard SMU 339 Cleveland Browns Roger Thrift Back East Carolina
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 340 Washington Redskins Art Stewart Back Southeastern State 341 Green Bay Packers Ralph Fieler End Miami (FL) 342 San Francisco 49ers S. P. Garnett Tackle Kansas 343 Chicago Cardinals Bob Livingstone Back Notre Dame (Redrafted Colt) 344 Detroit Lions Bruce Womack Tackle West Texas State 345 Pittsburgh Steelers Fred Smith End Tulsa 346 Philadelphia Eagles Roscoe Hansen Tackle North Carolina 347 New York Yanks Veto Kissell Back Holy Cross (Redrafted Colt) 348 Los Angeles Rams Earl Jackson Back Texas Tech 349 Chicago Bears John Justice Guard Santa Clara 350 New York Giants John Considine Tackle Purdue 351 Cleveland Browns Bill Driver Back Florida State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 352 Green Bay Packers Ed Withers Back Wisconsin 353 San Francisco 49ers Jerry Faske Back Iowa 354 Washington Redskins Nick Bolkovac Tackle Pittsburgh 355 Chicago Cardinals Leon Root Back Rutgers 356 Pittsburgh Steelers John Gruble End Tennessee 357 Philadelphia Eagles John Ford Quarterback Hardin–Simmons 358 Detroit Lions Ron Horwath Back Detroit 359 New York Yanks Joe Shinn End Tulane 360 Chicago Bears Charley Butler End George Washington 361 Los Angeles Rams Alvin Hanley Back Kentucky State 362 Cleveland Browns Sisto Averno Guard Muhlenberg (Redrafted Colt)
= Pro Bowler [ 5] = Hall of Famer
Jack Christiansen , defensive back from Colorado State University taken 6th round 69th pick by the Detroit Lions.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1970.[ 6] Y. A. Tittle , quarterback from LSU taken 1st round 3rd overall by the San Francisco 49ers.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1971.[ 6] Andy Robustelli , defensive end from the University of Bridgeport Taken in the 19th round 228th overall by the Los Angeles Rams.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1971.[ 6] Bill George , linebacker from Wake Forest University taken 2nd round 23rd overall by the Chicago Bears.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1974.[ 6] Mike McCormack , offensive tackle from the University of Kansas taken 3rd round 34th overall by the New York Yanks.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1984.[ 7] Don Shula , back from John Carroll University taken 9th round 110th overall by the Cleveland Browns.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1997 as a coach, not a player.[ 8] Jack Butler , cornerback from St.Bonaventure undrafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2012. Dick Stanfel , guard from San Francisco taken 2nd round 19th overall by the Detroit Lions.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2016. Notable undrafted players [ edit ] ^ "NFL Draft Locations" . www.footballgeography.com . October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014 .^ 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 . ^ Joe Gootter, "Sport-o-Grams: Paterson Yankee," Paterson News, Jan. 10, 1952, p. 26. ^ "Draft History: 1940's" . Pro Football Hall of Fame . Archived from the original on October 1, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013 .^ a b c Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career. ^ a b c d "Pro Football Hall of Fame: List of 1970s Hall of Fame Inductees" . Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2008 .^ "Pro Football Hall of Fame: List of 1980s Hall of Fame Inductees" . Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2008 .^ "Pro Football Hall of Fame: List of 1990s Hall of Fame Inductees" . Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2008 .^ Players are identified as a Hall of Famer if they have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
