1944 NFL Draft & Order

The 1944 NFL Draft consisted of 23 rounds with a total of 67 players drafted. The top pick was Angelo Bertelli out of Notre Dame drafted by the Boston Yanks. Of the 7 players selected in the first round 3 played offense and 4 played defense. No college had more than a single player drafted in the first round of the 1944 draft. Some of the top drafted players were Otto Graham (drafted by the Detroit Lions in Round 1), Bob Waterfield (drafted by the Cleveland Rams in Round 3), Steve Van Buren (drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in Round 1), Bob Margarita (drafted by the Chicago Bears in Round 18) and John Greene (drafted by the Detroit Lions in Round 5). View all of the players selected in the 1944 NFL Draft round by round.

1944 NFL Draft

Round 1

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
1	Angelo Bertelli	QB	Notre Dame	Boston Yanks
2	Pat Harder	LB	Wisconsin
4	Otto Graham	DB	Northwestern	Detroit Lions
5	Steve Van Buren	RB	Louisiana State	Philadelphia Eagles
7	Merv Pregulman	LB	Michigan	Green Bay Packers
8	Mike Micka	RB	Colgate	Washington Redskins
9	Ray Evans	DB	Kansas	Chicago Bears

Round 2

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
14	Bob Cifers	DB	Tennessee	Detroit Lions
23	Earl Audet	OL	USC	Washington Redskins
24	Rudy Smeja	DL	Michigan	Chicago Bears
26	Gil Bouley	OL	Boston College	Cleveland Rams
27	Babe Dimancheff	DB	Purdue	Boston Yanks

Round 3

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
19	Ralph Heywood	DL	USC	Detroit Lions
36	Joe Parker	DL	Texas	Philadelphia Eagles
40	Abe Croft	DB	Southern Methodist	Chicago Bears
42	Bob Waterfield	QB	UCLA	Cleveland Rams

Round 4

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
29	Rudy Sikich	OL	Minnesota	Brooklyn Tigers
31	Art McCaffray	OL	U. of Pacific
32	Herb Kane	OL	East Central (OK)	New York Giants

Round 5

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
33	Bill Blackburn	OL	Rice
35	John Greene	DL	Michigan	Detroit Lions
64	George Cheverko	RB	Fordham	Cleveland Rams

Round 6

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
44	Bill Garnaas	LB	Minnesota
71	Alex Agase	OL	Illinois	Green Bay Packers
74	George Phillips	LB	UCLA	Philadelphia Eagles

Round 7

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
57	Paul Briggs	OL	Colorado	Detroit Lions
80	Paul Sarringhaus	RB	Ohio State	Philadelphia Eagles
84	Jack Morton	DB	Purdue	Chicago Bears
86	Fred Boensch	OL	Stanford	Cleveland Rams

Round 8

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
66	Red Cochran	DB	Wake Forest
67	Jack Sachse	LB	Texas	Brooklyn Tigers
69	George Titus	LB	Holy Cross
70	Roy Clay	DB	Colorado State	New York Giants
94	Bob Sneddon	RB	St. Mary's (CA)	Washington Redskins
97	Bob Shaw		Ohio State	Cleveland Rams

Round 9

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
78	Mitch Olenski	OL	Alabama	Brooklyn Tigers
81	John Sanchez	DL	San Francisco	New York Giants
85	Ed Stofko	DB	St. Francis (PA)
102	Elliott Ormsbee	DB	Bradley	Philadelphia Eagles

Round 10

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
91	Val Jansante	DL	Villanova
120	Ed Fiorentino	DL	Brown	Boston Yanks

Round 11

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
101	Paul White	DB	Michigan	Detroit Lions
103	Carl Grate	OL	Georgia	New York Giants
107	Carl Buda	OL	Tulsa

Round 12

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
111	Jim Tyree	DL	Oklahoma	Brooklyn Tigers
113	Sam Gray	DL	Tulsa
114	Tommy Mont	RB	Maryland	New York Giants

Round 13

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
122	Jim Wright	OL	Southern Methodist	Brooklyn Tigers
125	Ray Poole	DL	Mississippi	New York Giants
149	Jim Gaffney	RB	Tennessee	Washington Redskins
152	Frank Hubbell	DL	Tennessee	Cleveland Rams

Round 14

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
162	John Green	DL	Tulsa	Philadelphia Eagles

Round 15

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
147	Ollie Poole	DL	Mississippi	New York Giants

Round 16

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
166	Howie Maley	DB	Southern Methodist	Brooklyn Tigers
167	Jack Helms	DL	Georgia Tech	Detroit Lions
194	Barry French	OL	Purdue	Chicago Bears
197	Art Faircloth	DB	Guilford	Boston Yanks

Round 17

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
176	Walt Szot	DL	Bucknell
178	Elmer Madarik	RB	Detroit	Detroit Lions

Round 18

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
216	Bob Margarita	DB	Brown	Chicago Bears

Round 19

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
199	George Doherty	OL	Louisiana Tech	Brooklyn Tigers
228	Al Postus	DB	Villanova	Philadelphia Eagles

Round 20

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
234	Milt Smith	QB	UCLA	Philadelphia Eagles

Round 21

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
250	Earl Klapstein	OL	U. of Pacific	Philadelphia Eagles

Round 22

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
293	Charlie Mitchell	DB	Tulsa	Chicago Bears

Round 23

Selection	Player	Position	College	Drafted By
299	Robert Derleth	OL	Michigan	Detroit Lions
324	Ralph Calcagni	OL	Pennsylvania	Boston Yanks