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Pro Football Draft History: 1952

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The 1952 NFL Draft - Held January 17, 1952
Bill Wade First Pick: Bill Wade, QB, Vanderbilt
1954-60 Los Angeles Rams,
1961-66 Chicago Bears (13 playing seasons total)
Passing: 18,530 yards, 124 TDs
All Conference: 2
Pro Bowls: 2
1952 Banner
Draft# Team Player Pos College
1 Los Angeles Rams1 Bill Wade QB Vanderbilt
2 New York Yanks Les Richter G California
Bust 3 Chicago Cardinals Ollie Matson B San Francisco
4 Green Bay Packers Vito Parilli QB Kentucky
5 Philadelphia Eagles Johnny Bright B Drake
6 Pittsburgh Steelers Ed Modzelewski B Maryland
7 Washington Redskins Larry Isbell B Baylor
8 Chicago Bears Jim Dooley B Miami
Bust 9 San Francisco 49ers Hugh McElhenny B Washington
10 Cleveland Browns2 Bert Rechichar B Tennessee
Bust 11 New York Giants Frank Gifford B USC
12 Cleveland Browns Harry Agganis QB Boston University
13 Los Angeles Rams Bob Carey E Michigan State
Frank Gifford and Charley Conerly celebrate after their 1956 NFL Championship

Frank Gifford (left) with Charley Conerly

Bust

Hall of Famers Taken in 1952 NFL Draft
Ollie Matson, B, Chicago Cardinals - 1st round (3rd overall)
Hugh McElhenny, B, San Francisco 49ers - 1st round (9th overall)
Frank Gifford, B, New York Giants - 1st round (11th overall)
Gino Marchetti, DE, Detroit Lions - 2nd round (14th overall)

Free Agent Hall of Famers undrafted in 1952
Dick "Night Train" Lane, DB, Los Angeles Rams

1 - Lottery Bonus Pick
2 - Acquired from the Detroit Lions



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