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1947-1948 BAA DRAFTS, 1949-1951 NBA DRAFTS
1947 DRAFT

First Round Selections:  Pitt- Clifton McNeely, Tor- Glen Selbo, 
Bos- Ed Ehlers, Prov- Walt Dropo, NYK- Dick Holub, Phil- Frank Crossin,
StL- Jack Underman, Chi- Paul Huston, Wash- Dick O'Keefe Balt- Larry Killick, 

Baltimore
Larry Killick            Vermont
Bob Jake                 Vermont
John Rusinko             Penn State
Harry Gallatin           NE Missouri State Teachers College
Charles Raynor           Houston

Negotiation List
Elmer Gainer             DePaul
Scotty Hamilton          West Virginia
Hugh Hampton             High Point
Chick Reiser             New York University
Robert Bolyard           Toledo

Boston
Ed Ehlers                Purdue
Hank Biasetti            Long Island
Gene Stump               DePaul
George Felt              Northwestern

Negotiation List
Bob Alemeida             ?
George Petrovick         ?
John Ezersky             Rhode Island State
Jack Hewson              Temple
John Kelly               Notre Dame

Chicago
Paul Huston              Ohio State
Ben Schadler             Northwestern
Hank Decker              West Texas State
Gene Vance               Illinois
Andy Phillip             Illinois

Negotiation List
Ralph Bishop             Washington
Jim Darden               Denver
Jim Pollard              Stanford
Don Smith                Minnesota
Jack Stone               Kansas State

New York
Dick Holub               Long Island
Tom Tomlinson            Southern Methodist
Garland Head             Texas Tech
Carl Reichert            Findlay
Ray Evans                Kansas

Negotiation List
Andy Duncan              William & Mary
Ed Golub                 Norfolk Naval Training Center
Ron Livingston           St. Mary's (CA)
Dan Miller               St. Louis
Wat Misaka               Utah

Philadelphia
Frank Crossin            Penn
Ed Koffenberger          Duke
Norman Butz              St. Joseph's (PA)
Jim Kaeding              York

Negotiation List
Jim Pollard              Stanford

Pittsburgh
Clifton McNeeley         Texas Western
Bob Alamo                Santa Clara
Herman Knoche            Washington & Jefferson
Dick Ives                Iowa
Jack Walton              DePauw

Negotiation List
Fred Nagy                Akron
George Brown             ?

Providence
Walt Dropo               Connecticut
Roy Lipscomb             St. Mary's
John Mills               Hofstra
Al Nichols               Rhode Island State

Negotiation List
Dick Furey               St. Thomas (MN)
Robert Hubbard           Springfield College
Joe Barry                ?
Bob Joyce                Bates

St. Louis
Jack Underman            Ohio State
Herb Wilkinson           Iowa
Jack Knopf               Louisville

Negotiation List
Bob Kurland              Oklahoma A&M
Paul Napolitano          San Francisco
Jim Pollard              Stanford
Bill Strannigan          Colorado/Wyoming

Toronto
Glen Selbo               Wisconsin
Red Rocha                Oregon State
Frank Broyles            Georgia Tech
Wimpy Quinn              Oregon
Paul Hoffman             Purdue

Negotiation List
None

Washington
Dick O'Keefe             Santa Clara
Jack Tingle              Kentucky
Bill Burke               St. Mary's
Abel Rodriguez           San Francisco

Negotiation List
Paul Cloyd               Wisconsin
Mat Zunic                George Washington
John Mandic              Oregon State
Irwin Rothenberg         Long Island
Saul Mariaschin          Harvard


1948 DRAFT

First Round Selections:  1 Prov- Andy Tonkovich, 2 Inds- George Kok,
3 Bos- George Hauptfuher, 4 NYK- Dolph Schayes, 5 Chi- Ed Mikan, 6 Balt-
Walter Budko, 7 StL- Bob Gale, 8 FtW Ward Williams, 9 Mpls- Chuck Hanger, 
10 Roch- Bobby Wanzer, 11 Phil- Don Ray, 12 Wash- Jack Nichols

Baltimore
Jim Black                Occidental
Darrell Brown            Humboldt State
Walter Budko             Columbia
Robert Carroll           West Virginia
Jake Carter              East Texas State
Marvin English           Newberry
Gene Fellmoth            Whittenberg
J. W. Fullerton          Arkansas State
Marshall Gemberling      Lebanon Valley
Vince Hansen             Washington State
Joe Holland              Kentucky
Dan Kraus                Georgetown
Wayne Jones              American International
Herbert Krautblatt       Rider
Paul Marcincin           Moravian

Boston
John Bach                Fordham
Norman Carey             Oregon State
Bob Curran               Holy Cross
Neil Dooley              Colgate
George Hauptfuhrer       Harvard
Jack Hauser              Denver
Marshall Hawkins         Tennessee
Tom Kelly                New York University
Murray Mitchell          Sam Houston State
Guinn Phillips           Texas Wesleyan
Ray Wehde                Iowa State

Chicago
John Dillon              North Carolina
Ed Kachan                DePaul
Mickey Marty             Loras
Ed Mikan                 DePaul
Ed Mills                 Wisconsin
Don Reagan               Murray State
Joe Shafer               Wheaton
Odie Spears              Western Kentucky
Fred Weber               Siena

Fort Wayne
Bobby Cook               Wisconsin
Link Richmond            Arizona
Ken Rollins              Kentucky
Murray Wier              Iowa
Ward Williams            Indiana

Indianapolis
Reede Berg               Oregon
Jack Coleman             Louisiana State
Alex Hannum              USC
Norman Kohler            North Carolina
George Kok               Arkansas
Andy Kostecka            Georgetown
Ray Lumpp                New York University
Bob Paxton               North Carolina
Jack Phoenix             Idaho
Dick Wehr                Rice

Minneapolis
Cliff Crandall           Oregon State
Arnold Ferrin            Utah
Earl Gardner             DePauw
Dee Gibson               Western Kentucky
Chuck Hanger             California
Ken Jastrow              Denver
Bob Lowther              Louisiana State
Junior Skogland          Gustavus Adolphus
Quentin Stinson          Southern Illinois
Johnny Orr               Beloit

New York
Gene Berce               Marquette
Leland Byrd              West Virginia
Harry Gallatin           NE Missouri State
Keith Grimes             East Central State
Melvin McGaha            Arkansas
Ed Peterson              Cornell
Goebel Ritter            Eastern Kentucky
Adolph Schayes           New York University
Richard Shrider          Ohio
John Stanisch            UCLA

Philadelphia
William Brown            Maryland
Hugh Compton             Louisville
Joe Nelson               Brigham Young
Clint Pace               Pepperdine
Roy Pugh                 Southern Methodist
Don Ray                  Western Kentucky
Tom Short                Kansas Wesleyan
Joe Wahl                 Akron
Andy Wolfe               California

Providence
A. L. Bennett            Oklahoma A&M
Jack Coleman             Louisville
Ed Faber                 Trinity
Verl Heap                Arizona State
Otto Snellbacher         Kansas
Andy Tonkovich           Marshall
Brady Walker             Brigham Young

Rochester
Bill Gabor               Syracuse
Ed Keim                  Niagara
Leo Kubiak               Bowling Green
Hank O'Keefe             Canisius
Johnny Macknowski        Seton Hall
Lionel Melamed           CCNY
Warren Stickel           Syracuse
Robert Wanzer            Seton Hall
Paul Yesavi              Niagara
Alex Athas               Tulane

St. Louis
Jack Burmaster           Illinois
Gordon Flick             Drake
Robert Gale              Cornell
John Hoppin              Dickinson
Dan London               Washington U. (MO)
D. Miller                St. Louis
Easy Parham              Texas Wesleyan
D.C. Wilcutt             St. Louis

Washington
Fred Bartell             Oregon
Ed Hughes                San Jose State
Thorton Jenkins          Missouri
Leo Katkaveck            North Carolina State
Jack Nichols             Washington
C.T. Parker              Louisiana Tech
Jack Parkinson           Kentucky
Don Walker               Sam Houston State
Al Williams              Arkansas


1949 DRAFT
First Round Selections:  1 Prov- Howie Shannon, 2 Inds- Alex Groza,
3 FtW- Bob Harris, 4 Bos- George Kaftan, 5 StL- Ed Macauley (territorial),
6 Phil- Vern Gardner, 7 Balt- Ron Livingstone, 8 NYK- Dick McGuire,
9 Wash- Wah Wah Jones, 10- Chi- Jack Kerris, 11 Mpls- Vern Mikkelsen
(territorial), 12 Roch- Pep Saul

Baltimore
Ron Livingstone          Wyoming
Roger Wiley              Oregon

Boston
Tony Lavelli             Yale
Joe Mullaney             Holy Cross
Bill Tom                 Rice
Ed Little                Denver JC
Jim Simpson              Bates
Bill Vandenburgh         Washington
Duane Klueh              Indiana State
Emerson Speicher         Bowling Green
Bill Weight              Brigham Young
Russ Washburn            Colby

Chicago
Ralph Beard              Kentucky
Jack Kerris              Loyola (IL)

Fort Wayne
Bob Harris               Oklahoma State
John Oldham              Western Kentucky

Indianapolis
Alex Groza               Kentucky
Leo Barnhorst            Notre Dame
Mac Otten                Bowling Green
Bob Evans                Butler
Charlie Maas             Butler
Don Boven                Western Michigan
Jim O'Halloran           Notre Dame
J.L. Parks               Oklahoma A&M

Minneapolis
T-Vern Mikkelsen         Hamline
Bob Harrison             Michigan

New York
Dick McGuire             St. John's
Harry Donovan            Muhlenberg
Ernie Vandeweghe         Colgate
Bill Kleine              Missouri Valley
Don Bagley               Notre Dame
Bob Prewitt              Southern Methodist
Ken Kearns               Arkansas
Bill Litchfield          Emporia State

Philadelphia
Vern Gardner             Utah
Jim Nolan                Georgia Tech

Providence
Paul Courty              Oklahoma
Howie Shannon            Kansas State

Rochester
Frank Saul               Seton Hall
Jack Coleman             Louisville

St. Louis
T-Ed Macauley            St. Louis
John Orr                 Beloit
Marv Schatzman           St. Louis
Preston Ward             Soutwest Missouri
Glenn Dodd               NE Missouri
Jack Davidson            Stanford
John Pritchard           Drake
Bob Retherford           Nebraska
Joe Crandall             Oregon State
Eddie Van Zant           NW Oklahoma

Washington
Wallace Jones            Kentucky
Jim Owens                Baylor


1950 DRAFT

First Round Selections- 1 Bos- Charlie Share, 2 Balt- Don Rehfeldt,
3 Phil- Paul Arizin (territorial), 4 TriC- Bob Cousy, 5 Wash- Dick Schnittker,
6 Chi- Larry Foust, 7 NYK- Irwin Dambrot, 8 FtW- George Yardley, 9 Inds- Bob
Lavoy, 10 Roch- John McNamee, 11 Mpls- Kevin O'Shea, 12 Syr- Don Lofgran

Baltimore
1  Don Rehfeldt             Wisconsin
2  John Pilch               Wyoming
3  Dick Dickey              North Carolina State
4  Jerry Reed               Wyoming
5  Norm Mager               CCNY
6  Rick Harman              Kansas State
7  Frank Comerford          La Salle
8  George Bush              Toledo
9  Jack Laub                Cincinnati
10 Mike Zedalis             Loyola (MD)

Boston
1  Charlie Share            Bowling Green
2  Chuck Cooper             Duquesne
3  Bob Donham               Ohio State
4  Ken Reeves               Louisville
5  Jack Shelton             Oklahoma A&M
6  Fran Mahoney             Brown
7  Dale Barnstable          Kentucky
8  Frank Oftring            Holy Cross
9  Bob Cope                 Montana
10 Matt Forman              Holy Cross

Chicago
1  Larry Foust              La Salle
2  Wally Osterkorn          Illinois
3  Lou Watson               Indiana
4  Ken Murray               St. Bonaventure
5  Don Stroot               Missouri
6  Stu Inman                San Jose State
7  Milt Whitehead           Nebraska
8  George King              Morris Harvey
9  John Brown               Georgetown
10 Bud Schaeffer            Wheaton

Fort Wayne
1  George Yardley           Stanford
2  Jim Riffey               Tulane
3  Art Burris               Tennessee
4  Len Rzewszewski          Indiana State
5  Ed Thompson              Kent State
6  Bob Metcalf              Valparaiso
7  Ed Jones                 Tennessee
8  Billy Joe Adcock         Vanderbilt
9  Al Henningsen            NW Missouri

Indianapolis
1  Bob Lavoy                Western Kentucky
2  Paul Unruh               Bradley
3  Charles Mrazovich        Eastern Kentucky
4  Jim Line                 Kentucky
5  Sonny Allen              Morehead State
6  Ralph O'Brien            Butler
7  Leon Blevins             Arizona
8  Jerry Stuteville         Indiana
9  Gene Schmidt             Texas Christian
10 Colin Anderson           Georgia Tech
11 Jimmy Doyle              Butler

Minneapolis
1  Kevin O'Shea             Notre Dame
2  Hal Haskins              Hamline
3  Howie Williams           Purdue
4  Bud Grant                Minnesota
5  Ed Beach                 West Virginia
6  Wayne Glasgow            Oklahoma
7  Joe Hutton Jr.           Hamline
8  Newt Benson              River Falls Teachers
9  Jim Reilly               Swarthmore
10 Andy Butchko             Purdue

New York
1  Irwin Dambrot            CCNY
2  Herb Scherer             Long Island
3  Stan Weber               Bowling Green
4  Joe Ossola               St. Louis
5  Dick Barnes              San Diego State
6  Don Parsons              Rutgers
7  Dan Bagley               Notre Dame
8  Charles Hope             Appalachian
9  Don Heathington          Baylor

Philadelphia
1  Paul Arizin              Villanova
2  Ed Dahler                Duquesne
3  Buddy Cate               Western Kentucky
4  Paul Sensky              St. Joseph's (PA)
5  Ike Borsavage            Temple
6  Dick Dallmer             Cincinnati
7  Charles Northup          Siena
8  Brooks Ricca             Villanova
9  Joe Kaufman              New York University
10 Bernie Adams             Princeton
11 Leo Wolfe                Villanova
12 Ed Montgomery            Tennessee

Rochester
1  Joe McNamee              San Francisco
2  George Stanich           UCLA
3  Bob Roper                John Carroll
4  Chet Giermak             William & Mary
5  Joe Nelson               Brigham Young
6  John Givens              Western Kentucky
7  Dan Kahler               Southwestern (KS)
8  Carl Kraushaar           UCLA
9  Warren Switzer           Rice
10 Harry Foley              Niagara

Syracuse
1  Don Lofgran              San Francisco
2  Gerry Calabrese          St. John's
3  Stan Christie            USC
4  Paul Merchant            Oklahoma
5  Paul Hickey              Denver
6  Mack Suprunowicz         Michigan
7  Lou Arko                 Akron
8  Bob Healey               Georgia
9  Bob Savage               Syracuse
10 Glenn Wilkes             Mercer

Tri-Cities
1  Bob Cousy                Holy Cross
2  Ed Gayda                 Washington State
3  Clarence Brannum         Kansas State
4  Paul Hicks               Eastern Kentucky
5  Cal Christensen          Toledo
6  Bob Anderson             Loyola (MD)
7  Bill Erickson            Illinois
8  Loy Doty                 Wyoming
9  Nate DeLong              River Falls Teachers
10 Keith Bloom              Wyoming

Washington
1  Dick Schnittker          Ohio State
2  Bill Sharman             USC
3  Alan Sawyer              UCLA
4  Tom O'Keefe              Georgetown
5  Claude Overton           East Central Oklahoma
6  Warren Cartier           North Carolina State
7  Jim Cathcart             Arkansas
8  Joe Greenbach            Santa Clara
9  Earl Lloyd               West Virginia State
10 Joe Noertker             Virginia


1951 DRAFT
T-Territorial Choice

First Round
1   Balt  Gene Melchiorre          Bradley
2   TriC  Mel Hutchins             Brigham Young
3   Inds  Marcus Freiberger        Oklahoma
4   FtW   Zeke Sinicola            Niagara
5   Syr   John McConathy           NW Louisiana
6   NYK   Ed Smith                 Harvard
7   Bos   Ernie Barrett            Kansas State
8   Roch  Sam Ranzino              North Carolina State
9   Phil  Don Sunderlage           Illinois
10T Mpls  Whitey Skoog             Minnesota

Second Round
1  Balt   Jack Stone               Kansas State
2  TriC   Bill Gossett             Colorado A&M
3  Inds   Scotty Steagall          Millikin
4  FtW    Jack Kiley               Syracuse
5  Syr    Don Savage               LeMoyne
6  NYK    Roland Minson            Brigham Young
7  Bos    Bill Garrett             Indiana
8  Roch   Ray Ragelis              Northwestern
9  Phil   Mel Payton               Tulane
10 Mpls   Lew Hitch                Kansas State

Third Round
1  Balt   Bill Mann                Bradley
2  TriC   Ron Bontemps             Beloit
3  Inds   Glenn Kammeyer           Central Missouri State
4  FtW    Jake Fendley             Northwestern
5  Syr    Bato Govedarica          DePaul
6  NYK    Joe Luchi                Cincinnati
7  Bos    John Furlong             Pepperdine
8  Roch   Fred Diute               St. Bonaventure
9  Phil   Bob Schloss              Georgia
10 Mpls   Bob Payne                Oregon State

Fourth Round
1  Balt   Bill Hagler              California
2  TriC   Jim Slaughter            South Carolina
3  Inds   Bill Tosheff             Indiana
4  FtW    Herb Hargett             Mississippi State
5  Syr    Paul Horvath             North Carolina State
6  NYK    Lloyd Sandstrom          St. Thomas
7  Bos    Bob Barnett              Evansville
8  Roch   Elmer Behnke             Bradley
9  Phil   Jud Milhon               Ohio Wesleyan
10 Mpls   Gale McArthur            Oklahoma A&M

Fifth Round
1  Balt   Leroy Ishman             American
2  TriC   Bob Sakel                Evansville
3  Inds   Bob Pierce               Nebraska
4  FtW    Leo Johnson              Arizona
5  Syr    Glen Anderson            Colorado A&M
6  NYK    Tom Smith                St. Peter's
7  Bos    Rip Gish                 Western Kentucky
8  Roch   Dan Bagley               Notre Dame
9  Phil   Mike Kearns              Princeton
10 Mpls   Leo Vander Kuy           Michigan

Sixth Round
1  Balt   Glen Duggins             Utah
2  TriC   John Rennicke            Drake
3  Inds   Marv Johnson             Wheaton
4  FtW    Frank Clasbeek           Iowa
5  Syr    Bob Wheeler              Idaho
6  NYK    Al McGuire               St. John's
7  Bos    Jim Luisi                St. Francis (NY)
8  Roch   Jim Ove                  Valparaiso
9  Phil   Bob Swails               Indiana Central
10 Mpls   Deward Dopson            Arkansas Polytechnic

Seventh Round
1  Balt   Tom Riach                USC
2  TriC   Bob Ambler               Arkansas
3  Inds   Ted Beach                Illinois
4  FtW    Jim Ramstead             Stanford
5  Syr    Roy Reardon              St. Francis (NY)
6  NYK    Sid Ryen                 Denver
7  Bos    John Azary               Columbia
8  Roch   John Brown               Southern Methodist
9  Phil   George Dempsey           King's
10 Mpls   Ed Head                  Kansas State

Eighth Round
1  Balt   Bill Harper              Oregon State
2  TriC   Aaron Preece             Bradley
3  Inds   George Kelly             Vanderbilt
4  FtW    John Manning             Duquesne
5  Syr    Tom Jockle               Syracuse
6  Bos    Hugo Kappler             North Carolina State
7  Roch   George Davidson          Lafayette
8  Phil   Jim Phelan               La Salle

Ninth Round
1  Balt   Bob Crowe                San Jose State
2  TriC   Wayne Tucker             Colorado
3  Syr    Ray Kirkwasser           Ithaca
4  Phil   Hugh Faulkner            Pepperdine

Tenth Round
1  Balt   Dan Torrey               Oregon State
2  TriC   John DeWitt              Texas A&M
3  Phil   Paul Gerwin              Cornell

Eleventh Round
1  Balt   Clem Pavilonis           DePaul

Twelfth Round
1  Balt   John Burke               Springfield (MA)