1957 NBA Draft

1956 NBA Draft 1958 NBA Draft

Date: Wednesday, April 17, 1957

Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Number of Picks: 85 (19 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Hot Rod Hundley (4.3 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: S. Jones (92.3), J. Krebs (12.4) and C. Tyra (5.0)

All-Stars: 3 (H. Hundley, S. Jones and W. Sauldsberry)

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85 Selections

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85 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	1	CIN	Hot Rod Hundley	West Virginia	6	431	9553	3625	1420	1455	.347		.721	22.2	8.4	3.3	3.4	4.3	.022
2	2	DET	Charlie Tyra	Louisville	5	348	7811	3091	2567	315	.387		.672	22.4	8.9	7.4	0.9	5.0	.031
3	3	MNL	Jim Krebs	SMU	7	515	10661	4128	3177	429	.405		.755	20.7	8.0	6.2	0.8	12.4	.056
4	4	STL	Win Wilfong	Memphis	4	268	4810	1826	910	565	.361		.744	17.9	6.8	3.4	2.1	2.7	.027
5	5	NYK	Brendan McCann	St. Bonaventure	3	41	331	74	50	65	.204		.700	8.1	1.8	1.2	1.6	-0.6	-.085
6	6	PHW	Lennie Rosenbluth	UNC	2	82	578	342	145	29	.327		.655	7.0	4.2	1.8	0.4	-0.7	-.057
7	7	SYR	George Bon Salle	Illinois	1	3	9	4	2	0	.250			3.0	1.3	0.7	0.0	-0.1	-.429
8	8	BOS	Sam Jones	NC Central	12	871	24285	15411	4305	2209	.456		.803	27.9	17.7	4.9	2.5	92.3	.182
			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	CIN	Dick Duckett	St. John's	1	34	424	132	56	47	.342		.889	12.5	3.9	1.6	1.4	0.2	.025
10	10	DET	Bob McCoy	Grambling State University
11	11	MNL	Harvey Schmidt	Illinois
12	12	STL	Jim Palmer	Dayton	3	196	3794	1595	1040	165	.413		.703	19.4	8.1	5.3	0.8	4.5	.057
13	13	NYK	Larry Friend	California	1	44	569	175	106	47	.327		.659	12.9	4.0	2.4	1.1	-0.4	-.033
14	14	PHW	Jack Sullivan	Mount St. Mary's University
15	15	SYR	Jim Morgan	Louisville
16	16	BOS	Dick O'Neal	TCU
			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	CIN	Jerry Paulson	Manhattan College	1	6	68	20	10	4	.348		.667	11.3	3.3	1.7	0.7	0.0	.016
18	18	DET	Bill Ebben	Detroit Mercy	1	8	50	15	8	4	.214		.750	6.3	1.9	1.0	0.5	-0.2	-.233
19	19	MNL	Jim Spivey	Southeastern Oklahoma State University
20	20	STL	John Smyth	Notre Dame
21	21	NYK	Gary Clark	Syracuse
22	22	PHW	Angelo Lombardo	Manhattan College
23	23	SYR	Vince Cohen	Syracuse
24	24	BOS	Chuck Schramm	Western Illinois 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	25	CIN	Jed Dommeyer	Minnesota
26	26	DET	Kurt Engelbert	Saint Joseph's
27	27	MNL	George Brown	Wayne State University	1	1	6	1	1	0	.000		.500	6.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-.308
28	28	STL	Hank Nowak	Canisius
29	29	NYK	Rayford Wells	Lenoir-Rhyne College
30	30	PHW	Ray Radziszewski	Saint Joseph's	1	1	6	0	2	1	.000			6.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	-0.1	-.496
31	31	SYR	Jerry Mallett	Baylor
32	32	BOS	Jim Ashmore	Mississippi State
			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	CIN	Stuart Murray	Lafayette College
34	34	DET	Ron Kramer	Michigan
35	35	MNL	Gary Thompson	Iowa State
36	36	STL	Al Rochelle	Vanderbilt
37	37	NYK	Lee Marshall	Washington & Lee University
38	38	PHW	Jim Radcliffe	Lafayette College
39	39	SYR	Frank Nimmo	Cincinnati
40	40	BOS	Grady Wallace	South Carolina
			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	CIN	John Maglio	NC State
42	42	DET	Walt Adamushko	St. Francis College
43	43	MNL	Phil Murrell	Drake University
44	44	STL	Raymond Downs	Texas
45	45	NYK	Jim Humphrey	Saint Michael's College
46	46	PHW	Alonzo Lewis	La Salle
47	47	SYR	Lyndon Lee	Oklahoma City University
48	48	BOS	Maurice King	Kansas	2	38	973	226	106	144	.398		.800	25.6	5.9	2.8	3.8	0.0	.000
			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	CIN	Chet Forte	Columbia University
50	50	DET	Carl Boldt	San Francisco
51	51	MNL	George Ferguson	Michigan
52	52	STL	Mason Cope	Kentucky Wesleyan College
53	53	PHW	Max Jameson	Kentucky State University
54	54	SYR	Dick Gaines	Seton Hall
55	55	BOS	Dick Brott	Denver
			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
56	56	CIN	Bob Daniels	Western Kentucky
57	57	DET	Doug Bolstorff	Minnesota	1	3	21	4	0	0	.400			7.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	-.004
58	58	MNL	Jon Haaven	University of North Dakota
59	59	STL	Bill Darragh	Louisville
60	60	PHW	Woody Sauldsberry	Texas Southern	7	462	12788	4930	3618	498	.348		.610	27.7	10.7	7.8	1.1	-10.7	-.040
61	61	SYR	Cebe Price	Marshall
62	62	BOS	Bill Von Weyhe	Rhode Island
			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
63	63	CIN	Dick Heise	DePaul
64	64	DET	Bob Lazor	Pitt
65	65	MNL	Jim Sutton	North Dakota State University
66	66	STL	Calvin Grosscup	Tulane
67	67	PHW	Steve Hamilton	Morehead State University	2	82	1094	368	278	43	.372		.697	13.3	4.5	3.4	0.5	0.9	.040
68	68	SYR	Jim Brown	Syracuse
69	69	BOS	Joe Gibbon	Ole Miss
			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
70	70	CIN	Mel Wright	Oklahoma State
71	71	MNL	Gordon Fosness	Dakota Wesleyan University
72	72	STL	Bobby Mills	SMU
73	73	PHW	Gerry Calvert	Kentucky
74	74	SYR	Jack Nichols	Colgate
75	75	BOS	Jack Butcher	Memphis
			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
76	76	CIN	Cliff Hafer	NC State
77	77	STL	Gerald Dreier	Macalester College
78	78	PHW	J.C. Gipson
79	79	BOS	Dick Neal	Indiana
			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
80	80	CIN	Jim Boothe	Xavier
81	81	STL	Bob Seitz	NC State
82	82	SYR	Jim Weeks	New York Institute of Technology
83	83	BOS	Don Tobin	Florida Southern 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
84	84	STL	Ted Romanoff	Oregon State
			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
85	85	STL	Lavelle Langston	Northwestern State University

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