Eddie Gottlieb

Edward Gottlieb (Mogul, Gotty)

Born: September 15, 1898 in Kiev, Ukraine

Died: December 7, 1979

High School: South Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

College: Temple

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Franchises

Golden State Warriors: April 26, 1952 to August 7, 1963

Team Records

Team Records Table
			Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	W/L%	W > .500	Finish	G	W	L	W/L%	Notes
1952-53	PHW	NBA	70	12	58	.171	-23.0	5	0	0	0
1953-54	PHW	NBA	72	29	43	.403	-7.0	4	0	0	0
1954-55	PHW	NBA	72	33	39	.458	-3.0	4	0	0	0
1955-56	PHW	NBA	72	45	27	.625	9.0	1	10	7	3	.700	NBA Champions
1956-57	PHW	NBA	72	37	35	.514	1.0	3	2	0	2	.000
1957-58	PHW	NBA	72	37	35	.514	1.0	3	8	3	5	.375
1958-59	PHW	NBA	72	32	40	.444	-4.0	4	0	0	0
1959-60	PHW	NBA	75	49	26	.653	11.5	2	9	4	5	.444
1960-61	PHW	NBA	79	46	33	.582	6.5	2	3	0	3	.000
1961-62	PHW	NBA	80	49	31	.613	9.0	2	12	6	6	.500
1962-63	SFW	NBA	80	31	49	.388	-9.0	4	0	0	0
Career			816	400	416	.490	-8		44	20	24	.455
10 seasons	PHW		736	369	367	.501	1		44	20	24	.455
1 season	SFW		80	31	49	.388	-9		0	0	0

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

In some cases the starting date and/or ending date for an executive could not be found, so conservative estimates are used in their place.
Therefore, transactions from the beginning and/or end of an executive's tenure with a particular franchise may be missing from the register below.

Golden State Warriors Franchise (April 26, 1952 - August 7, 1963)

April 26, 1952: Selected Bill Mlkvy (1st round, 4th pick), Tom Brennan (8th round, ?? pick), Bob Brown (4th round, ?? pick), Burr Carlson (5th round, ?? pick), Walt Davis (2nd round, ?? pick), Nick Kladis (7th round, ?? pick), Newt Jones (6th round, ?? pick), Moe Radovich (3rd round, ?? pick), Don Scanlon (9th round, ?? pick), Glen Smith (10th round, ?? pick) and Ben Stewart (11th round, ?? pick) in the 1952 NBA Draft.

September 11, 1952: Traded Mel Payton to the Indianapolis Olympians for Don Lofgran.

November 19, 1952: Traded Don Sunderlage to the Milwaukee Hawks for Mark Workman.

November 28, 1952: Sold player rights to Andy Phillip to the Fort Wayne Pistons.

December 1, 1952: Acquired player rights to Frank Kudelka from the Baltimore Bullets.

December 11, 1952: Sold player rights to Ed Mikan to the Indianapolis Olympians.

December 11, 1952: Acquired player rights to Ralph Polson from the New York Knicks.

April 24, 1953: Selected Ernie Beck (1st round, 1st pick), Jack George (13th round, ?? pick), Larry Hennessy (2nd round, 10th pick), Norm Grekin (3rd round, ?? pick), Fred Iehle (4th round, ?? pick), Eddie Solomon (5th round, ?? pick), Don Eby (6th round, ?? pick), Bob Marske (7th round, ?? pick), Bill Dodd (8th round, ?? pick), Bob Sassone (9th round, ?? pick), Toar Hester (10th round, ?? pick), John Doogan (11th round, ?? pick), Charles Duffley (12th round, ?? pick) and Gene Shue (1st round, 3rd pick) in the 1953 NBA Draft.

April 24, 1954: Selected Larry Costello (2nd round, 12th pick), Ben Peters (3rd round, 21st pick), Chuck Noble (4th round, 30th pick), Rudy D'Emilio (5th round, 39th pick), Len Winogard (6th round, 48th pick), Bob Brady (7th round, 57th pick), Bob Hodges (8th round, 66th pick), Vince Leta (9th round, 75th pick), Bill Sullivan (10th round, 83rd pick), Frank O'Hara (11th round, 92nd pick), John Glinski (12th round, 98th pick) and John Holup (13th round, 100th pick) in the 1954 NBA Draft.

October 19, 1954: Sold player rights to Paul Walther to the Fort Wayne Pistons.

November 28, 1954: Sold player rights to Gene Shue to the New York Knicks.

January 12, 1955: Acquired player rights to Paul Hoffman from the New York Knicks.

February 15, 1955: Signed Jackie Moore as a free agent.

April 13, 1955: Selected Tom Gola (1st round, 3rd pick), Corky Devlin (2nd round, 11th pick), Bob Schafer (3rd round, 19th pick), Ed Wiener (4th round, 27th pick), Jack Devine (5th round, 35th pick), Al Didriksen (8th round, 59th pick), Jerry Koch (10th round, 75th pick), Lester Lane (9th round, 67th pick), Harry Silcox (7th round, 51st pick) and George Swyers (6th round, 43rd pick) in the 1955 NBA Draft.

May 12, 1955: Sold player rights to Zeke Zawoluk to the Rochester Royals.

December 3, 1955: Sold player rights to Bob Schafer to the St. Louis Hawks.

April 30, 1956: Selected Hal Lear (1st round, 8th pick), Phil Rollins (2nd round, 16th pick), Bevo Francis (3rd round, 24th pick), Phil Wheeler (4th round, 32nd pick), Joe Belmont (5th round, 40th pick), Mickey Winograd (6th round, 48th pick), John Fannon (7th round, 56th pick), Max Anderson (8th round, 63rd pick) and Ronald Clark (9th round, 70th pick) in the 1956 NBA Draft.

January 4, 1957: Acquired player rights to Lew Hitch from the Rochester Royals.

April 17, 1957: Selected Lennie Rosenbluth (1st round, 6th pick), Jack Sullivan (2nd round, 14th pick), Angelo Lombardo (3rd round, 22nd pick), Ray Radziszewski (4th round, 30th pick), Jim Radcliffe (5th round, 38th pick), Alonzo Lewis (6th round, 46th pick), Max Jameson (7th round, 53rd pick), Woody Sauldsberry (8th round, 60th pick), Steve Hamilton (9th round, 67th pick), Gerry Calvert (10th round, 73rd pick) and J.C. Gipson (11th round, 78th pick) in the 1957 NBA Draft.

October 10, 1957: Sold player rights to Larry Costello to the Syracuse Nationals.

January 19, 1958: Traded Walt Davis to the St. Louis Hawks for Dave Plunkett.

April 22, 1958: Selected Guy Rodgers (1st round, 5th pick), Lloyd Sharrar (2nd round, 13th pick), Frank Howard (3rd round, 21st pick), Temple Tucker (4th round, 29th pick), Don Ohl (5th round, 37th pick), Bucky Allen (6th round, 45th pick), Jay Norman (7th round, 53rd pick), Tom Brennan (8th round, 61st pick), Nick Davis (9th round, 68th pick) and Larry Hedden (10th round, 73rd pick) in the 1958 NBA Draft.

September 12, 1958: Hired Al Cervi as Head Coach.

December 16, 1958: Traded Phil Rollins to the Cincinnati Royals for Vern Hatton.

January 27, 1959: Traded Jack George to the New York Knicks for Guy Sparrow.

March 31, 1959: Selected Wilt Chamberlain (1st round, 3rd pick), Joe Ruklick (2nd round, 11th pick), Jim Hockaday (3rd round, 19th pick), Ron Stevenson (4th round, 27th pick), Bill Telasky (5th round, 35th pick), Joe Spratt (6th round, 43rd pick), Joe Ryan (7th round, 51st pick), Dave Gunther (8th round, 58th pick), Carl Belz (9th round, 64th pick), Tommy Sellari (10th round, 70th pick) and Phil Warren (11th round, 76th pick) in the 1959 NBA Draft.

August 24, 1959: Hired Neil Johnston as Head Coach.

April 11, 1960: Selected Al Bunge (1st round, 7th pick), Pickles Kennedy (2nd round, 15th pick), Bob Mealy (3rd round, 23rd pick), Charley Sharp (4th round, 31st pick), Al Attles (5th round, 39th pick), Jim Brangan (6th round, 47th pick), Bob Clarke (7th round, 55th pick), George Raveling (8th round, 62nd pick) and Joe Gallo (9th round, 69th pick) in the 1960 NBA Draft.

April 16, 1960: Sold player rights to Don Ohl to the Detroit Pistons.

October 17, 1960: Traded Ernie Beck and Woody Sauldsberry to the St. Louis Hawks for Ed Conlin and cash.

March 27, 1961: Selected Tom Meschery (1st round, 7th pick), Ted Luckenbill (2nd round, 20th pick), Jack Egan (3rd round, 29th pick), John Tidwell (4th round, 38th pick), Bruce Spraggins (5th round, 47th pick), Dick Goldberg (6th round, 56th pick), Charles McNeil (7th round, 65th pick), Larry Swift (8th round, 74th pick), Leo Hill (10th round, 89th pick) and Corky Withrow (11th round, 97th pick) in the 1961 NBA Draft.

May 16, 1961: Acquired player rights to Bob McNeill from the Chicago Packers.

May 31, 1961: Sold player rights to Vern Hatton to the Chicago Packers.

August 2, 1961: Hired Frank McGuire as Head Coach.

August 19, 1961: Traded Joe Graboski to the St. Louis Hawks for Bob McDonald, Frank Radovich and cash.

November 29, 1961: Acquired player rights to Vern Hatton from the Chicago Packers.

November 30, 1961: Sold player rights to Vern Hatton to the St. Louis Hawks.

November 30, 1961: Signed York Larese as a free agent.

December, 1961: Sold player rights to Bob McNeill to the Los Angeles Lakers.

March 26, 1962: Selected Wayne Hightower (1st round, 7th pick), Hubie White (2nd round, 16th pick), Dave Fedor (3rd round, 25th pick), Garry Roggenburk (4th round, 34th pick), Jack Jackson (5th round, 43rd pick), Jim Hudock (6th round, 52nd pick), Howie Montgomery (7th round, 61st pick), Bill Kirvin (8th round, 69th pick), Tom Kieffer (9th round, 78th pick), Ken McComb (10th round, 86th pick), Donnie Walsh (11th round, 91st pick) and Charles Warren (12th round, 94th pick) in the 1962 NBA Draft.

September 19, 1962: Acquired player rights to George Lee from the Detroit Pistons.

October 18, 1962: Acquired player rights to Gary Phillips from the Boston Celtics.

December 5, 1962: Traded Tom Gola to the New York Knicks for Willie Naulls and Kenny Sears.

February 1, 1963: Signed Fred LaCour as a free agent.

April 30, 1963: Selected Nate Thurmond (1st round, 3rd pick), Gary Hill (2nd round, 12th pick), Steve Gray (3rd round, 21st pick), Dave Downey (4th round, 30th pick), Don Turner (5th round, 39th pick), Gene Shields (6th round, 48th pick), Don Clemetson (7th round, 57th pick), Harry Dinnel (8th round, 66th pick) and Chuck White (9th round, 71st pick) in the 1963 NBA Draft.

August 6, 1963: Hired Alex Hannum as Head Coach.