The 1936 NFL Draft

63 picks. First overall: Jay Berwanger, halfback, from Chicago, to Philadelphia Eagles. Most picks: Minnesota 5, Notre Dame 4, Stanford 4, SMU 4, Alabama 3.

The 1936 NFL Draft ran 9 rounds; this page lists the first seven. Teams appear under the name they had that year. These drafts come from Wikipedia’s draft articles. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Round 1

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
1	Jay Berwanger	RB		Chicago	→ Philadelphia Eagles
2	Riley Smith	QB		Alabama	→ Boston Redskins
3	Bill Shakespeare	RB		Notre Dame	→ Pittsburgh Pirates
4	Dick Crayne	FB		Iowa	→ Brooklyn Dodgers
5	Jimmy Lawrence	RB		TCU	→ Chicago Cardinals
6	Joe Stydahar	OT		West Virginia	→ Chicago Bears
7	Russ Letlow	OG		San Francisco	→ Green Bay Packers
8	Sid Wagner	OG		Michigan State	→ Detroit Lions
9	Art Lewis	OT		Ohio	→ New York Giants

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
10	John McCauley	B		Rice	→ Philadelphia Eagles
11	Keith Topping	E		Stanford	→ Boston Redskins
12	Len Barnum	B		West Virginia Wesleyan	→ Pittsburgh Pirates
13	Babe LeVoir	B		Minnesota	→ Brooklyn Dodgers
14	Ed Michaels	OG		Villanova	→ Chicago Bears
15	Gomer Jones	C		Ohio State	→ Chicago Cardinals
16	Dub Wheeler	OT		Oklahoma	→ Green Bay Packers
17	Chuck Cheshire	B		UCLA	→ Detroit Lions
18	Tuffy Leemans	FB		George Washington	→ New York Giants

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
19	Wes Muller	C		Stanford	→ Philadelphia Eagles
20	Ed Smith	B		NYU	→ Boston Redskins
21	Bobby Grayson	B		Stanford	→ Pittsburgh Pirates
22	Wagner Jorgensen	C		St. Mary’s (CA)	→ Brooklyn Dodgers
23	Eddie Erdelatz	E		St. Mary’s (CA)	→ Chicago Cardinals
24	George Roscoe	B		Minnesota	→ Chicago Bears
25	Bernie Scherer	E		Nebraska	→ Green Bay Packers
26	Andy Pilney	B		Notre Dame	→ Detroit Lions
27	Frank Loebs	E		Purdue	→ New York Giants

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
28	Bill Wallace	B		Rice	→ Philadelphia Eagles
29	Paul Tangora	OG		Northwestern	→ Boston Redskins
30	Truman Spain	OT		SMU	→ Pittsburgh Pirates
31	Bear Bryant	E		Alabama	→ Brooklyn Dodgers
32	Bob Allman	E		Michigan State	→ Chicago Bears
33	Ed Brett	E		Washington State	→ Chicago Cardinals
34	Theron Ward	B		Idaho	→ Green Bay Packers
35	Sheldon Beise	B		Minnesota	→ Detroit Lions
36	Gene Rose	E		Tennessee	→ New York Giants

Round 6

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
46	Al Barabas	B		Columbia	→ Philadelphia Eagles
47	Larry Lutz	OT		California	→ Boston Redskins
48	Maurice Orr	OT		SMU	→ Pittsburgh Pirates
49	Joe Maniaci	B		Fordham	→ Brooklyn Dodgers
50	Ted Christofferson	B		Washington State	→ Chicago Bears
51	Ettore Antonini	E		Indiana	→ Chicago Cardinals
52	Bob Reynolds	OT		Stanford	→ Green Bay Packers
53	Abe Mickal	B		LSU	→ Detroit Lions
54	Gus Durner	OT		Duke	→ New York Giants

Round 7

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
55	Jac Weller	OG		Princeton	→ Philadelphia Eagles
56	Don Irwin	FB		Colgate	→ Boston Redskins
57	Marty Peters	E		Notre Dame	→ Pittsburgh Pirates
58	Herb Schreiber	B		St. Mary’s (CA)	→ Brooklyn Dodgers
59	Tack Dennis	B		Tulsa	→ Chicago Cardinals
60	Dick Smith	OT		Minnesota	→ Chicago Bears
61	Wally Fromhart	B		Notre Dame	→ Green Bay Packers
62	Charles Wasicek	OT		Colgate	→ Detroit Lions
63	Bob Peeples	OT		Marquette	→ New York Giants