Only 28 of the 81 selections in the first NFL Draft in 1936 played in the league. The reasons varied — money, army enlistment, other job offers. The third-overall pick didn't play a snap; he was too busy with his writing career.
The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Notre Dame back William Shakespeare with the third pick. Shakespeare was the third of 24,844 players drafted over the next 82 years. There was Pizza, Proverb and Captain. A Hooker (a Fair one), Rambo, Box and Tongue.
Pool and Box. Sandy and Sharpe. Prince and Butler. We had Woodrow Wilson, Dick Nutt, John Snow and Karim Abdul-Jabbar. And don't forget Le-Lo, Az-Zahir or Gbaja-Biamila.
Here is the NFL Draft All-Time All-Name Team (nicknames are not eligible):
|
Year
|
Player
|
Team
|
School
|
| 1936 |
William Shakespeare |
Steelers |
Notre Dame |
| 1936 |
Gomer Jones |
Cardinals |
Ohio State |
| 1937 |
Nello Falaschi |
Redskins |
Santa Clara |
| 1937 |
Fred Funk |
Dodgers |
UCLA |
| 1940 |
Hampton Pool |
Bears |
Stanford |
| 1943 |
Bruno Banducci |
Eagles |
Stanford |
| 1943 |
Veto Berllus |
Giants |
Idaho |
| 1943 |
Bo Bogovich |
Redskins |
Delaware |
| 1944 |
Saxon Judd |
Cardinals |
Tulsa |
| 1947 |
Ulysses Cornogg |
Eagles |
Wake Forest |
| 1948 |
Cloyce Box |
Redskins |
West Texas A&M |
| 1948 |
Lockwood Frizzell |
Eagles |
Virginia |
| 1948 |
Frank Pizza |
Lions |
Toledo |
| 1949 |
Homer Hobbs |
Redskins |
Georgia |
| 1949 |
Zealand Thigpen |
Lions |
Vanderbilt |
| 1949 |
Dick Nutt |
Giants |
North Texas |
| 1951 |
Dorne Dibble |
Lions |
Michigan State |
| 1951 |
Volney Peters |
Cardinals |
USC |
| 1954 |
Dolph Rutschman |
Lions |
Linfield |
| 1957 |
Lou Lovely |
Eagles |
Boston Univ. |
| 1958 |
Proverb Jacobs |
Eagles |
California |
| 1959 |
Floyd Faucette |
Cardinals |
Georgia Tech |
| 1959 |
John Peppercorn |
Steelers |
Kansas |
| 1959 |
Lebron Shields |
Lions |
Tennessee |
| 1959 |
Burnio McQueen |
49ers |
North Carolina A&T |
| 1962 |
Billy Neighbors |
Redskins |
Alabama |
| 1964 |
Sandy Sands |
Vikings |
Texas |
| 1964 |
Theophile Viltz |
Cowboys |
USC |
| 1965 |
Dick Butkus |
Bears |
Illinois |
| 1965 |
Cosmo Iacavazzi |
Vikings |
Princeton |
| 1967 |
John Snow |
Saints |
Wake Forest |
| 1967 |
Bob Biletnikoff |
Jets |
Miami (FL) |
| 1969 |
Fair Hooker |
Browns |
Arizona State |
| 1972 |
Cephus Weatherspoon |
Saints |
Fort Lewis |
| 1972 |
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