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National Football League draft

1940 NFL draft
Hilton Milwaukee (the former Schroeder Hotel, location of the draft) photographed in 2021
General information
Date	December 9, 1939
Location	Schroeder Hotel inMilwaukee,WI
Overview
200 total selections in22 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	George Cafego, TB Chicago Cardinals
Most selections(20)	each team made 20 picks
Fewest selections(20)	each team made 20 picks
Hall of Famers	2 QBGeorge McAfee CBulldog Turner
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The1940 NFL draft was held on December 9, 1939, at theSchroeder Hotel inMilwaukee, Wisconsin.^[1]^[2] With thefirst overall pick of the draft, theChicago Cardinals selectedGeorge Cafego.

Location

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The draft was held in the Empire Room of theSchroeder Hotel inMilwaukee, Wisconsin. In the early history of the NFL, drafts were typically held on the eve of theNFL Championship Game.^[3]^[4] The1939 NFL Championship Game (held the day after the draft) was hosted by theGreen Bay Packers, but took place in Milwaukee (at the "Dairy Bowl" stadium in the infield of theMilwaukee Mile racetrack) instead of theGreen Bay, Wisconsin due to team ownerCurly Lambeau's belief that a game in Milwaukee (a larger city more accessible by rail) would generate greater attendance than one in Green Bay.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] Lambeau's decision paid off, with a sold-out game the day following the draft.^[4]

Both the hotel (today known as the "Hilton Milwaukee") and the ballroom in which the draft was held remain today, with the ballroom maintaining a similar appearance to how it looked at the time of the draft.^[3]

Player selections

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=Hall of Famer


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
1	1	Chicago Cardinals	George Cafego	FB	Tennessee	SEC
1	2	Philadelphia Eagles	George McAfee^‡	QB	Duke	SoCon
1	3	Pittsburgh Steelers	Kay Eakin	HB	Arkansas	SWC
1	4	Brooklyn Dodgers	Banks McFadden	HB	Clemson	SoCon
1	5	Cleveland Rams	Olie Cordill	HB	Rice	SWC
1	6	Detroit Lions	Doyle Nave	QB	USC	PCC
1	7	Chicago Bears	Bulldog Turner^‡	C	Hardin–Simmons	Ind.
1	8	Washington Redskins	Ed Boell	QB	NYU	Ind.
1	9	Green Bay Packers	Hal Van Every	HB	Minnesota	Big Ten
1	10	New York Giants	Grenny Lansdell	HB	USC	PCC
2	11	Chicago Cardinals	Snuffy Stirnweiss	B	North Carolina	SoCon
2	12	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ralph Wenzell	E	Tulane	SEC
2	13	Philadelphia Eagles	John Schiechl	C	Santa Clara	Ind.
2	14	Brooklyn Dodgers	Nile Kinnick	B	Iowa	Big Ten
2	15	Cleveland Rams	Merl Condit	B	Carnegie Tech	Ind.
3	16	Chicago Cardinals	Lloyd Madden	B	Colorado Mines	RMAC
3	17	Philadelphia Eagles	Dick Favor	B	Oklahoma	Big Six
3	18	Pittsburgh Steelers	George Kiick	B	Bucknell	Ind.
3	19	Brooklyn Dodgers	Rhoten Shetley	B	Furman	SoCon
3	20	Cleveland Rams	Jack Haman	C	Northwestern	Big Ten
3	21	Detroit Lions	Bill Fisk	E	USC	PCC
3	22	Chicago Bears	Ken Kavanaugh	E	LSU	SEC
3	23	Washington Redskins	Buddy Banker	B	Tulane	SEC
3	24	Green Bay Packers	Lou Brock	B	Purdue	Big Ten
3	25	New York Giants	John McLaughry	B	Brown	Ind.
4	26	Chicago Cardinals	John Shirk	E	Oklahoma	Big Six
4	27	Pittsburgh Steelers	Pop Ivy	E	Oklahoma	Big Six
4	28	Philadelphia Eagles	Eberle Schultz	G	Oregon State	PCC
4	29	Brooklyn Dodgers	Bill Bailey	E	Duke	SoCon
4	30	Cleveland Rams	Bobby Wood	T	Alabama	SEC
5	31	Chicago Cardinals	Marty Christiansen	B	Minnesota	Big Ten
5	32	Philadelphia Eagles	Frank Emmons	B	Oregon	PCC
5	33	Pittsburgh Steelers	Clark Goff	T	Florida	SEC
5	34	Brooklyn Dodgers	Walt Merrill	T	Alabama	SEC
5	35	Cleveland Rams	Park Myers	T	Texas	SWC
5	36	Detroit Lions	Harry Smith	G	USC	PCC
5	37	Chicago Bears	Ed Kolman	T	Temple	Ind.
5	38	Washington Redskins	Kirchem, BillBill Kirchem	T	Tulane	SEC
5	39	Green Bay Packers	Esco Sarkkinen	E	Ohio State	Big Ten
5	40	New York Giants	Carl Tomasello	E	Scranton	N/A
6	41	Chicago Cardinals	Vic Reginato	E	Oregon	PCC
6	42	Pittsburgh Steelers	Frank Bykowski	G	Purdue	Big Ten
6	43	Philadelphia Eagles	Singer, SaulSaul Singer	T	Arkansas	SWC
6	44	Brooklyn Dodgers	Murray, JackJack Murray	C	Wisconsin	Big Ten
6	45	Cleveland Rams	Ken Heineman	B	Texas Mines	Border
6	46	Detroit Lions	Rike, JimJim Rike	C	Tennessee	SEC
6	47	Chicago Bears	John Woudenberg	T	Denver	N/A
6	48	Washington Redskins	Joe Boyd	T	Texas A&M	SWC
6	49	Green Bay Packers	Dick Cassiano	B	Pittsburgh	Ind.
6	50	New York Giants	Smith, LouLou Smith	B	California	N/A
7	51	Chicago Cardinals	Andy Chisick	C	Villanova	Ind.
7	52	Philadelphia Eagles	Hal Pegg	C	Bucknell	Ind.
7	53	Pittsburgh Steelers	Cignetti, PetePete Cignetti	B	Boston College	Ind.
7	54	Brooklyn Dodgers	Ty Coon	T	NC State	SoCon
7	55	Cleveland Rams	Bob Nowaskey	E	George Washington	Ind.
7	56	Detroit Lions	Bob Winslow	E	USC	PCC
7	57	Chicago Bears	Len Akin	G	Baylor	SWC
7	58	Washington Redskins	Roy Zimmerman	B	San Jose State	CCAA
7	59	Green Bay Packers	White, MillardMillard White	T	Tulane	SEC
7	60	New York Giants	Rex Williams	C	Texas Tech	Border
8	61	Chicago Cardinals	Ben Kish	B	Pittsburgh	Ind.
8	62	Pittsburgh Steelers	Carl Nery	G	Duquesne	Ind.
8	63	Philadelphia Eagles	Don Looney	E	TCU	SWC
8	64	Brooklyn Dodgers	Frank Zadworney	B	Ohio State	Big Ten
8	65	Cleveland Rams	Anahu, BillBill Anahu	E	Santa Clara	Ind.
8	66	Detroit Lions	Tranavitch, BillBill Tranavitch	B	Rutgers	Ind.
8	67	Chicago Bears	Jim Fordham	B	Georgia	SEC
8	68	Washington Redskins	Orf, BudBud Orf	E	Missouri	Big Six
8	69	Green Bay Packers	George Seeman	E	Nebraska	Big Six
8	70	New York Giants	Win Pedersen	T	Minnesota	Big Ten
9	71	Chicago Cardinals	Pappas, LukeLuke Pappas	T	Utah	MSC
9	72	Philadelphia Eagles	Jones, DonDon Jones	B	Washington	PCC
9	73	Pittsburgh Steelers	Boisseau, DickDick Boisseau	T	Washington & Lee	N/A
9	74	Brooklyn Dodgers	Jocher, ArtArt Jocher	T	Manhattan	N/A
9	75	Cleveland Rams	Wilfred Thorpe	G	Arkansas	SWC
9	76	Detroit Lions	Haas, BobBob Haas	T	Missouri	Big Six
9	77	Chicago Bears	Hampton Pool	E	Stanford	PCC
9	78	Washington Redskins	Bob Hoffman	B	USC	PCC
9	79	Green Bay Packers	Manley, J. R.J. R. Manley	G	Oklahoma	Big Six
9	80	New York Giants	Dom Principe	B	Fordham	Ind.
10	81	Chicago Cardinals	Roche, JackJack Roche	B	Santa Clara	Ind.
10	82	Pittsburgh Steelers	Shu, PaulPaul Shu	B	VMI	SoCon
10	83	Philadelphia Eagles	Frank Maher	B	Toledo	OAC
10	84	Brooklyn Dodgers	Turner, JimJim Turner	G	Holy Cross	Ind.
10	85	Cleveland Rams	Smith, HerbHerb Smith	B	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind.
10	86	Detroit Lions	DeWitte, LeonLeon DeWitte	B	Purdue	Big Ten
10	87	Chicago Bears	Pace, TomTom Pace	B	Utah	MSC
10	88	Washington Redskins	Bob Seymour	B	Oklahoma	Big Six
10	89	Green Bay Packers	Brown, JackJack Brown	B	Purdue	Big Ten
10	90	New York Giants	Clark, EarlEarl Clark	B	TCU	SWC
11	91	Chicago Cardinals	Davis, BillBill Davis	T	Texas Tech	Border
11	92	Philadelphia Eagles	Elmer Hackney	B	Kansas State	Big Six
11	93	Pittsburgh Steelers	Cary Cox	C	Alabama	SEC
11	94	Brooklyn Dodgers	Cutlich, NickNick Cutlich	T	Northwestern	Big Ten
11	95	Cleveland Rams	Boyd Clay	T	Tennessee	SEC
11	96	Detroit Lions	Erwin Prasse	E	Iowa	Big Ten
11	97	Chicago Bears	Lee Artoe	T	California	N/A
11	98	Washington Redskins	Stoecker, HowardHoward Stoecker	T	USC	PCC
11	99	Green Bay Packers	Guritz, DonDon Guritz	G	Northwestern	Big Ten
11	100	New York Giants	McKibben, JohnJohn McKibben	E	Tulsa	MVC
12	101	Chicago Cardinals	Andersen, StanStan Andersen	T	Stanford	PCC
12	102	Pittsburgh Steelers	Rocco Pirro	B	Catholic University	Ind.
12	103	Philadelphia Eagles	Horner, DurwardDurward Horner	E	TCU	SWC
12	104	Brooklyn Dodgers	Dougherty, GeorgeGeorge Dougherty	B			Sources say Howard but the first African American was drafted in 1949.
12	105	Cleveland Rams	Shag Goolsby	C	Mississippi State	SEC
12	106	Detroit Lions	Binder, KenKen Binder	B	Carroll (WI)	N/A
12	107	Chicago Bears	McCubbin, BillBill McCubbin	E	Kentucky	SEC
12	108	Washington Redskins	Johnson, AllenAllen Johnson	G	Duke	SoCon
12	109	Green Bay Packers	Gaspar, PhilPhil Gaspar	T	USC	PCC
12	110	New York Giants	McGee, EdEd McGee	G	Temple	Ind.
13	111	Chicago Cardinals	Alton Coppage	E	Oklahoma	Big Six
13	112	Philadelphia Eagles	Hennis, TedTed Hennis	B	Purdue	Big Ten
13	113	Pittsburgh Steelers	John Noppenberg	B	Miami (FL)	SIAA
13	114	Brooklyn Dodgers	Gussie, MikeMike Gussie	G	West Virginia	Ind.
13	115	Cleveland Rams	Jack Gregory	T	Chattanooga	Dixie
13	116	Detroit Lions	Bowers, JustinJustin Bowers	T	Oklahoma	Big Six
13	117	Chicago Bears	Harry Clarke	B	West Virginia	Ind.
13	118	Washington Redskins	Sam Bartholomew	B	Tennessee	SEC
13	119	Green Bay Packers	Ambrose Schindler	B	USC	PCC
13	120	New York Giants	Payne, JoeJoe Payne	G	Clemson	SoCon
14	121	Chicago Cardinals	Hudson, JudsonJudson Hudson	B	Davis & Elkins	N/A
14	122	Pittsburgh Steelers	Stublar, NickNick Stublar	T	Santa Clara	Ind.
14	123	Philadelphia Eagles	Bunsen, BillBill Bunsen	B	Kansas	Big Six
14	124	Brooklyn Dodgers	Coffman, LenLen Coffman	B	Tennessee	SEC
14	125	Cleveland Rams	Bogden, PetePete Bogden	E	Utah	MSC
14	126	Detroit Lions	Jack Morlock	B	Marshall	WVIAC
14	127	Chicago Bears	Crisci, FrankFrank Crisci	T			Case Western Reserve
14	128	Washington Redskins	Lain, ErnieErnie Lain	B	Rice	SWC
14	129	Green Bay Packers	Bill Kerr	E	Notre Dame	Ind.
14	130	New York Giants	Smith, BobBob Smith	B	Oregon	PCC
15	131	Chicago Cardinals	Ziemba, JoeJoe Ziemba	E	St. Benedict's (KS)	N/A
15	132	Philadelphia Eagles	Crumbaker, DonDon Crumbaker	E	Kansas State	Big Six
15	133	Pittsburgh Steelers	McCarthy, RayRay McCarthy	B	Santa Clara	Ind.
15	134	Brooklyn Dodgers	Conlin, JimJim Conlin	C	NYU	Ind.
15	135	Cleveland Rams	Owen Goodnight	B	Hardin–Simmons	Ind.
15	136	Detroit Lions	Stillman Rouse	E	Missouri	Big Six
15	137	Chicago Bears	Barnes, ShermSherm Barnes	E	Baylor	SWC
15	138	Washington Redskins	Sandy Sanford	E	Alabama	SEC
15	139	Green Bay Packers	Mel Brewer	G	Illinois	Big Ten
15	140	New York Giants	Turner, OthelOthel Turner	T	Tulsa	MVC
16	141	Chicago Cardinals	Beryl Clark	B	Oklahoma	Big Six
16	142	Pittsburgh Steelers	Leon Gajecki	C	Penn State	Ind.
16	143	Philadelphia Eagles	Green, J. R.J. R. Green	T	Rice	SWC
16	144	Brooklyn Dodgers	Donovan, DennisDennis Donovan	B	Oregon	PCC
16	145	Cleveland Rams	Kohler, MorrisMorris Kohler	B	Oregon State	PCC
16	146	Detroit Lions	Padley, JackJack Padley	B	Dayton	Ind.
16	147	Detroit Lions	Christianson, AlAl Christianson	B	Knox	N/A
16	148	Washington Redskins	Bolo Perdue	E	Duke	SoCon
16	149	Green Bay Packers	Andrus, RayRay Andrus	B	Vanderbilt	SEC
16	150	New York Giants	Swan, NedNed Swan	C	Drake	MVC
17	151	Chicago Cardinals	Ralph Foster	T	Oklahoma A&M	MVC
17	152	Philadelphia Eagles	Molnar, JimJim Molnar	B	Bradley	Illinois
17	153	Pittsburgh Steelers	Mickey Sullivan	E	NC State	SoCon
17	154	Brooklyn Dodgers	Funair, FrankFrank Funair	B	Bucknell	Ind.
17	155	Cleveland Rams	Jack Nix	B	Mississippi State	SEC
17	156	Detroit Lions	Johnny Hackenbruck	T	Oregon State	PCC
17	157	Chicago Bears	White, WilburWilbur White	T	Bradley	Illinois
17	158	Washington Redskins	Steve Andrako	C	Ohio State	Big Ten
17	159	Green Bay Packers	Archie Kodros	C	Michigan	Big Ten
17	160	New York Giants	Rogalla, JohnJohn Rogalla	B	Scranton	N/A
18	161	Chicago Cardinals	Bryant, LowellLowell Bryant	B	Clemson	SoCon
18	162	Pittsburgh Steelers	Daly, SeatonSeaton Daly	T	Gonzaga	Ind.
18	163	Philadelphia Eagles	Schwartzer, ErnieErnie Schwartzer	G	Boston College	Ind.
18	164	Brooklyn Dodgers	Strosser, WaltWalt Strosser	B	Saint Vincent	N/A
18	165	Cleveland Rams	Ralph Stevenson	G	Oklahoma	Big Six
18	166	Detroit Lions	Frank Ribar	G	Duke	SoCon
18	167	Chicago Bears	Schlosser, RalphRalph Schlosser	C	Gonzaga	Ind.
18	168	Washington Redskins	Graybeal, JayJay Graybeal	B	Oregon	PCC
18	169	Green Bay Packers	Jim Gillette	B	Virginia	Ind.
18	170	New York Giants	Monk Edwards	T	Baylor	SWC
19	171	Chicago Cardinals	Buckley, RussRuss Buckley	B	Gustavus Adolphus	MIAC
19	172	Philadelphia Eagles	Schneller, BillBill Schneller	B	Ole Miss	SEC
19	173	Pittsburgh Steelers	Harvey, ThadThad Harvey	T	Notre Dame	Ind.
19	174	Brooklyn Dodgers	Hydock, SteveSteve Hydock	E	Albright	Ind.
19	175	Cleveland Rams	Dante Magnani	B	Saint Mary's	Ind.
19	176	Detroit Lions	McCarthy, HerbHerb McCarthy	B	Denver	N/A
19	177	Chicago Bears	Popov, JohnJohn Popov	B	Cincinnati	Ind.
19	178	Washington Redskins	Slagle, CharleyCharley Slagle	B	North Carolina	SoCon
19	179	Green Bay Packers	Al Matuza	C	Georgetown	Ind. (Univ.)
19	180	New York Giants	Walden, CecilCecil Walden	G	Oregon	PCC
20	181	Chicago Cardinals	Rupert Pate	T	Wake Forest	SoCon
20	182	Pittsburgh Steelers	Katzenstein, MarvinMarvin Katzenstein	T	Colorado Mines	RMAC
20	183	Philadelphia Eagles	Debord, BillBill Debord	T	Kansas State	Big Six
20	184	Brooklyn Dodgers	Howell, MiltMilt Howell	G	Auburn	SEC
20	185	Cleveland Rams	Luke Lindon	T	Kentucky	SEC
20	186	Detroit Lions	Parten, DubDub Parten	T	Centenary	N/A
20	187	Chicago Bears	Young Bussey	B	LSU	SEC
20	188	Washington Redskins	Murphy, BuckBuck Murphy	B	Georgia Tech	SEC
20	189	Green Bay Packers	Jim Reeder	T	Illinois	Big Ten
20	190	New York Giants	Sullivan, JohnJohn Sullivan	E	San Francisco	Ind.
21	191	Detroit Lions	Morgan, MalvernMalvern Morgan	C	Auburn	SEC
21	192	Chicago Bears	Ray McLean	B	Saint Anselm	N/A
21	193	Washington Redskins	Wetzel, MelMel Wetzel	T	Missouri	Big Six
21	194	Green Bay Packers	Eichler, VinceVince Eichler	B	Cornell	Ind.
21	195	New York Giants	Bynum, WeenieWeenie Bynum	B	Centenary	N/A
22	196	Detroit Lions	Orf, BobBob Orf	E	Missouri	Big Six
22	197	Chicago Bears	Walt Kichefski	E	Miami (FL)	SIAA
22	198	Washington Redskins	Steve Sitko	B	Notre Dame	Ind.
22	199	Green Bay Packers	Luebcke, HenryHenry Luebcke	T	Iowa	Big Ten
22	200	New York Giants	Claxton, MyronMyron Claxton	T	Whittier	N/A

Hall of Famers

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George McAfee, quarterback from Duke taken 1st round 2nd overall by the Philadelphia Eagles.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1966.^[8]

Bulldog Turner, center from Hardin–Simmons taken 1st round 7th overall by the Chicago Bears.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1966.^[8]

Notable undrafted players

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^†	=Pro Bowler^[9]


Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
Cleveland Rams	Fred Gehrke	HB/CB	Utah	MSC
Green Bay Packers	Ray Riddick	E	Fordham	Ind.
New York Giants	Jack Hinkle	HB	Syracuse	Ind.
Pittsburgh Steelers	Tommy Thompson ^†	QB	Tulsa	MVC
Washington Redskins	Ray Hare ^†	HB	Gonzaga	Ind.

References

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^Salomone, Dan (October 2, 2014)."NFL Draft headed to Chicago in 2015".Giants.com.New York Giants. Archived fromthe original on September 30, 2015. RetrievedJune 3, 2015.
^"NFL Draft Locations".www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived fromthe original on September 5, 2015. RetrievedOctober 23, 2014.
^^a ^bLittau, Timothy (April 8, 2025)."'Still the Same As It Was': Inside the Milwaukee ballroom that hosted the 1940 NFL Draft".Yahoo Sports. RetrievedApril 11, 2025.
^^a ^b ^c"Last NFL Draft in Wisconsin Was Missed Opportunity For City".Kewaunee County Star News. January 10, 2024. RetrievedApril 11, 2025.
^McGlynn, Stoney (December 11, 1939)."Bays crush Giants in title game".Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 15.
^Kuechle, Oliver E. (December 11, 1939)."Packers' power and deceptive passing game defeat Giants, 27-0".Milwaukee Journal. p. 6, part 2.
^Snider, Steve (December 11, 1939)."Pro grid reaches new heights in playoff".Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 26.
^^a ^bList of Hall of Fame Inductees at profootballhof.com^{"Pro Football Hall of Fame". Archived fromthe original on July 31, 2008. RetrievedOctober 5, 2008.}
^Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.

External links

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NFL.com – 1940 Draft
databaseFootball.com – 1940 Draft
"1940 National Football League Draft".Pro Football Hall of Fame. RetrievedJuly 10, 2025.

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Early era (1936–1959)	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
AFL and NFL era (1960–1966)	AFL 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 NFL 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
Common draft era (1967–1969)	1967 1968 1969
Modern era (1970–present)	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Expansion drafts	1960 1961 1966 1967 1976 1995 1999 2002
Others	1950 AAFC dispersal draft 1984 NFL supplemental draft of USFL and CFL players
See also	List of drafts first overall picks second overall picks Mr. Irrelevant supplemental picks List of broadcasters

1940 NFL season

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