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Territorial Picks Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
New York Knickerbockers Walter Dukes Seton Hall University 553 14671 5765 6223 608 .369 .700 26.5 10.4 11.3 1.1
Philadelphia Warriors Ernie Beck University of Pennsylvania 371 7054 2325 1191 669 .383 .762 19.0 6.3 3.2 1.8
Round 1 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Baltimore Bullets Ray Felix Long Island University 637 15188 6974 5652 458 .412 .678 23.8 10.9 8.9 0.7
2 Milwaukee Hawks Bob Houbregs University of Washington 281 6725 2611 1552 500 .404 .721 23.9 9.3 5.5 1.8
3 Fort Wayne Pistons Jack Molinas Columbia University 29 993 350 209 47 .388 .761 34.2 12.1 7.2 1.6
4 Rochester Royals Richie Regan Seton Hall University 215 5494 1785 554 629 .344 .717 25.6 8.3 2.6 2.9
5 Boston Celtics Frank Ramsey University of Kentucky 623 15330 8378 3410 1134 .399 .804 24.6 13.4 5.5 1.8
6 Syracuse Nationals Jim Neal Wofford College 80 1093 350 304 33 .301 .601 13.7 4.4 3.8 0.4
7 Minneapolis Lakers Jim Fritsche Hamline University 84 1372 326 249 77 .309 .738 16.3 3.9 3.0 0.9
Round 2 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Chet Noe University of Oregon
New York Knickerbockers Don Ackerman Long Island University 28 220 43 15 23 .222 .536 7.9 1.5 0.5 0.8
Philadelphia Warriors Larry Hennessy Villanova University 74 817 331 94 73 .334 .766 11.0 4.5 1.3 1.0
Round 3 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Cliff Hagan University of Kentucky 745 21731 13447 5116 2242 .450 .798 29.2 18.0 6.9 3.0
New York Knickerbockers Neil Gordon Furman University
Philadelphia Warriors Norm Grekin La Salle University 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Round 4 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Earle Markey College of the Holy Cross
New York Knickerbockers Thomas Bishop University of Southern Mississippi
Philadelphia Warriors Fred Ihle La Salle University
Round 5 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Joe Holup George Washington University 192 3526 1347 852 193 .342 .781 18.4 7.0 4.4 1.0
New York Knickerbockers Bob Santini Iona College 4 23 11 3 1 .500 .500 5.8 2.8 0.8 0.3
Philadelphia Warriors Eddie Solomon West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Round 6 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Vernon Stokes St. Francis College
Philadelphia Warriors Don Eby University of Southern California
Round 7 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Lou Tsioropoulos University of Kentucky 157 2977 910 751 165 .315 .717 19.0 5.8 4.8 1.1
Philadelphia Warriors Bob Marske
Round 8 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Ted Lallier Colby College
Philadelphia Warriors Bill Dodd Colgate University
Round 9 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Lewis Gilcrease Southwest Texas State University
Philadelphia Warriors Bob Sassone St. Bonaventure University
Round 10 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Tom Lillis Saint Louis University
Philadelphia Warriors Toar Hester Centenary College of Louisiana
Round 11 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Gil Reich University of Kansas
Philadelphia Warriors John Doogan Saint Joseph's University
Round 12 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Jim Dogerty Whitworth
Philadelphia Warriors Charles Duffley Saint Anselm College
Other Picks Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Baltimore Bullets Jack Carby Kansas State University
Baltimore Bullets Bob Emmercik Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Baltimore Bullets Russ Johnson
Baltimore Bullets Bob Kraback
Baltimore Bullets Dennis Murphy Georgetown University
Baltimore Bullets Paul Nolen Texas Tech University 1 2 0 1 0 .000 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
Baltimore Bullets Bob Peterson University of Oregon 103 1342 479 389 78 .386 .669 13.0 4.7 3.8 0.8
Baltimore Bullets Joe Piorkowski
Baltimore Bullets Connie Rea Centenary College of Louisiana 20 154 23 31 16 .209 .313 7.7 1.2 1.6 0.8
Baltimore Bullets Bill Schyman DePaul University
Baltimore Bullets Herman Sledzik Pennsylvania State University
Baltimore Bullets Bob Speight North Carolina State University
Baltimore Bullets Don Stemmerich
Baltimore Bullets Elmer Tolson Eastern Kentucky University
Baltimore Bullets Edward Walsh
Fort Wayne Pistons Jim Bingham Eastern Kentucky University
Fort Wayne Pistons Mike Bodnar St. Bonaventure University
Fort Wayne Pistons Jim Bredar University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fort Wayne Pistons George Glasgow Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fort Wayne Pistons William Hagan Siena College
Fort Wayne Pistons Dean Kelley University of Kansas
Fort Wayne Pistons Norb Lewinski University of Notre Dame
Fort Wayne Pistons Dick White Eastern Kentucky University
Milwaukee Hawks Irv Bemoras University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 131 2479 827 341 125 .347 .672 18.9 6.3 2.6 1.0
Milwaukee Hawks Bill Bolger Georgetown University
Milwaukee Hawks Paul Brandt Columbia University
Milwaukee Hawks Joe Cipriano University of Washington
Milwaukee Hawks Gene Dyker DePaul University 11 91 16 16 5 .231 .500 8.3 1.5 1.5 0.5
Milwaukee Hawks Eddie O'Brien Seattle University
Milwaukee Hawks John O'Brien Seattle University
Milwaukee Hawks Bob Rousey Kansas State University
Milwaukee Hawks Darrell Tucker Utah State University
Minneapolis Lakers Doug Atkins University of Tennessee
Minneapolis Lakers Hank Budde Xavier University
Minneapolis Lakers Bill Chambers College of William & Mary
Minneapolis Lakers Harold Christensen Brigham Young University
Minneapolis Lakers Ron Feiereisel DePaul University 10 59 30 6 6 .286 .875 5.9 3.0 0.6 0.6
Minneapolis Lakers Ken Flowers University of Southern California
Minneapolis Lakers Bob Gelle University of Minnesota
Minneapolis Lakers Bob Gussner Hamline University
Minneapolis Lakers Walt Kearns University of Arkansas
Minneapolis Lakers Hartly Kruger University of Idaho
Minneapolis Lakers Roger Kuss University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Minneapolis Lakers Zippy Morocco University of Georgia
Minneapolis Lakers Lloyd Olmstead Cornell College
Minneapolis Lakers Joe Richey Brigham Young University
Minneapolis Lakers Pete Silas Georgia Institute of Technology
Minneapolis Lakers Lloyd Thorgaard Hamline University
Minneapolis Lakers Chuck Wolfe University of North Dakota
New York Knickerbockers Dick Atha Indiana State University 43 448 137 66 51 .393 .795 10.4 3.2 1.5 1.2
New York Knickerbockers Delmer Diercks Iowa State University
New York Knickerbockers Forrest Hamilton Missouri State University
New York Knickerbockers Bob Matheny University of California
New York Knickerbockers Larry O'Connor Canisius College
New York Knickerbockers Richard Prater University of Kentucky
New York Knickerbockers Allan Schutts Springfield College
New York Knickerbockers Joe Smyth Niagara University 40 495 131 98 49 .348 .538 12.4 3.3 2.5 1.2
Philadelphia Warriors Jack George La Salle University 506 15860 5153 2129 2169 .364 .704 31.3 10.2 4.2 4.3
Rochester Royals Will Bales Eastern Kentucky University
Rochester Royals Hugh Beins Georgetown University
Rochester Royals Bill Edwards St. Bonaventure University
Rochester Royals Jim Gerber Bowling Green State University
Rochester Royals Bob Goss North Carolina State University
Rochester Royals Dick Gross Wheaton College
Rochester Royals Ed Kohl Regis University
Rochester Royals John Kurz Loyola Marymount University
Rochester Royals Gene Lambert University of Arkansas
Rochester Royals Nick McGuire
Rochester Royals Frank Reddout Syracuse University 7 18 13 9 0 .833 .750 2.6 1.9 1.3 0.0
Rochester Royals Jim Scottie West Virginia University
Rochester Royals Ken Sears Santa Clara University 529 14923 7355 4142 843 .455 .826 28.2 13.9 7.8 1.6
Rochester Royals Kendall Sheets Oklahoma State University
Rochester Royals Tex Silverman George Washington University
Rochester Royals Paul Smaagard Hamline University
Rochester Royals Norm Swanson University of Detroit Mercy 63 611 100 110 33 .226 .594 9.7 1.6 1.7 0.5
Rochester Royals Will Walls Miami University
Syracuse Nationals Al Bailey Duquesne University
Syracuse Nationals Garrett Beshear Murray State University
Syracuse Nationals Glen Dille University of Tulsa
Syracuse Nationals Joe Hughes University of Denver
Syracuse Nationals Bill Hull Utah State University
Syracuse Nationals Bill Jenkins LeMoyne College
Syracuse Nationals Billy Kenville St. Bonaventure University 345 6778 2434 1206 715 .363 .758 19.6 7.1 3.5 2.1
Syracuse Nationals Dick Knostman Kansas State University 5 47 13 17 6 .300 .636 9.4 2.6 3.4 1.2
Syracuse Nationals Andy McGowan Manhattan College
Syracuse Nationals Gerald Nappy Georgetown University
Syracuse Nationals Warren Shackelford University of Tulsa