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1953 NBA Draft

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Round 1
# Team Name College/HS/Country
BA1 Ray Felix Long Island
BOS Frank Ramsey Kentucky
FTW Jack Molinas Columbia
MI1 Bob Houbregs Washington
MIE Jim Fritsche Hamline
NYK Walter Dukes Seton Hall
PHI Ernie Beck Pennsylvania
ROC Richie Regan Seton Hall
SYR James Neal Wofford
Round 2
# Team Name College/HS/Country
BOS Chet Noe Oregon
NYK Buddy Ackerman Long Island
PHI Larry Hennessy Villanova
Round 3
# Team Name College/HS/Country
BOS Cliff Hagan Kentucky
NYK Neil Gordon Furman
PHI Norm Grekin La Salle
Round 4
# Team Name College/HS/Country
BOS Earle Markey Holy Cross
NYK Thomas Bishop Mississippi Southern
PHI Fred Ihle La Salle
Round 5
# Team Name College/HS/Country
BOS John Holup George Washington
NYK Robert Santini Iona
PHI Eddie Solomon West Virginia Tech
Round 6
# Team Name College/HS/Country
BOS Vernon Stokes St. Francis (NY)
PHI Don Eby Southern California
Round 7
# Team Name College/HS/Country
BOS Lou Tsioropoulos Kentucky
PHI Bob Marske South Dakota
Round 8
# Team Name College/HS/Country
BOS Ted Lallier Colby
PHI Bill Dodd Colgate
Round 9
# Team Name College/HS/Country
BOS Lewis Gilcrease SW Texas
PHI Bob Sassone St. Bonaventure
Round 10
# Team Name College/HS/Country
BOS Tom Lillis St. Louis
PHI Toar Hester Centenary
Round 11
# Team Name College/HS/Country
BOS Gil Reich Kansas
PHI John Doogan St. Joseph's (PA)
Round 12
# Team Name College/HS/Country
BOS Jim Dogerty Whitworth
PHI Charles Duffley St. Anselm's
Draft By Team
# Team Name College/HS/Country
BA1 Bob Speight North Carolina State
BA1 Bob Peterson Oregon
BA1 Bill Schyman DePaul
BA1 Paul Nolen Texas Tech
BA1 Elmer Tolson Eastern Kentucky
BA1 Herman Sledzik Penn State
BA1 Connie Rea Centenary
BA1 Dennis Murphy Georgetown
BA1 Jack Carby Kansas State
BA1 Bob Emmercik Clarion State
BA1 Russ Johnson None
BA1 Don Stemmerich None
BA1 Bob Kraback None
BA1 Joe Piorkowski None
BA1 Edward Walsh None
FTW George Glasgow Fairleigh Dickinson
FTW Jim Bredar Illinois
FTW Jim Bingham Eastern Kentucky
FTW Mike Bodnar St. Bonaventure
FTW Norb Lewinski Notre Dame
FTW William Hagan Siena
FTW Dean Kelley Kansas
FTW Dick White Eastern Kentucky
MI1 Bill Bolger Georgetown
MI1 Irv Bemoras Illinois
MI1 Gene Dyker DePaul
MI1 Joe Cipriano Washington
MI1 John OBrien Seattle
MI1 Eddie OBrien Seattle
MI1 Darrell Tucker Utah State
MI1 Paul Brandt Columbia
MI1 Bob Rousey Kansas State
MIE Ron Feiereisel DePaul
MIE Hartly Kruger Idaho
MIE Ken Flowers Southern California
MIE Zippy Morocco Georgia
MIE Pete Silas Georgia Tech
MIE Lloyd Olmstead Cornell (IA)
MIE Joe Richey Brigham Young
MIE Hank Budde Xavier (OH)
MIE Walt Kearns Arkansas
MIE Bill Chambers William & Mary
MIE Harold Christensen Brigham Young
MIE Bob Gelle Minnesota
MIE Lloyd Thorgaard Hamline
MIE Bob Gussner Hamline
MIE Chuck Wolfe North Dakota
MIE Doug Atkins Tennessee
MIE Roger Kuss River Falls State
NYK Joe Smyth Niagara
NYK Allan Schutts Springfield
NYK Richard Atha Indiana State
NYK Forrest Hamilton SW Missouri State
NYK Richard Prater Kentucky
NYK Bob Matheny California
NYK Larry OConnor Canisius
NYK Delmer Diercks Iowa State
PHI Jack George La Salle
ROC Norman Swanson Detroit
ROC Frank Reddout Syracuse
ROC Will Walls Miami (OH)
ROC Hugh Beins Georgetown
ROC Kendall Sheets Oklahoma A&M
ROC Jim Scottie West Virginia
ROC Dick Gross Wheaton
ROC Jim Gerber Bowling Green
ROC Will Bales Eastern Kentucky
ROC Bill Edwards St. Bonaventure
ROC Bob Goss North Carolina State
ROC Paul Smaagard Hamline
ROC Ken Sears Santa Clara
ROC John Kurz Loyola (CA)
ROC Ed Kohl Regis
ROC Gene Lambert Arkansas
ROC Tex Silverman Nick McGuire
SYR Dick Knostman Kansas State
SYR Bill Kenville St. Bonaventure
SYR Andy McGowan Manhattan
SYR Warren Shackelford Tulsa
SYR Bill Jenkins LeMoyne
SYR Bill Hull Utah State
SYR Joe Hughes Denver
SYR Gerald Nappy Georgetown
SYR Al Bailey Duquesne
SYR Glen Dille Tulsa
SYR Garrett Beshear Murray State

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