The 1959 NFL draft had its first four rounds held on December 1, 1958, and its final twenty-six rounds on January 21, 1959. Both sessions were held at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia. With the first overall pick in the draft, the Green Bay Packers selected quarterback Randy Duncan.
Player selections = Pro Bowler Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.= Hall of Famer
Round 1
Pick # NFL team Player Position College1Green Bay PackersRandy DuncanQuarterbackIowa2Los Angeles RamsDick BassRunning backPacific3Chicago CardinalsBilly StacySafetyMississippi State4Washington RedskinsDon AllardQuarterbackBoston College5San Francisco 49ersDave BakerDefensive backOklahoma6Detroit LionsNick PietrosanteFullbackNotre Dame7Chicago BearsDon ClarkRunning backOhio State8San Francisco 49ersDan JamesTackleOhio State9Los Angeles RamsPaul DicksonDefensive tackleBaylor10New York GiantsLee GrosscupQuarterbackUtah11Cleveland BrownsRich KreitlingWide receiverIllinois12Baltimore ColtsJackie BurkettCenterAuburn
Round 2
Pick # NFL team Player Position College13Green Bay PackersAlex HawkinsBackSouth Carolina14Chicago CardinalsJerry WilsonEndAuburn15Philadelphia EaglesJ. D. SmithTackleRice16Los Angeles RamsBuddy HumphreyQuarterbackBaylor17San Francisco 49ersBob HarrisonCenterOklahoma18Detroit LionsCharley HortonGuardBaylor19Detroit LionsMike RaboldTackleIndiana20Los Angeles RamsDon BrownBackHouston21Chicago BearsRichie PetitbonQuarterbackTulane22New York GiantsBuddy DialEndRice23Cleveland BrownsDick SchafrathGuardOhio State24Baltimore ColtsDave ShererEndSouthern Methodist
Round 3
Pick # NFL team Player Position College25Green Bay PackersBoyd DowlerBackColorado26Philadelphia EaglesWray CarltonBackDuke27Chicago CardinalsJimmy ButlerBackVanderbilt28Washington RedskinsEmil KarasTackleDayton29San Francisco 49ersEddie DoveBackColorado30Detroit LionsRon KoesCenterNorth Carolina31Los Angeles RamsLarry HickmanBackBaylor32Chicago BearsPete JohnsonBackVirginia Military Inst33Los Angeles RamsTom FranckhauserEndPurdue34New York GiantsJoe MorrisonBackCincinnati35Cleveland BrownsFran O'BrienTackleMichigan State36Detroit LionsRon LucianoTackleSyracuse
Round 4
Pick # NFL team Player Position College37Cleveland BrownsGary PrahstEndMichigan38Chicago CardinalsKen BeckTackleTexas A&M39Philadelphia EaglesJim GrazioneQuarterbackVillanova40Washington RedskinsJim WoodEndOklahoma State41San Francisco 49ersMonte ClarkTackleUSC42Detroit LionsArt BrandriffBackVirginia Military Inst43Los Angeles RamsBlanche MartinBackMichigan State44Los Angeles RamsJohn TraceyEndTexas A&M45Los Angeles RamsBob ReifsnyderTackleNavy46Detroit LionsBob GrottkauGuardOregon State47Cleveland BrownsDave LloydLinebackerGeorgia48Baltimore ColtsZeke SmithGuardAuburn
Round 5
Pick # NFL team Player Position College49Washington RedskinsBob WetoskaTackleNotre Dame50Chicago CardinalsMaury SchleicherEndPenn State51Philadelphia EaglesNick MumleyTacklePurdue52Chicago CardinalsTed BatesTackleOregon State53Cleveland BrownsJohn WootenGuardColorado54San Francisco 49ersFrank GeremiaTackleNotre Dame55Green Bay PackersAndy CverckoCenterNorthwestern56Los Angeles RamsJohn LandsEndMontana State57Chicago BearsJohn AdamsBackCal State-Los Angeles58Cleveland BrownsDick LeBeauCornerbackOhio State59New York GiantsEllison KellyGuardMichigan State60Baltimore ColtsDon ChurchwellGuardMississippi
Round 6
Pick # NFL team Player Position College61Green Bay PackersWillie TaylorCenterFlorida A&M62Philadelphia EaglesAl BenecickGuardSyracuse63Chicago CardinalsTom RedmondTackleVanderbilt64Chicago CardinalsMac LewisTackleIowa65Washington RedskinsJim McFallsTackleVirginia Military Inst66San Francisco 49ersTony BavaroTackleHoly Cross67Detroit LionsDick GuesmanTackleWest Virginia68Chicago BearsFred ColeGuardMaryland69Los Angeles RamsDave PainterCenterTulane70Cleveland BrownsJim PrestelTackleIdaho71Cleveland BrownsBob DentonEndPacific72Baltimore ColtsPalmer PyleTackleMichigan State
Round 7
Pick # NFL team Player Position College73Green Bay PackersBobby JacksonBackAlabama74San Francisco 49ersDon RogersTackleSouth Carolina75Chicago BearsJim TuckerEndTennessee-Chattanooga76Washington RedskinsDon LawrenceTackleNotre Dame77Detroit LionsBen DonnellCenterVanderbilt78San Francisco 49ersDaniel ColchicoEndSan Jose State79Washington RedskinsMitch OgiegoQuarterbackIowa80Los Angeles RamsEddie MeadorBackArkansas Tech81Washington RedskinsJim KenneyEndBoston University82Cleveland BrownsGene MillerTackleRice83Green Bay PackersGary RaidTackleWillamette84Baltimore ColtsHal LewisBackHouston
Round 8
Pick # NFL team Player Position College85Green Bay PackersBuddy MayfieldEndSouth Carolina86Philadelphia EaglesWillmer FowlerBackNorthwestern87Cleveland BrownsBob PtacekQuarterbackMichigan88Detroit LionsJim LendenTackleOregon89Washington RedskinsGene O'PellaEndVillanova90San Francisco 49ersLew AikenEndVanderbilt91Pittsburgh SteelersTom BarnettBackPurdue92Chicago BearsDick ClarkBackBaylor93Los Angeles RamsBill ConnerEndJackson State94Chicago BearsWillie SmithTackleMichigan95Green Bay PackersBob LarabaBackTexas-El Paso96Baltimore ColtsTommy Joe CoffeyBackWest Texas State
Round 9
Pick # NFL team Player Position College97Green Bay PackersGeorge DixonBackBridgeport98Chicago CardinalsGary FergusonTackleSouthern Methodist99Philadelphia EaglesGene JohnsonBackCincinnati100Washington RedskinsDick HaleyBackPittsburgh101Detroit LionsCarl SmithBackTennessee102San Francisco 49ersBobby Joe GreenBackFlorida103Pittsburgh SteelersHal DavisGuardHouston104Los Angeles RamsLarry CundiffTackleMichigan State105Chicago BearsMaury YoumansTackleSyracuse106Cleveland BrownsKirk WilsonBackUCLA107New York GiantsJack DelveauxBackIllinois108Baltimore ColtsTom BrownGuardMinnesota
Round 10
Pick # NFL team Player Position College109Green Bay PackersSam TuccioTackleSouthern Mississippi110Philadelphia EaglesRollie WestBackVillanova111Chicago CardinalsEmil DeCantisBackNorth Carolina112Detroit LionsJack LarawayBackPurdue113Washington RedskinsRon TothBackNotre Dame114San Francisco 49ersBronko NagurskiTackleNotre Dame115Pittsburgh SteelersRiley GunnelsTackleGeorgia116Chicago BearsBob CoronadoEndPacific117Los Angeles RamsAlan GoldsteinEndNorth Carolina118New York GiantsBob PepeEndNorth Carolina State119Cleveland BrownsBob ZemanBackWisconsin120Baltimore ColtsDon StewartEndSouthern Methodist
Round 11
Pick # NFL team Player Position College121Green Bay PackersBob WebbBackSt. Ambrose122Chicago CardinalsFloyd FaucetteBackGeorgia Tech123Philadelphia EaglesArt PowellWide receiverSan Jose State124Washington RedskinsGerry MarciniakGuardMichigan125Detroit LionsHarry JacobsGuardBradley126San Francisco 49ersJack HayesBackTrinity (TX)127Pittsburgh SteelersOverton CurtisBackUtah State128Los Angeles RamsJoe KellyBackNew Mexico State129Chicago BearsEd GrayTackleNorth Texas State130Cleveland BrownsJerry KingGuardKent State131New York GiantsBob SawyerBackWyoming132Baltimore ColtsTom StephensBackSyracuse
Round 12
Pick # NFL team Player Position College133Green Bay PackersLarry HallGuardMissouri Valley134Philadelphia EaglesHoward KeysTackleOklahoma State135Chicago CardinalsTed EdmondsonEndHardin–Simmons136Detroit LionsRon StehouwerTackleColorado State137Washington RedskinsRoger WypyszynskiTackleSt. Norbert138San Francisco 49ersBill KorutzCenterDayton139Pittsburgh SteelersBill PavliskaBackBaylor140Chicago BearsJustin RowlandEndTexas Christian141Los Angeles RamsMike ConnellyCenterUtah State142New York GiantsCharlie FlowersBackMississippi143Cleveland BrownsFrank PalandraniTackleNorth Carolina State144Baltimore ColtsDick WoodQuarterbackAuburn
Round 13
Pick # NFL team Player Position College145Green Bay PackersJim HurdBackAlbion146Chicago CardinalsPat LambertiEndRichmond147Philadelphia EaglesDick StillwagonBackPurdue148Washington RedskinsBilly ShoemakeEndLouisiana State149Detroit LionsJim SteffenBackUCLA150San Francisco 49ersBill LopaskyGuardWest Virginia151Pittsburgh SteelersDewey BohlingBackHardin–Simmons152Los Angeles RamsAl WitcherEndBaylor153Chicago BearsGene JonesBackRice154Cleveland BrownsRay ReeseBackBowling Green155New York GiantsJohn KomparaTackleSouth Carolina156Baltimore ColtsRudi SmithTackleMississippi
Round 14
Pick # NFL team Player Position College157Green Bay PackersKen KerrGuardArizona State158Philadelphia EaglesJack SmithTackleClemson159Chicago CardinalsBob BoboTackleTexas-El Paso160Detroit LionsJim BaldwinCenterMcMurry161Washington RedskinsKurt SchwarzGuardMaryland162San Francisco 49ersMike DukesBackClemson163Pittsburgh SteelersJohn PeppercornEnd Kansas164Chicago BearsJoe RobbTackleTexas Christian165Los Angeles RamsPete DavidsonTackleThe Citadel166New York GiantsRoger EllisCenter Maine167Cleveland BrownsElbert "Golden Wheels" DubenionWide receiverBluffton168Baltimore ColtsFerdie BurketBackSoutheastern Oklahoma
Round 15
Pick # NFL team Player Position College169Green Bay PackersDick TeteakGuardWisconsin170Chicago CardinalsJohn SchroederEndNorth Carolina171Philadelphia EaglesJim PoteeteCenterMississippi State172Washington RedskinsFred HoodEndNortheastern Oklahoma173Detroit LionsBruce MaherBackDetroit174San Francisco 49ersJoe BellandBackArizona State175Pittsburgh SteelersJ.W. "Red" BrodnaxBackLouisiana State176Los Angeles RamsWalt KellyBackHouston177Chicago BearsRoger LeClercCenterTrinity (CT)178Cleveland BrownsTom SalwockiCenterPittsburgh179New York GiantsBob BercichBackMichigan State180Baltimore ColtsTed ForetTackleAuburn
Round 16
Pick # NFL team Player Position College181Green Bay PackersDan EdgingtonEndFlorida182Philadelphia EaglesKen PaduchTackleAuburn183Chicago CardinalsJohn DingensTackleDetroit184Detroit LionsGeorge McGeeTackleSouthern185Washington RedskinsDick SplainTackleNew Haven186San Francisco 49ersBob CookBackIdaho State187Pittsburgh SteelersBill CarricoGuardNorth Texas State188Chicago BearsDon ReddingTackleNorth Carolina189Los Angeles RamsTed RoyalCenterDuke190New York GiantsBob SoltisBackMinnesota191Cleveland BrownsJamie CalebBackGrambling192Baltimore ColtsMorris KellerTackleClemson
Round 17
Pick # NFL team Player Position College193Green Bay PackersTom SeculesBackWilliam & Mary194Chicago CardinalsPete HartBackHardin–Simmons195Philadelphia EaglesBill CraigTackleVillanova196Washington RedskinsJim HealyGuardHoly Cross197Detroit LionsJack RudolphEndGeorgia Tech198San Francisco 49ersJerome JurczakCenterBenedictine199Pittsburgh SteelersBill LeekaTackleUCLA200Los Angeles RamsDave WilemonTackleSouthern Methodist201Chicago BearsWillie NealBackJackson State202Cleveland BrownsHomer SchmittanEndTennessee Tech203New York GiantsAustin "Goose" GonsoulinEndBaylor204Baltimore ColtsLeroy BerganTackleSouth Dakota State
Round 18
Pick # NFL team Player Position College205Green Bay PackersDick NearentsTackleEastern Washington206Philadelphia EaglesJim BensonBackGeorgia Tech207Chicago CardinalsDarrell DeDeckerTackleIllinois208Detroit LionsDave HoldenTackleCal State-Los Angeles209Washington RedskinsJoe KappQuarterbackCalifornia210San Francisco 49ersJack CowleyTackleTrinity (TX)211Pittsburgh SteelersJohn SeinturierTackleUSC212Chicago BearsKen AsburyBackMissouri Valley213Los Angeles RamsDave Van MetreEndColorado College214New York GiantsAl EcuyerGuardNotre Dame215Cleveland BrownsEd HillGuardMiami (OH)216Baltimore ColtsOpie BandyTackleTulsa
Round 19
Pick # NFL team Player Position College217Green Bay PackersBill ButlerBackTennessee-Chattanooga218Chicago CardinalsBilly DunnBackSouthern Methodist219Philadelphia EaglesAlan MillerBackBoston College220Washington RedskinsBobby LauderBackAuburn221Detroit LionsRufus GrandersonTacklePrairie View A&M222San Francisco 49ersTom OsborneBackHastings223Pittsburgh SteelersDave KocourekWide receiverWisconsin224Los Angeles RamsCarver ShannonBackSouthern Illinois225Chicago BearsChris PlainTackleStanford226Cleveland BrownsJoe SchroederTackleXavier227New York GiantsGeorge ScottBackMiami (OH)228Baltimore ColtsMilt CrainCenterMississippi
Round 20