1947 NBA Draft: all the picks, trades and information.
Information about the 1947 NBA Draft, including the first and second round, all the trades and players data.
Note: Between 1947 and 1965, before the start of the draft, the teams could forfeit their first-round pick to instead use a 'territorial pick' to select a player from their immediate area. This had the intention of building strong local fan bases.
Here you have all the picks from the 1947 NBA Draft. Total selections: 80
1947 NBA Draft
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Round 1
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| 1. |
Clifton McNeeley |
Pittsburgh Ironmen |
Univ. of Texas at El Paso |
|
| 2. |
Glen Selbo |
Toronto Huskies |
Univ. of Wisconsin |
|
| 3. |
Bulbs Ehlers |
Boston Celtics |
Purdue Univ. |
|
| 4. |
Walt Dropo |
Providence Steamrollers |
Univ. of Connecticut |
|
| 5. |
Dick Holub |
New York Knicks |
Long Island Univ. |
|
| 6. |
Chink Crossin |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Univ. of Pennsylvania |
|
| 7. |
Jack Underman |
St. Louis Bombers |
Ohio State Univ. |
|
| 8. |
Paul Huston |
Chicago Stags |
Ohio State Univ. |
|
| 9. |
Dick O'Keefe |
Washington Capitols |
Santa Clara Univ. |
|
| 10. |
Larry Killick |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Univ. of Vermont |
|
Other Picks
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Robert Bolyard |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Univ. of Toledo |
|
| - |
Elmer Gainer |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
DePaul Univ. |
|
| - |
Harry Gallatin |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Truman State Univ. |
|
| - |
Scotty Hamilton |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
West Virginia Univ. |
|
| - |
Hugh Hampton |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
High Point Univ. |
|
| - |
Bob Jake |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Univ. of Vermont |
|
| - |
Charles Raynor |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Univ. of Houston |
|
| - |
Chick Reiser |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
New York Univ. |
|
| - |
John Rusinko |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Pennsylvania State Univ. |
|
| - |
Bob Alemeida |
Boston Celtics |
- |
|
| - |
Hank Biasatti |
Boston Celtics |
Long Island Univ. |
|
| - |
Johnny Ezersky |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of Rhode Island |
|
| - |
George Felt |
Boston Celtics |
Northwestern Univ. |
|
| - |
Jack Hewson |
Boston Celtics |
Temple Univ. |
|
| - |
John Kelly |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of Notre Dame |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
George Petrovick |
Boston Celtics |
- |
|
| - |
Gene Stump |
Boston Celtics |
DePaul Univ. |
|
| - |
Ralph Bishop |
Chicago Stags |
Univ. of Washington |
|
| - |
Jimmy Darden |
Chicago Stags |
Univ. of Denver |
|
| - |
Hank Decker |
Chicago Stags |
West Texas A&M Univ. |
|
| - |
Andy Phillip |
Chicago Stags |
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
|
| - |
Jim Pollard |
Chicago Stags |
Stanford Univ. |
|
| - |
Ben Schadler |
Chicago Stags |
Northwestern Univ. |
|
| - |
Don Smith |
Chicago Stags |
Univ. of Minnesota |
|
| - |
Jack Stone |
Chicago Stags |
Kansas State Univ. |
|
| - |
Gene Vance |
Chicago Stags |
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
|
| - |
Andy Duncan |
New York Knicks |
College of William & Mary |
|
| - |
Ray Evans |
New York Knicks |
Univ. of Kansas |
|
| - |
Ed Golub |
New York Knicks |
- |
|
| - |
Garland Head |
New York Knicks |
Texas Tech Univ. |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Ron Livingston |
New York Knicks |
Saint Mary's College of California |
|
| - |
Dan Miller |
New York Knicks |
Saint Louis Univ. |
|
| - |
Wat Misaka |
New York Knicks |
Univ. of Utah |
|
| - |
Carl Reichert |
New York Knicks |
Univ. of Findlay |
|
| - |
Tom Tomlinson |
New York Knicks |
Southern Methodist Univ. |
|
| - |
Norman Butz |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Saint Joseph's Univ. |
|
| - |
Jim Kaeding |
Philadelphia Warriors |
York College of Pennsylvania |
|
| - |
Ed Koffenberger |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Duke Univ. |
|
| - |
Jim Pollard |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Stanford Univ. |
|
| - |
Bob Alamo |
Pittsburgh Ironmen |
Santa Clara Univ. |
|
| - |
George Brown |
Pittsburgh Ironmen |
- |
|
| - |
Dick Ives |
Pittsburgh Ironmen |
Univ. of Iowa |
|
| - |
Herman Knoche |
Pittsburgh Ironmen |
Washington & Jefferson College |
|
| - |
Fritz Nagy |
Pittsburgh Ironmen |
Univ. of Akron |
|
| - |
Jack Walton |
Pittsburgh Ironmen |
DePaul Univ. |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Joe Barry |
Providence Steamrollers |
- |
|
| - |
Dick Furey |
Providence Steamrollers |
Univ. of St. Thomas |
|
| - |
Bob Hubbard |
Providence Steamrollers |
Springfield College |
|
| - |
Bob Joyce |
Providence Steamrollers |
Bates College |
|
| - |
Roy Lipscomb |
Providence Steamrollers |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
|
| - |
John Mills |
Providence Steamrollers |
Hofstra Univ. |
|
| - |
Al Nichols |
Providence Steamrollers |
Univ. of Rhode Island |
|
| - |
Jack Knopf |
St. Louis Bombers |
Univ. of Louisville |
|
| - |
Bob Kurland |
St. Louis Bombers |
Oklahoma State Univ. |
|
| - |
Paul Napolitano |
St. Louis Bombers |
Univ. of San Francisco |
|
| - |
Jim Pollard |
St. Louis Bombers |
Stanford Univ. |
|
| - |
Bill Strannigan |
St. Louis Bombers |
Univ. of Wyoming |
|
| - |
Herb Wilkinson |
St. Louis Bombers |
Univ. of Iowa |
|
| - |
Frank Broyles |
Toronto Huskies |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
|
| - |
Paul Hoffman |
Toronto Huskies |
Purdue Univ. |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Wimpy Quinn |
Toronto Huskies |
Univ. of Oregon |
|
| - |
Red Rocha |
Toronto Huskies |
Oregon State Univ. |
|
| - |
Bill Burke |
Washington Capitols |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
|
| - |
Paul Cloyd |
Washington Capitols |
Univ. of Wisconsin |
|
| - |
John Mandic |
Washington Capitols |
Oregon State Univ. |
|
| - |
Saul Mariaschin |
Washington Capitols |
Harvard Univ. |
|
| - |
Abel Rodriguez |
Washington Capitols |
Univ. of San Francisco |
|
| - |
Irv Rothenberg |
Washington Capitols |
Long Island Univ. |
|
| - |
Jack Tingle |
Washington Capitols |
Univ. of Kentucky |
|
| - |
Matt Zunic |
Washington Capitols |
George Washington Univ. |
|
Total picks: 80