Index
NBA Draft
1953 DRAFT
24Apr53
Boston, MA
 
T-Territorial Choice
 
First Round
1T  Phil  Ernie Beck               Pennsylvania
2   Balt  Ray Felix                Long Island
3   Mil   Bob Houbregs             Washington
4   FtW   Jack Molinas             Columbia
5   Roch  Richie Regan             Seton Hall
6   Bos   Frank Ramsey             Kentucky
7   Syr   James Neal               Wolford
8T  NYK   Walter Dukes             Seton Hall
9   Mpls  James Fritsche           Hamline
 
Baltimore
Ray Felix                Long Island
Bob Speight              North Carolina State
Bob Peterson             Oregon
Bill Schyman             DePaul
Paul Nolen               Texas Tech
Elmer Tolson             Eastern Kentucky
Herman Sledzik           Penn State
Connie Rea               Centenary
Dennis Murphy            Georgetown
Jack Carby               Kansas State
Bob Emmercik             Clarion State
Russ Johnson             None
Don Stemmerich           None
Bob Kraback              None
Joe Piorkowski           None
Edward Walsh             None
 
Boston
Frank Ramsey (1)         Kentucky
Chet Noe (2)             Oregon
Cliff Hagan (3)          Kentucky
Earle Markey (4)         Holy Cross
John Holup (5)           George Washington
Vernon Stokes (6)        St. Francis (NY)
Lou Tsioropoulos (7)     Kentucky
Ted Lallier (8)          Colby
Lewis Gilcrease (9)      SW Texas
Tom Lillis (10)          St. Louis
Gil Reich (11)           Kansas
Jim Dogerty (12)         Whitworth
 
Fort Wayne
Jack Molinas             Columbia
George Glasgow           Fairleigh Dickinson
Jim Bredar               Illinois
Jim Bingham              Eastern Kentucky
Mike Bodnar              St. Bonaventure
Norb Lewinski            Notre Dame
William Hagan            Siena
Dean Kelley              Kansas
Dick White               Eastern Kentucky
 
Milwaukee
Bob Houbregs             Washington
Bill Bolger              Georgetown
Irv Bemoras              Illinois
Gene Dyker               DePaul
Joe Cipriano             Washington
John O'Brien             Seattle
Eddie O'Brien            Seattle
Darrell Tucker           Utah State
Paul Brandt              Columbia
Bob Rousey               Kansas State
 
Minneapolis
Jim Fritsche             Hamline
Ron Feiereisel           DePaul
Hartly Kruger            Idaho
Ken Flowers              Southern California
Zippy Morocco            Georgia
Pete Silas               Georgia Tech
Lloyd Olmstead           Cornell (IA)
Joe Richey               Brigham Young
Hank Budde               Xavier (OH)
Walt Kearns              Arkansas
Bill Chambers            William & Mary
Harold Christensen       Brigham Young
Bob Gelle                Minnesota
Lloyd Thorgaard          Hamline
Bob Gussner              Hamline
Chuck Wolfe              North Dakota
Doug Atkins              Tennessee
Roger Kuss               River Falls State
 
New York
Walter Dukes (1)         Seton Hall
Buddy Ackerman (2)       Long Island
Neil Gordon (3)          Furman
Joe Smyth                Niagara
Allan Schutts            Springfield
Richard Atha             Indiana State
Forrest Hamilton         SW Missouri State
Robert Santini (5)       Iona
Thomas Bishop (4)        Mississippi Southern
Richard Prater           Kentucky
Bob Matheny              California
Larry O'Connor           Canisius
Delmer Diercks           Iowa State
 
Philadelphia
Ernie Beck (1)           Pennsylvania
Jack George              La Salle
Larry Hennessy (2)       Villanova
Norm Grekin (3)          La Salle
Fred Ihle (4)            La Salle
Eddie Solomon (5)        West Virginia Tech
Don Eby (6)              Southern California
Bob Marske (7)           South Dakota
Bill Dodd (8)            Colgate
Bob Sassone (9)          St. Bonaventure
Toar Hester (10)         Centenary
John Doogan (11)         St. Joseph's (PA)
Charles Duffley (12)     St. Anselm's
 
Rochester
Richie Regan             Seton Hall
Norman Swanson           Detroit
Frank Reddout            Syracuse
Will Walls               Miami (OH)
Hugh Beins               Georgetown
Kendall Sheets           Oklahoma A&M
Jim Scottie              West Virginia
Dick Gross               Wheaton
Jim Gerber               Bowling Green
Will Bales               Eastern Kentucky
Bill Edwards             St. Bonaventure
Bob Goss                 North Carolina State
Paul Smaagard            Hamline
Ken Sears                Santa Clara
John Kurz                Loyola (CA)
Ed Kohl                  Regis
Gene Lambert Jr.         Arkansas
Tex Silverman            Nick McGuire
 
Syracuse
James Neal               Wofford
Dick Knostman            Kansas State
Bill Kenville            St. Bonaventure
Andy McGowan             Manhattan
Warren Shackelford       Tulsa
Bill Jenkins             LeMoyne
Bill Hull                Utah State
Joe Hughes               Denver
Gerald Nappy             Georgetown
Al Bailey                Duquesne
Glen Dille               Tulsa
Garrett Beshear          Murray State