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1951 NBA Draft

1950 NBA Draft 1952 NBA Draft

Date: Wednesday, April 25, 1951

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 87 (25 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Gene Melchiorre

Most Win Shares: M. Hutchins (27.9), L. Hitch (15.1) and W. Skoog (14.3)

All-Stars: 2 (M. Hutchins and D. Sunderlage)

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87 Selections

Stats shown are for the player's NBA career

87 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	10	MNL	Whitey Skoog	Minnesota	6	341	9193	2800	1133	903	.388		.799	27.0	8.2	3.3	2.6	14.3	.075
2	1	BLB	Gene Melchiorre	Bradley
3	2	TRI	Mel Hutchins	BYU	7	437	16574	4851	4186	1298	.389		.673	37.9	11.1	9.6	3.0	27.9	.081
4	3	INO	Marcus Freiberger	Oklahoma
5	4	FTW	Zeke Sinicola	Niagara University	2	12	48	13	2	3	.250		.375	4.0	1.1	0.2	0.3	-0.2	-.223
6	5	SYR	John McConathy	Northwestern State University	1	11	106	14	20	8	.138		.429	9.6	1.3	1.8	0.7	-0.5	-.214
7	6	NYK	Ed Smith	Harvard University	1	12	127	35	32	10	.286		.538	10.6	2.9	2.7	0.8	-0.3	-.105
8	7	BOS	Ernie Barrett	Kansas State	2	131	2092	641	343	229	.369		.748	16.0	4.9	2.6	1.7	0.8	.017
9	8	ROC	Sam Ranzino	NC State	1	39	234	86	39	25	.333		.703	6.0	2.2	1.0	0.6	0.2	.038
10	9	PHW	Don Sunderlage	Illinois	2	113	2636	874	281	224	.326		.732	23.3	7.7	2.5	2.0	2.7	.049
			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
11	11	BLB	Jack Stone	Kansas State
12	12	TRI	Bill Gossett	Colorado State
13	13	INO	Scotty Steagall	Millikin University
14	14	FTW	Jack Kiley	Syracuse	2	53	504	124	51	65	.227		.571	9.5	2.3	1.0	1.2	-1.8	-.175
15	15	SYR	Don Savage	LeMoyne College	2	17	173	54	31	14	.242		.686	10.2	3.2	1.8	0.8	-0.1	-.029
16	16	NYK	Roland Minson	BYU
17	17	BOS	Bill Garrett	Indiana
18	18	ROC	Ray Ragelis	Northwestern	1	51	337	68	76	31	.260		.621	6.6	1.3	1.5	0.6	-0.4	-.059
19	19	PHW	Mel Payton	Tulane	2	111	1895	595	396	126	.363		.746	17.1	5.4	3.6	1.1	2.5	.062
20	20	MNL	Lew Hitch	Kansas State	6	414	8364	2075	2183	499	.376		.674	20.2	5.0	5.3	1.2	15.1	.087
			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
21	21	BLB	Bill Mann	Bradley
22	22	TRI	Ron Bontemps	Beloit College
23	23	INO	Glenn Kammeyer	Central Missouri State University
24	24	FTW	Jake Fendley	Northwestern	2	103	1031	287	126	94	.344		.742	10.0	2.8	1.2	0.9	2.1	.097
25	25	SYR	Bato Govedarica	DePaul	1	23	258	75	18	24	.316		.676	11.2	3.3	0.8	1.0	0.2	.044
26	26	NYK	Joe Luchi	Cincinnati
27	27	BOS	John Furlong	Pepperdine
28	28	ROC	Fred Diute	St. Bonaventure	1	7	72	11	13	4	.095		.583	10.3	1.6	1.9	0.6	-0.3	-.204
29	29	PHW	Bob Schloss	Georgia
30	30	MNL	Bob Payne	Oregon 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
31	31	BLB	Bill Hagler	California
32	32	TRI	Jim Slaughter	South Carolina	1	28	525	147	148	25	.321		.603	18.8	5.3	5.3	0.9	-0.1	-.010
33	33	INO	Bill Tosheff	Indiana	3	203	6339	1859	608	661	.315		.793	31.2	9.2	3.0	3.3	5.2	.039
34	34	FTW	Herb Hargett	Mississippi State
35	35	SYR	Paul Horvath	NC State
36	36	NYK	Lloyd Sandstrom	University of St. Thomas
37	37	BOS	Bob Barnett	University of Evansville
38	38	ROC	Elmer Behnke	Bradley	1	4	55	16	17	4	.273		.571	13.8	4.0	4.3	1.0	-0.1	-.098
39	39	PHW	Jud Milhon	Ohio Wesleyan University
40	40	MNL	Gale McArthur	Oklahoma 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
41	41	BLB	Leroy Ishman	American University
42	42	TRI	Bob Sakel	University of Evansville
43	43	INO	Bob Pierce	Nebraska
44	44	FTW	Leo Johnson	Arizona
45	45	SYR	Glen Anderson	Colorado State
46	46	NYK	Tom Smith	Saint Peter's College
47	47	BOS	Rip Gish	Western Kentucky
48	48	ROC	Dan Bagley	Notre Dame
49	49	PHW	Mike Kearns	Princeton	1	6	25	1	3	5	.000		.250	4.2	0.2	0.5	0.8	-0.1	-.223
50	50	MNL	Leo VanderKuy	Michigan
			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	BLB	Glen Duggins	Utah
52	52	TRI	John Rennicke	Drake University	1	6	54	11	9	1	.222		.333	9.0	1.8	1.5	0.2	-0.2	-.218
53	53	INO	Marv Johnson	Wheaton College
54	54	FTW	Frank Calsbeek	Iowa
55	55	SYR	Bob Wheeler	Idaho
56	56	NYK	Al McGuire	St. John's	4	191	2966	757	418	363	.379		.551	15.5	4.0	2.2	1.9	5.5	.088
57	57	BOS	Jim Luisi	St. Francis College	1	31	367	89	25	35	.326		.659	11.8	2.9	0.8	1.1	0.0	.002
58	58	ROC	Jim Ove	Valparaiso
59	59	PHW	Dwight Swails	University of Indianapolis
60	60	MNL	Deward Dopson	Arkansas Tech University
			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
61	61	BLB	Tom Riach	USC
62	62	TRI	Bob Ambler	Arkansas
63	63	INO	Ted Beach	Illinois
64	64	FTW	Jim Ramstead	Stanford
65	65	SYR	Roy Reardon	St. Francis College
66	66	NYK	Sid Ryen	Denver
67	67	BOS	John Azary	Columbia University
68	68	ROC	Jack Brown	SMU
69	69	PHW	George Dempsey	King's College	5	315	5720	1574	1125	711	.407		.661	18.2	5.0	3.6	2.3	10.8	.090
70	70	MNL	Ed Head	Kansas 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
71	71	BLB	Bill Harper	Oregon State
72	72	TRI	Aaron Preece	Bradley
73	73	INO	George Kelley	Vanderbilt
74	74	FTW	John Manning	Duquesne
75	75	SYR	Tom Jockle	Syracuse
76	76	BOS	Hugo Kappler	NC State
77	77	ROC	George Davidson	Lafayette College
78	78	PHW	Jim Phelan	La Salle	1	4	33	3	5	2	.000		.500	8.3	0.8	1.3	0.5	-0.1	-.187
			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
79	79	BLB	Bob Crowe	San Jose State
80	80	TRI	Wayne Tucker	Colorado
81	81	SYR	Ray Kirkgasser	Ithaca College
82	82	PHW	Hugh Faulkner	Pepperdine
			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
83	83	BLB	Dan Torrey	Oregon State
84	84	TRI	John DeWitt	Texas A&M
85	85	PHW	Paul Gerwin	Cornell
			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
86	86	BLB	Clem Pavilonis	DePaul
			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
87	87	BLB	John Burke	Springfield College

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