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
			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	University of 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 University	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 University	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	University of 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 University	7	486	11392	4891	2349	949	.370		.750	23.4	10.1	4.8	2.0	14.2	.060
8	6	FTW	Johnny Horan	University of 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	University of 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	University of 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 University	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 University	2	138	2384	863	703	102	.377		.669	17.3	6.3	5.1	0.7	5.3	.106
13	11	NYK	Jerry Mullen	University of San Francisco
14	12	MNL	Chuck Mencel	University of 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	Pennsylvania State University	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 University
			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 University	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 University	2	65	745	273	82	68	.298		.777	11.5	4.2	1.3	1.0	-0.7	-.048
20	18	BOS	Buzz Wilkinson	University of Virginia
21	19	NYK	Guy Sparrow	University of 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	University of Dayton
24	22	FTW	Ron Bennink	Washington State 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
25	23	STL	Burdette Haldorson	University of Colorado
26	24	ROC	Bob McKeen	University of California
27	25	PHW	Ed Wiener	University of Tennessee
28	26	BOS	Bart Leach	University of Pennsylvania
29	27	NYK	Ed Cole	Creighton University
30	28	MNL	John Miller	Ohio State University
31	29	FTW	Dick Howard	Case Western Reserve University
32	30	SYR	Frank Ehmann	Northwestern 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
33	31	STL	Bill Bagley	Saint Mary's College of California
34	32	ROC	Bill Evans	University of Kentucky
35	33	PHW	Jack Devine	Villanova University
36	34	BOS	Bob Patterson	University of Tulsa
37	35	NYK	Denver Brackeen	University of Mississippi
38	36	MNL	Bill Banks	Texas State University
39	37	SYR	Mal Duffy	St. Bonaventure University
40	38	FTW	Cleo Littleton	Wichita State University
			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 University Institute of Technology
			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	University of California, Los Angeles
45		NYK	Jim Fay	St. Ambrose University
46		PHW	Harry Silcox	Temple University
			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	University of Washington
48		NYK	Joe Beck	Truman State University
49		PHW	Al Didriksen	Temple University
			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	University of 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	University of Connecticut
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	Louisiana State University
63		FTW	Tom Harrold	University of Colorado
64		FTW	Happy Mahfouz	Spring Hill College
65		FTW	Tom Mixon	Mercer University
66		FTW	Tom Mock	University of Colorado
67		FTW	Bob Reiter	University of Missouri
68		FTW	Ray Warren	Texas Christian University
69		MNL	Don Boldebuck	University of Houston
70		MNL	Don Bragg	University of California, Los Angeles
71		MNL	K.C. Jones	University of 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 University	1	19	110	28	39	3	.297		.500	5.8	1.5	2.1	0.2	-0.1	-.063
76		ROC	Harry Jorgensen	University of Wyoming
77		ROC	Jerry Jung	Kansas State University
78		ROC	Jim McConnell	Niagara University
79		ROC	John Prudhoe	University of Louisville
80		ROC	Art Quimby	University of Connecticut
81		ROC	Tony Vlastelica	Oregon State University
82		STL	Harvey Babetch	Bradley University
83		STL	Dick Cable	University of Wisconsin
84		STL	Lynn Cole	Creighton University
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	University of Southern California
90		SYR	Cliff Dwyer	North Carolina State University
91		SYR	Ed Galvin	Loyola University New Orleans
92		SYR	Stan Glowaski	Seattle University
93		SYR	Russ Lawler	Stanford University
94		SYR	Marty Satalino	St. John's University
95		SYR	Ron Tomsic	Stanford University

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