1942 NFL draft

1942 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)December 22, 1941
LocationPalmer House Hotel
in Chicago, IL
Overview
200 total selections in 22 rounds
LeagueNFL
First selectionBill Dudley, HB
Pittsburgh Steelers
Most selections (20)each team made 20 picks
Fewest selections (20)each team made 20 picks
Hall of Famers
2
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The 1942 NFL draft was held on December 22, 1941, at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago.[1][2] Two members of the draft class have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Bill Dudley, the first overall selection by the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Mac Speedie, 135th overall selection by the Detroit Lions. Additionally, one member of the draft class became a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame college basketball coach, Ralph Miller. Miller was selected 167th pick overall by the Brooklyn Dodgers after successful careers at Kansas on the school's football and basketball teams.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.