1956 NBA Draft

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92 Selections

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		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
	BOS	Tom Heinsohn	College of the Holy Cross	654	19254	12194	5749	1318	.405		.790	29.4	18.6	8.8	2.0	60.0	.150
		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	ROC	Si Green	Duquesne University	504	13132	4636	2152	1655	.387		.676	26.1	9.2	4.3	3.3	10.0	.037
2	STL	Bill Russell	University of San Francisco	963	40726	14522	21620	4100	.440		.561	42.3	15.1	22.5	4.3	163.5	.193
3	MNL	Jim Paxson	University of Dayton	138	3069	1105	616	225	.323		.727	22.2	8.0	4.5	1.6	2.8	.044
4	NYK	Ron Shavlik	North Carolina State University	8	74	10	23	0	.174		.400	9.3	1.3	2.9	0.0	-0.3	-0.189
5	SYR	Joe Holup	George Washington University	192	3526	1347	852	193	.342		.781	18.4	7.0	4.4	1.0	4.2	.058
6	FTW	Ron Sobie	DePaul University	192	3868	1619	791	353	.379		.808	20.1	8.4	4.1	1.8	7.2	.089
7	PHW	Hal Lear	Temple University	3	14	4	1	1	.333			4.7	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.085
		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	K.C. Jones	University of San Francisco	676	17501	5011	2399	2908	.387		.647	25.9	7.4	3.5	4.3	38.6	.106
		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	George Linn	University of Alabama
		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	Dan Swartz	Morehead State University	39	335	175	88	21	.380		.847	8.6	4.5	2.3	0.5	1.0	.143
		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	Bill Logan	University of Iowa
		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	Don Boldebuck	University of Houston
		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	O'Neal Weaver	Midwestern 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
	BOS	Vic Molodet	North Carolina State 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	Jim Houston	Brandeis 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	Theophileus Lloyd	University of Maryland
		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
	FTW	Bruce Harris	Tennessee Technological University
	FTW	Bob Kessler	University of Maryland
	FTW	Joe Lieber	College of the Holy Cross
	FTW	John Schlimm	John Carroll University
	FTW	Charles Slack	Marshall University
	FTW	Bill Thieben	Hofstra University	85	876	337	272	24	.331		.640	10.3	4.0	3.2	0.3	-0.5	-0.026
	MNL	Lloyd Aubrey	University of Notre Dame
	MNL	John Barber	California State University, Los Angeles	5	19	7	6	0	.250		.500	3.8	1.4	1.2	0.0	0.0	-0.108
	MNL	Elgin Baylor	Seattle University	846	33863	23149	11463	3650	.431		.780	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3	104.2	.148
	MNL	Jerry Bird	University of Kentucky	11	45	25	12	4	.375		1.000	4.1	2.3	1.1	0.4	0.0	-0.043
	MNL	Phil Grawmeyer	University of Kentucky
	MNL	Robert Hodgson	Wichita State University
	MNL	Sam Jones	North Carolina Central University	871	24285	15411	4305	2209	.456		.803	27.9	17.7	4.9	2.5	92.3	.182
	MNL	Phil Jordon	Whitworth	442	10792	4833	3028	769	.397		.688	24.4	10.9	6.9	1.7	9.6	.043
	MNL	John Patzwald	Gustavus Adolphus
	MNL	Terry Rand	Marquette University
	MNL	Bill Reigel	McNeese State University
	MNL	Jim Springer	Gustavus Adolphus
	MNL	Carl Widseth	University of Tennessee
	NYK	Jack Adams	Eastern Kentucky University
	NYK	Gary Bergen	University of Utah	6	40	8	8	1	.273		1.000	6.7	1.3	1.3	0.2	0.0	-0.044
	NYK	Art Bunte	University of Utah
	NYK	Howard Crittendon	Murray State University
	NYK	Pat Dunn	Utah State University	28	206	70	31	28	.311		.824	7.4	2.5	1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.013
	NYK	Jerry Harper	University of Alabama
	NYK	Ronnie Mayer	Duke University
	NYK	Dick Miani	University of Miami
	NYK	Dick Miller	University of Wisconsin
	NYK	Ed Petrie	Seton Hall University
	NYK	Tony Roybal	University of New Mexico
	NYK	Joe Sexton	Purdue University
	PHW	Max Anderson	University of Oregon
	PHW	Joe Belmont	Duke University
	PHW	Ronald Clark	Springfield College
	PHW	John Fannon	University of Notre Dame
	PHW	Bevo Francis	University of Rio Grande
	PHW	Phil Rollins	University of Louisville	177	2742	898	405	458	.389		.649	15.5	5.1	2.3	2.6	2.2	.038
	PHW	Phil Wheeler	University of Cincinnati
	PHW	Mickey Winograd	Duquesne University
	ROC	Bob Burrow	University of Kentucky	81	1199	459	357	47	.365		.578	14.8	5.7	4.4	0.6	1.9	.077
	ROC	Carl Cain	University of Iowa
	ROC	Gene Carpenter	Texas Tech University
	ROC	Clayton Carter	Oklahoma State University
	ROC	Dan Mannix	St. Francis College
	ROC	Johnny McCarthy	Canisius College	316	8828	2450	1145	1184	.353		.622	27.9	7.8	3.6	3.7	4.7	.026
	ROC	Jerry Moreman	University of Louisville
	ROC	Dave Piontek	Xavier University	413	7623	2955	1770	478	.391		.652	18.5	7.2	4.3	1.2	7.0	.044
	ROC	Kevin Thomas	Boston University
	ROC	Bill Uhl	University of Dayton
	STL	Wally Choice	Indiana University
	STL	Darrell Floyd	Furman University
	STL	Robin Freeman	Ohio State University
	STL	Arthur Helms	University of Houston
	STL	Ed Huse	University of Wyoming
	STL	Julius McCoy	Michigan State University
	STL	Junior Morgan	Duke University
	STL	Willie Naulls	University of California, Los Angeles	716	20620	11305	6508	1114	.406		.812	28.8	15.8	9.1	1.6	34.3	.080
	STL	Hershel Pederson	Brigham Young University
	STL	Dave Plunkett	University of Cincinnati
	STL	Jim Reed	Texas Tech University
	STL	Norm Stewart	University of Missouri	5	37	10	5	2	.267		.333	7.4	2.0	1.0	0.4	-0.1	-0.157
	STL	Morris Taft	University of California, Los Angeles
	SYR	Forest Able	Western Kentucky University	1	1	0	1	1	.000			1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	-2.062
	SYR	Willie Bergines	West Virginia University
	SYR	Milt Graham	Colgate University
	SYR	Swede Halbrook	Oregon State University	143	2039	786	949	64	.347		.591	14.3	5.5	6.6	0.4	0.3	.007
	SYR	Bob Hopkins	Grambling State University	273	5122	2237	1526	189	.394		.761	18.8	8.2	5.6	0.7	9.5	.089
	SYR	Paul Judson	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
	SYR	Dick Julio	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
	SYR	Dick Kenyon	LeMoyne College
	SYR	Jim McLaughlin	Saint Louis University
	SYR	Jim Ray	University of Toledo	8	64	9	5	5	.176		.600	8.0	1.1	0.6	0.6	-0.2	-0.115
	SYR	Jess Roh	Idaho State University
	SYR	Chuck Rolles	Cornell University
	SYR	Chester Webb	Georgia Southern University

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