1936 was the first year of the NFL Draft, and with the 7^th Overall Pick, the Green Bay Packers chose Russ Letlow out of the University of San Francisco.  Historically speaking, this gives him the honor of being the first choice of the most storied teams in the National Football League.  Letlow would be a two-time Pro Bowler and a two-time NFL Champion with the Packers, the only team he ever played for professionally.  Multiple publications would name Letlow an All-Pro every year from 1937 to 1940, and he was chosen for the 1930's All-Decade Team.

The image most of us have of Big Bill is getting an entry pass from the wing and throwing his turnaround jumper over some defender and watching it bounce around four or five times and go in; or of course elbowing someone in the face (inadvertently of course) while going for the rebound.  Bill Cartwright was the very definition of old school 70’s and 80’s basketball which carried over to the next decade.  It was also his trade from the Knicks for Charles Oakley that put the Bulls over the top and was the catalyst for the Bulls first three peat.  That seems to be forgotten for some reason.