Drafts 40-41 42-43 44-45 46-47 48-49

Note: In many Picks' cases, their rookie year started a season or more after the year they were drafted due to military enlistments for WWII and the Korean Conflict. As a result, I didn't add "Cut" to their tenture with the Bears unless it was for a different team or they never played. It should be mentioned that during the late '30s and '40s some guys drafted just didn't want to play Pro Football because the the war effort.

1948-George S. Halas, Owner/GM

Rd	Pick	Name	Pos	College	Career
1	3	Bobby Layne	QB	Texas	1948, 1949 (traded to NY Bulldogs), 1950-1957 (Lions), 1958 (Lions/Steelers), 1959-1962 (Steelers) Hall of Famer
1	10	Max Baumgardner	E	Texas	Cut
3	21	Dub Garrett	DT/G	Mississippi State	1950
5	32	Knox Ramsey	DT/G	William & Mary	1950-1951, 1952 (Eagles/Redskins), 1953 (Redskins)
6	44	Bob Brugge	B	Ohio State	Cut
8	62	Tom (Shorty) McWilliams	B	Mississippi State	Cut- 1950 (Steelers)
9	74	Malachi Mills	T	Virginia Military Inst	Cut
10	83	Dick Flanagan	C/G	Ohio State	1948-1949, 1950 (Bears/Lions), 1951-1952 (Lions), 1953-1955 (Steelers)
11	92	Jim McDowell	G	William & Mary	Cut
12	104	Mel Sheehan	E	Missouri	Cut
13	113	Dick Scott	C	Navy	Cut
14	122	Ollie Cline	B	Ohio State	Cut- 1950-1953 (Lions)
15	134	Rob Goode	RB/DB	Texas A&M	Cut- 1949-1951 & 1954 (Redskins), 1955 (Redskins/Eagles)
16	143	Clyde Grimenstein	E	Purdue	Cut
17	152	John Fallon	G	Notre Dame	Cut
18	164	Ray Brown	B	Virginia	Cut
19	173	Bob Hileman	C	California	Cut
20	182	Thurman Gay	T	Oklahoma State	Cut
21	194	Ralph (Peppy) Blount	E	Texas	Cut
22	203	J.R. Boone	HB/DB	Tulsa	1948-1951, 1952 (49ers), 1953 (Packers)
23	212	Jim Duncan	DE	Wake Forest	Cut- 1950-1953 (Giants)
24	224	Jimmy Gatewood	B	Georgia	Cut
25	233	George Brumm	C	Pacific	Cut
26	242	Paul Dietzel	C	Miami (OH)	Cut
27	254	Ed Clasby	B	Boston College	Cut
28	263	Fred Hardison	E	Duke	Cut
29	272	Frank Van Deren	E	California	Cut
30	284	Al Pietkiewicz	E	San Francisco	Cut
31	291	Norm Cox	B	Texas Christian	Cut
32	297	Truett Smith	FB	Mississippi State	Cut- 1950-1951 (Steelers)

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1949-George S. Halas, Owner/GM

Rd	Pick	Name	Pos	College	Career
1	11	Dick Harris	C	Texas	Cut
2	20	Billy Grimes	HB	Oklahoma State	Cut- 1950-1952 (Packers)
3	31	Johnny (Red) O'Quinn	E	Wake Forest	Cut
4	39	Ben Bendrick	B	Wisconsin	Cut
5	49	John Hoffman	FB/LB	Arkansas	1949-1956
6	59	Gerry Krall	HB/DB	Ohio State	Cut- 1950 (Lions)
7	69	Wally (Wah-Wah) Jones	E	Kentucky	Cut
8	72	Gerry (Bones) Weatherly	C	Rice	1950-1954
8	79	Bill Wightkin	DE/E	Notre Dame	1950-1957
9	89	Dolph Tokarczyk	G	Pennsylvania	Cut
10	99	Lee Malley	B	Vanderbilt	Cut
11	109	Jerry Tiblier	B	Mississippi	Cut
12	119	George Blanda	QB/K	Kentucky	1949, 1950 (Colts/Bears), 1951-1958 (Bears), 1960-1966 (Oilers), 1967-1975 (Raiders)--Hall of Famer
13	129	George Taliaferro	RB/QB	Indiana	Cut- 1950-1951 (NY Yanks), 1952 (Dallas Texans), 1953-1955 (Colts)
14	139	Ernie Kelly	G	Texas-El Paso	Cut
15	149	Hal Faverty	DE/C	Wisconsin	Cut- 1952 (Packers)
16	159	Al Wahl	T	Michigan	Cut
17	169	John Corbisiero	B	Middlebury	Cut
18	179	Jim Moran	B	John Carroll	Cut
19	189	Bob Mitten	G	North Carolina	Cut
20	199	Bob Heck	B	Pacific	Cut
21	209	Jim Duncan	DE	Wake Forest	Cut- 1950-1953 (Giants)
22	219	Dick Bertuzzi	B	Kansas	Cut
23	229	Harry Kane	C	Pacific	Cut
24	239	Bernie Smith	T	Texas-El Paso	Cut
25	249	Stan Marczyk	T	North Carolina	Cut

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