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Territorial Picks
Pick
Overall
Team
Player
College
Philadelphia Warriors
Wilt Chamberlain
University of Kansas
St. Louis Hawks
Bob Ferry
Saint Louis University
Round 1
Pick
Overall
Team
Player
College
1
1
Cincinnati Royals
Bob Boozer
Kansas State University
2
2
Detroit Pistons
Bailey Howell
Mississippi State University
3
3
Minneapolis Lakers
Tom Hawkins
University of Notre Dame
4
4
Syracuse Nationals
Dick Barnett
Tennessee State University
5
5
New York Knickerbockers
Johnny Green
Michigan State University
6
6
Boston Celtics
John Richter
North Carolina State University
Round 2
Pick
Overall
Team
Player
College
1
7
Detroit Pistons
Tom Robitaille
Rice University
2
8
Detroit Pistons
Don Goldstein
University of Louisville
3
9
Philadelphia Warriors
Joe Ruklick
Northwestern University
4
10
Minneapolis Lakers
Rudy LaRusso
Dartmouth College
5
11
Syracuse Nationals
Bumper Tormohlen
University of Tennessee
6
12
St. Louis Hawks
Alan Seiden
St. John's University
7
13
St. Louis Hawks
Cal Ramsey
New York University
8
14
Boston Celtics
Gene Guarilia
George Washington University
Round 3
Pick
Overall
Team
Player
College
1
15
Cincinnati Royals
Mike Mendenhall
University of Cincinnati
2
16
Detroit Pistons
Gary Alcorn
California State University, Fresno
3
17
Philadelphia Warriors
Jim Hickaday
University of Memphis
4
18
Minneapolis Lakers
Bobby Smith
West Virginia University
5
19
Syracuse Nationals
Jon Cincebox
Syracuse University
6
20
New York Knickerbockers
Bob Anderegg
Michigan State University
7
21
St. Louis Hawks
Hank Stein
Xavier University
8
22
Boston Celtics
Ralph Croswaite
Western Kentucky University
Round 4
Pick
Overall
Team
Player
College
1
23
Cincinnati Royals
Leo Byrd
Marshall University
2
24
Detroit Pistons
George Lee
University of Michigan
3
25
Philadelphia Warriors
Ron Stevenson
Texas Christian University
4
26
Minneapolis Lakers
Wilson Eison
Purdue University
5
27
Syracuse Nationals
Paul Neumann
Stanford University
6
28
New York Knickerbockers
Johnny Cox
University of Kentucky
7
29
St. Louis Hawks
Lee Harman
Oregon State University
8
30
Boston Celtics
Ed Kazakavich
University of Scranton
Round 5
Pick
Overall
Team
Player
College
1
31
Cincinnati Royals
Harry Kirchner
Texas Christian University
2
32
Detroit Pistons
Tony Windis
University of Wyoming
3
33
Philadelphia Warriors
Bill Telasky
George Washington University
4
34
Minneapolis Lakers
Bobby Joe Mason
Bradley University
5
35
Syracuse Nationals
Roger Taylor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
6
36
New York Knickerbockers
Herb Busch
University of Virginia
7
37
St. Louis Hawks
Nick Mantis
Northwestern University
8
38
Boston Celtics
Don Lange
College of William & Mary
Round 6
Pick
Overall
Team
Player
College
1
39
Cincinnati Royals
Don Hennon
University of Pittsburgh
2
40
Detroit Pistons
Lou Jordan
Cornell University
3
41
Philadelphia Warriors
Joe Spratt
Saint Joseph's University
4
42
Minneapolis Lakers
Jim Henry
Vanderbilt University
5
43
Syracuse Nationals
Bob Dalton
University of California
6
44
New York Knickerbockers
Bucky McDonald
George Washington University
7
45
St. Louis Hawks
Mike Moran
Marquette University
8
46
Boston Celtics
Bob Cumings
Boston University
Round 7
Pick
Overall
Team
Player
College
1
47
Cincinnati Royals
Dale Moore
Eastern Kentucky University
2
48
Detroit Pistons
Doug Smart
University of Washington
3
49
Philadelphia Warriors
Joe Ryan
Villanova University
4
50
Minneapolis Lakers
Charley Grote
Georgetown College
5
51
Syracuse Nationals
Darnell Haney
United States Naval Academy
6
52
New York Knickerbockers
Russ Robinson
Missouri State University
7
53
St. Louis Hawks
Orby Arnold
University of Memphis
Round 8
Pick
Overall
Team
Player
College
1
54
Cincinnati Royals
Don Matuszak
Kansas State University
2
55
Detroit Pistons
Chuck Curtis
Pacific Lutheran University
3
56
Philadelphia Warriors
Dave Gunther
University of Iowa
4
57
Minneapolis Lakers
Leon Hill
Texas Tech University
5
58
New York Knickerbockers
Walt Torrence
University of California, Los Angeles
6
59
St. Louis Hawks
Willie Merriwether
Purdue University
Round 9
Pick
Overall
Team
Player
College
1
60
Cincinnati Royals
Joe Billy McDade
Bradley University
2
61
Detroit Pistons
Doyle Edmiston
Hardin-Simmons University
3
62
Philadelphia Warriors
Carl Belz
Princeton University
4
63
Minneapolis Lakers
Jim Mudd
North Texas State University
5
64
New York Knickerbockers
Jerry Shipp
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
6
65
St. Louis Hawks
Lou Pucillo
North Carolina State University
Round 10
Pick
Overall
Team
Player
College
1
66
Cincinnati Royals
Joe Viviano
Xavier University
2
67
Detroit Pistons
Bruno Boin
University of Washington
3
68
Philadelphia Warriors
Tony Sellari
Lenoir-Rhyne College
4
69
Minneapolis Lakers
Roger Johnson
University of Minnesota
5
70
New York Knickerbockers
Paul Wilcox
Davis & Elkins College
6
71
St. Louis Hawks
Ron Loneski
University of Kansas
Round 11
Pick
Overall
Team
Player
College
1
72
Cincinnati Royals
Charley Brown
Seattle University
2
73
Detroit Pistons
M.C. Burton
University of Michigan
3
74
Philadelphia Warriors
Phil Warren
Northwestern University
4
75
Minneapolis Lakers
Jack Evans
Lake Superior State University
5
76
New York Knickerbockers
Paul Benes
Hope College
6
77
St. Louis Hawks
John Barnhill
Tennessee State University
Round 12
Pick
Overall
Team
Player
College
1
78
Cincinnati Royals
Roger Wendel
University of Tulsa
2
79
Minneapolis Lakers
Vern Baggenstoss
St. Cloud State University
3
80
New York Knickerbockers
Ed Blair
Western Michigan University
Round 13
Pick
Overall
Team
Player
College
1
81
Minneapolis Lakers
Dwayne Smith
Gustavus Adolphus
2
82
New York Knickerbockers
John Nicoll
Brigham Young University
Round 14
Pick
Overall
Team
Player
College
1
83
New York Knickerbockers
Jack Israel
Missouri State University