1949 NBA draft picks Full list

First round of the 1949 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
1	Howie Shannon	Kansas State	Providence Steamrollers
2	Alex Groza	Kentucky	Indianapolis Olympians
3	Bob Harris	Oklahoma State	Fort Wayne Pistons
4	Tony Lavelli	Yale	Boston Celtics
5	Ed Macauley	Saint Louis	St. Louis Bombers
6	Vern Gardner	Utah	Philadelphia Warriors
7	Ron Livingstone	Wyoming	Baltimore Bullets
8	Dick McGuire	St. John's	New York Knicks
9	Wallace Jones	Kentucky	Washington Capitols
10	Jack Kerris	Loyola Chicago	Chicago Stags
11	Vern Mikkelsen	Hamline	Minneapolis Lakers
12	Pep Saul	Seton Hall	Rochester Royals

Second round of the 1949 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
13	Carl Schaeffer	Alabama	Providence Steamrollers
14	Leo Barnhorst	Notre Dame	Indianapolis Olympians
15	John Oldham	Western Kentucky	Fort Wayne Pistons
16	George Kaftan	Holy Cross	Boston Celtics
17	Johnny Orr	Beloit	St. Louis Bombers
18	Jim Nolan	Georgia Tech	Philadelphia Warriors
19	Roger Wiley	Oregon	Baltimore Bullets
20	Harry Donovan	Muhlenberg	New York Knicks
21	Jim Owens	Baylor	Washington Capitols
22	Ralph Beard	Kentucky	Chicago Stags
23	Bob Harrison	Michigan	Minneapolis Lakers
24	Jack Coleman	Louisville	Rochester Royals

Third round of the 1949 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
25	Ed Leede	Dartmouth	Providence Steamrollers
26	Mac Otten	Bowling Green	Indianapolis Olympians
27	Fred Schaus	West Virginia	Chicago Stags
28	Joe Mullaney	Holy Cross	Boston Celtics
29	Marv Schatzman	Saint Louis	St. Louis Bombers
30	Nelson Bobb	Temple	Philadelphia Warriors
31	Paul Gordon	Notre Dame	Baltimore Bullets
32	Ernie Vandeweghe	Colgate	New York Knicks
33	Maynard Haitcock	George Washington	Washington Capitols
34	Dike Eddleman	Illinois	Chicago Stags
35	Slater Martin	Texas	Minneapolis Lakers

4th round of the 1949 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
36	Warren Perkins	Tulane	Providence Steamrollers
37	Bob Evans	Butler	Indianapolis Olympians
38	Jerry Nagel	Loyola Chicago	Fort Wayne Pistons
39	Bill Tom	Rice	Boston Celtics
40	Preston Ward	Missouri State	St. Louis Bombers
41	Bill Zipple	Lafayette	Baltimore Bullets
42	Bill Kleine	Missouri Valley College	New York Knicks
43	Jim Lacy	Loyola (MD)	Washington Capitols
44	Paul Walther	Tennessee	Minneapolis Lakers

5th round of the 1949 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
45	Ray Corley	Georgetown	Providence Steamrollers
46	Charlie Maas	Butler	Indianapolis Olympians
47	Dal Zuber	Toledo	Fort Wayne Pistons
48	Ed Little	Denver JC	Boston Celtics
49	Earl Dodd	Truman State	St. Louis Bombers
50	Eppa Rixey	Kenyon	Baltimore Bullets
51	Don Bagley	Notre Dame	New York Knicks
52	Cliff Barker	Kentucky	Washington Capitols

6th round of the 1949 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
53	Paul Courty	Oklahoma	Providence Steamrollers
54	Don Boven	Western Michigan	Indianapolis Olympians
55	Jim Simpson	Bates	Boston Celtics
56	Jack Davidson	Stanford	St. Louis Bombers
57	Jim McMullen	Xavier	Baltimore Bullets
58	Bob Prewitt	SMU	New York Knicks

7th round of the 1949 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
59	Bill Tanzler	Florida	Providence Steamrollers
60	Jim O'Halloran	Notre Dame	Indianapolis Olympians
61	Bill Vandenburgh	Washington	Boston Celtics
62	John Pritchard	Drake	St. Louis Bombers
63	Tom Gallagher	St. Francis (PA)	Baltimore Bullets
64	Ken Kearns	Arkansas	New York Knicks

8th round of the 1949 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
65	Bob Royer	Indiana State	Providence Steamrollers
66	J.L. Parks	Oklahoma State	Indianapolis Olympians
67	Duane Klueh	Indiana State	Boston Celtics
68	Bob Retherford	Nebraska	St. Louis Bombers
69	Bill Evans	Drake	Baltimore Bullets
70	Bill Litchfield	Emporia State	New York Knicks

9th round of the 1949 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
71	Jack Theolan	DePaul	Providence Steamrollers
72	Emerson Speicher	Bowling Green	Boston Celtics
73	Joe Crandall	Oregon State	St. Louis Bombers

10th round of the 1949 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
74	Bill Weight	BYU	Boston Celtics
75	Eddie Van Zant	Northwestern Oklahoma State	St. Louis Bombers

11th round of the 1949 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
76	Russ Washburn	Colby	Boston Celtics

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