1961 NBA Draft: all the picks, trades and information.
Information about the 1961 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 1961 NBA Draft. Total selections: 107
1961 NBA Draft
Round 1
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
1. |
Walt Bellamy |
Chicago Packers |
Indiana Univ. |
|
2. |
Tom Stith |
New York Knicks |
St. Bonaventure Univ. |
|
3. |
Larry Siegfried |
Cincinnati Royals |
Ohio State Univ. |
|
4. |
Ray Scott |
Detroit Pistons |
Univ. of Portland |
|
5. |
Wayne Yates |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Univ. of Memphis |
|
6. |
Ben Warley |
Syracuse Nationals |
Tennessee State Univ. |
|
7. |
Tom Meschery |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Saint Mary's College of California |
|
8. |
Cleo Hill |
St. Louis Hawks |
Winston-Salem State Univ. |
|
9. |
Gary Phillips |
Boston Celtics |
Univ. of Houston |
|
Round 2
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
10. |
Whitey Martin |
New York Knicks |
St. Bonaventure Univ. |
|
11. |
Bob Wiesenhahn |
Cincinnati Royals |
Univ. of Cincinnati |
|
12. |
Johnny Egan |
Detroit Pistons |
Providence College |
|
13. |
Fred Sawyer |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Univ. of Louisville |
|
14. |
Chris Smith |
Syracuse Nationals |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. |
|
15. |
Ted Luckenbill |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Univ. of Houston |
|
16. |
Ron Horn |
St. Louis Hawks |
Indiana Univ. |
|
17. |
Al Butler |
Boston Celtics |
Niagara Univ. |
|
18. |
Jack Turner |
Chicago Packers |
Univ. of Louisville |
|
19. |
Jerry Graves |
Chicago Packers |
Mississippi State Univ. |
|
20. |
York Larese |
Chicago Packers |
Univ. of North Carolina |
|
21. |
Don Kojis |
Chicago Packers |
Marquette Univ. |
|
22. |
Doug Moe |
Chicago Packers |
Univ. of North Carolina |
|
23. |
Jeff Cohen |
Chicago Packers |
College of William & Mary |
|
Round 3
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
24. |
Tony Jackson |
New York Knicks |
St. John's Univ. |
|
25. |
Bevo Nordmann |
Cincinnati Royals |
Saint Louis Univ. |
|
26. |
Doug Kistler |
Detroit Pistons |
Duke Univ. |
|
27. |
Frank Burgess |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Gonzaga Univ. |
|
28. |
Chuck Osborne |
Syracuse Nationals |
Western Kentucky Univ. |
|
29. |
Jack Egan |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Saint Joseph's Univ. |
|
30. |
Tom Chilton |
St. Louis Hawks |
East Tennessee State Univ. |
|
31. |
Bill Depp |
Boston Celtics |
Vanderbilt Univ. |
|
32. |
Bill Bridges |
Chicago Packers |
Univ. of Kansas |
|
Round 4
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
33. |
George Blaney |
New York Knicks |
College of the Holy Cross |
|
34. |
Lowery Kirk |
Cincinnati Royals |
Univ. of Memphis |
|
35. |
George Finley |
Detroit Pistons |
Tennessee State Univ. |
|
36. |
Charles Henke |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Univ. of Missouri |
|
37. |
Hank Whitney |
Syracuse Nationals |
Iowa State Univ. |
|
38. |
John Tidwell |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Univ. of Michigan |
|
39. |
Gus Guydon |
St. Louis Hawks |
Drake Univ. |
|
40. |
Carl Cole |
Boston Celtics |
Eastern Kentucky Univ. |
|
41. |
Roger Kaiser |
Chicago Packers |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
|
Round 5
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
42. |
Bill Smith |
New York Knicks |
Saint Peter's College |
|
43. |
Rossie Johnson |
Cincinnati Royals |
Tennessee State Univ. |
|
44. |
Danny Doyle |
Detroit Pistons |
Belmont Abbey College |
|
45. |
Bill Lickert |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Univ. of Kentucky |
|
46. |
Don Jacobson |
Syracuse Nationals |
South Dakota State Univ. |
|
47. |
Bruce Spraggins |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Virginia Union Univ. |
|
48. |
John Berberich |
St. Louis Hawks |
Univ. of California, Los Angeles |
|
49. |
Bob DiStefano |
Boston Celtics |
North Carolina State Univ. |
|
50. |
Howie Carl |
Chicago Packers |
DePaul Univ. |
|
Round 6
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
51. |
Cleveland Buckner |
New York Knicks |
Jackson State Univ. |
|
52. |
Bob Slobodnik |
Cincinnati Royals |
Duquesne Univ. |
|
53. |
Lee Patrone |
Detroit Pistons |
West Virginia Univ. |
|
54. |
Bill McClintock |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Univ. of California |
|
55. |
Billy Joe Price |
Syracuse Nationals |
New Mexico State Univ. |
|
56. |
Dick Goldberg |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Univ. of Southern Mississippi |
|
57. |
Bob McDonald |
St. Louis Hawks |
Univ. of Maryland |
|
58. |
Ned Twyman |
Boston Celtics |
Duquesne Univ. |
|
59. |
Dave Voss |
Chicago Packers |
Univ. of Tulsa |
|
Round 7
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
60. |
Donnie Butcher |
New York Knicks |
Pikeville College |
|
61. |
Dave Zeller |
Cincinnati Royals |
Miami Univ. |
|
62. |
Burt Price |
Detroit Pistons |
Wittenberg Univ. |
|
63. |
Albert Alamanza |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Univ. of Texas at Austin |
|
64. |
Roger Newman |
Syracuse Nationals |
Univ. of Kentucky |
|
65. |
Charles McNeil |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Univ. of Maryland |
|
66. |
Charles Riley |
St. Louis Hawks |
Winston-Salem State Univ. |
|
67. |
Mel Klein |
Boston Celtics |
Northern State Univ. |
|
68. |
Ron Heller |
Chicago Packers |
Wichita State Univ. |
|
Round 8
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
69. |
Cedrick Price |
New York Knicks |
Kansas State Univ. |
|
70. |
Jerry Thelen |
Cincinnati Royals |
Thomas More College |
|
71. |
Walter Ward |
Detroit Pistons |
Hampton Univ. |
|
72. |
Bill Ellis |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Univ. of California, Los Angeles |
|
73. |
Dave Mills |
Syracuse Nationals |
Seattle Univ. |
|
74. |
Larry Swift |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Truman State Univ. |
|
75. |
Gene Velloff |
St. Louis Hawks |
Doane College |
|
76. |
John Wessels |
Chicago Packers |
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
|
Round 9
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
77. |
Charles Bowman |
New York Knicks |
Wabash College |
|
78. |
Larry Krueger |
Cincinnati Royals |
Ohio Univ. |
|
79. |
Peter Baltic |
Detroit Pistons |
Pennsylvania State Univ. |
|
80. |
Carl Anderson |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Oregon State Univ. |
|
81. |
Rex Tippitt |
Syracuse Nationals |
Grambling State Univ. |
|
82. |
Herbert Gray |
St. Louis Hawks |
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State Univ. |
|
83. |
Steve Strange |
Chicago Packers |
Southern Methodist Univ. |
|
Round 10
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
84. |
Ron Debillous |
New York Knicks |
Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
|
85. |
Jack Waters |
Cincinnati Royals |
Univ. of Mississippi |
|
86. |
Wayne Monson |
Detroit Pistons |
Northern Michigan Univ. |
|
87. |
Robert Williams |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Allan Hancock College |
|
88. |
Pete Chudy |
Syracuse Nationals |
Syracuse Univ. |
|
89. |
Leo Hill |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Univ. of California, Los Angeles |
|
90. |
Tom Faszholz |
St. Louis Hawks |
- |
|
91. |
Larry Comley |
Chicago Packers |
Kansas State Univ. |
|
Round 11
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
92. |
Kevin Loughery |
New York Knicks |
St. John's Univ. |
|
93. |
Carl Short |
Cincinnati Royals |
Newberry College |
|
94. |
Richard Kraft |
Detroit Pistons |
State Univ. of New York at Brockport |
|
95. |
Howard Hunt |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Duke Univ. |
|
96. |
Dick Sammons |
Syracuse Nationals |
LeMoyne College |
|
97. |
Corky Whitrow |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Georgetown College |
|
98. |
Dick Kepley |
St. Louis Hawks |
Univ. of North Carolina |
|
Round 12
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
99. |
Earl Shultz |
New York Knicks |
Univ. of California |
|
100. |
George Patterson |
Cincinnati Royals |
Univ. of Toledo |
|
101. |
Jackie Crawford |
St. Louis Hawks |
Centenary College of Louisiana |
|
Round 13
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
102. |
Ned Jennings |
New York Knicks |
Univ. of Kentucky |
|
103. |
Clair McRoberts |
Cincinnati Royals |
Monmouth Univ. |
|
104. |
Howard Stacy |
St. Louis Hawks |
Univ. of Louisville |
|
Round 14
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
105. |
Bill Engressor |
New York Knicks |
Louisiana State Univ. |
|
106. |
Carl Bouldin |
Cincinnati Royals |
Univ. of Cincinnati |
|
Round 15
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
107. |
Vince Kempton |
New York Knicks |
Saint Joseph's Univ. |
|
Total picks: 107