Fred Zollner

Fred Zollner

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Contributor in 1999 (Full List)

Franchises

• Detroit Pistons (March 27, 1954 to February 14, 1957)

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

In some cases the starting date and/or ending date for an executive could not be found, so conservative estimates are used in their place. Therefore, transactions from the beginning and/or end of an executive's tenure with a particular franchise may be missing from the register below.

Detroit Pistons Franchise

• April 24, 1954: Selected Dick Rosenthal (1st round, 4th pick), Arnold Short (2nd round, 13th pick), B. H. Born (3rd round, 22nd pick), Mel Thompson (4th round, 31st pick), Dutch Burch (5th round, 40th pick), Charles Kraak (6th round, 49th pick), Bernie Janicki (7th round, 58th pick), Don Bielke (8th round, 67th pick), Joel Hittleman (9th round, 76th pick), Phil Larson (10th round, 84th pick) and Forrest Jackson (11th round, 93rd pick) in the 1954 NBA Draft.
• October 16, 1954: Traded Fred Scolari to the Boston Celtics for Bob Harris.
• October 19, 1954: Purchased Paul Walther from the Philadelphia Warriors.
• October 26, 1954: Traded Ken Murray to the Baltimore Bullets for Jim Fritsche.
• April 13, 1955: Selected Johnny Horan (1st round, 8th pick), Jesse Arnelle (2nd round, 15th pick), Ron Bennink (3rd round, 24th pick), Dick Howard (4th round, 31st pick), Cleo Littleton (5th round, 40th pick), Don Belcher ( round, 48th pick), Tom Harrold ( round, 56th pick), Happy Mahfouz ( round, 64th pick), Tom Mock ( round, 72nd pick), Tom Mixon ( round, 80th pick), Bob Reiter ( round, 87th pick) and Ray Warren ( round, 92nd pick) in the 1955 NBA Draft.
• September 30, 1955: Traded Monk Meineke to the Rochester Royals for Odie Spears.
• November 28, 1955: Purchased Jim Holstein from the Minneapolis Lakers.
• December 16, 1955: Sold Johnny Horan to the Minneapolis Lakers.
• 1956: Signed Alex Hannum as a free agent.
• January, 1956: Signed Chuck Cooper as a free agent.
• April 30, 1956: Selected Ron Sobie (1st round, 7th pick), Bob Kessler (2nd round, 15th pick), Bill Thieben (3rd round, 23rd pick), Charles Slack (4th round, 31st pick), Joe Lieber (5th round, 39th pick), John Schlimm (6th round, 47th pick) and Bruce Harris (7th round, 55th pick) in the 1956 NBA Draft.
• April 30, 1956: Traded Ron Sobie to the New York Knicks for Gene Shue.
• October 3, 1956: Purchased Billy Kenville from the Syracuse Nationals.
• October 23, 1956: Purchased Red Rocha from the Syracuse Nationals.