National Football League draft
The 1953 National Football League draft was held on January 22, 1953, at Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia .[ 1] [ 2] Dallas Texans were assigned to the Baltimore Colts , since the Dallas team had moved to Baltimore.
This was the seventh year that the first overall pick was a bonus pick determined by lottery, with the previous six winners (Chicago Bears in 1947, Washington Redskins in 1948, Philadelphia Eagles in 1949, Detroit Lions in 1950, New York Giants in 1951, and Los Angeles Rams in 1952) ineligible from the draw;[ 3] San Francisco 49ers , who selected end Harry Babcock .
HOF Member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame Pick # NFL team Player Position College 110 Baltimore Colts John Cole Back Arkansas 111 Chicago Cardinals Charley Berndt Tackle Wisconsin 112 New York Giants Darrow Hooper End Texas A&M 113 Chicago Bears Jimmy Moore Back Florida A&M 114 Pittsburgh Steelers Frank Holohan Tackle Tennessee 115 Green Bay Packers Vic Rimkus Guard Holy Cross 116 New York Giants Charlie Maloy Quarterback Holy Cross 117 Philadelphia Eagles Tom Brookshier Back Colorado 118 San Francisco 49ers Pete Brown Guard Georgia Tech 119 Cleveland Browns Elmo Natali Back California (PA) 120 Los Angeles Rams Mick Lakos Back Vanderbilt 121 Detroit Lions Dreher Gaskin End Clemson
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 122 Baltimore Colts Gene Rossi Back Cincinnati 123 Washington Redskins Alex Webster Back NC State 124 Chicago Cardinals Ed Woodsum End Yale 125 Chicago Bears Ralph Charney Back Kentucky 126 Chicago Bears Jim Slowey Center Georgetown 127 Green Bay Packers Joe Johnson Back Boston College 128 Philadelphia Eagles Bob Pollard Back Penn State 129 San Francisco 49ers Al Charlton Back Washington State 130 New York Giants Jim Ruehl Center Ohio State 131 Cleveland Browns Dick Hilinski Tackle Ohio State 132 Los Angeles Rams Jim Bailey Back Miami (OH) 133 Detroit Lions Elmer Messenger Guard Washington State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 134 Baltimore Colts Kaye Vaughan Guard Tulsa 135 Chicago Cardinals Chuck Spaulding Back Wyoming 136 Washington Redskins Buzz Nutter Center VPI 137 Chicago Bears Jim Lawrence Tackle Duke 138 Pittsburgh Steelers Jerry Robertson Back Kansas 139 Green Bay Packers Dick Curran Back Arizona State 140 San Francisco 49ers Red Leach Guard Duke 141 New York Giants Joe Matesic Tackle Arizona State 142 Philadelphia Eagles George Porter Tackle San Jose State 143 Cleveland Browns Elmer Wilhoite Guard USC 144 Los Angeles Rams Chuck Doud Guard UCLA 145 Detroit Lions Larry Spencer Back Wake Forest
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 158 Baltimore Colts Frank Continetti Guard George Washington 159 Chicago Cardinals Dick Sprague Back Washington 160 Washington Redskins Ed Timmerman Back Michigan State 161 Chicago Bears Harland Carl Back Wisconsin 162 Pittsburgh Steelers Charley Montgomery Tackle Mississippi 163 Green Bay Packers Charley Wrenn Tackle Texas Christian 164 Philadelphia Eagles Roy Bailey Back Tulane 165 San Francisco 49ers Tom Fletcher Back Arizona State 166 New York Giants J. L. Hall Back Florida 167 Cleveland Browns Gern Nagler End Santa Clara 168 Los Angeles Rams Frank James Guard Houston 169 Detroit Lions Jack Barger Tackle New Mexico
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 170 Baltimore Colts Buddy Sutton Back Arkansas 171 Washington Redskins Dave Suminski Tackle Wisconsin 172 Chicago Cardinals Nick Chickillo Guard Miami (FL) 173 Pittsburgh Steelers Bob O'Neil End Notre Dame 174 Chicago Bears Ralph Jecha Guard Northwestern 175 Green Bay Packers Gene Helwig Back Tulsa 176 San Francisco 49ers Charley Genthner Tackle Texas 177 New York Giants Dick Bowman Guard Oklahoma 178 Philadelphia Eagles Willie Irvin End Florida A&M 179 Cleveland Browns Johnny Carson End Georgia 180 Los Angeles Rams Tom Carroll Back Oklahoma 181 Detroit Lions Ted Topor Back Michigan
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 182 Baltimore Colts Jim Currin End Dayton 183 Chicago Cardinals Jimmy Lear Back Mississippi 184 Washington Redskins Jim Slay End Mississippi 185 Chicago Bears John Hatley Tackle Sul Ross 186 Pittsburgh Steelers John Zachary Back Miami (OH) 187 Green Bay Packers John Hlay Back Ohio State 188 New York Giants Bill Skyinskus Guard Syracuse 189 Philadelphia Eagles Bud Wallace Back North Carolina 190 San Francisco 49ers Fred During End Bowling Green 191 Cleveland Browns Eric Kuykendall Back Illinois 192 Los Angeles Rams Ben DeLoe Tackle Mississippi State 193 Detroit Lions Bob Volonnino Guard Army/Villanova
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 194 Baltimore Colts George Rambour Tackle Dartmouth 195 Washington Redskins Bob Haner Back Villanova 196 Chicago Cardinals Earl Heninger Back Purdue 197 Pittsburgh Steelers Reed Quinn Back Florida 198 Chicago Bears Bob Beal End California 199 Green Bay Packers Bill Georges End Texas 200 Philadelphia Eagles Tony Rados Back Penn State 201 San Francisco 49ers Hugh Latham Tackle San Diego State 202 New York Giants Don Rhoden Center Rice 203 Cleveland Browns George Bean Back Utah 204 Los Angeles Rams Harland Svare End Washington State 205 Detroit Lions Ray Green Tackle Duke
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 206 Baltimore Colts LeRoy Labat Back Louisiana State 207 Chicago Cardinals Joe Yukica End Penn State 208 Washington Redskins Jim Turner Back Texas Tech 209 Chicago Bears Jim Shirley Back Clemson 210 Pittsburgh Steelers Carl Holben Tackle Duke 211 Green Bay Packers Jim Philee Back Bradley 212 San Francisco 49ers Stan Wacholz End San Jose State 213 New York Giants Phil Suwall Back Western Maryland 214 Philadelphia Eagles Marv Trauth Tackle Mississippi 215 Cleveland Browns Dick Batten Tackle Pacific 216 Los Angeles Rams Lew Jones Tackle Wabash 217 Detroit Lions Ed Mioduszewski Back William & Mary
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 218 Baltimore Colts Bill Powell Back California 219 Washington Redskins Tom Flyzik Tackle George Washington 220 Chicago Cardinals Tom Donahue Center Wake Forest 221 Pittsburgh Steelers Jim Williams Back Louisville 222 Chicago Bears Bill Byrus Tackle Iowa State 223 Green Bay Packers Bill Lucky Tackle Baylor 224 New York Giants Hal Lehman Tackle Southern Mississippi 225 Philadelphia Eagles Pete Bachouros Back Illinois 226 San Francisco 49ers King DuClos Tackle Texas-El Paso 227 Cleveland Browns Tom Cain Guard Colorado 228 Los Angeles Rams Jack Ellena Tackle UCLA 229 Detroit Lions Paul Held Back San Diego State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 230 Baltimore Colts Pete Russo Tackle Indiana 231 Chicago Cardinals Len D'Errico Guard Boston University 232 Washington Redskins Bill Link Guard Wake Forest 233 Chicago Bears Tom Mahin Tackle Purdue 234 Pittsburgh Steelers Will Lee Hayley End Auburn 235 Green Bay Packers John Harville Back Texas Christian 236 Philadelphia Eagles Rollie Arns Center Iowa State 237 San Francisco 49ers Ray Huizinga Tackle Northwestern 238 New York Giants Dick Christiansen End Arizona 239 Cleveland Browns Chuck Noll Linebacker Dayton 240 Los Angeles Rams Bob Morford Back College of Idaho 241 Detroit Lions Gerry Hart Tackle Army/Mississippi State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 242 Baltimore Colts Frank Kirby Tackle Bucknell 243 Washington Redskins Jim Dublinski Center Utah 244 Chicago Cardinals Joe Curtis End Alabama 245 Pittsburgh Steelers Don Earley Guard South Carolina 246 Chicago Bears Wayne Martin End Texas Christian 247 Green Bay Packers Bob Conway Back Alabama 248 San Francisco 49ers Ken Bahnsen End North Texas State 249 New York Giants Gene Bullard Tackle Louisiana College 250 Philadelphia Eagles Hal Brooks Tackle Washington & Lee 251 Cleveland Browns Bill Crockett Guard Rice 252 Los Angeles Rams Dick Gordon Tackle Toledo 253 Detroit Lions Bob Tata Back Virginia
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 254 Baltimore Colts Merlin Gish Center Kansas 255 Chicago Cardinals Hal Lokovsek Tackle Washington State 256 Washington Redskins Ed Pucci Guard USC 257 Chicago Bears Wayne Wood Tackle Memphis State 258 Pittsburgh Steelers Ed O'Connor Tackle Maryland 259 Green Bay Packers Bill Turnbeaugh Tackle Auburn 260 New York Giants Mike Kelley End Florida 261 Philadelphia Eagles Laurie LeClaire Back Michigan 262 San Francisco 49ers Laverne Robbins Guard Midwestern State (TX) 263 Cleveland Browns Byrd Looper Back Duke 264 Los Angeles Rams George Porter Tackle Southwest Texas State 265 Detroit Lions Pete Retzlaff Tight end South Dakota State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 266 Baltimore Colts Mike Houseplan Guard Tulane 267 Washington Redskins Ed Bierne End Detroit 268 Chicago Cardinals Jim Root Back Miami (OH) 269 Pittsburgh Steelers Ray Correll Guard Kentucky 270 Chicago Bears Jim Mask End Mississippi 271 Green Bay Packers Bill Murray End American International 272 Philadelphia Eagles Jeff Knox End Georgia Tech 273 San Francisco 49ers Travis Hunt Tackle Alabama 274 New York Giants Ted Kukowski Center Navy/Syracuse 275 Cleveland Browns Ronnie Kent Back Tulane 276 Los Angeles Rams Larry Willoughby Back Fresno State 277 Detroit Lions Carl Karilivacz Back Syracuse
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 278 Baltimore Colts Monte Brethauer End Oregon 279 Chicago Cardinals Brad Glass Guard Princeton 280 Washington Redskins Stan Butterworth Back Bucknell 281 Chicago Bears Paul Hatcher Center Arkansas City J.C. 282 Pittsburgh Steelers Bob Schneidenbach Back Miami (FL) 283 Green Bay Packers Jim Haslam Tackle Tennessee 284 San Francisco 49ers Ed Morgan Back Tennessee 285 New York Giants Charley Kubes Guard Minnesota 286 Philadelphia Eagles Eli Romero Back Wichita State 287 Cleveland Browns John Labends Tackle Wittenberg 288 Los Angeles Rams Marlow Gudmundson Back North Dakota State 289 Detroit Lions Truett Grant Tackle Duke
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 290 Baltimore Colts Joe Szombathy End Syracuse 291 Washington Redskins Art Hurd Guard Maryland 292 Chicago Cardinals Haywood Sullivan Back Florida 293 Pittsburgh Steelers Vic Hampel End Houston 294 Chicago Bears Clyde Pickard Guard Wake Forest 295 Green Bay Packers Ike Jones End UCLA 296 New York Giants Dan Drake Back Rice 297 Philadelphia Eagles Johnny Michels Guard Tennessee 298 San Francisco 49ers Ernie Stockert End UCLA 299 Cleveland Browns Jim Ellis Back Michigan State 300 Los Angeles Rams Ed Clemens Center Dayton 301 Detroit Lions Marv Brown Back East Texas State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 302 Baltimore Colts Scott Prescott Center Minnesota 303 Chicago Cardinals Don Ringe Tackle Idaho 304 Washington Redskins Walt Ashcraft Tackle USC 305 Chicago Bears Bob Evans Tackle Pennsylvania 306 Pittsburgh Steelers Jack "Goose" McClairen End Bethune-Cookman 307 Green Bay Packers George Bozanic Back USC 308 Philadelphia Eagles Harvey Achziger Tackle Colorado State 309 San Francisco 49ers Harley Cooper Back Arizona State 310 New York Giants Bill Wetzel Back Syracuse 311 Cleveland Browns Charlie Hoag Back Kansas 312 Los Angeles Rams Louie Yourkowski Tackle Washington 313 Detroit Lions Jim Dooley Center Penn State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 314 Baltimore Colts Ray Graves Back Texas A&M 315 Washington Redskins John Zanetti Tackle John Carroll 316 Chicago Cardinals C. O. Brocato Center Baylor 317 Pittsburgh Steelers Jack Delaney Back Cincinnati 318 Chicago Bears Marvin Wahlin Back Arizona State 319 Green Bay Packers Jim McConaughey End Houston 320 San Francisco 49ers Ralph McLeod End Louisiana State 321 New York Giants Roosevelt "Rosey" Brown Offensive tackle Morgan State 322 Philadelphia Eagles Earl Hersh Back West Chester 323 Cleveland Browns Jack Sisco Center Baylor 324 Los Angeles Rams Lou Welsh Center USC 325 Detroit Lions Jackie Parker Back Mississippi State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 326 Baltimore Colts Joe Sabol Back UCLA 327 Chicago Cardinals Mike Prokopiak Back New Mexico 328 Washington Redskins Bob Buckley Back USC 329 Chicago Bears Jim Caldwell Tackle Tennessee State 330 Pittsburgh Steelers Joe Cimini Tackle Mississippi State 331 Green Bay Packers Zack Jordan Back Colorado 332 New York Giants Joe Ramona Guard Santa Clara 333 Philadelphia Eagles Joe Gratson Back Penn State 334 San Francisco 49ers Tom Novikoff Back Oregon 335 Cleveland Browns Ray Verkirk Tackle North Texas State 336 Los Angeles Rams Jim Murray Tackle Montana 337 Detroit Lions Laurin Pepper Back Southern Mississippi
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 338 Baltimore Colts Jack Alessandrini Guard Notre Dame 339 Washington Redskins Pat Shires Back Tennessee 340 Chicago Cardinals Earl Wrightenberry Tackle Clemson 341 Pittsburgh Steelers Art Massaro Back Washington & Jefferson 342 Chicago Bears Jack Lewis End Wake Forest 343 Green Bay Packers Henry O'Brien Guard Boston College 344 Philadelphia Eagles Ralph Paolone Back Kentucky 345 San Francisco 49ers Don Stillwell End USC 346 New York Giants Bob Griffis Guard Furman 347 Cleveland Browns Clell Hobson Back Alabama 348 Los Angeles Rams Ray Lewis End Boise J.C. 349 Detroit Lions Harley Rector Tackle Wayne State (NE)
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 350 Baltimore Colts Tom Roche Tackle Northwestern 351 Chicago Cardinals Bill Gaudreau Back Notre Dame 352 Washington Redskins Bob Mathias Back Stanford 353 Chicago Bears Bill Brehany Quarterback Virginia Military Inst 354 Pittsburgh Steelers Lou Tepe Center Duke 355 Green Bay Packers Al Barry Guard USC 356 New York Giants Stavros Canakes Guard Minnesota 357 Philadelphia Eagles Chuck Hren Back Northwestern 358 Cleveland Browns Andy Myers Guard Tennessee 359 Los Angeles Rams Fritz Phren Back College of the Ozarks 360 [ 6] Detroit Lions Hal Maus End Montana
= Pro Bowler [ 4] = Hall of Famer
Joe Schmidt , linebacker from the University of Pittsburgh taken 7th round 85th overall by the Detroit Lions.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1973.[ 7] Roosevelt Brown , offensive tackle from Morgan State University taken 27th round 321st overall by the New York Giants.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1975.[ 7] Jim Ringo , center from Syracuse University taken 7th round 79th overall by the Green Bay Packers.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1981.[ 8] Doug Atkins , tackle from Tennessee taken 1st round 11th overall by the Cleveland Browns.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1982.[ 8] John Henry Johnson , fullback from Arizona State University taken 2nd round 18th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1987.[ 8] Bob St. Clair , offensive tackle from the University of San Francisco taken 3rd round 32nd overall by the San Francisco 49ers.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1990.[ 9] Stan Jones , guard and defensive tackle from Maryland taken 5th round 54th overall by the Chicago Bears.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1991.[ 9] Chuck Noll , guard from the University of Dayton taken 20th round 239th overall by the Cleveland Browns.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1993 as a coach.[ 9] Notable undrafted players [ edit ] Notes and references [ 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 . ^ "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. ^ Billy Vessels, 1952 Heisman Trophy winner "Heisman Trophy" . Archived from the original on June 14, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2008 . ^ This last selection is commonly referred to as Mr. Irrelevant . ^ a b List of 1970s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com "Pro Football Hall of Fame" . Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2008 . ^ a b c List of 1980s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com "Pro Football Hall of Fame" . Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2008 . ^ a b c List of 1990s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com "Pro Football Hall of Fame" . Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2008 .
