American Football Database
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The National Football League has held a player draft since 1936. Since 1936 there have been several franchises that have folded. This is a list of those franchises' first round draft picks.

Baltimore Colts (1950)[]

Year Overall Player Position College
1950 2 Adrian Burk Quarterback Baylor

Boston Yanks[]

Year Overall Player Position College
1944 1 Angelo Bertelli Back Notre Dame
1945 4 Eddie Prokop Back Georgia Tech
1946 1 Frank Dancewicz Back Notre Dame
1947 3 Fritz Barzilauskas Guard Yale
1948 5 Vaughn Mancha Center Alabama

Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers[]

Year Overall Player Position College
1936 4 Dick Crayne Back Iowa
1937 2 Ed Goddard Back Washington State
1938 3 Boyd Brumbaugh Back Duquesne
1939 5 Bob MacLeod Back Dartmouth
1940 4 Banks McFadden Back Clemson
1941 8 Dean McAdams Back Washington
1942 7 Bob Robertson Back Southern California
1943 4 Paul Governali Back Columbia
1944 3 Creighton Miller Back Notre Dame
1945 3 Joe Renfroe Back Tulane

Dallas Texans[]

Year Overall Player Position College
1952 2 Les Richter Guard California

Pick was actually made by New York Yanks. Yanks picks given to Dallas.

New York Bulldogs/Yanks[]

Year Overall Player Position College
1949 3 Doak Walker Back SMU
1950 NA None NA NA
1951 NA None NA NA
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