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  • The First NFL Draft - 1936

    http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/...NFL-draft.html

    Cool story over at NFP about the very first draft in ' 36

    The Eagles had the first draft pick, as a result of their 2-9-0 record in 1935. They selected Jay Berwanger, the All-American halfback from the University of Chicago. Berwanger won the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy after the 1935 collegiate season. That trophy was renamed the Heisman Trophy, after the club’s athletic director: John W. Heisman, who passed away in 1936

    "However, the Eagles had a problem with their first pick. Berwanger was hesitant to play professional football...Rumors leading up to the draft had Berwanger asking for $1,000 per game. The average at the time was approximately $200 to $250 per game. The Eagles’ best offer was $150 per game... "

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  • #2
    Kelly Green covered that, right?
    John Erlichman, one of President Richard Nixon's closest aides, has admitted America's "War on Drugs" was a hoax designed to vilify and disrupt "the antiwar left and black people" when it was launched in 1971.

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    • #3
      Nah...

      ...I had much too much experience to take on a rookie job like that.
      "If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell!"

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      • #4
        Was Joe banner the Eagles contract guy back then?

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