Ned Irish

Ned Irish

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Contributor in 1964 (Full List)

Franchises

• New York Knicks: 1946 to 1957

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

New York Knicks Franchise

• December 2, 1946: Sold Jake Weber to the Providence Steam Rollers.
• January 16, 1947: Sold Ralph Kaplowitz to the Philadelphia Warriors.
• January 21, 1947: Traded Bob Mullens to the Toronto Huskies for Bob Fitzgerald.
• January 26, 1947: Sold Hank Rosenstein to the Providence Steam Rollers.
• February, 1947: Sold Nat Militzok to the Toronto Huskies.
• July 1, 1947: Selected Dick Holub (1st round, 5th pick), Tom Tomlinson (2nd round, 15th pick), Garland Head (3rd round, 25th pick), Carl Reichert (4th round, 35th pick), Ray Evans (5th round, 42nd pick), Andy Duncan ( round, 56th pick), Ed Golub ( round, 57th pick), Ron Livingston ( round, 58th pick), Dan Miller ( round, 59th pick), Wat Misaka ( round, 60th pick) and Dolph Schayes (1st round, 4th pick) in the 1948 BAA Draft.
• May 10, 1948: Selected Gene Berce ( round, 16th pick), Leland Byrd ( round, 28th pick), Harry Gallatin ( round, 40th pick), Keith Grimes ( round, 52nd pick), Melvin McGaha ( round, 64th pick), Ed Peterson ( round, 75th pick), Goebel Ritter ( round, 85th pick), Richard Shrider ( round, 95th pick) and John Stanisch ( round, 104th pick) in the 1948 BAA Draft.
• October 13, 1948: Sold Stan Stutz to the Boston Celtics.
• October 25, 1948: Purchased Irv Rothenberg from the St. Louis Bombers.
• January 26, 1949: Traded Tommy Byrnes and cash to the Indianapolis Jets for Ray Lumpp.
• February 11, 1949: Traded Sid Tanenbaum to the Baltimore Bullets for Connie Simmons. Simmons was sent as the player to be named later in July 1949.
• March 21, 1949: Selected Dick McGuire (1st round, 8th pick), Harry Donovan (2nd round, 20th pick), Ernie Vandeweghe (3rd round, 32nd pick), Bill Kleine (4th round, 44th pick), Cliff Barker (5th round, 55th pick), Bob Prewitt (6th round, 62nd pick), Ken Kearns (7th round, 68th pick) and Bill Litchfield (8th round, 74th pick) in the 1949 BAA Draft.
• May, 1949: Purchased Tommy Byrnes from the Indianapolis Jets.
• December 6, 1949: Signed Ed Bartels as a free agent.
• December 8, 1949: Sold Lee Knorek to the Baltimore Bullets.
• April 25, 1950: Selected Irwin Dambrot (1st round, 7th pick), Herb Scherer (2nd round, 19th pick), Stan Weber (3rd round, 31st pick), Joe Ossola (4th round, 43rd pick), Dick Barnes (5th round, 55th pick), Don Parsons (6th round, 67th pick), Dan Bagley (7th round, 79th pick), Charles Hope (8th round, 91st pick) and Don Heathington (9th round, 103rd pick) in the 1950 NBA Draft.
• June 21, 1950: Purchased George Kaftan from the Boston Celtics.
• August 10, 1950: Traded Paul Noel to the Rochester Royals for Ray Ellefson.
• November 22, 1950: Signed Tony Lavelli as a free agent.
• April 25, 1951: Selected Ed Smith (1st round, 6th pick), Roland Minson (2nd round, 16th pick), Joe Luchi (3rd round, 26th pick), Lloyd Sandstrom (4th round, 36th pick), Tom Smith (5th round, 46th pick), Alfred McGuire (6th round, 56th pick), Sid Ryen (7th round, 66th pick) and Ralph Polson (1st round, 6th pick) in the 1951 NBA Draft.
• April 26, 1952: Selected Roy Belliveau ( round, 16th pick), Dick Bunt ( round, 26th pick), Bert Cook ( round, 36th pick), Ben Gibson ( round, 46th pick), Bud Julian ( round, 56th pick), Paul Sullivan ( round, 66th pick) and Dick Surhoff ( round, 76th pick) in the 1952 NBA Draft.
• November 20, 1952: Sold George Kaftan to the Baltimore Bullets.
• November 28, 1952: Traded Ray Lumpp to the Baltimore Bullets for cash.
• December 11, 1952: Sold Ralph Polson to the Philadelphia Warriors.
• April 7, 1953: Signed Jerry Fleishman as a free agent.
• April 24, 1953: Selected Walter Dukes (1st round, 8th pick), Don Ackerman (2nd round, 17th pick), Neil Gordon (3rd round, 26th pick), Joe Smyth (4th round, 35th pick), Allan Schutts (5th round, 44th pick), Dick Atha (6th round, 53rd pick), Forrest Hamilton (7th round, 62nd pick), Bob Santini (8th round, 71st pick), Thomas Bishop (9th round, 80th pick), Richard Prater (10th round, 88th pick), Bob Matheny (11th round, 95th pick), Larry O'Connor (12th round, 102nd pick) and Delmer Diercks (13th round, 107th pick) in the 1953 NBA Draft.
• August 24, 1953: Traded Jim Luisi, Max Zaslofsky and Roy Belliveau to the Baltimore Bullets for Jim Baechtold.
• December 29, 1953: Purchased Fred Schaus from the Fort Wayne Pistons.
• April 24, 1954: Selected Jack Turner (1st round, 8th pick), Richie Guerin (2nd round, 17th pick), Don Anielak (3rd round, 26th pick), Don Lange (4th round, 35th pick), Jesse Priscock (5th round, 44th pick), Ron Rivers (6th round, 53rd pick), Solly Walker (7th round, 62nd pick), Cob Jarvis (8th round, 71st pick), Henry Duckham (9th round, 79th pick), John Clune (10th round, 88th pick), Bob Walter (11th round, 96th pick) and Bill Stickel (12th round, 99th pick) in the 1954 NBA Draft.
• September 17, 1954: Traded Alfred McGuire and Connie Simmons to the Baltimore Bullets for Ray Felix and Chuck Grigsby.
• November 28, 1954: Purchased Gene Shue from the Philadelphia Warriors.
• January 10, 1955: Signed Bob Peterson as a free agent.
• January 12, 1955: Sold Paul Hoffman to the Philadelphia Warriors.
• April 13, 1955: Selected Kenny Sears (1st round, 5th pick), Jerry Mullen (2nd round, 13th pick), Guy Sparrow (3rd round, 21st pick), Ed Cole (4th round, 29th pick), Denver Brackeen (5th round, 37th pick), Joe Beck (8th round, 45th pick), Joe Fay (7th round, 53rd pick), Mickey Harrington (12th round, 61st pick), Wally McCarvill (10th round, 69th pick), Don Payne (9th round, 77th pick), Howard Sessums (6th round, 84th pick), Charles Stickels (11th round, 91st pick) and Ron Shavlik (1st round, 4th pick) in the 1955 NBA Draft.
• April 30, 1956: Selected Gary Bergen (2nd round, 12th pick), Jerry Harper (3rd round, 20th pick), Ronnie Mayer (4th round, 28th pick), Joe Sexton (5th round, 36th pick), Pat Dunn (6th round, 44th pick), Jack Adams (7th round, 52nd pick), Art Bunte (8th round, 60th pick), Dick Miller (9th round, 67th pick), Howard Crittendon (10th round, 74th pick), Dick Miani (11th round, 80th pick), Ed Petrie (12th round, 84th pick) and Tony Roybal (13th round, 88th pick) in the 1956 NBA Draft.
• April 30, 1956: Traded Gene Shue to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Ron Sobie.
• October 26, 1956: Traded Walter Dukes and Burdette Haldorson to the Minneapolis Lakers for Jerry Bird, Phil Jordon and Slater Martin.
• December 12, 1956: Traded Slater Martin to the St. Louis Hawks for Willie Naulls.