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1951 NBA Draft

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Date: Wednesday, April 25, 1951
Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 87 (25 played in NBA)
First Overall Pick: Gene Melchiorre

Most Win Shares: M. Hutchins (27.9), W. Skoog (14.3) and L. Hitch (11.5)

All-Stars: 2 (M. Hutchins and D. Sunderlage)

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87 Selections

Stats shown are for the player's NBA career
Territorial Picks Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
MNL Whitey Skoog University of Minnesota 341 9193 2800 1133 903 .388 .799 27.0 8.2 3.3 2.6 14.3 .075
Round 1 Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
1 BLB Gene Melchiorre Bradley University
2 TRI Mel Hutchins Brigham Young University 437 16574 4851 4186 1298 .389 .673 37.9 11.1 9.6 3.0 27.9 .081
3 INO Marcus Freiberger University of Oklahoma
4 FTW Zeke Sinicola Niagara University 12 48 13 2 3 .250 .375 4.0 1.1 0.2 0.3 -0.2 -0.223
5 SYR John McConathy Northwestern State University 11 106 14 20 8 .138 .429 9.6 1.3 1.8 0.7 -0.5 -0.214
6 NYK Ed Smith Harvard University 12 127 35 32 10 .286 .538 10.6 2.9 2.7 0.8 -0.3 -0.105
7 BOS Ernie Barrett Kansas State University 131 2092 641 343 229 .369 .748 16.0 4.9 2.6 1.7 0.8 .017
8 ROC Sam Ranzino North Carolina State University 39 234 86 39 25 .333 .703 6.0 2.2 1.0 0.6 0.2 .038
9 PHW Don Sunderlage University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 113 2636 874 281 224 .326 .732 23.3 7.7 2.5 2.0 2.7 .049
Round 2 Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
10 BLB Jack Stone Kansas State University
11 TRI Bill Gossett Colorado State University
12 INO Scotty Steagall Millikin University
13 FTW Jack Kiley Syracuse University 53 504 124 51 65 .227 .571 9.5 2.3 1.0 1.2 -1.8 -0.175
14 SYR Don Savage LeMoyne College 17 173 54 31 14 .242 .686 10.2 3.2 1.8 0.8 -0.1 -0.029
15 NYK Roland Minson Brigham Young University
16 BOS Bill Garrett Indiana University
17 ROC Ray Ragelis Northwestern University 51 337 68 76 31 .260 .621 6.6 1.3 1.5 0.6 -0.4 -0.059
18 PHW Mel Payton Tulane University 111 1895 595 396 126 .363 .746 17.1 5.4 3.6 1.1 2.5 .062
19 MNL Lew Hitch Kansas State University 414 8364 2075 2183 499 .376 .674 20.2 5.0 5.3 1.2 11.5 .066
Round 3 Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
20 BLB Bill Mann Bradley University
21 TRI Ron Bontemps Beloit College
22 INO Glenn Kammeyer Central Missouri State University
23 FTW Jake Fendley Northwestern University 103 1031 287 126 94 .344 .742 10.0 2.8 1.2 0.9 2.1 .097
24 SYR Bato Govedarica DePaul University 23 258 75 18 24 .316 .676 11.2 3.3 0.8 1.0 0.2 .044
25 NYK Joe Luchi University of Cincinnati
26 BOS John Furlong Pepperdine University
27 ROC Fred Diute St. Bonaventure University 7 72 11 13 4 .095 .583 10.3 1.6 1.9 0.6 -0.3 -0.204
28 PHW Bob Schloss University of Georgia
29 MNL Bob Payne Oregon State University
Round 4 Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
30 BLB Bill Hagler University of California
31 TRI Jim Slaughter University of South Carolina 28 525 147 148 25 .321 .603 18.8 5.3 5.3 0.9 -0.1 -0.010
32 INO Bill Tosheff Indiana University 203 6339 1859 608 661 .315 .793 31.2 9.2 3.0 3.3 5.2 .039
33 FTW Herb Hargett Mississippi State University
34 SYR Paul Horvath North Carolina State University
35 NYK Lloyd Sandstrom University of St. Thomas
36 BOS Bob Barnett University of Evansville
37 ROC Elmer Behnke Bradley University 4 55 16 17 4 .273 .571 13.8 4.0 4.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.098
38 PHW Jud Milhon Ohio Wesleyan University
39 MNL Gale McArthur Oklahoma State University
Round 5 Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
40 BLB Leroy Ishman American University
41 TRI Bob Sakel University of Evansville
42 INO Bob Pierce University of Nebraska
43 FTW Leo Johnson University of Arizona
44 SYR Glen Anderson Colorado State University
45 NYK Tom Smith Saint Peter's College
46 BOS Rip Gish Western Kentucky University
47 ROC Dan Bagley University of Notre Dame
48 PHW Mike Kearns Princeton University 6 25 1 3 5 .000 .250 4.2 0.2 0.5 0.8 -0.1 -0.223
49 MNL Leo Vander Kuy University of Michigan
Round 6 Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
50 BLB Glen Duggins University of Utah
51 TRI John Rennicke Drake University 6 54 11 9 1 .222 .333 9.0 1.8 1.5 0.2 -0.2 -0.218
52 INO Marv Johnson Wheaton College
53 FTW Frank Clasbeek University of Iowa
54 SYR Bob Wheeler University of Idaho
55 NYK Alfred McGuire St. John's University 191 2966 757 418 363 .379 .551 15.5 4.0 2.2 1.9 5.5 .088
56 BOS Jim Luisi St. Francis College 31 367 89 25 35 .326 .659 11.8 2.9 0.8 1.1 0.0 .002
57 ROC Jim Ove Valparaiso University
58 PHW Bob Swails University of Indianapolis
59 MNL Deward Dopson Arkansas Tech University
Round 7 Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
60 BLB Tom Riach University of Southern California
61 TRI Bob Ambler University of Arkansas
62 INO Ted Beach University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
63 FTW Jim Ramstead Stanford University
64 SYR Roy Reardon St. Francis College
65 NYK Sid Ryen University of Denver
66 BOS John Azary Columbia University
67 ROC John Brown Southern Methodist University
68 PHW George Dempsey King's College 315 5720 1574 1125 711 .407 .661 18.2 5.0 3.6 2.3 10.8 .090
69 MNL Ed Head Kansas State University
Round 8 Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
70 BLB Bill Harper Oregon State University
71 TRI Aaron Preece Bradley University
72 INO George Kelly Vanderbilt University
73 FTW John Manning Duquesne University
74 SYR Tom Jockle Syracuse University
75 BOS Hugo Kappler North Carolina State University
76 ROC George Davidson Lafayette College
77 PHW James Phelan La Salle University 4 33 3 5 2 .000 .500 8.3 0.8 1.3 0.5 -0.1 -0.187
Round 9 Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
78 BLB Bob Crowe San Jose State University
79 TRI Wayne Tucker University of Colorado
80 SYR Ray Kirkwasser Ithaca College
81 PHW Hugh Faulkner Pepperdine University
Round 10 Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
82 BLB Dan Torrey Oregon State University
83 TRI John DeWitt Texas A&M University
84 PHW Paul Gerwin Cornell University
Round 11 Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
85 BLB Clem Pavilonis DePaul University
Round 12 Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
86 BLB John Burke Springfield College