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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

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95 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	3	PHW	Tom Gola	La Salle	10	698	22529	7871	5617	2962	.431		.760	32.3	11.3	8.0	4.2	53.2	.113
2	6	MNL	Dick Garmaker	Minnesota	6	421	12155	5597	1748	1114	.403		.787	28.9	13.3	4.2	2.6	25.6	.101
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	4	BOS	Jim Loscutoff	Oregon	9	511	9431	3156	2848	353	.345		.653	18.5	6.2	5.6	0.7	3.4	.017
6	5	NYK	Kenny Sears	Santa Clara	8	529	14923	7355	4142	843	.455		.826	28.2	13.9	7.8	1.6	55.8	.179
7	7	SYR	Ed Conlin	Fordham	7	486	11392	4891	2349	949	.370		.750	23.4	10.1	4.8	2.0	14.2	.060
8	8	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	9	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	10	ROC	Jack Twyman	Cincinnati	11	823	26147	15840	5424	1861	.450		.778	31.8	19.2	6.6	2.3	75.0	.138
11	11	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	12	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	13	NYK	Jerry Mullen	San Francisco
14	14	MNL	Chuck Mencel	Minnesota	2	141	2821	983	347	333	.341		.765	20.0	7.0	2.5	2.4	1.9	.033
15	15	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	16	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	17	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	18	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	19	PHW	Bob Schafer	Villanova	2	65	745	273	82	68	.298		.777	11.5	4.2	1.3	1.0	-0.7	-.048
20	20	BOS	Buzz Wilkinson	Virginia
21	21	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	22	MNL	Dick Boushka	Saint Louis
23	23	SYR	Jack Sallee	Dayton
24	24	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	25	STL	Burdette Haldorson	Colorado
26	26	ROC	Bob McKeen	California
27	27	PHW	Ed Wiener	Tennessee
28	28	BOS	Bart Leach	Penn
29	29	NYK	Ed Cole	Creighton
30	30	MNL	John Miller	Ohio State
31	31	FTW	Dick Howard	Case Western Reserve University
32	32	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	33	STL	Bill Bagley	Saint Mary's
34	34	ROC	Bill Evans	Kentucky
35	35	PHW	Jack Devine	Villanova
36	36	BOS	Bob Patterson	Tulsa
37	37	NYK	Denver Brackeen	Ole Miss
38	38	MNL	Bill Banks	Texas State University
39	39	SYR	Mal Duffy	St. Bonaventure
40	40	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	41	STL	Harvey Babetch	Bradley
42	42	ROC	Bob Armstrong	Michigan State	1	19	110	28	39	3	.297		.500	5.8	1.5	2.1	0.2	-0.1	-.063
43	43	PHW	George Swyers	West Virginia Tech
44	44	BOS	John Mahoney	William & Mary
45	45	NYK	Howard Sessums	Mississippi College
46	46	MNL	O'Neal Weaver	Midwestern State University
47	47	FTW	Bob Reiter	Missouri
48	48	SYR	Ron Tomsic	Stanford
			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
49	49	STL	Joe Fitt	University of Scranton
50	50	ROC	Jim McConnell	Niagara University
51	51	PHW	Harry Silcox	Temple
52	52	BOS	John Moore	UCLA
53	53	NYK	Jim Fay	St. Ambrose University
54	54	MNL	Don Bragg	UCLA
55	55	SYR	Ed Galvin	Loyola New Orleans
56	56	FTW	Tom Harrold	Colorado
			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
57	57	STL	Bill Reigel	McNeese State University
58	58	ROC	Tony Vlastelica	Oregon State
59	59	PHW	Al Didriksen	Temple
60	60	BOS	Dean Parsons	Washington
61	61	NYK	Jack Beck	Truman State University
62	62	MNL	Don Boldebuck	Houston
63	63	FTW	Don Belcher	LSU
64	64	SYR	Cliff Dwyer	NC State
			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
65	65	STL	Lynn Cole	Western Kentucky
66	66	ROC	Jerry Jung	Kansas State
67	67	PHW	Lester Lane	Oklahoma
68	68	BOS	Nick Romanoff	University of the Pacific
69	69	NYK	Don Payne	Adelphi University
70	70	MNL	Bill Warden	North Central College
71	71	SYR	Marty Satalino	St. John's
72	72	FTW	Tom Mixon	Mercer University
			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
73	73	STL	Dick Cable	Wisconsin
74	74	ROC	Harry Jorgensen	Wyoming
75	75	PHW	Jerry Koch	Saint Louis
76	76	BOS	Jim Ahearn	UConn
77	77	NYK	Wally McCarvill	Iona College
78	78	MNL	Jim Scott	West Texas A&M University
79	79	FTW	Charlie Mock	Colorado
80	80	SYR	Russ Lawler	Stanford
			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
81	81	STL	Ed O'Connor	Manhattan College
82	82	ROC	Art Quimby	UConn
83	83	BOS	Carl Hartman	Alderson-Broaddus College
84	84	NYK	Charles Stickels	Hastings College
85	85	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
86	86	SYR	Stan Glowaski	Seattle University
87	87	FTW	Happy Mahfouz	Spring Hill 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
88	88	STL	Charles Hoxie	Niagara University
89	89	ROC	John Prudhoe	Louisville
90	90	BOS	Mark Davis	Marietta College
91	91	NYK	Mickey Harrington	Southern Miss
92	92	FTW	Ray Warren	TCU
			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
93	93	STL	Dick Welsh	USC
94	94	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
95	95	BOS	Bob Scudellari	Cooper Union

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