The 1942 Philadelphia Eagles season was their tenth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 2âÂÂ8âÂÂ1, losing nine games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 10th consecutive season.
The Eagles held training camp for the second year at the High School Bowl, in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
The 1942 NFL draft was held on December 22, 1941. The draft was 22 rounds long and each team received 20 picks for a total of 200 players. The Eagles got to select 3rd in each of the 1st 20 rounds. The top 5 teams record wise in 1941 did not get picks in rounds 2 and 4, as the lowest 5 teams do not pick in rounds 21 and 22.
With the first pick in the draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers select Bill Dudley a Halfback out of Virginia. Dudley was the first Virginia player to earn All-America honors and was awarded the Maxwell Award for best college football player of the year for 1941. He was also named the best college player of the year by the DC Touchdown Club.
The Eagles first pick was the third player in the draft, Pete Kmetovic, a Halfback from Stanford University. He would not play Pro football until 1946 for the Eagles.
The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.
On November 22, during their bye week, the Eagles tied the independent Wilmington Clippers 21âÂÂ21 at Wilmington Park before 8,500 fans.
(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)