The 1950 NFL draft was held January 20–21, 1950, at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia. With the league absorbing the Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, and San Francisco 49ers from the All-America Football Conference, these three teams were combined with the other NFL clubs in a single ranking to determine the order of the draft.
This was the fourth year that the first overall pick was a bonus pick determined by lottery, with the previous three winners (Chicago Bears in 1947, Washington Redskins in 1948, and Philadelphia Eagles in 1949) ineligible from the draw; it was won by the Detroit Lions, who selected end Leon Hart.
Player selections † =Pro Bowler ‡ =Hall of Famer
Round 8
Pick # NFL team Player Position College93Baltimore ColtsDick HarrisCenterTexas94New York BulldogsJack ArcherBackTCU95Green Bay PackersHarry SzulborskiBackPurdue96Detroit LionsRalph McAlisterBackMinnesota97Washington RedskinsJohn RohdeEndPacific98New York GiantsEbert Van BurenBackLSU99Chicago CardinalsJohn HockTackleSanta Clara100Pittsburgh SteelersFran RogelBackPenn State101San Francisco 49ersEllery WilliamsEndSanta Clara102Chicago BearsSam NevillsTackleOregon103Los Angeles RamsWoodley LewisBackOregon104Cleveland BrownsRuss FrizzellTackleTulsa105Philadelphia EaglesDick O'HanlonTackleOhio State
Round 9
Pick # NFL team Player Position College106Baltimore ColtsBill BassBackArkansas107Chicago BearsFloyd ReidBackGeorgia108Green Bay PackersRoger WilsonEndSouth Carolina109Detroit LionsEd WoodGuardDetroit110Washington RedskinsDon WinslowTackleIowa111New York GiantsVince CisternaEndNorthern Arizona112Pittsburgh SteelersMax DruenTackleTulane113Chicago CardinalsVito RagazzoEndWilliam & Mary114Chicago BearsDick BraznellBackMissouri115San Francisco 49ersPete ZinachBackWest Virginia116Los Angeles RamsLes CowanEndMcMurry117Cleveland BrownsJim DuncanEndWake Forest118Philadelphia EaglesBobby WilsonBackOle Miss
Round 10
Pick # NFL team Player Position College119Baltimore ColtsErrol FryGuardTexas120New York BulldogsMelvin LyleEndLSU121Green Bay PackersBob MealeyTackleMinnesota122Detroit LionsRoland MalcolmBackGustavus Adolphus123Washington RedskinsEddie LeBaronQuarterbackPacific124New York GiantsBob WilkinsonEndUCLA125Chicago CardinalsWalt GrothausCenterNotre Dame126Chicago CardinalsMilt LavigneBackSoutheastern Louisiana127San Francisco 49ersBob CeleriBackCalifornia128Chicago BearsAl WahlTackleMichigan129Los Angeles RamsJay Van NoyBackUtah State130Cleveland BrownsFrank O'PellaBackWilliam & Mary131Philadelphia EaglesErnie JohnsonBackUCLA
Round 11
Pick # NFL team Player Position College132Baltimore ColtsJoe RomanoskyTackleSt. Bonaventure133New York BulldogsRoger McAuleyGuardTCU134Green Bay PackersGene LorendoEndGeorgia135Detroit LionsJack WilsonTackleOhio State136Washington RedskinsDan BrownEndVillanova137Los Angeles RamsJay RoundyBackUSC138Pittsburgh SteelersCharley WilliamsEndSam Houston State139Chicago CardinalsJ. D. IsonEndBaylor140Chicago BearsJohn HelwigGuardNotre Dame141San Francisco 49ersHarley DowTackleSan Jose State142Los Angeles RamsFred StuvekGuardWest Virginia143Cleveland BrownsBob PlotzGuardPittsburgh144Philadelphia EaglesBobby LantripBackRice
Round 12
Pick # NFL team Player Position College145Baltimore ColtsBill DeyBackDartmouth146New York BulldogsAndy HillhouseEndTexas A&M147Green Bay PackersAndy PavichEndDenver148Detroit LionsBucky WaltersTackleBrown149Washington RedskinsBill ChaunceyBackIowa State150New York GiantsRay WietechaCenterNorthwestern151Chicago CardinalsFrank WallheiserEndWestern Kentucky152Chicago CardinalsBob SharpeGuardDavidson153San Francisco 49ersDon BurkeBackUSC154Chicago BearsKenny RoofBackOklahoma A&M155Los Angeles RamsJohn LunneyGuardArkansas156Cleveland BrownsEmerson ColeBackToledo157Philadelphia EaglesFrank MahoneyEndBrown
Round 13
Pick # NFL team Player Position College158Baltimore ColtsRay StoneEndTexas159New York BulldogsJack MortonBackWest Virginia160Green Bay PackersCarlton ElliottEndVirginia161Detroit LionsJim RyanBackSan Francisco162Washington RedskinsClay DavisCenterOklahoma A&M163New York GiantsJoe KellyCenterWisconsin164Pittsburgh SteelersNegley NortonTacklePenn State165Chicago CardinalsJerry HennessyEndSanta Clara166Chicago BearsFrank DempseyTackleFlorida167San Francisco 49ersBimbo CecconiBackPittsburgh168Los Angeles RamsTom WinbiglerBackCollege of Idaho169Cleveland BrownsRupe WrightGuardBaylor170Philadelphia EaglesNorm WilleyBackMarshall
Round 14
Pick # NFL team Player Position College171Baltimore ColtsMitch SmiarowskiCenterSt. Bonaventure172New York BulldogsEd CarmichaelGuardOregon State173Green Bay PackersFred LeonTackleNevada174Detroit LionsCliff SquiresCenterNebraska Wesleyan175Washington RedskinsLyle ButtonTackleIllinois176New York GiantsGene FritzTackleMinnesota177Chicago CardinalsDee AndrosGuardOklahoma178Pittsburgh SteelersJames W. KynesCenterFlorida179San Francisco 49ersTom PayneEndSanta Clara180Chicago BearsAl HoverGuardLSU181Los Angeles RamsBill TrautweinTackleOhio State182Cleveland BrownsPackard HarringtonCenterSt. Mary's (CA)183Philadelphia EaglesBilly HixEndArkansas
Round 15
Pick # NFL team Player Position College184Baltimore ColtsArt SpinneyEndBoston College185New York BulldogsNorm MesserollTackleTennessee186Green Bay PackersGene HuebernCenterBaylor187Detroit LionsTom WorthingtonBackNorthwestern188Washington RedskinsAlex LoydEndOklahoma A&M189New York GiantsBill RobersonTackleStephen F. Austin190Pittsburgh SteelersHarry RussellBackSan Jose State191Chicago CardinalsAl LangfordBackHoward Payne192Chicago BearsJimmy GlissonBackTulane193San Francisco 49ersLeo CrampseyEndSt. Bonaventure194Los Angeles RamsDave StephensonCenterWest Virginia195Cleveland BrownsTed MelandGuardOregon196Philadelphia EaglesHerb CareyBackDartmouth
Round 16
Pick # NFL team Player Position College197Baltimore ColtsDave FisherBackSouthwestern Louisiana198New York BulldogsBill StetterCenterHoly Cross199Green Bay PackersFrank KuzmaBackMinnesota200Detroit LionsJerry GreinerCenterDetroit201Washington RedskinsCharlie JusticeBackNorth Carolina202New York GiantsBob JacksonBackNorth Carolina A&T203Chicago CardinalsHarry BiermanEndFurman204Pittsburgh SteelersBernie BarkouskieGuardPittsburgh205San Francisco 49ersCharley ShawGuardOklahoma A&M206Chicago BearsEd BradleyEndWake Forest207Los Angeles RamsJim MaloneyEndFordham208Cleveland BrownsArt KingGuardBall State209Philadelphia EaglesJim MarckTackleXavier
Round 17
Pick # NFL team Player Position College210Baltimore ColtsRalph MurphyGuardRice211New York BulldogsJoe Dean TidwellBackHardin212Green Bay PackersHal OtterbackGuardWisconsin213Detroit LionsConnie CallahanBackMorningside214Washington RedskinsJim CullomGuardCalifornia215New York GiantsSteve HatfieldBackShippensburg216Pittsburgh SteelersAl BodineBackGeorgia217Chicago CardinalsTom PalmerTackleWake Forest218Chicago BearsRay JanaszekBackDayton219San Francisco 49ersCliff Van MeterBackTulane220Los Angeles RamsHarry NeugoldTackleRPI221Cleveland BrownsHal McKinneyGuardMissouri Valley222Philadelphia EaglesJerry TaylorCenterMississippi State
Round 18
Pick # NFL team Player Position College223Baltimore ColtsCharley SchoolmasterCenterWestern Michigan224New York BulldogsJim ChampionTackleMississippi State225Green Bay PackersArnold GaliffaQuarterbackArmy226Detroit LionsDon StansaukTackleDenver227Washington RedskinsAlvin DukeBackArkansas228New York GiantsGeorge RomanTackleWestern Reserve229Chicago CardinalsRay EspenanEndNotre Dame230Pittsburgh SteelersKenneth PowellEndNorth Carolina231San Francisco 49ersRalph GenitoBackKentucky232Chicago BearsRupert AndrewsBackStanford233Los Angeles RamsBobby CollierTackleSMU234Cleveland BrownsJoe TravueBackLouisville235Philadelphia EaglesEd TunnicliffBackNorthwestern
Round 19
Pick # NFL team Player Position College236Baltimore ColtsBill WaddailBackAuburn237New York BulldogsBob GriffinBackBaylor238Green Bay PackersEarl RowanTackleHardin–Simmons239Detroit LionsGus CifelliTackleNotre Dame240Washington RedskinsEd WhiteEndAlabama241New York GiantsFritz BarzilauskasGuardYale242Pittsburgh SteelersFrank GaulTackleNotre Dame243Chicago CardinalsLoran DayBackNorthwestern244Chicago BearsBilly ByeBackMinnesota245San Francisco 49ersForest KleinGuardCalifornia246Los Angeles RamsJohn SmithEndArizona247Cleveland BrownsButch SonginQuarterbackBoston College248Philadelphia EaglesDarrell RobinsonEndOregon
Round 20
Pick # NFL team Player Position College249Baltimore ColtsSheldon DunlapGuardCincinnati250New York BulldogsDarrell RoyalBackOklahoma251Green Bay PackersJim HoweBackKentucky252Detroit LionsFred DavisEndMaryland253Washington RedskinsGeorge BayerTackleWashington254New York GiantsJoe TangaroTackleUtah255Chicago CardinalsWebb HalbertBackIowa State256Pittsburgh SteelersMike DeNoiaBackScranton257San Francisco 49ersJack NixEndUSC258Chicago BearsTank CrawfordGuardOle Miss259Los Angeles RamsBill YoungBackHillsdale260Cleveland BrownsJohn HackneyGuardMurray State261Philadelphia EaglesMerv PregulmanGuardMichigan
Round 21
Pick # NFL team Player Position College262Baltimore ColtsTom PhillipsBackBaldwin Wallace263New York BulldogsBud FrenchBackKansas264Green Bay PackersGene EvansBackWisconsin265Detroit LionsGeorge BrewerBackOklahoma266Washington RedskinsCasimir WituckiGuardIndiana267New York GiantsBill StriblingEndOle Miss268Pittsburgh SteelersDick TomlinsonGuardKansas269Chicago CardinalsHoward BlumhardtBackSouth Dakota270Chicago BearsBob AngieBackIowa State271San Francisco 49ersGuerin AlkerCenterLoyola (CA)272Los Angeles RamsBill KleinEndHanover273Cleveland BrownsLeroy VogtsGuardWashington University274Philadelphia EaglesMarv CrossBackWashington State
Round 22
Pick # NFL team Player Position College275Baltimore ColtsChip ArmstrongCenterOccidental276New York BulldogsR. V. JohnsonTackleSt. Mary's (CA)277Green Bay PackersChuck BeattyCenterPenn State278Detroit LionsJim TateTacklePurdue279Washington RedskinsJohn deLaurentisTackleWaynesburg280New York GiantsBob DeMossBackPurdue281Chicago CardinalsJim LipinskiTackleFairmont State282Pittsburgh SteelersStan BurakBackGeorge Washington283San Francisco 49ersBilly WilsonEndSan Jose State284Chicago BearsJim BylerGuardNC State285Los Angeles RamsDoug BarberBackDakota Wesleyan286Cleveland BrownsJim DowlingGuardSanta Clara287Philadelphia EaglesJim HagueEndOhio State
Round 23
Pick # NFL team Player Position College288Baltimore ColtsHarry WeittlauferEndPenn289New York BulldogsDick SheffieldEndTulane290Green Bay PackersGeorge MatteyGuardOhio State291Detroit LionsIrv HellerTackleBoston University292Washington RedskinsJoe ZuravleffEndNorthwestern293New York GiantsWarren DavisCenterColgate294Pittsburgh SteelersWalt KerulisEndIllinois295Chicago CardinalsBill MontgomeryBackFresno State296Chicago BearsBill BighamTackleHardin297San Francisco 49ersJim WilliamsEndRice298Los Angeles RamsJim BirdTackleUSC299Cleveland BrownsDom MoselleBackUW–Superior300Philadelphia EaglesAl LeskoTackleSt. Bonaventure
Round 24
Pick # NFL team Player Position College301Baltimore ColtsBill PetroskiTackleHoly Cross302New York BulldogsBill DeYoungBackStanford303Green Bay PackersDon DelphBackDayton304Detroit LionsJim McDowellGuardWilliam & Mary305Washington RedskinsBuster TiltonTackleNevada306New York GiantsTom FinninTackleDetroit307Chicago CardinalsBob GamboldBackWashington State308Pittsburgh SteelersJohn WeaverGuardMiami (OH)309San Francisco 49ersBill WymanTackleRice310Chicago BearsWalt PolenskeBackPacific311Los Angeles RamsJoe JoinerEndAustin312Cleveland BrownsJack WoodlandBackBowling Green313Philadelphia EaglesTom DeSylviaGuardOregon State
Round 25