Wednesday, February 08, 2006

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1936 - The first National Football League draft was held. Jay Berwanger was the first to be selected. He went to the Philadelphia Eagles. (NFL)
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http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/02/020627.berwanger.shtml

2 comments:

Mickey said...

He was also the first person to win the Heisman Trophy.

Al said...

so glad we have a link to back it up!!