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The Top Ranked Football Players by Rookie Year-1939
Notes: This is a list of the greatest football players to start their pro career in the year listed.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Sid Luckman | QB | 185 |
| 2 | Pug Manders | RB | 375 |
| 3 | Riley Matheson | OL | 556 |
| 4 | Ray Bray | OL | 826 |
| 5 | Dick Todd | RB | 1112 |
| 6 | Wilbur Moore | RB | 1830 |
| 7 | Charley Brock | OL | 1846 |
| 8 | Ki Aldrich | OL | 2243 |
| 9 | Lou Tomasetti | RB | 2310 |
| 10 | Sid Luckman (P) | P | 2406 |
| 11 | Chet Adams | OL | 2423 |
| 12 | Marshall Goldberg | RB | 3001 |
| 13 | Bill Osmanski | RB | 4514 |
| 14 | Larry Craig | RB | 4579 |
| 15 | Parker Hall | QB | 4815 |
| 16 | Dick Farman | OL | 4974 |
| 17 | Steve Slivinski | OL | 5003 |
| 18 | Connie Mack Berry | E | 5534 |
| 19 | Johnny Hall | RB | 5788 |
| 20 | Harry Jacunski | E | 5947 |
| 21 | Gaylon Smith | RB | 5975 |
| 22 | Parker Hall (P) | P | 5978 |
| 23 | Chet Adams (K) | K | 6099 |
| 24 | John Siegal | E | 6389 |
| 25 | Clyde Shugart | OL | 6422 |
| 26 | Socko Wiethe | OL | 6476 |
| 27 | Hank Rockwell | OL | 6673 |
| 28 | Hugh McCullough | QB | 7022 |
| 29 | Phil Martinovich | K | 7106 |
| 30 | Coley McDonough | QB | 7131 |
| 31 | Joel Mason | E | 7149 |
| 32 | Barney McGarry | OL | 7641 |
| 33 | Davey O'Brien | QB | 7666 |
| 34 | Aldo Forte | OL | 7686 |
| 35 | George Somers | OL | 7903 |
| 36 | Howie Weiss | RB | 8003 |
| 37 | Len Janiak | RB | 8148 |
| 38 | Doug Oldershaw | OL | 8410 |
| 39 | Johnny Pingel | QB | 8554 |
| 40 | Marty Slovak | RB | 8568 |
| 41 | Johnny Wilson | E | 8610 |
| 42 | Pug Manders (KR) | KR | 8662 |
| 43 | Dave Diehl | E | 8734 |
| 44 | Bob MacLeod | RB | 8738 |
| 45 | Herman Hodges | E | 8942 |
| 46 | Sam Boyd | E | 9109 |
| 47 | Foster Watkins | QB | 9213 |
| 48 | Eddie Miller | RB | 9284 |
| 49 | Fran Murray | RB | 9436 |
| 50 | Jimmy Johnston | RB | 9474 |
| 51 | Dick Todd (PR) | PR | 9725 |
| 52 | Ray George | OL | 9815 |
| 53 | Marshall Goldberg (KR) | KR | 9829 |
| 54 | Billy Patterson | QB | 9919 |
| 55 | Hugh McCullough (P) | P | 10062 |
| 56 | Parker Hall (PR) | PR | 10190 |
| 57 | Bill Leckonby | RB | 10352 |
| 58 | George Faust (P) | P | 10406 |
| 59 | Don Campbell | OL | 10420 |
| 60 | Fran Murray (P) | P | 10421 |
| 61 | Johnny Pingel (P) | P | 10609 |
| 62 | Darrell Tully | QB | 10808 |
| 63 | Andy Sabados | OL | 10836 |
| 64 | Ed Beinor | OL | 10862 |
| 65 | Parker Hall (KR) | KR | 10928 |
| 66 | Jack Torrance | OL | 10960 |
| 67 | Chuck Newton | RB | 11030 |
| 68 | George Somers (K) | K | 11031 |
| 69 | Jimmy German | RB | 11169 |
| 70 | Ted Grabinski | OL | 11374 |
| 71 | Mario Tonelli | RB | 11380 |
| 72 | Frank Balazs | RB | 11393 |
| 73 | Billy Patterson (P) | P | 11501 |
| 74 | Tom Roberts | OL | 11525 |
| 75 | Frank Huffman | OL | 11542 |
| 76 | Tony Calvelli | OL | 11675 |
| 77 | Jim Meade | RB | 11696 |
| 78 | George Faust | RB | 11767 |
| 79 | Bill Osmanski (KR) | KR | 12167 |
| 80 | Marshall Goldberg (PR) | PR | 12299 |
| 81 | Bo Russell (K) | K | 12553 |
| 82 | Carl Kaplanoff | OL | 12554 |
| 83 | Bill Lazetich | RB | 12715 |
| 84 | Johnny Hall (KR) | KR | 12849 |
| 85 | Waddy Young | E | 12891 |
| 86 | Bob Haak | OL | 13001 |
| 87 | Marty Slovak (KR) | KR | 13139 |
| 88 | Charlie Schultz | OL | 13205 |
| 89 | Bill Leckonby (PR) | PR | 13279 |
| 90 | Dick Todd (KR) | KR | 13280 |
| 91 | Gaylon Smith (KR) | KR | 13692 |
| 92 | Joe Wendlick | E | 13718 |
| 93 | Wilbur Moore (KR) | KR | 13953 |
| 94 | Bill Moore | E | 14232 |
| 95 | Joe Mihal | OL | 14273 |
| 96 | Ray Carnelly | RB | 14385 |
| 97 | Ben Friend | OL | 14511 |
| 98 | Paul Kell | OL | 14555 |
| 99 | Joe Ratica | OL | 14750 |
| 100 | Larry Buhler | RB | 14888 |
| 101 | Bill McRaven | RB | 15030 |
| 102 | Bo Russell | OL | 15095 |
| 103 | Steve Petro | OL | 15126 |
| 104 | Tony Ippolito | OL | 15973 |
| 105 | Mike Kochel | OL | 16107 |
| 106 | Tom Greenfield | OL | 16146 |
| 107 | Irv Hall | RB | 16354 |
| 108 | Steve Maronic | OL | 16719 |
| 109 | Lew Bostick | OL | 17569 |
| 110 | Paul Humphrey | OL | 17811 |
| 111 | Chet Chesney | OL | 18950 |
| 112 | Cal Thomas | OL | 19457 |
| 113 | Tony Tonelli | OL | 19817 |
| 114 | Jerry Dowd | OL | 19943 |
| 115 | Frank Zelencik | OL | 20177 |
| 116 | Allie White | OL | 20644 |
| 117 | Jim Thomas | OL | 21832 |
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