| 1960 AFL draft | |
| Date: | November 22–23, 1959 &<br/>December 2, 1959 |
| Location: | Nicollet Hotel in Minneapolis |
| League: | AFL |
| Rounds: | 33 |
| Next: | 1961 |
The 1960 American Football League draft was held on November 22–23, 1959, in Minneapolis,[1] [2] shortly after the organization of the league, and lasted 33 rounds.[3] An additional draft of 20 rounds was held by the AFL on December 2.[4]
Teams were required to fill the 11 squad positions by selecting four backs, two ends, two tackles, two guards, and a center with their first 11 picks.[1] [2] Before each position was selected, teams drew lots to determine the selection order.[2] Though professional teams used dedicated offensive and defensive units, the league did not want to go 22 rounds before starting unrestricted drafting.[1]
The first territorial or "bonus" picks for each team were:
Source:[5]
Source:[6]
For the allocation draft, the other seven AFL teams each froze eleven players, and Oakland selected a total of 24 players from the ranks of the other teams' "unfrozen" lists.[4] The number of players originally drafted for the eighth AFL franchise, but who were signed by other teams, combined with the process of the allocation draft, virtually guaranteed that the Raiders would have the worst team in the AFL in its first year. In spite of this, they managed to sign future stars Jim Otto and Wayne Hawkins, two men who played the entire ten years of the American Football League.
Source:[6]
| † | = All-Star |