Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-12-26
Pro Teens Held
Mad Scramble
For Tan PIoYers
BY Bill Brewer

the usual frantic bidding for tan
talent in the football drafts con-
Quoted by the National Football
and the American Football leagues
last week. Some of the outstanding
prospects were quickly signed.
Carl Eller, the 240-pound ALL
American tackle from Minnesota,
was named first draft choice by
the Minnesota Vikings in the NFT
and by Buffalo in the AFL. The
Vikings almost Immediately OBJ
tained Eller's signature. He is from
Winston-Salem, NC.
Other first draft selections in
the NFL included Paul Warfield,
the Ohio State star from Warren,
Ohio, picked by the Cleveland
Browns; Bob Brown, Nebrasfea's
270-pound All American guard
from Cleveland, picked by the
Philadelphia Eagles; Charles Tay-
lor, 190-pound unheralded half
back from Arizona State tapped by
the Washington Redskins; and
Marv Woodson, halfback from Hat
tiesburg, Miss, who starred, until
forced out by injuries, for Indiana,
named by the Baltimore Colts.
Matt Smell, Ohio State fulIback
from Locust Valley, NY, choice
of the New York Jets; Brown,
tabled by the Denver Broncos, and
Eller were first draft choices in
the AFT.
Smell also was picked by the
New York team - the Giants -
in the NIL being its third selec-
ton. Warfield, his teammate, ap-
peared likely to sign with the
Browns over Buffalo, which grab
bed him in the fourth round.
Brown is not likely to make a
decision until after the Orange
Bowl game in which the Cornhusk-
ers face Auburn. But Woodson,
who has fully recovered from a
knee injury suffered in the third
game in the 1868 season, signed
with the Colts. He had been named
by Denver in the third round of
the AFL draft.
Choices Of other tan players in
the NFL by teams, included:
Cleveland - Leroy Kelly, Nor
gan State back; Ed Mitchell,
tackle, and Sid Williams, end,
Southern University, and Sherman
Lewis, co-captain of Michigan
& M, back, future chioce).
State, back.
San Francisco - Rudy johnson,
Nebraska, back: Bob Brown, Ark
ansas A & M, tackle; James Grit
fin, Grambhng, end, and Cornell
Gordon, North Carolina A & T,
back Culture choice).
Philadelphia - Alfred benson.
Florida A & M, end, and Israel
Lang, Tennessee A & I, back.
Dallas - Mel Renfro, Oregon,
back, and Bob Hayes, Florida A
Washington Jim Snowden,
Notre Dame, back future choice);
Gene Donaldson, Purdue, back, and
Ozzie Clay, Iowa State back.
Minnesota-Carlton Oates, Flor
ida A & M, end, and Charles Rob
erson, Prairie View (Tex.), tackle.
New York - George Seals, Miss
ouri, end; Roger Anderson, Vir-
ginda Union tackle;; Bill Harris,
Colorado, back, and Jim Garrett,
GrambHng, back.
Green Bay - John Baker, Vir-
ginia State, end.
Chicago - Jim Jones, Wiscon-
sin, end future choice); Mike
Brown, Delaware, back; Clyd
Webb, end; and Bob Bats, Texas
Southern, back.
Detroit - Matt Snorton, Michi-
gan State, end; and Warren Wells,
Texas Southern, end.
Los Angeles - Willie Brown,
Southern California, back; Herman
johnson, Michigan State, back
future chdce), and Bob Cherry,
Wittenberg Springfield, Ohio,
end.
Pittsburgh-Ben McGhee, Jack
son State MISSY, tackle; Bob Cur
rtngton, North Carolina College
back, and Oliver Dobbins, Morgan
State, back.
st. Louis - Bob Johnson, Wis
consin, end; Willie Ross, Nebraska,
back; and Tony Lawrence, Bowl
ing Green (Ohio), tackle Culture
choice).
Snorton was third choice Of Den
yer In the AFL and signed with
the Broncos. Other choices and
their teams in the AFL included:
Houston - Taylor and EzelI
Seals back, and Cane Robinson,
tackle, Prairie View.
Denver - benson, Hayes, Cher
ry and Odell Barry, Findlay (Ohio)
back.
New York - McGhee, Lewis,
Rudy johnson and Herman John
son.
San Diego - Anderson, Willie
Brown, Mitchell and Seals.
Buffalo - Earl Lattimer, Mlchi-
gan State, guard; Webb and Ross.