# 1939 NFL draft

The 1939 NFL draft was held on December 9, 1938, at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City, New York. With the first overall pick of the draft, the Chicago Cardinals selected center Ki Aldrich.

## Player selections

* = Hall of Famer

### Round one

| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Chicago Cardinals | Ki Aldrich | C | TCU | SWC | |
| 1 | 2 | Chicago Bears | Sid Luckman$^‡$ | QB | Columbia | Ind. | From Pittsburgh |
| 1 | 3 | Cleveland Rams | Parker Hall | RB | Ole Miss | SEC | |
| 1 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles | Davey O'Brien | QB | TCU | SWC | 1938 Heisman Trophy winner |
| 1 | 5 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Bob MacLeod | B | Dartmouth | Ind. | |
| 1 | 6 | Chicago Bears | Bill Osmanski | B | Holy Cross | Ind. | |
| 1 | 7 | Detroit Lions | John Pingel | B | Michigan State | Ind. | |
| 1 | 8 | Washington Redskins | I. B. Hale | T | TCU | SWC | |
| 1 | 9 | Green Bay Packers | Larry Buhler | B | Minnesota | Big Ten | |
| 1 | 10 | New York Giants | Walt Nielsen | B | Arizona | BIAA | |
| 2 | 11 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Pug Manders | FB | Drake | MVC | from Pittsburgh |
| 2 | 12 | Chicago Cardinals | Marshall Goldberg | HB | Pittsburgh | Ind. | |
| 2 | 13 | Cleveland Rams | Gaylon Smith | FB | Southwestern (TN) | Dixie | |
| 2 | 14 | Philadelphia Eagles | Charles Newton | B | Washington | PCC | |
| 2 | 15 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Bob Haak | T | Indiana | Big Ten | |
| 3 | 16 | Chicago Cardinals | Alvord Wolff | T | Santa Clara | Ind. | |
| 3 | 17 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Billy Patterson | TB | Baylor | SWC | |
| 3 | 18 | Cleveland Rams | Elmer Tarbox | B | Texas Tech | Border | |
| 3 | 19 | Philadelphia Eagles | Joe Mihal $^†$ | T | Purdue | Big Ten | |
| 3 | 20 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Waddy Young | TE | Oklahoma | Big Six | |
| 3 | 21 | Chicago Bears | John Wysocki | E | Villanova | Ind. | |
| 3 | 22 | Detroit Lions | Howard Weiss | FB | Wisconsin | Big Ten | |
| 3 | 23 | Washington Redskins | Charlie Holm | B | Alabama | SEC | |
| 3 | 24 | Green Bay Packers | Charley Brock $^†$ | C | Nebraska | Big Six | |
| 3 | 25 | New York Giants | John Chickerneo | BB | Pittsburgh | Ind. | |
| 4 | 26 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Hugh McCullough | DB | Oklahoma | Big Six | |
| 4 | 27 | Chicago Cardinals | Stebbins, HalHal Stebbins | B | Pittsburgh | Ind. | |
| 4 | 28 | Cleveland Rams | Wally Garard | T | Saint Mary's (CA) | Ind. | |
| 4 | 29 | Philadelphia Eagles | Billy Dewell | E | SMU | SWC | |
| 4 | 30 | Brookly Dodgers | Vic Bottari | B | California | PCC | |
| 5 | 31 | Chicago Cardinals | Bill Daddio | E | Pittsburgh | Ind. | |
| 5 | 32 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Ernie Wheeler | B | North Dakota Agricultural | NCC | |
| 5 | 33 | Cleveland Rams | Eddie Gatto | T | LSU | SEC | |
| 5 | 34 | Philadelphia Eagles | Zed Coston | OG | Texas A&M | SWC | |
| 5 | 35 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Kinnison, JackJack Kinnison | C | Missouri | Big Six | |
| 5 | 36 | Chicago Bears | Joe Delaney | T | Holy Cross | Ind. | |
| 5 | 37 | Detroit Lions | Steve Maronic | T | North Carolina | SoCon | |
| 5 | 38 | Washington Redskins | Dick Todd | B | Texas A&M | SWC | |
| 5 | 39 | Green Bay Packers | Lynn Hovland | OG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | |
| 5 | 40 | New York Giants | Willis, DonDon Willis | B | Clemson | SoCon | |
| 6 | 41 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Sam Boyd | QB | Baylor | SWC | |
| 6 | 42 | Chicago Cardinals | George Faust | B | Minnesota | Big Ten | |
| 6 | 43 | Cleveland Rams | Barney McGarry | T | Utah | MSC | |
| 6 | 44 | Philadelphia Eagles | Jake Schuehle | B | Rice | SWC | |
| 6 | 45 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Len Janiak | B | Ohio | Buckeye | |
| 6 | 46 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Ed Beinor | T | Notre Dame | Ind. | |
| 6 | 47 | Detroit Lions | Wendlick, JoeJoe Wendlick | E | Oregon State | PCC | |
| 6 | 48 | Washington Redskins | Anderson, DaveDave Anderson | B | California | N/A | |
| 6 | 49 | Green Bay Packers | Larry Craig | E | South Carolina | SoCon | |
| 6 | 50 | New York Giants | Ginney, JerryJerry Ginney | OG | Santa Clara | Ind. | |
| 7 | 51 | Chicago Cardinals | Dwyer, BillBill Dwyer | B | New Mexico | Border | |
| 7 | 52 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Palumbo, EddieEddie Palumbo | B | Detroit | N/A | |
| 7 | 53 | Cleveland Rams | Dowd, JerryJerry Dowd | C | Saint Mary's | Ind. | |
| 7 | 54 | Philadelphia Eagles | Tony Ippolito | B | Purdue | Big Ten | |
| 7 | 55 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Alex Schoenbaum | T | Ohio State | Big Ten | |
| 7 | 56 | Chicago Bears | Heileman, CharlieCharlie Heileman | E | Iowa State | Big Six | |
| 7 | 57 | Detroit Lions | Darrell Tully | B | East Texas State | LSC | |
| 7 | 58 | Washington Redskins | Lumpkin, QuintonQuinton Lumpkin | C | Georgia | SEC | |
| 7 | 59 | Green Bay Packers | Frank Twedell | T | Minnesota | Big Ten | |
| 7 | 60 | New York Giants | Woodell, LloydLloyd Woodell | C | Arkansas | SWC | |
| 8 | 61 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Nelson, OleOle Nelson | E | Michigan State | Ind. | |
| 8 | 62 | Chicago Cardinals | Hinkebein, ShermSherm Hinkebein | C | Kentucky | SEC | |
| 8 | 63 | Cleveland Rams | Brunner, BroncoBronco Brunner | B | Tulane | SEC | |
| 8 | 64 | Philadelphia Eagles | George Somers | T | La Salle | Ind. | |
| 8 | 65 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Dan Hill | C | Duke | SoCon | |
| 8 | 66 | Chicago Bears | Dannies, BobBob Dannies | C | Pittsburgh | Ind. | |
| 8 | 67 | Detroit Lions | Trzuskowski, DickDick Trzuskowski | T | Idaho | PCC | |
| 8 | 68 | Washington Redskins | Bo Russell | T | Auburn | SEC | |
| 8 | 69 | Green Bay Packers | Paul Kell | T | Notre Dame | Ind. | |
| 8 | 70 | New York Giants | Zagar, PetePete Zagar | T | Stanford | PCC | |
| 9 | 71 | Chicago Cardinals | Earl Brown | E | Notre Dame | Ind. | |
| 9 | 72 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Steve Petro | OG | Pittsburgh | Ind. | |
| 9 | 73 | Cleveland Rams | Bostick, LewLew Bostick | OG | Alabama | SEC | |
| 9 | 74 | Philadelphia Eagles | Rankin Britt | E | Texas A&M | SWC | |
| 9 | 75 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Kline, ForrestForrest Kline | OG | TCU | SWC | |
| 9 | 76 | Chicago Bears | Ray Bray | OG | Western State Teachers (MI) | Ind. | |
| 9 | 77 | Detroit Lions | Bill Callihan | B | Nebraska | Big Six | |
| 9 | 78 | Washington Redskins | Wilbur Moore | B | Minnesota | Big Ten | |
| 9 | 79 | Green Bay Packers | Johnny Hall | B | TCU | SWC | |
| 9 | 80 | New York Giants | Mills, BobBob Mills | T | Nebraska | Big Six | |
| 10 | 81 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Jack Lee | B | Carnegie Tech | Ind. | |
| 10 | 82 | Chicago Cardinals | Earl Crowder | QB | Oklahoma | Big Six | |
| 10 | 83 | Cleveland Rams | Petrick, FrankFrank Petrick | E | Indiana | Big Ten | |
| 10 | 84 | Philadelphia Eagles | Bill McKeever | T | Cornell | Ind. | |
| 10 | 85 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Bradley, KimbleKimble Bradley | B | Ole Miss | SEC | |
| 10 | 86 | Chicago Bears | Wood, WaltWalt Wood | B | Tennessee | SEC | |
| 10 | 87 | Detroit Lions | Raymond George | T | USC | PCC | |
| 10 | 88 | Washington Redskins | Jimmy Johnston | B | Washington | PCC | |
| 10 | 89 | Green Bay Packers | Vince Gavre | B | Wisconsin | Big Ten | |
| 10 | 90 | New York Giants | Roberts, TomTom Roberts | T | DePaul | — | |
| 11 | 91 | Chicago Cardinals | Bowden Wyatt | E | Tennessee | SEC | |
| 11 | 92 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Lou Tomasetti | B | Bucknell | Ind. | |
| 11 | 93 | Cleveland Rams | Roth, SidSid Roth | OG | Cornell | Ind. | |
| 11 | 94 | Philadelphia Eagles | Paul Humphrey | C | Purdue | Big Ten | |
| 11 | 95 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Lenc, GeorgeGeorge Lenc | E | Augustana (IL) | N/A | |
| 11 | 96 | Chicago Bears | Braga, AlAl Braga | B | San Francisco | Ind. | |
| 11 | 97 | Detroit Lions | Tony Calvelli | C | Stanford | PCC | |
| 11 | 98 | Washington Redskins | Jim German | B | Centre | SIAA | |
| 11 | 99 | Green Bay Packers | Sprague, CharleyCharley Sprague | E | SMU | SWC | |
| 11 | 100 | New York Giants | Miller, MerlMerl Miller | B | Washington | PCC | |
| 12 | 101 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Denny Cochran | B | Saint Louis | N/A | |
| 12 | 102 | Chicago Cardinals | Jim Thomas | OG | Oklahoma | Big Six | |
| 12 | 103 | Cleveland Rams | Chet Adams | T | Ohio | Buckeye | |
| 12 | 104 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Ralph Heikkinen | OG | Michigan | Big Ten | |
| 12 | 106 | Chicago Bears | Roise, HalHal Roise | B | Idaho | PCC | |
| 12 | 107 | Detroit Lions | Coughlan, JimJim Coughlan | E | Santa Clara | Ind. | |
| 12 | 108 | Washington Redskins | O'Mara, BobBob O'Mara | B | Duke | SoCon | |
| 12 | 109 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Kaplanoff, CarlCarl Kaplanoff | T | Ohio State | Big Ten | |
| 12 | 110 | New York Giants | Schroeder, BrunoBruno Schroeder | E | Texas A&M | SWC | |
| 13 | 111 | Chicago Cardinals | Andy Sabados | OG | The Citadel | SoCon | |
| 13 | 112 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Fabian Hoffman | E | Pittsburgh | Ind. | |
| 13 | 113 | Cleveland Rams | Joel Hitt | E | Mississippi College | — | |
| 13 | 114 | Philadelphia Eagles | Allie White | T | TCU | SWC | |
| 13 | 115 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Gembis, GeorgeGeorge Gembis | B | Wayne (MI) | Ind. | |
| 13 | 116 | Chicago Bears | Ed Bock | OG | Iowa State | Big Six | |
| 13 | 117 | Detroit Lions | Hutchins, PrescottPrescott Hutchins | OG | Oregon State | PCC | |
| 13 | 118 | Washington Redskins | Steve Slivinski | OG | Washington | PCC | |
| 13 | 119 | Green Bay Packers | Dan Elmer | C | Minnesota | Big Ten | |
| 13 | 120 | New York Giants | Allis, SamSam Allis | B | Centenary | N/A | |
| 14 | 121 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Ed Clary | B | South Carolina | SoCon | |
| 14 | 122 | Chicago Cardinals | Miatovich, BlaseBlase Miatovich | T | San Francisco | Ind. | |
| 14 | 123 | Cleveland Rams | Ryland, JohnJohn Ryland | C | UCLA | PCC | |
| 14 | 124 | Philadelphia Eagles | Aleskus, JoeJoe Aleskus | T | Ohio State | Big Ten | |
| 14 | 125 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Carnelly, RayRay Carnelly | B | Carnegie Tech | Ind. | |
| 14 | 126 | Chicago Bears | Anton Stolfa | B | Luther | N/A | |
| 14 | 127 | Detroit Lions | Means, ArtArt Means | OG | Washington | PCC | |
| 14 | 128 | Washington Redskins | Bob Hoffman | B | USC | PCC | College junior; returned to USC |
| 14 | 129 | Green Bay Packers | Badgett, BillBill Badgett | T | Georgia | SEC | |
| 14 | 130 | New York Giants | Watson, GeorgeGeorge Watson | B | North Carolina | SoCon | |
| 15 | 131 | Chicago Cardinals | Clarke, RussRuss Clarke | OG | Santa Clara | Ind. | |
| 15 | 132 | Pittsburgh Pirates | John Tosi | C | Niagara | N/A | |
| 15 | 133 | Cleveland Rams | Ben Friend | T | LSU | SEC | |
| 15 | 134 | Philadelphia Eagles | Foster Watkins | B | West Texas State | Ind. | |
| 15 | 135 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Trunzo, LouLou Trunzo | OG | Wake Forest | SoCon | |
| 15 | 136 | Chicago Bears | Bob Voigts | T | Northwestern | Big Ten | |
| 15 | 137 | Detroit Lions | Hodge, GeneGene Hodge | E | East Texas State | LSC | |
| 15 | 138 | Washington Redskins | Eric Tipton | B | Duke | SoCon | |
| 15 | 139 | Green Bay Packers | Tom Greenfield | C | Arizona | BIAA | |
| 15 | 140 | New York Giants | Duggan, GilGil Duggan | T | Oklahoma | Big Six | |
| 16 | 141 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Lezouski, AlAl Lezouski | OG | Pittsburgh | Ind. | |
| 16 | 142 | Chicago Cardinals | Goins, GusGus Goins | E | Clemson | SoCon | |
| 16 | 143 | Cleveland Rams | Reupke, GordonGordon Reupke | B | Iowa State | Big Six | |
| 16 | 144 | Philadelphia Eagles | Irv Hall | B | Brown | N/A | |
| 16 | 145 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Gross, CharleyCharley Gross | OG | Bradley | Illinois | |
| 16 | 146 | Chicago Bears | Armstrong, KenKen Armstrong | T | Tarkio | MCAU | |
| 16 | 147 | Detroit Lions | Lazetich, BillBill Lazetich | | Montana | PCC | |
| 16 | 148 | Washington Redskins | Dick Farman | T | Washington State | PCC | |
| 16 | 149 | Green Bay Packers | Bellin, RoyRoy Bellin | B | Wisconsin | Big Ten | |
| 16 | 150 | New York Giants | Panish, TedTed Panish | B | Bradley | Illinois | |
| 17 | 151 | Chicago Cardinals | Ev Elkins | B | Marshall | WVIAC | |
| 17 | 152 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Longhi, EdEd Longhi | C | Notre Dame | Ind. | |
| 17 | 153 | Cleveland Rams | Perrie, MikeMike Perrie | B | St. Mary's (CA) | Ind. | |
| 17 | 154 | Philadelphia Eagles | Riddell, BobBob Riddell | E | South Dakota State | NCC | |
| 17 | 155 | Brooklyn Dodgers | John Siegal | E | Columbia | Ind. | |
| 17 | 156 | Chicago Bears | Masters, RaphaelRaphael Masters | E | Newberry | Ind. (Div. II) | |
| 17 | 157 | Detroit Lions | Neihaus, RalphRalph Neihaus | T | Dayton | Buckeye | |
| 17 | 158 | Washington Redskins | Clyde Shugart | T | Iowa State | Big Six | |
| 17 | 159 | Green Bay Packers | Yerby, JohnJohn Yerby | E | Oregon | PCC | |
| 17 | 160 | New York Giants | Jack Sanders | T | SMU | SWC | |
| 18 | 161 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Shirk, DaveDave Shirk | E | Kansas | Big Six | |
| 18 | 162 | Chicago Cardinals | Frank Huffman | E | Marshall | WVIAC | |
| 18 | 163 | Cleveland Rams | Alex Atty | OG | West Virginia | Ind. | |
| 18 | 164 | Philadelphia Eagles | Charlie Gainor | E | North Dakota | NCC | |
| 18 | 165 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Morin, PaulPaul Morin | T | Iowa State | Big Six | |
| 18 | 166 | Chicago Bears | Solly Sherman | B | Chicago | Big Ten | |
| 18 | 167 | Detroit Lions | Niemant, DutchDutch Niemant | B | New Mexico | Border | |
| 18 | 168 | Washington Redskins | Boyd Morgan | B | USC | PCC | |
| 18 | 169 | Green Bay Packers | Frank Balasz | B | Iowa | Big Ten | |
| 18 | 170 | New York Giants | Dolman, WillWill Dolman | E | California | N/A | |
| 19 | 171 | Chicago Cardinals | Mike Kochel | OG | Fordham | Ind. | |
| 19 | 172 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Peters, FrankFrank Peters | E | Washington | PCC | |
| 19 | 173 | Cleveland Rams | Lane, BillBill Lane | B | Bucknell | Ind. | |
| 19 | 174 | Philadelphia Eagles | White, MorrisMorris White | B | Tulsa | MVC | |
| 19 | 175 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Ferrell Anderson | OG | Kansas | Big Six | |
| 19 | 176 | Chicago Bears | Ed Simonich | B | Notre Dame | Ind. | |
| 19 | 177 | Detroit Lions | Tony Tonelli | OG | USC | PCC | |
| 19 | 178 | Washington Redskins | Smith, PhilPhil Smith | T | St. Benedict's | N/A | |
| 19 | 179 | Green Bay Packers | John Brennan | OG | Michigan | Big Ten | |
| 19 | 180 | New York Giants | Paulman, BillBill Paulman | B | Stanford | PCC | |
| 20 | 181 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Sheldrake, TomTom Sheldrake | E | Washington | PCC | |
| 20 | 182 | Chicago Cardinals | Rice, TomTom Rice | T | San Francisco | Ind. | |
| 20 | 183 | Cleveland Rams | Graham, PaulPaul Graham | B | Indiana | Big Ten | |
| 20 | 184 | Philadelphia Eagles | Gormley, DickDick Gormley | C | LSU | SEC | |
| 20 | 185 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Popp, TonyTony Popp | E | Toledo | OAC | |
| 20 | 186 | Chicago Bears | Vogeler, GeorgeGeorge Vogeler | C | Oklahoma A&M | MVC | |
| 20 | 187 | Detroit Lions | McDonald, JimJim McDonald | C | Illinois | Big Ten | |
| 20 | 188 | Washington Redskins | Coop, PaulPaul Coop | T | Centre | SIAA | |
| 20 | 189 | Green Bay Packers | Charles Schultz | T | Minnesota | Big Ten | |
| 20 | 190 | New York Giants | Smith, LyleLyle Smith | OG | Tulane | SEC | |
| 21 | 191 | Chicago Bears | Aldo Forte | T | Montana | PCC | |
| 21 | 192 | Detroit Lions | Waters, MerrillMerrill Waters | E | BYU | MSC | |
| 21 | 193 | Detroit Lions | Kuber, MattMatt Kuber | OG | Villanova | Ind. | |
| 21 | 194 | Green Bay Packers | Hofer, WillardWillard Hofer | B | Notre Dame | Ind. | |
| 21 | 195 | New York Giants | Mario Tonelli | B | Notre Dame | Ind. | |
| 22 | 196 | Chicago Bears | Kircher, EverettEverett Kircher | B | Iowa State | Big Six | |
| 22 | 197 | Detroit Lions | Howe, AlAl Howe | T | Xavier | N/A | |
| 22 | 198 | Washington Redskins | Cruver, AlAl Cruver | B | Washington State | PCC | |
| 22 | 199 | Green Bay Packers | Gunther, BillBill Gunther | B | Santa Clara | Ind. | |
| 22 | 200 | New York Giants | Rhodes, JackJack Rhodes | OG | Texas | SWC | |

## Hall of Famers

* Sid Luckman, quarterback from Columbia taken 1st round 2nd overall by the Chicago Bears.
    Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1965.

## Notable undrafted players

* = Pro Bowler
| Original NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. |
| Chicago Cardinals | Henry Adams | C | Pittsburgh | Ind. |
| Cleveland Rams | Riley Matheson | OT | Texas Western | Border |
| Detroit Lions | Connie Mack Berry | E | NC State | SoCon |
| Green Bay Packers | Harry Jacunski $^†$ | E | Fordham | Ind. |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Jack Ferrante | E | | |