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Seventy-nine years ago Sunday, the NFL held its first draft

Seventy-nine years ago Sunday, the NFL held its first draft

With the first pick in the first NFL draft held 79 years ago Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles took the first-ever Heisman Trophy winner. Sounds like a good idea, right? Well, it didn’t quite work out for the Eagles. The first selection, University of Chicago halfback Jay Berwanger, never played a down for Philadelphia. In fact,…