The 1948 AAFC draft was the second collegiate draft of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). The draft expanded to 30 rounds, but not all teams selected in each round. For example: Baltimore and Chicago were the only teams with picks in the second round. Chicago, Brooklyn and Baltimore had 5 selections in the first 5 rounds, while Cleveland and New York which were stronger teams had only 2.[1]
| Round |
Pick # |
AAFC team |
Player |
Position |
College
|
| 1 |
1 |
Chicago Rockets |
Tony Minisi |
B |
Pennsylvania
|
| 1 |
2 |
Baltimore Colts |
Bobby Layne |
QB |
Texas
|
| 1 |
3 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Harry Gilmer |
QB |
Alabama
|
| 1 |
4 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Vaughn Mancha |
C |
Alabama
|
| 1 |
5 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Joe Scott |
B |
San Francisco
|
| 1 |
6 |
Buffalo Bills |
Clyde Scott |
B |
Arkansas
|
| 1 |
7 |
New York Yankees |
Lowell Tew |
B |
Alabama
|
| 1 |
8 |
Cleveland Browns |
Jeff Durkota |
B |
Penn State
|
| 2 |
9 |
Chicago Rockets |
Carl Samuelson |
T |
Nebraska
|
| 2 |
10 |
Baltimore Colts |
Bill Garrett |
T |
Mississippi State
|
| 3 |
11 |
Chicago Rockets |
John Nolan |
T |
Penn State
|
| 3 |
12 |
Baltimore Colts |
Earl Cook |
G |
SMU
|
| 3 |
13 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Dan Edwards |
E |
Georgia
|
| 3 |
14 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Len Ford |
E |
Michigan
|
| 3 |
15 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Jim Cason |
B |
LSU
|
| 3 |
16 |
Buffalo Bills |
Bill Gompers |
B |
Notre Dame
|
| 3 |
17 |
New York Yankees |
Otto Schnellbacher |
E |
Kansas
|
| 3 |
18 |
Cleveland Browns |
Ollie Cline |
B |
Ohio State
|
| 4 |
19 |
Chicago Rockets |
Paul Cleary |
E |
USC
|
| 4 |
20 |
Baltimore Colts |
Dan Sandifer |
B |
LSU
|
| 4 |
21 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Joe Spencer |
T |
Oklahoma A&M
|
| 4 |
22 |
Los Angeles Dons |
John Novitsky |
T |
Oklahoma City
|
| 4 |
23 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Walt McCormick |
C |
USC
|
| 4 |
24 |
Buffalo Bills |
Bill O'Connor |
E |
Notre Dame
|
| 5 |
25 |
Chicago Rockets |
Bill Walsh |
C |
Notre Dame
|
| 5 |
26 |
Baltimore Colts |
Joe Smith |
E |
Texas Tech
|
| 5 |
27 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Les Bingaman |
T |
Illinois
|
| 6 |
28 |
Chicago Rockets |
Vince DiFrancesca |
G |
Northwestern
|
| 6 |
29 |
Baltimore Colts |
Gene Ruszkowski |
T |
Ohio
|
| 6 |
30 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Jay Smith |
E |
Mississippi Southern
|
| 6 |
31 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Lin Sexton |
B |
Wichita
|
| 6 |
32 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Fred Land |
T |
LSU
|
| 6 |
33 |
Buffalo Bills |
Marty Wendell |
G |
Notre Dame
|
| 7 |
34 |
Chicago Rockets |
Jay Rhodemyre |
C |
Kentucky
|
| 7 |
35 |
Baltimore Colts |
Jim Batchelor |
B |
East Texas State
|
| 7 |
36 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Homer Paine |
T |
Oklahoma
|
| 7 |
37 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Weldon Edwards |
T |
TCU
|
| 7 |
38 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Phil O'Reilly |
T |
Purdue
|
| 7 |
39 |
Buffalo Bills |
Bob Brugge |
B |
Ohio State
|
| 7 |
40 |
New York Yankees |
Pete Stout |
B |
TCU
|
| 7 |
41 |
Cleveland Browns |
Tommy Thompson |
C |
William & Mary
|
| 8 |
42 |
Chicago Rockets |
Jim Turner |
T |
California
|
| 8 |
43 |
Baltimore Colts |
Rex Olsen |
B |
BYU
|
| 8 |
44 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Bruce Gehrke |
E |
Columbia
|
| 8 |
45 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Jim Spavital |
B |
Oklahoma A&M
|
| 9 |
46 |
Chicago Rockets |
Myron Miller |
C |
Oklahoma A&M
|
| 9 |
47 |
Baltimore Colts |
Aubrey Fowler |
B |
Arkansas
|
| 9 |
48 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Jim Minor |
T |
Arkansas
|
| 9 |
49 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Knox Ramsey |
G |
William & Mary
|
| 9 |
50 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Bill Luongo |
B |
Pennsylvania
|
| 9 |
51 |
Buffalo Bills |
Lou King |
B |
Iowa
|
| 9 |
52 |
New York Yankees |
Barney Poole |
E |
Ole Miss
|
| 9 |
53 |
Cleveland Browns |
Bill Smith |
T |
North Carolina
|
| 10 |
54 |
Chicago Rockets |
Phil Slosburg |
B |
Temple
|
| 10 |
55 |
Baltimore Colts |
Jack Fitch |
B |
North Carolina
|
| 10 |
56 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Herb St. John |
G |
Georgia
|
| 10 |
57 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Chi Mills |
G |
VMI
|
| 11 |
58 |
Chicago Rockets |
Jack Swaner |
B |
California
|
| 11 |
59 |
Baltimore Colts |
Don Ettinger |
T |
Kansas
|
| 11 |
60 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Chuck Newman |
E |
Louisiana Tech
|
| 11 |
61 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Lou Mihajlovich |
E |
Indiana
|
| 11 |
62 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Bob Steckroth |
E |
William & Mary
|
| 11 |
63 |
Buffalo Bills |
John Finney |
B |
San Francisco
|
| 11 |
64 |
New York Yankees |
Jack Weisenburger |
B |
Michigan
|
| 11 |
65 |
Cleveland Browns |
Ralph Maughan |
C |
Utah State
|
| 12 |
66 |
Chicago Rockets |
Thurman Gay |
T |
Oklahoma A&M
|
| 12 |
67 |
Baltimore Colts |
Paul Redfield |
T |
Colgate
|
| 12 |
68 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Jim Camp |
B |
North Carolina
|
| 12 |
69 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Harper Davis |
B |
Mississippi State
|
| 12 |
70 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Gene Malinowski |
C |
Detroit
|
| 12 |
71 |
Buffalo Bills |
Dick Johnson |
G |
Baylor
|
| 12 |
72 |
New York Yankees |
Bob Hendren |
T |
USC
|
| 12 |
73 |
Cleveland Browns |
Dean Sensanbaugher |
B |
Ohio State
|
| 13 |
74 |
Chicago Rockets |
Fran Parker |
T |
Holy Cross
|
| 13 |
75 |
Baltimore Colts |
Stan Magdziak |
B |
William & Mary
|
| 13 |
76 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Bob Koch |
B |
Oregon
|
| 13 |
77 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Mike Graham |
B |
Cincinnati
|
| 13 |
78 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Len Modzelski |
T |
Scranton
|
| 13 |
79 |
Buffalo Bills |
George Grimes |
B |
Virginia
|
| 13 |
80 |
New York Yankees |
Dick Ottele |
B |
Washington
|
| 13 |
81 |
Cleveland Browns |
Mike Rubish |
E |
North Carolina
|
| 14 |
82 |
Chicago Rockets |
Lou Agase |
T |
Illinois
|
| 14 |
83 |
Baltimore Colts |
Dick Deranek |
B |
Indiana
|
| 14 |
84 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
John White |
C |
Michigan
|
| 14 |
85 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Bernie Winkler |
T |
Texas Tech
|
| 14 |
86 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Les Rideout |
T |
Bowling Green
|
| 14 |
87 |
Buffalo Bills |
Larry Joe |
B |
Penn State
|
| 14 |
88 |
New York Yankees |
Dick McKissack |
B |
SMU
|
| 14 |
89 |
Cleveland Browns |
Alex Sarkisian |
C |
Northwestern
|
| 15 |
90 |
Chicago Rockets |
Jerry McCarthy |
E |
Pennsylvania
|
| 15 |
91 |
Baltimore Colts |
Dyke Norman |
B |
Washington & Lee
|
| 15 |
92 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Bob Terry |
T |
Texas A&I
|
| 15 |
93 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Bill Erickson |
T |
Ole Miss
|
| 15 |
94 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Larry Olsonoski |
T |
Minnesota
|
| 15 |
95 |
Buffalo Bills |
Frank Ballard |
G |
Virginia Tech
|
| 15 |
96 |
New York Yankees |
Joe Magliolo |
B |
Texas
|
| 15 |
97 |
Cleveland Browns |
Dan Dworsky |
B |
Michigan
|
| 16 |
98 |
Chicago Rockets |
Rudy Krall |
B |
New Mexico
|
| 16 |
99 |
Baltimore Colts |
Dick Working |
B |
Washington & Lee
|
| 16 |
100 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
John Wozniak |
G |
Alabama
|
| 16 |
101 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Shorty McWilliams |
B |
Mississippi State
|
| 16 |
102 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Wally Matulich |
B |
Mississippi State
|
| 16 |
103 |
Buffalo Bills |
Jim Walthall |
B |
West Virginia
|
| 16 |
104 |
New York Yankees |
Bob Ramsey |
B |
SMU
|
| 16 |
105 |
Cleveland Browns |
Scott Beasley |
E |
Nevada
|
| 17 |
106 |
Chicago Rockets |
Dick Flanagan |
B |
Ohio State
|
| 17 |
107 |
Baltimore Colts |
George Sparger |
C |
North Carolina
|
| 17 |
108 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Bob Jensen |
E |
Iowa State
|
| 17 |
109 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Bob Levenhagen |
G |
Washington
|
| 17 |
110 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Bob Ravensberg |
E |
Indiana
|
| 17 |
111 |
Buffalo Bills |
Ray Coates |
B |
LSU
|
| 17 |
112 |
New York Yankees |
Charlie Wright |
E |
Texas A&M
|
| 17 |
113 |
Cleveland Browns |
Russ Steger |
B |
Illinois
|
| 18 |
114 |
Chicago Rockets |
Ed Ryan |
E |
St. Mary's (CA)
|
| 18 |
115 |
Baltimore Colts |
Rollin Prather |
E |
Kansas State
|
| 18 |
116 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Joe Jurich |
E |
West Chester
|
| 18 |
117 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Weyman Sellers |
E |
Georgia
|
| 18 |
118 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Bill Pritula |
T |
Michigan
|
| 18 |
119 |
Buffalo Bills |
Doug Waybright |
E |
Notre Dame
|
| 18 |
120 |
New York Yankees |
Marion Shirley |
T |
Oklahoma City
|
| 18 |
121 |
Cleveland Browns |
Lou Hoitsma |
E |
William & Mary
|
| 19 |
122 |
Chicago Rockets |
Byron Gillory |
B |
Texas
|
| 19 |
123 |
Baltimore Colts |
Norm Mosley |
B |
Alabama
|
| 19 |
124 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Billie Cromer |
B |
North Texas State
|
| 19 |
125 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Ab Wimberly |
E |
LSU
|
| 19 |
126 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Art Fitzgerald |
B |
Yale
|
| 19 |
127 |
Buffalo Bills |
Wade Walker |
T |
Oklahoma
|
| 19 |
128 |
New York Yankees |
Tom Landry |
B |
Texas
|
| 19 |
129 |
Cleveland Browns |
Pete Ashbaugh |
B |
Notre Dame
|
| 20 |
130 |
Chicago Rockets |
Don Doll |
B |
USC
|
| 20 |
131 |
Baltimore Colts |
Carmen Ragonese |
B |
New Hampshire
|
| 20 |
132 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Dick Scott |
C |
Navy
|
| 20 |
133 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Frank Ziegler |
B |
Georgia Tech
|
| 20 |
134 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Pete Barbolak |
T |
Purdue
|
| 20 |
135 |
Buffalo Bills |
Roger Stephens |
B |
Cincinnati
|
| 20 |
136 |
New York Yankees |
Bobby Forbes |
B |
Florida
|
| 20 |
137 |
Cleveland Browns |
Dave Templeton |
G |
Ohio State
|
| 21 |
138 |
Chicago Rockets |
Fred Provo |
B |
Washington
|
| 21 |
139 |
Baltimore Colts |
Bob Walker |
B |
Colorado Mines
|
| 21 |
140 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Walt Marusa |
G |
Delaware
|
| 21 |
141 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Ed Smith |
B |
Texas Mines
|
| 21 |
142 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Dick Loepfe |
T |
Wisconsin
|
| 21 |
143 |
Buffalo Bills |
Howard Duncan |
C |
Ohio State
|
| 21 |
144 |
New York Yankees |
Carl Russ |
B |
Rice
|
| 21 |
145 |
Cleveland Browns |
Dwight Eddleman |
B |
Illinois
|
| 22 |
146 |
Chicago Rockets |
Phil Tinsley |
E |
UCLA
|
| 22 |
147 |
Baltimore Colts |
Ray Borneman |
B |
Texas
|
| 22 |
148 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Knute Dobkins |
E |
Butler
|
| 22 |
149 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Paul Mortellaro |
G |
Florida
|
| 22 |
150 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Bob Heck |
E |
Purdue
|
| 22 |
151 |
Buffalo Bills |
Ralph Sazio |
T |
William & Mary
|
| 22 |
152 |
New York Yankees |
Fred Enke |
B |
Arizona
|
| 22 |
153 |
Cleveland Browns |
Lu Gambino |
B |
Maryland
|
| 23 |
154 |
Chicago Rockets |
Glen Treichler |
B |
Colgate
|
| 23 |
155 |
Baltimore Colts |
Al Tillman |
C |
Oklahoma
|
| 23 |
156 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Fred Westphal |
E |
Cornell
|
| 23 |
157 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Ted Kenfield |
B |
California
|
| 23 |
158 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Floyd Lawhorn |
G |
Texas Tech
|
| 23 |
159 |
Buffalo Bills |
George Blomquist |
E |
NC State
|
| 23 |
160 |
New York Yankees |
John Cunningham |
E |
California
|
| 23 |
161 |
Cleveland Browns |
Jim McDowell |
G |
William & Mary
|
| 24 |
162 |
Chicago Rockets |
Ike Owens |
E |
Illinois
|
| 24 |
163 |
Baltimore Colts |
Bob Pfohl |
B |
Purdue
|
| 24 |
164 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Merle Dinkins |
E |
Oklahoma
|
| 24 |
165 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Buddy Mulligan |
B |
Duke
|
| 24 |
166 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Goble Bryant |
T |
Army
|
| 24 |
167 |
Buffalo Bills |
J.D. Cheek |
T |
Oklahoma A&M
|
| 24 |
168 |
New York Yankees |
Nick Ognovich |
B |
Wake Forest
|
| 24 |
169 |
Cleveland Browns |
Haywood Fowle |
T |
North Carolina
|
| 25 |
170 |
Chicago Rockets |
Ron Sockolov |
T |
California
|
| 25 |
171 |
Baltimore Colts |
Lou Levanti |
C |
Illinois
|
| 25 |
172 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Walt Pupa |
B |
North Carolina
|
| 25 |
173 |
Los Angeles Dons |
George Lambert |
T |
Ole Miss
|
| 25 |
174 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Bill Talarico |
B |
Pennsylvania
|
| 25 |
175 |
Buffalo Bills |
Bob Rennebohm |
E |
Wisconsin
|
| 25 |
176 |
New York Yankees |
Mike Zeleznak |
B |
Kansas State
|
| 25 |
177 |
Cleveland Browns |
Ara Parseghian |
B |
Miami (OH)
|
| 26 |
178 |
Chicago Rockets |
Gene Corum |
G |
West Virginia
|
| 26 |
179 |
Baltimore Colts |
Sam Zatkoff |
E |
Illinois
|
| 26 |
180 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Ray Richeson |
G |
Alabama
|
| 26 |
181 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Jim Still |
QB |
Georgia Tech
|
| 26 |
182 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Ed Marshall |
T |
Pennsylvania
|
| 26 |
183 |
Buffalo Bills |
Ted Andrus |
G |
Southwestern Louisiana
|
| 26 |
184 |
New York Yankees |
John Panelli |
B |
Notre Dame
|
| 26 |
185 |
Cleveland Browns |
Tod Saylor |
E |
Lafayette
|
| 27 |
186 |
Chicago Rockets |
John Daniels |
C |
UC Santa Barbara
|
| 27 |
187 |
Baltimore Colts |
Harry Jagade |
B |
Indiana
|
| 27 |
188 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Ott Hurrle |
C |
Butler
|
| 27 |
189 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Charley Tatom |
G |
Texas
|
| 27 |
190 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Perry Moss |
B |
Illinois
|
| 27 |
191 |
Buffalo Bills |
Ray Brown |
B |
Virginia
|
| 27 |
192 |
New York Yankees |
Jug Girard |
B |
Wisconsin
|
| 27 |
193 |
Cleveland Browns |
Harry Caughron |
T |
William & Mary
|
| 28 |
194 |
Chicago Rockets |
Al Hoisch |
B |
UCLA
|
| 28 |
195 |
Baltimore Colts |
Ben Bendrick |
B |
Wisconsin
|
| 28 |
196 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Warren Lowans |
T |
West Chester
|
| 28 |
197 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Lou Creekmur |
T |
William & Mary
|
| 28 |
198 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Bill Bell |
QB |
Muhlenberg
|
| 28 |
199 |
Buffalo Bills |
Lou Corriere |
B |
Buffalo
|
| 28 |
200 |
New York Yankees |
Rip Collins |
B |
LSU
|
| 28 |
201 |
Cleveland Browns |
Pete Lanzi |
E |
Youngstown State
|
| 29 |
202 |
Chicago Rockets |
Dick Wedel |
G |
Wake Forest
|
| 29 |
203 |
Baltimore Colts |
Rex Grossman Sr. |
B |
Indiana
|
| 29 |
204 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Art Littleton |
E |
Pennsylvania
|
| 29 |
205 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Leon McLaughlin |
C |
UCLA
|
| 29 |
206 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Herb Siegert |
G |
Illinois
|
| 29 |
207 |
Buffalo Bills |
Johnny Wolosky |
C |
Penn State
|
| 29 |
208 |
New York Yankees |
Frank Nelson |
B |
Utah
|
| 29 |
209 |
Cleveland Browns |
George Roman |
T |
Case Western Reserve
|
| 30 |
210 |
Chicago Rockets |
Tom Finical |
E |
Princeton
|
| 30 |
211 |
Baltimore Colts |
Dick Reinking |
E |
SMU
|
| 30 |
212 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
Clarence McGeary |
T |
North Dakota State
|
| 30 |
213 |
Los Angeles Dons |
Gus Kitchens |
T |
Tulsa
|
| 30 |
214 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Frank Williams |
B |
Utah State
|
| 30 |
215 |
Buffalo Bills |
Tally Stevens |
E |
Utah
|
| 30 |
216 |
New York Yankees |
Bill Clements |
E |
UCLA
|
| 30 |
217 |
Cleveland Browns |
Mel Sheehan |
E |
Missouri
|
