The 2025 NFL draft in Green Bay represents a novel moment for Packers fans, but technically, it's not the first NFL draft to take place on Wisconsin soil.
Although, more than 85 years earlier, the draft was an entirely different animal.
The draft for the 1940 NFL season actually was held Dec. 9, 1939, one day before the 1939 NFL Championship Game between the Packers and New York Giants (also taking place in Milwaukee … or, West Allis, or Wauwatosa? More on that in a second).
It essentially was part of a pre-championship gathering featuring coaches and owners, similar to what you might picture for the annual winter meetings, and was housed in the same city as the title game.