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1952 NBA Draft

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Date: Saturday, April 26, 1952
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Number of Picks: 106 (33 played in NBA)
First Overall Pick: Mark Workman (-1.2 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: C. Lovellette (70.6), M. Meineke (14.9) and J. Baechtold (14.8)

All-Stars: 1 (C. Lovellette)

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106 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
PHW Bill Mlkvy Temple University 31 608 181 101 62 .305 .646 19.6 5.8 3.3 2.0 -1.0 -0.082
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 MLH Mark Workman West Virginia University 79 1181 386 230 44 .331 .618 14.9 4.9 2.9 0.6 -1.2 -0.049
2 BLB Jim Baechtold Eastern Kentucky University 321 8256 3123 1009 685 .388 .783 25.7 9.7 3.1 2.1 14.8 .086
3 FTW Dick Groat Duke University 26 663 309 86 69 .368 .790 25.5 11.9 3.3 2.7 2.0 .148
4 INO Joe Dean Louisiana State University
5 NYK Ralph Polson Whitworth 49 810 191 211 24 .363 .635 16.5 3.9 4.3 0.5 0.8 .047
6 BOS Bob Stauffer University of Missouri
7 SYR Bob Lochmueller University of Louisville 62 802 232 162 47 .322 .607 12.9 3.7 2.6 0.8 0.5 .031
8 ROC Chuck Darling University of Iowa
9 MNL Clyde Lovellette University of Kansas 704 19075 11947 6663 1097 .443 .757 27.1 17.0 9.5 1.6 70.6 .178
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
BOS Jim Iverson Kansas State University
PHW Walt Davis Texas A&M University 325 5344 1558 1397 231 .377 .695 16.4 4.8 4.3 0.7 4.8 .043
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
BOS J.C. Maze Texas 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
BOS Herm Hedderick Canisius College 5 23 4 4 2 .222 .000 4.6 0.8 0.8 0.4 -0.1 -0.232
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
BOS Don Johnson Oklahoma State University
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
BOS Jim Buchanan University of Nebraska
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
BOS Fred Eydt Cornell 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
BOS Gordon Mungier Spring Hill College
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
BOS Jim Dilling College of the Holy Cross
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
BOS Gene Conley Washington State University 351 5791 2069 2212 201 .371 .657 16.5 5.9 6.3 0.6 5.1 .042
Other 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
BLB Blaine Denning Lawrence Technological University 1 9 5 4 0 .400 1.000 9.0 5.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 .095
BLB Chuck Grigsby University of Dayton 7 45 16 11 7 .368 .250 6.4 2.3 1.6 1.0 0.0 -0.042
BLB Frank Guisness University of Washington
BLB Bill Lea Missouri State University
BLB Mike Magula Youngstown State University
BLB Bud Penwell Oklahoma City University
BLB Bob Peterson University of Oregon 103 1342 479 389 78 .386 .669 13.0 4.7 3.8 0.8 1.5 .052
BLB Art Press McDaniel College
BLB Bob Priddy New Mexico State University 16 149 36 36 7 .368 .571 9.3 2.3 2.3 0.4 0.0 .006
BLB Benny Purcell Murray State University
BLB Jim Walsh Stanford University 10 72 20 15 8 .185 .588 7.2 2.0 1.5 0.8 -0.2 -0.106
FTW Bill Carlson Fordham University
FTW Hal Cerra Duquesne University
FTW Bob Clifton University of Iowa
FTW Leo Corkery St. Bonaventure University
FTW Monk Meineke University of Dayton 343 6782 2338 1626 433 .367 .756 19.8 6.8 4.7 1.3 14.9 .105
FTW Jim Ramstead Stanford University
FTW Lee Terrill North Carolina State University
INO Jay Handlan Washington & Lee University
INO Bill Harrell Siena College
INO Jim Hoverder Central Missouri State University
INO Gene Rhodes Western Kentucky University 65 1162 337 98 91 .319 .704 17.9 5.2 1.5 1.4 0.9 .037
INO Gordon Stauffer Michigan State University
INO Dale Toft University of Denver
INO Skippy Whitaker University of Kentucky 3 15 2 1 1 .167 5.0 0.7 0.3 0.3 -0.1 -0.283
INO Zeke Zawoluk St. John's University 179 3534 1210 732 217 .372 .767 19.7 6.8 4.1 1.2 8.2 .111
MLH Pete Brewster Purdue University
MLH Roger Johnson University of Arizona
MLH George McLeod Texas Christian University 10 85 12 21 4 .125 .533 8.5 1.2 2.1 0.4 -0.2 -0.115
MLH Eddie Miller Syracuse University 142 3675 1452 1206 210 .374 .692 25.9 10.2 8.5 1.5 5.1 .066
MLH Ab Nicholas University of Wisconsin
MLH Dick Retherford Baldwin-Wallace College
MLH John Snee Clemson University
MLH Jim Tackett University of New Mexico
MLH Coyt Vance Mississippi State University
MLH Bobby Watson University of Kentucky 63 702 175 87 79 .323 .689 11.1 2.8 1.4 1.3
MNL Tom Ackerman West Liberty State College
MNL Jim Bishop University of Southern Mississippi
MNL Rod Fletcher University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MNL Cliff Haag University of Wyoming
MNL Jim Holstein University of Cincinnati 225 3476 859 659 249 .323 .647 15.4 3.8 2.9 1.1 2.5 .035
MNL Bob Holt Tulane University
MNL Tom Katsimpalis Eastern Illinois University
MNL Carl McNulty Purdue University 1 14 2 0 0 .167 14.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.357
MNL Dick Means University of Minnesota
MNL Dwight Morrison University of Southern California
MNL Ed Ramiraz Centenary College of Louisiana
MNL Don Schneider University of Arizona
MNL Gene Smith Huron University
MNL Gene Smith Xavier University
MNL Homer Spain Union University
MNL John Wallesea University of Memphis
NYK Roy Belliveau Seton Hall University
NYK Dick Bunt New York University 26 271 92 28 17 .276 .708 10.4 3.5 1.1 0.7 -0.3 -0.050
NYK Bert Cook Utah State University 37 424 118 72 33 .316 .680 11.5 3.2 1.9 0.9 0.0 -0.006
NYK Ben Gibson Saint Mary's College of California
NYK Bud Julian Missouri State University
NYK Paul Sullivan University of Alabama
NYK Dick Surhoff Long Island University 58 545 178 94 32 .295 .717 9.4 3.1 1.6 0.6 0.1 .013
PHW Tom Brennan Villanova University 11 52 10 5 2 .455 4.7 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 .048
PHW Bob Brown University of Louisville
PHW Burr Carlson University of Connecticut
PHW Newt Jones La Salle University
PHW Nick Kladis Loyola University of Chicago
PHW Moe Radovich University of Wyoming 4 33 14 1 8 .385 1.000 8.3 3.5 0.3 2.0 0.1 .153
PHW Don Scanlon University of Pennsylvania
PHW Glenn Smith University of Utah
PHW Ben Stewart Villanova University
ROC Bryant Ivey University of Alabama
ROC Leroy Leslie University of Notre Dame
ROC Ronnie MacGilvray St. John's University 6 57 8 9 11 .167 .571 9.5 1.3 1.5 1.8 -0.1 -0.046
ROC Jewell McDowell Texas A&M University
ROC Jack McMahon St. John's University 524 14228 4237 1390 1939 .337 .637 27.2 8.1 2.7 3.7 6.2 .021
ROC Sam Miranda Indiana University
ROC Jerry Romney Brigham Young University
ROC Ray Royce University of Houston
ROC Arnold Smith City College of New York
ROC Ray Sonnenberg Saint Louis University
ROC Ray Steiner Saint Louis University
ROC Bob Whitmer Florida State University
SYR Jim Brasco New York University 20 248 77 24 21 .266 .794 12.4 3.9 1.2 1.1 -0.2 -0.036
SYR Bud Donnelly La Salle University
SYR Jim Kennedy Duquesne University
SYR Ken McBride University of Maryland Eastern Shore 12 249 117 31 14 .327 .724 20.8 9.8 2.6 1.2 -0.4 -0.084
SYR Harry Moore West Virginia University
SYR Bob Roche Syracuse University