1947 Draft
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1947 NFL Draft & Order
The 1947 NFL Draft consisted of 28 rounds with a total of 77 players drafted. The top pick was Bob Fenimore out of Oklahoma State drafted by the Chicago Bears. Of the 7 players selected in the first round 5 played offense and 2 played defense. Oklahoma state and Army had the most players selected in the first round of the 1947 draft with 2. Some of the top drafted players were Bob Hoernschemeyer (drafted by the New York Giants in Round 9), Glenn Davis (drafted by the Detroit Lions in Round 1), Dante Lavelli (drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in Round 10), Al Baldwin (drafted by the Boston Yanks in Round 4) and Elbie Nickel (drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in Round 15). View all of the players selected in the 1947 NFL Draft round by round.
1947 NFL Draft
Round 1
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| 1 | Bob Fenimore | DB | Oklahoma State | Chicago Bears |
| Tex Coulter | OL | Army | Chicago Cardinals | |
| Neill Armstrong | DB | Oklahoma State | Philadelphia Eagles | |
| Fritz Barzilauskas | OL | Yale | Boston Yanks | |
| Don Kindt | RB | Wisconsin | Chicago Bears | |
| Glenn Davis | RB | Army | Detroit Lions | |
| Vic Schwall | RB | Northwestern | New York Giants |
Round 2
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| John Cannady | LB | Indiana | New York Giants | |
| Frank Minini | RB | San Jose State | Chicago Bears | |
| Bill Mackrides | QB | Nevada-Reno | Philadelphia Eagles | |
| John Mastrangelo | OL | Notre Dame | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Round 3
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Buddy Burris | OL | Oklahoma | Green Bay Packers | |
| Frank Wydo | DL | Cornell | Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| George Savitsky | OL | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia Eagles | |
| Johnny Rapacz | LB | Oklahoma | Boston Yanks | |
| Jim Canady | RB | Texas | Chicago Bears | |
| Jim Kekeris | OL | Missouri | Detroit Lions |
Round 4
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Bob Davis | OL | Georgia Tech | New York Giants | |
| Al Baldwin | DB | Arkansas | Boston Yanks | |
| Mike Garzoni | OL | USC | Washington Redskins |
Round 5
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Bill Gray | OL | Oregon State | Washington Redskins | |
| Bryant Meeks | LB | South Carolina | Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Bill Smyth | DL | Penn State | Los Angeles Rams |
Round 6
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Hank Harris | OL | Texas | Washington Redskins | |
| George Sullivan | DL | Notre Dame | Boston Yanks | |
| Allen Smith | DL | Mississippi | Chicago Bears | |
| Jerry Shipkey | RB | UCLA | Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Frank Muehlheuser | RB | Colgate | New York Giants |
Round 7
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Bob McDougal | LB | Miami (Fla.) | Green Bay Packers | |
| Joe Watt | DB | Syracuse | Boston Yanks |
Round 8
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Bill Chipley | DB | Washington & Lee | Boston Yanks | |
| Carl Samuelson | OL | Nebraska | Los Angeles Rams | |
| Ray Ramsey | DB | Bradley | Chicago Cardinals | |
| Ernie Williamson | OL | North Carolina | Washington Redskins |
Round 9
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | DB | Navy | New York Giants | |
| Gene Malinowski | DB | Detroit | Boston Yanks |
Round 10
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Robert Hazelhurst | RB | Denver | Boston Yanks | |
| Hardy Brown | RB | Tulsa | New York Giants | |
| Dante Lavelli | DL | Ohio State | Los Angeles Rams | |
| Charley Sarratt | DB | Oklahoma | Chicago Cardinals | |
| Tony Adamle | LB | Ohio State | Chicago Bears |
Round 11
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Alex Sidorik | OL | Mississippi State | Boston Yanks | |
| Bob Skoglund | Notre Dame | Green Bay Packers |
Round 12
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Weldon Edwards | OL | Texas Christian | Washington Redskins | |
| John Kissell | DL | Boston College | Los Angeles Rams | |
| Red Moore | OL | Penn State | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Round 13
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Walt Vezmar | OL | Michigan State | Detroit Lions | |
| Bob Sullivan | RB | Iowa | Boston Yanks |
Round 15
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Wally Dreyer | DB | Wisconsin | Chicago Bears | |
| Bob Ravensberg | DB | Indiana | Chicago Cardinals | |
| Elbie Nickel | DL | Cincinnati | Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Hubert Shurtz | OL | Louisiana State | Philadelphia Eagles |
Round 16
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Bill Cregar | OL | Holy Cross | Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Ed Champagne | DL | Louisiana State | Los Angeles Rams |
Round 17
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| T.J. Campion | OL | Southeastern Louisiana | Philadelphia Eagles | |
| Tommy James | DB | Ohio State | Detroit Lions | |
| Harry Dowda | DB | Wake Forest | Washington Redskins |
Round 18
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Clarence Esser | DL | Wisconsin | Chicago Cardinals | |
| Tom Landry | DB | Texas | New York Giants |
Round 19
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Leon McLaughlin | OL | UCLA | Los Angeles Rams | |
| Russ Reader | DB | Michigan State | Chicago Bears |
Round 21
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Al Lawler | RB | Texas | Chicago Bears | |
| Lou Levanti | OL | Illinois | Los Angeles Rams |
Round 22
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Paul Davis | DB | Otterbein | Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Carl Schuette | OL | Marquette | Detroit Lions | |
| Bob Smith | RB | Iowa | Washington Redskins |
Round 23
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Tom Kalmanir | RB | Nevada-Reno | Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Otto Schnellbacher | DB | Kansas | Chicago Cardinals |
Round 28
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| Ralph Olsen | DL | Utah | Green Bay Packers | |
| John Prchlik | DL | Yale | Boston Yanks | |
| Warren Lahr | DB | Case Western Reserve | Pittsburgh Steelers |
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