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1960 American Football League draft
The 1960 American Football League draft was held on November 22–23, 1959, in Minneapolis, shortly after the organization of the league, and lasted 33 rounds. An additional draft of 20 rounds was held by the AFL on December 2.
Teams were required to fill the 11 squad positions by selecting four backs, two ends, two tackles, two guards, and a center with their first 11 picks. Before each position was selected, teams drew lots to determine the selection order. Though professional teams used dedicated offensive and defensive units, the league did not want to go 22 rounds before starting unrestricted drafting.
To begin the draft, each of the eight teams were awarded a territorial or "bonus" selection to guarantee a local flavor that would boost the financial prospects of each franchise. These regional picks did not follow a specific order. Rather, they were mutually agreed upon by the other teams.
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After the territorial picks, a consensus was reached on the top eight players at each position—at the time, college players were typically categorized by their offensive positions only. The names for each position were then placed in a hat and randomly drawn by each team. This process repeated until each franchise had made 33 selections, or three full offensive units. Those selections were considered as the first round of the draft.
The second selections took place two weeks later, on December 2. The process was the same as the first ones, but it consisted of maximum 20 picks in total for each team. This selections were considered as the second round.
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After the draft was completed, one of the original teams, Minneapolis (which did not have a nickname), was offered a franchise in the NFL and on January 27, 1960, they withdrew from the AFL, leaving the league with seven teams. Three days later, there were announced that the Oakland Raiders had been joined the AFL as the eighth franchise, and them inherited the draft picks of Minneapolis. The problem was that several of the players selected by Minneapolis were signed by NFL, CFL and AFL teams. To solve this issue the AFL held an allocation draft. Each of the other seven AFL teams froze 11 players on their rosters. The remaining players were then eligible for selection by Oakland, which then stockpiled a total of 24 players. The number of players originally drafted for the eighth AFL franchise, but who were signed by other teams, combined with the process of the allocation draft, virtually guaranteed that the Raiders would have the worst team in the AFL in its first year. In spite of this, they managed to sign future stars center Jim Otto and guard Wayne Hawkins, two men who played the entire ten years of the American Football League.
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1960 American Football League draft
The 1960 American Football League draft was held on November 22–23, 1959, in Minneapolis, shortly after the organization of the league, and lasted 33 rounds. An additional draft of 20 rounds was held by the AFL on December 2.
Teams were required to fill the 11 squad positions by selecting four backs, two ends, two tackles, two guards, and a center with their first 11 picks. Before each position was selected, teams drew lots to determine the selection order. Though professional teams used dedicated offensive and defensive units, the league did not want to go 22 rounds before starting unrestricted drafting.
To begin the draft, each of the eight teams were awarded a territorial or "bonus" selection to guarantee a local flavor that would boost the financial prospects of each franchise. These regional picks did not follow a specific order. Rather, they were mutually agreed upon by the other teams.
Source:
After the territorial picks, a consensus was reached on the top eight players at each position—at the time, college players were typically categorized by their offensive positions only. The names for each position were then placed in a hat and randomly drawn by each team. This process repeated until each franchise had made 33 selections, or three full offensive units. Those selections were considered as the first round of the draft.
The second selections took place two weeks later, on December 2. The process was the same as the first ones, but it consisted of maximum 20 picks in total for each team. This selections were considered as the second round.
Source:
After the draft was completed, one of the original teams, Minneapolis (which did not have a nickname), was offered a franchise in the NFL and on January 27, 1960, they withdrew from the AFL, leaving the league with seven teams. Three days later, there were announced that the Oakland Raiders had been joined the AFL as the eighth franchise, and them inherited the draft picks of Minneapolis. The problem was that several of the players selected by Minneapolis were signed by NFL, CFL and AFL teams. To solve this issue the AFL held an allocation draft. Each of the other seven AFL teams froze 11 players on their rosters. The remaining players were then eligible for selection by Oakland, which then stockpiled a total of 24 players. The number of players originally drafted for the eighth AFL franchise, but who were signed by other teams, combined with the process of the allocation draft, virtually guaranteed that the Raiders would have the worst team in the AFL in its first year. In spite of this, they managed to sign future stars center Jim Otto and guard Wayne Hawkins, two men who played the entire ten years of the American Football League.