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{{Infobox sports draft | name = 1944 NFL Draft | logo = | logosize = | logoalt = | image = | imagesize = | alt = 1944 NFL draft logo | caption = | date = April 19, 1944 | time = | location = Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia, PA | network = | sponsor = | league = NFL | mr_irrelevant = Walton Roberts, B Boston Yanks | first = Angelo Bertelli, QB Boston Yanks | first_round = | fewnum = 30 | fewest = each team made 30 picks | mostnum = 30 | most = each team made 30 picks | overall = 330 | rounds = 32 | hofnum = 3 | prev = 1943 | next = 1945 }}The 1944 National Football League Draft was held on April 19, 1944, at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1][2] Player selectionsRound onePick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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1 | Boston Yanks | Angelo Bertelli[3] | Quarterback | Notre Dame | 2 | Chicago Cardinals | Pat Harder | Fullback | Wisconsin | 3 | Brooklyn Tigers | Creighton Miller | Halfback | Notre Dame | 4 | Detroit Lions | Otto Graham | Back | Northwestern | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles | Steve Van Buren | Halfback | LSU | 6 | New York Giants | Billy Hillenbrand | Halfback | Indiana | 7 | Green Bay Packers | Merv Pregulman | Guard | Michigan | 8 | Washington Redskins | Mike Micka | Back | Colgate | 9 | Chicago Bears | Ray Evans | Halfback | Kansas | 10 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Johnny Podesto | Tailback | St. Mary's (CA) | 11 | Cleveland Rams | Tony Butkovich | Fullback | Purdue |
Round twoPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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12 | Chicago Cardinals | Paul Mitchell | Tackle | Minnesota | 13 | Brooklyn Tigers | Jim Callahan | Back | Texas | 14 | Detroit Lions | Bob Cifers | Back | Tennessee | 15 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bob Odell | End | Pennsylvania | 16 | New York Giants | Lamar Blount | Back | Mississippi State |
Round threePick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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17 | Chicago Cardinals | Saxon Judd | End | Tulsa | 18 | Brooklyn Tigers | Ralph Park | Back | Texas | 19 | Detroit Lions | Ralph Heywood | End | USC | 20 | Philadelphia Eagles | Loren LaPrade | Guard | Stanford | 21 | New York Giants | Clyde Flowers | Tackle | Texas Christian | 22 | Green Bay Packers | Tom Kuzma | Back | Michigan | 23 | Washington Redskins | Earl Audet | Tackle | USC | 24 | Chicago Bears | Rudy Smeja | End | Michigan | 25 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bob Gantt | End | Duke | 26 | Cleveland Rams | Gil Bouley | Tackle | Boston College | 27 | Boston Yanks | Boris "Babe" Dimancheff | Back | Purdue |
Round fourPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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28 | Chicago Cardinals | Jack Tavener | Center | Indiana | 29 | Brooklyn Tigers | Rudy Sikich | Tackle | Minnesota | 30 | Detroit Lions | George Betteridge | Back | Utah | 31 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Art McCaffray | Tackle | Pacific | 32 | New York Giants | Herb Kane | Tackle | East Central (OK) |
Round fivePick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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33 | Chicago Cardinals | Bill Blackburn | Center | Rice | 34 | Brooklyn Tigers | Verne Ullom | End | Cincinnati | 35 | Detroit Lions | John Greene | Tackle | Michigan | 36 | Philadelphia Eagles | Joe Parker | End | Texas | 37 | New York Giants | Vic Maitland | Tackle | Hobart | 38 | Green Bay Packers | Bill McPartland | Tackle | St. Mary's (CA) | 39 | Washington Redskins | Ed Doherty | Quarterback | Boston College | 40 | Chicago Bears | Abe Croft | End | Southern Methodist | 41 | Pittsburgh Steelers | George Owen | Guard | Wake Forest | 42 | Cleveland Rams | Bob Waterfield | Quarterback | UCLA | 43 | Boston Yanks | Larry Rice | Center | Tulane |
Round sixPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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44 | Chicago Cardinals | Bill Garnaas | Back | Minnesota | 45 | Brooklyn Tigers | Bruce McDonald | End | Illinois State | 46 | Detroit Lions | Ed Alliquie | Tackle | Santa Clara | 47 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Dan Savage | Back | Brown | 48 | New York Giants | Jack Okland | Tackle | Utah State | 49 | Green Bay Packers | Mickey McCardle | Back | USC | 50 | Washington Redskins | Jackie Fellows | Back | Fresno State | 51 | Chicago Bears | C.B. Stanley | Tackle | Tulsa | 52 | Philadelphia Eagles | Hillary Horne | Tackle | Mississippi State | 53 | Cleveland Rams | Al Akins | Back | Washington | 54 | Boston Yanks | John "Butch" Parker | Tackle | Loyola (LA) |
Round sevenPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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55 | Chicago Cardinals | Rodger Smith | Back | Texas Tech | 56 | Brooklyn Tigers | Bob Graiziger | Guard | Minnesota | 57 | Detroit Lions | Paul Briggs | Tackle | Colorado | 58 | Philadelphia Eagles | Vic Kulbitski | Back | Minnesota | 59 | New York Giants | Herm Frickey | Back | Minnesota | 60 | Green Bay Packers | Jack Tracy | End | Washington | 61 | Washington Redskins | Hal Fischer | Guard | Texas | 62 | Chicago Bears | Darwin Seeley | Center | Stanford | 63 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jesse Freitas | Back | Santa Clara | 64 | Cleveland Rams | George Cheverko | Back | Fordham | 65 | Boston Yanks | Mike Andrews | End | North Carolina State |
Round eightPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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66 | Chicago Cardinals | John "Red" Cochran | Back | Wake Forest | 67 | Brooklyn Tigers | Jack Sachse | Center | Texas | 68 | Detroit Lions | Rod Giske | Guard | Washington State | 69 | Pittsburgh Steelers | George Titus | Center | Holy Cross | 70 | New York Giants | Roy Clay | Back | Colorado State | 71 | Green Bay Packers | Alex Agase | Guard | Illinois | 72 | Washington Redskins | Cliff White | Tackle | Murray State | 73 | Chicago Bears | Randall "Buck" Fawcett | Back | Stanford | 74 | Philadelphia Eagles | George Phillips | Back | UCLA | 75 | Cleveland Rams | Stan Stasica | Back | South Carolina | 76 | Boston Yanks | Bob Musick | Back | USC |
Round ninePick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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77 | Chicago Cardinals | Frank Scanlan | Back | Loyola (LA) | 78 | Brooklyn Tigers | Mitchell Olenski | Tackle | Alabama | 79 | Detroit Lions | Matthew Bolger | End | Notre Dame | 80 | Philadelphia Eagles | Paul Sarringhaus | Back | Ohio State | 81 | New York Giants | John Sanchez | Tackle | San Francisco | 82 | Green Bay Packers | Don Whitmire | Tackle | Alabama/Navy | 83 | Washington Redskins | Ted Ogdahl | Back | Willamette | 84 | Chicago Bears | Jack Morton | End | Missouri | 85 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ed Stofko | Back | St. Francis (Pa.) | 86 | Cleveland Rams | Fred Boensch | Tackle | Stanford | 87 | Boston Yanks | Caleb "Tex" Warrington | Center | Auburn |
Round tenPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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88 | Chicago Cardinals | Lou Saban | Back | Indiana | 89 | Brooklyn Tigers | Aldo Cenci | Back | Penn State | 90 | Detroit Lions | Herb Hein | End | Minnesota | 91 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Val Jansante | End | Duquesne | 92 | New York Giants | Ernie Beamer | End | Duke | 93 | Green Bay Packers | Bob Koch | Back | Oregon | 94 | Washington Redskins | Bob Sneddon | Back | St. Mary's (CA) | 95 | Chicago Bears | Bill Starford | Center | Wake Forest | 96 | Philadelphia Eagles | John Perko | Guard | Minnesota | 97 | Cleveland Rams | Bob Shaw | End | Ohio State | 98 | Boston Yanks | Angelo Sisti | Tackle | Boston College |
Round elevenPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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99 | Chicago Cardinals | Fran Griffin | Tackle | Holy Cross | 100 | Brooklyn Tigers | John Bicaninch | Guard | Minnesota | 101 | Detroit Lions | Paul White | Back | Michigan | 102 | Philadelphia Eagles | Elliott Ormsbee | Back | Bradley | 103 | New York Giants | Carl Grate | Guard | Georgia | 104 | Green Bay Packers | Virgil Johnson | End | Arkansas | 105 | Washington Redskins | Bill Aldworth | Tackle | Minnesota | 106 | Chicago Bears | Lin Houston | Guard | Ohio State | 107 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Carl Buda | Guard | Tulsa | 108 | Cleveland Rams | Joe Andrejco | Back | Fordham | 109 | Boston Yanks | Gene Long | Guard | Kansas |
Round twelvePick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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110 | Chicago Cardinals | Leo Daniels | Back | Texas A&M | 111 | Brooklyn Tigers | Jim Tyree | End | Oklahoma | 112 | Detroit Lions | Jack Lescoulie | Guard | UCLA | 113 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sam Gray | End | Tulsa | 114 | New York Giants | Tommy Mont | Back | Maryland | 115 | Green Bay Packers | Roy Giusti | Back | St. Mary's (CA) | 116 | Washington Redskins | Bill Joslyn | Back | Stanford | 117 | Chicago Bears | J.P. Moore | Back | Vanderbilt | 118 | Philadelphia Eagles | Earle Parsons | Back | USC | 119 | Cleveland Rams | Pat Filley | Guard | Notre Dame | 120 | Boston Yanks | Ed Fiorentino | End | Boston College |
Round thirteenPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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121 | Chicago Cardinals | Bobby Dobbs | Back | Tulsa | 122 | Brooklyn Tigers | Jim Wright | Center | Southern Methodist | 123 | Detroit Lions | Doug Rehor | Back | Dickinson | 124 | Philadelphia Eagles | Bob Hanzlik | End | Wisconsin | 125 | New York Giants | Ray Poole | End | Mississippi | 126 | Green Bay Packers | Bill Baughman | Center | Alabama | 127 | Washington Redskins | Charley Walker | Center | Kentucky | 128 | Chicago Bears | Bill Duffey | End | Georgetown (DC) | 129 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bob Longacre | Back | William & Mary | 130 | Cleveland Rams | Bob Erickson | Back | Washington | 131 | Boston Yanks | Mike Zeleznak | Back | Kansas State |
Round fourteenPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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132 | Chicago Cardinals | Van Hall | Back | Texas Christian | 133 | Brooklyn Tigers | John Genis | Tackle | Illinois | 134 | Detroit Lions | Bill Pritula | Center | Michigan | 135 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Les Zetty | End | Muhlenberg | 136 | New York Giants | Bert Corley | Center | Mississippi State | 137 | Green Bay Packers | Don Griffin | Back | Illinois | 138 | Washington Redskins | Boyd Clement | Center | Oregon State | 139 | Chicago Bears | Joe Hartley | Tackle | Louisiana State | 140 | Philadelphia Eagles | Jim Talley | Center | Louisiana State | 141 | Cleveland Rams | Mel Maceau | Center | Marquette | 142 | Boston Yanks | John Maskas | Tackle | Virginia Tech |
Round fifteenPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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143 | Chicago Cardinals | Jack Carpenter | Tackle | Missouri | 144 | Brooklyn Tigers | Billie "Spook" Murphy | Back | Mississippi State | 145 | Detroit Lions | Jim Molich | End | Fresno State | 146 | Philadelphia Eagles | Dom Fusci | Tackle | South Carolina | 147 | New York Giants | Ollie Poole | End | Mississippi | 148 | Green Bay Packers | Bert Gissler | End | Nebraska | 149 | Washington Redskins | Jim Gaffney | Back | Tennessee | 150 | Chicago Bears | Bill Milner | Guard | Duke | 151 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jim Myers | Guard | Tennessee | 152 | Cleveland Rams | Frank "Bud" Hubbell | End | Tennessee | 153 | Boston Yanks | John Bond | Back | Texas Christian |
Round sixteenPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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154 | Chicago Cardinals | Charley Csuri | Tackle | Ohio State | 155 | Brooklyn Tigers | Doug Essick | End | USC | 156 | Detroit Lions | Jules Yakapovich | Back | Colgate | 157 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Joe Gottlieb | Back | Duquesne | 158 | New York Giants | Ralph Ellsworth | Back | Texas | 159 | Green Bay Packers | Lou Shelton | Back | Oregon State | 160 | Washington Redskins | Ted Ossowski | Tackle | Oregon State | 161 | Chicago Bears | Ed "Buckets" Hirsch | Back | Northwestern | 162 | Philadelphia Eagles | Johnny Green | End | Tulsa | 163 | Cleveland Rams | John Aguirre | Tackle | USC | 164 | Boston Yanks | Roger Antaya | Guard | Dartmouth |
Round seventeenPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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165 | Chicago Cardinals | Joe Magliolo | Back | Texas | 166 | Brooklyn Tigers | Howard "Red" Maley | Back | Southern Methodist | 167 | Detroit Lions | Jack Helms | Tackle | Georgia Tech | 168 | Philadelphia Eagles | Jackie Freeman | Back | William & Mary | 169 | New York Giants | Ed Schneider | Tackle | Washburn | 170 | Green Bay Packers | Charley Cusick | Guard | Colgate | 171 | Washington Redskins | Tom Davis | Back | Duke | 172 | Chicago Bears | Ed Ryckeley | End | Georgia Tech | 173 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Hugh Davis | Back | Michigan State | 174 | Cleveland Rams | Aubrey Clayton | Back | Auburn | 175 | Boston Yanks | Marshall Shurnas | End | Missouri |
Round eighteenPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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176 | Chicago Cardinals | Walt Szot | Tackle | Bucknell | 177 | Brooklyn Tigers | Don Willer | Tackle | USC | 178 | Detroit Lions | Elmer "Tippy" Madarik | Back | Detroit | 179 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bill Sullivan | End | Villanova | 180 | New York Giants | Marcel Gres | Tackle | Texas | 181 | Green Bay Packers | Hugh Cox | Back | North Carolina | 182 | Washington Redskins | John Batorski | End | Colgate | 183 | Chicago Bears | Howdy Plasman | Back | Miami (FL) | 184 | Philadelphia Eagles | Joe Kane | Back | Pennsylvania | 185 | Cleveland Rams | Ziggy Zamlynski | Back | Villanova | 186 | Boston Yanks | Reldon Bennett | Tackle | Louisiana State |
Round nineteenPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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187 | Chicago Cardinals | Jack Adams | End | Presbyterian | 188 | Brooklyn Tigers | Howard Callanan | Back | USC | 189 | Detroit Lions | Bill Eubank | End | Mississippi State | 190 | Philadelphia Eagles | Tony Schiro | Guard | Santa Clara | 191 | New York Giants | Neil Brooks | Back | Washington | 192 | Green Bay Packers | Kermit Davis | End | Mississippi State | 193 | Washington Redskins | Clyde Ehrhardt | Center | Georgia | 194 | Chicago Bears | Barry "Bear" French | Tackle | Purdue | 195 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jimmy Woodside | Center | Temple | 196 | Cleveland Rams | Bob McBride | Guard | Notre Dame | 197 | Boston Yanks | Art Faircloth | Back | North Carolina State |
Round twentyPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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198 | Chicago Cardinals | Ray Kuffel | End | Marquette | 199 | Brooklyn Tigers | George Doherty | Tackle | Louisiana Tech | 200 | Detroit Lions | Ray Ahlstrom | Back | St. Mary's (CA) | 201 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bill Miller | Back | Pennsylvania | 202 | New York Giants | Pete Kane | Back | Geneva | 203 | Green Bay Packers | Bob Johnson | Center | Purdue | 204 | Washington Redskins | Dave Brown | End | UCLA | 205 | Chicago Bears | Paul Taylor | Back | USC | 206 | Philadelphia Eagles | Norm Michael[4] | Back | Syracuse | 207 | Cleveland Rams | Joe Yackanich | Tackle | Fordham | 208 | Boston Yanks | Tony Bilotti | Guard | St. Mary's (CA) |
Round twenty-onePick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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209 | Chicago Cardinals | Jack West | End | Texas | 210 | Brooklyn Tigers | Mike Mihalic | Guard | Mississippi State | 211 | Detroit Lions | Alex Kapter | Guard | Northwestern | 212 | Philadelphia Eagles | Eddie Kulakowski | Tackle | West Virginia | 213 | New York Giants | M.L. "Kit" Kittrell | Back | Baylor | 214 | Green Bay Packers | Jim Cox | Tackle | Stanford | 215 | Washington Redskins | Bill Ivy | Tackle | Northwestern | 216 | Chicago Bears | Hank Margarita | Back | Brown | 217 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bob Lawson | End | Holy Cross | 218 | Cleveland Rams | John Creevey | Back | Notre Dame | 219 | Boston Yanks | Bill Furman | Tackle | Washington & Lee |
Round twenty-twoPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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220 | Chicago Cardinals | Jack Esorcia | Back | Illinois State | 221 | Brooklyn Tigers | Ted Cook | End | Alabama | 222 | Detroit Lions | Vick Clark | Back | Texas-El Paso | 223 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Hank Caver | Back | Presbyterian | 224 | New York Giants | Roy Renfro | Guard | Fresno State | 225 | Green Bay Packers | Cliff Anderson | End | Minnesota | 226 | Washington Redskins | Bruce Babcock | Back | Rochester | 227 | Chicago Bears | Ed Davis | Back | Oklahoma | 228 | Philadelphia Eagles | Al Postus | Back | Villanova | 229 | Cleveland Rams | David Paul Jones | Back | Arkansas | 230 | Boston Yanks | Clare Morford | Guard | Oklahoma |
Round twenty-threePick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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231 | Chicago Cardinals | Don Buffmire | Back | Northwestern | 232 | Brooklyn Tigers | Bucky Gillenwater | Tackle | Texas | 233 | Detroit Lions | Max Fischer | Center | Oklahoma | 234 | Philadelphia Eagles | Milt Smith | End | UCLA | 235 | New York Giants | John Dubzinski | Guard | Boston College | 236 | Green Bay Packers | John Wesley Perry | Back | Duke | 237 | Washington Redskins | Bill Reinhard | Back | California | 238 | Chicago Bears | Dick Jamison | Tackle | USC | 239 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Paul Carter | Tackle | Michigan State | 240 | Cleveland Rams | Jim Pharr | Center | Auburn | 241 | Boston Yanks | Dilton Richmond | End | Louisiana State |
Round twenty-fourPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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242 | Chicago Cardinals | Bob Nanni | Tackle | Duke | 243 | Brooklyn Tigers | Jack Baldwin | Center | Centenary | 244 | Detroit Lions | Chuck Jacoby | Back | Indiana | 245 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Dick Holben | Tackle | Muhlenberg | 246 | New York Giants | Howard Beyer | Center | Michigan State | 247 | Green Bay Packers | Pete DeMaria | Guard | Purdue | 248 | Washington Redskins | Ed Bauer | Guard | South Carolina | 249 | Chicago Bears | Jack Bortka | Back | Kansas State | 250 | Philadelphia Eagles | Earl Klapstein | Tackle | Pacific | 251 | Cleveland Rams | Joe Warlick | Back | Mississippi State | 252 | Boston Yanks | Courtney Lawlor | Back | Richmond |
Round twenty-fivePick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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253 | Chicago Cardinals | John McGinnis | End | Notre Dame | 254 | Brooklyn Tigers | Dick Manning | Back | USC | 255 | Detroit Lions | Bob McCarthy | End | St. Mary's (CA) | 256 | Philadelphia Eagles | Bob Frisbee | Back | Stanford | 257 | New York Giants | Ben Babula | Back | Fordham | 258 | Green Bay Packers | Len Liss | Tackle | Marquette | 259 | Washington Redskins | Joe "Smokey" Martin | Back | Cornell | 260 | Chicago Bears | Roy Ruskusky | End | St. Mary's (CA) | 261 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Howard Tippee | Back | Iowa State | 262 | Cleveland Rams | Bert Gianelli | Guard | Santa Clara | 263 | Boston Yanks | Howard Debus | Back | Nebraska |
Round twenty-sixPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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264 | Chicago Cardinals | Warren Hodges | Tackle | Kansas | 265 | Brooklyn Tigers | Ray Grierson | End | Illinois | 266 | Detroit Lions | Stan Hendrickson | End | Colorado | 267 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Charley Malmberg | Tackle | Rice | 268 | New York Giants | Theophilus Andrew Fitanides | Back | New Hampshire | 269 | Green Bay Packers | Ray Jordan | Back | North Carolina | 270 | Washington Redskins | Lee Gustafson | Back | Oregon State | 271 | Chicago Bears | Harry Franck | Back | Northwestern | 272 | Philadelphia Eagles | Ed Eiden | Back | Scranton | 273 | Cleveland Rams | Charley Kuhn | Back | Kentucky | 274 | Boston Yanks | Bill Portwood | End | Kentucky |
Round twenty-sevenPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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275 | Chicago Cardinals | Bill Earley | Back | Notre Dame | 276 | Brooklyn Tigers | Joe Golding | Back | Oklahoma | 277 | Detroit Lions | Fred Bouldin | Back | Missouri | 278 | Philadelphia Eagles | Barney Burdick | End | Creighton | 279 | New York Giants | Andy Bires | End | Alabama | 280 | Green Bay Packers | Al Grubaugh | Tackle | Nebraska | 281 | Washington Redskins | Nick Pappas | Tackle | Utah | 282 | Chicago Bears | Jack McKewan | Tackle | Alabama | 283 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Russ Ashbaugh | Back | Notre Dame | 284 | Cleveland Rams | Jim Smith | Tackle | Colorado | 285 | Boston Yanks | Harold Collins | Guard | Southwestern (TX) |
Round twenty-eightPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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286 | Chicago Cardinals | Bob Davis | Guard | Oregon | 287 | Brooklyn Tigers | Bob Zimny | Tackle | Indiana | 288 | Detroit Lions | Dick McElwee | Back | West Virginia | 289 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Pat Petroski | Guard | Miami (FL) | 290 | New York Giants | Tom Rock | End | Columbia | 291 | Green Bay Packers | A. B. Howard | End | Mississippi State | 292 | Washington Redskins | Lindsey Bowen | End | Rice | 293 | Chicago Bears | Charlie Mitchell | Back | Tulsa | 294 | Philadelphia Eagles | Nick Daukas | Tackle | Dartmouth | 295 | Cleveland Rams | Ray Donelli | Back | Duquesne | 296 | Boston Yanks | Aubrey Gill | Center | Texas |
Round twenty-ninePick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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297 | Chicago Cardinals | Vince DiFrancesca | Tackle | Northwestern | 298 | Brooklyn Tigers | Marty Frohm | Tackle | Mississippi State | 299 | Detroit Lions | Bob Derleth | Tackle | Michigan | 300 | Philadelphia Eagles | Pasquale Darone | Guard | Boston College | 301 | New York Giants | Walt Cyhel | Tackle | Creighton | 302 | Green Bay Packers | Paul Paladino | Guard | Arkansas | 303 | Washington Redskins | Bill Gustafson | Tackle | Washington State | 304 | Chicago Bears | Pat Boyle | Guard | Wisconsin | 305 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Joe Tosti | End | Scranton | 306 | Cleveland Rams | John Hughes | End | Mississippi State | 307 | Boston Yanks | Chet Wasilewski | Back | Holy Cross |
Round thirtyPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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308 | Chicago Cardinals | Lloyd Ott | Center | North Carolina State | 309 | Brooklyn Tigers | Howard Blose | Back | Cornell | 310 | Detroit Lions | George Dick | End | Kansas | 311 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Len Seelinger | Back | Wisconsin | 312 | New York Giants | Francis Nelson | Back | Baylor | 313 | Green Bay Packers | Bob Butchofsky | Back | Texas A&M | 314 | Washington Redskins | Bill Yablonski | Center | Holy Cross | 315 | Chicago Bears | Bernie Pepper | Tackle | Missouri | 316 | Philadelphia Eagles | Bill Clark | Tackle | Colorado College | 317 | Cleveland Rams | Dick McPhee | Back | Georgia | 318 | Boston Yanks | Gus Letchas | Back | Georgia |
Round thirty-onePick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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319 | Green Bay Packers | Russ Deal | Guard | Indiana | 320 | Washington Redskins | Buster Hollingbery | Center | Washington State | 321 | Chicago Bears | Karl Vogt | Tackle | Villanova | 322 | Philadelphia Eagles | Pete Pasko | End | East Stroudsburg | 323 | Cleveland Rams | Jim McLeod | End | Louisiana State | 324 | Boston Yanks | Ralph Calcagni | Tackle | Pennsylvania |
Round thirty-twoPick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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325 | Green Bay Packers | Abel "Frito" Gonzales | Back | Southern Methodist | 326 | Washington Redskins | Willard Sheller | Back | Stanford | 327 | Chicago Bears | Bob Endres | Tackle | Colgate | 328 | Philadelphia Eagles | Myron Majewski | Tackle | American International | 329 | Cleveland Rams | Stan Kudlacz | Center | Notre Dame | 330 [5] | Boston Yanks | Walton Roberts | Back | Texas |
Hall of Famers- Otto Graham, quarterback from Northwestern taken 1st round 4th overall by the Detroit Lions.
Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1965.[6] - Steve Van Buren, halfback from LSU taken 1st round 5th overall by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1965.[6] - Bob Waterfield, quarterback from UCLA taken 5th round 42nd overall by the Cleveland Rams.
Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1965.[6] Notable undrafted players{{NFLDraft-header | undrafted=yes | noteswidth=200pt}}{{NFLDraft-row| draftyear=1944 | undrafted=yes | round= | picknum= | team=Chicago Bears | first=Ed | last=Sprinkle | dab= | position=Guard | position2=Defensive end | collegeyear=1943 | college=United States Naval Academy | collegeteam=Navy Midshipmen | collegelink=Navy | probowl=yes | note= | cfb page exists=yes}}{{NFLDraft-row| draftyear=1944 | undrafted=yes | round= | picknum= | team=Cleveland Rams | first=Don | last=Greenwood | dab=Don Greenwood (American football) | position=Running back | position2=Quarterback | collegeyear=1943 | college=University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | collegeteam=Illinois Fighting Illini | collegelink=Illinois | probowl=no | note= | cfb page exists=yes}}{{NFLDraft-row| draftyear=1944 | undrafted=yes | round= | picknum= | team=Cleveland Rams | first=Mike | last=Scarry | dab= | position=Center | position2=Defensive tackle | collegeyear=1943 | college=Waynesburg College | collegeteam=Waynesburg Yellow Jackets | collegelink=Waynesburg | probowl=no | note= | cfb page exists=no}}{{NFLDraft-row| draftyear=1944 | undrafted=yes | round= | picknum= | team=Philadelphia Eagles | first=Duke | last=Maronic | dab= | position=Guard | position2=Defensive end | collegeyear=1943 | college= | collegeteam= | collegelink= | probowl=no | note=He didn't attend college | cfb page exists=no}}{{NFLDraft-footer}}References1. ^{{cite news|last1=Salomone|first1=Dan|title=NFL Draft headed to Chicago in 2015|url=http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/NFL-Draft-headed-to-Chicago-in-2015/3ac322b1-3b4c-4a16-aba7-6e08d31b1756|accessdate=June 3, 2015|publisher=New York Giants|work=Giants.com|date=October 2, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930065327/http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/NFL-Draft-headed-to-Chicago-in-2015/3ac322b1-3b4c-4a16-aba7-6e08d31b1756|archivedate=2015-09-30|deadurl=yes|df=}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.footballgeography.com/nfl-draft-sites/ |title=NFL Draft Locations |author= |date=October 2, 2014 |website=www.footballgeography.com |accessdate=October 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905090250/http://www.footballgeography.com/nfl-draft-sites/ |archive-date=2015-09-05 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 3. ^Angelo Bertelli, 1943 Heisman Trophy winner {{cite web|title=Heisman Trophy|url=http://www.heisman.com/winners/a-bertelli43.php|accessdate=2008-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007173923/http://www.heisman.com/winners/a-bertelli43.php|archive-date=2009-10-07|dead-url=yes|df=}} 4. ^Michael did not learn that he had been drafted until 1999, when he saw his name in a list of every drafted Syracuse player. {{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=list/050418/draftdays&num=0 | title=The strangest NFL draft moments | publisher=ESPN | date=2005-04-18 | accessdate=18 December 2014 | author=Merron, Jeff}} 5. ^This last selection is commonly referred to as Mr. Irrelevant. 6. ^1 2 List of 1960s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com {{cite web|title=Pro Football Hall of Fame |url=http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/years.html#1960s |accessdate=2008-10-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731024937/http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/years.html |archivedate=2008-07-31 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 7. ^Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
External links- NFL.com – 1944 Draft
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080327012704/http://www.databasefootball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1944&lg=NFL databaseFootball.com – 1944 Draft]
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
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