1952 NBA Draft: all the picks, trades and information.
Information about the 1952 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 1952 NBA Draft. Total selections: 106
1952 NBA Draft
Territorial Picks
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Bill Mlkvy |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Temple Univ. |
Warriors had the 4th pick |
Round 1
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| 1. |
Mark Workman |
Milwaukee Hawks |
West Virginia Univ. |
|
| 2. |
Jim Baechtold |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Eastern Kentucky Univ. |
|
| 3. |
Dick Groat |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Duke Univ. |
|
| 4. |
Joe Dean |
Indianapolis Olympians |
Louisiana State Univ. |
|
| 5. |
Ralph Polson |
New York Knicks |
Whitworth |
|
| 6. |
Bob Stauffer |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of Missouri |
|
| 7. |
Bob Lochmueller |
Syracuse Nationals |
Univ. of Louisville |
|
| 8. |
Chuck Darling |
Rochester Royals |
Univ. of Iowa |
|
| 9. |
Clyde Lovellette |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Kansas |
|
Round 2
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Jim Iverson |
Boston Celtics |
Kansas State Univ. |
|
| - |
Walt Davis |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Texas A&M Univ. |
|
Round 3
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
J.C. Maze |
Boston Celtics |
Texas State Univ. |
|
Round 4
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Herm Hedderick |
Boston Celtics |
Canisius College |
|
Round 5
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Don Johnson |
Boston Celtics |
Oklahoma State Univ. |
|
Round 6
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Jim Buchanan |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of Nebraska |
|
Round 7
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Fred Eydt |
Boston Celtics |
Cornell Univ. |
|
Round 8
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Gordon Mungier |
Boston Celtics |
Spring Hill College |
|
Round 9
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Jim Dilling |
Boston Celtics |
College of the Holy Cross |
|
Round 10
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Gene Conley |
Boston Celtics |
Washington State Univ. |
|
Other Picks
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Blaine Denning |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Lawrence Technological Univ. |
|
| - |
Chuck Grigsby |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Univ. of Dayton |
|
| - |
Frank Guisness |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Univ. of Washington |
|
| - |
Bill Lea |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Missouri State Univ. |
|
| - |
Mike Magula |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Youngstown State Univ. |
|
| - |
Bud Penwell |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Oklahoma City Univ. |
|
| - |
Bob Peterson |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Univ. of Oregon |
|
| - |
Art Press |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
McDaniel College |
|
| - |
Bob Priddy |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
New Mexico State Univ. |
|
| - |
Benny Purcell |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Murray State Univ. |
|
| - |
Jim Walsh |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Stanford Univ. |
|
| - |
Monk Meineke |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Univ. of Dayton |
|
| - |
Jim Ramstead |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Stanford Univ. |
|
| - |
Lee Terrill |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
North Carolina State Univ. |
|
| - |
Bill Carlson |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Fordham Univ. |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Hal Cerra |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Duquesne Univ. |
|
| - |
Bob Clifton |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Univ. of Iowa |
|
| - |
Leo Corkery |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
St. Bonaventure Univ. |
|
| - |
Jay Handlan |
Indianapolis Olympians |
Washington & Lee Univ. |
|
| - |
Bill Harrell |
Indianapolis Olympians |
Siena College |
|
| - |
Jim Hoverder |
Indianapolis Olympians |
Central Missouri State Univ. |
|
| - |
Gene Rhodes |
Indianapolis Olympians |
Western Kentucky Univ. |
|
| - |
Gordon Stauffer |
Indianapolis Olympians |
Michigan State Univ. |
|
| - |
Dale Toft |
Indianapolis Olympians |
Univ. of Denver |
|
| - |
Skippy Whitaker |
Indianapolis Olympians |
Univ. of Kentucky |
|
| - |
Zeke Zawoluk |
Indianapolis Olympians |
St. John's Univ. |
|
| - |
Pete Brewster |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Purdue Univ. |
|
| - |
Roger Johnson |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Univ. of Arizona |
|
| - |
George McLeod |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Texas Christian Univ. |
|
| - |
Eddie Miller |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Syracuse Univ. |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Ab Nicholas |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Univ. of Wisconsin |
|
| - |
Dick Retherford |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Baldwin-Wallace College |
|
| - |
John Snee |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Clemson Univ. |
|
| - |
Jim Tackett |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Univ. of New Mexico |
|
| - |
Coyt Vance |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Mississippi State Univ. |
|
| - |
Bobby Watson |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Univ. of Kentucky |
|
| - |
Tom Ackerman |
Minneapolis Lakers |
West Liberty State College |
|
| - |
Jim Bishop |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Southern Mississippi |
|
| - |
Rod Fletcher |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
|
| - |
Cliff Haag |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Wyoming |
|
| - |
Jim Holstein |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Cincinnati |
|
| - |
Bob Holt |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Tulane Univ. |
|
| - |
Tom Katsimpalis |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Eastern Illinois Univ. |
|
| - |
Carl McNulty |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Purdue Univ. |
|
| - |
Dick Means |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Minnesota |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Dwight Morrison |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Southern California |
|
| - |
Ed Ramiraz |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Centenary College of Louisiana |
|
| - |
Don Schneider |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Arizona |
|
| - |
Gene Smith |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Xavier Univ. |
|
| - |
Gene Smith |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Huron Univ. |
|
| - |
Homer Spain |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Union Univ. |
|
| - |
John Wallesea |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Memphis |
|
| - |
Roy Belliveau |
New York Knicks |
Seton Hall Univ. |
|
| - |
Dick Bunt |
New York Knicks |
New York Univ. |
|
| - |
Bert Cook |
New York Knicks |
Utah State Univ. |
|
| - |
Ben Gibson |
New York Knicks |
Saint Mary's College of California |
|
| - |
Bud Julian |
New York Knicks |
Missouri State Univ. |
|
| - |
Paul Sullivan |
New York Knicks |
Univ. of Alabama |
|
| - |
Dick Surhoff |
New York Knicks |
Long Island Univ. |
|
| - |
Tom Brennan |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Villanova Univ. |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Bob Brown |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Univ. of Louisville |
|
| - |
Burr Carlson |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Univ. of Connecticut |
|
| - |
Newt Jones |
Philadelphia Warriors |
La Salle Univ. |
|
| - |
Nick Kladis |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Loyola Univ. of Chicago |
|
| - |
Moe Radovich |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Univ. of Wyoming |
|
| - |
Don Scanlon |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Univ. of Pennsylvania |
|
| - |
Glenn Smith |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Univ. of Utah |
|
| - |
Ben Stewart |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Villanova Univ. |
|
| - |
Bryant Ivey |
Rochester Royals |
Univ. of Alabama |
|
| - |
Leroy Leslie |
Rochester Royals |
Univ. of Notre Dame |
|
| - |
Ronnie MacGilvray |
Rochester Royals |
St. John's Univ. |
|
| - |
Jewell McDowell |
Rochester Royals |
Texas A&M Univ. |
|
| - |
Jack McMahon |
Rochester Royals |
St. John's Univ. |
|
| - |
Sam Miranda |
Rochester Royals |
Indiana Univ. |
|
| - |
Jerry Romney |
Rochester Royals |
Brigham Young Univ. |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Ray Royce |
Rochester Royals |
Univ. of Houston |
|
| - |
Arnold Smith |
Rochester Royals |
City College of New York |
|
| - |
Ray Sonnenberg |
Rochester Royals |
Saint Louis Univ. |
|
| - |
Ray Steiner |
Rochester Royals |
Saint Louis Univ. |
|
| - |
Bob Whitmer |
Rochester Royals |
Florida State Univ. |
|
| - |
Jim Brasco |
Syracuse Nationals |
New York Univ. |
|
| - |
Bud Donnelly |
Syracuse Nationals |
La Salle Univ. |
|
| - |
Jim Kennedy |
Syracuse Nationals |
Duquesne Univ. |
|
| - |
Ken McBride |
Syracuse Nationals |
Univ. of Maryland Eastern Shore |
|
| - |
Harry Moore |
Syracuse Nationals |
West Virginia Univ. |
|
| - |
Bob Roche |
Syracuse Nationals |
Syracuse Univ. |
|
Total picks: 106