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1954 NBA Draft

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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

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