1960 Expansion Draft
By Matt Cordon (kh). Filed in Historic Drafts |
The Cowboys held their expansion draft on March 13, 1960, selecting a total of 36 players from the existing 12 teams. Just a few tidbits:
- Of the players selected, 22 played for the Cowboys at least during the 1960 season.
- The 22 players who made the 1960 team averaged 2.14 years with the team.
- 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.
| Original Team | Player | Pos. | Experience |
| Baltimore Colts | L.G. (Long Gone) Dupre | RB | 1955-59, Baltimore Colts; 1960-61, Dallas Cowboys. |
| Ray Krouse | DE | 1951-1955, N.Y. Giants; 1956-57, Detroit Lions; 1958-59, Baltimore Colts; 1960, Washington Redskins. | |
| Dave Sherer | WR/P | 1959, Baltimore Colts; 1960, Dallas Cowboys. | |
| Chicago Bears | Don Healy | DT | 1958-59, Chicago Bears; 1960-61, Dallas Cowboys; 1962, Buffalo Bills (AFL). |
| Jack Johnson | DB | 1957-59, Chicago Bears; 1960-61, Buffalo Bills (AFL); 1961, Dallas Texans (AFL). | |
| Pete Johnson | RB | 1959, Chicago Bears. | |
| Cleveland Browns | Leroy Bolden | RB | 1958-59, Cleveland Browns. |
| Frank Clarke | WR/TE | 1957-59, Cleveland Browns; 1960-67, Dallas Cowboys. | |
| Ed Modzelewski | RB | 1952, Pittsburgh Steelers; 1955-59, Cleveland Browns. | |
| Detroit Lions | Charlie Ane | C | 1953-59, Detroit Lions |
| Gene Cronin | LB | 1956-59, Detroit Lions; 1960, Dallas Cowboys; 1961-62, Washington Redskins. | |
| Jim Doran | WR | 1951-59, Detroit Lions; 1960-61, Dallas Cowboys. | |
| Green Bay Packers | Nate Borden | DE | 1953-59, Green Bay Packers; 1960-61, Dallas Cowboys; 1962, Buffalo Bills (AFL). |
| Bill Butler | S | 1959, Green Bay Packers; 1960, Dallas Cowboys; 1961, Pittsburgh Steelers; 1962-64, Minnesota Vikings. | |
| Don McIlhenny | RB | 1956, Detroit Lions; 1957-59, Green Bay Packers; 1960-61, Dallas Cowboys; 1962, San Francisco 49ers. | |
| Los Angeles Rams | Tom Franckhauser | CB | 1959, Los Angeles Rams; 1960-61, Dallas Cowboys; 1962-63, Minnesota Vikings. |
| Bob Fry | T | 1953-59, Los Angeles Rams; 1960-64, Dallas Cowboys. | |
| Duane Putnam | G | 1952-59, Los Angeles Rams; 1960, Dallas Cowboys; 1961, Cleveland Browns; 1962, Los Angeles Rams. | |
| New York Giants | Al Barry | G | 1954, 1957, Green Bay Packers; 1958-59, New York Giants; 1960, Los Angeles Chargers (AFL). |
| Melwood “Buzz” Guy | G | 1958-59, New York Giants; 1960, Dallas Cowboys; 1961, Denver Broncos (AFL); 1962, Houston Oilers (AFL). | |
| Don Heinrich | QB | 1954-59, New York Giants; 1960, Dallas Cowboys; 1961, Oakland Raiders (AFL). | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Dick Bielski | TE | 1955-59, Philadelphia Eagles; 1960-61, Dallas Cowboys; 1962-63, Baltimore Colts. |
| Gerry Delucca | T | 1959, Philadelphia Eagles. | |
| Bil Striegel | LB | 1959, Philadelphia Eagles; 1960, Boston Patriots (AFL); 1960, Oakland Raiders (AFL) | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Ray Fisher | T/DT | 1959, Pittsburgh Steelers. |
| Bobby Luna | RB | 1955, San Francisco 49ers; 1959, Pittsburgh Steelers. | |
| Ray Mathews | WR | 1951-59, Pittsburgh Steelers; 1960, Dallas Cowboys. | |
| St. Louis (Chicago) Cardinals | Bob Cross | T | 1952, Chicago Bears; 1954-55, Los Angeles Rams; 1957, San Francisco 49ers; 1958-59, Chicago Cardinals; 1960, Boston Patriots (AFL) |
| Ed Husmann | DT | 1953, 1956-59, Chicago Cardinals; 1960, Dallas Cowboys; 1961-65, Houston Oilers. | |
| Jack Patera | LB | 1955-57, Baltimore Colts; 1958-59, Chicago Cardinals; 1960-61, Dallas Cowboys. | |
| San Francisco 49ers | Fred Dugan | WR | 1958-59, San Francisco 49ers; 1960, Dallas Cowboys; 1961-63, Washington Redskins. |
| John Gonzaga | DE | 1956-59, San Francisco 49ers; 1960, Dallas Cowboys; 1961-65, Detroit Lions; 1966, Denver Broncos (AFL). | |
| Jerry Tubbs | LB | 1957-58, Chicago Cardinals; 1958-59, San Francisco 49ers; 1960-66, Dallas Cowboys. | |
| Washington Redskins | Tom Braatz | LB | 1957, 1958-59, Washington Redskins; 1958, Los Angeles Rams; 1960, Dallas Cowboys. |
| Joe Nicely | C | 1959, Washington Redskins (complete experience unknown). | |
| Doyle Nix | RB | 1955, Green Bay Packers; 1958-59, Washington Redskins; 1960, Los Angeles Chargers (AFL); 1961, Dallas Texans (AFL). |
Saturday, February 16th 2008 at 2:03 am
Today’s FWST has an interesting article about that expansion draft, and how Tex, Tom & Gil Brandt built the early Cowboys:
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From meager beginnings to America’s Team
http://tinyurl.com/32fel4
Friday, Feb 15, 2008
By RAY BUCK
The 1960 Cowboys opened for business on a song and a prayer … and 22 players taken in the expansion draft.
These acquisitions were older players, injured players, expendable players. They occupied the bottom nine spots on the rosters of the 12 existing NFL teams.
But the fledgling Cowboys couldn’t be picky.
The lifeblood of their first NFL season would have to come from these 108 names. (No wonder the ‘60 Cowboys went 0-11-1.)
“We got 24 hours to make our selections,” recalled Gil Brandt, the Cowboys’ longtime personnel man before Jerry Jones bought the team in 1989. “Remember, we got a team too late to get in on the college draft that first year.”
There hasn’t been an NFL expansion team, before or since, to not have the benefit of a college draft.
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