National Football League - 1951 NFL Draft Picks



Year	Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Pos	From	Notes	ROY	HOF	Allstar	Heismann
1951	1951	1	1	Kyle Rote	B	Southern Methodist
1951	1951	1	2	Bob Williams	QB	Notre Dame
1951	1951	1	3	Y.A. Tittle	QB	LSU
1951	1951	1	4	Leon Heath	B	Oklahoma
1951	1951	1	5	Bob Gain	DT	Kentucky
1951	1951	1	6	Jerry Groom	C	Notre Dame
1951	1951	1	7	Ebert Van Buren	B	LSU
1951	1951	1	8	Chet Mutryn	B	Xavier
1951	1951	1	9	Clarence (Butch) Avinger	B	Alabama
1951	1951	1	10	Billy Stone	B	Bradley
1951	1951	1	11	Bud McFadin	G	Texas
1951	1951	1	12	Gene Schroeder	E	Virginia
1951	1951	1	13	Jim Spavital	B	Oklahoma State
1951	1951	1	14	Kenny Konz	B	LSU
1951	1951	2	15	Eddie Salem	B	Alabama
1951	1951	2	16	Albin (Rip) Collins	B	LSU
1951	1951	2	17	Pete Schabarum	B	California
1951	1951	2	18	Don Joyce	T	Tulane
1951	1951	2	19	Dick Stanfel	G	San Francisco
1951	1951	2	20	Chuck Ortmann	B	Michigan
1951	1951	2	21	Jim Staton	T	Wake Forest
1951	1951	2	22	Ken Jackson	T	Texas
1951	1951	2	23	Bill George	T	Wake Forest
1951	1951	2	24	Herb Rich	B	Vanderbilt
1951	1951	2	25	Ray Krouse	T	Maryland
1951	1951	2	26	Bucky Curtis	E	Vanderbilt
1951	1951	3	27	Fred Cone	B	Clemson
1951	1951	3	28	Bill Mixon	B	Georgia
1951	1951	3	29	Walt Yowarsky	T	Kentucky
1951	1951	3	30	Don Stonesifer	E	Northwestern
1951	1951	3	31	George Sulima	E	Boston University
1951	1951	3	32	Al Bruno	E	Kentucky
1951	1951	3	33	Dorne Dibble	E	Michigan State
1951	1951	3	34	Mike McCormack	T	Kansas
1951	1951	3	35	Charley Toogood	T	Nebraska
1951	1951	3	36	Wilford (Whizzer) White	B	Arizona State
1951	1951	3	37	Sonny Grandelius	B	Michigan State
1951	1951	3	38	Jerry Helluin	T	Tulane
1951	1951	4	39	Bob Oristaglio	E	Pennsylvania
1951	1951	4	40	Paul Giroski	T	Rice
1951	1951	4	41	Bob Smith	B	Texas A&M
1951	1951	4	42	Dick Doyne	B	Lehigh
1951	1951	4	43	Fran Nagle	B	Nebraska
1951	1951	4	44	Pete D'Alonzo	B	Villanova
1951	1951	4	45	Barry (Bear) French	T	Purdue
1951	1951	4	46	Elmer Wingate	E	Maryland
1951	1951	4	47	Bob Moser	C	Pacific
1951	1951	4	48	Goerge Kinek	B	Tulane
1951	1951	4	49	Tom Jelley	E	Miami (FL)
1951	1951	4	50	Art Donovan	T	Boston College
1951	1951	5	51	Lynn Lynch	G	Illinois
1951	1951	5	52	Wade Stinson	B	Kansas
1951	1951	5	53	Dick Steere	T	Drake
1951	1951	5	54	Al Carapella	T	Miami (FL)
1951	1951	5	55	Jim Doran	E	Iowa State
1951	1951	5	56	Floyd Sampson	B	McMurry
1951	1951	5	57	Jack Dwyer	B	Loyola (CA)
1951	1951	5	58	LaVern Torgeson	C	Washington State
1951	1951	5	59	Tony Momsen	C	Michigan
1951	1951	5	60	Brad Rowland	B	McMurry
1951	1951	5	61	Jack Stroud	T	Tennessee
1951	1951	5	62	Ace Loomis	B	Wisconsin-La Crosse
1951	1951	6	63	Sig Holowenko	T	John Carroll
1951	1951	6	64	Bishop Strickland	B	South Carolina
1951	1951	6	65	Jonn Martinkovic	E	Xavier
1951	1951	6	66	Ed Jasonek	B	Furman
1951	1951	6	67	Dale Dodrill	G	Colorado State
1951	1951	6	68	Ken Farragut	C	Mississippi
1951	1951	6	69	Jack Christiansen	DB	Colorado State
1951	1951	6	70	George Musacco	B	Loyola (CA)
1951	1951	6	71	Herb Falkenberg	B	Trinity (TX)
1951	1951	6	72	Norb Hecker	E	Baldwin-Wallace
1951	1951	6	73	Herb Hannah	T	Alabama
1951	1951	6	74	Dan Rogas	G	Tulane
1951	1951	7	75	Dick Forbes	E	St. Ambrose
1951	1951	7	76	Johnny Papit	B	Virginia
1951	1951	7	77	Bill Sutherland	E	St. Vincent
1951	1951	7	78	Dick Punches	T	Colorado
1951	1951	7	79	Frank Boydston	B	Baylor
1951	1951	7	80	Bob Momsen	T	Ohio State
1951	1951	7	81	Ray Mathews	B	Clemson
1951	1951	7	82	Irv Holdash	C	North Carolina
1951	1951	7	83	Alan Egler	B	Colgate
1951	1951	7	84	Paul Lea	T	Tulane
1951	1951	7	85	Joel Williams	C	Texas
1951	1951	7	86	Walt Michaels	B	Washington & Lee
1951	1951	8	87	Billy Cox	B	Duke
1951	1951	8	88	Art Spinney	E	Boston College
1951	1951	8	89	Joe Arenas	B	Nebraska-Omaha
1951	1951	8	90	Leo Sanford	C	Louisiana Tech
1951	1951	8	91	Dick Raklovits	B	Illinois
1951	1951	8	92	Hank Minarik	E	Michigan State
1951	1951	8	93	Jack Richards	E	Arkansas
1951	1951	8	94	Larry Lauer	C	Alabama
1951	1951	8	95	Clair Mayes	G	Oklahoma
1951	1951	8	96	Hugo Primiani	T	Boston University
1951	1951	8	97	Fred Benners	B	Southern Methodist
1951	1951	8	98	Max Clark	B	Houston
1951	1951	9	99	Dick McWilliams	T	Michigan
1951	1951	9	100	Bruce Van Alstyne	E	Stanford
1951	1951	9	101	Jake Rowden	C	Maryland
1951	1951	9	102	Neil Schmidt	B	Purdue
1951	1951	9	103	John (Bull) Schweder	G	Pennsylvania
1951	1951	9	104	Denny Doyle	G	Tulane
1951	1951	9	105	Burl Toler	G	San Francisco
1951	1951	9	106	Don Colo	T	Brown
1951	1951	9	107	Nolan Lang	B	Oklahoma
1951	1951	9	108	Bill Gregus	B	Wake Forest
1951	1951	9	109	Holland Donan	T	Princeton
1951	1951	9	110	Don Shula	DB	John Carroll
1951	1951	10	111	James Janosek	T	Purdue
1951	1951	10	112	Nick Feher	G	Georgia
1951	1951	10	113	Bob Jensen	E	Iowa State
1951	1951	10	114	Bob Noppinger	T	Georgetown (DC)
1951	1951	10	115	Ken Cooper	G	Vanderbilt
1951	1951	10	116	Louis Schaufele	B	Arkansas
1951	1951	10	117	Jim Shoaf	G	LSU
1951	1951	10	118	Paul Salata	E	USC
1951	1951	10	119	Jesse Thomas	B	Michigan State
1951	1951	10	120	J.W. Sherrill	B	Tennessee
1951	1951	10	121	Roland Kirkby	B	Washington
1951	1951	10	122	Earl Murray	G	Purdue
1951	1951	10	123	Chet Gierula	G	Maryland
1951	1951	11	124	Bill DeChard	B	Holy Cross
1951	1951	11	125	George Rooks	B	Morgan State
1951	1951	11	126	Bill Jessup	E	USC
1951	1951	11	127	Tom Bienemann	E	Drake
1951	1951	11	128	Frankie Anderson	E	Oklahoma
1951	1951	11	129	Joe McCutcheon	C	Washington & Lee
1951	1951	11	130	Bob Pope	T	Kentucky
1951	1951	11	131	Steve Wyndham	B	Clemson
1951	1951	11	132	John Natyshak	B	Tampa
1951	1951	11	133	Tom Hardiman	B	Georgetown (DC)
1951	1951	11	134	Reds Bagnell	B	Pennsylvania
1951	1951	11	135	Bernie Custis	B	Syracuse
1951	1951	12	136	Carl Kreager	C	Michigan
1951	1951	12	137	Jim Monachino	B	California
1951	1951	12	138	Al Applegate	G	Scranton
1951	1951	12	139	Jack Landry	B	Notre Dame
1951	1951	12	140	Jim (Popcorn) Brandt	B	St. Thomas (MN)
1951	1951	12	141	Henry Rich	B	Arizona State
1951	1951	12	142	Milan Sellers	B	Florida State
1951	1951	12	143	Al Lary	E	Alabama
1951	1951	12	144	Lawrence (Punjab) Hairston	T	Nevada-Reno
1951	1951	12	145	Don Hardey	B	Pacific
1951	1951	12	146	Bob Hudson	E	Clemson
1951	1951	12	147	Stew Kirtley	E	Morehead State
1951	1951	13	148	Dick Harvin	E	Georgia Tech
1951	1951	13	149	Dick Campbell	B	Wyoming
1951	1951	13	150	Ed Stephens	B	Missouri
1951	1951	13	151	Volney Peters	T	USC
1951	1951	13	152	Pete Mastellone	C	Miami (FL)
1951	1951	13	153	Wayne Siegert	T	Illinois
1951	1951	13	154	Bill Szabo	T	Bucknell
1951	1951	13	155	John Thomas	E	Oregon State
1951	1951	13	156	Joe Reid	C	LSU
1951	1951	13	157	Charley Wright	B	West Texas State
1951	1951	13	158	Paul Douglass	B	Illinois
1951	1951	13	159	Bob Voskuhl	C	Georgetown (KY)
1951	1951	14	160	Adrian Burk	QB	Baylor
1951	1951	14	161	Ray Bauer	E	Montana
1951	1951	14	162	Rex Berry	B	Brigham Young
1951	1951	14	163	Bill Leskovar	B	Kentucky
1951	1951	14	164	Lee Wittmer	T	Detroit
1951	1951	14	165	Mike Mizerany	G	Alabama
1951	1951	14	166	Bobby Walston	E	Georgia
1951	1951	14	167	Charley Rapp	B	Duquesne
1951	1951	14	168	Bailey Woods	B	Abilene Christian
1951	1951	14	169	Rob McCoy	B	Georgia Tech
1951	1951	14	170	Pat Flanagan	T	Marquette
1951	1951	14	171	Rudy Cernoch	T	Northwestern
1951	1951	15	172	Joe Ernst	B	Tulane
1951	1951	15	173	Dave Sparks	G	South Carolina
1951	1951	15	174	Vic Thomas	T	Colorado
1951	1951	15	175	John Simcic	G	Wisconsin
1951	1951	15	176	Clay Webb	B	Kentucky
1951	1951	15	177	Bobby North	B	Georgia Tech
1951	1951	15	178	Jimmie Hill	B	Tennessee
1951	1951	15	179	Bill Wanamaker	G	Kentucky
1951	1951	15	180	Obie Posey	B	Southern
1951	1951	15	181	Sid Hall	C	Pacific
1951	1951	15	182	Gene Vykukal	T	Texas
1951	1951	15	183	Joe Skibinski	G	Purdue
1951	1951	16	184	Bob White	B	Stanford
1951	1951	16	185	Bob Bates	C	Texas A&M
1951	1951	16	186	Dick (The Bruiser) Afflis	T	Nevada-Reno
1951	1951	16	187	Gene Miller	B	Northwestern
1951	1951	16	188	Hal Hatfield	E	USC
1951	1951	16	189	Ted Geremsky	E	Pittsburgh
1951	1951	16	190	Lambert Oberg	C	Trinity (CT)
1951	1951	16	191	Bill Fray	T	Idaho
1951	1951	16	192	Frank Volm	E	Marquette
1951	1951	16	193	Bill Robertson	E	Memphis State
1951	1951	16	194	Alan Pfeifer	E	Fordham
1951	1951	16	195	Ed Pasky	B	South Carolina
1951	1951	17	196	Gene Brito	E	Loyola (CA)
1951	1951	17	197	Ray Pelfrey	B	Eastern Kentucky
1951	1951	17	198	Art Michalik	G	St. Ambrose
1951	1951	17	199	Henry May	C	Southwest Missouri State
1951	1951	17	200	Darrell Meisenheimer	B	Oklahoma State
1951	1951	17	201	Ted Gehlmann	T	William & Mary
1951	1951	17	202	Hal Waggoner	B	Tulane
1951	1951	17	203	Dick Rowan	C	Texas
1951	1951	17	204	Hal Riley	E	Baylor
1951	1951	17	205	Don Dufek	B	Michigan
1951	1951	17	206	Bud Sherrod	E	Tennessee
1951	1951	17	207	Leroy Ka-Ne	B	Dayton
1951	1951	18	208	Ed Petela	B	Boston College
1951	1951	18	209	Jim Murphy	T	Xavier
1951	1951	18	210	Dom Fucci	B	Kentucky
1951	1951	18	211	Russ Pomeroy	T	Stanford
1951	1951	18	212	Pat Field	B	Georgia
1951	1951	18	213	Bill Weeks	B	Iowa State
1951	1951	18	214	Eddie Wolgast	B	Arizona
1951	1951	18	215	Bob Watson	E	UCLA
1951	1951	18	216	Chuck Brown	G	Illinois
1951	1951	18	217	Dick Daugherty	G	Oregon
1951	1951	18	218	Frank Smith	B	Miami (FL)
1951	1951	18	219	Rube DeRoin	C	Oklahoma State
1951	1951	19	220	John Phillips	B	Southern Mississippi
1951	1951	19	221	Buddy Brown	G	Arkansas
1951	1951	19	222	Jim Liber	B	Xavier
1951	1951	19	223	Gene Ackerman	E	Missouri
1951	1951	19	224	Jack Bove	T	West Virginia
1951	1951	19	225	Gordy Hanson	T	Washington State
1951	1951	19	226	Bill Pavlikowski	B	Boston University
1951	1951	19	227	Ralph Longmore	B	Duquesne
1951	1951	19	228	Andy Robustelli	DE	Arnold
1951	1951	19	229	Ed Lisak	B	Oklahoma
1951	1951	19	230	Billy Conn	B	Auburn
1951	1951	19	231	Ray Solari	G	California
1951	1951	20	232	John Kerestes	B	Purdue
1951	1951	20	233	Dick Johnson	T	Virginia
1951	1951	20	234	Al Tate	T	Illinois
1951	1951	20	235	Fred Wallner	G	Notre Dame
1951	1951	20	236	Harry Gibbons	B	South Dakota State
1951	1951	20	237	Tom (Tex) Donnelly	T	Holy Cross
1951	1951	20	238	John Glorioso	B	Missouri
1951	1951	20	239	Jerrell Price	T	Texas Tech
1951	1951	20	240	Larry Smith	C	South Carolina
1951	1951	20	241	Jim Nutter	B	Wichita State
1951	1951	20	242	Bill Albright	T	Wisconsin
1951	1951	20	243	Jack Crocher	B	Tulsa
1951	1951	21	244	Art Edling	E	Minnesota
1951	1951	21	245	Hardy Brown	B	Tulsa
1951	1951	21	246	Clarence Marable	T	Texas Christian
1951	1951	21	247	Dick Bunting	E	Drake
1951	1951	21	248	Ernie Cheatam	T	Loyola (CA)
1951	1951	21	249	Neal Franklin	T	Southern Methodist
1951	1951	21	250	King Block	B	Idaho
1951	1951	21	251	Al Pollard	B	Army
1951	1951	21	252	Earl Stelle	B	Oregon
1951	1951	21	253	Larry Higgins	B	Fordham
1951	1951	21	254	Bernie Lemonick	G	Pennsylvania
1951	1951	21	255	Ray Stone	E	Texas
1951	1951	22	256	Dwight Winslow	B	Boise J.C.
1951	1951	22	257	Elliot Speed	C	Alabama
1951	1951	22	258	Art Felker	E	Marquette
1951	1951	22	259	S.J. Whitman	B	Tulsa
1951	1951	22	260	Jack Rucker	B	Mississippi State
1951	1951	22	261	Dan Foldberg	E	Army
1951	1951	22	262	Dick Hendley	B	Clemson
1951	1951	22	263	Eddie King	C	Boston College
1951	1951	22	264	Bob Hanson	G	Montana
1951	1951	22	265	Billy Baggett	B	LSU
1951	1951	22	266	Waldo Binkley	T	Austin Peay
1951	1951	22	267	Carl Taseff	B	John Carroll
1951	1951	23	268	Cecil Martin	B	North Texas State
1951	1951	23	269	Tubba Chamberlain	G	Wisconsin-Eau Claire
1951	1951	23	270	Wally Brunswald	B	Gustavus Adolphus
1951	1951	23	271	Jim Owens	E	Oklahoma
1951	1951	23	272	Dick Gabriel	B	Lehigh
1951	1951	23	273	Joe Minor	E	John Carroll
1951	1951	23	274	Jack Bighead	E	Pepperdine
1951	1951	23	275	Dave Cunningham	B	Utah
1951	1951	23	276	Dean Thomas	T	Michigan State
1951	1951	23	277	Rene Hlavac	T	Nebraska-Omaha
1951	1951	23	278	Dick Yelvington	T	Georgia
1951	1951	23	279	Johnny Champion	B	Southern Methodist
1951	1951	24	280	Dick Christie	B	Nebraska-Omaha
1951	1951	24	281	Tom Kingsford	B	Montana
1951	1951	24	282	Tom Powers	B	Duke
1951	1951	24	283	Billy Cross	B	West Texas State
1951	1951	24	284	Art Alois	C	San Francisco
1951	1951	24	285	Tony Kotowski	E	Mississippi State
1951	1951	24	286	George Buksar	B	Purdue
1951	1951	24	287	Breck Stroschein	E	UCLA
1951	1951	24	288	Pete Dokas	E	Mansfield
1951	1951	24	289	Harry Abeltin	T	Colgate
1951	1951	24	290	Dick Kuh	G	Michigan State
1951	1951	24	291	Wayne Benner	B	Florida State
1951	1951	25	292	Mike Peterson	E	Denver
1951	1951	25	293	Bob Chubb	E	Shippensburg
1951	1951	25	294	Charlie Monte	B	Hillsdale
1951	1951	25	295	Vernon Quick	G	Wofford
1951	1951	25	296	Glenn Drahn	B	Iowa
1951	1951	25	297	Dick Harris	C	Texas
1951	1951	25	298	Tommy Calvin	B	Alabama
1951	1951	25	299	Roy Boudreaux	T	Southwestern Louisiana
1951	1951	25	300	Jackie Calvert	T	Clemson
1951	1951	25	301	Johnny Miller	B	Northwestern
1951	1951	25	302	Chet Lagod	T	Tennessee-Chattanooga
1951	1951	25	303	John Knispel	T	Wisconsin-La Crosse
1951	1951	26	304	Johnny Williams	B	USC
1951	1951	26	305	Bill Miller	T	Ohio State
1951	1951	26	306	Keith Carpenter	T	San Jose State
1951	1951	26	307	Jeff Fleischmann	B	Cornell
1951	1951	26	308	Frank Kazmierski	C	West Virginia
1951	1951	26	309	Bill (Pug) Pearman	G	Tennessee
1951	1951	26	310	Billy Stewart	B	Mississippi State
1951	1951	26	311	Will Sherman	B	St. Mary's (CA)
1951	1951	26	312	Buddy Rogers	B	Arkansas
1951	1951	26	313	Howie Ruetz	T	Loras
1951	1951	26	314	Quincy Armstrong	C	North Texas State
1951	1951	26	315	Fred Williams	T	Arkansas
1951	1951	27	316	Bob Bossons	C	Georgia Tech
1951	1951	27	317	Ray Lung	G	Oregon
1951	1951	27	318	Bill Johnson	B	Stetson
1951	1951	27	319	Ken Huxhold	T	Wisconsin
1951	1951	27	320	Bob Radcliffe	B	Wisconsin
1951	1951	27	321	Bob Winship	T	Rice
1951	1951	27	322	Harry Allis	E	Michigan
1951	1951	27	323	Ed Price	B	Texas Tech
1951	1951	27	324	Al Brosky	B	Illinois
1951	1951	27	325	Jerry Taylor	C	Wyoming
1951	1951	27	326	Charley Hubbard	E	Morris Harvey
1951	1951	27	327	Jack Jones	B	Livingston
1951	1951	28	328	Jack Rohan	B	Loras
1951	1951	28	329	John Kadlec	G	Missouri
1951	1951	28	330	Bill Ayre	B	Abilene Christian
1951	1951	28	331	Dick Martin	B	Kentucky
1951	1951	28	332	Marv Stendel	E	Arkansas
1951	1951	28	333	Dick Peot	T	South Dakota State
1951	1951	28	334	Howie Hansen	B	UCLA
1951	1951	28	335	Jim Chadband	B	Idaho
1951	1951	28	336	Leon (Muscles) Campbell	B	Arkansas
1951	1951	28	337	Sterling Wingo	B	Virginia Tech
1951	1951	28	338	Hal Quinn	G	Southern Methodist
1951	1951	28	339	Roger Thrift	B	East Carolina
1951	1951	29	340	Art Stewart	B	Southeastern Oklahoma
1951	1951	29	341	Ralph Fieler	E	Miami (FL)
1951	1951	29	342	S.P. Garnett	T	Kansas
1951	1951	29	343	Bob Livingston	B	Notre Dame
1951	1951	29	344	Bruce Womack	T	West Texas State
1951	1951	29	345	Fred Smith	E	Tulsa
1951	1951	29	346	Roscoe Hansen	T	North Carolina
1951	1951	29	347	Veto Kissell	B	Holy Cross
1951	1951	29	348	Earl Jackson	B	Texas Tech
1951	1951	29	349	John Justice	G	Santa Clara
1951	1951	29	350	John Considine	T	Purdue
1951	1951	29	351	Bill Driver	B	Florida State
1951	1951	30	352	Ed Withers	B	Wisconsin
1951	1951	30	353	Jerry Faske	B	Iowa
1951	1951	30	354	Nick Bolkovac	T	Pittsburgh
1951	1951	30	355	Leon Root	B	Rutgers
1951	1951	30	356	John Gruble	E	Tennessee
1951	1951	30	357	John (Model-T) Ford	QB	Hardin-Simmons
1951	1951	30	358	Ron Horwath	B	Detroit
1951	1951	30	359	Joe Shinn	E	Tulane
1951	1951	30	360	Charley Butler	E	George Washington
1951	1951	30	361	Alvin Hanley	B	Kentucky State
1951	1951	30	362	Sisto Averno	G	Muhlenberg

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Davan S. Mani says:

April 17, 2020 at 11:36 pm

what a year. the competitiveness of the ABL really brought the NBA out of its duldrums.

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