1953 NBA draft picks Full list

First round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
1 (T)	Ernie Beck	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia Warriors
2 (T)	Walter Dukes	Seton Hall	New York Knicks
3	Ray Felix	Long Island	Baltimore Bullets
4	Bob Houbregs	Washington	Milwaukee Hawks
5	Jack Molinas	Columbia	Fort Wayne Pistons
6	Richie Regan	Seton Hall	Rochester Royals
7	Frank Ramsey	Kentucky	Boston Celtics
8	Jim Neal	Wofford	Syracuse Nationals
9	Jim Fritsche	Hamline	Minneapolis Lakers

Second round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
10	Larry Hennessy	Villanova	Philadelphia Warriors
11	Buddy Ackerman	Long Island	New York Knicks
12	Bob Speight	NC State	Baltimore Bullets
13	George Glasgow	Fairleigh Dickinson	Fort Wayne Pistons
14	Norm Swanson	Detroit Mercy	Rochester Royals
15	Chet Noe	Oregon	Boston Celtics
16	Dick Knostman	Kansas State	Syracuse Nationals
17	Neil Gordon	Furman	New York Knicks
18	Ron Feiereisel	DePaul	Minneapolis Lakers

Third round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
19	Norm Grekin	La Salle	Philadelphia Warriors
20	Bob Peterson	Oregon	Baltimore Bullets
21	Irv Bemoras	Illinois	Milwaukee Hawks
22	Jim Bredar	Illinois	Fort Wayne Pistons
23	Frank Reddout	Syracuse	Rochester Royals
24	Cliff Hagan	Kentucky	Boston Celtics
25	Billy Kenville	St. Bonaventure	Syracuse Nationals
26	Dick Atha	Indiana State	New York Knicks
27	Hartly Kruger	Idaho	Minneapolis Lakers

4th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
28	Fred Ihle	La Salle	Philadelphia Warriors
29	Paul Nolen	Texas Tech	Baltimore Bullets
30	Bill Bolger	Georgetown	Milwaukee Hawks
31	Jim Bingham	Eastern Kentucky	Fort Wayne Pistons
32	Gene Dyker	DePaul	Milwaukee Hawks
33	Earle Markey	Holy Cross	Boston Celtics
34	Andy McGowan	Manhattan	Syracuse Nationals
35	Thomas Bishop	Southern Mississippi	New York Knicks
36	Ken Flowers	USC	Minneapolis Lakers

5th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
37	Eddie Solomon	West Virginia Tech	Philadelphia Warriors
38	Bill Schyman	DePaul	Baltimore Bullets
39	Joe Cipriano	Washington	Milwaukee Hawks
40	Mike Bodnar	St. Bonaventure	Fort Wayne Pistons
41	Will Walls	Miami (OH)	Rochester Royals
42	John Holup	George Washington	Boston Celtics
43	Warren Shackelford	Tulsa	Syracuse Nationals
44	Bob Santini	Iona	New York Knicks
45	Zippy Morocco	Georgia	Minneapolis Lakers

6th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
46	Don Eby	USC	Philadelphia Warriors
47	Elmer Tolson	Eastern Kentucky	Baltimore Bullets
48	John O'Brien	Seattle	Milwaukee Hawks
49	Norb Lewinski	Notre Dame	Fort Wayne Pistons
50	Hugh Beins	Georgetown	Rochester Royals
51	Vernon Stokes	St. Francis (NY)	Boston Celtics
52	Bill Jenkins	Le Moyne	Syracuse Nationals
53	Joe Smyth	Niagara	New York Knicks
54	Pete Silas	Georgia Tech	Minneapolis Lakers

7th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
55	Bob Marske	South Dakota	Philadelphia Warriors
56	Herman Sledzik	Penn State	Baltimore Bullets
57	Eddie O'Brien	Seattle	Milwaukee Hawks
58	William Hagan	Siena	Fort Wayne Pistons
59	Kendall Sheets	Oklahoma State	Rochester Royals
60	Lou Tsioropoulos	Kentucky	Boston Celtics
61	Bill Hull	Utah State	Syracuse Nationals
62	Bob Matheny	California	New York Knicks
63	Lloyd Olmstead	Cornell College (IA)	Minneapolis Lakers

8th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
64	Bill Dodd	Colgate	Philadelphia Warriors
65	Connie Rea	Centenary College (LA)	Baltimore Bullets
66	Darrell Tucker	Utah State	Milwaukee Hawks
67	Dean Kelley	Kansas	Fort Wayne Pistons
68	Jim Scottie	West Virginia	Rochester Royals
69	Ted Lallier	Colby	Boston Celtics
70	Joe Hughes	Denver	Syracuse Nationals
71	Allan Schutts	Springfield	New York Knicks
72	Joe Richey	BYU	Minneapolis Lakers

9th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
73	Bob Sassone	St. Bonaventure	Philadelphia Warriors
74	Dennis Murphy	Georgetown	Baltimore Bullets
75	Paul Brandt	Columbia	Milwaukee Hawks
76	Dick White	Eastern Kentucky	Fort Wayne Pistons
77	Dick Gross	Wheaton (IL)	Rochester Royals
78	Lewis Gilcrease	Southwestern Texas	Boston Celtics
79	Gerald Nappy	Georgetown	Syracuse Nationals
80	Forrest Hamilton	Missouri State	New York Knicks
81	Hank Budde	Xavier	Minneapolis Lakers

10th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
82	Toar Hester	Centenary College (LA)	Philadelphia Warriors
83	Jack Carby	Kansas State	Baltimore Bullets
84	Bob Rousey	Kansas State	Milwaukee Hawks
85	Jim Gerber	Bowling Green	Rochester Royals
86	Tom Lillis	Saint Louis	Boston Celtics
87	Al Bailey	Duquesne	Syracuse Nationals
88	Richard Prater	Kentucky	New York Knicks
89	Walt Kearns	Arkansas	Minneapolis Lakers

11th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
90	John Doogan	Saint Joseph's	Philadelphia Warriors
91	Bob Emmercik	Clarion State	Baltimore Bullets
92	Will Bales	Eastern Kentucky	Rochester Royals
93	Gil Reich	Kansas	Boston Celtics
94	Glen Dille	Tulsa	Syracuse Nationals
95	Larry O'Connor	Canisius	New York Knicks
96	Bill Chambers	William & Mary	Minneapolis Lakers

12th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
97	Charles Duffley	St. Anselm	Philadelphia Warriors
98	Russ Johnson	N.D.	Baltimore Bullets
99	Bill Edwards	St. Bonaventure	Rochester Royals
100	Jim Dogerty	Whitworth	Boston Celtics
101	Garrett Beshear	Murray State	Syracuse Nationals
102	Delmer Diercks	Iowa State	New York Knicks
103	Harold Christensen	BYU	Minneapolis Lakers

13th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
104	Jack George	La Salle	Philadelphia Warriors
105	Don Stemmerich	N.D.	Baltimore Bullets
106	Bob Goss	NC State	Rochester Royals
107	Bob Gelle	Minnesota	Minneapolis Lakers

14th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
108	Bob Kraback	N.D.	Baltimore Bullets
109	Paul Smaagard	Hamline	Rochester Royals
110	Lloyd Thorgaard	Hamline	Minneapolis Lakers

15th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
111	Joe Piorkowski	N.D.	Baltimore Bullets
112	Kenny Sears	Santa Clara	Rochester Royals
113	Bob Gussner	Hamline	Minneapolis Lakers

16th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
114	Edward Walsh	N.D.	Baltimore Bullets
115	John Kurz	Loyola Marymount	Rochester Royals
116	Chuck Wolfe	North Dakota	Minneapolis Lakers

17th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
117	Ed Kohl	Regis (CO)	Rochester Royals
118	Doug Atkins	Tennessee	Minneapolis Lakers

18th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
119	Gene Lambert Jr.	Arkansas	Rochester Royals
120	Roger Kuss	Wisconsin-River Falls	Minneapolis Lakers

19th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
121	Tex Silverman	George Washington	Rochester Royals

20th round of the 1953 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
122	Nick Maguire	Villanova	Rochester Royals

(1) Non NCAA international players are listed by the country in which they were playing when drafted or signed if undrafted.

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