Ben Kerner

Ben Kerner

Franchises

• Atlanta Hawks: 1949 to November 26, 1960

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

Atlanta Hawks Franchise

• November 9, 1949: Traded Jack Kerris to the Fort Wayne Pistons for John Mahnken.
• November 28, 1949: Traded Mac Otten and cash to the St. Louis Bombers for Mike Todorovich.
• December 6, 1949: Purchased Dick Schulz from the Washington Capitols.
• December 7, 1949: Sold Billy Hassett to the Minneapolis Lakers.
• December 15, 1949: Purchased George Nostrand from the Boston Celtics.
• December 20, 1949: Traded George Nostrand to the Chicago Stags for Gene Vance.
• December 30, 1949: Traded Red Owens to the Anderson Packers for Walt Kirk.
• 1950: Sold Bob Cousy to the Chicago Stags.
• January 13, 1950: Sold Whitey Von Nieda to the Baltimore Bullets.
• January 29, 1950: Traded John Mahnken to the Boston Celtics for Gene Englund.
• February 7, 1950: Purchased Bill Henry from the Fort Wayne Pistons.
• February 10, 1950: Traded Don Otten to the Washington Capitols for Jack Nichols.
• April 16, 1950: Purchased Noble Jorgensen from the Sheboygan Red Skins.
• April 25, 1950: Selected Bob Cousy (1st round, 4th pick), Ed Gayda (2nd round, 16th pick), Clarence Brannum (3rd round, 28th pick), Paul Hicks (4th round, 40th pick), Cal Christensen (5th round, 52nd pick), Bob Anderson (6th round, 64th pick), Bill Erickson (7th round, 76th pick), Loy Doty (8th round, 88th pick), Nate DeLong (9th round, 100th pick) and Keith Bloom (10th round, 112th pick) in the 1950 NBA Draft.
• May 21, 1950: Purchased Frankie Brian from the Chicago Stags.
• December 8, 1950: Purchased John Hargis from the Fort Wayne Pistons.
• December 11, 1950: Purchased Ed Beach from the Minneapolis Lakers.
• December 13, 1950: Traded Noble Jorgensen and cash to the Syracuse Nationals for Ed Peterson.
• February 3, 1951: Traded Kleggie Hermsen to the Boston Celtics for Harry Boykoff.
• April 25, 1951: Selected Mel Hutchins (1st round, 2nd pick), Bill Gossett (2nd round, 12th pick), Ron Bontemps (3rd round, 22nd pick), Jim Slaughter (4th round, 32nd pick), Bob Sakel (5th round, 42nd pick), John Rennicke (6th round, 52nd pick), Bob Ambler (7th round, 62nd pick), Aaron Preece (8th round, 72nd pick), Wayne Tucker (9th round, 80th pick) and John DeWitt (10th round, 84th pick) in the 1951 NBA Draft.
• May 31, 1951: Traded Frankie Brian to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Dick Mehen, Howie Schultz and cash.
• September 25, 1951: Purchased Kevin O'Shea from the Minneapolis Lakers.
• November 23, 1951: Signed Don Otten as a free agent.
• November 29, 1951: Purchased Don Rehfeldt from the Baltimore Bullets.
• December 26, 1951: Purchased Red Owens from the Baltimore Bullets.
• January, 1952: Signed Dillard Crocker as a free agent.
• February 3, 1952: Sold Kevin O'Shea to the Baltimore Bullets.
• February 11, 1952: Traded Dike Eddleman to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Art Burris and cash.
• April 26, 1952: Selected Mark Workman (1st round, 1st pick), Pete Brewster ( round, 11th pick), Roger Johnson ( round, 21st pick), Eddie Miller ( round, 31st pick), George McLeod ( round, 41st pick), Ab Nicholas ( round, 51st pick), Dick Retherford ( round, 61st pick), John Snee ( round, 71st pick), Jim Tackett ( round, 80th pick), Coyt Vance ( round, 87th pick) and Bob Watson ( round, 93rd pick) in the 1952 NBA Draft.
• August 8, 1952: Sold Cal Christensen to the Rochester Royals.
• November 19, 1952: Traded Mark Workman to the Philadelphia Warriors for Don Sunderlage.
• November 24, 1952: Traded Eddie Miller to the Baltimore Bullets for George Ratkovicz.
• November 25, 1952: Purchased Jim Brasco from the Syracuse Nationals.
• December 2, 1952: Purchased Bill Calhoun from the Syracuse Nationals.
• January 2, 1953: Traded Don Boven, Pete Darcey and George McLeod to the Baltimore Bullets for Stan Miasek and Dave Minor.
• April 24, 1953: Selected Bob Houbregs (1st round, 3rd pick), Bill Bolger (2nd round, 12th pick), Irv Bemoras (3rd round, 21st pick), Gene Dyker (4th round, 30th pick), Joe Cipriano (5th round, 39th pick), John O'Brien (6th round, 48th pick), Eddie O'Brien (7th round, 57th pick), Darrell Tucker (8th round, 66th pick), Paul Brandt (9th round, 75th pick) and Bob Rousey (10th round, 84th pick) in the 1953 NBA Draft.
• August 23, 1953: Sold Mel Hutchins to the Fort Wayne Pistons.
• September 25, 1953: Signed Red Holzman as a free agent.
• October 27, 1953: Purchased Lew Hitch from the Minneapolis Lakers.
• November 23, 1953: Traded Bob Lavoy to the Syracuse Nationals for Noble Jorgensen.
• November 23, 1953: Signed Bob Peterson as a free agent.
• November 25, 1953: Traded Bob Houbregs to the Baltimore Bullets for Max Zaslofsky.
• November 29, 1953: Traded Jack Nichols to the Boston Celtics for Fred Eydt, J.C. Maze, John Azary, Paul Unruh and Tom Lillis.
• December 21, 1953: Traded Max Zaslofsky to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Chuck Share.
• December 21, 1953: Traded Lew Hitch to the Minneapolis Lakers for Bobby Watson.
• January, 1954: Signed Dick Surhoff as a free agent.
• February 2, 1954: Purchased Bob Harrison from the Minneapolis Lakers.
• April 24, 1954: Selected Bob Pettit (1st round, 2nd pick), Bob Mattick (2nd round, 11th pick), Walt Walowac (3rd round, 20th pick), Phil Martin (4th round, 29th pick), Paul Ebert (5th round, 38th pick), Bob Carney (6th round, 47th pick), Alan Kelley (7th round, 56th pick), Dick Nunneley (8th round, 65th pick), Hal Cervini (9th round, 74th pick), Joe Bertrand (10th round, 82nd pick), Jerry Domerschick (11th round, 91st pick) and Ron Weisner (12th round, 97th pick) in the 1954 NBA Draft.
• May 28, 1954: Purchased Chuck Cooper from the Boston Celtics.
• September 18, 1954: Traded Don Sunderlage to the Minneapolis Lakers for Pep Saul.
• November 1, 1954: Purchased Jackie Moore from the Syracuse Nationals.
• December 10, 1954: Purchased Alex Hannum from the Rochester Royals.
• April 13, 1955: Selected Dick Ricketts (1st round, 1st pick), Jack Stephens (2nd round, 9th pick), Al Ferrari (3rd round, 17th pick), Burdette Haldorson (4th round, 25th pick), Bill Bagley (5th round, 33rd pick), Harvey Babetch ( round, 41st pick), Dick Cable ( round, 49th pick), Lynn Cole ( round, 57th pick), Joe Fitt ( round, 65th pick), Charles Hoxie ( round, 73rd pick), Ed O'Connor ( round, 81st pick), Bill Reigel ( round, 88th pick) and Dick Welsh ( round, 93rd pick) in the 1955 NBA Draft.
• December 3, 1955: Purchased Bob Schafer from the Philadelphia Warriors.
• April 30, 1956: Selected Bill Russell (1st round, 2nd pick), Willie Naulls (2nd round, 10th pick), Darrell Floyd (3rd round, 18th pick), Robin Freeman (4th round, 26th pick), Norm Stewart (5th round, 34th pick), Dave Plunkett (6th round, 42nd pick), Julius McCoy (7th round, 50th pick), Morris Taft (8th round, 58th pick), Jim Reed (9th round, 65th pick), Hershel Pederson (10th round, 72nd pick), Wally Choice (11th round, 78th pick), Ed Huse (12th round, 82nd pick), Arthur Helms (13th round, 86th pick) and Junior Morgan (14th round, 90th pick) in the 1956 NBA Draft.
• April 30, 1956: Traded Bill Russell to the Boston Celtics for Cliff Hagan and Ed Macauley.
• September 11, 1956: Signed Irv Bemoras as a free agent.
• December 2, 1956: Sold Bob Harrison to the Syracuse Nationals.
• December 12, 1956: Traded Willie Naulls to the New York Knicks for Slater Martin.
• December 17, 1956: Signed Alex Hannum as a free agent.
• April 17, 1957: Selected Win Wilfong (1st round, 4th pick), Jim Palmer (2nd round, 12th pick), John Smyth (3rd round, 20th pick), Hank Nowak (4th round, 28th pick), Al Rochelle (5th round, 36th pick), Raymond Downs (6th round, 44th pick), Mason Pope (7th round, 52nd pick), Bill Darragh (8th round, 59th pick), Calvin Grosscup (9th round, 66th pick), Bobby Mills (10th round, 72nd pick), Gerald Dreier (11th round, 77th pick), Bob Seitz (12th round, 80th pick), Ed Romanoff (13th round, 82nd pick) and Lavelle Langston (14th round, 83rd pick) in the 1957 NBA Draft.
• January 19, 1958: Traded Dave Plunkett to the Philadelphia Warriors for Walt Davis.
• February 16, 1958: Traded Frank Selvy to the Minneapolis Lakers for Dick Boushka and Terry Rand.
• April 22, 1958: Selected Dave Gambee (1st round, 7th pick), Hub Reed (2nd round, 15th pick), Wayne Embry (3rd round, 23rd pick), Julius Peques (4th round, 31st pick), Rick Herrsher (5th round, 39th pick), John Crawford (6th round, 47th pick), Ken Sidle (7th round, 55th pick), Bruno Boin (8th round, 63rd pick), Tink Van Patton (9th round, 69th pick), James Purcell (10th round, 74th pick), Don Klein (11th round, 78th pick) and Joe Buckhalter (12th round, 82nd pick) in the 1958 NBA Draft.
• August 5, 1958: Traded Wayne Embry, Jim Palmer, Darrell Floyd, Gerry Calvert and Ken Sidle to the Cincinnati Royals for Clyde Lovellette. Lovellette was sent as player to be named later on September 16, 1958.
• January 14, 1959: Traded Med Park and Jack Stephens to the Cincinnati Royals for Si Green.
• March 31, 1959: Selected Bob Ferry (1st round, 7th pick), Alan Seiden (2nd round, 14th pick), Cal Ramsey (2nd round, 15th pick), Hank Stein (3rd round, 23rd pick), Lee Harman (4th round, 31st pick), Nick Mantis (5th round, 39th pick), Mike Moran (6th round, 47th pick), Orby Arnold (7th round, 55th pick), Willie Merriwether (8th round, 61st pick), Lou Pucillo (9th round, 67th pick), Ron Loneski (10th round, 73rd pick) and John Barnhill (11th round, 79th pick) in the 1959 NBA Draft.
• August 22, 1959: Traded Whitey Bell, Win Wilfong and Tom Hemans to the Cincinnati Royals for Johnny McCarthy.
• January 31, 1960: Traded Dave Gambee and Hub Reed to the Cincinnati Royals for Dave Piontek.
• February 1, 1960: Traded Nick Mantis, Chuck Share and Willie Merriweather to the Minneapolis Lakers for Larry Foust.
• April 11, 1960: Selected Lenny Wilkens (1st round, 6th pick), Frank Radovich (2nd round, 14th pick), Fred LaCour (3rd round, 22nd pick), Horace Walker (4th round, 30th pick), Jimmy Darrow (5th round, 38th pick), York Larese (6th round, 46th pick), Bob Sims (7th round, 54th pick), Don Curry (8th round, 61st pick), Bob Castanada (9th round, 68th pick), Americus John-Lewis (10th round, 73rd pick), Dick Davies (11th round, 78th pick), Bob Wilkinson (12th round, 83rd pick) and Ed Smallwood (13th round, 86th pick) in the 1960 NBA Draft.
• April 15, 1960: Purchased Dave Gambee from the Cincinnati Royals.
• April 16, 1960: Traded Bob Ferry to the Detroit Pistons for Ed Conlin.
• September 22, 1960: Sold Dave Gambee to the Syracuse Nationals.
• October 17, 1960: Traded Ed Conlin and cash to the Philadelphia Warriors for Ernie Beck and Woody Sauldsberry.