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1954 NBA Player Draft
1955 1954 1953
Round 1 | |||
# | Team | Name | College/HS/Country |
1 | BA1 | Frank Selvy | Furman |
2 | MI1 | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State |
3 | PH1 | Gene Shue | Maryland |
4 | FTW | Dick Rosenthal | Notre Dame |
5 | BOS | Togo Palazzi | Holy Cross |
6 | SYR | John Kerr | Illinois |
7 | ROC | Tom Marshall | Western Kentucky |
8 | NYK | Jack Turner | Western Kentucky |
9 | MIE | Ed Kalafat | Minnesota |
Round 2 | |||
# | Team | Name | College/HS/Country |
1 | BA1 | Bob Leonard | Indiana |
2 | MI1 | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma State |
3 | PH1 | Larry Costello | Niagara |
4 | FTW | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City |
5 | BOS | Dwight Morrison | Idaho |
6 | SYR | Dick Farley | Indiana |
7 | ROC | Boris Nachamkin | New York University |
8 | NYK | Richie Guerin | Iona |
9 | MIE | Al Bianchi | Bowling Green |
Round 3 | |||
# | Team | Name | College/HS/Country |
1 | BA1 | Werner Killen | Lawrence |
2 | MI1 | Walt Walowac | Marshall |
3 | PH1 | Ben Peters | St. Benedict |
4 | FTW | BH Born | Kansas |
5 | BOS | Henry Daubenschmidt | St. Francis (NY) |
6 | SYR | Jim Tucker | Duquesne |
7 | ROC | Lee Morton | Cornell |
8 | NYK | Don Anielak | SW Missouri |
9 | MIE | Don Lance | Rice |
Round 4 | |||
# | Team | Name | College/HS/Country |
1 | BA1 | Burt Spice | Toledo |
2 | MI1 | Phil Martin | Toledo |
3 | PH1 | Chuck Noble | Louisville |
4 | FTW | Mel Thompson | North Carolina State |
5 | BOS | Ron Perry | Holy Cross |
6 | SYR | Don McLane | Duquesne |
7 | ROC | Art Spoelstra | Western Kentucky |
8 | NYK | Don Lange | Navy |
9 | MIE | Gene Schwinger | Rice |
Round 5 | |||
# | Team | Name | College/HS/Country |
1 | BA1 | Lou Scott | Indiana |
2 | MI1 | Paul Ebert | Ohio State |
3 | PH1 | Rudy D'Emilio | Duke |
4 | FTW | Dutch Burch | Pittsburgh |
5 | BOS | Troy Burris | West Texas |
6 | SYR | Paul Pottenburgh | Siena |
7 | ROC | Bo Erias | Niagara |
8 | NYK | Jesse Priscock | Kansas State |
9 | MIE | Buzz Bennett | Minnesota |
Round 6 | |||
# | Team | Name | College/HS/Country |
1 | BA1 | Bob Heim | Xavier (OH) |
2 | MI1 | Bob Carney | Bradley |
3 | PH1 | Len Winogard | Brandeis |
4 | FTW | Charles Kraak | Indiana |
5 | BOS | Otto Krieghauser | Washington (MO) |
6 | SYR | Norman Pott | Wheaton |
7 | ROC | James Davis | St. John's |
8 | NYK | Ron Rivers | Wyoming |
9 | MIE | Nick Revon | Mississippi Southern |
Round 7 | |||
# | Team | Name | College/HS/Country |
1 | BA1 | Joe Pehanick | Seattle |
2 | MI1 | Alan Kelley | Kansas |
3 | PH1 | Bob Brady | San Diego State |
4 | FTW | Bernie Janicki | Duke |
5 | BOS | Paul Estergaard | Bradley |
6 | SYR | Gus Levett | Franklin & Marshall |
7 | ROC | Bill Hull | Utah State |
8 | NYK | Solly Walker | St. John's |
9 | MIE | Dan Finch | Vanderbilt |
Round 8 | |||
# | Team | Name | College/HS/Country |
1 | BA1 | Harry Brooks | Seton Hall |
2 | MI1 | Dick Nunneley | Tulsa |
3 | PH1 | Bob Hodges | East Carolina |
4 | FTW | Don Bielke | Valparaiso |
5 | BOS | Jim Young | Santa Clara |
6 | SYR | Mel Besdin | Syracuse |
7 | ROC | Paul Morrow | Wisconsin |
8 | NYK | Cob Jarvis | Mississippi State |
9 | MIE | Bob Hopkins | Pasadena |
Round 9 | |||
# | Team | Name | College/HS/Country |
1 | BA1 | Ron Goerrs | Concordia (MO) |
2 | MI1 | Hal Cervini | Tulane |
3 | PH1 | Vince Leta | Lycoming |
4 | FTW | Joel Hittleman | Loyola (MD) |
5 | SYR | Fletcher Johnson | Duquesne |
6 | ROC | Roy Irvin | Southern California |
7 | NYK | Henry Duckham | Brooklyn Polytechnic |
8 | MIE | Dick Garmaker | Minnesota |
Round 10 | |||
# | Team | Name | College/HS/Country |
1 | BA1 | Gary Shivers | Houston |
2 | MI1 | Joe Bertrand | Notre Dame |
3 | PH1 | Bill Sullivan | Notre Dame |
4 | FTW | Phil Larson | Brigham Young |
5 | BOS | Tony Daukas | Boston College |
6 | SYR | Jack Davidson | UCLA |
7 | ROC | Ed Parchinski | Fordham |
8 | NYK | John Clune | Navy |
9 | MIE | John Blever | Northwestern |
Round 11 | |||
# | Team | Name | College/HS/Country |
1 | BA1 | Elliott Karver | George Washington |
2 | MI1 | Jerry Domerschick | CCNY |
3 | PH1 | Frank O'Hara | La Salle |
4 | FTW | Forrest Jackson | Taylor |
5 | BOS | Bill Johnson | Nebraska |
7 | ROC | John Paxson | Dayton |
8 | NYK | Bob Walter | Oklahoma |
Round 12 | |||
# | Team | Name | College/HS/Country |
2 | MI1 | Ron Weisner | Wisconsin |
3 | PH1 | John Glinski | None |
8 | NYK | Bill Stickel | Hastings |
Round 13 | |||
# | Team | Name | College/HS/Country |
3 | PH1 | John Holup | George Washington |