The 1950 NFL Draft

92 picks. First overall: Leon Hart, end, from Notre Dame, to Detroit Lions. Most picks: Notre Dame 7, Minnesota 5, Oklahoma 3, Villanova 3, Missouri 3.

The 1950 NFL Draft ran 30 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	Leon Hart	E		Notre Dame	→ Detroit Lions
2	Adrian Burk	QB		Baylor	→ Baltimore Colts
3	Chuck Hunsinger	RB		Florida	→ Chicago Bears
4	Clayton Tonnemaker	C		Minnesota	→ Green Bay Packers
5	Joe Watson	C		Rice	→ Detroit Lions
6	George Thomas	B		Oklahoma	→ Washington Redskins
7	Travis Tidwell	B		Auburn	→ New York Giants
8	Lynn Chandnois	B		Michigan State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
9	Ralph Pasquariello	B		Villanova	→ Los Angeles Rams
10	Fred Morrison	B		Ohio State	→ Chicago Bears
11	Leo Nomellini	OT		Minnesota	→ San Francisco 49ers
12	Stan West	OG		Oklahoma	→ Los Angeles Rams
13	Ken Carpenter	B		Oregon	→ Cleveland Browns
14	Bud Grant	E		Minnesota	→ Philadelphia Eagles

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
15	Leon Campbell	B		Arkansas	→ Baltimore Colts
16	Art Weiner	E		North Carolina	→ New York Bulldogs
17	Tobin Rote	QB		Rice	→ Green Bay Packers
18	John Sandusky	OT		Villanova	→ Cleveland Browns
19	Hall Haynes	B		Santa Clara	→ Washington Redskins
20	Eddie Price	B		Tulane	→ New York Giants
21	Jack Jennings	OT		Ohio State	→ Chicago Cardinals
22	Ernie Stautner	DT		Boston College	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
23	Don Campora	OT		Pacific	→ San Francisco 49ers
24	Kayo Dottley	B		Ole Miss	→ Chicago Bears
25	Bob Fuchs	C		Missouri	→ Los Angeles Rams
26	Jim Martin	E		Notre Dame	→ Cleveland Browns
27	Thurman McGraw	OT		Colorado A&M	→ Detroit Lions

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
28	Don Colo	OT		Brown	→ Baltimore Colts
29	Bill Svoboda	B		Tulane	→ Chicago Cardinals
30	Gordy Soltau	E		Minnesota	→ Green Bay Packers
31	Art Murakowski	B		Northwestern	→ Detroit Lions
32	Lou Karras	OT		Purdue	→ Washington Redskins
33	Randy Clay	B		Texas	→ New York Giants
34	George Hughes	OG		William & Mary	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
35	Fran Polsfoot	E		Washington State	→ Chicago Cardinals
36	Steve Romanik	B		Villanova	→ Chicago Bears
37	Ray Collins	OT		LSU	→ San Francisco 49ers
38	Don Murray	OT		Penn State	→ Los Angeles Rams
39	Jimmy Joe Robinson	B		Pittsburgh	→ Cleveland Browns
40	Bob Sanders	B		Oregon	→ Philadelphia Eagles

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
41	Earl Murray	OG		Purdue	→ Baltimore Colts
42	Zollie Toth	B		LSU	→ New York Bulldogs
43	Larry Coutre	B		Notre Dame	→ Green Bay Packers
44	Ernie Kiely	OG		Texas Western	→ Detroit Lions
45	Harry Ulinski	C		Kentucky	→ Washington Redskins
46	Porter Payne	OG		Georgia	→ New York Giants
47	Don Paul	B		Washington State	→ Chicago Cardinals
48	Tom Novak	C		Nebraska	→ Chicago Bears
49	Morris Bailey	E		TCU	→ San Francisco 49ers
50	Dom Papaleo	OG		Boston College	→ Chicago Bears
51	Ben H. Procter	E		Texas	→ Los Angeles Rams
52	Red Wilson	C		Wisconsin	→ Cleveland Browns
53	Bob McChesney	E		Hardin-Simmons	→ Philadelphia Eagles

Round 5

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
54	Jack Halliday	OG		SMU	→ Baltimore Colts
55	Mike Swistowicz	B		Notre Dame	→ New York Bulldogs
56	Tom Rowe	E		Dartmouth	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
57	Hal Fitkin	B		Dartmouth	→ Detroit Lions
58	Frank Spaniel	B		Notre Dame	→ Washington Redskins
59	Forrest Griffith	B		Kansas	→ New York Giants
60	Lou Allen	OT		Duke	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
61	Carl Kiilsgaard	OT		Idaho	→ Chicago Cardinals
62	Ernie Zalejski	B		Notre Dame	→ Chicago Bears
63	Harry Kane	C		Pacific	→ San Francisco 49ers
64	Dick McKissack	B		SMU	→ Los Angeles Rams
65	Don Phelps	B		Kentucky	→ Cleveland Browns
66	Mike Kaysserian	B		Detroit	→ Philadelphia Eagles

Round 6

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
67	Herb Rich	B		Vanderbilt	→ Baltimore Colts
68	Ben Aldridge	B		Oklahoma A&M	→ New York Bulldogs
69	Jack Cloud	B		William & Mary	→ Green Bay Packers
70	Floyd Jaszewski	OT		Minnesota	→ Detroit Lions
71	Gene Pepper	OG		Missouri	→ Washington Redskins
72	Gaspar Perricone	B		Northwestern	→ Chicago Bears
73	Warren Wood	OG		Puget Sound	→ Chicago Cardinals
74	Ed Mattson	B		Trinity (TX)	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
75	Don Van Pool	E		Oklahoma A&M	→ San Francisco 49ers
76	Wayne Hansen	C		Texas Western	→ Chicago Bears
77	Orville Langrell	OT		Oklahoma City	→ Los Angeles Rams
78	Ken Gorgal	B		Purdue	→ Cleveland Browns
79	Lloyd McDermott	OT		Kentucky	→ Philadelphia Eagles