1962 NBA draft picks Full list

First round of the 1962 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
1 (T)	Dave Debusschere	Detroit Mercy	Detroit Pistons
2 (T)	Jerry Lucas	Ohio State	Cincinnati Royals
3	Bill McGill	Utah	Chicago Zephyrs
4	Paul Hogue	Cincinnati	New York Knicks
5	Zelmo Beaty	Prairie View A&M	St. Louis Hawks
6	Len Chappell	Wake Forest	Syracuse Nationals
7	Wayne Hightower	Kansas	Philadelphia Warriors
8	Leroy Ellis	St. John's	Los Angeles Lakers
9	John Havlicek	Ohio State	Boston Celtics

Second round of the 1962 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
10	Terry Dischinger	Purdue	Chicago Zephyrs
11	John Rudometkin	USC	New York Knicks
12	Bob Duffy	Colgate	St. Louis Hawks
13	Kevin Loughery	St. John's	Detroit Pistons
14	Chet Walker	Bradley	Syracuse Nationals
15	Bud Olsen	Louisville	Cincinnati Royals
16	Hubie White	Villanova	Philadelphia Warriors
17	Gene Wiley	Wichita State	Los Angeles Lakers
18	Jack Foley	Holy Cross	Boston Celtics

Third round of the 1962 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
19	Don Nelson	Iowa	Chicago Zephyrs
20	Bobby Rascoe	Western Kentucky	New York Knicks
21	Charlie Hardnett	Grambling	St. Louis Hawks
22	Harold Hudgens	Texas Tech	Detroit Pistons
23	Porter Meriwether	Tennessee State	Syracuse Nationals
24	Chris Appel	USC	Cincinnati Royals
25	Dave Fedor	Florida State	Philadelphia Warriors
26	John Green	UCLA	Los Angeles Lakers
27	Jim Hadnot	Providence	Boston Celtics

4th round of the 1962 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
28	Charles Vaughn	Southern Illinois	St. Louis Hawks
29	Cliff Luyk	Florida	New York Knicks
30	Jerry Grote	Loyola Marymount	St. Louis Hawks
31	Reggie Harding	N.D.	Detroit Pistons
32	Bob McCully	St. Bonaventure	Syracuse Nationals
33	Jack Thobe	Xavier	Cincinnati Royals
34	Garry Roggenburk	Dayton	Philadelphia Warriors
35	Jan Loudermilk	SMU	Los Angeles Lakers
36	Roger Strickland	Jacksonville	Boston Celtics

5th round of the 1962 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
37	Cornell Green	Utah State	Chicago Zephyrs
38	Bob Burgess	Marshall	New York Knicks
39	Tom Hatton	Dayton	St. Louis Hawks
40	Lindbergh Moody	South Carolina	Detroit Pistons
41	John Windsor	Stanford	Syracuse Nationals
42	Mike Wroblewski	Kansas State	Cincinnati Royals
43	Jack Jackson	Virginia Union	Philadelphia Warriors
44	Art Whisnant	South Carolina	Los Angeles Lakers
45	Gary Daniels	The Citadel	Boston Celtics

6th round of the 1962 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
46	Bill Hanson	Washington	Chicago Zephyrs
47	Ken Stanley	Pacific	New York Knicks
48	Jay Carty	Oregon State	St. Louis Hawks
49	Ed Noe	Morehead State	Detroit Pistons
50	Larry Van Eman	Wichita State	Syracuse Nationals
51	Jerry Foster	Drake	Cincinnati Royals
52	Jim Hudock	North Carolina	Philadelphia Warriors
53	Bucky Keller	Virginia Tech	Los Angeles Lakers
54	Jim Hooley	Boston College	Boston Celtics

7th round of the 1962 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
55	Jack Ardon	Tulane	Chicago Zephyrs
56	Richie Swartz	Hofstra	New York Knicks
57	Bob McAteer	La Salle	St. Louis Hawks
58	John Bradley	Lawrence	Detroit Pistons
59	Bob Sharpenter	Georgetown	Syracuse Nationals
60	Gary Cunningham	UCLA	Cincinnati Royals
61	Howie Montgomery	UT Rio Grande Valley	Philadelphia Warriors
62	Clyde Arnold	Duquesne	Boston Celtics

8th round of the 1962 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
63	Larry Pursiful	Kentucky	Chicago Zephyrs
64	Warren Fouts	Oklahoma	New York Knicks
65	Terry Ball	Washington State	St. Louis Hawks
66	Mike Rice	Duquesne	Detroit Pistons
67	Jerry Harkness	Loyola Chicago	Syracuse Nationals
68	Ed Bento	Loyola Marymount	Cincinnati Royals
69	Bill Kirvin	Xavier	Philadelphia Warriors
70	Bill Garner	Portland	Los Angeles Lakers
71	Chuck Chevalier	Boston College	Boston Celtics

9th round of the 1962 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
72	Carroll Broussard	Texas A&M	Chicago Zephyrs
73	Paul Benec	Duquesne	New York Knicks
74	Marvin Trotman	Elizabeth City State	St. Louis Hawks
75	Bill Nelson	Hamline	Detroit Pistons
76	Vince Brewer	Iowa State	Syracuse Nationals
77	Chris Jones	Carson-Newman College	Cincinnati Royals
78	Tom Kiefer	Saint Louis	Philadelphia Warriors
79	Bill Matson	Minnesota	Los Angeles Lakers
80	Mike Cingiser	Brown	Boston Celtics

10th round of the 1962 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
81	Pete Campbell	Princeton	Chicago Zephyrs
82	Ralph Richardson	Eastern Kentucky	New York Knicks
83	Charlie Sells	Washington State	St. Louis Hawks
84	Glenn Moore	Oregon	Detroit Pistons
85	George Knighton	New Mexico State	Cincinnati Royals
86	Ken McComb	North Carolina	Philadelphia Warriors

11th round of the 1962 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
87	Jeff Slade	Kenyon	Chicago Zephyrs
88	Ed Mazria	Pratt	New York Knicks
89	Tom Chappelle	Maine	St. Louis Hawks
90	Frank Pinchback	Xavier	Cincinnati Royals
91	Donnie Walsh	North Carolina	Philadelphia Warriors

12th round of the 1962 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
92	Mel Nowell	Ohio State	Chicago Zephyrs
93	John Caveny	Le Moyne	St. Louis Hawks
94	Charles Warren	Oregon	Philadelphia Warriors

13th round of the 1962 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
95	Tom Kennedy	Lewis	Chicago Zephyrs
96	Jerry Carlton	Arkansas	St. Louis Hawks

14th round of the 1962 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
97	Bob Mahland	Williams	Chicago Zephyrs
98	Wilky Gilmore	Colorado	St. Louis Hawks

15th round of the 1962 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
99	Pat McKenzie	Kansas State	Chicago Zephyrs
100	Dave Ricerto	Rhode Island	St. Louis Hawks

16th round of the 1962 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
101	Norman Majors	Rockhurst	Chicago Zephyrs
102	Wally Roundsville	California Tech	St. Louis Hawks

(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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