Les Harrison

Lester Harrison (Les)

Born: August 20, 1904 in Rochester, New York
Died: December 23, 1997
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Contributor in 1980 (Full List)
As Coach: 7 Yrs, 295-181, .620 W-L% (Full Record)

Franchises

• Sacramento Kings: 1948 to March 26, 1958

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

Sacramento Kings Franchise

• May 10, 1948: Selected Bobby Wanzer (1st round, 10th pick), Bill Gabor ( round, 22nd pick), Ed Keim ( round, 34th pick), Leo Kubiak ( round, 46th pick), Hank O'Keefe ( round, 58th pick), Johnny Macknowski ( round, 69th pick), Lionel Melamed ( round, 80th pick), Warren Stickel ( round, 90th pick), Paul Yesavi ( round, 99th pick) and Alex Athas ( round, 107th pick) in the 1948 BAA Draft.
• December 21, 1948: Sold Lionel Malamed to the Indianapolis Jets.
• March 21, 1949: Selected Pep Saul (1st round, 12th pick), Jack Coleman (2nd round, 24th pick), Unknown Player (3rd round, 36th pick) and Unknown Player (4th round, 48th pick) in the 1949 BAA Draft.
• November 23, 1949: Sold Mike Novak to the Philadelphia Warriors.
• December 12, 1949: Purchased Ed Mikan from the Chicago Stags.
• April 25, 1950: Selected Joe McNamee (1st round, 10th pick), George Stanich (2nd round, 22nd pick), Bob Roper (3rd round, 34th pick), Chet Giermak (4th round, 46th pick), Joe Nelson (5th round, 58th pick), John Givens (6th round, 70th pick), Dan Kahler (7th round, 82nd pick), Carl Kraushaar (8th round, 94th pick), Warren Switzer (9th round, 106th pick) and Harry Foley (10th round, 116th pick) in the 1950 NBA Draft.
• June 27, 1950: Sold Andy Duncan to the Boston Celtics.
• August 10, 1950: Traded Ray Ellefson to the New York Knicks for Paul Noel.
• September 23, 1950: Signed Odie Spears as a free agent.
• November 29, 1950: Sold Ed Mikan to the Washington Capitols.
• April 25, 1951: Selected Sam Ranzino (1st round, 8th pick), Ray Ragelis (2nd round, 18th pick), Fred Diute (3rd round, 28th pick), Elmer Behnke (4th round, 38th pick), Dan Bagley (5th round, 48th pick), Jim Ove (6th round, 58th pick), John Brown (7th round, 68th pick) and George Davidson (8th round, 77th pick) in the 1951 NBA Draft.
• January 18, 1952: Purchased Alex Hannum from the Baltimore Bullets.
• April 26, 1952: Selected Chuck Darling (1st round, 9th pick), Bryant Ivey ( round, 19th pick), Leroy Leslie ( round, 29th pick), Ronnie MacGilvray ( round, 39th pick), Jewell McDowell ( round, 49th pick), Jack McMahon ( round, 59th pick), Sam Miranda ( round, 69th pick), Jerry Romney ( round, 78th pick), Ray Royce ( round, 85th pick), Arnold Smith ( round, 91st pick), Ray Sonnenberg ( round, 96th pick), Ray Steiner ( round, 99th pick) and Bob Whitmer ( round, 101st pick) in the 1952 NBA Draft.
• August 8, 1952: Purchased Cal Christensen from the Milwaukee Hawks.
• April 24, 1953: Selected Richie Regan (1st round, 5th pick), Norm Swanson (2nd round, 14th pick), Frank Reddout (3rd round, 23rd pick), Will Walls (4th round, 32nd pick), Hugh Beins (5th round, 41st pick), Kendall Sheets (6th round, 50th pick), Jim Scottie (7th round, 59th pick), Dick Gross (8th round, 68th pick), Jim Gerber (9th round, 77th pick), Will Bales (10th round, 85th pick), Bill Edwards (11th round, 92nd pick), Bob Goss (12th round, 99th pick), Paul Smaagard (13th round, 106th pick), Ken Sears (14th round, 110th pick), John Kurz (15th round, 113th pick), Ed Kohl (16th round, 116th pick), Gene Lambert Jr. (17th round, 118th pick), Tex Silverman (18th round, 120th pick) and Tom Marshall (1st round, 7th pick) in the 1953 NBA Draft.
• April 24, 1954: Selected Boris Nachamkin (2nd round, 16th pick), Lee Morton (3rd round, 25th pick), Art Spoelstra (4th round, 34th pick), Bo Erias (5th round, 43rd pick), Red Davis (6th round, 52nd pick), Bill Hull (7th round, 61st pick), Paul Morrow (8th round, 70th pick), Roy Irvin (9th round, 78th pick), Ed Parchinski (10th round, 87th pick) and John Paxson (11th round, 95th pick) in the 1954 NBA Draft.
• December 10, 1954: Sold Alex Hannum to the Milwaukee Hawks.
• April 13, 1955: Selected Maurice Stokes (1st round, 2nd pick), Jack Twyman (2nd round, 10th pick), Ed Fleming (3rd round, 18th pick), Bob McKeen (4th round, 26th pick), Bill Evans (5th round, 34th pick), Bob Armstrong ( round, 42nd pick), Harry Jorgensen ( round, 50th pick), Jerry Jung ( round, 58th pick), Jim McConnell ( round, 66th pick), John Prudhoe ( round, 74th pick), Art Quimby ( round, 82nd pick) and Tony Vlastelica ( round, 89th pick) in the 1955 NBA Draft.
• May 12, 1955: Purchased Zeke Zawoluk from the Philadelphia Warriors.
• September 30, 1955: Traded Odie Spears to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Monk Meineke.
• October 25, 1955: Signed Connie Simmons as a free agent.
• October 26, 1955: Sold Arnie Risen to the Boston Celtics.
• April 30, 1956: Selected Si Green (1st round, 1st pick), Bob Burrow (2nd round, 9th pick), Dave Piontek (3rd round, 17th pick), Johnny McCarthy (4th round, 25th pick), Bill Uhl (5th round, 33rd pick), Kevin Thomas (6th round, 41st pick), Carl Cain (7th round, 49th pick), Clayton Carter (8th round, 57th pick), Dan Mannix (9th round, 64th pick), Jerry Moreman (10th round, 71st pick) and Gene Carpenter (11th round, 77th pick) in the 1956 NBA Draft.
• July 23, 1956: Signed Lew Hitch as a free agent.
• January 4, 1957: Sold Lew Hitch to the Philadelphia Warriors.
• April 17, 1957: Selected Hot Rod Hundley (1st round, 1st pick), Dick Duckett (2nd round, 9th pick), Jerry Paulson (3rd round, 17th pick), Jed Dormeyer (4th round, 25th pick), Stewart Murray (5th round, 33rd pick), John Maglio (6th round, 41st pick), Chet Forte (7th round, 49th pick), Bob Daniels (8th round, 56th pick), Dick Heise (9th round, 63rd pick), Mel Wright (10th round, 70th pick), Cliff Hafer (11th round, 76th pick) and Jim Boothe (12th round, 79th pick) in the 1957 NBA Draft.
• April 17, 1957: Traded Bob Burrow, Ed Fleming, Hot Rod Hundley, Monk Meineke and Art Spoelstra to the Minneapolis Lakers for Clyde Lovellette and Jim Paxson.
• August 15, 1957: Purchased George King from the Syracuse Nationals.
• November 7, 1957: Signed Monk Meineke as a free agent.
• December 10, 1957: Sold Tom Marshall to the Detroit Pistons.