Pro Sports Transactions

1980 NASL Draft Pick Transactions

December 10, 1979

 

Overall # Round # Team Transactions Player Drafted
Round 1
1 1-1
Rogues
Cosmos

 

Traded • Antonio Carbognani • 1980 first round pick (#18-Steve Bradshaw) to Rogues for • 1980 first round pick (#1-Don Ebert) on 1979-11-11

  Don Ebert
 
Earthquakes

exercised pick in earlier special draft

   
2 1-2
Drillers
Kicks

 

Unknown.

 

"from Edmonton" per AP

  Darryl Gee
3 1-3
Tea Men
  Pete Simonini
4 1-4
Fury
Timbers

 

Unknown.

 

"New York from Portland and Philadelphia" per AP

Cosmos

 

Unknown.

 

Possibly Garry Ayre trade?

 

"New York from Portland and Philadelphia" per AP

  Vidal Fernandez
5 1-5
Timbers
Tornado

 

Unknown.

Timbers

 

Unknown.

 

"from Dallas" per AP

  Ray Vigliotti
6 1-6
Chiefs
  Bruce Savage
7 1-7
Sounders
Sockers

 

Traded • Derek Smethurst to Sounders for • 1980 first round pick (#7-Jim Stamatis) • cash on 1979-01-16

  Jim Stamatis
8 1-8
Lancers
Cosmos

 

Traded • Branko Segota to Lancers for • 1980 first round pick (#8-Randy DeRousse) • 1980 second round pick (#32-Dan King) • 1981 first round pick (#4-Erhardt Kapp) • 1981 second round pick (#26-David Norris) • 1982 first round pick (?-?) • 1982 second round pick (?-?) • cash on 1979-06-26

  Randy DeRousse
9 1-9
Blizzard
  Randy Ragan
10 1-10
Express
  Bart Farley
11 1-11
Roughnecks
Kicks

 

Traded • 1978 first round pick (#3-Billy Gazonas) to Roughnecks for • 1978 first round pick (#5-Alex Rosul) • 1980 first round pick (#11-Tony Pesneker) on 1978-01-23

  Tony Pesneker
12 1-12
Surf
Aztecs

 

Unknown.

 

"from California" per AP

  Todd Saldona
13 1-13
Sockers
Drillers

 

Traded • John Anton to Sockers for • 1980 first round pick (#13-Ross Ongaro) on 1979-12-10

  Ross Ongaro
14 1-14
Tornado
Timbers

 

Unknown.

 

"from Portland and Dallas" per AP

Strikers

 

Unknown.

 

"from Portland and Dallas" per AP

  Jeff Cacciatori
15 1-15
Sting
  Rudy Glenn
16 1-16
Aztecs
Roughnecks

 

Unknown.

 

"from Tulsa and Los Angeles" per AP

Strikers

 

Traded • ~$50,000 cash to Roughnecks for • Greg Villa • 1980 first round pick (#16-Rich Wiegand) • 1982 second round pick (?-?) on 1979-12-18

 

"from Tulsa and Los Angeles" per AP

  Rich Wiegand
17 1-17
Strikers
Aztecs

 

Unconfirmed.

 

Traded • George Best to Strikers for • George Dewsnip • Andy Rolland • 1980 first round pick (probably #17-Paul Mott) on 1978-06-23

 

18th pick "was once owned by Fort Lauderdale, it was dealt to Los Angeles, which in turn traded it to Tulsa, which dealt it to California, which eventually dealt it to Tampa"

Roughnecks

 

Unknown.

 

18th pick "was once owned by Fort Lauderdale, it was dealt to Los Angeles, which in turn traded it to Tulsa, which dealt it to California, which eventually dealt it to Tampa"

Surf

 

Unknown.

 

18th pick "was once owned by Fort Lauderdale, it was dealt to Los Angeles, which in turn traded it to Tulsa, which dealt it to California, which eventually dealt it to Tampa"

Rowdies

 

Unknown.

 

18th pick "was once owned by Fort Lauderdale, it was dealt to Los Angeles, which in turn traded it to Tulsa, which dealt it to California, which eventually dealt it to Tampa"

Paul Mott
18 1-18
Diplomats
Cosmos

 

Unknown.

 

Memphis, with a selection from New York and Washington, took defender Steve Bradshow

Rogues

 

Traded • 1980 first round pick (#1-Don Ebert) to Cosmos for • Antonio Carbognani • 1980 first round pick (#18-Steve Bradshaw) on 1979-11-11

 

 

  Steve Bradshaw
19 1-19
Kicks
  Mike North
20 1-20
Hurricane
Sockers

 

Unknown.

 

Pick may not have gone directly from >

  John Putna
21 1-21
Cosmos
Aztecs

 

Traded • Angelo DiBernardo • Larry Hulcer to Cosmos for • Gary Etherington • Santiago Formoso • 1980 first round pick (#21-Jim Tietiens) on 1979-12-05

  Jim Tietiens
22 1-22
Rowdies
  Eddie Dietz
23 1-23
Whitecaps
  Dave Norman
Round 2
24 2-1
Rogues
Aztecs

 

Unknown.

 

"Tulsa from Los Angeles and Memphis" per AP

Roughnecks

 

Traded • Bill Sautter to Aztecs for • Jim Milliner • 1980 second round pick (#24-Paul Turin) on 1979-12-10

  Paul Turin
25 2-2
Earthquakes
  Mike Hunter
26 2-3
Drillers
Cosmos

 

Unknown.

 

"New York from Edmonton" per AP

  Gino Alberti
27 2-4
Tea Men
  Mike Gribbon
28 2-5
Fury
Whitecaps

 

Traded • 1981 first round pick (?-?) to Fury for • 1980 second round pick (#28-Shaun Lauther) on 1979-12-10

  Shaun Lauther
29 2-6
Timbers
Drillers

 

Unknown.

 

"...due to a previous transaction, Drillers had two first-round choices in next year's draft. And they dealt the second of those to Portland in return for the No. 6 pick in round two..."

 

"Edmonton from Portland" per AP

  Mike Sweeney
30 2-7
Chiefs
Kicks

 

Unknown.

 

"Minnesota from Atlants" per AP

  Tim Clark
31 2-8
Sounders
  Dave Hundelt
32 2-9
Lancers
Cosmos

 

Traded • Branko Segota to Lancers for • 1980 first round pick (#8-Randy DeRousse) • 1980 second round pick (#32-Dan King) • 1981 first round pick (#4-Erhardt Kapp) • 1981 second round pick (#26-David Norris) • 1982 first round pick (?-?) • 1982 second round pick (?-?) • cash on 1979-06-26

  Dan King
33 2-10
Blizzard
Chiefs

 

Unknown.

 

"Atlante from Toronto" per AP

  Charlie Shinn
34 2-11
Express
Chiefs

 

Traded • Bob Rohrbach to Express for • 1980 second round pick (#34-Frank D'Amelio) • cash on 1979-01-16

Fury

 

Traded • Colin Waldron to Chiefs for • 1980 second round pick (#34-Frank D'Amelio) • cash on 1979-03-15

  Frank D'Amelio
35 2-12
Roughnecks
Tornado

 

Unknown.

 

"Dallas from Tulsa" per AP

  David James
36 2-13
Surf
Aztecs

 

Unknown.

 

"Los Angeles from California" per AP

  Dave Hummert
37 2-14
Sockers
  Mike Freitag
38 2-15
Tornado
  John Schram
39 2-16
Sting
  Mark Simanton
40 2-17
Aztecs
Express

 

Unknown.

 

"Detroit from Los Angeles" per AP

  Paul Knight
41 2-18
Strikers
  Mike Grayson
42 2-19
Diplomats
  Ed Hawkins
43 2-20
Kicks
  Bob Bozada
44 2-21
Hurricane
Cosmos

 

Unknown.

 

"New York from Houston" per AP

  John Merrihew
45 2-22
Cosmos
Roughnecks

 

Unknown.

 

"Tulsa from New York" per AP

  Tim Keane
46 2-23
Rowdies
  Kevin Clinton
47 2-24
Whitecaps
  Darren Poole
Round 3
48 3-1
Rogues
Surf

 

Unknown.

 

"California from Memphis" per AP

  Manny Neves
49 3-2
Earthquakes
  Casey Roberts
50 3-3
Drillers
  Pasquale DeLuca
51 3-4
Tea Men
  Brian Winstead
52 3-5
Fury
  Mike Robinson
53 3-6
Timbers
  John Benbow
54 3-7
Chiefs
  Chris Davin
55 3-8
Sounders
  Ric Miller
56 3-9
Lancers
  Dennis Mepham
57 3-10
Blizzard
  Miek Uremovic
58 3-11
Express
  Gerry McKeown
59 3-12
Roughnecks
Sting

 

Unknown.

 

"Chicago from Tulsa" per AP

  Obed Ariri
60 3-13
Surf
Rowdies

 

Unknown.

 

"Tampa Bay from California" per AP

  Nico Courouras
61 3-14
Sockers
Rowdies

 

Unknown.

 

"Tampa Bay from San Diego" per AP

  Robert Butler
62 3-15
Tornado
  Mike Haas
63 3-16
Sting
  Mark Pruitt
64 3-17
Aztecs
  Dan McNevin
65 3-18
Strikers
  Ernst-Jean Baptiste
66 3-19
Diplomats
  Carmine Posillico
67 3-20
Kicks
  Leo Bourneuf
68 3-21
Hurricane
  Brad Webster
69 3-22
Cosmos
  Dave Mazur
70 3-23
Rowdies
  Gary Davies
71 3-24
Whitecaps
  Mike Reeley
Round 4
72 4-1
Rogues
Surf

 

Unknown.

 

"California from Memphis" per AP

  Steve Heimich
73 4-2
Earthquakes
  Greg Delgado
74 4-3
Drillers
  Norm Odinga
75 4-4
Tea Men
  Louis Calderon
76 4-5
Fury
  Mike Hitchcock
77 4-6
Timbers
Strikers

 

Unknown.

 

"Fort Lauderdale from Portland" per AP

  Steve Watts
78 4-7
Chiefs
  Walter Schiothauer
79 4-8
Sounders
  Fred Hamel
80 4-9
Lancers
  Andy Sobolewski
81 4-10
Blizzard
Rogues

 

Unknown.

 

"Memphis from Toronto" per AP

  Conrad Earnest
82 4-11
Express
  Ken Murphy
83 4-12
Roughnecks
  Bert Gottbrecht
84 4-13
Surf
Roughnecks

 

Unconfirmed.

 

Traded • Laurie Abrahams to Surf for • 1980 draft pick (probably #84-Richard Garcia) • cash on 1979-07-09

 

"Tulsa from California" per AP

  Richard Garcia
85 4-14
Sockers
  Jeff Brown
86 4-15
Tornado
  Kyle Hutchins
87 4-16
Sting
  John Tyma
88 4-17
Aztecs
  Geoff Sandobry
89 4-18
Strikers
  Greg Robertson
90 4-19
Diplomats
  Steve Byrd
91 4-20
Kicks
  Steve DeBree
92 4-21
Hurricane
  Rickie Garcia
93 4-22
Cosmos
  Bobby Walzenegger
94 4-23
Rowdies
  Peter Charbonneau
95 4-24
Whitecaps
  Neil McEarchern