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These AFL Draft pages were salvaged from the defunct site aflfootball.tripod.com, which inspired my AFL pages.
They are dedicated to that site's creator, Robert Phillips.

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American Football League AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE
DRAFT - 1966
American Football League

Here is the complete team-by-team listing of the 1966 AFL draft. The draft took 20 rounds to complete.

1966 AFL DRAFT SELECTIONS BY TEAM
BOSTON PATRIOTS BUFFALO BILLS
  1. Karl Singer, T, Purdue
  2. Jim Boudreaux, T, Louisiana Tech
  3. Harold Lucas, T, Michigan State
  4. CHOICE TRADED TO NEW YORK
  5. John Mangum, T, Mississippi Southern
  6. Dan Irby, T, Louisiana Tech
  7. Jim Battles, T, Southern
  8. Sam Montgomery, DB, Southern
  9. Doug Satcher, LB, Southern
  10. Dennis Brewster, T, Kentucky
  11. CHOICE TRADED TO NEW YORK
  12. Dick Fugere, LB, Connecticut
  13. Tom Carr, FB, Bates State
  14. Bob Hall, DB, Brown
  15. Billy Laird, QB, Louisiana Tech
  16. Buddy Owens, G, Michigan State
  17. Dick Capp, DE, Boston College
  18. John Pincavage, E/DB, Virginia
  19. Joe Novogratz, G, Pittsburgh
  20. Paul Soule, HB, Bowdoin
  1. Mike Dennis, HB, Mississippi
  2. Jim Lindsey, HB, Arkansas
  3. Randy Jackson, T, Florida
  4. Bobby Burnett, HB, Arkansas
  5. Bob Sherlag, DB, Memphis State
  6. Bill Johnson, DB, Sewanee
  7. CHOICE TRADED TO DENVER
  8. Paul Guidry, LB, McNeese State
  9. James Carter, DE, Tennessee State
  10. Bobby Crockett, WR, Arkansas
  11. Dale Stewart, HB, Pittsburgh
  12. Wayne DeSutter, T, Western Illinois
  13. Al McFarlane, HB/K, Louisville
  14. Tony Golmont, DB, North Carolina State
  15. Allen Smith, HB, Fort Valley State
  16. Ed Russell, T, Illinois
  17. Bill Earhart, DT, Bowling Green
  18. Greg Lashutka, E, Ohio State
  19. Mel Phillips, DB, North Carolina A&T
  20. Ken McLean, E, Texas A&M
DENVER BRONCOS  HOUSTON OILERS
  1. Jerry Shay, T, Purdue
  2. Freeman White, E, Nebraska
  3. Bob Hadrick, E, Purdue
  4. Randy Johnson, QB, Texas A&I
  5. Billy Clay, DB, Mississippi
  6. James Fulghum, T, Minnesota
  7. Jerry Jones, G, Bowling Green
    Scotty Glacken, QB, Duke (from Buffalo)
  8. Goldie Sellers, DB, Grambling
  9. Ron Sbranti, LB, Utah State
  10. Larry Cox, T, Abilene Christian
  11. James Burns, G, Northwestern
  12. CHOICE TRADED TO NEW YORK
  13. Eric Crabtree, DB, Pittsburgh
  14. Fred Forseberg, DT, Washington
  15. Mike Ringer, DB, Oklahoma
  16. Frank Rogers, K, Colorado
  17. Gary Eickman, DE, Illinois
  18. Tom Talaga, T, Notre Dame
  19. Tom Coughlin, DE, Miami (Florida)
  20. Cliff Hysell, T, Montana State
  1. Tommy Nobis, LB, Texas
  2. Stan Hindman, G, Mississippi
  3. George Rice, DT, LSU
  4. George Allen, T, West Texas State
  5. Hoyle Granger, FB, Mississippi State
  6. Dave Long, E, Iowa
  7. Hartwell Menefee, DB, New Mexico State
  8. Dan Bland, DB, Mississippi State
  9. Dick Suffell, DB, Southwest Texas
  10. Wilbur Aylor, G, Southwest Texas
  11. Monty Ledbetter, E, Northwest Louisiana
  12. Harry Day, E, Memphis State
  13. Fred Zimmerman, LB, Toledo
  14. Butch Lince, T, North Dakota
  15. Tommy Dillard, T, Austin Peay
  16. Steve Smith, E, Michigan
  17. Lyle Loebach, T, Simpson
  18. Ed Buzzell, QB, Ottawa (Canada)
  19. Frank Fuller, T, Drake
  20. Dave Odegaard, T, Bemidji State
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS MIAMI DOLPHINS
  1. Aaron Brown, E, Minnesota
  2. Francis Peay, T, Missouri
  3. Walt Barnes, G, Nebraska
  4. Elijah Gibson, HB, Bethune-Cookson
  5. Doug Van Horn, G, Ohio State
  6. John Osmond, C, Tulsa
  7. Charles Gogolak, K, Princeton
  8. Fletcher Smith, DB, Tennessee A&I
  9. Dick Smith, E/DB, Northwestern
  10. Fred Dawston, DB, South Carolina State
  11. Willie Ray Smith, DB, Kansas
  12. Bill Bonds, DB, McMurry
  13. Wayne Walker, E/K, Northwest Louisiana
  14. Charles Harraway, FB, San Jose State
  15. Bruce Van Dyke, G, Missouri
  16. Tom Barrington, FB, Ohio State
  17. Walt Garrison, FB, Oklahoma State
  18. Hal Seymour, DB, Florida
  19. Bob Dunlevy, E, West Virginia
  20. Mike Garrett, HB, USC
  1. Jim Grabowski, RB, Illinois
    Rick Norton, QB, Kentucky
  2. Frank Emanuel, LB, Tennessee
  3. Larry Gagner, G, Florida
  4. Dick Lefridge, RB, West Virginia
  5. Grady Bolton, DT, Mississippi State
  6. Ed Weisacosky, LB, Miami (Florida)
  7. Don Hansen, LB, Illinois
  8. Bob Petrella, DB, Tennessee
  9. Bill Matan, DE, Kansas State
  10. Pat Killorin, C, Syracuse
  11. Sam Price, RB, Illinois
  12. Howard Twilley, WR, Tulsa
  13. Ken Kramer, TE, Minnesota
  14. Phil Scoggin, P, Texas A&M
  15. Jerry Oliver, T, Southwest Texas
  16. Don Lorenz, DE, Stephen F. Austin
  17. Mike Bender, G, Arkansas
  18. Rick Kestner, E, Kentucky
  19. Doug Moreau, TE, LSU
  20. Jon Tooker, DB, Adams State
NEW YORK JETS OAKLAND RAIDERS
  1. Bill Yearby, T, Michigan
  2. Sam Ball, T, Kentucky
  3. Carl McAdams, LB, Oklahoma
  4. James Waskiewicz, C/LB, Wichita (from Boston)
    Phil Sheridan, E, Notre Dame
  5. Ben Hawkins, E, Arizona State
  6. Emerson Boozer, FB, Maryland State
    Dick Lemay, G, Vanderbilt (from Oakland)
  7. Joe Dobson, T, Idaho
  8. Pete Lammons, E, Texas
  9. James Jones, E, Omaha
  10. Bill Wolski, T, Utah
  11. Gerald Allen, HB, Omaha (from Boston)
    Bob Walton, T, Auburn
  12. Steve Chomyszak, DT, Syracuse (from Denver)
    Ken Hollister, DE, Indiana
  13. Stas Maliszewski, LB, Princeton
  14. Stan Quintana, DB, New Mexico
  15. Steve Cody, LB, Auburn
  16. Ron Acks, DB, Illinois
  17. Tom Tolleson, DB, Alabama
  18. Gerry Mosher, E, California
  19. Preston Ridlehuber, HB, Georgia
  20. Randy Schultz, HB, Cedar F. State
  1. Rodger Bird, HB, Kentucky
  2. Burford Allison, T, Missouri
  3. Tom Mitchell, E, Bucknell
  4. Richard Tyson, G, Tulsa
  5. Pete Banaszak, HB, Miami (Florida)
  6. CHOICE TRADED TO NEW YORK
  7. Franklin McRae, T, Tennessee A&I
  8. CHOICE TRADED TO DENVER
  9. Clifton Kinney, LB, San Diego State
  10. Tony Jeter, E, Nebraska
  11. Joe Labruzzo, HB, LSU
  12. Wayne Foster, T, Washington State
  13. John Niland, G, Iowa
  14. Mike Johnson, HB, Kansas
  15. Steve Renko, FB, Kansas
  16. Craig Ritchey, DB, Stanford
  17. Ted Holman, DB, Syracuse
  18. Art Robinson, E, Florida A&M
  19. Jack Shinholser, LB, Florida State
  20. Steve Bowman, FB, Alabama

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

 
  1. Don Davis, T, Los Angeles State
  2. Nick Rassas, HB, Notre Dame
  3. Milt Morin, E. Massachusetts
  4. Charles Brown, HB, Syracuse
  5. Russ Smith, HB, Miami (Florida)
  6. Gary Pettigrew, DE, Stanford
  7. Jim Tolbert, E, Lincoln
  8. Doug Buffone, LB, Louisville
  9. Taft Reed, E-DB, Jackson State
  10. Danny Pride, LB, Tennessee A&I
  11. Terry Owens, E, Jacksonville State
  12. Ray Jones, HB, Los Angeles State
  13. Houston Ridge, DE, San Diego State
  14. Mike London, E, Wisconsin
  15. Shelly Novack, E. Long Beach State
  16. Bill Scott, DB, Idaho
  17. Ron Ogle, DT, Long Beach State
  18. John Travis, HB, San Jose State
  19. Jerome Bell, C, Oklahoma
  20. Bill McDowell, LB, Florida State
  Copyright 1997-2004 Robert Phillips. All rights reserved.             
 

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