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1961 NBA Draft

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Date: Monday, March 27, 1961
Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 107 (32 played in NBA)
First Overall Pick: Walt Bellamy (130.0 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: W. Bellamy (130.0), B. Bridges (59.9) and T. Meschery (43.6)

All-Stars: 4 (W. Bellamy, B. Bridges, D. Kojis and T. Meschery)

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107 Selections

Stats shown are for the player's NBA career
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 CHP Walt Bellamy Indiana University 1043 38940 20941 14241 2544 .516 .632 37.3 20.1 13.7 2.4 130.0 .160
2 NYK Tom Stith St. Bonaventure University 25 209 77 39 18 .336 .300 8.4 3.1 1.6 0.7 -0.6 -0.143
3 CIN Larry Siegfried Ohio State University 550 13632 5960 1567 1950 .409 .854 24.8 10.8 2.8 3.5 33.1 .116
4 DET Ray Scott University of Portland 684 21339 10184 7154 1618 .405 .720 31.2 14.9 10.5 2.4 30.8 .069
5 LAL Wayne Yates University of Memphis 37 263 72 94 16 .295 .455 7.1 1.9 2.5 0.4 -0.5 -0.085
6 SYR Ben Warley Tennessee State University 288 4656 1767 1524 204 .413 .724 16.2 6.1 5.3 0.7 8.0 .083
7 PHW Tom Meschery Saint Mary's College of California 778 23459 9904 6698 1331 .441 .745 30.2 12.7 8.6 1.7 43.6 .089
8 STL Cleo Hill Winston-Salem State University 58 1050 320 178 114 .346 .774 18.1 5.5 3.1 2.0 0.3 .015
9 BOS Gary Phillips University of Houston 348 6932 2319 903 665 .370 .629 19.9 6.7 2.6 1.9 2.3 .016
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
10 NYK Whitey Martin St. Bonaventure University 66 1018 227 158 115 .325 .673 15.4 3.4 2.4 1.7 -0.5 -0.022
11 CIN Bob Wiesenhahn University of Cincinnati 60 326 119 112 23 .317 .567 5.4 2.0 1.9 0.4 -0.7 -0.107
12 DET Johnny Egan Providence College 712 14448 5521 1294 2102 .429 .805 20.3 7.8 1.8 3.0 23.7 .079
13 LAL Fred Sawyer University of Louisville
14 SYR Chris Smith Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
15 PHW Ted Luckenbill University of Houston 87 597 196 166 35 .367 .604 6.9 2.3 1.9 0.4 0.4 .029
16 STL Ron Horn Indiana University 31 314 77 77 11 .298 .677 10.1 2.5 2.5 0.4 -0.2 -0.037
17 BOS Al Butler Niagara University 234 5055 2282 696 530 .439 .739 21.6 9.8 3.0 2.3 7.0 .067
18 CHP Jack Turner University of Louisville 42 567 200 85 44 .380 .762 13.5 4.8 2.0 1.0 0.0 -0.002
19 CHP Jerry Graves Mississippi State University
20 CHP York Larese University of North Carolina 59 703 302 77 94 .373 .806 11.9 5.1 1.3 1.6 0.3 .020
21 CHP Don Kojis Marquette University 814 19241 9948 4555 1112 .446 .720 23.6 12.2 5.6 1.4 35.8 .089
22 CHP Doug Moe University of North Carolina
23 CHP Jeff Cohen College of William & Mary
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
24 NYK Tony Jackson St. John's University
25 CIN Bevo Nordmann Saint Louis University 133 1628 571 517 73 .459 .490 12.2 4.3 3.9 0.5 2.0 .059
26 DET Doug Kistler Duke University 5 13 8 1 0 .500 .500 2.6 1.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 .123
27 LAL Frank Burgess Gonzaga University
28 SYR Chuck Osborne Western Kentucky University 4 21 5 9 1 .125 .750 5.3 1.3 2.3 0.3 -0.1 -0.134
29 PHW Jack Egan Saint Joseph's University
30 STL Tom Chilton East Tennessee State University
31 BOS Bill Depp Vanderbilt University
32 CHP Bill Bridges University of Kansas 926 30878 11012 11054 2553 .442 .693 33.3 11.9 11.9 2.8 59.9 .093
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
33 NYK George Blaney College of the Holy Cross 36 363 117 36 45 .380 .529 10.1 3.3 1.0 1.3 -0.1 -0.014
34 CIN Lowery Kirk University of Memphis
35 DET George Finley Tennessee State University
36 LAL Charles Henke University of Missouri
37 SYR Hank Whitney Iowa State University
38 PHW John Tidwell University of Michigan
39 STL Gus Guydon Drake University
40 BOS Carl Cole Eastern Kentucky University
41 CHP Roger Kaiser Georgia Institute of Technology
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
42 NYK Bill Smith Saint Peter's College 9 83 23 16 7 .242 .875 9.2 2.6 1.8 0.8 -0.2 -0.101
43 CIN Rossie Johnson Tennessee State University
44 DET Danny Doyle Belmont Abbey College 4 25 16 8 3 .500 .800 6.3 4.0 2.0 0.8 0.1 .216
45 LAL Bill Lickert University of Kentucky
46 SYR Don Jacobson South Dakota State University
47 PHW Bruce Spraggins Virginia Union University
48 STL John Berberich University of California, Los Angeles
49 BOS Bob DiStefano North Carolina State University
50 CHP Howie Carl DePaul University 31 382 170 39 57 .333 .706 12.3 5.5 1.3 1.8 -0.5 -0.061
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
51 NYK Cleveland Buckner Jackson State University 68 723 411 240 44 .432 .620 10.6 6.0 3.5 0.6 1.3 .087
52 CIN Bob Slobodnik Duquesne University
53 DET Lee Patrone West Virginia University
54 LAL Bill McClintock University of California
55 SYR Billy Joe Price New Mexico State University
56 PHW Dick Goldberg University of Southern Mississippi
57 STL Bob McDonald University of Maryland
58 BOS Ned Twyman Duquesne University
59 CHP Dave Voss University of Tulsa
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
60 NYK Donnie Butcher Pikeville College 279 5085 1696 821 585 .397 .629 18.2 6.1 2.9 2.1 4.5 .042
61 CIN Dave Zeller Miami University 61 278 90 27 58 .353 .750 4.6 1.5 0.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.010
62 DET Burt Price Wittenberg University
63 LAL Albert Alamanza University of Texas at Austin
64 SYR Roger Newman University of Kentucky
65 PHW Charles McNeil University of Maryland
66 STL Charles Riley Winston-Salem State University
67 BOS Mel Klein Northern State University
68 CHP Ron Heller Wichita 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
69 NYK Cedrick Price Kansas State University
70 CIN Jerry Thelen Thomas More College
71 DET Walter Ward Hampton University
72 LAL Bill Ellis University of California, Los Angeles
73 SYR Dave Mills Seattle University
74 PHW Larry Swift Truman State University
75 STL Gene Velloff Doane College
76 CHP John Wessels University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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
77 NYK Charles Bowman Wabash College
78 CIN Larry Krueger Ohio University
79 DET Peter Baltic Pennsylvania State University
80 LAL Carl Anderson Oregon State University
81 SYR Rex Tippitt Grambling State University
82 STL Herbert Gray North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
83 CHP Steve Strange Southern Methodist 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
84 NYK Ron Debillous University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
85 CIN Jack Waters University of Mississippi
86 DET Wayne Monson Northern Michigan University
87 LAL Robert Williams Allan Hancock College
88 SYR Pete Chudy Syracuse University
89 PHW Leo Hill University of California, Los Angeles
90 STL Tom Faszholz
91 CHP Larry Comley Kansas State University 12 89 25 19 12 .216 .563 7.4 2.1 1.6 1.0 -0.3 -0.167
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
92 NYK Kevin Loughery St. John's University 755 22208 11575 2254 2803 .413 .803 29.4 15.3 3.0 3.7 29.8 .064
93 CIN Carl Short Newberry College
94 DET Richard Kraft State University of New York at Brockport
95 LAL Howard Hunt Duke University
96 SYR Dick Sammons LeMoyne College
97 PHW Corky Whitrow Georgetown College
98 STL Dick Kepley University of North Carolina
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
99 NYK Earl Shultz University of California
100 CIN George Patterson University of Toledo 59 559 120 159 51 .331 .842 9.5 2.0 2.7 0.9 0.1 .007
101 STL Jackie Crawford Centenary College of Louisiana
Round 13 Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
102 NYK Ned Jennings University of Kentucky
103 CIN Clair McRoberts Monmouth University
104 STL Howard Stacy University of Louisville
Round 14 Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
105 NYK Bill Engressor Louisiana State University
106 CIN Carl Bouldin University of Cincinnati
Round 15 Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
107 NYK Vince Kempton Saint Joseph's University