1953 NBA Draft

1952 NBA Draft 1954 NBA Draft

Date: Friday, April 24, 1953

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Number of Picks: 122 (30 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Ernie Beck (9.0 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: C. Hagan (75.1), K. Sears (55.8) and F. Ramsey (49.2)

All-Stars: 7 (W. Dukes, R. Felix, J. George, C. Hagan, J. Molinas, R. Regan and K. Sears)

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122 Selections

Stats shown are for the player's NBA career

122 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	PHW	Ernie Beck	Penn	7	371	7054	2325	1191	669	.383		.762	19.0	6.3	3.2	1.8	9.0	.061
2	8	NYK	Walter Dukes	Seton Hall	8	553	14671	5765	6223	608	.369		.700	26.5	10.4	11.3	1.1	24.0	.079
			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
3	10	PHW	Larry Hennessy	Villanova	2	74	817	331	94	73	.334		.766	11.0	4.5	1.3	1.0	-0.9	-.052
			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
4	2	BLB	Ray Felix	Long Island University	9	637	15187	6974	5654	456	.412		.678	23.8	10.9	8.9	0.7	39.6	.125
5	3	MLH	Bob Houbregs	Washington	5	281	6725	2611	1552	500	.404		.721	23.9	9.3	5.5	1.8	16.5	.118
6	4	FTW	Jack Molinas	Columbia University	1	32	958	370	228	51	.390		.759	29.9	11.6	7.1	1.6	3.6	.179
7	5	ROC	Richie Regan	Seton Hall	3	215	5494	1785	554	629	.344		.717	25.6	8.3	2.6	2.9	3.5	.031
8	6	BOS	Frank Ramsey	Kentucky	9	623	15330	8378	3410	1134	.399		.804	24.6	13.4	5.5	1.8	49.2	.154
9	7	SYR	Jim Neal	Wofford College	2	80	1093	350	304	33	.301		.601	13.7	4.4	3.8	0.4	0.1	.005
10	9	MNL	Jim Fritsche	Hamline University	2	84	1372	326	249	77	.309		.738	16.3	3.9	3.0	0.9	-1.6	-.055
			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	NYK	Don Ackerman	Long Island University	1	28	220	43	15	23	.222		.536	7.9	1.5	0.5	0.8	-0.6	-.123
12	12	BLB	Bob Speight	NC State
13	13	FTW	George Glasgow	Fairleigh Dickinson University
14	14	ROC	Norm Swanson	Detroit Mercy	1	63	611	100	110	33	.226		.594	9.7	1.6	1.7	0.5	-0.4	-.034
15	15	BOS	Chet Noe	Oregon
16	16	SYR	Dick Knostman	Kansas State	1	5	47	13	17	6	.300		.636	9.4	2.6	3.4	1.2	0.2	.183
17	17	NYK	Nield Gordon	Furman University
18	18	MNL	Ron Feiereisel	DePaul	1	10	59	30	6	6	.286		.875	5.9	3.0	0.6	0.6	0.0	.040
			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
19		BLB	Bob Peterson	Oregon	3	103	1342	479	389	78	.386		.669	13.0	4.7	3.8	0.8	1.5	.052
20		BOS	Cliff Hagan	Kentucky	10	745	21731	13447	5116	2242	.450		.798	29.2	18.0	6.9	3.0	75.1	.166
21		FTW	Jim Bredar	Illinois
22		MLH	Irv Bemoras	Illinois	2	131	2479	827	341	125	.347		.672	18.9	6.3	2.6	1.0	1.3	.026
23		MNL	Hartly Kruger	Idaho
24		NYK	Dick Atha	Indiana State University	2	43	448	137	66	51	.393		.795	10.4	3.2	1.5	1.2	0.6	.068
25		PHW	Norm Grekin	La Salle	1	1	1	0	0	0				1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.010
26		ROC	Frank Reddout	Syracuse	1	7	18	13	9	0	.833		.750	2.6	1.9	1.3	0.0	0.3	.802
27		SYR	Billy Kenville	St. Bonaventure	6	345	6778	2434	1206	715	.363		.758	19.6	7.1	3.5	2.1	13.7	.097
			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
28		BLB	Paul Nolen	Texas Tech	1	1	2	0	1	0	.000			2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-.724
29		BOS	Earle Markey	Holy Cross
30		FTW	Jim Bingham	Eastern Kentucky University
31		MLH	Bill Bolger	Georgetown	1	20	202	56	36	11	.407		.615	10.1	2.8	1.8	0.6	0.2	.039
32		MLH	Gene Dyker	DePaul	1	11	91	16	16	5	.231		.500	8.3	1.5	1.5	0.5	-0.3	-.138
33		MNL	Ken Flower	USC
34		NYK	Thomas Bishop	Southern Miss
35		PHW	Fred Iehle	La Salle
36		SYR	Andy McGowan	Manhattan College
			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
37		BLB	Bill Schyman	DePaul
38		BOS	John Holup	George Washington
39		FTW	Mike Bednar	St. Bonaventure
40		MLH	Joe Cipriano	Washington
41		MNL	Zippy Morocco	Georgia
42		NYK	Bob Santini	Iona College	1	4	23	11	3	1	.500		.500	5.8	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.1	.127
43		PHW	Eddie Solomon	West Virginia Tech
44		ROC	Dick Walls	Miami University
45		SYR	Warren Shackelford	Tulsa
			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
46		BLB	Elmer Tolson	Eastern Kentucky University
47		BOS	Vernon Stokes	St. Francis College
48		FTW	Norb Lewinski	Notre Dame
49		MLH	John O'Brien	Seattle University
50		MNL	Pete Silas	Georgia Tech
51		NYK	Joe Smyth	Niagara University	1	40	495	131	98	49	.348		.538	12.4	3.3	2.5	1.2	0.1	.006
52		PHW	Don Eby	USC
53		ROC	Hugh Beins	Georgetown
54		SYR	Bill Jenkins	LeMoyne College
			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
55		BLB	Herman Sledzik	Penn State
56		BOS	Lou Tsioropoulos	Kentucky	3	157	2977	910	751	165	.315		.717	19.0	5.8	4.8	1.1	2.1	.033
57		FTW	William Hogan	Siena College
58		MLH	Eddie O'Brien	Seattle University
59		MNL	Lloyd Olmstead	Cornell College
60		NYK	Bob Matheny	California
61		PHW	Bob Marske
62		ROC	Kendall Sheets	Oklahoma State
63		SYR	Bill Hull	Utah State 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
64		BLB	Connie Rea	Centenary (LA)	1	20	154	23	31	16	.209		.313	7.7	1.2	1.6	0.8	-0.6	-.184
65		BOS	Ted Lallier	Colby College
66		FTW	Dean Kelley	Kansas
67		MLH	Darrell Tucker	Utah State University
68		MNL	Joe Richey	BYU
69		NYK	Alan Schutts	Springfield College
70		PHW	Bill Dodd	Colgate
71		ROC	Jim Sottile	West Virginia
72		SYR	Joe Hughes	Denver
			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
73		BLB	Dennis Murphy	Georgetown
74		BOS	Lewis Gilcrease	Texas State University
75		FTW	Dick White	Eastern Kentucky University
76		MLH	Paul Brandt	Columbia University
77		MNL	Huck Budde	Xavier
78		NYK	Forrest Hamilton	Missouri State
79		PHW	Bob Sassone	St. Bonaventure
80		ROC	Dick Gross	Wheaton College
81		SYR	Gerry Nappy	Georgetown
			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
82		BLB	Jack Carby	Kansas State
83		BOS	Tom Lillis	Saint Louis
84		MLH	Bob Rousey	Kansas State
85		MNL	Walt Kearns	Arkansas
86		NYK	Richard Prater	Kentucky
87		PHW	Toar Hester	Centenary (LA)
88		ROC	Jim Gerber	Bowling Green
89		SYR	Al Bailey	Duquesne
			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
90		BLB	Don Stemmerich	Clarion University of Pennsylvania
91		BOS	Gil Reich	Kansas
92		MNL	Bill Chambers	William & Mary
93		NYK	Larry O'Connor	Canisius
94		PHW	John Doogan	Saint Joseph's
95		ROC	Bill Bales	Eastern Kentucky University
96		SYR	Glenn Dille	Tulsa
			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
97		BLB	Russ Johnson	DePaul
98		BOS	Jim Doherty	Whitworth
99		MNL	Harold Christensen	BYU
100		NYK	Delmer Diercks	Iowa State
101		PHW	Charles Duffley	Saint Anselm College
102		ROC	Bill Edwards	St. Bonaventure
103		SYR	Garrett Beshear	Murray State
			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
104		BLB	Bob Karbach	Pepperdine
105		MNL	Bob Gelle	Minnesota
106		PHW	Jack George	La Salle	8	506	15860	5153	2129	2169	.364		.704	31.3	10.2	4.2	4.3	17.7	.054
107		ROC	Bob Goss	NC 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
108		BLB	Joe Piorkowski	Penn State
109		MNL	Lloyd Thorgaard	Hamline University
110		ROC	Paul Smaagard	Hamline University
			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
111		BLB	Jack Walsh
112		MNL	Bob Gussner	Hamline University
113		ROC	Kenny Sears	Santa Clara	8	529	14923	7355	4142	843	.455		.826	28.2	13.9	7.8	1.6	55.8	.179
			Round 16			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
114		BLB	Rich Gott	Murray State
115		MNL	Chuck Wolfe	University of North Dakota
116		ROC	John Kurtz	Loyola Marymount
			Round 17			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
117		MNL	Doug Atkins	Tennessee
118		ROC	Ed Kohl	Regis University
			Round 18			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
119		MNL	Roger Kuss	Wisconsin-River Falls
120		ROC	Gene Lambert Jr.	Arkansas
			Round 19			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
121		ROC	Tex Silverman	George Washington
			Round 20			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
122		ROC	Nick Maguire	Villanova

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