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The WFL held a Pro Draft of players from the CFL and NFL on March 18, 1974. Below is a list of pro players the Chicago Fire chose in the draft. The first number is the round that the player was selected, and the second number is the overall order in which the player was selected.

1974 Chicago Fire

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Team/League
1	9	John Brockington	RB	Green Bay, NFL
2	16	Don Morrison	OT	New Orleans, NFL
3	33	Bill Baker	DE	Saskatchewan, CFL
4	40	Mike McCoy	DT	Green Bay, NFL
5	57	Ron Porter	LB	Minnesota, NFL
6	64	Don Talbert	OT	Dallas, NFL
7	81	John Tanner	LB	New England, NFL
8	88	Ben Johnson	DB	Houston, NFL
9	105	Mickey Doyle	LB	Winnipeg, CFL
10	112	Len Gotschalk	OT	Atlanta, NFL
11	129	Cyril Pinder	RB	Pittsburgh, NFL
12	136	Tim Anderson	DB	Toronto, CFL
13	153	Ralph Galloway	OG	Saskatchewan, CFL
14	160	Dave Butz	DT	St.Louis, NFL
15	177	Eric Allen	DB	Toronto, CFL
16	184	Mike Montgomery	RB	Dallas, NFL
17	201	Willie Holmes	DE	Washington, NFL
18	208	Randy Beisler	OG	San Francisco, NFL
19	225	Nick Roman	DE	Cleveland, NFL
20	232	Steve Wright	OT	Philadelphia, NFL
21	249	Doug Dieken	OT	Cleveland, NFL
22	256	Charlie Potts	DB	Detroit, NFL
23	273	Willie Frazier	TE	Kansas City, NFL
24	280	Chuck Ealey	QB	Hamilton, CFL
25	297	Jim Elder	DB	Saskatchewan, CFL
26	304	Bernard Jackson	DB	Cincinnati, NFL
27	321	Craig Koinzan	DE	Calgary, CFL
28	328	Sonny Jurgenson	QB	Washington, NFL
29	345	Tim Roth	DE	Saskatchewan, CFL
30	352	Ken Mendenhall	C	Baltimore, NFL
31	369	Jesse Powell	LB	Miami, NFL
32	376	Guy Murdock	C	Houston, NFL
33	393	Tom DeLeone	C	Cincinnati, NFL
34	400	Mike Brown	LB	Calgary, CFL
35	417	Ed Williams	RB	Cincinnati, NFL
36	424	Bobby Douglass	QB	Chicago, NFL
37	441	Tom Roussel	LB	Philadelphia, NFL
38	448	Bob Anderson	RB	Denver, NFL
39	465	Mike Sensibaugh	DB	Kansas City, NFL
40	472	Jan White	TE	Buffalo, NFL

The Fire Pro Draft was researched and compiled by Tod Maher and Mark Speck. Used with permission from the World Football League Encyclopedia.