New York Stars

The World Football League held their inaugural College Draft on January 22, 1974. It was held at the Marriot - Essex House in New York City. The WFL held the first six rounds on this date and the final thirty rounds on February 5, 1974. The Boston Bulls held the second overall pick in the draft and selected quarterback, Gary Marangi, from Boston College. On Feb. 18, 1974, WFL Commissioner Gary L. Davidson announces that a merger between the Boston Bulls and the unnamed New York entry have merged. Howard Baldwin, owner of the Bulls and Robert Schmertz, owner of the original New York franchise, have moved the Boston franchise (and their draft picks) to New York. On March 4th, the team was renamed New York Stars. Meanwhile, the original New York college draft list went to Boston, and then eventually ended up in Portland, Oregon where that franchise on March 20th became the Portland Storm.

Commissioner Gary L. Davidson opens up the 1974 World Football League College Draft.

1974 New York Stars College Draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1	2	Gary Marangi	QB	Boston College
2	23	Carl Barzilauskas	DT	Indiana
3	26	Randy Gradishar	LB	Ohio State
4	47	Dave Gallagher	DE	Michigan
5	50	Keith Fahnhorst	TE	Minnesota
6	71	Steve Corbett	C	Boston College
7	74	Jimmy Allen	DB	UCLA
8	95	Steve Neil	LB	Minnesota
9	98	Matt Herkenhoff	OT	Minnesota
10	119	Tom Forrest	OG	Cincinnati
11	122	Darryl Bishop	DB	Kentucky
12	143	Alvin Maxson	RB	Southern Mississippi
13	146	Monroe Eley	RB	Arizona State
14	167	Ransom Terrell	LB	Arizona
15	170	Doug Troszak	DE	Michigan
16	191	Mark Gefert	LB	Purdue
17	194	Tom Condon	OG	Boston College
18	215	Reggie Harrison	RB	Cincinnati
19	218	Phil Bennett	RB	Boston College
20	239	Leroy Jones	DE	Norfolk State
21	242	Rudy McClinon	DB	Xavier
22	263	Willie Viney	OG	Pacific
23	266	Chris Arnold	DB	Virginia State
24	287	John Robb	OG	Pittsburgh
25	290	Gary Champagne	LB	LSU
26	311	Greg Pemberton	DB	Boston University
27	314	Preston Anderson	DB	Rice
28	335	Jeff Rouzie	LB	Alabama
29	338	Scott Marquis	OT	Tulsa
30	359	Dale Cangelosi	DB	LSU
31	362	Jim Hovey	LB	Kentucky
32	383	Darryl McGallian	LB	Houston
33	386	Dave McMaken	S	Alabama
34	407	Riley Moore	DE	Tennessee State
35	410	Steve Frager	OT	Brown University
36	431	Damond Mays	RB	Michigan

Gary Marangi, Quarterback (Center) is congratulated by Boston College teammates Chuck Lee (Left) and Greg Brand (Right) after being the first draft pick of the Boston Bulls, and the second overall selection in the 1974 WFL College Draft.

Bob Schmertz, CEO of the original New York franchise points out their number one draft selection. The team chose Stanford University Quarterback, Mike Boryla, with the sixth overall selection. The New York draft picks were later transferred to Portland.

NOTE: This page was researched by Richie Franklin and Chuck Gardner. The Gary Marangi photo is courtesy of the John Landers WFL Photo Collection.