1953 NBA Draft

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Date: Friday, April 24, 1953
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Number of Picks: 122 (31 played in NBA)
First Overall Pick: Ray Felix (39.6 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: C. Hagan (75.1), K. Sears (55.8) and F. Ramsey (49.2)

All-Stars: 7 (W. Dukes, R. Felix, J. George, C. Hagan, J. Molinas, R. Regan and K. Sears)

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122 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
	NYK	Walter Dukes	Seton Hall University	553	14671	5765	6223	608	.369		.700	26.5	10.4	11.3	1.1	24.0	.079
	PHW	Ernie Beck	University of Pennsylvania	371	7054	2325	1191	669	.383		.762	19.0	6.3	3.2	1.8	9.0	.061
		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	Ray Felix	Long Island University	637	15187	6974	5654	456	.412		.678	23.8	10.9	8.9	0.7	39.6	.125
2	MLH	Bob Houbregs	University of Washington	281	6725	2611	1552	500	.404		.721	23.9	9.3	5.5	1.8	14.3	.102
3	FTW	Jack Molinas	Columbia University	32	958	370	228	51	.390		.759	29.9	11.6	7.1	1.6	3.6	.179
4	ROC	Richie Regan	Seton Hall University	215	5494	1785	554	629	.344		.717	25.6	8.3	2.6	2.9	3.5	.031
5	BOS	Frank Ramsey	University of Kentucky	623	15330	8378	3410	1134	.399		.804	24.6	13.4	5.5	1.8	49.2	.154
6	SYR	Jim Neal	Wofford College	80	1093	350	304	33	.301		.601	13.7	4.4	3.8	0.4	0.1	.005
7	MNL	Jim Fritsche	Hamline University	84	1372	326	249	77	.309		.738	16.3	3.9	3.0	0.9	-1.6	-0.055
		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	Chet Noe	University of Oregon
	NYK	Don Ackerman	Long Island University	28	220	43	15	23	.222		.536	7.9	1.5	0.5	0.8	-0.6	-0.123
	PHW	Larry Hennessy	Villanova University	74	817	331	94	73	.334		.766	11.0	4.5	1.3	1.0	-0.9	-0.052
		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	Cliff Hagan	University of Kentucky	745	21731	13447	5116	2242	.450		.798	29.2	18.0	6.9	3.0	75.1	.166
	NYK	Neil Gordon	Furman University
	PHW	Norm Grekin	La Salle University	1	1	0	0	0				1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.010
		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	Earle Markey	College of the Holy Cross
	NYK	Thomas Bishop	University of Southern Mississippi
	PHW	Fred Ihle	La Salle 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
	BOS	Joe Holup	George Washington University	192	3526	1347	852	193	.342		.781	18.4	7.0	4.4	1.0	4.2	.058
	NYK	Bob Santini	Iona College	4	23	11	3	1	.500		.500	5.8	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.1	.127
	PHW	Eddie Solomon	West Virginia University Institute of Technology
		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	Vernon Stokes	St. Francis College
	PHW	Don Eby	University of Southern California
		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	Lou Tsioropoulos	University of Kentucky	157	2977	910	751	165	.315		.717	19.0	5.8	4.8	1.1	2.1	.033
	PHW	Bob Marske
		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	Ted Lallier	Colby College
	PHW	Bill Dodd	Colgate University
		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	Lewis Gilcrease	Texas State University
	PHW	Bob Sassone	St. Bonaventure 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
	BOS	Tom Lillis	Saint Louis University
	PHW	Toar Hester	Centenary College of Louisiana
		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
	BOS	Gil Reich	University of Kansas
	PHW	John Doogan	Saint Joseph's 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
	BOS	Jim Dogerty	Whitworth
	PHW	Charles Duffley	Saint Anselm College
		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	Jack Carby	Kansas State University
	BLB	Bob Emmercik	Clarion University of Pennsylvania
	BLB	Russ Johnson
	BLB	Bob Kraback
	BLB	Dennis Murphy	Georgetown University
	BLB	Paul Nolen	Texas Tech University	1	2	0	1	0	.000			2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-0.724
	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	Joe Piorkowski
	BLB	Connie Rea	Centenary College of Louisiana	20	154	23	31	16	.209		.313	7.7	1.2	1.6	0.8	-0.6	-0.184
	BLB	Bill Schyman	DePaul University
	BLB	Herman Sledzik	Pennsylvania State University
	BLB	Bob Speight	North Carolina State University
	BLB	Don Stemmerich
	BLB	Elmer Tolson	Eastern Kentucky University
	BLB	Edward Walsh
	FTW	Jim Bingham	Eastern Kentucky University
	FTW	Mike Bodnar	St. Bonaventure University
	FTW	Jim Bredar	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
	FTW	George Glasgow	Fairleigh Dickinson University
	FTW	William Hagan	Siena College
	FTW	Dean Kelley	University of Kansas
	FTW	Norb Lewinski	University of Notre Dame
	FTW	Dick White	Eastern Kentucky University
	MLH	Irv Bemoras	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	131	2479	827	341	125	.347		.672	18.9	6.3	2.6	1.0	1.3	.026
	MLH	Bill Bolger	Georgetown University	20	202	56	36	11	.407		.615	10.1	2.8	1.8	0.6	0.2	.039
	MLH	Paul Brandt	Columbia University
	MLH	Joe Cipriano	University of Washington
	MLH	Gene Dyker	DePaul University	11	91	16	16	5	.231		.500	8.3	1.5	1.5	0.5	-0.3	-0.138
	MLH	Eddie O'Brien	Seattle University
	MLH	John O'Brien	Seattle University
	MLH	Bob Rousey	Kansas State University
	MLH	Darrell Tucker	Utah State University
	MNL	Doug Atkins	University of Tennessee
	MNL	Hank Budde	Xavier University
	MNL	Bill Chambers	College of William & Mary
	MNL	Harold Christensen	Brigham Young University
	MNL	Ron Feiereisel	DePaul University	10	59	30	6	6	.286		.875	5.9	3.0	0.6	0.6	0.0	.040
	MNL	Ken Flowers	University of Southern California
	MNL	Bob Gelle	University of Minnesota
	MNL	Bob Gussner	Hamline University
	MNL	Walt Kearns	University of Arkansas
	MNL	Hartly Kruger	University of Idaho
	MNL	Roger Kuss	University of Wisconsin-River Falls
	MNL	Zippy Morocco	University of Georgia
	MNL	Lloyd Olmstead	Cornell College
	MNL	Joe Richey	Brigham Young University
	MNL	Pete Silas	Georgia Institute of Technology
	MNL	Lloyd Thorgaard	Hamline University
	MNL	Chuck Wolfe	University of North Dakota
	NYK	Dick Atha	Indiana State University	43	448	137	66	51	.393		.795	10.4	3.2	1.5	1.2	0.6	.068
	NYK	Delmer Diercks	Iowa State University
	NYK	Forrest Hamilton	Missouri State University
	NYK	Bob Matheny	University of California
	NYK	Larry O'Connor	Canisius College
	NYK	Richard Prater	University of Kentucky
	NYK	Allan Schutts	Springfield College
	NYK	Joe Smyth	Niagara University	40	495	131	98	49	.348		.538	12.4	3.3	2.5	1.2	0.1	.006
	PHW	Jack George	La Salle University	506	15860	5153	2129	2169	.364		.704	31.3	10.2	4.2	4.3	17.7	.054
	ROC	Will Bales	Eastern Kentucky University
	ROC	Hugh Beins	Georgetown University
	ROC	Bill Edwards	St. Bonaventure University
	ROC	Jim Gerber	Bowling Green State University
	ROC	Bob Goss	North Carolina State University
	ROC	Dick Gross	Wheaton College
	ROC	Ed Kohl	Regis University
	ROC	John Kurz	Loyola Marymount University
	ROC	Gene Lambert	University of Arkansas
	ROC	Nick McGuire
	ROC	Frank Reddout	Syracuse University	7	18	13	9	0	.833		.750	2.6	1.9	1.3	0.0	0.3	.802
	ROC	Jim Scottie	West Virginia University
	ROC	Kenny Sears	Santa Clara University	529	14923	7355	4142	843	.455		.826	28.2	13.9	7.8	1.6	55.8	.179
	ROC	Kendall Sheets	Oklahoma State University
	ROC	Tex Silverman	George Washington University
	ROC	Paul Smaagard	Hamline University
	ROC	Norm Swanson	University of Detroit Mercy	63	611	100	110	33	.226		.594	9.7	1.6	1.7	0.5	-0.4	-0.034
	ROC	Will Walls	Miami University
	SYR	Al Bailey	Duquesne University
	SYR	Garrett Beshear	Murray State University
	SYR	Glen Dille	University of Tulsa
	SYR	Joe Hughes	University of Denver
	SYR	Bill Hull	Utah State University
	SYR	Bill Jenkins	LeMoyne College
	SYR	Billy Kenville	St. Bonaventure University	345	6778	2434	1206	715	.363		.758	19.6	7.1	3.5	2.1	13.7	.097
	SYR	Dick Knostman	Kansas State University	5	47	13	17	6	.300		.636	9.4	2.6	3.4	1.2	0.2	.183
	SYR	Andy McGowan	Manhattan College
	SYR	Gerald Nappy	Georgetown University
	SYR	Warren Shackelford	University of Tulsa

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