George Cafego
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George Cafego was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers, and professionally in the National Football League with the B
George Cafego
1940 NFL draft
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The 1940 NFL draft was held on December 9, 1939, at the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With the first overall pick of the draft, the Chicago Cardinals selected George Cafego.
George Cafego
…expert eye." Cafego was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1969. Cafego was selected as the number one overall pick in the 1940 NFL draft by the Chicago Cardinals. He eventually played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. After playing one season, his career was interrupted by a brief stint of Army…
Hilton Milwaukee (the former Schroeder Hotel, location of the draft) photographed in 2021