Green Bay Packers draft picks (1936–1969)

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers have competed in the National Football League (NFL) since 1921, two years after their original founding by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) and play their home games at Lambeau Field in central Wisconsin.

The NFL draft, officially known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings; the teams with the worst win–loss records receive the earliest picks. Teams that qualified for the NFL playoffs select after non-qualifiers, and their order depends on how far they advanced, using their regular season record as a tie-breaker. The final two selections in the first round are reserved for the Super Bowl runner-up and champion. Draft picks are tradable and players or other picks can be acquired with them.

In 1936, the Packers took part in the first NFL draft of college football players. With the seventh pick of the first round of that draft, Russ Letlow, a guard out of the University of San Francisco, became the Packers' first draft selection. In addition to the annual draft, the Packers took part in the 1950 All-America Football Conference (AAFC) dispersal draft. This draft was organized after the AAFC, which was formed as a competing league in 1946, merged with the NFL. Three teams from the AAFC were admitted into the NFL, while the remaining players from the five defunct teams became automatically eligible for selection by an existing NFL team in the dispersal draft. Twelve of the players drafted by the Packers between 1936 and 1969 have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Eleven of these players, along with 33 other Packers draftees, have been inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. The Packers took part in every draft from 1936 to 1969, prior to the AFL–NFL merger and the formation of the modern draft in 1970.

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1936 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Guard San Francisco 2 Tackle Oklahoma 3 End Nebraska 4 Back Idaho 5 Center TCU 6 Tackle Stanford 7 Back Notre Dame 8 Back Northwestern 9 Guard SMU Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1937 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Fullback Wisconsin 2 Tackle Pittsburgh 3 Tacke Minnesota 4 Center Minnesota 5 Tackle Northwestern 6 End Ohio St. 7 Tackle TCU 8 Tackle Tulsa 9 Guard Michigan St. 10 Tackle Holy Cross Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1938 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Tailback Purdue 3 Tackle Purdue 5 End Notre Dame 6 Running back Minnesota 7 End Northwestern 8 Tackle Case Western Reserve 9 Halfback Nebraska 10 Guard Northern Colorado 11 Guard Georgia 12 Fullback Saint Mary's (CA) Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1939 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Back Minnesota 3 Center Nebraska 5 Guard Wisconsin 6 Quarterback South Carolina 7 Guard Minnesota 8 Tackle Notre Dame 9 Wingback TCU 10 Back Wisconsin 11 End SMU 13 Center Minnesota 14 Tackle Georgia 15 Center Arizona 16 Back Wisconsin 17 End Oregon 18 Fullback Iowa 19 Guard Michigan 20 Tackle Minnesota 21 Back Notre Dame 22 Back Santa Clara Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1940 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Tailback Minnesota 3 Back Purdue 5 End Ohio St. 6 Back Pittsburgh 7 Tackle Tulane 8 End Nebraska 9 Guard Oklahoma 10 Back Purdue 11 Guard Northwestern 12 Tackle USC 13 Back USC 14 End Notre Dame 15 Guard Illinois 16 Back Vanderbilt 17 Center Michigan 18 Halfback Virginia 19 Center — 20 Tackle Illinois 21 Back Cornell 22 Tackle Iowa Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1941 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Fullback Wisconsin 3 Back Minnesota 5 End Michigan 6 Wingback Nebraska 7 End San Francisco 8 Guard Minnesota 9 Halfback Gonzaga 10 Back Purdue 11 Center Northwestern 12 Tackle Iowa 13 Back — 14 Tackle UCLA 15 End Arkansas 16 Tackle Texas A&M 17 Back Notre Dame 18 Guard Minnesota 19 End Toledo 20 Halfback Ohio St. 21 Center Kentucky 22 Back Holy Cross Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1942 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Tackle Minnesota 3 Guard Washington 5 Back Iowa 6 Guard South Carolina 7 Halfback SMU 8 End Michigan 9 Tackle Alabama 10 Center Minnesota 11 Quarterback Wisconsin 12 Back Marquette 13 Halfback Minnesota 14 Guard South Carolina 15 Tackle Indiana 16 Back Ohio St. 17 End Nebraska 18 Center Michigan 19 Back Northwestern 20 Back SMU 21 End Boston College 22 Tackle TCU Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1943 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Tackle Minnesota 3 Back Benedictine 5 Tailback Texas 6 End Washington St. 7 Fullback UCLA 8 Center Tulane 9 Tackle USC 10 Guard Baylor 11 Halfback Arkansas 12 Defensive end Georgia 13 Center Notre Dame 14 Back Oklahoma St. 15 Tackle Denver 16 Back Minnesota 17 Guard USC 18 Tackle — 19 End Hardin-Simmons 20 Guard Santa Clara 21 Tackle Wisconsin 22 Back Wisconsin 23 Guard Hardin-Simmons 24 End Oregon St. 25 End Minnesota 26 Guard Wisconsin 27 Back Washington 28 End Northwestern 29 Tackle Wisconsin 30 Back Wisconsin 31 Tackle California 32 Fullback South Carolina Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1944 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Center Michigan 3 Back Michigan 5 Tackle — 6 Back USC 7 End Washington 8 Linebacker Illinois 9 Tackle Navy 10 Back Oregon 11 End Arkansas 12 Back — 13 Center Alabama 14 Halfback Illinois 15 End Nebraska 16 Back Oregon St. 17 Guard Colgate 18 Back North Carolina 19 End Mississippi St. 20 Center Purdue 21 Guard Stanford 22 End Minnesota 23 Back Duke 24 Guard Purdue 25 Tackle Marquette 26 Back North Carolina 27 Tackle Nebraska 28 End Mississippi St. 29 Guard Arkansas 30 Back Texas A&M 31 Guard Indiana 32 Back SMU Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1945 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Fullback Texas Tech 3 End Tulsa 5 End Florida 6 End Georgia 7 Back Tennessee 8 Tackle Tulsa 9 End Arkansas 10 Back LSU 11 Center Pittsburgh 12 Tackle Lafayette 13 Guard Ohio St. 14 Back Arkansas 15 Tackle Nevada 16 Center California 17 Back Minnesota 18 Guard Nebraska 19 Guard Oklahoma St. 20 Back Santa Clara 21 End Fordham 22 Tackle — 23 Back Washington 24 Center SMU 25 End Tulsa 26 Guard Colorado Mines 27 Back Kansas 28 Back Washington St. 29 End Idaho 30 Guard Rice 31 Back Ohio St. 32 Back Oklahoma St. Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1946 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Halfback Marquette 3 Halfback Michigan 5 Fullback Purdue 6 Tackle USC 7 End Michigan 8 Tackle Oklahoma St. 9 Guard Texas A&M 10 Back Holy Cross 11 Back Holy Cross 12 End Mississippi St. 13 Center Iowa 14 Guard Georgia Tech 15 Back Clemson 16 Tackle Georgia Tech 17 Guard Georgia 18 End Arizona 19 Center USC 20 Back Boston College 21 Back Bucknell 22 Guard Indiana 23 Center LSU 24 Back Washington 25 Tackle Cornell 26 Back Washington 27 Back Georgia Tech 28 End Holy Cross 29 Tackle Clemson 30 Guard UCLA 31 Guard Purdue 32 Center Missouri Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1947 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Quarterback UCLA 3 End UCLA 5 Guard Oklahoma 6 End SMU 7 Back Northwestern 8 Tackle Texas A&M 9 Fullback Miami (FL) 10 Halfback Navy 11 Center Oklahoma St. 12 Guard Georgia Tech 13 Defensive end Notre Dame 14 Back Oklahoma 15 Guard Tennessee 16 End USC 17 Halfback Ripon 18 Tackle Indiana 19 Guard Lawrence 20 Center Oregon 21 Back Colorado 22 Back Colorado 23 Tackle California 24 Guard Georgia 25 Back Cincinnati 26 End Arkansas 27 Back Notre Dame 28 Tackle North Carolina 29 End Georgia 30 Back Northwestern 31 Back Kansas 32 Defensive end Utah Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1948 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 End Wisconsin 3 Halfback UTEP 5 Tackle Arkansas 5 End Georgia 6 Guard Minnesota 7 Center Kentucky 8 Tackle Illinois 10 Back Rice 11 Tackle Bradley 12 End Wisconsin 13 Quarterback Illinois 14 Halfback Washington 15 Tackle Illinois 16 Back Texas 18 End Michigan St. 19 Tackle Texas 20 Center Arkansas 21 Guard Georgia 22 Back Rice 23 Back Missouri 24 Tackle Catawba 25 Quarterback Nevada 26 Tackle Colorado 27 — Saint Mary's (MN) 28 Center Tulsa 29 Back Notre Dame 30 Defensive tackle North Dakota St. 31 End BYU 32 Halfback Texas Tech Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1949 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Quarterback Nevada 2 Linebacker Michigan 3 Defensive tackle Villanova 4 Linebacker Utah 5 Back Texas Tech 6 Tight end SMU 8 Defensive end UNLV 9 Back Minnesota 11 Tackle Arkansas St. 12 Defensive back Alabama 13 Center Illinois 14 Center Texas Tech 15 Guard Vanderbilt 16 Tackle West Virginia 17 Back Heidelberg 18 Guard SMU 19 End SMU 20 Back Penn St. 21 Defensive back Wisconsin-Milwaukee 22 Back USC 23 End Texas Tech 24 Back Tulsa 25 Guard Arkansas Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1950 AAFC dispersal draft

+ Round Overall Name Position AAFC Team 1 Halfback Los Angeles Dons 2 End Buffalo Bills 3 Tackle Chicago Hornets Extra End Buffalo Bills Extra End Los Angeles Dons 4 Halfback Buffalo Bills 5 Tackle Buffalo Bills Extra End 6 Tackle Chicago Hornets 7 Tackle New York Yankees Extra Center Buffalo Bills 8 Tackle Chicago Hornets 9 Tackle Chicago Hornets Extra Center New York Yankees 10 Tackle Chicago Hornets Source: ProFootballResearchers.org

1950 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Linebacker Minnesota 2 Quarterback Rice 3 End Minnesota 4 Halfback Notre Dame 6 Linebacker William & Mary 7 Tackle Oklahoma 8 Back Purdue 9 End South Carolina 10 Tackle Minnesota 11 End Georgia 12 End Denver 13 Defensive end Virginia 14 Tackle Nevada 15 Center Baylor 16 Back Minnesota 17 Guard Wisconsin 18 Quarterback Army 19 Tackle Hardin-Simmons 20 Back Kentucky 21 Back Wisconsin 22 Center Penn St. 23 Guard Ohio St. 24 Back Dayton 25 Back Michigan St. 26 End Lawrence 27 Back Nevada 28 Back Rutgers 29 End Kentucky 30 Quarterback SMU Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1951 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Defensive tackle Kentucky 2 Back LSU 3 Fullback Clemson 5 Back Kansas 6 Tackle John Carroll 7 End Saint Vincent 9 Tackle Michigan 10 Tackle — 11 Back Morgan St. 12 Center Michigan 13 Back Missouri 14 End Montana 15 Back Tulane 16 Tackle Nevada 17 End Eastern Kentucky 18 Back Boston College 19 Back — 20 Tackle Virginia 21 End Minnesota 22 End Marquette 23 Guard Wisconsin–Eau Claire 24 Back Nebraska-Omaha 25 Back Hillsdale 26 Tackle Ohio St. 27 Center Georgia Tech 28 Back Abilene Christian 29 End Miami (FL) 30 Back Wisconsin Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1952 draft

+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Quarterback Kentucky 2 End Rice 3 Defensive back Texas 5 Defensive tackle Arkansas 6 Defensive tackle Michigan 7 Fullback Iowa 8 Center Indiana 9 Linebacker Wisconsin 10 Guard Tulane 10 Defensive back Washington St. 11 Back Rice 12 Tackle Texas 13 Back Clemson 14 Tackle Michigan St. 15 Fullback TCU 16 Back Wisconsin 17 Back Michigan 18 Tackle Stephen F. Austin 19 Back Miami (OH) 20 Linebacker Illinois 21 Guard TCU 22 End Colgate 23 Guard Michigan St. 24 End South Carolina 25 Tackle Florida 26 Tackle Tennessee 27 Back SMU 28 Back Notre Dame 29 Back Lewis 30 Tackle Southern Miss Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

1953 draft