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1955
Round	Pick	Player	Name	Team	Position	College
1	1	1	George Shaw	Colts	QB	Oregon
	2	2	Max Boydston	Cardinals	E	Oklahoma
	3	3	Alan (The Horse) Ameche	Colts	RB	Wisconsin
	4	4	Ralph Guglielmi	Redskins	QB	Notre Dame
	5	5	Tom Bettis	Packers	G	Purdue
	6	6	Frank Varrichione	Steelers	T	Notre Dame
	7	7	Larry Morris	Rams	C	Georgia Tech
	8	8	Joe Heap	Giants	B	Notre Dame
	9	9	Dick Bielski	Eagles	B	Maryland
	10	10	Dickie Moegle	49ers	B	Rice
	11	11	Ron Drzewiecki	Bears	RB	Marquette
	12	12	Dave Middleton	Lions	B	Auburn
	13	13	Kurt Burris	Browns	C	Oklahoma
2	1	14	Lindon Crow	Cardinals	B	USC
	2	15	Ron Waller	Rams	B	Maryland
	3	16	Dick Szymanski	Colts	C	Notre Dame
	4	17	Jim Temp	Packers	E	Wisconsin
	5	18	Bob Long	Rams	B	UCLA
	6	19	Corky Taylor	Rams	B	Kansas State
	7	20	Sid Fournet	Rams	T	Louisiana State
	8	21	Frank Morze	49ers	C	Boston College
	9	22	Alex (Buck) Lansford	Eagles	T	Texas
	10	23	Bobby Watkins	Bears	B	Ohio State
	11	24	Jim Salsbury	Lions	G	UCLA
	12	25	Dean Renfro	Browns	B	North Texas State
3	1	26	Mal Hammack	Cardinals	B	Florida
	2	27	L.G. (Long Gone) Dupre	Colts	B	Baylor
	3	28	Ray Perkins	Redskins	B	Syracuse
	4	29	Buddy Leake	Packers	B	Oklahoma
	5	30	Ed Bernet	Steelers	E	Southern Methodist
	6	31	Roosevelt (Rosey) Grier	Giants	T	Penn State
	7	32	Tony Pasquesi	Cardinals	T	Notre Dame
	8	33	Frank Eidom	Eagles	B	Southern Methodist
	9	34	Carroll Hardy	49ers	B	Colorado
	10	35	John Hall	Browns	T	Iowa
	11	36	Darris McCord	Lions	T	Tennessee
	12	37	Bobby Freeman	Browns	B	Auburn
4	1	38	Frank Bernardi	Cardinals	B	Colorado
	2	39	Gordon Malloy	Lions	B	Miami (FL)
	3	40	Tom Feamster	Rams	E	Florida State
	4	41	Paul Reynolds	Browns	B	Notre Dame
	5	42	Fred Broussard	Steelers	C	Northwestern State (LA)
	6	43	Ed Fouch	Rams	T	USC
	7	44	Jack Patera	Colts	G	Oregon
	8	45	Matt Hazeltine	49ers	C	California
	9	46	Dean Dugger	Eagles	E	Ohio State
	10	47	Joe O'Malley	Bears	E	Georgia
	11	48	Lee Riley	Lions	B	Detroit
	12	49	Sam Palumbo	Browns	C	Notre Dame
5	1	50	Mario De Ra	Cardinals	T	USC
	2	51	George Preas	Colts	G	Virginia Tech
	3	52	Don Glantz	Redskins	T	Nebraska
	4	53	Hank Bullough	Packers	G	Michigan State
	5	54	George Mason	Steelers	T	Alabama
	6	55	Ed Kelley	Rams	B	Texas
	7	56	Mel Triplett	Giants	B	Toledo
	8	57	Gene Lamone	Eagles	G	West Virginia
	9	58	Eldred Kraemer	49ers	T	Pittsburgh
	10	59	Leland Kendall	Bears	T	Oklahoma State
	11	60	Bill (Bud) Brooks	Lions	G	Arkansas
	12	61	Aramis Dandoy	Browns	B	USC
6	1	62	Jack Bowersox	Cardinals	G	Maryland
	2	63	Dan Shannon	Bears	E	Notre Dame
	3	64	Leo Lewis	Colts	B	Lincoln (MO)
	4	65	Norm Amundsen	Packers	G	Wisconsin
	5	66	Lem Harkey	Steelers	B	Emporia State
	6	67	Tom (Corky) Tharp	Rams	B	Alabama
	7	68	Ron Locklin	Giants	E	Wisconsin
	8	69	Bobby Luna	49ers	B	Alabama
	9	70	Billy Quinn	Eagles	B	Texas
	10	71	Henry Mosely	Bears	B	Morris Brown
	11	72	Elijah Childers	Lions	T	Prairie View A&M
	12	73	Leroy Bolden	Browns	B	Michigan State
7	1	74	Dave Leggett	Cardinals	B	Ohio State
	2	75	Frank McDnald	Colts	E	Miami (FL)
	3	76	Erik Christensen	Redskins	E	Richmond
	4	77	Bob Clemens	Packers	B	Georgia
	5	78	Hal Reeve	Steelers	T	Oregon
	6	79	Frank Clayton	Rams	B	USC
	7	80	Ron Marciniak	Redskins	G	Kansas State
	8	81	Bill McKenna	Eagles	E	Brandeis
	9	82	Johnny Dean	49ers	B	Virginia Tech
	10	83	Bruce Sturgess	Bears	B	William & Mary
	11	84	Bert Zagers	Lions	B	Michigan State
	12	85	Jack Locklear	Browns	C	Auburn
8	1	86	Sam Irvine	Cardinals	C	Maryland
	2	87	Johhny Allen	Redskins	C	Purdue
	3	88	Dale Meinert	Colts	G	Oklahoma State
	4	89	Johnny Crouch	Packers	E	Texas Christian
	5	90	Leon Cunningham	Lions	G	South Carolina
	6	91	Billy Teas	Rams	B	Georgia Tech
	7	92	Jimmy Patton	Giants	B	Mississippi
	8	93	Freddie Meyers	49ers	B	Oklahoma State
	9	94	Herman Watson	Eagles	T	Vanderbilt
	10	95	Gene Verkerk	Bears	T	North Texas State
	11	96	Bill Walker	Lions	E	Maryland
	12	97	Lamoine Holland	Lions	E	Rice
9	1	98	Charlie McGinty	Cardinals	E	North Texas State
	2	99	Bryan Walter	Colts	B	Texas Tech
	3	100	John Miller	Redskins	T	Boston College
	4	101	Ed Culpepper	Packers	T	Alabama
	5	102	Johnny Unitas	Steelers	QB	Louisville
	6	103	John Witte	Rams	T	Oregon State
	7	104	Bill Evans	Colts	G	Miami (OH)
	8	105	Von Morgan	Eagles	E	Abilene Christian
	9	106	Fred Preziosio	49ers	T	Purdue
	10	107	Jim Lavery	Bears	B	Scranton
	11	108	Walt Jenkins	Lions	T	Wayne State
	12	109	Henry Ford	Browns	B	Pittsburgh
10	1	110	Frank Scafidi	Cardinals	T	Marquette
	2	111	Tom Louderback	Redskins	G	San Jose State
	3	112	Jesse Arnelle	Rams	E	Penn State
	4	113	George Rogers	Packers	T	Auburn
	5	114	Terry Boyle	Steelers	T	Cincinnati
	6	115	Claude Harland	Rams	E	Texas Tech
	7	116	Lea Paslay	Giants	B	Mississippi
	8	117	Ron Aschbacker	49ers	E	Oregon State
	9	118	Talmadge (Duke) Washington	Eagles	B	Washington State
	10	119	John Allen	Bears	E	Arizona State
	11	120	Tom Gastall	Lions	B	Boston University
	12	121	Glen Dillon	Browns	E	Pittsburgh
11	1	122	Tom Pepsin	Cardinals	E	Miami (FL)
	2	123	Emil Radik	Colts	B	Nebraska-Omaha
	3	124	Larry Parker	Redskins	B	North Carolina
	4	125	Ron Clark	Packers	B	Nebraska
	5	126	Vic Eaton	Steelers	B	Missouri
	6	127	Joe Ray	Rams	T	UCLA
	7	128	Bill Hillen	Giants	E	West Virginia
	8	129	Bob Hardy	Eagles	B	Kentucky
	9	130	Rudy Rotella	49ers	E	Nebraska-Omaha
	10	131	Tom Redfield	Bears	E	Delaware
	11	132	Herb McDermott	Lions	T	Iowa State
	12	133	Eric Knebel	Browns	T	Southern Methodist
12	1	134	Dale Sandstrom	Cardinals	B	Concordia (MN)
	2	135	John Barish	Redskins	T	Waynesburg
	3	136	Dick Chorovich	Colts	T	Miami (OH)
	4	137	Art Walker	Packers	T	Michigan
	5	138	Jim Cooke	Steelers	E	Lincoln (PA)
	6	139	Jim Hanifan	Rams	E	California
	7	140	Hank Burnine	Giants	E	Missouri
	8	141	Lou Palatella	49ers	T	Pittsburgh
	9	142	Andy Nacrelli	Eagles	E	Fordham
	10	143	Clarence Bratt	Bears	B	Wisconsin
	11	144	Dick Goist	Lions	B	Cincinnati
	12	145	Jack Eaton	Browns	T	New Mexico
13	1	146	Tom McLuckie	Cardinals	G	Maryland
	2	147	Pat Abbruzzi	Colts	B	Rhode Island
	3	148	Len Oniskey	Redskins	T	Cornell
	4	149	Ed Adams	Packers	B	South Carolina
	5	150	Jim Whitmer	Steelers	B	Purdue
	6	151	Dave Parkinson	Rams	B	Texas
	7	152	John Damore	Giants	C	Northwestern
	8	153	Jerry Krisher	Eagles	C	Ohio State
	9	154	Richie Gaskell	49ers	E	George Washington
	10	155	Norm Cash	Bears	B	Sul Ross
	11	156	Don Henderson	Lions	T	Utah
	12	157	Johnny Borton	Browns	QB	Ohio State
14	1	158	Gordy Brown	Cardinals	E	Louisiana Tech
	2	159	Tom Braatz	Redskins	E	Marquette
	3	160	John Lee	Colts	B	Georgia Tech
	4	161	Fred Baer	Packers	B	Michigan
	5	162	John (Buck) Byrne	Steelers	G	John Carroll
	6	163	George Elliot	Rams	B	Northeastern State (OK)
	7	164	Elwood Kettler	Giants	B	Texas A&M
	8	165	Nick McKeithan	49ers	B	Duke
	9	166	Tommy Bell	Eagles	B	Army
	10	167	Ed Nickla	Bears	G	Tennessee
	11	168	Jerry Gajda	Lions	B	Benedictine
	12	169	Fred Robinson	Browns	G	Washington
15	1	170	Dick Brubaker	Cardinals	E	Ohio State
	2	171	Gerry Peterson	Colts	T	Texas
	3	172	Charley Horton	Redskins	B	Vanderbilt
	4	173	George Machoukas	Packers	C	Toledo
	5	174	Ellis Duckett	Steelers	B	Michigan State
	6	175	Bob Hoerning	Rams	B	St. Norbert
	7	176	Ed Stowers	Giants	E	Wake Forest
	8	177	Don Brougher	Eagles	C	Maryland
	9	178	Burdette Hess	49ers	G	Idaho
	10	179	J.D. Smith	Bears	B	North Carolina A&T
	11	180	George Atkins	Lions	G	Auburn
	12	181	Bob Smith	Browns	B	Nebraska
16	1	182	Bob Herndon	Cardinals	B	Oklahoma
	2	183	Hal Norris	Redskins	B	California
	3	184	Dick Laswell	Colts	T	Texas Christian
	4	185	Charley Brackins	Packers	QB	Prairie View A&M
	5	186	Frank Vincent	Steelers	C	Glenville State
	6	187	Charley Coates	Rams	T	Tulane
	7	188	Dave Kragthorpe	Giants	G	Utah State
	8	189	Jim Hall	49ers	E	Auburn
	9	190	Clyde White	Eagles	G	Clemson
	10	191	Al Dennis	Cardinals	E	Middlebury
	11	192	Al Marr	Lions	E	Bradley
	12	193	Don Suchy	Browns	C	Iowa
17	1	194	Larry White	Cardinals	C	New Mexico
	2	195	Wes Clark	Colts	T	Southern Mississippi
	3	196	Don Shea	Redskins	G	Georgia
	4	197	Lynn Beightol	Packers	B	Maryland
	5	198	Ed Merchant	Steelers	B	Miami (OH)
	6	199	Gene Mitcham	Rams	E	Arizona State
	7	200	Bob Bills	Giants	B	Brigham Young
	8	201	Nick Maravic	Eagles	B	Wake Forest
	9	202	Bob Newton	49ers	G	San Diego State
	10	203	Mel Harrison	Bears	C	Sam Houston State
	11	204	Don Daly	Lions	B	Eastern Kentucky
	12	205	Bob Leonard	Browns	B	Purdue
18	1	206	Fred Campbell	Cardinals	T	Duke
	2	207	Don Bailey	Redskins	B	Penn State
	3	208	Charley Shephard	Colts	B	North Texas State
	4	209	Doyle Nix	Packers	B	Southern Methodist
	5	210	Albie Maier	Steelers	G	Marshall
	6	211	Clyde Sweeney	Rams	T	West Virginia
	7	212	Joe Stout	Giants	B	Temple
	8	213	Ron Pheister	49ers	C	Oregon
	9	214	Duane Nutt	Eagles	B	Southern Methodist
	10	215	Claude Roach	Bears	G	Texas Christian
	11	216	Pat Oleksiak	Lions	B	Tennessee
	12	217	Steve Champlin	Browns	T	Oklahoma
19	1	218	Dick Coy	Cardinals	T	St. John's (MN)
	2	219	Jim Cobb	Colts	T	Abilene Christian
	3	220	Bb Dee	Redskins	E	Holy Cross
	4	221	Bob Carter	Packers	T	Grambling State
	5	222	Ed Smith	Steelers	B	Texas Southern
	6	223	John Davis	Rams	E	Miles
	7	224	John Jacobs	Giants	E	Colby
	8	225	Terry Fails	Eagles	E	Vanderbilt
	9	226	John Garzoli	49ers	T	California
	10	227	Allen Jones	Bears	B	Baylor
	11	228	Bob Muller	Lions	C	Eastern Kentucky
	12	229	Tom Ebert	Browns	E	Kansas State
20	1	230	Jim Burst	Cardinals	B	Washington (MO)
	2	231	Ron Geyer	Redskins	T	Michigan
	3	232	Charley Cianciola	Colts	E	Lawrence
	4	233	Carl Bolt	Packers	B	Southern Mississippi
	5	234	Lou Matykiewicz	Steelers	E	Iowa
	6	235	Jack Muldowney	Rams	T	Dayton
	7	236	Bob Anowiak	Packers	E	Bucknell
	8	237	Glen Dyer	49ers	B	Texas
	9	238	Jimmy Wade	Eagles	B	Tennessee
	10	239	Joe James	Bears	T	Howard Payne
	11	240	Fred Mahaffey	Lions	B	Denver
	12	241	Bill Proctor	Browns	T	Florida State
21	1	242	Howie Wright	Cardinals	B	Virginia Tech
	2	243	Nick Manych	Colts	E	Eastern Michigan
	3	244	Buck George	Redskins	B	Clemson
	4	245	Lavell Isbell	Packers	T	Houston
	5	246	Rees Phenix	Steelers	T	Georgia Tech
	6	247	Jerry Cvengros	Rams	T	Wisconsin
	7	248	Gary Dilby	Giants	C	Louisiana State
	8	249	John Anderson	Eagles	E	Kansas
	9	250	George Maderos	49ers	E	Cal State-Chico
	10	251	Choyce Hall	Bears	C	Midwestern State (TX)
	11	252	Jim Walters	Lions	T	Mississippi
	12	253	Rick Spinks	Browns	B	Texas Tech
22	1	254	Vic Berra	Cardinals	E	Montana State
	2	255	Joe Boland	Redskins	B	George Washington
	3	256	Jerry Welch	Colts	B	South Dakota State
	4	257	Bill Brunner	Packers	B	Arkansas Tech
	5	258	Richie McCabe	Steelers	B	Pittsburgh
	6	259	Ken Elmore	Rams	T	Texas Tech
	7	260	Al Doggett	Giants	B	Louisiana State
	8	261	Pete Vann	49ers	QB	Army
	9	262	Ernie Lewis	Eagles	G	Arizona
	10	263	Carl Allison	Bears	B	Oklahoma
	11	264	George Albrecht	Lions	B	Maryland
	12	265	Jerry Stone	Browns	T	Southeastern Louisiana
23	1	266	Karl Bays	Cardinals	T	Eastern Kentucky
	2	267	Dick McNamara	Colts	B	Minnesota
	3	268	Chick Donaldson	Redskins	C	West Virginia
	4	269	Elton Shaw	Packers	T	Louisiana State
	5	270	Gordy Holz	Steelers	T	Minnesota
	6	271	George Medved	Rams	T	Florida
	7	272	Jerry Callahan	Giants	B	Colorado State
	8	273	Cecil Ingram	Eagles	B	Alabama
	9	274	Tom Gunnari	49ers	E	Washington State
	10	275	Jerry Barger	Bears	B	Duke
	11	276	Geoerge Galuska	Lions	B	Wyoming
	12	277	Jim Greer	Browns	E	Elizabeth City State
24	1	278	Max Pierce	Cardinals	B	Utah
	2	279	Bob Ready	Redskins	T	Notre Dame
	3	280	Alex Esquivel	Colts	B	Mexico City College
	4	281	Charley Bryant	Packers	G	Nebraska
	5	282	Mike Mayock	Steelers	E	Villanova
	6	283	Bill Andrews	Rams	B	Trinity (TX)
	7	284	Matt Vujevich	Giants	B	San Jose State
	8	285	Bob Heaston	49ers	G	Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
	9	286	Vic (Hootie) Postula	Eagles	B	Michigan State
	10	287	Joe Young	Bears	E	Marquette
	11	288	Bob Flacke	Lions	G	Holy Cross
	12	289	John Matsock	Browns	B	Michigan State
25	1	290	Bob Scott	Cardinals	E	Evansville
	2	291	Dick Grann	Colts	T	Rhode Island
	3	292	Frank Radella	Redskins	C	Wyoming
	4	293	Nate Borden	Packers	E	Indiana
	5	294	Charlie Bull	Steelers	G	Missouri
	6	295	Ralph Cook	Rams	T	Ball State
	7	296	Ken Dement	Giants	T	Southeast Missouri State
	8	297	Frank Pavich	Eagles	G	USC
	9	298	Dewey Wade	49ers	E	Kansas State
	10	299	Charley Dees	Bears	T	Tyler J.C.
	11	300	Dick Miller	Lions	T	Illinois
	12	301	Ernie Lindo	Browns	B	Pacific
26	1	302	Billy Hooper	Cardinals	B	Baylor
	2	303	Walt Houston	Redskins	G	Purdue
	3	304	Marion Minker	Colts	T	Bucknell
	4	305	Jim Jennings	Packers	E	Missouri
	5	306	Jim Soltau	Steelers	E	Minnesota
	6	307	Lou Hallow	Rams	C	Wake Forest
	7	308	Abe Cohen	Giants	G	Tennessee-Chattanooga
	8	309	Johnny Kerr	49ers	E	Purdue
	9	310	George Palachunik	Eagles	G	Maryland
	10	311	Perry Jeter	Bears	B	Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
	11	312	Duncan McDonald	Lions	B	Michigan
	12	313	Don Fife	Browns	C	Purdue
27	1	314	Bruce Schwager	Cardinals	T	Merchant Marine
	2	315	Jim Locke	Colts	T	Virginia Tech
	3	316	A.J. Baker	Redskins	B	Arkansas
	4	317	Bob Peringer	Packers	E	Washington State
	5	318	Bill Sanford	Steelers	B	Hofstra
	6	319	Bruce Nevitt	Rams	C	Washington State
	7	320	Paul Blanda	Giants	B	Pittsburgh
	8	321	Bob Gringrass	Eagles	B	Wisconsin
	9	322	Dick Shockey	49ers	B	Marquette
	10	323	Joel Kinley	Bears	G	Tennessee
	11	324	Mike Troka	Lions	B	Trinity (CT)
	12	325	Bobby Baldwin	Browns	B	Sam Houston State
28	1	326	Bob Ems	Cardinals	B	Southern Illinois
	2	327	Arch Cassidy	Redskins	T	Florida
	3	328	Bob Meyer	Colts	T	Ohio State
	4	329	Jack Spears	Packers	T	Tennessee-Chattanooga
	5	330	Dave Williams	Steelers	G	Ohio State
	6	331	Jim Hoffman	Rams	B	Cincinnati
	7	332	Al Crow	Giants	T	William & Mary
	8	333	Don Sanders	49ers	B	Stanford
	9	334	Wingo Avery	Eagles	C	Clemson
	10	335	Charley Wright	Bears	E	Prairie View A&M
	11	336	Harry Lovell	Lions	G	South Carolina
	12	337	Ed Tokus	Browns	E	Georgia
29	1	338	Gene Renzi	Cardinals	T	Northeastern
	2	339	Bill Waters	Colts	T	Austin
	3	340	Bing Bordier	Redskins	E	USC
	4	341	Sam Pino	Packers	B	Boston University
	5	342	Bernie Sinclair	Steelers	E	Texas A&M
	6	343	Bob Howe	Rams	B	Cincinnati
	7	344	Harold Jackson	Giants	B	Southern
	8	345	Ron Lloyd	Eagles	T	Bucknell
	9	346	Otto Kniedinger	49ers	T	Penn State
	10	347	Dick Klein	Bears	T	Iowa
	11	348	Bill Dearing	Lions	B	Florida
	12	349	Ted (Tex) Robinson	Browns	B	Temple
30	1	350	Bob Sweet	Cardinals	B	Trinity (TX)
	2	351	Tom Petty	Redskins	E	Virginia Tech
	3	352	Bob Saia	Packers	B	Tulane
	4	353	Jim Caruzzi	Steelers	B	Marquette
	5	354	K.C. Jones	Rams	E	San Francisco
	6	355	Bill Toole	Giants	B	Oregon
	7	356	Bob Gongola	49ers	B	Illinois
	8	357	Dave Finney	Eagles	B	Texas Christian
	9	358	Jerry Fouts	Bears	B	Midwestern State (TX)
	10	359	Charley Hatch	Lions	E	Utah State
	11	360	Lamar Leachman	Browns	C	Tennessee

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