The merger with the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) expanded the league to 13 teams.
[1][2] Three AAFC teams — Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and Baltimore Colts — joined the NFL intact.
A special dispersal draft was then held by the league's 13 teams on June 2, 1950, to allocate the rest of the AAFC players.
Baltimore was declared a "swing team" and played one game against 10 of the other 12 NFL clubs and twice against Washington.
With the first pick, the Detroit Lions selected end Leon Hart from the University of Notre Dame.