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1961 NBA Draft

1960 NBA Draft 1962 NBA Draft

Date: Monday, March 27, 1961

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 107 (32 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Walt Bellamy (130.0 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: W. Bellamy (130.0), B. Bridges (59.9) and T. Meschery (43.6)

All-Stars: 4 (W. Bellamy, B. Bridges, D. Kojis and T. Meschery)

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Matthew Maurer of TheDraftReview is an NBA Draft historian who has researched and collected the data on the entire history of the NBA Draft. Much of the biographical and draft data of the later rounds is thanks to his investigative research and work.

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107 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	CHP	Walt Bellamy	Indiana	14	1043	38940	20941	14241	2544	.516		.632	37.3	20.1	13.7	2.4	130.0	.160	-0.2	1.1
2	2	NYK	Tom Stith	St. Bonaventure	1	25	209	77	39	18	.336		.300	8.4	3.1	1.6	0.7	-0.6	-.143
3	3	CIN	Larry Siegfried	Ohio State	9	550	13632	5960	1567	1950	.409		.854	24.8	10.8	2.8	3.5	33.1	.116
4	4	DET	Ray Scott	University of Portland	9	684	21339	10184	7154	1618	.405		.720	31.2	14.9	10.5	2.4	30.8	.069
5	5	LAL	Wayne Yates	Memphis	1	37	263	72	94	16	.295		.455	7.1	1.9	2.5	0.4	-0.5	-.085
6	6	SYR	Ben Warley	Tennessee State	5	288	4656	1767	1524	204	.413		.724	16.2	6.1	5.3	0.7	8.0	.083
7	7	PHW	Tom Meschery	Saint Mary's	10	778	23459	9904	6698	1331	.441		.745	30.2	12.7	8.6	1.7	43.6	.089
8	8	STL	Cleo Hill	Winston-Salem State	1	58	1050	320	178	114	.346		.774	18.1	5.5	3.1	2.0	0.3	.015
9	9	BOS	Gary Phillips	Houston	5	348	6932	2319	903	665	.370		.629	19.9	6.7	2.6	1.9	2.3	.016
			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	CHP	Jack Turner	Louisville	1	42	567	200	85	44	.380		.762	13.5	4.8	2.0	1.0	0.0	-.002
11	11	CHP	Jerry Graves	Mississippi State
12	12	CHP	York Larese	UNC	1	59	703	302	77	94	.373		.806	11.9	5.1	1.3	1.6	0.3	.020
13	13	CHP	Don Kojis	Marquette	12	814	19241	9948	4555	1112	.446		.720	23.6	12.2	5.6	1.4	35.8	.089	-0.2	1.1
14	14	CHP	Doug Moe	UNC
15	15	NYK	Whitey Martin	St. Bonaventure	1	66	1018	227	158	115	.325		.673	15.4	3.4	2.4	1.7	-0.5	-.022
16	16	CIN	Bob Wiesenhahn	Cincinnati	1	60	326	119	112	23	.317		.567	5.4	2.0	1.9	0.4	-0.7	-.107
17	17	DET	Johnny Egan	Providence	11	712	14448	5521	1294	2102	.429		.805	20.3	7.8	1.8	3.0	23.7	.079
18	18	LAL	Fred Sawyer	Louisville
19	20	PHW	Ted Luckenbill	Houston	2	87	597	196	166	35	.367		.604	6.9	2.3	1.9	0.4	0.4	.029
20	19	SYR	Chris Smith	Virginia Tech
21	21	STL	Ron Horn	Indiana	2	31	314	77	77	11	.298		.677	10.1	2.5	2.5	0.4	-0.2	-.037
22	22	BOS	Al Butler	Niagara University	4	234	5055	2282	696	530	.439		.739	21.6	9.8	3.0	2.3	7.0	.067
23	23	CHP	Jeff Cohen	William & Mary
			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
24	24	NYK	Tony Jackson	St. John's
25	25	CIN	Bevo Nordmann	Saint Louis	4	133	1628	571	517	73	.459		.490	12.2	4.3	3.9	0.5	2.0	.059
26	26	DET	Doug Kistler	Duke	1	5	13	8	1	0	.500		.500	2.6	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	.123
27	27	LAL	Frank Burgess	Gonzaga
28	28	SYR	Chuck Osborne	Western Kentucky	1	4	21	5	9	1	.125		.750	5.3	1.3	2.3	0.3	-0.1	-.134
29	29	PHW	Jack Egan	Saint Joseph's
30	30	STL	Tom Chilton	East Tennessee State University
31	31	BOS	Bill Depp	Vanderbilt
32	32	CHP	Bill Bridges	Kansas	13	926	30878	11012	11054	2553	.442		.693	33.3	11.9	11.9	2.8	59.9	.093	-2.0	0.0
			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
33	33	NYK	George Blaney	Holy Cross	1	36	363	117	36	45	.380		.529	10.1	3.3	1.0	1.3	-0.1	-.014
34	34	CIN	Lowery Kirk	Memphis
35	35	DET	George Finley	Tennessee State
36	36	LAL	Charles Henke	Missouri
37	37	SYR	Hank Whitney	Iowa State
38	38	PHW	John Tidwell	Michigan
39	39	STL	Gus Guydon	Drake University
40	40	BOS	Carl Cole	Eastern Kentucky University
41	41	CHP	Roger Kaiser	Georgia Tech
			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
42	42	NYK	Bill Smith	Saint Peter's College	1	9	83	23	16	7	.242		.875	9.2	2.6	1.8	0.8	-0.2	-.101
43	43	CIN	Rossie Johnson	Tennessee State
44	44	DET	Danny Doyle	Belmont Abbey College	1	4	25	16	8	3	.500		.800	6.3	4.0	2.0	0.8	0.1	.216
45	45	LAL	Bill Lickert	Kentucky
46	46	SYR	Don Jacobsen	South Dakota State
47	47	PHW	Bruce Spraggins	Virginia Union University
48	48	STL	John Berberich	UCLA
49	49	BOS	Bob DiStefano	NC State
50	50	CHP	Howie Carl	DePaul	1	31	382	170	39	57	.333		.706	12.3	5.5	1.3	1.8	-0.5	-.061
			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
51	51	NYK	Cleveland Buckner	Jackson State University	2	68	723	411	240	44	.432		.620	10.6	6.0	3.5	0.6	1.3	.087
52	52	CIN	Bob Slobodnik	Duquesne
53	53	DET	Lee Patrone	West Virginia
54	54	LAL	Bill McClintock	California
55	55	SYR	Billy Joe Price	New Mexico State
56	56	PHW	Dick Goldberg	Southern Miss
57	57	STL	Bob McDonald	Maryland
58	58	BOS	Ned Twyman	Duquesne
59	59	CHP	Dave Voss	Tulsa
			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
60	60	NYK	Donnie Butcher	Pikeville College	5	279	5085	1696	821	585	.397		.629	18.2	6.1	2.9	2.1	4.5	.042
61	61	CIN	Dave Zeller	Miami University	1	61	278	90	27	58	.353		.750	4.6	1.5	0.4	1.0	-0.1	-.010
62	62	DET	Bert Price	Wittenberg University
63	63	LAL	Albert Almanza	Texas
64	64	SYR	George Newman	Kentucky
65	65	PHW	Charley McNeil	Maryland
66	66	STL	Charles Riley	Winston-Salem State
67	67	BOS	Mel Klein	Northern State University
68	68	CHP	Ron Heller	Wichita State
			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
69	69	NYK	Cedric Price	Kansas State
70	70	CIN	Gerry Thelen	Thomas More College
71	71	DET	Walter Ward	Hampton
72	72	LAL	Bill Ellis	UCLA
73	73	SYR	Dave Mills	Seattle University
74	74	PHW	Larry Swift	Truman State University
75	75	STL	Gene Velloff	Doane University
76	76	CHP	John Wessels	Illinois
			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
77	77	NYK	Charlie Bowerman	Wabash College
78	78	CIN	Larry Kruger	Ohio University
79	79	DET	Peter Baltic	Penn State
80	80	LAL	Karl Anderson	Oregon State
81	81	SYR	Rex Tippitt	Grambling State University
82	82	STL	Herbert Gray	North Carolina A&T
83	83	CHP	Steve Strange	SMU
			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
84	84	NYK	Ron Dibelius	UW-Milwaukee
85	85	CIN	Jack Waters	Ole Miss
86	86	DET	Wayne Monson	Northern Michigan University
87	87	LAL	Fred Williams	Allan Hancock College
88	88	SYR	Pete Chudy	Syracuse
89	89	PHW	Leo Hill	UCLA
90	90	STL	Tom Faszholz	Concordia Seminary
91	91	CHP	Larry Comley	Kansas State	1	12	89	25	19	12	.216		.563	7.4	2.1	1.6	1.0	-0.3	-.167
			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
92	92	NYK	Kevin Loughery	St. John's	11	755	22208	11575	2254	2803	.413		.803	29.4	15.3	3.0	3.7	29.8	.064
93	93	CIN	Carl Short	Newberry College
94	94	DET	Richard Kraft	State University of New York at Brockport
95	95	LAL	Howard Hurt	Duke
96	96	SYR	Charles Sammons	LeMoyne College
97	97	PHW	Corky Withrow	Georgetown College
98	98	STL	Dick Kepley	UNC
			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
99	99	NYK	Earl Shultz	California
100	100	CIN	George Patterson	Toledo	1	59	559	120	159	51	.331		.842	9.5	2.0	2.7	0.9	0.1	.007
101	101	STL	Jackie Crawford	Centenary (LA)
			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
102	102	NYK	Ned Jennings	Kentucky
103	103	CIN	Clair McRoberts	Monmouth University
104	104	STL	Howard Stacey	Louisville
			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
105	105	NYK	Bill Engesser	USC
106	106	CIN	Carl Bouldin	Cincinnati
			Round 15			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
107	107	NYK	Vince Kempton	Saint Joseph's

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