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    What NFL team had the very first number one draft pick?

    Question #1866. Asked by abba. (Apr 21 00 6:15 PM)


    GohanDZ

    		In the first NFL Draft in 1936 the Philadelphia Eagles had the first pick. They used it on HB Jay Berwanger, who never played in the NFL. He came out of Chicago, by the way.


    Apr 21 00, 7:28 PM
    zbeckabee

    		The 1936 National Football League Draft was the first official draft of the National Football League. It took place on February 8, 1936 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This was the only draft to have nine rounds; the number increased to ten for the 1937 draft. The first player ever drafted, Jay Berwanger, never played in the NFL. His rights were traded from the Eagles to the Bears after he claimed he had no interest in playing for the Eagles.

    George Halas was unable to convince Berwanger to sign with the Bears. Riley Smith, the second pick, was the first player ever signed from the draft that played in the NFL.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_NFL_Draft

    Jan 31 08, 8:51 AM

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