1950 NBA draft picks Full list

First round of the 1950 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
1	Charlie Share	Bowling Green	Boston Celtics
2	Don Rehfeldt	Wisconsin	Baltimore Bullets
3	Paul Arizin	Villanova	Philadelphia Warriors
4	Bob Cousy	Holy Cross	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
5	Dick Schnittker	Ohio State	Washington Capitols
6	Larry Foust	La Salle	Chicago Stags
7	Irwin Dambrot	CCNY	New York Knicks
8	George Yardley	Stanford	Fort Wayne Pistons
9	Bob Lavoy	Western Kentucky	Indianapolis Olympians
10	Joe McNamee	San Francisco	Rochester Royals
11	Kevin O'Shea	Notre Dame	Minneapolis Lakers
12	Don Lofgran	San Francisco	Syracuse Nationals

Second round of the 1950 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
13	Chuck Cooper	Duquesne	Boston Celtics
14	John Pilch	Wyoming	Baltimore Bullets
15	Ed Dahler	Duquesne	Philadelphia Warriors
16	Ed Gayda	Washington State	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
17	Bill Sharman	USC	Washington Capitols
18	Wally Osterkorn	Illinois	Chicago Stags
19	Herb Scherer	Long Island	New York Knicks
20	Jim Riffey	Tulane	Fort Wayne Pistons
21	Paul Unruh	Bradley	Indianapolis Olympians
22	George Stanich	UCLA	Rochester Royals
23	Hal Haskins	Hamline	Minneapolis Lakers
24	Gerry Calabrese	St. John's	Syracuse Nationals

Third round of the 1950 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
25	Bob Donham	Ohio State	Boston Celtics
26	Dick Dickey	NC State	Baltimore Bullets
27	Buddy Cate	Western Kentucky	Philadelphia Warriors
28	Clarence Brannum	Kansas State	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
29	Alan Sawyer	UCLA	Washington Capitols
30	Lou Watson	Indiana	Chicago Stags
31	Stan Weber	Bowling Green	New York Knicks
32	Art Burris	Tennessee	Fort Wayne Pistons
33	Charles Mrazovich	Eastern Kentucky	Indianapolis Olympians
34	Bob Roper	John Carroll	Rochester Royals
35	Howie Williams	Purdue	Minneapolis Lakers
36	Stan Christie	USC	Syracuse Nationals

4th round of the 1950 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
37	Ken Reeves	Louisville	Boston Celtics
38	Jerry Reed	Wyoming	Baltimore Bullets
39	Paul Sensky	Saint Joseph's	Philadelphia Warriors
40	Paul Hicks	Eastern Kentucky	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
41	Tom O'Keefe	Georgetown	Washington Capitols
42	Ken Murray	St. Bonaventure	Chicago Stags
43	Joe Ossola	Saint Louis	New York Knicks
44	Len Rzewszewski	Indiana State	Fort Wayne Pistons
45	Jim Line	Kentucky	Indianapolis Olympians
46	Chet Giermak	William & Mary	Rochester Royals
47	Bud Grant	Minnesota	Minneapolis Lakers
48	Paul Merchant	Oklahoma	Syracuse Nationals

5th round of the 1950 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
49	Jack Shelton	Oklahoma State	Boston Celtics
50	Norm Mager	CCNY	Baltimore Bullets
51	Ike Borsavage	Temple	Philadelphia Warriors
52	Cal Christensen	Toledo	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
53	Claude Overton	East Central State	Washington Capitols
54	Don Stroot	Missouri	Chicago Stags
55	Dick Barnes	San Diego State	New York Knicks
56	Ed Thompson	Kent State	Fort Wayne Pistons
57	Sonny Allen	Morehead State	Indianapolis Olympians
58	Joe Nelson	BYU	Rochester Royals
59	Ed Beach	West Virginia	Minneapolis Lakers
60	Paul Hickey	Denver	Syracuse Nationals

6th round of the 1950 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
61	Mo Mahoney	Brown	Boston Celtics
62	Rick Harman	Kansas State	Baltimore Bullets
63	Dick Dallmer	Cincinnati	Philadelphia Warriors
64	Bob Anderson	Loyola (MD)	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
65	Warren Cartier	NC State	Washington Capitols
66	Stu Inman	San Jose State	Chicago Stags
67	Don Parsons	Rutgers	New York Knicks
68	Bob Metcalf	Valparaiso	Fort Wayne Pistons
69	Ralph O'Brien	Butler	Indianapolis Olympians
70	John Givens	Western Kentucky	Rochester Royals
71	Wayne Glasgow	Oklahoma	Minneapolis Lakers
72	Mack Suprunowicz	Michigan	Syracuse Nationals

7th round of the 1950 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
73	Dale Barnstable	Kentucky	Boston Celtics
74	Frank Comerford	La Salle	Baltimore Bullets
75	Charles Northup	Siena	Philadelphia Warriors
76	Bill Erickson	Illinois	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
78	Jim Cathcart	Arkansas	Washington Capitols
79	Milt Whitehead	Nebraska	Chicago Stags
79	Dan Bagley	Notre Dame	New York Knicks
80	Ed Jones	Tennessee	Fort Wayne Pistons
81	Leon Blevins	Arizona	Indianapolis Olympians
82	Dan Kahler	Southwestern College (KA)	Rochester Royals
83	Joe Hutton Jr.	Hamline	Minneapolis Lakers
84	Lou Arko	Akron	Syracuse Nationals

8th round of the 1950 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
85	Frank Oftring	Holy Cross	Boston Celtics
86	George Bush	Toledo	Baltimore Bullets
87	Brooks Ricca	Villanova	Philadelphia Warriors
88	Loy Doty	Wyoming	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
89	Joe Greenbach	Santa Clara	Washington Capitols
90	George King	Charleston (WV)	Chicago Stags
91	Charles Hope	Appalachian State	New York Knicks
92	Billy Joe Adcock	Vanderbilt	Fort Wayne Pistons
93	Jerry Stuteville	Indiana	Indianapolis Olympians
94	Carl Kraushaar	UCLA	Rochester Royals
95	Nate Benson	Wisconsin-River Falls	Minneapolis Lakers
96	Bob Healey	Georgia	Syracuse Nationals

9th round of the 1950 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
97	Bob Cope	Montana	Boston Celtics
98	Jack Laub	Cincinnati	Baltimore Bullets
99	Joe Kaufman	New York University	Philadelphia Warriors
100	Nate DeLong	Wisconsin-River Falls	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
101	Earl Lloyd	West Virginia State	Washington Capitols
102	John Brown	Georgetown	Chicago Stags
103	Don Heathington	Baylor	New York Knicks
104	Al Henningsen	Northwest Missouri State	Fort Wayne Pistons
105	Gene Schmidt	TCU	Indianapolis Olympians
106	Warren Switzer	Rice	Rochester Royals
107	Jim Reilly	Swarthmore	Minneapolis Lakers
108	Bob Savage	Syracuse	Syracuse Nationals

10th round of the 1950 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
109	Matt Forman	Holy Cross	Boston Celtics
110	Mike Zedalis	Loyola (MD)	Baltimore Bullets
111	Bernie Adams	Princeton	Philadelphia Warriors
112	Keith Bloom	Wyoming	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
113	Joe Noertker	Virginia	Washington Capitols
114	Bud Schaeffer	Wheaton (IL)	Chicago Stags
115	Colin Anderson	Georgia Tech	Indianapolis Olympians
116	Harry Foley	Niagara	Rochester Royals
117	Andy Butchko	Purdue	Minneapolis Lakers
118	Glenn Wilkes	Mercer	Syracuse Nationals

11th round of the 1950 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
119	Leo Wolfe	Villanova	Philadelphia Warriors
120	Jimmy Doyle	Butler	Indianapolis Olympians

12th round of the 1950 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
121	Ed Montgomery	Tennessee	Philadelphia Warriors

(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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