1960 NFL expansion draft

Selection of players by the Dallas Cowboys July 2026 August 2023 1960 NFL expansion draft American football March 13, 1960 NFL 1961 Dallas Cowboys 1960 The 1960 NFL expansion draft was the first National Football League (NFL) draft in which a new expansion team, which eventually became known as the Dallas Cowboys, selected its initial players. The NFL awarded Dallas, Texas a franchise to compete for revenue with Lamar Hunt's Dallas Texans of the upstart American Football League.From meager beginnings to America's Team 2008-02-15 Buck Ray Fort Worth Star-Telegram However, the Dallas expansion franchise was approved too late for it to participate in the 1960 NFL draft which had been held on November 30, 1959. Thus, Dallas is the only NFL expansion team to not have had the benefit of a college draft in its first year. In order for the new franchise to become competitive, the league gave them the opportunity to select current players from existing teams. That selection was provided by an expansion draft, held on March 13, 1960.http://www.cowboysplus.com/classic/recordbook/draft/1960/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20031123143437/http://www.cowboysplus.com/classic/recordbook/draft/1960/index.html usurped November 23, 2003 Cowboys draft for 1960 2008-09-22 Dallas Morning News At the time the expansion draft was held, the team was known as the Dallas Rangers; the club was then renamed the Dallas Cowboys six days later to avoid confusion with the Dallas Rangers minor league baseball team.Dallas Eleven Changes Made New York Times 1960-03-20 https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F60D1EFC39541A7A93C2AB1788D85F448685F9 S4 In this expansion draft, Dallas chose 36 players from the existing 12 teams.http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.jsp?release_id=1450 Pro Football History 2008-09-22 Pro Football Hall of Fame 2007-09-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014922/http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.jsp?release_id=1450 dead(listed as the Dallas Rangers) The NFL also assigned the rights to 1960 NFL draft picks Don Meredith (who had been drafted by the Chicago Bears) and Don Perkins (drafted by the Baltimore Colts) to the Cowboys for a couple of future draft picks. 22 players made the active roster that season. 11 players played only one year with Dallas. Eight players (including Jack Patera, who was injured early in the 1961 season) played in 1960 and 1961. The three remaining players from the draft started for several years, including: Bob Fry, Tackle, 1960–64; Jerry Tubbs, Linebacker, 1960–66; and Frank Clarke, Wide Receiver, 1960–67.2008-09-28 1960 Expansion Draft http://www.knowyourdallascowboys.com/2006/08/29/1960-expansion-draft/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090105160119/http://www.knowyourdallascowboys.com/2006/08/29/1960-expansion-draft/ January 5, 2009 2008-09-22 Know Your Dallas Cowboys Rules of the draft According to a post on the Professional Football Researcher's Association forum, details have never been released to the public, and thus the exact nature of the expansion draft is unclear. In his autobiography, Tom Landry stated, “Each team would be allowed to protect twenty-five of the thirty-four men on its roster. Of the nine remaining names, we could pick only three from each team.” Landry Tom Tom Landry: An Autobiography 1990 Zondervan Publishing House and HarperCollinsPublishers Grand Rapids, Michigan, and New York 0-310-52910-7 130-131 registration https://archive.org/details/tomlandryautobio00land_0/page/130 However, there are at least two mistakes in that statement. First, the active roster limit at that time was thirty-six, not thirty-four. Second, there were at least two individuals chosen by Dallas who were not on active rosters at the time of the selections. Note in particular the selection of Joe Nicely, who was never on an NFL active roster.Neither pro-football-reference.com nor NFL.com/players has an entry for Nicely. Thus, it would appear that teams could nominate players from their inactive rosters as well. Mark Ribowsky: “The Cowboys were permitted to sign three players from each NFL team, choosing from among eleven players left unprotected from each thirty-six man roster in an expansion draft to be held in February.”Ribowsky Mark The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry https://archive.org/details/lastcowboylifeof0000ribo registration 2014 Liverright Publishing Corp. New York 978-0-87140-748-1 180 Again, nothing is said here about players not on the active roster, and Ribowsky has the date wrong. Perhaps the best conclusion is that teams were allowed to protect twenty-five players, active or inactive, and Dallas could choose from the remainder. More from Landry, “ . . . each time we picked a player off the unprotected list, a team could remove another from that list.” Player selections 1960 Dallas Cowboys https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/dal/1960_roster.htm 1960 Dallas Cowboys Starters, Roster, & Players Pro Football Reference January 25, 2017 Baltimore Colts L. G. Dupre HB 48 5 Baylor yes Baltimore Colts Ray Krouse DT 106 9 Maryland yes Baltimore Colts Dave Sherer P 12 1 Southern Methodist yes Chicago Bears Don Healy DT 24 2 Maryland yes Chicago Bears Jack Johnson defensive back HB 29 3 Miami (Florida) Chicago Bears Pete Johnson American football, born 1937 HB 7 1 Virginia Military Institute Cleveland Browns Leroy Bolden HB 23 2 Michigan State Cleveland Browns Frank Clarke American football E 36 3 Colorado yes Cleveland Browns Ed Modzelewski FB 66 6 Maryland Detroit Lions Charlie Ane American football, born 1931 C 83 7 Southern California yes Detroit Lions Gene Cronin DE 48 4 Pacific yes Detroit Lions Jim Doran E 89 9 Iowa State yes yes Green Bay Packers Nate Borden DE 57 5 Indiana yes Green Bay Packers Bill Butler safety S 11 1 Tennessee-Chattanooga yes Green Bay Packers Don McIlhenny HB 45 4 Southern Methodist yes Los Angeles Rams Tom Franckhauser DB 12 1 Purdue yes Los Angeles Rams Bob Fry T 60 5 Kentucky yes Los Angeles Rams Duane Putnam G 95 9 Pacific yes yes New York Giants Al Barry G 48 4 Southern California New York Giants Buzz Guy G 22 2 Duke yes New York Giants Don Heinrich QB 43 6 Washington yes Philadelphia Eagles Dick Bielski E 60 5 Maryland yes yes Philadelphia Eagles Jerry DeLucca T 12 1 Middle Tennessee State Philadelphia Eagles Bill Striegel LB 12 1 Pacific Pittsburgh Steelers Ray Fisher defensive lineman DT 12 1 Eastern Illinois yes Pittsburgh Steelers Bobby Luna HB 24 2 Alabama Pittsburgh Steelers Ray Mathews DB 108 9 Clemson yes yes San Francisco 49ers Fred Dugan E 24 2 Dayton yes San Francisco 49ers John Gonzaga T 45 4 – yes San Francisco 49ers Jerry Tubbs MLB 34 3 Oklahoma yes yes St. Louis Cardinals Bobby Cross T 83 7 Stephen F. Austin St. Louis Cardinals Ed Husmann DT 52 5 Nebraska yes yes St. Louis Cardinals Jack Patera LB 57 5 Oregon yes Washington Redskins Tom Braatz LB 37 3 Marquette yes Washington Redskins Joe Nicely C – – West Virginia Washington Redskins Doyle Nix S 31 3 Southern Methodist no See also 1960 American Football League draft References 30em Category:NFL expansion draft Expansion Draft, 1960 Category:Dallas Cowboys lists