1951 NBA Draft: all the picks, trades and information.

Information about the 1951 NBA Draft, including the first and second round, all the trades and players data.

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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 1951 NBA Draft. Total selections: 87

1951 NBA Draft

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Territorial Picks

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
-	Whitey Skoog	Minneapolis Lakers	Univ. of Minnesota	Lakers had the 10th pick

Round 1

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
1.	Gene Melchiorre	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Bradley Univ.
2.	Mel Hutchins	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	Brigham Young Univ.
3.	Marcus Freiberger	Indianapolis Olympians	Univ. of Oklahoma
4.	Zeke Sinicola	Fort Wayne Pistons	Niagara Univ.
5.	John McConathy	Syracuse Nationals	Northwestern State Univ.
6.	Ed Smith	New York Knicks	Harvard Univ.
7.	Ernie Barrett	Boston Celtics	Kansas State Univ.
8.	Sam Ranzino	Rochester Royals	North Carolina State Univ.
9.	Don Sunderlage	Philadelphia Warriors	Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Round 2

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
10.	Jack Stone	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Kansas State Univ.
11.	Bill Gossett	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	Colorado State Univ.
12.	Scotty Steagall	Indianapolis Olympians	Millikin Univ.
13.	Jack Kiley	Fort Wayne Pistons	Syracuse Univ.
14.	Don Savage	Syracuse Nationals	LeMoyne College
15.	Roland Minson	New York Knicks	Brigham Young Univ.
16.	Bill Garrett	Boston Celtics	Indiana Univ.
17.	Ray Ragelis	Rochester Royals	Northwestern Univ.
18.	Mel Payton	Philadelphia Warriors	Tulane Univ.
19.	Lew Hitch	Minneapolis Lakers	Kansas State Univ.

Round 3

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
20.	Bill Mann	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Bradley Univ.
21.	Ron Bontemps	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	Beloit College
22.	Glenn Kammeyer	Indianapolis Olympians	Central Missouri State Univ.
23.	Jake Fendley	Fort Wayne Pistons	Northwestern Univ.
24.	Bato Govedarica	Syracuse Nationals	DePaul Univ.
25.	Joe Luchi	New York Knicks	Univ. of Cincinnati
26.	John Furlong	Boston Celtics	Pepperdine Univ.
27.	Fred Diute	Rochester Royals	St. Bonaventure Univ.
28.	Bob Schloss	Philadelphia Warriors	Univ. of Georgia
29.	Bob Payne	Minneapolis Lakers	Oregon State Univ.

Round 4

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
30.	Bill Hagler	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Univ. of California
31.	Jim Slaughter	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	Univ. of South Carolina
32.	Bill Tosheff	Indianapolis Olympians	Indiana Univ.
33.	Herb Hargett	Fort Wayne Pistons	Mississippi State Univ.
34.	Paul Horvath	Syracuse Nationals	North Carolina State Univ.
35.	Lloyd Sandstrom	New York Knicks	Univ. of St. Thomas
36.	Bob Barnett	Boston Celtics	Univ. of Evansville
37.	Elmer Behnke	Rochester Royals	Bradley Univ.
38.	Jud Milhon	Philadelphia Warriors	Ohio Wesleyan Univ.
39.	Gale McArthur	Minneapolis Lakers	Oklahoma State Univ.

Round 5

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
40.	Leroy Ishman	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	American Univ.
41.	Bob Sakel	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	Univ. of Evansville
42.	Bob Pierce	Indianapolis Olympians	Univ. of Nebraska
43.	Leo Johnson	Fort Wayne Pistons	Univ. of Arizona
44.	Glen Anderson	Syracuse Nationals	Colorado State Univ.
45.	Tom Smith	New York Knicks	Saint Peter's College
46.	Rip Gish	Boston Celtics	Western Kentucky Univ.
47.	Dan Bagley	Rochester Royals	Univ. of Notre Dame
48.	Mike Kearns	Philadelphia Warriors	Princeton Univ.
49.	Leo Vander Kuy	Minneapolis Lakers	Univ. of Michigan

Round 6

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
50.	Glen Duggins	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Univ. of Utah
51.	John Rennicke	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	Drake Univ.
52.	Marv Johnson	Indianapolis Olympians	Wheaton College
53.	Frank Clasbeek	Fort Wayne Pistons	Univ. of Iowa
54.	Bob Wheeler	Syracuse Nationals	Univ. of Idaho
55.	Alfred McGuire	New York Knicks	St. John's Univ.
56.	Jim Luisi	Boston Celtics	St. Francis College
57.	Jim Ove	Rochester Royals	Valparaiso Univ.
58.	Bob Swails	Philadelphia Warriors	Univ. of Indianapolis
59.	Deward Dopson	Minneapolis Lakers	Arkansas Tech Univ.

Round 7

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
60.	Tom Riach	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Univ. of Southern California
61.	Bob Ambler	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	Univ. of Arkansas
62.	Ted Beach	Indianapolis Olympians	Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
63.	Jim Ramstead	Fort Wayne Pistons	Stanford Univ.
64.	Roy Reardon	Syracuse Nationals	St. Francis College
65.	Sid Ryen	New York Knicks	Univ. of Denver
66.	John Azary	Boston Celtics	Columbia Univ.
67.	John Brown	Rochester Royals	Southern Methodist Univ.
68.	George Dempsey	Philadelphia Warriors	King's College
69.	Ed Head	Minneapolis Lakers	Kansas State Univ.

Round 8

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
70.	Bill Harper	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Oregon State Univ.
71.	Aaron Preece	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	Bradley Univ.
72.	George Kelly	Indianapolis Olympians	Vanderbilt Univ.
73.	John Manning	Fort Wayne Pistons	Duquesne Univ.
74.	Tom Jockle	Syracuse Nationals	Syracuse Univ.
75.	Hugo Kappler	Boston Celtics	North Carolina State Univ.
76.	George Davidson	Rochester Royals	Lafayette College
77.	James Phelan	Philadelphia Warriors	La Salle Univ.

Round 9

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
78.	Bob Crowe	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	San Jose State Univ.
79.	Wayne Tucker	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	Univ. of Colorado
80.	Ray Kirkwasser	Syracuse Nationals	Ithaca College
81.	Hugh Faulkner	Philadelphia Warriors	Pepperdine Univ.

Round 10

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
82.	Dan Torrey	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Oregon State Univ.
83.	John DeWitt	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	Texas A&M Univ.
84.	Paul Gerwin	Philadelphia Warriors	Cornell Univ.

Round 11

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
85.	Clem Pavilonis	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	DePaul Univ.

Round 12

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
86.	John Burke	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Springfield College

Total picks: 87