List of first overall Canadian Football League draft picks
National draft

List of first overall Canadian Football League draft picks

Section Title: National draft
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Year	Player	Position	College	CFL Team

1956	Lou Bruce	End	Queen's	Ottawa Rough Riders

1957	Jim Hughes	Tackle	Queen's	BC Lions

1958	Len Sigurdson	Tackle	McGill	Saskatchewan Roughriders

1959	Lorry Stacey	Defensive End	Toronto	Toronto Argonauts

1960	Bill Mitchell	Tackle	Western Ontario	Toronto Argonauts

1961	Casey Wood	Tackle	Toronto	Toronto Argonauts

1962	Harvey Scott	Guard	Western Ontario	Calgary Stampeders

1963	John Wydareny	Defensive back	Western Ontario	Toronto Argonauts

1964	Barry Mitchelson	End	Western Ontario	Edmonton Eskimos

1965	Jim Young	Wide Receiver	Queen's	Toronto Argonauts

1966	Ed Turek	Halfback	Waterloo Lutheran	Edmonton Eskimos

1967	Lawrence Barrett	Halfback	British Columbia	Toronto Argonauts

1968	Mike Eben	Wide Receiver	Toronto	BC Lions

1969	Doug Strong	Halfback	Waterloo Lutheran	Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1970	Wayne Holm	Quarterback	Simon Fraser	Calgary Stampeders

1971	Brian Donnelly	Defensive back	Simon Fraser	Saskatchewan Roughriders

1972	Larry Smith	Running back	Bishop's	Montreal Alouettes

1973	Brian Sopatyk	Offensive Guard	Boise State	BC Lions

1974	Randy Halsall	Offensive Tackle	Wake Forest	Toronto Argonauts

1975	Steve Scully	Offensive Tackle	Syracuse	Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1976	Tim Berryman	Linebacker	Ottawa	Edmonton Eskimos

1977	Mike Riley	Defensive Tackle	Dalhousie	Ottawa Rough Riders

1978	Dave Kirzinger	Defensive Tackle	Ottawa	Calgary Stampeders

1979	Kevin Powell	Offensive Tackle	Utah State	Toronto Argonauts

1980	Greg Barrow	Offensive Lineman	Florida	Toronto Argonauts

1981	Frank Cosec	Linebacker	Waterloo	Calgary Stampeders

1982	Mike Kirkley	Running Back	Western Ontario	Toronto Argonauts

1983	Jerry Dobrovolny	Offensive Tackle	British Columbia	Calgary Stampeders

1984	Frank Balkovec	Linebacker	Toronto	BC Lions

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Jerry Dobrovolny was drafted first overall in the 1983 CFL draft by the Stampeders.
Jerry Dobrovolny was drafted first overall in the 1983 CFL Draft by the Stampeders.
Jerry Dobrovolny was drafted first overall in the 1983 CFL Draft by the Stampeders.

final_sentence: Jerry Dobrovolny was drafted first overall in the 1983 CFL draft by the Stampeders.
final_sentence: Jerry Dobrovolny was drafted first overall in the 1983 CFL Draft by the Stampeders.
final_sentence: Jerry Dobrovolny was drafted first overall in the 1983 CFL Draft by the Stampeders.