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Detroit Pistons (1948 - ) Draft History
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Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (1948 - 1956)
2011 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Brandon Knight | Kentucky | |
2 | Kyle Singler | Duke | |
2 | Vernon Macklin | Florida | |
2010 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Greg Monroe | Georgetown | |
2 | Terrico White | Ole Miss | |
2009 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Austin Daye | Gonzaga | |
2 | DaJuan Summers | Georgetown | |
2 | Jonas Jerebko | Sweden | |
2 | Chase Budinger | Arizona | |
2008 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | D.J. White | University of Indiana | |
2 | Deron Washinton | Virginia Polytechnic Institute | |
2007 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Rodney Stuckey | Eastern Washington University | |
1 | Arron Afflato | UCLA | |
2 | Sammy Mejia | DePaul University | |
2006 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
2 | Will Blalock | Iowa State University | |
2005 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Jason Maxiell | Cincinnati | |
2 | Amir Johnson | Westchester High School | |
2 | Alex Acker | Pepperdine | |
2004 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
2 | Rickey Paulding | Missouri | |
2003 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Darko Milicic | Serbia | |
1 | Carlos Delfino | Argentina | |
2 | Andreas Gliniadakis | Greece | |
2002 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Tayshaun Prince | Kentucky | |
2001 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Rodney White | Charlotte | |
2 | Mehmet Okur | ||
2000 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Mateen Cleaves | Michigan State | |
2 | Brian Cardinal | Purdue | |
1999 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
2 | Melvin Levett | Cincinnati | |
1998 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Bonzi Wells | Ball State | |
2 | Korleone Young | Hargrave Military Acadamy | |
1997 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Scot Pollard | Kansas | |
2 | Charles OBannon | UCLA | |
1996 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Jerome Williams | Georgetown | |
1995 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Theo Ratliff | Wyoming | |
1 | Randolph Childress | Georgia Tech | |
2 | Lou Roe | Massachusetts | |
2 | Don Reid | Georgetown (DC) | |
1994 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Grant Hill | Duke | |
2 | Jevon Crudup | Missouri | |
1993 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Lindsey Hunter | Jackson State | |
1 | Allan Houston | Tennessee | |
1992 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Don MacLean | UCLA | |
1991 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
2 | Doug Overton | La Salle | |
1990 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Lance Blanks | Texas | |
1989 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Kenny Battle | Illinois | |
1988 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
2 | Fennis Dembo | Wyoming | |
2 | Micheal Williams | Baylor | |
3 | Lee Johnson | Norfolk State | |
1987 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
2 | Fred Banks | Nevada-Las Vegas | |
3 | Eric White | Pepperdine | |
4 | Dave Popson | North Carolina | |
5 | Gerry Wright | Iowa | |
6 | Antoine Joubert | Michigan | |
7 | Mark Gottfried | Alabama | |
1986 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | John Salley | Georgia Tech | |
2 | Dennis Rodman | SE Oklahoma State | |
4 | Chauncey Robinson | Mississippi State | |
5 | Clarence Hanley | Old Dominion | |
6 | Greg Grant | Utah State | |
7 | Larry Polec | Michigan State | |
1985 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Joe Dumars | McNeese State | |
3 | Andre Goode | Northwestern | |
3 | Richie Johnson | Evansville | |
4 | Spud Webb | North Carolina State | |
5 | Mike Lahm | Murray State | |
6 | Vincent Giles | Eastern Michigan | |
7 | Frank James | Nevada-Las Vegas | |
1984 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Tony Campbell | Ohio State | |
2 | Eric Turner | Michigan | |
3 | Kevin Springman | St. Joseph's | |
4 | Phillip Smith | New Mexico | |
5 | Rick Doyle | Texas-San Antonio | |
6 | Rennie Bailey | Louisiana Tech | |
7 | Barry Francisco | Bloomsburg State | |
8 | Dale Roberts | Appalachian State | |
9 | Ben Tower | Michigan State | |
10 | Dan Pelekoudas | Michigan | |
1983 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Antoine Carr | Wichita State | |
3 | Erich Santifer | Syracuse | |
4 | Steve Bouchie | Indiana | |
5 | Ken Austin | Rice | |
6 | Derek Perry | Michigan State | |
7 | Rob Gonzalez | Colorado | |
8 | George Wenzel | Augustana | |
9 | Marlow McLain | Eastern Michigan | |
10 | Ike Person | Michigan | |
1982 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Cliff Levingston | Wichita State | |
1 | Ricky Pierce | Rice | |
4 | Walker Russell | Western Michigan | |
5 | John Ebeling | Florida Southern | |
6 | Gary Holmes | Minnesota | |
7 | Dean Marquardt | Marquette | |
8 | Brian Nyenhuis | Marquette | |
9 | Kevin Smith | Michigan State | |
10 | David Coulthard | York (Canada) | |
1981 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Isiah Thomas | Indiana | |
1 | Kelly Tripucka | Notre Dame | |
4 | John May | South Alabama | |
4 | Don Koonce | North Carolina-Charlotte | |
5 | George DeVone | North Carolina-Charlotte | |
6 | Vince Brookins | Iowa | |
7 | Greg Nance | West Virginia | |
8 | Joe Schoen | St. Francis (PA) | |
9 | Eddie Baker | Alcorn State | |
10 | Melvin Maxwell | Western Michigan | |
1980 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Larry Drew | Missouri | |
2 | Brad Branson | Southern Methodist | |
3 | Jonathan Moore | Furman | |
4 | Darwin Cook | Portland | |
5 | Tony Fuller | Pepperdine | |
6 | Tony Turner | Alaska-Anchorage | |
7 | Carl Pierce | Gonzaga | |
8 | Leroy Loggins | Fairmont State | |
9 | Terry Dupris | Huron | |
1979 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Greg Kelser | Michigan State | |
1 | Roy Hamilton | UCLA | |
1 | Phil Hubbard | Michigan | |
2 | Tony Price | Penn | |
3 | Terry Duerod | Detroit | |
5 | Flintie Williams | Nevada-Las Vegas | |
6 | Truman Clayton | Kentucky | |
7 | Ken Jones | St. Mary's (CA) | |
8 | Rodney Lee | Memphis State | |
9 | Val Bracey | Central Michigan | |
10 | Willie Polk | Grand Canyon | |
1978 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
2 | Terry Tyler | Detroit | |
2 | John Long | Detroit | |
5 | Dave Caligaris | Northeastern | |
6 | Audie Matthews | Illinois | |
7 | Herb Entzminger | J.C. Smith | |
8 | Earl Evans | Nevada-Las Vegas | |
9 | Ulice Payne | Marquette | |
10 | Dave Grauzer | Central Michigan | |
1977 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
2 | Ben Poquette | Central Michigan | |
3 | John Irving | Hofstra | |
4 | Bruce King | Iowa | |
5 | Jim Kennedy | Missouri | |
6 | Herb Nobles | Kansas | |
7 | Robert Lewis | Johnson C. Smith | |
8 | Tim Appleton | Kenyon | |
1976 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Leon Douglas | Alabama | |
3 | Phil Sellers | Rutgers | |
4 | Scott Thompson | Iowa | |
5 | Jim Hearns | Marymount | |
6 | Russell Davis | Virginia Tech | |
7 | Curt Peterson | Puget Sound | |
8 | Randy Heary | Illinois State | |
9 | Bill Martin | Hartwick | |
10 | Bob Johnson | Wisconsin | |
Marvin Barnes | St. Louis ($500,000) | ABA Dispersal Draft | |
1975 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
2 | Walter Luckett | Ohio | |
3 | Pete Trgovich | UCLA | |
4 | Lindsay Hairston | Michigan State | |
5 | Cliff Pratt | Shaw | |
6 | Allen Spruill | North Carolina A&T | |
7 | Ike Williams | Armstrong State | |
8 | John Kelley | Dillard | |
9 | Terry Thomas | Detroit | |
10 | Mickey Fox | St. Mary's (Canada) | |
1974 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Al Eberhard | Missouri | |
2 | Eric Money | Arizona | |
3 | Roland Grant | New Mexico State | |
4 | Mickey Martin | Pittsburgh | |
5 | Joe Newman | Temple | |
6 | Mike Sylvester | Dayton | |
7 | Sammy High | Tulsa | |
8 | Greg Newman | Drexel | |
9 | Gary Deitelhoff | Millikin | |
10 | Bill Ligon | Vanderbilt | |
1973 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
3 | Dwight Lamar | SW Louisiana | |
3 | Larry Kenon | Memphis State | |
4 | Ken Brady | Michigan | |
5 | Henry Wilmore | Michigan | |
6 | Dennis Johnson | Ferris State | |
7 | Fred Smiley | Northwood Michigan | |
8 | Ben Kelso | Central Michigan | |
9 | Bill Kelgore | Michigan State | |
10 | Bob Solomon | Wayne State | |
11 | Len Paul | Akron | |
12 | Clarence Carlisle | Ferris State | |
1972 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Bob Nash | Hawaii | |
2 | Chris Ford | Villanova | |
4 | Ernie Fleming | Jacksonville | |
5 | Ernest Pettis | Western Michigan | |
6 | Terry Benton | Wichita State | |
7 | Bruce Anderson | Arizona | |
8 | Ben Kelso | Central Michigan | |
9 | Kessie Mangam | Ferris State | |
10 | Kent Hollenbeck | Kentucky | |
1971 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Curtis Rowe | UCLA | |
2 | Isaiah Wilson | Baltimore | |
3 | Marv Roberts | Utah State | |
4 | Jarrett Durham | Duquesne | |
5 | Vincent White | Savannah State | |
6 | Jim Larranga | Providence | |
7 | Steve Kelly | Brigham Young | |
8 | Wayne Jones | Niagara | |
9 | Paul Botts | Central Michigan | |
10 | Steve Butcher | Pikeville | |
11 | Larry Saunders | Duke | |
12 | Bob Horn | Drake | |
13 | Willie Roberson | Wyoming | |
14 | Art Davis | J. C. Smith | |
15 | James Fleming | Alcorn A&M | |
16 | Fred Smiley | Detroit | |
17 | Leroy Jenkins | Detroit | |
18 | Ike Bundy | Detroit Tech | |
19 | Ed Jenkins | Shaw | |
1970 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Bob Lanier | St. Bonaventure | |
2 | Ken Warzynski | DePaul | |
3 | Bob StPierre | Hanover | |
3 | Jim Hayes | Boston U | |
5 | Bill Jankans | Long Beach State | |
6 | Seviro Brown | DePaul | |
7 | Marv Copeland | Michigan Lutheran | |
8 | Dan Issel | Kentucky | |
9 | Alex Wynn | Dartmouth | |
10 | Bruce Chapman | Nevada | |
11 | Rick Anhauser | North Carolina State | |
12 | Don Ogletree | Cincinnati | |
13 | Ernest Hardy | Harvard | |
14 | Randy Smith | Buffalo State | |
15 | Dennis Clark | Springfield (MA) | |
16 | Harvey Mariatt | Eastern Michigan | |
1969 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Terry Driscoll | Boston College | |
2 | Willie Norwood | Alcorn A&M | |
4 | Ted Wierman | Washington State | |
5 | Steve Mix | Toledo | |
6 | Larry Jeffries | Trinity | |
7 | Steve Vandenberg | Duke | |
8 | Bob Arnzen | Notre Dame | |
9 | George Reynolds | Houston | |
10 | Bill English | Winston-Salem | |
11 | Rusty Clark | North Carolina | |
1968 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Otto Moore | Pan American | |
2 | Manny Leaks | Niagara | |
3 | Don Dee | St. Mary of the Plains | |
4 | Rich Niemann | St. Louis | |
5 | Carl Fuller | Bethune-Cookman | |
6 | Wally Anderzunas | Creighton | |
7 | Larry Newbold | Long Island | |
8 | Harry Laurie | St. Peter's | |
9 | Vaughn Harper | Syracuse | |
10 | Tom Baack | Nebraska | |
1967 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Jimmy Walker | Providence | |
1 | Sonny Dove | St. John's | |
2 | Steve Sullivan | Georgetown | |
3 | Darrell Hardy | Baylor | |
4 | Ron Franz | Kansas | |
5 | Paul Long | Wake Forest | |
6 | Vaughn Harper | Syracuse | |
6 | George Carter | Rutgers | |
7 | Bob Lloyd | Rutgers | |
8 | George Carter | St. Bonaventure | |
12 | George Dalzell | Colgate College | |
13 | Matthew Aitch | Michigan State | |
1966 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Dave Bing | Syracuse | |
2 | Dorie Murrey | Detroit | |
3 | Oliver Darden | Michigan | |
4 | Jeff Congdon | Brigham Young | |
5 | William Pickens | Georgia Southern | |
6 | Carroll Hooser | Southern Methodist | |
7 | Ted Manning | North Carolina College | |
8 | George McNeil | Southern Illinois | |
1965 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1T | Bill Buntin | Michigan | Territorial Choice |
2 | Tom Van Arsdale | Indiana | |
3 | Ron Reed | Notre Dame | |
4 | Jim King | Oklahoma State | |
5 | Ted Manning | North Carolina College | |
6 | Barry Smith | High Point | |
1964 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Joe Caldwell | Arizona State | |
2 | Les Hunter | Loyola (IL) | |
3 | Wally Jones | Villanova | |
4 | Jim Davis | Colorado | |
5 | Ray Wolford | Toledo | |
6 | Larry Phillips | Rice | |
7 | Jerry Jackson | Ohio | |
8 | Ralph Telken | Rockhurst | |
1963 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Ed Miles | Seattle | |
2 | Jerry Smith | Furman | |
3 | Mike McCoy | Miami (FL) | |
4 | Dave Erickson | Marquette | |
5 | Bill Small | Illinois | |
6 | Reggie Harding | None | |
7 | Ira Harge | New Mexico | |
8 | Gary Silc | Northern Michigan | |
9 | Ernie Durston | Seattle | |
1962 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1T | Dave DeBusschere | Detroit | Territorial Choice |
2 | Kevin Loughery | St. John's | |
3 | Harold Hudgens | Texas Tech | |
4 | Reggie Harding | None | |
5 | Lindbergh Moody | South Carolina | |
6 | Ed Noe | Morehead State | |
7 | John Bradley | Lawrence | |
8 | Mike Rice | Duquesne | |
9 | Bill Nelson | Hamline | |
10 | Glenn Moore | Oregon | |
1961 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Ray Scott | Portland | |
2 | Johnny Egan | Providence | |
3 | Doug Kistler | Duke | |
4 | George Finley | Tennessee A&I | |
5 | Dan Doyle | Belmont Abbey | |
6 | Lee Patrone | West Virginia | |
7 | Burt Price | Wittenberg | |
8 | Walter Ward | Hampton Institute | |
9 | Peter Baltic | Penn State | |
10 | Wayne Monson | Northern Michigan | |
11 | Richard Kraft | Brockport | |
1960 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Jack Moreland | Louisiana Tech | |
2 | Ron Johnson | Minnesota | |
3 | Frank Case | Dayton | |
4 | Ken Remley | West Virginia Wesleyan | |
5 | Willie Jones | Northwestern | |
6 | Bill Lowry | Christian Brothers | |
7 | Doug Moe | North Carolina | |
8 | Mike Yugovich | Youngstown | |
9 | Martin Holland | Kentucky Wesleyan | |
10 | Joe Kennelly | Dayton | |
11 | Mel Peterson | Wheaton | |
12 | Don Dobbert | Wheaton | |
13 | Lee Hopfenspirger | Hamline | |
1959 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Bailey Howell | Mississippi State | |
2 | Tom Robitaille | Rice | |
2 | Don Goldstein | Louisville | |
3 | Gary Alcorn | Fresno State | |
4 | George Lee | Michigan | |
5 | Tony Windis | Wyoming | |
6 | Lou Jordan | Cornell | |
7 | Doug Smart | Washington | |
8 | Chuck Curtis | Pacific Lutheran | |
9 | Doyle Edmiston | Hardin-Simmons | |
10 | Bruno Boin | Washington | |
11 | MC Burton | Michigan | |
1958 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
2 | Barney Cable | Bradley | |
3 | Roy DeWitz | Kansas State | |
4 | Ralph Croswaite | Western Kentucky | |
5 | Hank Morano | St. Peter's | |
6 | Shellie McMillon | Bradley | |
7 | Ed Blair | Western Michigan | |
8 | Jack Quiggle | Michigan State | |
9 | Harry Marske | North Dakota State | |
10 | Pete Gaudin | Loyola (LA) | |
11 | Herb Merritt | Tennessee Tech | |
12 | Jim Dew | Alabama State | |
1957 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Charles Tyra | Louisville | |
2 | Bob McCoy | Grambling | |
3 | Bill Ebben | Detroit | |
4 | Kurt Englebert | St. Joseph's (PA) | |
5 | Ron Kramer | Michigan | |
6 | Walt Acamushko | St. Francis (NY) | |
7 | Carl Boldt | San Francisco | |
8 | Doug Bolstorff | Minnesota | |
9 | Bob Lazor | Pittsburgh | |
1956 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Ron Sobie | DePaul | |
Bob Kessler | Maryland | ||
Bill Thieben | Hofstra | ||
Charles Slack | Marshall | ||
Joe Lieber | Holy Cross | ||
John Schlimm | John Carroll | ||
Bruce Harris | Tennessee Polytechnic | ||
1955 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | John Horan | Dayton | |
2 | Jesse Arnelle | Penn State | |
3 | Ron Bennink | Washington State | |
4 | Dick Howard | Western Reserve | |
5 | Cleo Littleton | Wichita State | |
Don Belcher | Louisiana State | ||
Tom Harrold | Colorado | ||
Happy Mahfouz | Spring Hill | ||
Tom Mock | Colorado | ||
Tom Mixon | Mercer | ||
Bob Reiter | Missouri | ||
Ray Warren | Texas Christian | ||
1954 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Dick Rosenthal | Notre Dame | |
2 | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | |
3 | BH Born | Kansas | |
4 | Mel Thompson | North Carolina State | |
5 | Dutch Burch | Pittsburgh | |
6 | Charles Kraak | Indiana | |
7 | Bernie Janicki | Duke | |
8 | Don Bielke | Valparaiso | |
9 | Joel Hittleman | Loyola (MD) | |
10 | Phil Larson | Brigham Young | |
11 | Forrest Jackson | Taylor | |
1953 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Jack Molinas | Columbia | |
George Glasgow | Fairleigh Dickinson | ||
Jim Bredar | Illinois | ||
Jim Bingham | Eastern Kentucky | ||
Mike Bodnar | St. Bonaventure | ||
Norb Lewinski | Notre Dame | ||
William Hagan | Siena | ||
Dean Kelley | Kansas | ||
Dick White | Eastern Kentucky | ||
1952 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Dick Groat | Duke | |
Bill Carlson | Fordham | ||
Hal Cerra | Duquesne | ||
Bob Clifton | Iowa | ||
Leo Corkery | St. Bonaventure | ||
Don Meineke | Dayton | ||
Lee Terrill | North Carolina State | ||
Jim Ramstead | Stanford | ||
1951 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Zeke Sinicola | Niagara | |
2 | Jack Kiley | Syracuse | |
3 | Jake Fendley | Northwestern | |
4 | Herb Hargett | Mississippi State | |
5 | Leo Johnson | Arizona | |
6 | Frank Clasbeek | Iowa | |
7 | Jim Ramstead | Stanford | |
8 | John Manning | Duquesne | |
1950 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
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 Adcock | Vanderbilt | |
9 | Al Henningsen | NW Missouri | |
1949 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
1 | Bob Harris | Oklahoma State | |
2 | John Oldham | Western Kentucky | |
3 | Fred Schaus | West Virginia | |
4 | Jerry Nagel | Loyola | |
Dal Zuber | Toledo | ||
1948 | |||
Rnd | Name | College/HS/Country | Note |
Bobby Cook | Wisconsin | ||
Link Richmond | Arizona | ||
Ken Rollins | Kentucky | ||
Murray Wier | Iowa | ||
Ward Williams | Indiana |