Index
NBA Draft
1956 DRAFT
30Apr56
New York, NY
 
T-Territorial Choice
 
First Round
1   Roch  Sihugo Green             Duquesne
2   StL   Bill Russell             San Francisco
3   Mpls  John Paxson              Dayton
4   NYK   Ronnie Shavlik           North Carolina State
5   Syr   Joe Holup                George Washington
6T  Bos   Tom Heinsohn             Holy Cross
7   FtW   Ron Sobie                DePaul
8   Phil  Hal Lear                 Temple
 
Boston
Tom Heinsohn (1)         Holy Cross
K.C. Jones (2)           San Francisco
George Linn (3)          Alabama
Dan Swartz (4)           Morehead State
Bill Logan (5)           Iowa
Don Boldebuck (6)        Houston
O'Neal Weaver (7)        Midwestern (TX)
Vic Molodet (8)          North Carolina State
Jim Houston (9)          Brandeis
Theophileus Lloyd (10)   Maryland State
 
Fort Wayne
Ron Sobie                DePaul
Bob Kessler              Maryland
Bill Thieben             Hofstra
Charles Slack            Marshall
Joe Lieber               Holy Cross
John Schlimm             John Carroll
Bruce Harris             Tennessee Polytechnic
 
Minneapolis
Jim Paxson               Dayton
Terry Rand               Marquette
Jerry Bird               Kentucky
Lloyd Aubrey             Notre Dame
Bill Reigel              McNeese State
Phil Jordon              Whitworth
John Barber              Cal State–Los Angeles
Sam Jones                North Carolina College
Jim Springer             Gustavus Adolphus
Phil Grawmeyer           Kentucky
Robert Hodgson           Wichita
Carl Widseth             Tennessee
John Patzwald            Gustavus Adolphus
Elgin Baylor             Seattle
 
New York
Ronnie Shavlik           North Carolina State
Gary Bergen              Utah
Jerry Harper             Alabama
Ronnie Mayer             Duke
Joe Sexton               Purdue
Pat Dunn                 Utah State
Jack Adams               Eastern Kentucky
Art Bunte                Utah
Dick Miller              Wisconsin
Howard Crittendon        Murray State Teachers
Dick Miani               Miami (FL)
Ed Petrie                Seton Hall
Tony Roybal              New Mexico
 
Philadelphia
Hal Lear                 Temple
Phil Rollins             Louisville
Bevo Francis             Rio Grande
Phil Wheeler             Cincinnati
Joe Belmont              Duke
Mickey Winograd          Duquesne
John Fannon              Notre Dame
Max Anderson             Oregon
Ronald Clark             Springfield
 
Rochester
Si Green                 Duquesne
Bob Burrow               Kentucky
Dave Piontek             Xavier (OH)
John McCarthy            Canisius
Bill Uhl                 Dayton
Kevin Thomas             Boston
Carl Cain                Iowa
Clayton Carter           Oklahoma A&M
Dan Mannix               St. Francis (NY)
Jerry Moreman            Louisville
Gene Carpenter           Texas Tech
 
St. Louis
Bill Russell             San Francisco
Willie Naulls            UCLA
Darrell Floyd            Furman
Robin Freeman            Ohio State
Norman Stewart           Missouri
Dave Plunkett            Cincinnati
Julius McCoy             Michigan State
Morris Taft              UCLA
Jim Reed                 Texas Tech
Hershel Pederson         Brigham Young
Wally Choice             Indiana
Ed Huse                  Wyoming
Arthur Helms             Houston
Junior Morgan            Duke
 
Syracuse
Joe Holup                George Washington
Paul Judson              Illinois
Forest Able              Western Kentucky
Swede Halbrook           Oregon State
Jim Ray                  Toledo
Jim McLaughlin           St. Louis
Jess Roh                 Idaho State
Chester Webb             Georgia State Teachers
Dick Julio               New Bedford State
Bob Hopkins              Grambling
Willie Bergines          West Virginia
Dick Kenyon              LeMoyne
Milt Graham              Colgate
Chuck Rolles             Cornell