1956 NBA Draft: all the picks, trades and information.

Information about the 1956 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 1956 NBA Draft. Total selections: 92

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1956 NBA Draft
	Territorial Picks
Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
-	Tom Heinsohn	Boston Celtics	College of the Holy Cross

	Round 1
Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
1.	Si Green	Rochester Royals	Duquesne Univ.
2.	Bill Russell	St. Louis Hawks	Univ. of San Francisco
3.	Jim Paxson	Minneapolis Lakers	Univ. of Dayton
4.	Ron Shavlik	New York Knicks	North Carolina State Univ.
5.	Joe Holup	Syracuse Nationals	George Washington Univ.
6.	Ron Sobie	Fort Wayne Pistons	DePaul Univ.
7.	Hal Lear	Philadelphia Warriors	Temple Univ.

	Round 2
Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
-	K.C. Jones	Boston Celtics	Univ. of San Francisco

	Round 3
Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
-	George Linn	Boston Celtics	Univ. of Alabama

	Round 4
Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
-	Dan Swartz	Boston Celtics	Morehead State Univ.

	Round 5
Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
-	Bill Logan	Boston Celtics	Univ. of Iowa

	Round 6
Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
-	Don Boldebuck	Boston Celtics	Univ. of Houston

	Round 7
Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
-	O'Neal Weaver	Boston Celtics	Midwestern State Univ.

	Round 8
Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
-	Vic Molodet	Boston Celtics	North Carolina State Univ.

	Round 9
Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
-	Jim Houston	Boston Celtics	Brandeis Univ.

	Round 10
Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
-	Theophileus Lloyd	Boston Celtics	Univ. of Maryland

	Other Picks
Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
-	Bruce Harris	Fort Wayne Pistons	Tennessee Technological Univ.
-	Bob Kessler	Fort Wayne Pistons	Univ. of Maryland
-	Joe Lieber	Fort Wayne Pistons	College of the Holy Cross
-	John Schlimm	Fort Wayne Pistons	John Carroll Univ.
-	Charles Slack	Fort Wayne Pistons	Marshall Univ.
-	Bill Thieben	Fort Wayne Pistons	Hofstra Univ.
-	Lloyd Aubrey	Minneapolis Lakers	Univ. of Notre Dame
-	John Barber	Minneapolis Lakers	California State Univ., Los Angeles
-	Elgin Baylor	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle Univ.
-	Jerry Bird	Minneapolis Lakers	Univ. of Kentucky
-	Phil Grawmeyer	Minneapolis Lakers	Univ. of Kentucky
-	Robert Hodgson	Minneapolis Lakers	Wichita State Univ.
-	Sam Jones	Minneapolis Lakers	North Carolina Central Univ.
-	Phil Jordon	Minneapolis Lakers	Whitworth
-	John Patzwald	Minneapolis Lakers	Gustavus Adolphus
-	Terry Rand	Minneapolis Lakers	Marquette Univ.
-	Bill Reigel	Minneapolis Lakers	McNeese State Univ.
-	Jim Springer	Minneapolis Lakers	Gustavus Adolphus
-	Carl Widseth	Minneapolis Lakers	Univ. of Tennessee
-	Jack Adams	New York Knicks	Eastern Kentucky Univ.
-	Gary Bergen	New York Knicks	Univ. of Utah
-	Art Bunte	New York Knicks	Univ. of Utah
-	Howard Crittendon	New York Knicks	Murray State Univ.
-	Pat Dunn	New York Knicks	Utah State Univ.
-	Jerry Harper	New York Knicks	Univ. of Alabama
-	Ronnie Mayer	New York Knicks	Duke Univ.
-	Dick Miani	New York Knicks	Univ. of Miami
-	Dick Miller	New York Knicks	Univ. of Wisconsin
-	Ed Petrie	New York Knicks	Seton Hall Univ.
-	Tony Roybal	New York Knicks	Univ. of New Mexico
-	Joe Sexton	New York Knicks	Purdue Univ.
-	Max Anderson	Philadelphia Warriors	Univ. of Oregon
-	Joe Belmont	Philadelphia Warriors	Duke Univ.
-	Ronald Clark	Philadelphia Warriors	Springfield College
-	John Fannon	Philadelphia Warriors	Univ. of Notre Dame
-	Bevo Francis	Philadelphia Warriors	Univ. of Rio Grande
-	Phil Rollins	Philadelphia Warriors	Univ. of Louisville
-	Phil Wheeler	Philadelphia Warriors	Univ. of Cincinnati
-	Mickey Winograd	Philadelphia Warriors	Duquesne Univ.
-	Bob Burrow	Rochester Royals	Univ. of Kentucky
-	Carl Cain	Rochester Royals	Univ. of Iowa
-	Gene Carpenter	Rochester Royals	Texas Tech Univ.
-	Clayton Carter	Rochester Royals	Oklahoma State Univ.
-	Dan Mannix	Rochester Royals	St. Francis College
-	Johnny McCarthy	Rochester Royals	Canisius College
-	Jerry Moreman	Rochester Royals	Univ. of Louisville
-	Dave Piontek	Rochester Royals	Xavier Univ.
-	Kevin Thomas	Rochester Royals	Boston Univ.
-	Bill Uhl	Rochester Royals	Univ. of Dayton
-	Wally Choice	St. Louis Hawks	Indiana Univ.
-	Darrell Floyd	St. Louis Hawks	Furman Univ.
-	Robin Freeman	St. Louis Hawks	Ohio State Univ.
-	Arthur Helms	St. Louis Hawks	Univ. of Houston
-	Ed Huse	St. Louis Hawks	Univ. of Wyoming
-	Julius McCoy	St. Louis Hawks	Michigan State Univ.
-	Junior Morgan	St. Louis Hawks	Duke Univ.
-	Willie Naulls	St. Louis Hawks	Univ. of California, Los Angeles
-	Hershel Pederson	St. Louis Hawks	Brigham Young Univ.
-	Dave Plunkett	St. Louis Hawks	Univ. of Cincinnati
-	Jim Reed	St. Louis Hawks	Texas Tech Univ.
-	Norm Stewart	St. Louis Hawks	Univ. of Missouri
-	Morris Taft	St. Louis Hawks	Univ. of California, Los Angeles
-	Forest Able	Syracuse Nationals	Western Kentucky Univ.
-	Willie Bergines	Syracuse Nationals	West Virginia Univ.
-	Milt Graham	Syracuse Nationals	Colgate Univ.
-	Swede Halbrook	Syracuse Nationals	Oregon State Univ.
-	Bob Hopkins	Syracuse Nationals	Grambling State Univ.
-	Paul Judson	Syracuse Nationals	Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
-	Dick Julio	Syracuse Nationals	Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth
-	Dick Kenyon	Syracuse Nationals	LeMoyne College
-	Jim McLaughlin	Syracuse Nationals	Saint Louis Univ.
-	Jim Ray	Syracuse Nationals	Univ. of Toledo
-	Jess Roh	Syracuse Nationals	Idaho State Univ.
-	Chuck Rolles	Syracuse Nationals	Cornell Univ.
-	Chester Webb	Syracuse Nationals	Georgia Southern Univ.