RB Andy Farkas from the University of Detroit Mercy as the 9th overall selection of the 1938 NFL draft.
The team was playing in Boston when the first NFL draft took place in 1936. The first player ever drafted by the franchise was RB/QB/K Riley Smith out of the University of Alabama with the second overall choice.
Forward Garry Monahan was drafted first overall by the Montreal Canadiens in 1963
Dave Piontek, 1956.
The oldest NBA player ever drafted into the league is Pablo Prigioni, who was 35 years old when he was drafted in 2012.
Browns running back Ernie Davis died of Leukemia in 1962, before ever getting the chance to play in the NFL. However, Ernie Davis wasn't drafted by the Browns, he was originally drafted by the Washington Redskins with the first pick in the first round of the 1962 NFL Draft.
Dick Grant--1965--Pick Number 12
The first NBA draft took place in 1947 and the first player drafted was Clifton McNeeley of the University of Texas at El Paso, drafted by the Pittsburgh Ironmen. McNeeley never played in the NBA.
willy nelson
Terry hanratty
The first-ever meeting of the NFL rivals was on October 9, 1960 at Griffith Stadium in Washington. The Redskins won, 26-14.
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RB Andy Farkas from the University of Detroit Mercy as the 9th overall selection of the 1938 NFL draft. The team was playing in Boston when the first NFL draft took place in 1936. The first player ever drafted by the franchise was RB/QB/K Riley Smith out of the University of Alabama with the second overall choice.
Yes, they were. The team was known as the Boston Redskins from 1933-1936.