1957 NBA Draft: all the picks, trades and information.

Information about the 1957 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 1957 NBA Draft. Total selections: 85

1957 NBA Draft

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Round 1

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
1.	Hot Rod Hundley	Cincinnati Royals	West Virginia Univ.
2.	Charlie Tyra	Detroit Pistons	Univ. of Louisville
3.	Jim Krebs	Minneapolis Lakers	Southern Methodist Univ.
4.	Win Wilfong	St. Louis Hawks	Univ. of Memphis
5.	Brendan McCann	New York Knicks	St. Bonaventure Univ.
6.	Lennie Rosenbluth	Philadelphia Warriors	Univ. of North Carolina
7.	George Bon Salle	Syracuse Nationals	Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8.	Sam Jones	Boston Celtics	North Carolina Central Univ.

Round 2

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
9.	Dick Duckett	Cincinnati Royals	St. John's Univ.
10.	Bob McCoy	Detroit Pistons	Grambling State Univ.
11.	Harvey Schmidt	Minneapolis Lakers	Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12.	Jim Palmer	St. Louis Hawks	Univ. of Dayton
13.	Larry Friend	New York Knicks	Univ. of California
14.	Jack Sullivan	Philadelphia Warriors	Mount St. Mary's Univ.
15.	Jim Morgan	Syracuse Nationals	Univ. of Louisville
16.	Dick O'Neal	Boston Celtics	Texas Christian Univ.

Round 3

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
17.	Jerry Paulson	Cincinnati Royals	Manhattan College
18.	Bill Ebben	Detroit Pistons	Univ. of Detroit Mercy
19.	Jim Spivey	Minneapolis Lakers	Southeastern Oklahoma State Univ.
20.	John Smyth	St. Louis Hawks	Univ. of Notre Dame
21.	Gary Clark	New York Knicks	Syracuse Univ.
22.	Angelo Lombardo	Philadelphia Warriors	Manhattan College
23.	Vince Cohen	Syracuse Nationals	Syracuse Univ.
24.	Chuck Schramm	Boston Celtics	Western Illinois Univ.

Round 4

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
25.	Jed Dormeyer	Cincinnati Royals	Univ. of Minnesota
26.	Kurt Englebert	Detroit Pistons	Saint Joseph's Univ.
27.	George Brown	Minneapolis Lakers	Wayne State Univ.
28.	Hank Nowak	St. Louis Hawks	Canisius College
29.	Rayford Wells	New York Knicks	Lenoir-Rhyne College
30.	Ray Radziszewski	Philadelphia Warriors	Saint Joseph's Univ.
31.	Jerry Mallett	Syracuse Nationals	Baylor Univ.
32.	Jim Ashmore	Boston Celtics	Mississippi State Univ.

Round 5

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
33.	Stewart Murray	Cincinnati Royals	Lafayette College
34.	Ron Kramer	Detroit Pistons	Univ. of Michigan
35.	Gary Thompson	Minneapolis Lakers	Iowa State Univ.
36.	Al Rochelle	St. Louis Hawks	Vanderbilt Univ.
37.	Lee Marshall	New York Knicks	Washington & Lee Univ.
38.	Jim Radcliffe	Philadelphia Warriors	Lafayette College
39.	Frank Nimmo	Syracuse Nationals	Univ. of Cincinnati
40.	Grady Wallace	Boston Celtics	Univ. of South Carolina

Round 6

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
41.	John Maglio	Cincinnati Royals	North Carolina State Univ.
42.	Walt Acamushko	Detroit Pistons	St. Francis College
43.	Phil Murrell	Minneapolis Lakers	Drake Univ.
44.	Raymond Downs	St. Louis Hawks	Univ. of Texas at Austin
45.	Jim Humphreys	New York Knicks	Saint Michael's College
46.	Alonzo Lewis	Philadelphia Warriors	La Salle Univ.
47.	Lyndon Lee	Syracuse Nationals	Oklahoma City Univ.
48.	Maury King	Boston Celtics	Univ. of Kansas

Round 7

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
49.	Chet Forte	Cincinnati Royals	Columbia Univ.
50.	Carl Boldt	Detroit Pistons	Univ. of San Francisco
51.	George Ferguson	Minneapolis Lakers	Univ. of Michigan
52.	Mason Pope	St. Louis Hawks	Kentucky Wesleyan College
53.	Max Jameson	Philadelphia Warriors	Kentucky State Univ.
54.	Dick Gaines	Syracuse Nationals	Seton Hall Univ.
55.	Dick Brott	Boston Celtics	Univ. of Denver

Round 8

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
56.	Bob Daniels	Cincinnati Royals	Western Kentucky Univ.
57.	Doug Bolstorff	Detroit Pistons	Univ. of Minnesota
58.	John Haaven	Minneapolis Lakers	Univ. of North Dakota
59.	Bill Darragh	St. Louis Hawks	Univ. of Louisville
60.	Woody Sauldsberry	Philadelphia Warriors	Texas Southern Univ.
61.	Cebe Price	Syracuse Nationals	Marshall Univ.
62.	Bill Von Weyhe	Boston Celtics	Univ. of Rhode Island

Round 9

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
63.	Dick Heise	Cincinnati Royals	DePaul Univ.
64.	Bob Lazor	Detroit Pistons	Univ. of Pittsburgh
65.	Jim Sutton	Minneapolis Lakers	North Dakota State Univ.
66.	Calvin Grosscup	St. Louis Hawks	Tulane Univ.
67.	Steve Hamilton	Philadelphia Warriors	Morehead State Univ.
68.	Jim Brown	Syracuse Nationals	Syracuse Univ.
69.	Joe Gibbon	Boston Celtics	Univ. of Mississippi

Round 10

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
70.	Mel Wright	Cincinnati Royals	Oklahoma State Univ.
71.	Gordon Fosness	Minneapolis Lakers	Dakota Wesleyan Univ.
72.	Bobby Mills	St. Louis Hawks	Southern Methodist Univ.
73.	Jerry Calvert	Philadelphia Warriors	Univ. of Kentucky
74.	Jack Nichols	Syracuse Nationals	Colgate Univ.
75.	Jack Butcher	Boston Celtics	Univ. of Memphis

Round 11

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
76.	Cliff Hafer	Cincinnati Royals	North Carolina State Univ.
77.	Gerald Dreier	St. Louis Hawks	Macalester College
78.	Dick Neal	Boston Celtics	Indiana Univ.

Round 12

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
79.	Jim Boothe	Cincinnati Royals	Xavier Univ.
80.	Bob Seitz	St. Louis Hawks	North Carolina State Univ.
81.	Jim Weeks	Syracuse Nationals	New York Institute of Technology

Round 13

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
82.	Ed Romanoff	St. Louis Hawks	-

Round 14

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
83.	Lavelle Langston	St. Louis Hawks	Northwestern State Univ.

Other Picks

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
-	Dan Tobin	Boston Celtics	Florida Southern College
-	Jerry Gibson	Philadelphia Warriors	-

Total picks: 85