1956_NFL_draft

1956 NFL draft

1956 NFL draft of college players

The 1956 NFL draft had its first three rounds held on November 28, 1955, at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and its final twenty-seven rounds on January 17–18, 1956, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California^[1]^[2]

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1956 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)	November 28, 1955 & January 17–18, 1956
Location	The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania & Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California
Overview
360 total selections in 30 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Gary Glick, QB/S Pittsburgh Steelers
Mr. Irrelevant	Bob Bartholomew, OT Cleveland Browns
Most selections (36)	Los Angeles Rams
Fewest selections (28)	Chicago Bears New York Giants Washington Redskins
Hall of Famers	5 RB Lenny Moore OT Forrest Gregg LB Sam Huff DE Willie Davis QB Bart Starr
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The previous NFL drafts in the 1950s were held in January; the first three rounds (37 selections) were moved up this year to late November to better compete with teams from Canada.^[3]^[4]

This was the tenth year that the first overall pick was a bonus pick determined by lottery. With the previous nine winners ineligible from the draw, only the Chicago Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, and Pittsburgh Steelers had an equal chance of winning.^[5] The draft lottery was won by Pittsburgh, who selected defensive back Gary Glick.

Player selections

= Pro Bowler ^[6]

= Hall of Famer

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Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
1	1	Pittsburgh Steelers	Gary Glick	S	Colorado A&M	MSC	Bonus lottery pick
1	2	San Francisco 49ers	Earl Morrall ^†	QB	Michigan State	Big Ten
1	3	Detroit Lions	Howard Cassady	HB	Ohio State	Big Ten	1955 Heisman Trophy winner^[7]
1	4	Philadelphia Eagles	Bob Pellegrini	C	Maryland	ACC
1	5	Pittsburgh Steelers	Art Davis	HB	Mississippi State	SEC
1	6	Los Angeles Rams	Joe Marconi ^†	FB	West Virginia	SoCon
1	7	Chicago Cardinals	Joe Childress	FB	Auburn	SEC
1	8	Green Bay Packers	Jack Losch	HB	Miami (FL)	Ind.
1	9	Baltimore Colts	Lenny Moore^‡^†	HB	Penn State	Ind.
1	10	Chicago Bears	Menan Schriewer	E	Texas	SWC
1	11	Los Angeles Rams	Charles Horton	HB	Vanderbilt	SEC
1	12	Washington Redskins	Ed Vereb	HB	Maryland	ACC
1	13	Cleveland Browns	Preston Carpenter	HB	Arkansas	SWC
2	14	Los Angeles Rams	Leon Clarke ^†	E	USC	PCC
2	15	San Francisco 49ers	Bruce Bosley	T	West Virginia	SoCon
2	16	Philadelphia Eagles	Frank D'Agostino	T	Auburn	SEC
2	17	Pittsburgh Steelers	Joe Krupa	T	Purdue	Big Ten
2	18	Chicago Cardinals	Norm Masters	T	Michigan State	Big Ten
2	19	New York Giants	Henry Moore	B	Arkansas	SWC
2	20	Green Bay Packers	Forrest Gregg^‡^†	T	SMU	SWC
2	21	Baltimore Colts	Donlin, DickDick Donlin	E	Hamline	N/A
2	22	Chicago Bears	M. L. Brackett	T	Auburn	SEC
2	23	Los Angeles Rams	Hugh Pitts	C	TCU	SWC
2	24	Washington Redskins	John Paluck	E	Pittsburgh	Ind.
2	25	Cleveland Browns	Billy Kinard	B	Ole Miss	SEC
3	26	San Francisco 49ers	Bill Herchman	T	Texas Tech	Border
3	27	Detroit Lions	Don McIlhenny	B	SMU	SWC
3	28	Philadelphia Eagles	Don Schaefer	B	Notre Dame	Ind.
3	29	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jim Taylor	C	Baylor	SWC
3	30	New York Giants	Sam Huff^‡^†	LB	West Virginia	SoCon
3	31	Chicago Cardinals	John Roach	QB	SMU	SWC
3	32	Los Angeles Rams	A. D. Williams	DE	Pacific	N/A
3	33	Baltimore Colts	Pascal, BobBob Pascal	B	Duke	ACC
3	34	Cleveland Browns	Ross, LarryLarry Ross	E	Denver	N/A
3	35	Los Angeles Rams	Marshall, JohnJohn Marshall	B	SMU	SWC
3	36	Washington Redskins	Fred Wyant	B	West Virginia	SoCon
3	37	Cleveland Browns	Bill Quinlan	E	Michigan State	Big Ten
4	38	Detroit Lions	Jerry Reichow ^†	QB	Iowa	Big Ten
4	39	Pittsburgh Steelers	Dick Murley	OG	Purdue	Big Ten
4	40	San Francisco 49ers	Pajaczkowsi, FrankFrank Pajaczkowsi	B	Richmond	SoCon
4	41	Washington Redskins	Machinsky, FranFran Machinsky	T	Ohio State	Big Ten
4	42	Chicago Cardinals	Salerno, SamSam Salerno	T	Colorado	Big 7
4	43	Baltimore Colts	Inabinet, BenBen Inabinet	T	Clemson	ACC
4	44	Green Bay Packers	Cecil Morris	OG	Oklahoma	MVIAA
4	45	New York Giants	Jim Katcavage ^†	DE	Dayton	Ind.
4	46	Los Angeles Rams	Will Berzinski	B	La Crosse State	WSCC
4	47	Chicago Bears	John Mellekas	T	Arizona	BIAA
4	48	Los Angeles Rams	Carmichael, JimJim Carmichael	E	California	PCC
4	49	Cleveland Browns	Moss, BobbyBobby Moss	B	West Virginia	SoCon
5	50	Detroit Lions	Tom Tracy ^†	B	Tennessee	SEC
5	51	Los Angeles Rams	Freeman, JimJim Freeman	B	Iowa	Big Ten
5	52	Pittsburgh Steelers	Murakowski, BillBill Murakowski	B	Purdue	Big Ten
5	53	Los Angeles Rams	Nakken, HerbHerb Nakken	B	Utah	MSC
5	54	Philadelphia Eagles	Fred Thurston	OG	Valparaiso	N/A
5	55	Baltimore Colts	Herb Gray	E	Texas	SWC
5	56	Green Bay Packers	Bob Skoronski ^†	T	Indiana	Big Ten
5	57	New York Giants	Don Chandler ^†	B	Florida	SEC
5	58	Chicago Bears	Willie Galimore ^†	B	Florida A&M	SIAC
5	59	Washington Redskins	Gary Lowe	B	Michigan State	Big Ten
5	60	Los Angeles Rams	Jesse Whittenton ^†	CB	Texas Western	Border
5	61	Cleveland Browns	Franklin Clarke	E	Colorado	Big 7
6	62	Detroit Lions	Bob Lusk	C	William & Mary	SoCon
6	63	Pittsburgh Steelers	Taylor, RayRay Taylor	B	TCU	SWC
6	64	San Francisco 49ers	Tony Sardisco	LB	Tulane	SEC
6	65	Philadelphia Eagles	Tirrel Burton	B	Miami (OH)	MAC
6	66	Chicago Cardinals	Charlie Dupre	B	Baylor	SWC
6	67	Baltimore Colts	Schmidt, DonDon Schmidt	B	Texas Tech	Border
6	68	Green Bay Packers	Burris, BobBob Burris	B	Oklahoma	MVIAA
6	69	New York Giants	Cason, FredFred Cason	B	Florida	SEC
6	70	Chicago Cardinals	John Dittrich	T	Wisconsin	Big Ten
6	71	Cleveland Browns	Sherman Plunkett ^†	E	Maryland State	N/A
6	72	Los Angeles Rams	Vincent, EddieEddie Vincent	B	Iowa	Big Ten
6	73	Cleveland Browns	Paul Wiggin ^†	E	Stanford	PCC
7	74	Detroit Lions	Gene Cronin	DE	Pacific	Ind. (Univ.)
7	75	San Francisco 49ers	Larry Barnes	B	Colorado A&M	MSC
7	76	Pittsburgh Steelers	Gaspari, DickDick Gaspari	C	George Washington	SoCon
7	77	Chicago Cardinals	Bob Konovsky	T	Wisconsin	Big Ten
7	78	Philadelphia Eagles	Waedekin, JohnJohn Waedekin	T	Hardin–Simmons	Border
7	79	Baltimore Colts	Bill Waters	T	Austin	N/A
7	80	Green Bay Packers	Hank Gremminger	E	Baylor	SWC
7	81	New York Giants	Ron Nery	T	Kansas State	Big Eight
7	82	Chicago Bears	J. C. Caroline ^†	B	Illinois	Big Ten
7	83	Washington Redskins	Caraway, DonnieDonnie Caraway	B	Houston	MVC
7	84	Los Angeles Rams	Jack Morris	B	Oregon	PCC
7	85	Cleveland Browns	Griffith, ChuckChuck Griffith	E	USC	PCC
8	86	Detroit Lions	Powell, JackJack Powell	T	Texas A&M	SWC
8	87	Pittsburgh Steelers	Wellman, VereVere Wellman	OG	Wichita	MVC
8	88	San Francisco 49ers	Smith, CharleyCharley Smith	E	Abilene Christian	Gulf Coast
8	89	Philadelphia Eagles	Payne, ElroyElroy Payne	B	McMurry	N/A
8	90	Chicago Cardinals	Lunceford, DaveDave Lunceford	T	Baylor	SWC
8	91	Baltimore Colts	Bill Koman ^†	OG	North Carolina	ACC
8	92	Green Bay Packers	Dennis, RussRuss Dennis	E	Maryland	ACC
8	93	New York Giants	Holleder, DonDon Holleder	E	Army	Ind.
8	94	Washington Redskins	James, DickDick James ^†	B	Oregon	PCC
8	95	Chicago Bears	Dick Klawitter	C	South Dakota State	NCC
8	96	Los Angeles Rams	Boyer, GeorgeGeorge Boyer	LB	Florida State	Ind.
8	97	Cleveland Browns	Hellyer, LenLen Hellyer	B	Marshall	MAC
9	98	Detroit Lions	Calvin Jones	OG	Iowa	Big Ten
9	99	San Francisco 49ers	Cox, JimJim Cox	E	Cal Poly	N/A
9	100	Pittsburgh Steelers	Edmonds, WayneWayne Edmonds	OG	Notre Dame	Ind.
9	101	Chicago Cardinals	Lovely, BobBob Lovely	T	Tampa	—
9	102	Philadelphia Eagles	John Bredice	E	Boston University	—
9	103	Baltimore Colts	Lewis, JohnJohn Lewis	E	Michigan State	Big Ten
9	104	Green Bay Packers	Duvall, GordyGordy Duvall	B	USC	PCC
9	105	New York Giants	Braden, KenKen Braden	C	East Texas State	LSC
9	106	Chicago Bears	Ken Vargo	C	Ohio State	Big Ten
9	107	Washington Redskins	Rouviere, WhiteyWhitey Rouviere	B	Miami (FL)	Ind.
9	108	Los Angeles Rams	Woolford, MauryMaury Woolford	T	Louisville	Ind.
9	109	Cleveland Browns	Hecker, JackJack Hecker	E	Bowling Green	MAC
10	110	Detroit Lions	Silas, JoeJoe Silas	DE	South Carolina	ACC
10	111	Pittsburgh Steelers	Lou Baldacci	B	Michigan	Big Ten
10	112	San Francisco 49ers	Jerry Zaleski	B	Colorado A&M	MSC
10	113	Philadelphia Eagles	Tom Dimmick	C	Houston	MVC
10	114	Chicago Cardinals	Towne, WillisWillis Towne	E	Wichita	MVC
10	115	Baltimore Colts	Scott, GeneGene Scott	B	Centre	Ind.
10	116	Green Bay Packers	Laugherty, BobBob Laugherty	B	Maryland	ACC
10	117	New York Giants	Johnny Hermann	B	UCLA	PCC
10	118	Pittsburgh Steelers	Nolan, BobBob Nolan	E	Miami (FL)	Ind.
10	119	Chicago Bears	Dick Lucas	E	Boston College	Ind.
10	120	Los Angeles Rams	Sticka, CharlieCharlie Sticka	B	Trinity (CT)	Ind.
10	121	Cleveland Browns	Rayburn, EddieEddie Rayburn	T	Rice	SWC
11	122	Detroit Lions	Wacker, LewLew Wacker	B	Richmond	SoCon
11	123	San Francisco 49ers	Pell, StewStew Pell	T	North Carolina	ACC
11	124	Detroit Lions	Selep, TomTom Selep	B	Maryland	ACC
11	125	Chicago Bears	Fob James	B	Auburn	SEC
11	126	Philadelphia Eagles	Ken Keller	B	North Carolina	N/A
11	127	Baltimore Colts	Shaw, DennisDennis Shaw	E	North Texas State	Gulf Coast
11	128	Green Bay Packers	Mike Hudock	C	Miami (FL)	Ind.
11	129	New York Giants	Moloney, DickDick Moloney	B	Kentucky	SEC
11	130	Chicago Bears	John Jankans	E	Arizona State	BIAA
11	131	Washington Redskins	Powell, TomTom Powell	OG	Colgate	Ind.
11	132	Los Angeles Rams	Decker, JimJim Decker	B	UCLA	PCC
11	133	Cleveland Browns	Underdonk, BillBill Underdonk	T	West Virginia	SoCon
12	134	Detroit Lions	Bob Nunnery	T	LSU	SEC
12	135	Pittsburgh Steelers	Tarasovic, PhilPhil Tarasovic	E	Yale	Ind.
12	136	San Francisco 49ers	Swedberg, RogerRoger Swedberg	T	Iowa	Big Ten
12	137	Philadelphia Eagles	Harkins, TommyTommy Harkins	E	Vanderbilt	SEC
12	138	Chicago Cardinals	Walker, JerryJerry Walker	T	Texas Tech	Border
12	139	Baltimore Colts	Steve Myhra	OG	North Dakota	NCC
12	140	Green Bay Packers	Burnett, MaxMax Burnett	B	Arizona	BIAA
12	141	Washington Redskins	Planutis, GerryGerry Planutis	B	Michigan State	Big Ten
12	142	Washington Redskins	Moreno, GilGil Moreno	T	UCLA	PCC
12	143	Chicago Bears	Buddy Cruze	E	Tennessee	SEC
12	144	Los Angeles Rams	Em Lindbeck	QB	Illinois	Big Ten
12	145	Cleveland Browns	Javernick, HarryHarry Javernick	T	Colorado	Big 7
13	146	Detroit Lions	Ferguson, O. K.O. K. Ferguson	B	LSU	SEC
13	147	San Francisco 49ers	Moody, RalphRalph Moody	B	Kansas	Big Eight
13	148	Pittsburgh Steelers	Holley, WeldonWeldon Holley	B	Baylor	SWC
13	149	Chicago Cardinals	Bo Bolinger	OG	Oklahoma	MVIAA
13	150	Philadelphia Eagles	Sides, JamesJames Sides	B	Texas Tech	Border
13	151	Baltimore Colts	Jack Hill	B	Utah State	MSC
13	152	Green Bay Packers	Mense, JimJim Mense	C	Notre Dame	Ind.
13	153	New York Giants	Ed Crawford	B	Ole Miss	SEC
13	154	Chicago Bears	Grogg, DickDick Grogg	OG	Minnesota	Big Ten
13	155	Washington Redskins	Ward, JerryJerry Ward	OG	Dayton	Ind.
13	156	Los Angeles Rams	Norcia, MikeMike Norcia	B	Kent State	MAC
13	157	Cleveland Browns	Jim Furey	C	Kansas State	Big Eight
14	158	Detroit Lions	Falls, RonnieRonnie Falls	LB	Duke	ACC
14	159	Pittsburgh Steelers	Emmons, JimJim Emmons	T	Alabama	SEC
14	160	San Francisco 49ers	R. C. Owens	E	College of Idaho	N/A
14	161	Philadelphia Eagles	Reich, FrankFrank Reich	C	Penn State	Ind.
14	162	Chicago Cardinals	Neuman, CarnellCarnell Neuman	B	Illinois	Big Ten
14	163	Baltimore Colts	Schwanger, TedTed Schwanger	B	Tennessee Tech	OVC
14	164	Green Bay Packers	Thomas, CharlieCharlie Thomas	B	Wisconsin	Big Ten
14	165	New York Giants	John McMullan	OG	Notre Dame	Ind.
14	166	Washington Redskins	Uebel, PatPat Uebel	B	Army	Ind.
14	167	Chicago Bears	Milt Graham	E	Colgate	Ind.
14	168	Los Angeles Rams	Tom Runnels	B	North Texas State	Gulf Coast
14	169	Cleveland Browns	Sidwell, CharlieCharlie Sidwell	B	William & Mary	SoCon
15	170	Detroit Lions	Allert, Horace "Buzzy"Horace "Buzzy" Allert	DE	Southwest Texas State	LSC
15	171	San Francisco 49ers	Reed Henderson	T	Utah State	MSC
15	172	San Francisco 49ers	Boyd, GeneGene Boyd	B	Abilene Christian	Gulf Coast
15	173	Chicago Cardinals	Anderson, CharleyCharley Anderson	E	Louisiana Tech	Gulf States
15	174	Philadelphia Eagles	Brant, DonDon Brant	B	Montana	MSC
15	175	Baltimore Colts	Polzer, JohnJohn Polzer	QB	Virginia	ACC
15	176	Green Bay Packers	Buddy Alliston	OG	Ole Miss	SEC
15	177	New York Giants	Melnik, RonRon Melnik	T	Army	Ind.
15	178	Chicago Bears	Fitzgerald, DickDick Fitzgerald	B	Notre Dame	Ind.
15	179	Chicago Cardinals	Spiers, TomTom Spiers	QB	Arkansas State	Ind.
15	180	Los Angeles Rams	Dick Shatto	B	Kentucky	SEC
15	181	Cleveland Browns	Willie Davis^‡^†	DE	Grambling	MAA
16	182	Detroit Lions	Zyzda, LenLen Zyzda	DE	Purdue	Big Ten
16	183	Pittsburgh Steelers	Reed, LionelLionel Reed	B	Central State (OK)	OCC
16	184	San Francisco 49ers	George Herring	QB	Mississippi Southern	Ind.
16	185	Philadelphia Eagles	Hix, BillyBilly Hix	T	Middle Tennessee State	VSAC
16	186	Chicago Cardinals	George Welsh	QB	Navy	Ind.
16	187	Baltimore Colts	Hendrix, Gene "Moose"Gene "Moose" Hendrix	B	Drake	Ind.
16	188	Green Bay Packers	Lynch, CurtisCurtis Lynch	T	Alabama	SEC
16	189	New York Giants	Portney, AlAl Portney	T	Missouri	Big Eight
16	190	Washington Redskins	Gray, WellsWells Gray	OG	Wisconsin	Big Ten
16	191	Chicago Bears	Brown, RayRay Brown	B	Florida	SEC
16	192	Los Angeles Rams	Pelluer, ArnieArnie Pelluer	E	Washington State	PCC
16	193	Cleveland Browns	Thurlow Cooper	E	Maine	Yankee
17	194	Detroit Lions	Wind, KenKen Wind	E	Houston	MVC
17	195	San Francisco 49ers	Weiss, DickDick Weiss	T	Ole Miss	SEC
17	196	Pittsburgh Steelers	Schmitt, BillBill Schmitt	OG	Pittsburgh	Ind.
17	197	Chicago Cardinals	Ron Beagle	E	Navy	Ind.
17	198	Philadelphia Eagles	Mastrogiovanni, JoeJoe Mastrogiovanni	B	Wyoming	MSC
17	199	Baltimore Colts	Bill Danenhauer	E	Emporia State	—
17	200	Green Bay Packers	Bart Starr^‡^†	QB	Alabama	SEC
17	201	New York Giants	Mooney, TomTom Mooney	T	Miami (OH)	MAC
17	202	Chicago Bears	Tom Adams	E	UCLA	PCC
17	203	Washington Redskins	Eagle Day	QB	Ole Miss	SEC
17	204	Los Angeles Rams	Bulter, JackJack Bulter	T	Kentucky	SEC
17	205	Cleveland Browns	West, EddieEddie West	QB	NC State	ACC
18	206	Detroit Lions	Petrarca, EmidioEmidio Petrarca	B	Boston College	Ind.
18	207	Pittsburgh Steelers	Stephans, JohnJohn Stephans	QB	Holy Cross	Ind.
18	208	San Francisco 49ers	Yelverton, BillBill Yelverton	T	Ole Miss	SEC
18	209	Philadelphia Eagles	Consoles, NickNick Consoles	DB	Wake Forest	ACC
18	210	Chicago Cardinals	Brown, JimJim Brown	OG	UCLA	PCC
18	211	Baltimore Colts	Looman, EarlEarl Looman	OG	Stetson	—
18	212	Green Bay Packers	Intihar, StanStan Intihar	E	Cornell	Ind.
18	213	New York Giants	Boone, MattMatt Boone	B	North Carolina College	CIAA
18	214	Washington Redskins	Pyburn, JimJim Pyburn	E	Auburn	SEC
18	215	Chicago Bears	Payton, EarlEarl Payton	B	Prairie View A&M	SWAC
18	216	Los Angeles Rams	Jack Klotz	T	Pennsylvania Military	Middle Atlantic
18	217	Cleveland Browns	Carroll, Hal "Candy"Hal "Candy" Carroll	B	Western Reserve	PAC
19	218	Detroit Lions	Vaughn, DaleDale Vaughn	B	VMI	SoCon
19	219	San Francisco 49ers	Arrigoni, PetePete Arrigoni	B	Arizona	BIAA
19	220	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jacobs, JerryJerry Jacobs	OG	Florida State	Ind.
19	221	Chicago Cardinals	Zagar, RayRay Zagar	B	Marquette	Ind.
19	222	Philadelphia Eagles	Womack, DelanoDelano Womack	B	Texas	SWC
19	223	Baltimore Colts	Fyvie, BobBob Fyvie	T	Lafayette	—
19	224	Green Bay Packers	Vakey, KenKen Vakey	E	Texas Tech	Border
19	225	New York Giants	Dettring, RayRay Dettring	B	Missouri	Big Eight
19	226	Chicago Bears	Smith, JohnJohn Smith	B	UCLA	PCC
19	227	Washington Redskins	Ray Lemek ^†	OG	Notre Dame	Ind.
19	228	Los Angeles Rams	Dees, CharlieCharlie Dees	T	McNeese State	Gulf States
19	229	Cleveland Browns	Sebest, JohnJohn Sebest	E	Eastern Kentucky	OVC
20	230	Detroit Lions	Stephenson, JoeJoe Stephenson	E	Vanderbilt	SEC
20	231	Pittsburgh Steelers	Fred Glatz	E	Pittsburgh	Ind.
20	232	San Francisco 49ers	Scarbrough, BobBob Scarbrough	C	Auburn	SEC
20	233	Philadelphia Eagles	Glover, DarrellDarrell Glover	T	Maryland State	N/A
20	234	Chicago Cardinals	Mattison, DickieDickie Mattison	B	Georgia Tech	SEC
20	235	Baltimore Colts	Robert Hill	B	Jackson State	MAA
20	236	Green Bay Packers	Letbetter, ClydeClyde Letbetter	T	Baylor	SWC
20	237	New York Giants	Mike Falls	OG	Minnesota	Big Ten
20	238	Washington Redskins	Gonzales, VinceVince Gonzales	B	LSU	SEC
20	239	Chicago Bears	Maxime, CharleyCharley Maxime	OG	Auburn	SEC
20	240	Los Angeles Rams	Coyne, JohnJohn Coyne	T	West Chester	PSAC
20	241	Cleveland Browns	Joe Mobra	E	Oklahoma	MVIAA
21	242	Detroit Lions	Blechen, BobBob Blechen	C	Whittier	N/A
21	243	San Francisco 49ers	L.C. Joyner	E	Contra Costa J.C.	N/A
21	244	Pittsburgh Steelers	Martell, GeneGene Martell	T	Notre Dame	Ind.
21	245	Chicago Cardinals	Herr, RonnieRonnie Herr	B	Texas Tech	Border
21	246	Philadelphia Eagles	Adams, JackJack Adams	T	San Jose State	Ind.
21	247	Baltimore Colts	Jim Harness	B	Mississippi State	SEC
21	248	Green Bay Packers	O'Brien, HalHal O'Brien	B	SMU	SWC
21	249	New York Giants	Don McComb	E	Villanova	Ind.
21	250	Chicago Bears	Waddell, JimmyJimmy Waddell	B	Compton J.C.	N/A
21	251	Washington Redskins	Howard Schnellenberger	E	Kentucky	SEC
21	252	Los Angeles Rams	Robichaux, MiltMilt Robichaux	E	Trinity	—
21	253	Cleveland Browns	Kapish, GeneGene Kapish	E	Notre Dame	Ind.
22	254	Detroit Lions	Marazza, DickDick Marazza	T	Clemson	ACC
22	255	Pittsburgh Steelers	DiPasquale, RayRay DiPasquale	B	Pittsburgh	Ind.
22	256	San Francisco 49ers	Wessman, ClarenceClarence Wessman	E	San Jose State	Ind.
22	257	Philadelphia Eagles	Miller, JoeJoe Miller	B	Cincinnati	Ind.
22	258	Chicago Cardinals	Murphy, JimJim Murphy	T	Stephen F. Austin	LSC
22	259	Baltimore Colts	Del Vicaro, PatPat Del Vicaro	OG	Mississippi Southern	Ind.
22	260	Green Bay Packers	Popson, JohnnyJohnny Popson	B	Furman	SoCon
22	261	New York Giants	Harkrader, JerryJerry Harkrader	B	Ohio State	Big Ten
22	262	Washington Redskins	Nicula, GeorgeGeorge Nicula	T	Notre Dame	Ind.
22	263	Chicago Bears	Billings, JoeJoe Billings	T	Memphis State	Ind. (Coll.)
22	264	Los Angeles Rams	Dick Fouts	E	Missouri	Big Eight
22	265	Cleveland Browns	Brown, Sam "First Down"Sam "First Down" Brown	B	UCLA	PCC
23	266	Detroit Lions	Garrard, BobBob Garrard	B	Georgia	SEC
23	267	San Francisco 49ers	Monroe, MikeMike Monroe	B	Washington	PCC
23	268	Pittsburgh Steelers	Neft, PetePete Neft	QB	Pittsburgh	Ind.
23	269	Chicago Cardinals	Tony Branoff	B	Michigan	Big Ten
23	270	Philadelphia Eagles	Spencer, ChetChet Spencer	E	Oklahoma A&M	MVC
23	271	Baltimore Colts	Stephenson, Al "Bear"Al "Bear" Stephenson	T	Idaho State	RMAC
23	272	Green Bay Packers	Birchfield, JesseJesse Birchfield	OG	Duke	ACC
23	273	New York Giants	McCool, Bob "Slick"Bob "Slick" McCool	B	Ole Miss	SEC
23	274	Chicago Bears	Holt, LouLou Holt	E	Howard Payne	Texas
23	275	Washington Redskins	St. John, DonDon St. John	B	Xavier	N/A
23	276	Los Angeles Rams	Paulson, AlAl Paulson	B	Washington State	PCC
23	277	Cleveland Browns	Althouse, DonDon Althouse	E	Syracuse	Ind.
24	278	Detroit Lions	Walz, JarvJarv Walz	E	Central Michigan	IIAC
24	279	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bryan Engram	E	TCU	SWC
24	280	San Francisco 49ers	Wallace, EdEd Wallace	T	San Diego J.C.	N/A
24	281	Philadelphia Eagles	Parham, JohnJohn Parham	B	Wake Forest	ACC
24	282	Chicago Cardinals	Orville Trask	T	Rice	SWC
24	283	Baltimore Colts	Bobby Fox	QB	East Texas State	LSC
24	284	Green Bay Packers	Wilson, DonDon Wilson	C	Rice	SWC
24	285	New York Giants	Gerry Huth	OG	Wake Forest	ACC
24	286	Washington Redskins	John Tatum	C	Texas	SWC
24	287	Chicago Bears	Jesse Castete	B	McNeese State	Gulf States
24	288	Los Angeles Rams	Sam Williams	DE	Michigan State	Big Ten
24	289	Cleveland Browns	Hughes, JimJim Hughes	OG	San Jose State	Ind.
25	290	Detroit Lions	Hall, JerryJerry Hall	B	Rice	SWC
25	291	San Francisco 49ers	Paul Goad	B	Abilene Christian	Gulf Coast
25	292	Pittsburgh Steelers	O'Dell, BillBill O'Dell	B	Clemson	ACC
25	293	Chicago Cardinals	Wheeler, BillBill Wheeler	T	Kentucky	SEC
25	294	Philadelphia Eagles	Grogan, JohnnyJohnny Grogan	T	Dayton	Ind.
25	295	Baltimore Colts	Mills, BradBrad Mills	B	Kentucky	SEC
25	296	Green Bay Packers	Koeneke, FranzFranz Koeneke	E	Minnesota	Big Ten
25	297	New York Giants	Speers, HarryHarry Speers	B	Florida	SEC
25	298	Chicago Bears	Hentschel, JerryJerry Hentschel	T	Sam Houston State	LSC
25	299	Washington Redskins	Brooks, FranklinFranklin Brooks	OG	Georgia Tech	SEC
25	300	Los Angeles Rams	Tunning, GlenGlen Tunning	OG	Pittsburgh	Ind.
25	301	Cleveland Browns	Bob Davenport	B	UCLA	PCC
26	302	Detroit Lions	Walden, JoeJoe Walden	B	West Texas State	Border
26	303	Pittsburgh Steelers	Sweeney, FrankFrank Sweeney	OG	Xavier	N/A
26	304	San Francisco 49ers	Rommie Loudd	E	UCLA	PCC
26	305	Philadelphia Eagles	Lunsford, EarlEarl Lunsford	B	Oklahoma A&M	MVC
26	306	Chicago Cardinals	Zickefoose, ChuckChuck Zickefoose	E	Kansas State	Big Eight
26	307	Baltimore Colts	Jim Lohr	T	Southwest Missouri State	MIAA
26	308	Green Bay Packers	Goehe, DickDick Goehe	T	Ole Miss	SEC
26	309	New York Giants	Buller, BevBev Buller	B	Kansas	Big Eight
26	310	Washington Redskins	Burnham, DaveDave Burnham	B	Wheaton (IL)	CCIW
26	311	Chicago Bears	Don Orr	B	Vanderbilt	SEC
26	312	Los Angeles Rams	Hardiman Cureton	T	UCLA	PCC
26	313	Cleveland Browns	Kammerman, JackJack Kammerman	E	Utah	MSC
27	314	Detroit Lions	Burnthorne, BryanBryan Burnthorne	OG	Tulane	SEC
27	315	San Francisco 49ers	Jerry Gustafson		Stanford	PCC
27	316	Pittsburgh Steelers	Buddy Benson	B	Arkansas	SWC
27	317	Chicago Cardinals	Hutchinson, JackJack Hutchinson	T	Oklahoma A&M	MVC
27	318	Philadelphia Eagles	Ellett, AlAl Ellett	T	Alabama	SEC
27	319	Baltimore Colts	Hartwell, HerbHerb Hartwell	B	Virginia	ACC
27	320	Green Bay Packers	Kolian, DickDick Kolian	E	Wisconsin	Big Ten
27	321	New York Giants	Gerry Nesbitt	B	Arkansas	SWC
27	322	Chicago Bears	Buchanan, WaylonWaylon Buchanan	E	East Texas State	LSC
27	323	Washington Redskins	Royce Flippin	B	Princeton	Ind.
27	324	Los Angeles Rams	Siesel, RogerRoger Siesel	T	Miami (OH)	MAC
27	325	Cleveland Browns	Ed Dwyer	E	Purdue	Big Ten
28	326	Detroit Lions	Smith, JohnJohn Smith	OG	Northwestern	Big Ten
28	327	Pittsburgh Steelers	DeGraaf, BillBill DeGraaf	B	Cornell	Ind.
28	328	San Francisco 49ers	Drew, JerryJerry Drew	B	California	N/A
28	329	Philadelphia Eagles	Strwan, BillBill Strwan	LB	Western Kentucky	OVC
28	330	Chicago Cardinals	Miller, JimJim Miller	QB	Wisconsin	Big Ten
28	331	Baltimore Colts	Shearer, JohnJohn Shearer	QB	Shepherd	WVIAC
28	332	Green Bay Packers	Lance, BobbyBobby Lance	QB	Florida	SEC
28	333	New York Giants	Fuller, BillBill Fuller	T	Arkansas	SWC
28	334	Washington Redskins	Hicks, BillyBilly Hicks	B	Jacksonville State	Ind. (Div. II)
28	335	Chicago Bears	Alexander, BobBob Alexander	B	Trinity (CT)	Ind.
28	336	Los Angeles Rams	John Morrow	T	Michigan	Big Ten
28	337	Cleveland Browns	Sparks, OllieOllie Sparks	OG	Iowa State	Big Eight
29	338	Detroit Lions	Peters, DougDoug Peters	B	UCLA	PCC
29	339	San Francisco 49ers	Venson, DeanDean Venson	OG	Willamette	N/A
29	342	Pittsburgh Steelers	Thompson, WesWes Thompson	T	Alabama	SEC
29	341	Chicago Cardinals	Troglio, JimJim Troglio	B	Northwestern	Big Ten
29	342	Philadelphia Eagles	Hughes, BobBob Hughes	B	Mississippi Southern	Ind.
29	343	Baltimore Colts	Rusher, JimJim Rusher	E	Kansas State	Big Eight
29	344	Green Bay Packers	Vester Newcomb	C	Southwest J. C.	N/A	Decided to transfer to Miami (FL)
29	345	New York Giants	Nelson, JimJim Nelson	OG	Duke	ACC
29	346	Chicago Bears	Nelson, JimJim Nelson	OG	Duke	ACC
29	346	Chicago Bears	Krietemeyer, BillyBilly Krietemeyer	B	Vanderbilt	SEC
29	347	Washington Redskins	Bisceglia, PatPat Bisceglia	OG	Notre Dame	Ind.
29	348	Los Angeles Rams	Bates, MickeyMickey Bates	B	Illinois	Big Ten
29	349	Cleveland Browns	Battos, JohnJohn Battos	E	Vanderbilt	SEC
30	350	Detroit Lions	Gibbens, JohnJohn Gibbens	T	Southwest Texas State	LSC
30	351	San Francisco 49ers	Mitchell, BobBob Mitchell	T	Puget Sound	N/A
30	352	Philadelphia Eagles	Ulm, JoeJoe Ulm	B	San Jose State	Ind.
30	353	Chicago Cardinals	Kucera, BillBill Kucera	T	Colorado	Big 7
30	354	Baltimore Colts	Sweeney, TerryTerry Sweeney	B	Middle Tennessee State	VSAC
30	355	Green Bay Packers	Hermes, RodRod Hermes	QB	Beloit	N/A
30	356	New York Giants	Williams, WayneWayne Williams	E	Southern Illinois	IIAC
30	357	Washington Redskins	Nystrom, BuckBuck Nystrom	OG	Michigan State	Big Ten
30	358	Chicago Bears	Buckler, JimJim Buckler	OG	Alabama	SEC
30	359	Los Angeles Rams	Kackmeister, DickDick Kackmeister	C	Central Michigan	IIAC
30	360	Cleveland Browns	Bartholomew, BobBob Bartholomew	T	Wake Forest	ACC

Hall of Famers

Lenny Moore, halfback from Penn State taken 1st round 9th overall by the Baltimore Colts.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1975.^[8]

Forrest Gregg, offensive tackle from Southern Methodist University taken 2nd round 20th overall by the Green Bay Packers.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1977.^[8]

Bart Starr, quarterback from University of Alabama taken 17th round 200th overall by the Green Bay Packers.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1977.^[8]

Willie Davis, defensive end from Grambling State University taken 15th round 181st overall by the Cleveland Browns.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1981.^[9]

Sam Huff, linebacker from West Virginia taken 3rd round 30th overall by the New York Giants.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1982.^[9]

Notable undrafted players

^†	= Pro Bowler^[6]

More information Original NFL team, Player ...


Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
Chicago Cardinals	Carl Brettschneider	LB	Iowa State	Big Eight
Los Angeles Rams	Tommy Wilson ^†	RB
San Francisco 49ers	Clyde Conner	WR	Pacific	Ind. (Univ.)
San Francisco 49ers	John Gonzaga	OT

References

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"NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
[2]
Salomone, Dan (October 2, 2014). "NFL Draft headed to Chicago in 2015". Giants.com. New York Giants. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
[3]
"NFL will begin draft tomorrow". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. November 27, 1955. p. 3, section 4.
[4]
"Earliest NFL draft takes place today". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. November 28, 1955. p. 3, part 2.
[5]
"Draft History: 1940's". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on October 1, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
[6]
Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
[7]
"Heisman Trophy". Archived from the original on May 22, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
[8]
List of 1970s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com ^{"Pro Football Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2008.}
[9]
List of 1980s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com ^{"Pro Football Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2008.}

External links

NFL.com – 1956 Draft
databaseFootball.com – 1956 Draft
Pro Football Hall of Fame Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine

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