1955 NBA Draft

1954 NBA Draft 1956 NBA Draft

Date: Wednesday, April 13, 1955

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 95 (20 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Dick Ricketts (2.1 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: J. Twyman (75.0), K. Sears (55.8) and T. Gola (53.2)

All-Stars: 5 (D. Garmaker, T. Gola, K. Sears, M. Stokes and J. Twyman)

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95 Selections

Stats shown are for the player's NBA career

95 Selections Table
			Territorial Picks			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		MNL	Dick Garmaker	Minnesota	6	421	12155	5597	1748	1114	.403		.787	28.9	13.3	4.2	2.6	25.6	.101
2		PHW	Tom Gola	La Salle	10	698	22529	7871	5617	2962	.431		.760	32.3	11.3	8.0	4.2	53.2	.113
			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
3	1	STL	Dick Ricketts	Duquesne	3	212	5677	1974	1337	447	.328		.692	26.8	9.3	6.3	2.1	2.1	.018
4	2	ROC	Maurice Stokes	Saint Francis University	3	202	7544	3315	3492	1062	.351		.698	37.3	16.4	17.3	5.3	16.1	.102
5	3	BOS	Jim Loscutoff	Oregon	9	511	9431	3156	2848	353	.345		.653	18.5	6.2	5.6	0.7	3.4	.017
6	4	NYK	Kenny Sears	Santa Clara University	8	529	14923	7355	4142	843	.455		.826	28.2	13.9	7.8	1.6	55.8	.179
7	5	SYR	Ed Conlin	Fordham	7	486	11392	4891	2349	949	.370		.750	23.4	10.1	4.8	2.0	14.2	.060
8	6	FTW	Johnny Horan	Dayton	1	19	93	34	10	2	.286		.909	4.9	1.8	0.5	0.1	-0.1	-.075
			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
9	7	STL	Jack Stephens	Notre Dame	1	72	2219	743	377	207	.386		.692	30.8	10.3	5.2	2.9	4.8	.103
10	8	ROC	Jack Twyman	Cincinnati	11	823	26147	15840	5424	1861	.450		.778	31.8	19.2	6.6	2.3	75.0	.138
11	9	PHW	Corky Devlin	George Washington	3	210	4025	1496	449	446	.366		.742	19.2	7.1	2.1	2.1	3.8	.046
12	10	BOS	Dick Hemric	Wake Forest	2	138	2384	863	703	102	.377		.669	17.3	6.3	5.1	0.7	5.3	.106
13	11	NYK	Jerry Mullen	San Francisco
14	12	MNL	Chuck Mencel	Minnesota	2	141	2821	983	347	333	.341		.765	20.0	7.0	2.5	2.4	1.9	.033
15	13	FTW	Jesse Arnelle	Penn State	1	31	409	147	170	18	.317		.623	13.2	4.7	5.5	0.6	0.0	-.001
16	14	SYR	Don Schlundt	Indiana
			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
17	15	STL	Al Ferrari	Michigan State	6	371	7582	2525	830	943	.368		.760	20.4	6.8	2.2	2.5	8.9	.056
18	16	ROC	Ed Fleming	Niagara University	5	292	6186	2511	1532	544	.359		.731	21.2	8.6	5.2	1.9	9.8	.076
19	17	PHW	Bob Schafer	Villanova	2	65	745	273	82	68	.298		.777	11.5	4.2	1.3	1.0	-0.7	-.048
20	18	BOS	Buzz Wilkinson	Virginia
21	19	NYK	Guy Sparrow	Detroit Mercy	3	150	2583	1167	728	142	.358		.608	17.2	7.8	4.9	0.9	0.1	.003
22	20	MNL	Dick Boushka	Saint Louis University
23	21	SYR	Jack Sallee	Dayton
24	22	FTW	Ron Bennink	Washington State
			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
25	23	STL	Burdette Haldorson	Colorado
26	24	ROC	Bob McKeen	Cal
27	25	PHW	Ed Wiener	Tennessee
28	26	BOS	Bart Leach	University of Pennsylvania
29	27	NYK	Ed Cole	Creighton
30	28	MNL	John Miller	Ohio State
31	29	FTW	Dick Howard	Case Western Reserve University
32	30	SYR	Frank Ehmann	Northwestern
			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
33	31	STL	Bill Bagley	Saint Mary's
34	32	ROC	Bill Evans	Kentucky
35	33	PHW	Jack Devine	Villanova
36	34	BOS	Bob Patterson	Tulsa
37	35	NYK	Denver Brackeen	University of Mississippi
38	36	MNL	Bill Banks	Texas State University
39	37	SYR	Mal Duffy	St. Bonaventure
40	38	FTW	Cleo Littleton	Wichita State
			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
41		BOS	John Mahoney	College of William & Mary
42		NYK	Howard Sessums	Mississippi College
43		PHW	George Swyers	West Virginia Tech
			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
44		BOS	John Moore	UCLA
45		NYK	Jim Fay	St. Ambrose University
46		PHW	Harry Silcox	Temple
			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
47		BOS	Dean Parsons	Washington
48		NYK	Joe Beck	Truman State University
49		PHW	Al Didriksen	Temple
			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
50		BOS	Nick Romanoff	University of the Pacific
51		NYK	Don Payne	Adelphi University
52		PHW	Lester Lane	Oklahoma
			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
53		BOS	Jim Ahearn	UConn
54		NYK	Wally McCarvill	Iona College
55		PHW	Jerry Koch	Saint Louis University
			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
56		BOS	Carl Hartman	Alderson-Broaddus College
57		NYK	Charles Stickels	Hastings College
			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
58		BOS	Mark Davis	Marietta College
59		NYK	Mickey Harrington	University of Southern Mississippi
			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
60		BOS	Henry Dooley	Wiley College
			Round 14			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
61		BOS	Bob Scuddelari	Cooper Union
			Other Picks			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
62		FTW	Don Belcher	LSU
63		FTW	Tom Harrold	Colorado
64		FTW	Happy Mahfouz	Spring Hill College
65		FTW	Tom Mixon	Mercer University
66		FTW	Tom Mock	Colorado
67		FTW	Bob Reiter	Missouri
68		FTW	Ray Warren	TCU
69		MNL	Don Boldebuck	Houston
70		MNL	Don Bragg	UCLA
71		MNL	K.C. Jones	San Francisco	9	676	17501	5011	2399	2908	.387		.647	25.9	7.4	3.5	4.3	38.6	.106
72		MNL	Jim Scott	West Texas A&M University
73		MNL	Bill Warden	North Central College
74		MNL	O'Neal Weaver	Midwestern State University
75		ROC	Bob Armstrong	Michigan State	1	19	110	28	39	3	.297		.500	5.8	1.5	2.1	0.2	-0.1	-.063
76		ROC	Harry Jorgensen	Wyoming
77		ROC	Jerry Jung	Kansas State
78		ROC	Jim McConnell	Niagara University
79		ROC	John Prudhoe	Louisville
80		ROC	Art Quimby	UConn
81		ROC	Tony Vlastelica	Oregon State
82		STL	Harvey Babetch	Bradley
83		STL	Dick Cable	Wisconsin
84		STL	Lynn Cole	Creighton
85		STL	Joe Fitt	University of Scranton
86		STL	Charles Hoxie	Niagara University
87		STL	Ed O'Connor	Manhattan College
88		STL	Bill Reigel	McNeese State University
89		STL	Dick Welsh	USC
90		SYR	Cliff Dwyer	NC State
91		SYR	Ed Galvin	Loyola University New Orleans
92		SYR	Stan Glowaski	Seattle University
93		SYR	Russ Lawler	Stanford
94		SYR	Marty Satalino	St. John's
95		SYR	Ron Tomsic	Stanford

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