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.

Territorial draft

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.

AFL team	Player	Position	College	Notes
Boston Patriots	Gerhard Schwedes	Halfback	Syracuse
Buffalo Bills	Richie Lucas	Quarterback	Penn State	1959 Maxwell Award winner.
Dallas Texans	Don Meredith	Quarterback	SMU	Did not sign.
Denver Broncos	Roger LeClerc	Center	Trinity	Did not sign.
Houston Oilers	Billy Cannon	Halfback	LSU	1959 Heisman Trophy winner.
Los Angeles Chargers	Monty Stickles	End	Notre Dame	Did not sign.
New York Titans	George Izo	Quarterback	Notre Dame	Did not sign.
Minneapolis team	Dale Hackbart	Quarterback	Wisconsin	Did not sign.

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Regular draft

First selections

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.

Boston Patriots

Player	Position	College	Notes
Buddy Allen	Halfback	Utah State	Did not sign.
Ron Burton	Halfback	Northwestern
Dale Chamberlain	Fullback	Miami
Henry Christopher	End	SMU
Dan Colchico	End	San Jose State	Did not sign.
Jack Cummings	Quarterback	NC State
James Davis	Center	Oklahoma
Foge Fazio	Center	Pittsburgh	Did not sign.
Max Fugler	Center	LSU	Did not sign.
Tim Gardner	Tackle	Duke
James Goodyear	Tackle	Wake Forest
Dave Harris	Halfback	Kansas
Al Henderson	Tackle	Colorado State
Jim Hickman	Tackle	Penn State
Bob Kranz	Fullback	Penn State
Joe Kulbacki	Halfback	Purdue
Dee Mackey	End	East Texas State	Did not sign.
Leon Manley	Guard	West Texas State
Cliff Manning	Tackle	Hardin–Simmons
Pete Manning	End	Wake Forest	Did not sign.
Ed Mazurek	Tackle	Xavier
Bill Meglen	Guard	Utah State
Frank Mestnik	Fullback	Marquette	Did not sign.
Ron Mix	Tackle	USC	Rights traded to the Chargers.
Irv Nikolai	End	Stanford
Jim Prestel	Tackle	Idaho	Did not sign.
Bob Salerno	Guard	Colorado
Dick Soergel	Quarterback	Oklahoma State
Larry Wagner	Tackle	Vanderbilt
Harvey White	Quarterback	Clemson
Tirey Wilemon	Halfback	SMU
Gary Wisener	End	Baylor	Did not sign.

Buffalo Bills

Player	Position	College	Notes
Birtho Arnold	Tackle	Ohio State
Charlie Bivins	Halfback	Morris Brown	Did not sign.
Don Black	End	New Mexico
Bill Burrell	Guard	Illinois	Did not sign.
Paul Choquette	Fullback	Brown
Mike Connelly	Center	Utah State	Did not sign.
Jim Conroy	Fullback	USC	Did not sign.
Bob Coogan	Tackle	Utah
Lou Cordileone	Tackle	Clemson	Did not sign.
Ted Dean	Fullback	Wichita	Did not sign.
Willie Evans	Halfback	Buffalo
Ross Fichtner	Quarterback	Purdue	Did not sign.
Jon Gilliam	Center	East Texas State
Al Goldstein	End	North Carolina	Redrafted by the Raiders.
Jim Houston	End	Ohio State	Did not sign.
Ray Jauch	Halfback	Iowa	Did not sign.
Robert Khayat	Tackle	Ole Miss	Did not sign.
Ken Kirk	Center	Ole Miss	Did not sign.
Jim Leo	End	Cincinnati	Did not sign.
Chuck McMurtry^†	Tackle	Whittier
Bubba Meyer	End	TCU
Ron Miller	End	Vanderbilt
Gale Oliver	Tackle	Texas A&M
Harold Olson^†	Tackle	Clemson
Ray Peterson	Halfback	West Virginia
Vince Promuto	Guard	Holy Cross	Did not sign.
Rene Ramirez	Halfback	Texas
Len Rohde	Tackle	Utah State	Did not sign.
Joe Schaffer	Tackle	Tennessee
Wayne Schneider	Halfback	Colorado State
Ivan Toncic	Quarterback	Pittsburgh
Larry Wilson	Halfback	Utah	Did not sign.

Dallas Texans

Player	Position	College	Notes
Jack Atchason	End	Western Illinois
George Boone	Tackle	Kentucky
Chris Burford^†	End	Stanford
Earl Ray Butler	Tackle	North Carolina
Gail Cogdill	End	Washington State	Did not sign.
Jim Crotty	Halfback	Notre Dame	Did not sign.
Gary Ferguson	Tackle	SMU
Tom Glynn	Center	Boston College
Gene Gossage	Tackle	Northwestern	Did not sign.
Jim Heineke	Tackle	Wisconsin
William Jerry	Tackle	South Carolina
John Kapele	Tackle	BYU	Did not sign.
Louis Kelley	Fullback	New Mexico State
Gilmer Lewis	Tackle	Oklahoma
John Malmberg	Tackle	Knox
Arvie Martin	Center	TCU
Tom Moore	Halfback	Vanderbilt	Did not sign.
Ola Lee Murchison	End	Pacific
Bob Nelson	Center	Wisconsin
Jim Norton^†	End	Idaho
Warren Rabb	Quarterback	LSU	Did not sign.
Howard Ringwood	Halfback	BYU
Johnny Robinson	Halfback	LSU
John Saunders	Fullback	South Carolina
Glenn Shaw	Fullback	Kentucky	Did not sign.
Gordon Speer	Halfback	Rice
Jack Stone	Guard	Oregon
Marvin Terrell^†	Guard	Ole Miss
Emery Turner	Guard	Purdue
Joe Vader	End	Kansas State
Carroll Zaruba	Halfback	Nebraska