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NBA

1961 NBA Draft

Class grade: B+

107 picks · 15 rounds

Round 1

  1. 1 Walt Bellamy Chicago Packers Indiana
  2. 2 Tom Stith New York Knicks St. Bonaventure
  3. 3 Larry Siegfried 5× Champion Cincinnati Royals Ohio State
  4. 4 Ray Scott Detroit Pistons Portland
  5. 5 Wayne Yates Los Angeles Lakers Memphis
  6. 6 Ben Warley Syracuse Nationals Tennessee State
  7. 7 Tom Meschery 1× All-Star Philadelphia Warriors St. Mary's (CA)
  8. 8 Cleo Hill St. Louis Hawks Winston-Salem State
  9. 9 Gary Phillips 1× Champion Boston Celtics Houston

Round 2

  1. 10 Ronald Martin New York Knicks St. Bonaventure
  2. 11 Bob Wiesenhahn Cincinnati Royals Cincinnati
  3. 12 Johnny Egan Detroit Pistons Providence
  4. 13 Fred Sawyer Los Angeles Lakers Louisville
  5. 14 Chris Smith Syracuse Nationals Virginia Tech
  6. 15 Ted Luckenbill Philadelphia Warriors Houston
  7. 16 Ron Horn St. Louis Hawks Indiana
  8. 17 Al Butler Boston Celtics Niagara
  9. 18 Jack Turner Chicago Packers Louisville
  10. 19 Jerry Graves Chicago Packers Mississippi State
  11. 20 York Larese Chicago Packers North Carolina
  12. 21 Don Kojis 2× All-Star Chicago Packers Marquette
  13. 22 Doug Moe Chicago Packers North Carolina
  14. 23 Jeff Cohen Chicago Packers William & Mary

Round 3

  1. 24 Tony Jackson New York Knicks St. John's (NY)
  2. 25 Robert Nordmann Cincinnati Royals Saint Louis
  3. 26 Doug Kistler Detroit Pistons Duke
  4. 27 Frank Burgess Los Angeles Lakers Gonzaga
  5. 28 Chuck Osborne Syracuse Nationals Western Kentucky
  6. 29 Jack Egan Philadelphia Warriors Saint Joseph's
  7. 30 Tom Chilton St. Louis Hawks East Tennessee State
  8. 31 Bill Depp Boston Celtics Vanderbilt
  9. 32 Bill Bridges 1× Champion Chicago Packers Kansas

Round 4

  1. 33 George Blaney New York Knicks Holy Cross
  2. 34 Lowery Kirk Cincinnati Royals Memphis
  3. 35 George Finley Detroit Pistons Tennessee State
  4. 36 Charles Henke Los Angeles Lakers Missouri
  5. 37 Hank Whitney Syracuse Nationals Iowa State
  6. 38 John Tidwell Philadelphia Warriors Michigan
  7. 39 Gus Guydon St. Louis Hawks Drake
  8. 40 Carl Cole Boston Celtics Eastern Kentucky
  9. 41 Roger Kaiser Chicago Packers Georgia Tech

Round 5

  1. 42 Bill Smith New York Knicks St. Peter's
  2. 43 Rossie Johnson Cincinnati Royals Tennessee State
  3. 44 Danny Doyle Detroit Pistons Belmont Abbey
  4. 45 Bill Lickert Los Angeles Lakers Kentucky
  5. 46 Don Jacobson Syracuse Nationals South Dakota State
  6. 47 Bruce Spraggins Philadelphia Warriors Virginia Union
  7. 48 John Berberich St. Louis Hawks California-Los Angeles
  8. 49 Bob DiStefano Boston Celtics North Carolina State
  9. 50 Howie Carl Chicago Packers DePaul

Round 6

  1. 51 Cleveland Buckner New York Knicks Jackson State
  2. 52 Bob Slobodnik Cincinnati Royals Duquesne
  3. 53 Lee Patrone Detroit Pistons West Virginia
  4. 54 Bill McClintock Los Angeles Lakers California
  5. 55 Billy Joe Price Syracuse Nationals New Mexico State
  6. 56 Dick Goldberg Philadelphia Warriors Southern Mississippi
  7. 57 Bob McDonald St. Louis Hawks Maryland
  8. 58 Ned Twyman Boston Celtics Duquesne
  9. 59 Dave Voss Chicago Packers Tulsa

Round 7

  1. 60 Donnie Butcher New York Knicks Pikeville
  2. 61 Dave Zeller Cincinnati Royals Miami (FL)
  3. 62 Burt Price Detroit Pistons Wittenberg
  4. 63 Albert Alamanza Los Angeles Lakers Texas
  5. 64 Roger Newman Syracuse Nationals Kentucky
  6. 65 Charles McNeil Philadelphia Warriors Maryland
  7. 66 Charles Riley St. Louis Hawks Winston-Salem State
  8. 67 Mel Klein Boston Celtics Northern State
  9. 68 Ron Heller Chicago Packers Wichita State

Round 8

  1. 69 Cedrick Price New York Knicks Kansas State
  2. 70 Jerry Thelen Cincinnati Royals Thomas More
  3. 71 Walter Ward Detroit Pistons Hampton
  4. 72 Bill Ellis Los Angeles Lakers California-Los Angeles
  5. 73 Dave Mills Syracuse Nationals Seattle
  6. 74 Larry Swift Philadelphia Warriors Truman State
  7. 75 Gene Velloff St. Louis Hawks Doane
  8. 76 John Wessels Chicago Packers Illinois

Round 9

  1. 77 Charles Bowman New York Knicks Wabash
  2. 78 Larry Krueger Cincinnati Royals Ohio
  3. 79 Peter Baltic Detroit Pistons Penn State
  4. 80 Carl Anderson Los Angeles Lakers Oregon State
  5. 81 Rex Tippitt Syracuse Nationals Grambling
  6. 82 Herbert Gray St. Louis Hawks North Carolina A&T
  7. 83 Steve Strange Chicago Packers Southern Methodist

Round 10

  1. 84 Ron Debillous New York Knicks Milwaukee
  2. 85 Jack Waters Cincinnati Royals Mississippi
  3. 86 Wayne Monson Detroit Pistons Northern Michigan
  4. 87 Robert Williams Los Angeles Lakers Allan Hancock College
  5. 88 Pete Chudy Syracuse Nationals Syracuse
  6. 89 Leo Hill Philadelphia Warriors California-Los Angeles
  7. 90 Tom Faszholz St. Louis Hawks Concordia (MO)
  8. 91 Larry Comley Chicago Packers Kansas State

Round 11

  1. 92 Kevin Loughery New York Knicks St. John's (NY)
  2. 93 Carl Short Cincinnati Royals Newberry
  3. 94 Richard Kraft Detroit Pistons SUNY Brockport
  4. 95 Howard Hunt Los Angeles Lakers Duke
  5. 96 Dick Sammons Syracuse Nationals Le Moyne
  6. 97 Corky Whitrow Philadelphia Warriors Georgetown (KY)
  7. 98 Dick Kepley St. Louis Hawks North Carolina

Round 12

  1. 99 Earl Shultz New York Knicks California
  2. 100 George Patterson Cincinnati Royals Toledo
  3. 101 Jackie Crawford St. Louis Hawks Centenary (LA)

Round 13

  1. 102 Ned Jennings New York Knicks Kentucky
  2. 103 Clair McRoberts Cincinnati Royals Monmouth
  3. 104 Howard Stacy St. Louis Hawks Louisville

Round 14

  1. 105 Bill Engressor New York Knicks Louisiana State
  2. 106 Carl Bouldin Cincinnati Royals Cincinnati

Round 15

  1. 107 Vince Kempton New York Knicks Saint Joseph's