1955 NBA Draft: all the picks, trades and information.
Information about the 1955 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 1955 NBA Draft. Total selections: 95
1955 NBA Draft
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Territorial Picks
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Dick Garmaker |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Minnesota |
|
| - |
Tom Gola |
Philadelphia Warriors |
La Salle Univ. |
|
Round 1
Round 2
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| 7. |
Jack Stephens |
St. Louis Hawks |
Univ. of Notre Dame |
|
| 8. |
Jack Twyman |
Rochester Royals |
Univ. of Cincinnati |
|
| 9. |
Corky Devlin |
Philadelphia Warriors |
George Washington Univ. |
|
| 10. |
Dick Hemric |
Boston Celtics |
Wake Forest Univ. |
|
| 11. |
Jerry Mullen |
New York Knicks |
Univ. of San Francisco |
|
| 12. |
Chuck Mencel |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Minnesota |
|
| 13. |
Jesse Arnelle |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Pennsylvania State Univ. |
|
| 14. |
Don Schlundt |
Syracuse Nationals |
Indiana Univ. |
|
Round 3
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| 15. |
Al Ferrari |
St. Louis Hawks |
Michigan State Univ. |
|
| 16. |
Ed Fleming |
Rochester Royals |
Niagara Univ. |
|
| 17. |
Bob Schafer |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Villanova Univ. |
|
| 18. |
Buzz Wilkinson |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of Virginia |
|
| 19. |
Guy Sparrow |
New York Knicks |
Univ. of Detroit Mercy |
|
| 20. |
Dick Boushka |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Saint Louis Univ. |
|
| 21. |
Jack Sallee |
Syracuse Nationals |
Univ. of Dayton |
|
| 22. |
Ron Bennink |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Washington State Univ. |
|
Round 4
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| 23. |
Burdette Haldorson |
St. Louis Hawks |
Univ. of Colorado |
|
| 24. |
Bob McKeen |
Rochester Royals |
Univ. of California |
|
| 25. |
Ed Wiener |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Univ. of Tennessee |
|
| 26. |
Bart Leach |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of Pennsylvania |
|
| 27. |
Ed Cole |
New York Knicks |
Creighton Univ. |
|
| 28. |
John Miller |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Ohio State Univ. |
|
| 29. |
Dick Howard |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Case Western Reserve Univ. |
|
| 30. |
Frank Ehmann |
Syracuse Nationals |
Northwestern Univ. |
|
Round 5
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| 31. |
Bill Bagley |
St. Louis Hawks |
Saint Mary's College of California |
|
| 32. |
Bill Evans |
Rochester Royals |
Univ. of Kentucky |
|
| 33. |
Jack Devine |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Villanova Univ. |
|
| 34. |
Bob Patterson |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of Tulsa |
|
| 35. |
Denver Brackeen |
New York Knicks |
Univ. of Mississippi |
|
| 36. |
Bill Banks |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Texas State Univ. |
|
| 37. |
Mal Duffy |
Syracuse Nationals |
St. Bonaventure Univ. |
|
| 38. |
Cleo Littleton |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Wichita State Univ. |
|
Round 6
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
John Mahoney |
Boston Celtics |
College of William & Mary |
|
| - |
Howard Sessums |
New York Knicks |
Mississippi College |
|
| - |
George Swyers |
Philadelphia Warriors |
West Virginia Univ. Institute of Technology |
|
Round 7
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
John Moore |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of California, Los Angeles |
|
| - |
Jim Fay |
New York Knicks |
St. Ambrose Univ. |
|
| - |
Harry Silcox |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Temple Univ. |
|
Round 8
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Dean Parsons |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of Washington |
|
| - |
Joe Beck |
New York Knicks |
Truman State Univ. |
|
| - |
Al Didriksen |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Temple Univ. |
|
Round 9
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Nick Romanoff |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of the Pacific |
|
| - |
Don Payne |
New York Knicks |
Adelphi Univ. |
|
| - |
Lester Lane |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Univ. of Oklahoma |
|
Round 10
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Jim Ahearn |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of Connecticut |
|
| - |
Wally McCarvill |
New York Knicks |
Iona College |
|
| - |
Jerry Koch |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Saint Louis Univ. |
|
Round 11
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Carl Hartman |
Boston Celtics |
Alderson-Broaddus College |
|
| - |
Charles Stickels |
New York Knicks |
Hastings College |
|
Round 12
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Mark Davis |
Boston Celtics |
Marietta College |
|
| - |
Mickey Harrington |
New York Knicks |
Univ. of Southern Mississippi |
|
Round 13
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Henry Dooley |
Boston Celtics |
Wiley College |
|
Round 14
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Bob Scuddelari |
Boston Celtics |
Cooper Union |
|
Other Picks
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Don Belcher |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Louisiana State Univ. |
|
| - |
Tom Harrold |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Univ. of Colorado |
|
| - |
Happy Mahfouz |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Spring Hill College |
|
| - |
Tom Mixon |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Mercer Univ. |
|
| - |
Tom Mock |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Univ. of Colorado |
|
| - |
Bob Reiter |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Univ. of Missouri |
|
| - |
Ray Warren |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Texas Christian Univ. |
|
| - |
Don Boldebuck |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of Houston |
|
| - |
Don Bragg |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of California, Los Angeles |
|
| - |
K.C. Jones |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Univ. of San Francisco |
|
| - |
Jim Scott |
Minneapolis Lakers |
West Texas A&M Univ. |
|
| - |
Bill Warden |
Minneapolis Lakers |
North Central College |
|
| - |
O'Neal Weaver |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Midwestern State Univ. |
|
| - |
Bob Armstrong |
Rochester Royals |
Michigan State Univ. |
|
| - |
Harry Jorgensen |
Rochester Royals |
Univ. of Wyoming |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Jerry Jung |
Rochester Royals |
Kansas State Univ. |
|
| - |
Jim McConnell |
Rochester Royals |
Niagara Univ. |
|
| - |
John Prudhoe |
Rochester Royals |
Univ. of Louisville |
|
| - |
Art Quimby |
Rochester Royals |
Univ. of Connecticut |
|
| - |
Tony Vlastelica |
Rochester Royals |
Oregon State Univ. |
|
| - |
Harvey Babetch |
St. Louis Hawks |
Bradley Univ. |
|
| - |
Dick Cable |
St. Louis Hawks |
Univ. of Wisconsin |
|
| - |
Lynn Cole |
St. Louis Hawks |
Creighton Univ. |
|
| - |
Joe Fitt |
St. Louis Hawks |
- |
|
| - |
Charles Hoxie |
St. Louis Hawks |
Niagara Univ. |
|
| - |
Ed O'Connor |
St. Louis Hawks |
Manhattan College |
|
| - |
Bill Reigel |
St. Louis Hawks |
McNeese State Univ. |
|
| - |
Dick Welsh |
St. Louis Hawks |
Univ. of Southern California |
|
| - |
Cliff Dwyer |
Syracuse Nationals |
North Carolina State Univ. |
|
| - |
Ed Galvin |
Syracuse Nationals |
Loyola Univ. New Orleans |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
Stan Glowaski |
Syracuse Nationals |
Seattle Univ. |
|
| - |
Russ Lawler |
Syracuse Nationals |
Stanford Univ. |
|
| - |
Marty Satalino |
Syracuse Nationals |
St. John's Univ. |
|
| - |
Ron Tomsic |
Syracuse Nationals |
Stanford Univ. |
|
Total picks: 95