1953
1953 NBA Draft |
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Territorial Picks |
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| Pick | Player | From (College) | NBA Team | Details |
| – | Walter Dukes | Seton Hall Univ. | New York Knicks | Knicks had the 8th pick |
| – | Ernie Beck | Univ. of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia Warriors | Warriors had the 1st pick |
Round 1 |
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| Pick | Player | From (College) | NBA Team | Details |
| 1 | Ray Felix | Long Island Univ. | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | |
| 2 | Bob Houbregs | Univ. of Washington | Milwaukee Hawks | |
| 3 | Jack Molinas | Columbia Univ. | Fort Wayne Pistons | |
| 4 | Richie Regan | Seton Hall Univ. | Rochester Royals | |
| 5 | Frank Ramsey | Univ. of Kentucky | Boston Celtics | |
| 6 | Jim Neal | Wofford College | Syracuse Nationals | |
| 7 | Jim Fritsche | Hamline Univ. | Minneapolis Lakers | |
Round 2 |
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| Pick | Player | From (College) | NBA Team | Details |
| 8 | Larry Hennessy | Villanova Univ. | Philadelphia Warriors | |
| 9 | Don Ackerman | Long Island Univ. | New York Knicks | |
| 10 | Bob Speight | North Carolina State Univ. | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | |
| 11 | George Glasgow | Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. | Fort Wayne Pistons | |
| 12 | Norm Swanson | Univ. of Detroit Mercy | Rochester Royals | |
| 13 | Chet Noe | Univ. of Oregon | Boston Celtics | |
| 14 | Dick Knostman | Kansas State Univ. | Syracuse Nationals | |
Round 3 |
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| Pick | Player | From (College) | NBA Team | Details |
| – | Cliff Hagan | Univ. of Kentucky | Boston Celtics | |
| – | Neil Gordon | Furman Univ. | New York Knicks | |
| – | Norm Grekin | La Salle Univ. | Philadelphia Warriors | |
Round 4 |
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| Pick | Player | From (College) | NBA Team | Details |
| – | Earle Markey | College of the Holy Cross | Boston Celtics | |
| – | Thomas Bishop | Univ. of Southern Mississippi | New York Knicks | |
| – | Fred Ihle | La Salle Univ. | Philadelphia Warriors | |
Round 5 |
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| Pick | Player | From (College) | NBA Team | Details |
| – | Joe Holup | George Washington Univ. | Boston Celtics | |
| – | Bob Santini | Iona College | New York Knicks | |
| – | Eddie Solomon | West Virginia Univ. Institute of Technology | Philadelphia Warriors | |
Round 6 |
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| Pick | Player | From (College) | NBA Team | Details |
| – | Vernon Stokes | St. Francis College | Boston Celtics | |
| – | Don Eby | Univ. of Southern California | Philadelphia Warriors | |
Round 7 |
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| Pick | Player | From (College) | NBA Team | Details |
| – | Lou Tsioropoulos | Univ. of Kentucky | Boston Celtics | |
| – | Bob Marske | – | Philadelphia Warriors | |
Round 8 |
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| Pick | Player | From (College) | NBA Team | Details |
| – | Ted Lallier | Colby College | Boston Celtics | |
| – | Bill Dodd | Colgate Univ. | Philadelphia Warriors | |
Round 9 |
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| Pick | Player | From (College) | NBA Team | Details |
| – | Lewis Gilcrease | Texas State Univ. | Boston Celtics | |
| – | Bob Sassone | St. Bonaventure Univ. | Philadelphia Warriors | |
Round 10 |
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| Pick | Player | From (College) | NBA Team | Details |
| – | Tom Lillis | Saint Louis Univ. | Boston Celtics | |
| – | Toar Hester | Centenary College of Louisiana | Philadelphia Warriors | |
Round 11 |
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| Pick | Player | From (College) | NBA Team | Details |
| – | Gil Reich | Univ. of Kansas | Boston Celtics | |
| – | John Doogan | Saint Joseph’s Univ. | Philadelphia Warriors | |
Round 12 |
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| Pick | Player | From (College) | NBA Team | Details |
| – | Jim Dogerty | Whitworth | Boston Celtics | |
| – | Charles Duffley | Saint Anselm College | Philadelphia Warriors | |
Other Picks |
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| Pick | Player | From (College) | NBA Team | Details |
| – | Jack Carby | Kansas State Univ. | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | |
| – | Bob Emmercik | Clarion Univ. of Pennsylvania | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | |
| – | Russ Johnson | – | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | |
| – | Bob Kraback | – | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | |
| – | Dennis Murphy | Georgetown Univ. | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | |
| – | Paul Nolen | Texas Tech Univ. | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | |
| – | Bob Peterson | Univ. of Oregon | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | |
| – | Joe Piorkowski | – | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | |
| – | Connie Rea | Centenary College of Louisiana | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | |
| – | Bill Schyman | DePaul Univ. | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | |
| – | Herman Sledzik | Pennsylvania State Univ. | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | |
| – | Don Stemmerich | – | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | |
| – | Elmer Tolson | Eastern Kentucky Univ. | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | |
| – | Edward Walsh | – | Baltimore Bullets (1st) | |
| – | Jim Bingham | Eastern Kentucky Univ. | Fort Wayne Pistons | |
| – | Mike Bodnar | St. Bonaventure Univ. | Fort Wayne Pistons | |
| – | Jim Bredar | Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Fort Wayne Pistons | |
| – | William Hagan | Siena College | Fort Wayne Pistons | |
| – | Dean Kelley | Univ. of Kansas | Fort Wayne Pistons | |
| – | Norb Lewinski | Univ. of Notre Dame | Fort Wayne Pistons | |
| – | Dick White | Eastern Kentucky Univ. | Fort Wayne Pistons | |
| – | Irv Bemoras | Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Milwaukee Hawks | |
| – | Bill Bolger | Georgetown Univ. | Milwaukee Hawks | |
| – | Paul Brandt | Columbia Univ. | Milwaukee Hawks | |
| – | Joe Cipriano | Univ. of Washington | Milwaukee Hawks | |
| – | Gene Dyker | DePaul Univ. | Milwaukee Hawks | |
| – | Eddie O’Brien | Seattle Univ. | Milwaukee Hawks | |
| – | John O’Brien | Seattle Univ. | Milwaukee Hawks | |
| – | Bob Rousey | Kansas State Univ. | Milwaukee Hawks | |
| – | Darrell Tucker | Utah State Univ. | Milwaukee Hawks | |
| – | Doug Atkins | Univ. of Tennessee | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Hank Budde | Xavier Univ. | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Bill Chambers | College of William & Mary | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Harold Christensen | Brigham Young Univ. | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Ron Feiereisel | DePaul Univ. | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Ken Flowers | Univ. of Southern California | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Bob Gelle | Univ. of Minnesota | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Bob Gussner | Hamline Univ. | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Walt Kearns | Univ. of Arkansas | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Hartly Kruger | Univ. of Idaho | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Roger Kuss | Univ. of Wisconsin-River Falls | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Zippy Morocco | Univ. of Georgia | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Lloyd Olmstead | Cornell College | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Joe Richey | Brigham Young Univ. | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Pete Silas | Georgia Institute of Technology | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Lloyd Thorgaard | Hamline Univ. | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Chuck Wolfe | Univ. of North Dakota | Minneapolis Lakers | |
| – | Dick Atha | Indiana State Univ. | New York Knicks | |
| – | Delmer Diercks | Iowa State Univ. | New York Knicks | |
| – | Forrest Hamilton | Missouri State Univ. | New York Knicks | |
| – | Bob Matheny | Univ. of California | New York Knicks | |
| – | Larry O’Connor | Canisius College | New York Knicks | |
| – | Richard Prater | Univ. of Kentucky | New York Knicks | |
| – | Allan Schutts | Springfield College | New York Knicks | |
| – | Joe Smyth | Niagara Univ. | New York Knicks | |
| – | Jack George | La Salle Univ. | Philadelphia Warriors | |
| – | Will Bales | Eastern Kentucky Univ. | Rochester Royals | |
| – | Hugh Beins | Georgetown Univ. | Rochester Royals | |
| – | Bill Edwards | St. Bonaventure Univ. | Rochester Royals | |
| – | Jim Gerber | Bowling Green State Univ. | Rochester Royals | |
| – | Bob Goss | North Carolina State Univ. | Rochester Royals | |
| – | Dick Gross | Wheaton College | Rochester Royals | |
| – | Ed Kohl | Regis Univ. | Rochester Royals | |
| – | John Kurz | Loyola Marymount Univ. | Rochester Royals | |
| – | Gene Lambert | Univ. of Arkansas | Rochester Royals | |
| – | Nick McGuire | – | Rochester Royals | |
| – | Frank Reddout | Syracuse Univ. | Rochester Royals | |
| – | Jim Scottie | West Virginia Univ. | Rochester Royals | |
| – | Kenny Sears | Santa Clara Univ. | Rochester Royals | |
| – | Kendall Sheets | Oklahoma State Univ. | Rochester Royals | |
| – | Tex Silverman | George Washington Univ. | Rochester Royals | |
| – | Paul Smaagard | Hamline Univ. | Rochester Royals | |
| – | Will Walls | Miami Univ. | Rochester Royals | |
| – | Al Bailey | Duquesne Univ. | Syracuse Nationals | |
| – | Garrett Beshear | Murray State Univ. | Syracuse Nationals | |
| – | Glen Dille | Univ. of Tulsa | Syracuse Nationals | |
| – | Joe Hughes | Univ. of Denver | Syracuse Nationals | |
| – | Bill Hull | Utah State Univ. | Syracuse Nationals | |
| – | Bill Jenkins | LeMoyne College | Syracuse Nationals | |
| – | Billy Kenville | St. Bonaventure Univ. | Syracuse Nationals | |
| – | Andy McGowan | Manhattan College | Syracuse Nationals | |
| – | Gerald Nappy | Georgetown Univ. | Syracuse Nationals | |
| – | Warren Shackelford | Univ. of Tulsa | Syracuse Nationals | |
Total picks: 122
