The National Football League Draft that is held each year to disperse the talent from college football into the pros is one of the most highly anticipated off season moments in football. This is where the stars from college find out where they will be playing in the NFL. Fans hope all year long that their favorite teams will be the teams that add the vital players to take them to the next level. If they're lucky, they may even draft a player that will one day be voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The NFL Draft has been held each year since 1935, and it can be very interesting to take a look at how the eventual members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame came to enter the NFL.
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Here are some interesting facts surrounding those players:
-No draft has seen more members of the Hall of Fame come out of it than the 1964 NFL Draft. That season ten players were taken who would one day get voted into the Hall.
-Hall of Fame coaches Chuck Noll of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Don Shula of the Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins were both drafted as players by the Cleveland Browns in the early 1950's.
-The most Hall of Famers ever selected by one team in one draft is four. This occurred in 1974 when the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Lynn Swann in the first round, Jack Lambert in the second round, John Stallworth in the fourth round, and Mike Webster in the fifth round.
-No team has drafted as many eventual members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the Pittsburgh Steelers. Over the years, and through 2010, they have chosen 17 players who ended up in the Hall.
-Due to World War II, 1943 was the only season in which there was no NFL Draft held.
-The latest a Pro Football Hall of Famer has ever been picked in the NFL Draft is with the 321st pick overall. This happened in 1953, when the New York Giants chose offensive lineman Roosevelt "Rosey" Brown in the 27th round.
-Johnny Unitas would star for the Baltimore Colts and Len Dawson would star for the Kansas City Chiefs during their careers, both quarterbacks earning their way into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. They were both originally drafted though by the Pittsburgh Steelers; Unitas in 1955 and Dawson in 1957.
Little Known Facts About Hall Of Fame Football Players And The NFL Draft
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