1953 NBA Draft: all the picks, trades and information.
Information about the 1953 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 1953 NBA Draft. Total selections: 122
1953 NBA Draft
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Territorial Picks
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Walter Dukes |
New York Knicks |
Seton Hall Univ. |
Knicks had the 8th pick |
| - |
Ernie Beck |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Univ. of Pennsylvania |
Warriors had the 1st pick |
Round 1
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| 1. |
Ray Felix |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Long Island Univ. |
|
| 2. |
Bob Houbregs |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Univ. of Washington |
|
| 3. |
Jack Molinas |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Columbia Univ. |
|
| 4. |
Richie Regan |
Rochester Royals |
Seton Hall Univ. |
|
| 5. |
Frank Ramsey |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of Kentucky |
|
| 6. |
Jim Neal |
Syracuse Nationals |
Wofford College |
|
| 7. |
Jim Fritsche |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Hamline Univ. |
|
Round 2
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| 8. |
Larry Hennessy |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Villanova Univ. |
|
| 9. |
Don Ackerman |
New York Knicks |
Long Island Univ. |
|
| 10. |
Bob Speight |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
North Carolina State Univ. |
|
| 11. |
George Glasgow |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. |
|
| 12. |
Norm Swanson |
Rochester Royals |
Univ. of Detroit Mercy |
|
| 13. |
Chet Noe |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of Oregon |
|
| 14. |
Dick Knostman |
Syracuse Nationals |
Kansas State Univ. |
|
Round 3
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Cliff Hagan |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of Kentucky |
|
| - |
Neil Gordon |
New York Knicks |
Furman Univ. |
|
| - |
Norm Grekin |
Philadelphia Warriors |
La Salle Univ. |
|
Round 4
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Earle Markey |
Boston Celtics |
College of the Holy Cross |
|
| - |
Thomas Bishop |
New York Knicks |
Univ. of Southern Mississippi |
|
| - |
Fred Ihle |
Philadelphia Warriors |
La Salle Univ. |
|
Round 5
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Joe Holup |
Boston Celtics |
George Washington Univ. |
|
| - |
Bob Santini |
New York Knicks |
Iona College |
|
| - |
Eddie Solomon |
Philadelphia Warriors |
West Virginia Univ. Institute of Technology |
|
Round 6
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Vernon Stokes |
Boston Celtics |
St. Francis College |
|
| - |
Don Eby |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Univ. of Southern California |
|
Round 7
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Lou Tsioropoulos |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of Kentucky |
|
| - |
Bob Marske |
Philadelphia Warriors |
- |
|
Round 8
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Ted Lallier |
Boston Celtics |
Colby College |
|
| - |
Bill Dodd |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Colgate Univ. |
|
Round 9
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Lewis Gilcrease |
Boston Celtics |
Texas State Univ. |
|
| - |
Bob Sassone |
Philadelphia Warriors |
St. Bonaventure Univ. |
|
Round 10
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Tom Lillis |
Boston Celtics |
Saint Louis Univ. |
|
| - |
Toar Hester |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Centenary College of Louisiana |
|
Round 11
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Gil Reich |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of Kansas |
|
| - |
John Doogan |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Saint Joseph's Univ. |
|
Round 12
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Jim Dogerty |
Boston Celtics |
Whitworth |
|
| - |
Charles Duffley |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Saint Anselm College |
|
Other Picks
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Jack Carby |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Kansas State Univ. |
|
| - |
Bob Emmercik |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Clarion Univ. of Pennsylvania |
|
| - |
Russ Johnson |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
- |
|
| - |
Bob Kraback |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
- |
|
| - |
Dennis Murphy |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Georgetown Univ. |
|
| - |
Paul Nolen |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Texas Tech Univ. |
|
| - |
Bob Peterson |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Univ. of Oregon |
|
| - |
Joe Piorkowski |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
- |
|
| - |
Connie Rea |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Centenary College of Louisiana |
|
| - |
Bill Schyman |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
DePaul Univ. |
|
| - |
Herman Sledzik |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Pennsylvania State Univ. |
|
| - |
Don Stemmerich |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
- |
|
| - |
Elmer Tolson |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
Eastern Kentucky Univ. |
|
| - |
Edward Walsh |
Baltimore Bullets (1st) |
- |
|
| - |
Jim Bingham |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Eastern Kentucky Univ. |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Mike Bodnar |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
St. Bonaventure Univ. |
|
| - |
Jim Bredar |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
|
| - |
William Hagan |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Siena College |
|
| - |
Dean Kelley |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Univ. of Kansas |
|
| - |
Norb Lewinski |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Univ. of Notre Dame |
|
| - |
Dick White |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Eastern Kentucky Univ. |
|
| - |
Irv Bemoras |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
|
| - |
Bill Bolger |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Georgetown Univ. |
|
| - |
Paul Brandt |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Columbia Univ. |
|
| - |
Joe Cipriano |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Univ. of Washington |
|
| - |
Gene Dyker |
Milwaukee Hawks |
DePaul Univ. |
|
| - |
Eddie O'Brien |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Seattle Univ. |
|
| - |
John O'Brien |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Seattle Univ. |
|
| - |
Bob Rousey |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Kansas State Univ. |
|
| - |
Darrell Tucker |
Milwaukee Hawks |
Utah State Univ. |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Doug Atkins |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Tennessee |
|
| - |
Hank Budde |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Xavier Univ. |
|
| - |
Bill Chambers |
Minneapolis Lakers |
College of William & Mary |
|
| - |
Harold Christensen |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Brigham Young Univ. |
|
| - |
Ron Feiereisel |
Minneapolis Lakers |
DePaul Univ. |
|
| - |
Ken Flowers |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Southern California |
|
| - |
Bob Gelle |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Minnesota |
|
| - |
Bob Gussner |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Hamline Univ. |
|
| - |
Walt Kearns |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Arkansas |
|
| - |
Hartly Kruger |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Idaho |
|
| - |
Roger Kuss |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Wisconsin-River Falls |
|
| - |
Zippy Morocco |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Georgia |
|
| - |
Lloyd Olmstead |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Cornell College |
|
| - |
Joe Richey |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Brigham Young Univ. |
|
| - |
Pete Silas |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Lloyd Thorgaard |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Hamline Univ. |
|
| - |
Chuck Wolfe |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of North Dakota |
|
| - |
Dick Atha |
New York Knicks |
Indiana State Univ. |
|
| - |
Delmer Diercks |
New York Knicks |
Iowa State Univ. |
|
| - |
Forrest Hamilton |
New York Knicks |
Missouri State Univ. |
|
| - |
Bob Matheny |
New York Knicks |
Univ. of California |
|
| - |
Larry O'Connor |
New York Knicks |
Canisius College |
|
| - |
Richard Prater |
New York Knicks |
Univ. of Kentucky |
|
| - |
Allan Schutts |
New York Knicks |
Springfield College |
|
| - |
Joe Smyth |
New York Knicks |
Niagara Univ. |
|
| - |
Jack George |
Philadelphia Warriors |
La Salle Univ. |
|
| - |
Will Bales |
Rochester Royals |
Eastern Kentucky Univ. |
|
| - |
Hugh Beins |
Rochester Royals |
Georgetown Univ. |
|
| - |
Bill Edwards |
Rochester Royals |
St. Bonaventure Univ. |
|
| - |
Jim Gerber |
Rochester Royals |
Bowling Green State Univ. |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Bob Goss |
Rochester Royals |
North Carolina State Univ. |
|
| - |
Dick Gross |
Rochester Royals |
Wheaton College |
|
| - |
Ed Kohl |
Rochester Royals |
Regis Univ. |
|
| - |
John Kurz |
Rochester Royals |
Loyola Marymount Univ. |
|
| - |
Gene Lambert |
Rochester Royals |
Univ. of Arkansas |
|
| - |
Nick McGuire |
Rochester Royals |
- |
|
| - |
Frank Reddout |
Rochester Royals |
Syracuse Univ. |
|
| - |
Jim Scottie |
Rochester Royals |
West Virginia Univ. |
|
| - |
Kenny Sears |
Rochester Royals |
Santa Clara Univ. |
|
| - |
Kendall Sheets |
Rochester Royals |
Oklahoma State Univ. |
|
| - |
Tex Silverman |
Rochester Royals |
George Washington Univ. |
|
| - |
Paul Smaagard |
Rochester Royals |
Hamline Univ. |
|
| - |
Will Walls |
Rochester Royals |
Miami Univ. |
|
| - |
Al Bailey |
Syracuse Nationals |
Duquesne Univ. |
|
| - |
Garrett Beshear |
Syracuse Nationals |
Murray State Univ. |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Glen Dille |
Syracuse Nationals |
Univ. of Tulsa |
|
| - |
Joe Hughes |
Syracuse Nationals |
Univ. of Denver |
|
| - |
Bill Hull |
Syracuse Nationals |
Utah State Univ. |
|
| - |
Bill Jenkins |
Syracuse Nationals |
LeMoyne College |
|
| - |
Billy Kenville |
Syracuse Nationals |
St. Bonaventure Univ. |
|
| - |
Andy McGowan |
Syracuse Nationals |
Manhattan College |
|
| - |
Gerald Nappy |
Syracuse Nationals |
Georgetown Univ. |
|
| - |
Warren Shackelford |
Syracuse Nationals |
Univ. of Tulsa |
|
Total picks: 122