While playing college ball at TCU, Sherrill Headrick was not drafted by either the National Football League or the American Football League in 1960, when the American Football League was beginning operations.  Headrick was eventually signed by the Dallas Texans, where he was a First Team All-Pro in his first three seasons and a significant force on the Texans' 1962 AFL Championship team.

Headrick and the rest of the Texans relocated to Kansas City, and the now-named Chiefs remained an AFL power with Headrick a force in the defensive interior.  Headrick earned two more AFL All-Star selections (1965 & 1966), and in the latter year, he helped the Chiefs win the AFL Championship.  He would finish his career with a season with the Cincinnati Bengals in 1968.

Bobby Walston played his entire 12-year career (1951-62) with the Philadelphia Eagles, where he was one of the most versatile offensive weapons the team had.  The former Georgia Bulldog played wide receiver, Tight End, and Kicker, and excelled at all three.  A member of the 1960 NFL Championship Team, Walston would catch 311 passes for 5,363 yards and 46 Touchdowns.  With his leg, he would twice lead the NFL in Field Goal Percentage, and with his dual duty as a Receiver and Kicker, he would amass 881 career Points.  Walston would be chosen for the Pro Bowl in both 1960 and 1961, and probably should have been named to more.

A member of the prestigious Miami Dolphins Honor Roll, Bob Baumhower, played all nine of his NFL seasons with the team from Southern Florida.  A former star with the Alabama Crimson Tide, Baumhower was a five-time Pro Bowl Selection, and he was chosen for an All-Pro roster (one First Team and four Second Team) in all of those years.  Baumhower was a key figure on the Dolphins defense in the early '80s that was considered among the best in the league.  

In 1982, the Dolphins ranked first in Defense, and they would make it to Super Bowl XVII.  The following year was arguably his best, as that was his First Team All-Pro year, and Pro Football Weekly would name him their Defensive Player of the Year.

Frankie Albert was the 10^th overall pick in 1942 by the Chicago Bears, but remember, the year in question was 1942.  The Stanford graduate served in the Navy during World War II, and upon his return, he played for his home state's Los Angeles Bulldogs in the Pacific Coast League before joining the San Francisco 49ers in the upstart All-American Football Conference.

Albert played all four years of the AAFC's existence with San Francisco, where he was one of the league's better Quarterbacks.  Albert was named a Second Team All-Pro three times, and he led the league in Passing Touchdowns in 1948 and 1949 and in Completion Percentage in 1948.  When the team was absorbed into the National Football League in 1950, Albert was named to the Pro Bowl, proving to the gridiron world that he was just as good as any NFL pivot. 

Albert threw for 10,795 Yards and 115 TDs and ran for another 1,272 Yards and 27 TDs.  These are great numbers for a Quarterback from 1946 to 1952, and they can't be dismissed.  Sadly, much of what happened in the AAFC has not translated into Canton.