1961 NBA draft picks Full list
First round of the 1961 NBA draft
Second round of the 1961 NBA draft
Third round of the 1961 NBA draft
POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
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24 | Tony Jackson | St. John's | New York Knicks |
25 | Bevo Nordmann | Saint Louis | Cincinnati Royals |
26 | Doug Kistler | Duke | Detroit Pistons |
27 | Frank Burgess | Gonzaga | Los Angeles Lakers |
28 | Chuck Osborne | Western Kentucky | Syracuse Nationals |
29 | Jack Egan | Saint Joseph's | Philadelphia Warriors |
30 | Tom Chilton | East Tennessee State | St. Louis Hawks |
31 | Bill Depp | Vanderbilt | Boston Celtics |
32 | Bill Bridges | Kansas | Chicago Packers |
4th round of the 1961 NBA draft
POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
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33 | George Blaney | Holy Cross | New York Knicks |
34 | Lowery Kirk | Memphis | Cincinnati Royals |
35 | George Finley | Tennessee State | Detroit Pistons |
36 | Charles Henke | Missouri | Los Angeles Lakers |
37 | Henry Whitney | Iowa State | Syracuse Nationals |
38 | John Tidwell | Michigan | Philadelphia Warriors |
39 | Gus Guydon | Drake | St. Louis Hawks |
40 | Carl Cole | Eastern Kentucky | Boston Celtics |
41 | Roger Kaiser | Georgia Tech | Chicago Packers |
5th round of the 1961 NBA draft
POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
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42 | Bill Smith | Saint Peter's | New York Knicks |
43 | Rossie Johnson | Tennessee State | Cincinnati Royals |
44 | Danny Doyle | Belmont Abbey College | Detroit Pistons |
45 | Bill Lickert | Kentucky | Los Angeles Lakers |
46 | Don Jacobson | South Dakota | Syracuse Nationals |
47 | Bruce Spraggins | Virginia Union | Philadelphia Warriors |
48 | John Berberich | UCLA | St. Louis Hawks |
49 | Bob DiStefano | NC State | Boston Celtics |
50 | Howie Carl | DePaul | Chicago Packers |
6th round of the 1961 NBA draft
POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
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51 | Cleveland Buckner | Jackson State | New York Knicks |
52 | Bob Slobodnik | Duquesne | Cincinnati Royals |
53 | Lee Patrone | West Virginia | Detroit Pistons |
54 | Bill McClintock | California | Los Angeles Lakers |
55 | Billy Joe Price | New Mexico State | Syracuse Nationals |
56 | Dick Goldberg | Southern Mississippi | Philadelphia Warriors |
57 | Bob McDonald | Maryland | St. Louis Hawks |
58 | Ned Twyman | Duquesne | Boston Celtics |
59 | Dave Voss | Tulsa | Chicago Packers |
7th round of the 1961 NBA draft
POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
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60 | Donnis Butcher | Pikeville | New York Knicks |
61 | Dave Zeller | Miami (OH) | Cincinnati Royals |
62 | Burt Price | Wittenberg | Detroit Pistons |
63 | Albert Alamanza | Texas | Los Angeles Lakers |
64 | Roger Newman | Kentucky | Syracuse Nationals |
65 | Charles McNeil | Maryland | Philadelphia Warriors |
66 | Charles Riley | Winston-Salem State | St. Louis Hawks |
67 | Mel Klein | Northern State | Boston Celtics |
68 | Ron Heller | Wichita State | Chicago Packers |
8th round of the 1961 NBA draft
POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
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69 | Cedrick Price | Kansas State | New York Knicks |
70 | Jerry Thelen | Thomas More | Cincinnati Royals |
71 | Walter Ward | Hampton | Detroit Pistons |
72 | Bill Ellis | UCLA | Los Angeles Lakers |
73 | Dave Mills | Seattle | Syracuse Nationals |
74 | Larry Swift | Truman State | Philadelphia Warriors |
75 | Gene Velloff | Doane College | St. Louis Hawks |
76 | John Wessels | Illinois | Chicago Packers |
9th round of the 1961 NBA draft
POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
---|---|---|---|
77 | Charles Bowman | Wabash | New York Knicks |
78 | Larry Krueger | Ohio | Cincinnati Royals |
79 | Peter Baltic | Penn State | Detroit Pistons |
80 | Carl Anderson | Oregon State | Los Angeles Lakers |
81 | Rex Tippitt | Grambling | Syracuse Nationals |
82 | Herbert Gray | North Carolina A&T | St. Louis Hawks |
83 | Steve Strange | SMU | Chicago Packers |
10th round of the 1961 NBA draft
POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
---|---|---|---|
84 | Ron Debillous | Milwaukee | New York Knicks |
85 | Jack Waters | Ole Miss | Cincinnati Royals |
86 | Wayne Monson | Northern Michigan | Detroit Pistons |
87 | Robert Williams | Allan Hancock College | Los Angeles Lakers |
88 | Pete Chudy | Syracuse | Syracuse Nationals |
89 | Leo Hill | Cal State-Los Angeles | Philadelphia Warriors |
90 | Tom Faszholz | N.D. | St. Louis Hawks |
91 | Larry Comley | Kansas State | Chicago Packers |
11th round of the 1961 NBA draft
POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
---|---|---|---|
92 | Kevin Loughery | St. John's | New York Knicks |
93 | Carl Short | Newberry | Cincinnati Royals |
94 | Richard Kraft | Brockport State | Detroit Pistons |
95 | Howard Hunt | Duke | Los Angeles Lakers |
96 | Dick Sammons | Le Moyne | Syracuse Nationals |
97 | Corky Whitrow | Georgetown College | Philadelphia Warriors |
98 | Dick Kepley | North Carolina | St. Louis Hawks |
12th round of the 1961 NBA draft
POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
---|---|---|---|
99 | Earl Shultz | California | New York Knicks |
100 | George Patterson | Toledo | Cincinnati Royals |
101 | Jackie Crawford | Centenary College (LA) | St. Louis Hawks |
13th round of the 1961 NBA draft
POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
---|---|---|---|
102 | Ned Jennings | Kentucky | New York Knicks |
103 | Clair McRoberts | Monmouth | Cincinnati Royals |
104 | Howard Stacy | Louisville | St. Louis Hawks |
14th round of the 1961 NBA draft
POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
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105 | Bill Engressor | LSU | New York Knicks |
106 | Carl Bouldin | Cincinnati | Cincinnati Royals |
15th round of the 1961 NBA draft
POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE1 | TEAM |
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107 | Vince Kempton | Saint Joseph's | New York Knicks |
(1) Non NCAA international players are listed by the country in which they were playing when drafted or signed if undrafted.