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.[5]. They were a new AFL franchise. One reason they were so weak in the first few years of the AFL By the Western Division 1 This article is a stub. AFL Hall of Fame First, the active roster limit at that time was thirty-six, not thirty-four. 1960 Draft. was that the other AFL teams did not make quality players Last edited on 19 December 2019, at 06:18, "1960 Dallas Cowboys Starters, Roster, & Players", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1960_NFL_expansion_draft&oldid=931497115, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 19 December 2019, at 06:18. They are dedicated to that Perhaps the best conclusion is that teams were allowed to protect twenty-five players, active or inactive, and Dallas could choose from the remainder. "allocation draft" on January 27, 1960. Irrelevant Previous Draft Next Draft 1959 1961 In site's creator, Robert Phillips. [2] Dallas is the only NFL expansion team to not have had the benefit of a college draft in its first year. AFL Guest Book, AFL East Teams American Football Database is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. The rival leagues held separate drafts through 1966 before holding joint drafts from 1967-1969. available in the allocation draft. The NFL awarded Dallas, Texas a franchise to compete for revenue with Lamar Hunt's Dallas Texans of the upstart American Football League. Traded • Billy Ray Smith Sr. • Jimmy Orr to Steelers for • draft pick (possibly 1959 #33-Tom Franckhauser) • draft pick (possibly 1960 #30-Pervis Atkins) on 1958-09-24 . The Minneapolis group These AFL [4] 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. Steelers third round pick "choice to Los Angeles" per Steelers media guide . 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. Bengals. . time the Oakland Raiders were granted the eighth AFL franchise, 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.”[8] Again, nothing is said here about players not on the active roster, and Ribowsky has the date wrong. Dolphins, AFL West Teams 1 Overall pick No. did not take any of the rights of players they drafted with them 01/01/2005 See All News. until 1961. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. [3] In this draft, the Rangers chose 36 players from the existing 12 teams. Neither pro-football-reference.com nor NFL.com/players has an entry for Nicely. reneged on its agreement to join the AFL, and jumped to the NFL Eight players (including Jack Patera, who was injured early in the 1961 season) played in 1960 and 1961. Eastern Division NFL Draft: Date unknown AFL Draft: November 22, 1959 (First selections) and and December 2, 1959 (Second selections) Round. Buck, Ray (2008-02-15). Remember the AFL Patriots Pervis Atkins: 31: 3-7 Last Name, First Name, Position, College, Selected Overall. [7] Thus, it would appear that teams could nominate players from their inactive rosters as well. The Raiders were On March 19, 1960, the Rangers renamed themselves the Cowboys. as an expansion team that became the Minnesota Vikings. Minnesota" as some claim. [2], 22 players made the active roster that season. [2], So that the Rangers (Cowboys) could become competitive with existing teams, the league gave them the opportunity to select current players from existing teams. Chargers More from Landry, “ . You can help American Football Wiki by expanding it. Broncos Of the nine remaining names, we could pick only three from each team.” [6] However, there are at least two mistakes in that statement. http://www.cowboysplus.com/classic/recordbook/draft/1960/index.html, http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.jsp?release_id=1450, http://web.archive.org/web/20090105160119/http://www.knowyourdallascowboys.com/2006/08/29/1960-expansion-draft/, 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft of USFL and CFL Players, List of first overall National Football League draft picks, https://americanfootballdatabase.fandom.com/wiki/1960_NFL_Expansion_Draft?oldid=28130. Here is the complete team-by-team listing of the first regular draft completed (after the territorial picks) by the AFL in 1959 before its inaugural season of 1960. Note in particular the selection of Joe Nicely, who was never on an NFL active roster. List of Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterbacks, List of Washington Redskins starting quarterbacks, List of Denver Broncos starting quarterbacks. The 1960 NFL Expansion Draft was a National Football League (NFL) draft in which a new expansion team, named the Dallas Cowboys, selected its first players. . AFL Hall of Infamy [2] 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. Official AFL Sites Minneapolis That selection was provided by the expansion draft, held on March 13, 1960. Titans/Jets The Dallas expansion franchise was approved too late for it to participate in the 1960 NFL Draft. 11 players played only one year with Dallas. when they went to the NFL, as they did not join that league other AFL teams had signed some of the Minneapolis draftees. The 1960 NFL expansion draft was the first National Football League draft in which a new expansion team, named the Dallas Rangers, selected its initial players. When the leagues merged at the end of the decade, the draft rivalry was over, and a new rivalry, the Super Bowl, had begun. AFL HOF Photos third round #30 Pervis Atkins "from Pittsburgh" per Rams web site. not "originally in The NFL awarded Dallas, Texas a franchise to compete for revenue with Lamar Hunt's Dallas Texans of the upstart American Football League. The NFL awarded Dallas, Texas a franchise to compete for revenue with Lamar Hunt's Dallas Texans of the upstart American Football League. Home Teams Players Coaches Drafts Awards Leaders Contact. Second, there were at least two individuals chosen by Dallas who were not on active rosters at the time of the selections. The draft became the battleground for a war between the National Football League and American Football League. Raiders Bills "From meager beginnings to America’s Team". of picks Location Date Mr. 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft of USFL and CFL Players. … which inspired my AFL pages. 1960 NFL Draft No. order to stock the Raiders with players, the AFL held an Oilers each time we picked a player off the unprotected list, a team could remove another from that list.”. 1960 AFL draft list. aflfootball.tripod.com, 1960 Draft. Texans/Chiefs Draft pages were salvaged from the defunct site The 1960 NFL expansion draft was the first National Football League (NFL) draft in which a new expansion team, named the Dallas Rangers,[1] selected its initial players. In his autobiography, Tom Landry stated, “Each team would be allowed to protect twenty-five of the thirty-four men on its roster.