# 1947 AAFC draft

The 1947 AAFC draft was the first collegiate draft of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). It used an inverse order to the teams' final standings in the 1946 season. The Buffalo Bills, which had finished with the same record as the Brooklyn Dodgers, drafted second in each round, with Brooklyn drafting third.
Beginning in round 16, a type of supplemental draft was held. From rounds 16 through 25, the Cleveland Browns and New York Yankees which were the league's top two teams, did not make any selections. From rounds 21 to 25, the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Dons did not receive any selections.
Although the Miami Seahawks played in the league's inaugural season, the franchise was confiscated by the AAFC prior to the draft for failure to fulfill contractual obligations. Their selections were exercised by their head coach Hampton Poole, and were listed under the name "Florida Seahawks". On December 28, its assets (including its draft choices rights) were sold to a group of entrepreneurs who founded the original Baltimore Colts.

## Special draft

Prior to the regular draft, 'special selections' were made. It is not known why these were not part of the regular draft or in what order they were executed. All teams had two, except the Buffalo Bills, which had four, because the Los Angeles Dons and San Francisco 49ers, each traded one of its choices to Buffalo.
* = All-Star
* = AAFC MVP
| AAFC team | Player | Position | College |
| Florida Seahawks | Ernie Case | B | UCLA |
| Florida Seahawks | Arnold Tucker | QB | Army |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | Doc Blanchard | FB | Army |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | Gene Roberts | B | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| Buffalo Bills | Frank Aschenbrenner | B | Northwestern |
| Buffalo Bills | Red Cochran | B | Wake Forest |
| Buffalo Bills | Bob Fenimore | B | Oklahoma State |
| Buffalo Bills | Cal Richardson | E | Tulsa |
| Chicago Rockets | Bernie Gallagher | T | Pennsylvania |
| Chicago Rockets | Johnny Lujack | QB | Notre Dame |
| Cleveland Browns | Dick Hoerner | B | Iowa |
| Cleveland Browns | Larry Rice | C | Tulane |
| Los Angeles Dons | Herman Wedemeyer | B | St. Mary's (California) |
| New York Yankees | Charley Trippi | B | Georgia |
| New York Yankees | Buddy Young | B | Illinois |
| San Francisco 49ers | Glenn Davis | B | Army |

## Player selections

* = All-Star
* = AAFC MVP
| Round | Pick # | AAFC team | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | 1 | Florida Seahawks | Elmer Madar | E | Michigan |
| 1 | 2 | Buffalo Bills | Al Baldwin | E | Arkansas |
| 1 | 3 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Neill Armstrong | E | Oklahoma State |
| 1 | 4 | Chicago Rockets | George Sullivan | T | Notre Dame |
| 1 | 5 | Los Angeles Dons | Burr Baldwin | E | UCLA |
| 1 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers | Clyde LeForce | B | Tulsa |
| 1 | 7 | New York Yankees | Ben Raimondi | B | Indiana |
| 1 | 8 | Cleveland Browns | Bob Chappuis | B | Michigan |
| 2 | 9 | Florida Seahawks | Hub Bechtol | E | Texas |
| 2 | 10 | Buffalo Bills | Bob Davis | T | Georgia Tech |
| 2 | 11 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Charley Conerly | QB | Mississippi |
| 2 | 12 | Chicago Rockets | Ray Manieri | B | Wake Forest |
| 2 | 13 | Los Angeles Dons | Jerry Shipkey | B | UCLA |
| 2 | 14 | San Francisco 49ers | Bob Wiese | B | Michigan |
| 2 | 15 | New York Yankees | Monte Moncrief | T | Texas A&M |
| 2 | 16 | Cleveland Browns | Gerry Cowhig | B | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 17 | Florida Seahawks | Tommy Mont | B | Maryland |
| 3 | 18 | Buffalo Bills | Ray Kuffel | E | Marquette |
| 3 | 19 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Fritz Barzilauskas | G | Yale |
| 3 | 20 | Chicago Rockets | Bob Derleth | T | Michigan |
| 3 | 21 | Los Angeles Dons | Lloyd Merriman | B | Stanford |
| 3 | 22 | San Francisco 49ers | Paul Duke | C | Georgia Tech |
| 3 | 23 | New York Yankees | Bill Collins | G | Texas |
| 3 | 24 | Cleveland Browns | Jack Carpenter | T | Michigan |
| 4 | 25 | Florida Seahawks | Weldon Humble | G | Rice |
| 4 | 26 | Buffalo Bills | Joe Andrejco | B | Fordham |
| 4 | 27 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Jim Wright | G | Southern Methodist |
| 4 | 28 | Chicago Rockets | Johnny Reagan | B | Montana |
| 4 | 29 | Los Angeles Dons | Cal Rossi | B | UCLA |
| 4 | 30 | San Francisco 49ers | Don Samuel | B | Oregon State |
| 4 | 31 | New York Yankees | Joe Tereshinski Sr. | E | Georgia |
| 4 | 32 | Cleveland Browns | Bob Cowan | B | Indiana |
| 5 | 33 | Florida Seahawks | Russ Deal | T | Indiana |
| 5 | 34 | Buffalo Bills | John Mastrangelo | G | Notre Dame |
| 5 | 35 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Harlan Wetz | T | Texas |
| 5 | 36 | Chicago Rockets | Jim Pharr | C | Auburn |
| 5 | 37 | Los Angeles Dons | Boyd Clement | T | Oregon State |
| 5 | 38 | San Francisco 49ers | Al Satterfield | T | Vanderbilt |
| 5 | 39 | New York Yankees | Jack Durishan | T | Pittsburgh |
| 5 | 40 | Cleveland Browns | Bill Griffin | T | Kentucky |
| 6 | 41 | Florida Seahawks | Don Malmberg | T | UCLA |
| 6 | 42 | Buffalo Bills | Bert Corley | C | Mississippi State |
| 6 | 43 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Binks Bushmiaer | B | Vanderbilt |
| 6 | 44 | Chicago Rockets | Bob Sandberg | B | Minnesota |
| 6 | 45 | Los Angeles Dons | Willie Zapalac | B | Texas A&M |
| 6 | 46 | San Francisco 49ers | Jack Zilly | E | Notre Dame |
| 6 | 47 | New York Yankees | Walt Dropo | E | Connecticut |
| 6 | 48 | Cleveland Browns | Jack Bush | T | Georgia |
| 7 | 49 | Florida Seahawks | Vic Schwall | B | Northwestern |
| 7 | 50 | Buffalo Bills | Ernie Knotts | G | Duke |
| 7 | 51 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Garland Williams | T | Georgia |
| 7 | 52 | Chicago Rockets | Eddie Allen | B | Pennsylvania |
| 7 | 53 | Los Angeles Dons | George Savitsky | T | Pennsylvania |
| 7 | 54 | San Francisco 49ers | Gene Knight | B | Louisiana State |
| 7 | 55 | New York Yankees | Roland Nabors | C | Texas Tech |
| 7 | 56 | Cleveland Browns | John Rapacz | C | Oklahoma |
| 8 | 57 | Florida Seahawks | Howie Turner | B | North Carolina State |
| 8 | 58 | Buffalo Bills | Joe Watt | B | Syracuse |
| 8 | 59 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Jim Hefti | B | St. Lawrence |
| 8 | 60 | Chicago Rockets | Matt Bolger | E | Notre Dame |
| 8 | 61 | Los Angeles Dons | Don Paul | C | UCLA |
| 8 | 62 | San Francisco 49ers | Charley Malmberg | T | Rice |
| 8 | 63 | New York Yankees | George Strohmeyer | C | Notre Dame |
| 8 | 64 | Cleveland Browns | Bob Hazelhurst | B | Denver |
| 9 | 65 | Florida Seahawks | Frank Hubbell | E | Tennessee |
| 9 | 66 | Buffalo Bills | Paul Gibson | E | North Carolina State |
| 9 | 67 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Buddy Burris | G | Oklahoma |
| 9 | 68 | Chicago Rockets | Charley Eikenberg | B | Rice |
| 9 | 69 | Los Angeles Dons | Paul Hart | B | Delaware |
| 9 | 70 | San Francisco 49ers | Bob Leonetti | G | Wake Forest |
| 9 | 71 | New York Yankees | Ted Ossowski | T | Oregon State |
| 9 | 72 | Cleveland Browns | Ralph Ellsworth | B | Texas |
| 10 | 73 | Florida Seahawks | Gaston Bourgeois | G | Tulane |
| 10 | 74 | Buffalo Bills | John Maskas | T | Virginia Tech |
| 10 | 75 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Charles Milner | G | Duke |
| 10 | 76 | Chicago Rockets | Ermal Allen | QB | Kentucky |
| 10 | 77 | Los Angeles Dons | Walter Heap | QB | Texas |
| 10 | 78 | San Francisco 49ers | Frank Broyles | QB | Georgia Tech |
| 10 | 79 | New York Yankees | Dick Werder | G | Georgetown (DC) |
| 10 | 80 | Cleveland Browns | Jimmy Dewar | HB | Indiana |
| 11 | 81 | Florida Seahawks | Jim Brieske | C | Michigan |
| 11 | 82 | Buffalo Bills | Baxter Jarrell | T | North Carolina |
| 11 | 83 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Jim Smith | T | Colorado |
| 11 | 84 | Chicago Rockets | Marty Chaves | G | Oregon State |
| 11 | 85 | Los Angeles Dons | Mike Dimitro | G | UCLA |
| 11 | 86 | San Francisco 49ers | Jim Tyree | E | Oklahoma |
| 11 | 87 | New York Yankees | Bill Healy | G | Georgia Tech |
| 11 | 88 | Cleveland Browns | Bill Huber | E | Illinois |
| 12 | 89 | Florida Seahawks | Rudy Mobley | B | Hardin-Simmons |
| 12 | 90 | Buffalo Bills | Chet Lipka | T | Boston College |
| 12 | 91 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Marv Goodman | E | Willamette |
| 12 | 92 | Chicago Rockets | George Jernigan | G | Georgia |
| 12 | 93 | Los Angeles Dons | Bill Moore | T | Penn State |
| 12 | 94 | San Francisco 49ers | Ed Robnett | B | Texas Tech |
| 12 | 95 | New York Yankees | Ed Sikorski | B | Muhlenberg |
| 12 | 96 | Cleveland Browns | Mario Giannelli | G | Boston College |
| 13 | 97 | Florida Seahawks | Gerry Doherty | B | Delaware |
| 13 | 98 | Buffalo Bills | Joe Sowinski | G | Indiana |
| 13 | 99 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Ted Scruggs | E | Rice |
| 13 | 100 | Chicago Rockets | R.J. Jordan | E | Georgia Tech |
| 13 | 101 | Los Angeles Dons | Joe Martin | B | Cornell |
| 13 | 102 | San Francisco 49ers | Walt Slater | B | Tennessee |
| 13 | 103 | New York Yankees | Bill Miklich | B | Idaho |
| 13 | 104 | Cleveland Browns | Marshall Shurnas | E | Missouri |
| 14 | 105 | Florida Seahawks | Bill Baumgartner | E | Minnesota |
| 14 | 106 | Buffalo Bills | Bill Chipley | E | Washington & Lee |
| 14 | 107 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Reed Nilsen | C | Brigham Young |
| 14 | 108 | Chicago Rockets | Bob Livingstone | B | Notre Dame |
| 14 | 109 | Los Angeles Dons | Gene Wilson | E | Southern Methodist |
| 14 | 110 | San Francisco 49ers | Earl Wheeler | C | Arkansas |
| 14 | 111 | New York Yankees | Chuck Elliott | T | Oregon |
| 14 | 112 | Cleveland Browns | Joe Signaigo | B | Notre Dame |
| 15 | 113 | Florida Seahawks | Jim Kekeris | T | Missouri |
| 15 | 114 | Buffalo Bills | Bronco Kosanovich | C | Penn State |
| 15 | 115 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Gus Shannon | G | Colorado |
| 15 | 116 | Chicago Rockets | Bill Ivy | T | Northwestern |
| 15 | 117 | Los Angeles Dons | Frank Muehlheuser | B | Colgate |
| 15 | 118 | San Francisco 49ers | Les Proctor | G | Texas |
| 15 | 119 | New York Yankees | Ed Grain | G | Pennsylvania |
| 15 | 120 | Cleveland Browns | Dean Widseth | T | Bemidji State |
| 16 | 121 | Florida Seahawks | John North | E | Vanderbilt |
| 16 | 122 | Buffalo Bills | Frank Kosikowski | E | Notre Dame |
| 16 | 123 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Joe Cook | B | Hardin-Simmons |
| 16 | 124 | Chicago Rockets | Bruno Niedziela | T | Iowa |
| 16 | 125 | Los Angeles Dons | Ed Cody | B | Purdue |
| 16 | 126 | San Francisco 49ers | Al DeRogatis | T | Duke |
| 17 | 127 | Florida Seahawks | Jim Canady | B | Texas |
| 17 | 128 | Buffalo Bills | Wash Serini | T | Kentucky |
| 17 | 129 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Frank Laurinaitis | G | Richmond |
| 17 | 130 | Chicago Rockets | Bill Mackrides | QB | Nevada-Reno |
| 17 | 131 | Los Angeles Dons | Bob Sullivan | B | Holy Cross |
| 17 | 132 | San Francisco 49ers | Earl Tullos | T | Louisiana State |
| 18 | 133 | Florida Seahawks | Howie Brown | G | Indiana |
| 18 | 134 | Buffalo Bills | Vinnie Yablonski | B | Columbia |
| 18 | 135 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Ed Gustafson | C | George Washington |
| 18 | 136 | Chicago Rockets | Mac Wenskunas | C | Illinois |
| 18 | 137 | Los Angeles Dons | Lou Cullen | B | New Mexico |
| 18 | 138 | San Francisco 49ers | Bryant Meeks | C | South Carolina |
| 19 | 139 | Florida Seahawks | Johnny Sims | B | Tulane |
| 19 | 140 | Buffalo Bills | Charley Compton | T | Alabama |
| 19 | 141 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Dick Hagen | E | Washington |
| 19 | 142 | Chicago Rockets | Tony Graham | C | St. Mary's (Minnesota) |
| 19 | 143 | Los Angeles Dons | John Killilea | B | Boston College |
| 19 | 144 | San Francisco 49ers | Ed Royston | G | Wake Forest |
| 20 | 145 | Florida Seahawks | Burt VanderClute | G | Wesleyan |
| 20 | 146 | Buffalo Bills | Bill Swiacki | E | Columbia |
| 20 | 147 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Hank Foldberg | E | Army |
| 20 | 148 | Chicago Rockets | Russ Benda | G | Iowa |
| 20 | 149 | Los Angeles Dons | Plato Andros | G | Oklahoma |
| 20 | 150 | San Francisco 49ers | Max Bumgardner | E | Texas |
| 21 | 151 | Florida Seahawks | Tony Stalloni | T | Delaware |
| 21 | 152 | Buffalo Bills | Ham Nichols | G | Rice |
| 21 | 153 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Harry Furman | T | Cornell |
| 21 | 154 | Chicago Rockets | George Watkins | T | Texas |
| 22 | 155 | Florida Seahawks | Jean Lamoure | G | Fresno State |
| 22 | 156 | Buffalo Bills | John Furey | T | Boston College |
| 22 | 157 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Walt Kretz | B | Cornell |
| 22 | 158 | Chicago Rockets | Sammy Vacanti | B | Nebraska |
| 23 | 159 | Florida Seahawks | Leo Daniels | B | Texas A&M |
| 23 | 160 | Buffalo Bills | Don Schneider | B | Pennsylvania |
| 23 | 161 | Brooklyn Dodgers | John Monahan | E | Dartmouth |
| 23 | 162 | Chicago Rockets | Len Zenkevitch | T | Idaho |
| 24 | 163 | Florida Seahawks | Tex Reilly | B | Colorado |
| 24 | 164 | Buffalo Bills | Chan Highsmith | C | North Carolina |
| 24 | 165 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Bruce Bailey | B | Virginia |
| 24 | 166 | Chicago Rockets | Dave Day | G | Iowa |
| 25 | 167 | Florida Seahawks | Jim Landrigan | T | Dartmouth |
| 25 | 168 | Buffalo Bills | Frank Wydo | T | Cornell |
| 25 | 169 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Ray Evans | B | Texas-El Paso |
| 25 | 170 | Chicago Rockets | Bill Franks | T | Illinois |