From Patrick Garbins blog...

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MY, HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED...
Soon after last year's NFL Draft, the 69th pick received a signing bonus of just over $684,000.
A few days after the 1937 NFL Draft, the 69th pick, pictured BILL HARTMAN--Georgia's first-ever NFL Draft selection--was asked what his plans, which didn't even include football, were for after graduation: "going to work for a national soft drink firm" he said.

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