National Football League draft
The 1962 NFL draft was held on December 4, 1961 at the Sheraton Hotel in Chicago , Illinois .[ 1] [ 2]
The Washington Redskins used the first overall pick of the draft to select running back Ernie Davis , then subsequently traded him to the Cleveland Browns .
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 57 Chicago Bears Mack Burton End San José State 58 New York Giants Bookie Bolin Guard Ole Miss 59 New York Giants Curtis Miranda Center Florida A&M 60 Los Angeles Rams Jim Smith Tackle Penn State 61 Baltimore Colts Jerry Croft Guard Bowling Green 62 San Francisco 49ers Ted Woods Running Back Colorado 63 Chicago Bears Bill Tunnicliff Running Back Michigan 64 San Francisco 49ers Mike Lind Running Back Notre Dame 65 Green Bay Packers Chuck Morris Back Ole Miss 66 Detroit Lions Dan Birdwell [ 13] Center Houston 67 Cleveland Browns Henry Rivera Running Back Oregon State 68 Los Angeles Rams Ben Wilson Running Back USC 69 St. Louis Cardinals Bill Rice End Alabama 70 Green Bay Packers Jon Schopf Guard Michigan
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 71 San Francisco 49ers Keith Luhnow Back Santa Ana 72 New York Giants Bill Triplett Back Miami (OH) 73 Minnesota Vikings Larry Bowie Tackle Purdue 74 Dallas Cowboys Donnie Davis End Southern 75 St. Louis Cardinals John Elwell End Purdue 76 San Francisco 49ers Jerry Brown Guard Mississippi 77 Philadelphia Eagles Gus Gonzales Guard Tulane 78 San Francisco 49ers Bill Winter Tackle West Virginia 79 Green Bay Packers John Sutro Tackle San José State 80 Detroit Lions Mike Bundra Tackle USC 81 Cleveland Browns Sam Tidmore End Ohio State 82 Dallas Cowboys George Andrie End Marquette 83 Philadelphia Eagles John McGeever Running Back Auburn 84 Green Bay Packers Oscar Donahue End San José State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 99 Washington Redskins Ron Hatcher Running back Michigan State 100 Los Angeles Rams Dick Farris Guard North Texas State 101 Minnesota Vikings Paul White Running back Florida 102 Dallas Cowboys Ken Tureaud Back Michigan 103 St. Louis Cardinals George Gross [ 16] Tackle Auburn 104 Pittsburgh Steelers Gary Ballman Back Michigan State 105 Chicago Bears Ed Reynolds Tackle Tulane 106 San Francisco 49ers Jim Vollenweider Back Miami (FL) 107 Baltimore Colts Pete Brokaw Back Syracuse 108 Detroit Lions Murdock Hopper Tackle Houston 109 Detroit Lions Frank Imperiale Guard Southern Illinois 110 Chicago Bears Larry Onesti [ 17] Center Northwestern 111 Philadelphia Eagles Ralph "Catfish" Smith End Mississippi 112 Green Bay Packers Jim Tullis Back Florida A&M
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 113 Washington Redskins Dave Viti End Boston University 114 Minnesota Vikings Marshall Shirk Tackle UCLA 115 Los Angeles Rams Ike Lassiter [ 18] Tackle St. Augustine's 116 Baltimore Colts Roy Walker Running back Purdue 117 Pittsburgh Steelers John Powers End Notre Dame 118 St. Louis Cardinals Wilburn Hollis Quarterback Iowa 119 Chicago Bears Kelton Winston Running back Wiley 120 San Francisco 49ers Jim Roberts Tackle Mississippi 121 Baltimore Colts Walt Rappold Quarterback Duke 122 Detroit Lions Todd Grant Center Michigan 123 Cleveland Browns Chuck Dickerson Tackle Illinois 124 Philadelphia Eagles Bob Butler Tackle Kentucky 125 New York Giants Reed Bohovich Tackle Lehigh 126 Green Bay Packers Peter Schenck Back Washington State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 127 Washington Redskins John Childress Guard Arkansas 128 Los Angeles Rams Jim Norris Tackle Houston 129 Cleveland Browns Jerry Goerlitz Center Northern Michigan 130 Dallas Cowboys John Longmeyer Guard Southern Illinois 131 St. Louis Cardinals George Fracovitch Guard Syracuse 132 Pittsburgh Steelers Larry Vignali Guard Pittsburgh 133 Chicago Bears LeRoy Weaver Back Adams State 134 San Francisco 49ers Regis Coustillac Guard Pittsburgh 135 Baltimore Colts Fred Moore Tackle Memphis State 136 Detroit Lions Jerry Archer Center Pittsburg State 137 Cleveland Browns Albert White Back Capital 138 New York Giants J.R. Williams Center Fresno State 139 Philadelphia Eagles Jim Skaggs Guard Washington 140 Green Bay Packers Gale Weidner Quarterback Colorado
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 141 Washington Redskins Carl Palazzo Tackle Adams State 142 Cleveland Browns Ronnie Meyers End Villanova 143 Los Angeles Rams Bert Wilder Tackle North Carolina State 144 Dallas Cowboys Larry Hudas End Michigan State 145 Pittsburgh Steelers Bob Wills End California 146 St. Louis Cardinals James Saxton Back Texas 147 Chicago Bears Jerry Robinson Running back Grambling 148 San Francisco 49ers Larry Jepson Center Furman 149 Baltimore Colts Scott Tyler Back Miami (OH) 150 Detroit Lions Karl Anderson Tackle Bowling Green 151 Cleveland Browns Clifton McNeil End Grambling 152 Philadelphia Eagles George Horne Tackle Brigham Young 153 New York Giants Dave Bishop Back Connecticut 154 Green Bay Packers Jim Thrush Tackle Xavier
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 155 Washington Redskins Terry Terrebonne Running back Tulane 156 Los Angeles Rams Marv Marinovich Tackle USC 157 Minnesota Vikings Gary Fallon Running back Syracuse 158 Green Bay Packers Joe Thorne Back South Dakota State 159 St. Louis Cardinals Bob O'Billovich Back Montana 160 Pittsburgh Steelers Sam Mudie Back Rutgers 161 Chicago Bears Bill Watts Tackle Miami (FL) 162 San Francisco 49ers Milton McPike End Northeast Missouri State 163 Baltimore Colts Bake Turner Running back Texas Tech 164 Detroit Lions Gale Sprute Center Winona State 165 Cleveland Browns Ted Stute End Ohio 166 New York Giants Al Gursky Running back Penn State 167 Philadelphia Eagles Larry Thompson Center Tulane 168 Green Bay Packers Tom Pennington [ 19] Back Georgia
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 169 Washington Redskins Bill Whisler End Iowa 170 Minnesota Vikings Roger Van Cleef Tackle Southwestern Oklahoma 171 Los Angeles Rams Bob Fearnside Running back Bowling Green 172 Dallas Cowboys Bob Moses End Texas 173 Pittsburgh Steelers Dave Woodward Tackle Auburn 174 St. Louis Cardinals Bill Diamond Guard Miami (FL) 175 Chicago Bears Joe Perkowski Back Notre Dame 176 San Francisco 49ers George Pierovich Back California 177 Baltimore Colts Charles Holmes Running back Maryland-Eastern Shore 178 Detroit Lions Sherlock Knight Tackle Central State (OH) 179 Cleveland Browns Frank Gardner Tackle North Carolina Central 180 Philadelphia Eagles George McKinney Back Arkansas 181 New York Giants Billy Joe Booth Tackle Louisiana State 182 Green Bay Packers Tom Kepner Tackle Villanova
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 183 Washington Redskins Jim Costen Running back South Carolina 184 Los Angeles Rams Gary Henson End Colorado 185 Minnesota Vikings Patrick Russ Tackle Purdue 186 Dallas Cowboys Harold Hays Guard Southern Mississippi 187 St. Louis Cardinals George Mans End Michigan 188 Pittsburgh Steelers Jim Whitaker End Nevada-Reno 189 Chicago Bears Andy Von Sonn Center UCLA 190 San Francisco 49ers Dick Easterly Back Syracuse 191 Baltimore Colts Stinson Jones Back Virginia Military Inst 192 Detroit Lions Jim Davidson Back Maryland 193 Cleveland Browns Jim Shorter Back Detroit 194 New York Giants Greg Mather End Navy 195 Philadelphia Eagles Jim Schwab End Penn State 196 Green Bay Packers Ernie Green Back Louisville
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 197 Washington Redskins Len Vella Tackle Georgia 198 Minnesota Vikings Larry Guilford End Pacific 199 Los Angeles Rams Walter Kikirk Tackle Houston 200 Dallas Cowboys Guy Reese Tackle Southern Methodist 201 Pittsburgh Steelers Vern Hatch End North Carolina Central 202 St. Louis Cardinals Dick Barlund End Maryland 203 Chicago Bears Kent Martin Tackle Wake Forest 204 San Francisco 49ers Ray Osborne Tackle Mississippi State 205 Baltimore Colts Joe Monte Guard Furman 206 Detroit Lions Dick Broadbent End Delaware 207 Cleveland Browns Tom Goosby Guard Baldwin–Wallace 208 Philadelphia Eagles Mike Woulfe Guard Colorado 209 New York Giants Joe Taylor Running back North Carolina A&T 210 Green Bay Packers Roger Holdinsky Back West Virginia
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 211 Washington Redskins Tommy Brooker End Alabama 212 Los Angeles Rams Ron Skufca Tackle Purdue 213 Minnesota Vikings John Contoulis Tackle Connecticut 214 Dallas Cowboys Bob Johnston Tackle Rice 215 St. Louis Cardinals Bill Wegener Guard Missouri 216 Pittsburgh Steelers Bobby Ply Back Baylor 217 Chicago Bears John Nelson Center Xavier 218 San Francisco 49ers Ron Frank Tackle South Dakota State 219 Baltimore Colts Ray Abruzzese [ 20] Running back Alabama 220 Detroit Lions Tom Sestak [ 21] End McNeese State 221 Cleveland Browns Dennis Biodrowski End Memphis State 222 New York Giants Roger Johnson Running back Oregon State 223 Philadelphia Eagles Jerry Mazzanti Tackle Arkansas 224 Green Bay Packers Jimmy Field Back Louisiana State
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 225 Washington Redskins Alan Miller Guard Ohio 226 Minnesota Vikings Ron Staley End Wisconsin 227 Los Angeles Rams Dave Steadman Tackle Georgia Tech 228 Dallas Cowboys Ray Jacobs Tackle Howard Payne 229 Pittsburgh Steelers Nat Tucker Back Florida A&M 230 St. Louis Cardinals Don Kasso Running back Oregon State 231 Chicago Bears Glenn Glass Running back Tennessee 232 San Francisco 49ers Wally Foltz End De Pauw 233 Baltimore Colts Bill Knocke Running back Fresno State 234 Detroit Lions Rucker Wickline Center Marshall 235 Cleveland Browns Herbert Harlan End Baylor 236 Philadelphia Eagles Mike Martin Tackle Washington State 237 New York Giants Ken Schaffer Tackle Marquette 238 Green Bay Packers Buck Buchanan [ 22] Tackle Grambling
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 239 Washington Redskins Carl Charon Back Michigan State 240 Los Angeles Rams Charlie Furlow Quarterback Mississippi State 241 Minnesota Vikings Junior Hawthorne Tackle Kentucky 242 Dallas Cowboys Dave Cloutier Back Maine 243 St. Louis Cardinals Don Donatelli Center Florida State 244 Pittsburgh Steelers Ferrell Yarbrough Tackle Northwestern State (LA) 245 Chicago Bears Tommy Neck Back Louisiana State 246 San Francisco 49ers Gary Brown Tackle Illinois 247 Baltimore Colts Mel Rideout Quarterback Richmond 248 Detroit Lions Joe Zuger Quarterback Arizona State 249 Cleveland Browns Sonny Bishop [ 23] Guard Fresno State 250 New York Giants Bill Winter Running back St. Olaf 251 Philadelphia Eagles Tom Larscheid Back Utah State 252 Green Bay Packers Bob Joiner Quarterback Presbyterian
Pick # NFL team Player Position College 253 Washington Redskins Claude Crabb Back Colorado 254 Minnesota Vikings Tomy Minteer Back Baylor 255 Los Angeles Rams Gerard Barto Tackle Drake 256 Dallas Cowboys Paul Holmes Tackle Georgia 257 Pittsburgh Steelers John Kuprok End Pittsburgh 258 St. Louis Cardinals Don Smith Back Langston 259 Chicago Bears Bill Kellum Tackle Tulane 260 San Francisco 49ers Robert Burton, Sr. Tackle Murray State 261 Baltimore Colts Fred Gillett Back Cal State-Los Angeles 262 Detroit Lions Jim Bernhardt Tackle Linfield 263 Cleveland Browns Jon Anabo Quarterback Fresno State 264 Philadelphia Eagles Harold Ericksen Guard Georgia Tech 265 New York Giants Bob Stem Center Syracuse 266 Green Bay Packers Jerry Scattini Back California
= Pro Bowler [ 3] = AFL All-Star [ 4] = Hall of Famer
Lance Alworth , wide receiver from Arkansas taken 1st round 8th overall by the San Francisco 49ers, but signed with the AFL San Diego Chargers.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1978.[ 25] Merlin Olsen , defensive tackle from Utah State taken 1st round 3rd overall by the Los Angeles Rams.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1982.[ 26] Mick Tingelhoff , center from Nebraska undrafted and signed by the Minnesota Vikings.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2015. 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 . ^ 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 Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star team at any time in their career. ^ Ernie Davis, 1961 Heisman Trophy winner "Heisman Trophy" . Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2008 . ^ Lance Alworth signed with the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League ^ John Hadl signed with the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League ^ Eddie Wilson Signed with the Dallas Texans of the American Football League ^ Bob Mitinger Signed with the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League ^ Bill Miller Signed with the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League ^ Billy Neighbors Signed with the Boston Patriots of the American Football League ^ Roger Kochman was a junior when drafted by the NFL in 1962. In 1963, he was drafted and signed by the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League ^ Dan Birdwell Signed with the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League ^ Bert Coan Signed with the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League ^ John Havlicek was drafted by the Cleveland Browns but chose to play in the NBA with the Boston Celtics . "NBA.com: John Havlicek Bio" . NBA.com . Retrieved December 2, 2008 . ^ George Gross Signed with the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League ^ Larry Onesti Signed with the Houston Oilers of the American Football League ^ Ike Lassiter Signed with the Denver Broncos of the American Football League ^ Tom Pennington Signed with the Dallas Texans of the American Football League ^ Ray Abruzzese Signed with the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League ^ Tom Sestak Signed with the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League ^ Buck Buchanan Signed with the Dallas Texans of the American Football League ^ Sonny Bishop Signed with the Dallas Texans of the American Football League ^ This last selection is commonly referred to as Mr. Irrelevant . ^ 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 . ^ 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 . ^ Players are identified as a Hall of Famer if they have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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