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{{short description|Selection of players by the Dallas Cowboys}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
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| name        = 1960 NFL expansion draft
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| sport       = American football
| date        = March 13, 1960
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| league      = NFL
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| next        = [[1961 NFL expansion draft|1961]]
| expansion_teams = [[Dallas Cowboys]]
| expansion_season = [[1960 NFL season|1960]]
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The '''1960 NFL expansion draft''' was the first [[National Football League]] (NFL) draft in which a new [[expansion team]], which eventually became known as the [[Dallas Cowboys]], selected its initial players. The NFL awarded [[Dallas, Texas]] a franchise to compete for revenue with [[Lamar Hunt]]'s [[Dallas Texans (AFL)|Dallas Texans]] of the upstart [[American Football League]].<ref name=FWST>{{cite news|title=From meager beginnings to America's Team|date=2008-02-15|last=Buck|first=Ray|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram}}</ref> However, the Dallas expansion franchise was approved too late for it to participate in the [[1960 NFL Draft|1960 NFL draft]] which had been held on November 30, 1959. Thus, Dallas is the only NFL expansion team to not have had the benefit of a college draft in its first year.<ref name=FWST/>

In order for the new franchise to become competitive with existing teams, the league gave them the opportunity to select current players from existing teams. That selection was provided by the [[expansion draft]], held on March 13, 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cowboysplus.com/classic/recordbook/draft/1960/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031123143437/http://www.cowboysplus.com/classic/recordbook/draft/1960/index.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 23, 2003|title=Cowboys draft for 1960|access-date=2008-09-22|publisher=Dallas Morning News}}</ref> At the time the expansion draft was held, the team was known as the Dallas Rangers; the club was then renamed the Dallas Cowboys six days later to avoid confusion with the [[Dallas Rangers]] minor league baseball team.<ref name="Dallas Eleven Changes Made">{{cite news |title=Dallas Eleven Changes Made |newspaper=New York Times|date=1960-03-20 |url=https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F60D1EFC39541A7A93C2AB1788D85F448685F9 |page=S4}}</ref>

In this expansion draft, Dallas chose 36 players from the existing 12 teams.<ref name="Pro Football History">{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.jsp?release_id=1450|title=Pro Football History|access-date=2008-09-22|publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame|archive-date=2007-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014922/http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.jsp?release_id=1450|url-status=dead}}(listed as the Dallas Rangers)</ref>  The NFL also assigned the rights to 1960 NFL draft picks [[Don Meredith]] (who had been drafted by the [[Chicago Bears]]) and [[Don Perkins]] (drafted by the [[Baltimore Colts]]) to the Cowboys for a couple of future draft picks.<ref name=FWST/> 22 players made the active roster that season.  11 players played only one year with Dallas.  Eight players (including [[Jack Patera]], who was injured early in the 1961 season) played in 1960 and 1961.  The three remaining players from the draft started for several years, including: [[Bob Fry]], Tackle, 1960–64; [[Jerry Tubbs]], Linebacker, 1960–66; and [[Franklin Clarke|Frank Clarke]], Wide Receiver, 1960–67.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.knowyourdallascowboys.com/2006/08/29/1960-expansion-draft/|title=1960 Expansion Draft|access-date=2008-09-22 |date=2008-09-28|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090105160119/http://www.knowyourdallascowboys.com/2006/08/29/1960-expansion-draft/ |archive-date = January 5, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Rules of the draft==
According to a post on the Professional Football Researcher's Association forum, details have never been released to the public, and thus the exact nature of the expansion draft is unclear.  In his autobiography, Tom Landry stated, “Each team would be allowed to protect twenty-five of the thirty-four men on its roster.  Of the nine remaining names, we could pick only three from each team.” <ref>{{cite book |last1=Landry |first1=Tom |title=Tom Landry: An Autobiography |date=1990 |publisher=Zondervan Publishing House and HarperCollinsPublishers |location=Grand Rapids, Michigan, and New York |isbn=0-310-52910-7 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/tomlandryautobio00land_0/page/130 130-131] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/tomlandryautobio00land_0/page/130 }}</ref> However, there are at least two mistakes in that statement.  First, the active roster limit at that time was thirty-six, not thirty-four.  Second, there were at least two individuals chosen by Dallas who were not on active rosters at the time of the selections.  Note in particular the selection of Joe Nicely, who was never on an NFL active roster.<ref>Neither pro-football-reference.com nor NFL.com/players has an entry for Nicely.</ref> Thus, it would appear that teams could nominate players from their inactive rosters as well.

Mark Ribowsky: “The Cowboys were permitted to sign three players from each NFL team, choosing from among eleven players left unprotected from each thirty-six man roster in an expansion draft to be held in February.”<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ribowsky |first1=Mark |title=The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry |url=https://archive.org/details/lastcowboylifeof0000ribo |url-access=registration |date=2014 |publisher=Liverright Publishing Corp. |location=New York |isbn=978-0-87140-748-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/lastcowboylifeof0000ribo/page/180 180]}}</ref> Again, nothing is said here about players not on the active roster, and Ribowsky has the date wrong.  Perhaps the best conclusion is that teams were allowed to protect twenty-five players, active or inactive, and Dallas could choose from the remainder.

More from Landry, “ . . . each time we picked a player off the unprotected list, a team could remove another from that list.”

==Player selections==

{{NFL expansion draft start
| year     = 1960
| teamname = Dallas Cowboys
| e_ref    = <ref name="PFR Roster">{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/dal/1960_roster.htm |title=1960 Dallas Cowboys Starters, Roster, & Players |publisher=Pro Football Reference |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref>
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Baltimore Colts season|Baltimore Colts]]
| player     = {{sortname|L. G.|Dupre}}
| position   = HB
| games      = 48
| seasons    = 5
| college    = [[Baylor Bears football|Baylor]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Baltimore Colts season|Baltimore Colts]]
| player     = {{sortname|Ray|Krouse}}
| position   = DT
| games      = 106
| seasons    = 9
| college    = [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = 
| probowl    = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Baltimore Colts season|Baltimore Colts]]
| player     = {{sortname|Dave|Sherer}}
| position   = P
| games      = 12
| seasons    = 1
| college    = <!--[[New Mexico Military Institute#Athletics|New Mexico Military Institute]], -->[[SMU Mustangs football|Southern Methodist]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]]
| player     = {{sortname|Don|Healy}}
| position   = [[Defensive tackle|DT]]<!--1960: G-->
| games      = 24
| seasons    = 2
| college    = [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]]
| player     = {{sortname|Jack|Johnson|dab=defensive back}}
| position   = HB
| games      = 29
| seasons    = 3
| college    = [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami (Florida)]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = 
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]]
| player     = {{sortname|Pete|Johnson|dab=American football, born 1937}}
| position   = HB
| games      = 7
| seasons    = 1
| college    = [[VMI Keydets football|Virginia Military Institute]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = 
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]]
| player     = {{sortname|Leroy|Bolden}}
| position   = HB
| games      = 23
| seasons    = 2
| college    = [[Michigan State Spartans football|Michigan State]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = 
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]]
| player     = {{sortname|Frank|Clarke|dab=American football}}
| position   = E
| games      = 36
| seasons    = 3
| college    = [[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]]
| player     = {{sortname|Ed|Modzelewski}}
| position   = FB
| games      = 66
| seasons    = 6
| college    = [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = 
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Detroit Lions season|Detroit Lions]]
| player     = {{sortname|Charlie|Ane|dab=American football, born 1931}}
| position   = [[Center (gridiron football)|C]]
| games      = 83
| seasons    = 7
| college    = [[USC Trojans football|Southern California]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = 
| probowl    = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Detroit Lions season|Detroit Lions]]
| player     = {{sortname|Gene|Cronin}}
| position   = DE
| games      = 48
| seasons    = 4
| college    = [[Pacific Tigers football|Pacific]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Detroit Lions season|Detroit Lions]]
| player     = {{sortname|Jim|Doran}}
| position   = E
| games      = 89
| seasons    = 9
| college    = <!--[[Buena Vista University#Athletics|Buena Vista]], -->[[Iowa State Cyclones football|Iowa State]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
| probowl    = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]]
| player     = {{sortname|Nate|Borden}}
| position   = [[Defensive end|DE]]<!--1960: same-->
| games      = 57
| seasons    = 5
| college    = [[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]]
| player     = {{sortname|Bill|Butler|dab=safety}}
| position   = [[Safety (gridiron football position)|S]]<!--1960: same-->
| games      = 11
| seasons    = 1
| college    = [[Chattanooga Mocs football|Tennessee-Chattanooga]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]]
| player     = {{sortname|Don|McIlhenny}}
| position   = HB
| games      = 45
| seasons    = 4
| college    = [[SMU Mustangs football|Southern Methodist]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]]
| player     = {{sortname|Tom|Franckhauser}}
| position   = DB
| games      = 12
| seasons    = 1
| college    = [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]]
| player     = {{sortname|Bob|Fry}}
| position   = [[Offensive tackle|T]]<!--1960: same-->
| games      = 60
| seasons    = 5
| college    = [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]]
| player     = {{sortname|Duane|Putnam}}
| position   = [[Guard (gridiron football)|G]]<!--1960: same-->
| games      = 95
| seasons    = 9
| college    = [[Pacific Tigers football|Pacific]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
| probowl    = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]
| player     = {{sortname|Al|Barry}}
| position   = [[Guard (gridiron football)|G]]
| games      = 48
| seasons    = 4
| college    = [[USC Trojans football|Southern California]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = 
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]
| player     = {{sortname|Buzz|Guy}}
| position   = [[Guard (gridiron football)|G]]<!--1960: same-->
| games      = 22
| seasons    = 2
| college    = [[Duke Blue Devils football|Duke]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]
| player     = {{sortname|Don|Heinrich}}
| position   = [[Quarterback|QB]]<!--1960: same-->
| games      = 43
| seasons    = 6
| college    = [[Washington Huskies football|Washington]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]]
| player     = {{sortname|Dick|Bielski}}
| position   = E
| games      = 60
| seasons    = 5
| college    = [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
| probowl    = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]]
| player     = {{sortname|Jerry|DeLucca}}
| position   = [[Offensive tackle|T]]
| games      = 12
| seasons    = 1
| college    = <!--[[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]], -->[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football|Middle Tennessee State]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = 
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]]
| player     = {{sortname|Bill|Striegel}}
| position   = [[Linebacker|LB]]
| games      = 12
| seasons    = 1
| college    = [[Pacific Tigers football|Pacific]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = 
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]
| player     = {{sortname|Ray|Fisher|dab=defensive lineman}}
| position   = DT
| games      = 12
| seasons    = 1
| college    = [[Eastern Illinois Panthers football|Eastern Illinois]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]
| player     = {{sortname|Bobby|Luna}}
| position   = HB
| games      = 24
| seasons    = 2
| college    = [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = 
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]
| player     = {{sortname|Ray|Mathews}}
| position   = DB
| games      = 108
| seasons    = 9
| college    = [[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
| probowl    = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]]
| player     = {{sortname|Fred|Dugan}}
| position   = E
| games      = 24
| seasons    = 2
| college    = [[Dayton Flyers football|Dayton]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]]
| player     = {{sortname|John|Gonzaga}}
| position   = T
| games      = 45
| seasons    = 4
| college    = –
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]]
| player     = {{sortname|Jerry|Tubbs}}
| position   = MLB
| games      = 34
| seasons    = 3
| college    = [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
| probowl    = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Chicago Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]]
| player     = {{sortname|Bobby|Cross}}
| position   = [[Offensive tackle|T]]
| games      = 83
| seasons    = 7
| college    = [[Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football|Stephen F. Austin]]<!--, [[Kilgore Junior College]]-->
| notes      = 
| maderoster = 
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Chicago Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]]
| player     = {{sortname|Ed|Husmann}}
| position   = [[Defensive tackle|DT]]<!--1960: DT-LB-->
| games      = 52
| seasons    = 5
| college    = [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
| probowl    = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Chicago Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]]
| player     = {{sortname|Jack|Patera}}
| position   = [[Linebacker|LB]]<!--1960: same-->
| games      = 57
| seasons    = 5
| college    = [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]]
| player     = {{sortname|Tom|Braatz}}
| position   = [[Linebacker|LB]]<!--1960: same-->
| games      = 37
| seasons    = 3
| college    = [[Marquette Golden Avalanche football|Marquette]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]]
| player     = {{sortname|Joe|Nicely}}
| position   = [[Center (gridiron football)|C]]
| games      = –
| seasons    = –
| college    = [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = 
}}
{{NFL expansion draft entry
| from       = [[1959 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]]
| player     = {{sortname|Doyle|Nix}}
| position   = S
| games      = 31
| seasons    = 3
| college    = [[SMU Mustangs football|Southern Methodist]]
| notes      = 
| maderoster = 
}}
{{NFL expansion draft end | hof = no}}

==See also==
* [[1960 American Football League draft]]

==References==
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{{NFL drafts}}
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