1947 DRAFT 1Jul47 Detroit, MI T-Territorial Choice First Round 1 Pitt Clifton McNeely Texas Western 2 Tor Glen Selbo Wisconsin 3 Bos Ed Ehlers Purdue 4 Prov Walt Dropo Connecticut 5 NYK Dick Holub Long Island 6 Phil Frank Crossin Pennsylvania 7 StL Jack Underman Ohio State 8 Chi Paul Huston Ohio State 9 Wash Dick O'Keefe Santa Clara 10 Balt Larry Killic Vermont 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 Pennsylvania 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 10May48 Chicago, IL T-Territorial Choice First Round 1 Prov Andy Tonkovich Marshall 2 Inds George Kok Arkansas 3 Bos George Hauptfuher Harvard 4 NYK Dolph Schayes New York University 5 Chi Ed Mikan DePaul 6 Balt Walter Budko Columbia 7 StL Bob Gale Cornell 8 FtW Ward Williams Indiana 9 Mpls Chuck Hanger California 10 Roch Bobby Wanzer Seton Hall 11 Phil Don Ray Western Kentucky 12 Wash Jack Nichols Washington 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 Southern California 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 21Mar49 New York, NY T-Territorial Choice First Round 1 Prov Howie Shannon Kansas State 2 Inds Alex Groza Kentucky 3 FtW Bob Harris Oklahoma State 4 Bos Tony Lavelli Yale 5T StL Ed Macauley St. Louis 6 Phil Vern Gardner Utah 7 Balt Ron Livingstone Wyoming 8 NYK Dick McGuire St. John's 9 Wash Wah Wah Jones Kentucky 10 Chi Jack Kerris Loyola (IL) 11T Mpls Vern Mikkelsen Hamline 12 Roch Frank Saul Seton Hall
Baltimore [#7] 1 Ron Livingstone Wyoming Roger Wiley Oregon 3 Paul Gordon Notre Dame Jim McMullen Xavier Eppa Rixey Jr. Kenyon Bill Evans Drake Tom Gallagher St. Francis Bill Zipple Lafayette Boston [#4] 1 George Kaftan Holy Cross 2 Tony Lavelli Yale 3 Joe Mullaney Holy Cross Bill Tom Rice Ed Little Denver JC Jim Simpson Bates Bill Vandenburgh Washington 8 Duane Klueh Indiana State Emerson Speicher Bowling Green Bill Weight Brigham Young Russ Washburn Colby Chicago [#10] 1 Jack Kerris Loyola (IL) 2 Ralph Beard Kentucky 3 Dike Eddleman Illinois Unknown Player Fort Wayne [#3] 1 Bob Harris Oklahoma State 2 John Oldham Western Kentucky 3 Fred Schaus West Virginia 4 Jerry Nagel Loyola Dal Zuber Toledo Indianapolis [#2] 1 Alex Groza Kentucky 2 Leo Barnhorst Notre Dame 3 Mac Otten Bowling Green 4 Bob Evans Butler Charlie Maas Butler 6 Don Boven Western Michigan Jim O'Halloran Notre Dame J.L. Parks Oklahoma A&M Minneapolis [#11] T Vern Mikkelsen Hamline Bob Harrison Michigan Paul Walther Tennessee Unknown Player New York [#8] 1 Dick McGuire St. John's 2 Harry Donovan Muhlenberg 3 Ernie Vandeweghe Colgate Bill Kleine Missouri Valley Don Bagley Notre Dame Bob Prewitt Southern Methodist Ken Kearns Arkansas Bill Litchfield Emporia State Philadelphia [#6] 1 Vern Gardner Utah 2 Jim Nolan Georgia Tech 3 Nelson Bobb Temple Unknown Player Unknown Player Providence [#1] 1 Howie Shannon Kansas State Paul Courty Oklahoma 3 Ed Leede Dartmouth 4 Warren Perkins Tulane 5 Ray Corley Georgetown Jack Theolan DePaul Carl Schaeffer Alabama 8 Bob Royer Indiana State Bill Tanzler Florida Rochester [#12] 1 Frank Saul Seton Hall 2 Jack Coleman Louisville Unknown Player Unknown Player
St. Louis [#5] T Ed Macauley St. Louis 2 John Orr Beloit Marv Schatzman St. Louis Preston Ward Southwest Missouri 5 Glenn Dodd NE Missouri Jack Davidson Stanford 7 John Pritchard Drake Bob Retherford Nebraska Joe Crandall Oregon State Eddie Van Zant NW Oklahoma
Washington [#9] 1 Wallace Jones Kentucky 2 Jim Owens Baylor Jim Lacy Loyola Maynard Haitcock George Washington 5 Cliff Barker Kentucky 1950 DRAFT 25Apr50 Chicago, IL T-Territorial Choice First Round 1 Bos Charlie Share Bowling Green 2 Balt Don Rehfeldt Wisconsin 3T Phil Paul Arizin Villanova 4 TriC Bob Cousy Holy Cross 5 Wash Dick Schnittker Ohio State 6 Chi Larry Foust La Salle 7 NYK Irwin Dambrot CCNY 8 FtW George Yardley Stanford 9 Inds Bob Lavoy Western Kentucky 10 Roch John McNamee San Francisco 11 Mpls Kevin O'Shea Notre Dame 12 Syr Don Lofgran San Francisco 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 Southern California 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 Southern California 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 25Apr51 New York, NY 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 Southern California 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)