1947 Philadelphia Eagles season

For the second year in a row, the Eagles traveled to Saranac Lake High School Field/Eagles Residence, in Saranac Lake, New York to hold training camp. Greasy Neale liked having the Eagles train away from Philadelphia; the team only trained near its homebase when there were wartime travel restrictions during World War II.

Under Neale, the Eagles trained in Wisconsin, upstate New York and Minnesota when they could travel.

The 1947 NFL draft was held on December 16, 1946. The NFL started a lottery that allowed for a bonus pick for the first pick in the draft. The NFL continued this practice until 1958.

The Eagles made twenty-nine selections during the draft's thirty-two rounds, holding the sixth or seventh slots in the rounds in which they had picks.

The top two picks in the draft were derived from a lottery bonus pick as the number-one pick by the NFL champion Chicago Bears was Bob Fenimore, a back who attended Oklahoma A&M.

With the number-two pick, the Detroit Lions selected 1946 Heisman Trophy-winner Glenn Davis, a halfback from Army. He was unable to play, however, due to his required military service.

Cal Rossi, a running back from UCLA was drafted again in 1947 with the fourth pick by the Washington Redskins. He had been chosen in error with the ninth pick in the 1946 draft while he was still a junior in college. He declined to play pro football.

Future NFL Hall of Famers who were included in this draft where Dante Lavelli (12th round), Art Donovan (22nd round) and Tom Landry (20th round). Some of the players who were drafted were signed by All-America Football Conference teams.

This table shows the Eagles selections, what picks they had that were traded away, and the teams that ended up with those picks. It is possible that those Eagles' picks ended up with those teams via trades made by the Eagles with other teams. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.

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{{NFL team draft entry|round=1|pick=8|player=Neill Armstrong|position=E|college=Oklahoma A&M|notes=|maderoster=yes}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=3|pick=19|player=Bill Mackrides|position=QB|college=Nevada|notes=

|maderoster=yes}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=5|pick=30|player=George Savitsky|position=T|college=Penn|notes=Played with Eagles beginning in 1948}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=7|pick=51|player=Tony Yovicsin|position=E|college=Miami (FL)|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=8|pick=61|player=Al Satterfield|position=T|college=Vanderbilt|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=9|pick=71|player=Bob Leonetti|position=G|college=Wake Forest|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=10|pick=80|player=Ulysses Cornogg|position=T|college=Wake Forest|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=11|pick=91|player=Alex Sarkisian|position=C|college=Northwestern|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=12|pick=102|player=Jerry D'Arcy|position=C|college=Tulsa|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=13|pick=110|player=John Hamberger|position=T|college=SMU|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=14|pick=121|player=Al Johnson|position=QB|college=Hardin–Simmons|notes=Played with the Eagles in 1948}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=15|pick=132|player=Joe Cook|position=B|college=Hardin–Simmons|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=16|pick=140|player=Jeff Durkota|position=FB|college=Penn State|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=17|pick=152|player=Hubert Shurtz|position=T|college=LSU|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=18|pick=161|player=Hal Bell|position=B|college=Muhlenberg|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=19|pick=170|player=T. J. Campion|position=T|college=Southeastern Louisiana|notes=|maderoster=yes}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=20|pick=182|player=Fred Hall|position=G|college=LSU|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=21|pick=191|player=Jim Clayton|position=T|college=Wyoming|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=22|pick=200|player=George Blomquist|position=E|college=NC State|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=23|pick=212|player=Joe Haynes|position=C|college=Tulsa|notes=Played with the Buffalo Bills (AAFC)}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=24|pick=221|player=Stanton Hense|position=E|college=Xavier|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=25|pick=230|player=Johnny Kelly|position=B|college=Rice|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=26|pick=242|player=H. J. Roberts|position=G|college=Rice|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=27|pick=251|player=Phil Cutchin|position=B|college=Kentucky|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=28|pick=261|player=Charley Wakefield|position=T|college=Stanford|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=29|pick=272|player=Dick Langenbeck|position=T|college=Cincinnati|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=30|pick=281|player=Bernie Winkler|position=T|college=Texas Tech|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=31|pick=288|player=Bill Stephens|position=T|college=Baylor|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=32|pick=298

|player=Mike Kalosh

|position=E|college={{cfb link|year=1946|team=La Crosse State Eagles|title=La Crosse State}}|notes=}}

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