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.
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
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 |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
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 |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
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 |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
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. |
|
| Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
| - |
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. |
|
Total picks: 92