1954 NBA Draft

1953 NBA Draft 1955 NBA Draft

Date: Saturday, April 24, 1954

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 100 (27 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Frank Selvy (23.8 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: B. Pettit (136.0), R. Guerin (69.2) and L. Costello (62.7)

All-Stars: 8 (L. Costello, D. Garmaker, R. Guerin, R. Kerr, C. Noble, B. Pettit, F. Selvy and G. Shue)

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100 Selections

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100 Selections Table
			Round 1			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
1	4	FTW	Dick Rosenthal	Notre Dame	2	85	1594	575	352	170	.362		.702	18.8	6.8	4.1	2.0	1.9	.057
2	5	BOS	Togo Palazzi	Holy Cross	6	324	4344	2382	1113	233	.386		.730	13.4	7.4	3.4	0.7	6.5	.072
3	9	MNL	Ed Kalafat	Minnesota	3	209	4358	1474	1182	310	.345		.688	20.9	7.1	5.7	1.5	5.3	.059
4	1	BLB	Frank Selvy	Furman University	9	565	14908	6120	2098	1579	.394		.728	26.4	10.8	3.7	2.8	23.8	.077
5	2	MLH	Bob Pettit	LSU	11	792	30690	20880	12849	2369	.436		.761	38.8	26.4	16.2	3.0	136.0	.213
6	3	PHW	Gene Shue	Maryland	10	699	23338	10068	2855	2608	.396		.806	33.4	14.4	4.1	3.7	38.9	.080
7	6	SYR	Red Kerr	Illinois	12	905	27784	12480	10092	2004	.418		.723	30.7	13.8	11.2	2.2	61.8	.107
8	7	ROC	Tom Marshall	Western Kentucky	4	168	2587	952	492	188	.388		.709	15.4	5.7	2.9	1.1	4.1	.076
9	8	NYK	Jack Turner	Western Kentucky	1	65	922	282	154	77	.360		.789	14.2	4.3	2.4	1.2	0.6	.032
			Round 2			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
10	10	BLB	Slick Leonard	Indiana	7	426	11632	4204	1217	1427	.349		.745	27.3	9.9	2.9	3.3	3.8	.016
11	11	MLH	Bob Mattick	Oklahoma State
12	12	PHW	Larry Costello	Niagara University	12	706	21198	8622	2705	3215	.438		.841	30.0	12.2	3.8	4.6	62.7	.142
13	13	FTW	Arnold Short	Oklahoma City University
14	14	BOS	Red Morrison	Idaho	3	155	2216	555	822	135	.396		.572	14.3	3.6	5.3	0.9	2.2	.048
15	15	SYR	Dick Farley	Indiana	3	211	3822	1378	527	386	.384		.700	18.1	6.5	2.5	1.8	8.2	.103
16	16	ROC	Boris Nachamkin	NYU	1	6	59	20	19	3	.300		.615	9.8	3.3	3.2	0.5	0.0	-.010
17	17	NYK	Richie Guerin	Iona College	13	848	27449	14676	4278	4211	.416		.780	32.4	17.3	5.0	5.0	69.2	.121
18	18	MNL	Al Bianchi	Bowling Green	10	687	13649	5550	1722	1497	.374		.707	19.9	8.1	2.5	2.2	8.2	.029
			Round 3			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
19	19	BLB	Werner Killen	Lawrence Technological University
20	20	MLH	Walt Walowac	Marshall
21	21	PHW	Ben Peters	Benedictine College
22	22	FTW	B. H. Born	Kansas
23	23	BOS	Henry Daubenschmidt	St. Francis College
24	24	SYR	Jim Tucker	Duquesne	3	99	1301	407	349	52	.349		.762	13.1	4.1	3.5	0.5	1.3	.047
25	25	ROC	Lee Morton	Cornell
26	26	NYK	Don Anielak	Missouri State	1	1	10	3	2	0	.000		.750	10.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	-0.1	-.263
27	27	MNL	Don Lance	Rice University
			Round 4			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
28	28	BLB	Burt Spice	Toledo
29	29	MLH	Phil Martin	Toledo	1	7	47	12	10	6	.263		1.000	6.7	1.7	1.4	0.9	-0.1	-.094
30	30	PHW	Chuck Noble	Louisville	7	411	9212	3276	1075	1344	.346		.731	22.4	8.0	2.6	3.3	-0.9	-.005
31	31	FTW	Mel Thompson	NC State
32	32	BOS	Ron Perry	Holy Cross
33	33	SYR	Don McLane	Duquesne
34	34	ROC	Art Spoelstra	Western Kentucky	4	278	5248	2012	1273	266	.391		.693	18.9	7.2	4.6	1.0	8.6	.079
35	35	NYK	Don Lange	United States Naval Academy
36	36	MNL	Gene Schwinger	Rice University
			Round 5			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
37	37	BLB	Lou Scott	Indiana
38	38	MLH	Paul Ebert	Ohio State
39	39	PHW	Rudy D'Emilio	Duke
40	40	FTW	Dutch Burch	Pitt
41	41	BOS	Troy Burrus	West Texas A&M University
42	42	SYR	Tom Pottenburgh	Siena College
43	43	ROC	Bo Erias	Niagara University	1	18	401	148	83	26	.347		.638	22.3	8.2	4.6	1.4	-0.1	-.018
44	44	NYK	Jesse Prisock	Kansas State
45	45	MNL	Buzz Bennett	Minnesota
			Round 6			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
46	46	BLB	Bob Heim	Xavier
47	47	MLH	Bob Carney	Bradley	1	19	244	69	45	16	.375		.525	12.8	3.6	2.4	0.8	0.3	.059
48	48	PHW	Len Winogard	Brandeis University
49	49	FTW	Charles Kraak	Indiana
50	50	BOS	Otto Kriegshauser	Washington University in Saint Louis
51	51	SYR	Norman Pott	Wheaton College
52	52	ROC	Red Davis	St. John's	1	3	16	2	4	1	.000		1.000	5.3	0.7	1.3	0.3	-0.1	-.288
53	53	NYK	Ron Rivers	Wyoming
54	54	MNL	Nick Revon	Southern Miss
			Round 7			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
55	55	BLB	Joe Pehanick	Seattle University
56	56	MLH	Allen Kelley	Kansas
57	57	PHW	Bob Brady	San Diego State
58	58	FTW	Bernie Janicki	Duke
59	59	BOS	Dick Estergard	Bradley
60	60	SYR	Gus Lovett	Franklin & Marshall College
61	61	ROC	Bill Hull	Utah State University
62	62	NYK	Solly Walker	St. John's
63	63	MNL	Dan Finch	Vanderbilt
			Round 8			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
64	64	BLB	Harry Brooks	Seton Hall
65	65	MLH	Dick Nunneley	Tulsa
66	66	PHW	Bob Hodges	East Carolina University
67	67	FTW	Don Bielke	Valparaiso	1	7	38	14	9	1	.556		.571	5.4	2.0	1.3	0.1	0.2	.198
68	68	BOS	Jim Young	Santa Clara
69	69	SYR	Mel Besdin	Syracuse
70	70	ROC	Paul Morrow	Wisconsin
71	71	NYK	Cob Jarvis	Mississippi State
72	72	MNL	Bob Hopkins	Point Loma Nazarene
			Round 9			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
73	73	BLB	Ron Goerrs	Concordia Seminary
74	74	MLH	Hal Cervini	Tulane
75	75	PHW	Vince Leta	Lycoming College
76	76	FTW	Joel Hittleman	Loyola (MD)
77	77	SYR	Fletcher Johnson	Duquesne
78	78	ROC	Roy Irvin	USC
79	79	NYK	Henry Duckham	Polytechnic University
80	80	MNL	Dick Garmaker	Minnesota	6	421	12155	5597	1748	1114	.403		.787	28.9	13.3	4.2	2.6	25.6	.101
			Round 10			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
81	81	BLB	Gary Shivers	Houston
82	82	MLH	Joe Bertrand	Notre Dame
83	83	PHW	Bill Sullivan	Notre Dame
84	84	FTW	Dean Larsen	BYU
85	85	BOS	Tony Daukas	Boston College
86	86	SYR	Jack Davidson	UCLA
87	87	ROC	Ed Parchinski	Fordham
88	88	NYK	John Clune	United States Naval Academy
89	89	MNL	John Biever	Northwestern
			Round 11			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
90	90	BLB	Elliot Karver	George Washington
91	91	MLH	Jerry Domershick	City College of New York
92	92	PHW	Frank O'Hara	La Salle
93	93	FTW	Forrest Jackson	Taylor University
94	94	BOS	Bill Johnson	Nebraska
95	95	ROC	Jim Paxson	Dayton	2	138	3069	1105	616	225	.323		.727	22.2	8.0	4.5	1.6	2.8	.044
96	96	NYK	Bob Waller	Oklahoma
			Round 12			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
97	97	MLH	Ron Weisner	Wisconsin
98	98	PHW	John Glinski	SUNY Cortland
99	99	NYK	Charles Stickels	Hastings College
			Round 13			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
100	100	PHW	John Holup	George Washington

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