Born:September 15, 1898 Died:December 7, 1979 Hall of Fame: Inducted as Contributor in 1972 (Full List)
As Coach: 9 Yrs, 263-318, .453 W-L% (Full Record)
April 26, 1952: Selected Bill Mlkvy (1st round, 4th pick), Tom Brennan ( round, 14th pick), Bob Brown ( round, 24th pick), Burr Carlson ( round, 34th pick), Walt Davis ( round, 44th pick), Nick Kladis ( round, 54th pick), Newt Jones ( round, 64th pick), Moe Radovich ( round, 74th pick), Don Scanlon ( round, 82nd pick), Glenn Smith ( round, 89th pick) and Ben Stewart ( round, 95th pick) in the 1952 NBA Draft.
February 15, 1955: Signed Jackie Moore as a free agent.
April 13, 1955: Selected Tom Gola (1st round, 3rd pick), Corky Devlin (2nd round, 11th pick), Bob Schafer (3rd round, 19th pick), Ed Wiener (4th round, 27th pick), Jack Devine (5th round, 35th pick), Al Didriksen (8th round, 43rd pick), Jerry Koch (10th round, 51st pick), Lester Lane (9th round, 59th pick), Harry Silcox (7th round, 67th pick) and George Swyers (6th round, 75th pick) in the 1955 NBA Draft.
April 30, 1956: Selected Hal Lear (1st round, 8th pick), Phil Rollins (2nd round, 16th pick), Bevo Francis (3rd round, 24th pick), Phil Wheeler (4th round, 32nd pick), Joe Belmont (5th round, 40th pick), Mickey Winograd (6th round, 48th pick), John Fannon (7th round, 56th pick), Max Anderson (8th round, 63rd pick) and Ronald Clark (9th round, 70th pick) in the 1956 NBA Draft.
April 22, 1958: Selected Guy Rodgers (1st round, 5th pick), Lamar Sharrar (2nd round, 13th pick), Frank Howard (3rd round, 21st pick), Temple Tucker (4th round, 29th pick), Don Ohl (5th round, 37th pick), Bucky Allen (6th round, 45th pick), Jay Norman (7th round, 53rd pick), Tom Brennan (8th round, 61st pick), Nick Davis (9th round, 68th pick) and Larry Hedden (10th round, 73rd pick) in the 1958 NBA Draft.
March 31, 1959: Selected Wilt Chamberlain (1st round, 3rd pick), Joe Ruklick (2nd round, 11th pick), Jim Hickaday (3rd round, 19th pick), Ron Stevenson (4th round, 27th pick), Bill Telasky (5th round, 35th pick), Joe Spratt (6th round, 43rd pick), Joe Ryan (7th round, 51st pick), Dave Gunther (8th round, 58th pick), Carl Belz (9th round, 64th pick), Tony Sellari (10th round, 70th pick), Phil Warren (11th round, 76th pick) and Al Bunge (1st round, 7th pick) in the 1959 NBA Draft.
April 11, 1960: Selected Pickles Kennedy (2nd round, 15th pick), Bob Mealy (3rd round, 23rd pick), Charley Sharp (4th round, 31st pick), Al Attles (5th round, 39th pick), Jim Brangan (6th round, 47th pick), Bob Clarke (7th round, 55th pick) and George Raveling (8th round, 62nd pick) in the 1960 NBA Draft.
March 27, 1961: Selected Tom Meschery (1st round, 7th pick), Ted Luckenbill (2nd round, 15th pick), Jack Egan (3rd round, 29th pick), John Tidwell (4th round, 38th pick), Bruce Spraggins (5th round, 47th pick), Dick Goldberg (6th round, 56th pick), Charles McNeil (7th round, 65th pick), Larry Swift (8th round, 74th pick), Leo Hill (10th round, 89th pick) and Corky Whitrow (11th round, 97th pick) in the 1961 NBA Draft.