In 1971, the NFL draft was nothing like it is today. In the 17th round, Falcons coach Norm Van Brocklin pretended to draft John Wayne
The 17-round slog was nothing like the splashy, over-produced seven-round process of today. It was so low-key, in fact, that Falcons coach Norm Van Brocklin decided to pull a now-forgotten prank.Considering the spectacle that the NFL draft has become over its 86-year history, the 2022 version in Las Vegas represents a consummate marriage of subject and city. Top prospects are strutting across a red-carpet platform built atop the Bellagio fountain.
What began in 1943 to counteract the inevitability that many eligible players would be called into combat service instead, the now-unfathomable 30-round draft dragged on as the standard through the end of the ’50s. “Whom didn’t they draft?” Tony Kornheiser later wrote in. “Dame Margot Fonteyn?” But even a subsequent return to the pre–World War II norm of 20 did little to lessen the humdrum task that was picking in deeper rounds.
But at least two people were fooled. One was an unidentified Georgia Tech fan who groused to a reporter, “I think that it’s a pretty sick joke when they select John Wayne and leave Rock sitting there,” referring to the Yellow Jackets’ all-American defensive tackle Rock Perdoni. The other was the gullible soul overseeing the board of picks, as Wayne’s name was “duly posted” there before being “exposed as a fraud” and disallowed by commissioner Pete Rozelle.
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