1954 NBA draft picks Full list

First round of the 1954 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
1	Frank Selvy	Furman	Baltimore Bullets
2	Bob Pettit	LSU	Milwaukee Hawks
3	Gene Shue	Maryland	Philadelphia Warriors
4	Dick Rosenthal	Notre Dame	Fort Wayne Pistons
5	Togo Palazzi	Holy Cross	Boston Celtics
6	Red Kerr	Illinois	Syracuse Nationals
7	Tom Marshall	Western Kentucky	Rochester Royals
8	Jack Turner	Western Kentucky	New York Knicks
9	Ed Kalafat	Minnesota	Minneapolis Lakers

Second round of the 1954 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
10	Slick Leonard	Indiana	Baltimore Bullets
11	Bob Mattick	Oklahoma State	Milwaukee Hawks
12	Larry Costello	Niagara	Philadelphia Warriors
13	Arnold Short	Oklahoma City	Fort Wayne Pistons
14	Red Morrison	Idaho	Boston Celtics
15	Dick Farley	Indiana	Syracuse Nationals
16	Boris Nachamkin	New York University	Rochester Royals
17	Richie Guerin	Iona	New York Knicks
18	Al Bianchi	Bowling Green	Minneapolis Lakers

Third round of the 1954 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
19	Werner Killen	Lawrence	Baltimore Bullets
20	Walt Walowac	Marshall	Milwaukee Hawks
21	Ben Peters	St. Benedict HS (NJ)	Philadelphia Warriors
22	B.H. Born	Kansas	Fort Wayne Pistons
23	Henry Daubenschmidt	St. Francis (NY)	Boston Celtics
24	Jim Tucker	Duquesne	Syracuse Nationals
25	Lee Morton	Cornell	Rochester Royals
26	Don Anielak	Missouri State	New York Knicks
27	Don Lance	Rice	Minneapolis Lakers

4th round of the 1954 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
28	Burt Spice	Toledo	Baltimore Bullets
29	Phil Martin	Toledo	Milwaukee Hawks
30	Chuck Noble	Louisville	Philadelphia Warriors
31	Mel Thompson	NC State	Fort Wayne Pistons
32	Ron Perry	Holy Cross	Boston Celtics
33	Don McLane	Duquesne	Syracuse Nationals
34	Art Spoelstra	Western Kentucky	Rochester Royals
35	Don Lange	Navy	New York Knicks
36	Gene Schwinger	Rice	Minneapolis Lakers

5th round of the 1954 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
37	Lou Scott	Indiana	Baltimore Bullets
38	Paul Ebert	Ohio State	Milwaukee Hawks
39	Rudy D'Emilio	Duke	Philadelphia Warriors
40	Dutch Burch	Pittsburgh	Fort Wayne Pistons
41	Troy Burris	West Texas A&M	Boston Celtics
42	Paul Pottenburgh	Siena	Syracuse Nationals
43	Bo Erias	Niagara	Rochester Royals
44	Jesse Priscock	Kansas State	New York Knicks
45	Buzz Bennett	Minnesota	Minneapolis Lakers

6th round of the 1954 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
46	Bob Heim	Xavier	Baltimore Bullets
47	Bob Carney	Bradley	Milwaukee Hawks
48	Len Winogard	Brandeis	Philadelphia Warriors
49	Charles Kraak	Indiana	Fort Wayne Pistons
50	Otto Krieghauser	Washington-St. Louis	Boston Celtics
51	Norman Pott	Wheaton (IL)	Syracuse Nationals
52	James Davis	St. John's	Rochester Royals
53	Ron Rivers	Wyoming	New York Knicks
54	Nick Revon	Southern Mississippi	Minneapolis Lakers

7th round of the 1954 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
55	Joe Pehanick	Seattle	Baltimore Bullets
56	Alan Kelley	Kansas	Milwaukee Hawks
57	Bob Brady	San Diego State	Philadelphia Warriors
58	Bernie Janicki	Duke	Fort Wayne Pistons
59	Paul Estergaard	Bradley	Boston Celtics
60	Gus Levett	Franklin & Marshall	Syracuse Nationals
61	Bill Hull	Utah State	Rochester Royals
62	Solly Walker	St. John's	New York Knicks
63	Dan Finch	Vanderbilt	Minneapolis Lakers

8th round of the 1954 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
64	Harry Brooks	Seton Hall	Baltimore Bullets
65	Dick Nunneley	Tulsa	Milwaukee Hawks
66	Bob Hodges	East Carolina	Philadelphia Warriors
67	Don Bielke	Valparaiso	Fort Wayne Pistons
68	Jim Young	Santa Clara	Boston Celtics
69	Mel Besdin	Syracuse	Syracuse Nationals
70	Paul Morrow	Wisconsin	Rochester Royals
71	Cob Jarvis	Mississippi State	New York Knicks
72	Bob Hopkins	Point Loma Nazarene	Minneapolis Lakers

9th round of the 1954 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
73	Ron Goerrs	Concord	Baltimore Bullets
74	Hal Cervini	Tulane	Milwaukee Hawks
75	Vince Leta	Lycoming	Philadelphia Warriors
76	Joel Hittleman	Loyola (MD)	Fort Wayne Pistons
77	Fletcher Johnson	Duquesne	Syracuse Nationals
78	Roy Irvin	USC	Rochester Royals
79	Henry Duckham	NYU-Poly	New York Knicks
80	Dick Garmaker	Minnesota	Minneapolis Lakers

10th round of the 1954 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
81	Gary Shivers	Houston	Baltimore Bullets
82	Joe Bertrand	Notre Dame	Milwaukee Hawks
83	Bill Sullivan	Notre Dame	Philadelphia Warriors
84	Phil Larson	BYU	Fort Wayne Pistons
85	Tony Daukas	Boston College	Boston Celtics
86	Jack Davidson	UCLA	Syracuse Nationals
87	Ed Parchinski	Fordham	Rochester Royals
88	John Clune	Navy	New York Knicks
89	John Blever	Northwestern	Minneapolis Lakers

11th round of the 1954 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
90	Elliott Karver	George Washington	Baltimore Bullets
91	Jerry Domerschick	CCNY	Milwaukee Hawks
92	Frank O'Hara	La Salle	Philadelphia Warriors
93	Forrest Jackson	Taylor	Fort Wayne Pistons
94	Bill Johnson	Nebraska	Boston Celtics
95	Jim Paxson	Dayton	Rochester Royals
96	Bob Walter	Oklahoma	New York Knicks

12th round of the 1954 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
97	Ron Weisner	Wisconsin	Milwaukee Hawks
98	John Glinski	N.D.	Philadelphia Warriors
99	Bill Stickel	Hastings College	New York Knicks

13th round of the 1954 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
100	Joe Holup	George Washington	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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