World Library  
My Account |  Register |  Help  
  
Flag as Inappropriate
Email this Article

1968 American Football League draft

Article Id: WHEBN0012165999
Reproduction Date:

Title: 1968 American Football League draft  
Author: World Heritage Encyclopedia
Language: English
Subject: American Football League Draft, Jim Kiick, Haven Moses, Marvin Hubbard, John Outlaw, Mo Moorman, List of Kansas City Chiefs first-round draft picks, List of New York Jets first-round draft picks, George Daney
Collection:
Publisher: World Heritage Encyclopedia
Publication
Date:
 

1968 American Football League draft

The 1968 American Football League draft was part of the common draft, in the second year in which the NFL and AFL held a joint draft of college players. The two-day draft began on Tuesday, January 30, and the first overall pick belonged to the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL. They chose Ron Yary, an offensive tackle from USC at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 261 lb (118 kg);[1] he played 15 seasons and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001.

AFL Player selections

= AFL All-Star

Round one

Pick # AFL Team Player Position College
2 Cincinnati Bengals Bob Johnson Center Tennessee
4 San Diego Chargers Russ Washington Offensive Tackle Missouri
6 New England Patriots Dennis Byrd Defensive Tackle North Carolina State
8 Miami Dolphins Larry Csonka Running Back Syracuse
9 Buffalo Bills Haven Moses Offensive End San Diego St.
17 New York Jets Lee White Running Back Weber State
18 San Diego Chargers Jim Hill Defensive Back Texas
19 Kansas City Chiefs Mo Moorman Offensive Guard Texas A&M
22 Kansas City Chiefs George Daney Offensive Guard UTEP
25 Oakland Raiders Eldridge Dickey Quarterback Tennessee State
27 Miami Dolphins Doug Crusan Offensive Tackle Indiana

Future Hall of Famers selected by AFL teams

Other notable players selected by AFL teams

See also

References

  1. ^ "Early pro selectors skip Beban; Trojans' Ron Yary drafted first". Spokesman-Review. January 31, 1968. p. 13. 

External links

  • Pro Football Reference   1968 NFL/AFL Draft
  • 1960 American Football League Draft list on Robert Phillips' site
Eastern Division
Western Division
General
Broadcasters
Commissioners
This article was sourced from Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. World Heritage Encyclopedia content is assembled from numerous content providers, Open Access Publishing, and in compliance with The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR), Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Public Library of Science, The Encyclopedia of Life, Open Book Publishers (OBP), PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and USA.gov, which sources content from all federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government publication portals (.gov, .mil, .edu). Funding for USA.gov and content contributors is made possible from the U.S. Congress, E-Government Act of 2002.
 
Crowd sourced content that is contributed to World Heritage Encyclopedia is peer reviewed and edited by our editorial staff to ensure quality scholarly research articles.
 
By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. World Heritage Encyclopedia™ is a registered trademark of the World Public Library Association, a non-profit organization.
 


Copyright © World Library Foundation. All rights reserved. eBooks from Project Gutenberg are sponsored by the World Library Foundation,
a 501c(4) Member's Support Non-Profit Organization, and is NOT affiliated with any governmental agency or department.