1963 NBA Draft: all the picks, trades and information.
Information about the 1963 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 1963 NBA Draft. Total selections: 84
1963 NBA Draft
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Territorial Picks
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
- |
Tom Thacker |
Cincinnati Royals |
Univ. of Cincinnati |
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Round 1
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
1. |
Art Heyman |
New York Knicks |
Duke Univ. |
|
2. |
Rod Thorn |
Baltimore Bullets |
West Virginia Univ. |
|
3. |
Nate Thurmond |
San Francisco Warriors |
Bowling Green State Univ. |
|
4. |
Eddie Miles |
Detroit Pistons |
Seattle Univ. |
|
5. |
Gerry Ward |
St. Louis Hawks |
Boston College |
|
6. |
Tom Hoover |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Villanova Univ. |
|
7. |
Roger Strickland |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Jacksonville Univ. |
|
8. |
Bill Green |
Boston Celtics |
Colorado State Univ. |
|
Round 2
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
9. |
Jerry Harkness |
New York Knicks |
Loyola Univ. of Chicago |
|
10. |
Gus Johnson |
Baltimore Bullets |
Univ. of Idaho |
|
11. |
Gary Hill |
San Francisco Warriors |
Oklahoma City Univ. |
|
12. |
Jerry Smith |
Detroit Pistons |
Furman Univ. |
|
13. |
Jim King |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Univ. of Tulsa |
|
14. |
Leland Mitchell |
St. Louis Hawks |
Mississippi State Univ. |
|
15. |
Hershell West |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Grambling State Univ. |
|
16. |
Mel Gibson |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Western Carolina Univ. |
|
17. |
Ken Saylors |
St. Louis Hawks |
Arkansas Tech Univ. |
|
Round 3
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
18. |
Bill O'Connor |
New York Knicks |
Canisius College |
|
19. |
Tom Bolyard |
Baltimore Bullets |
Indiana Univ. |
|
20. |
Steve Gray |
San Francisco Warriors |
Saint Mary's College of California |
|
21. |
Mike McCoy |
Detroit Pistons |
Univ. of Miami |
|
22. |
Jimmy Rayl |
Cincinnati Royals |
Indiana Univ. |
|
23. |
Bill Burwell |
St. Louis Hawks |
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
|
24. |
Jerry Greenspan |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Univ. of Maryland |
|
25. |
Lyle Harger |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Univ. of Houston |
|
26. |
Chuck Kriston |
Boston Celtics |
Valparaiso Univ. |
|
Round 4
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
27. |
Nate Cloud |
New York Knicks |
Univ. of Delaware |
|
28. |
Nolen Ellison |
Baltimore Bullets |
Univ. of Kansas |
|
29. |
Dave Downey |
San Francisco Warriors |
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
|
30. |
Dave Erickson |
Detroit Pistons |
Marquette Univ. |
|
31. |
Ken Charlton |
Cincinnati Royals |
Univ. of Colorado |
|
32. |
Waite Bellamy |
St. Louis Hawks |
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical Univ. |
|
33. |
Ray Flynn |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Providence College |
|
34. |
Layton Johns |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Auburn Univ. |
|
35. |
Connie McGuire |
Boston Celtics |
Southeastern Oklahoma State Univ. |
|
Round 5
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
36. |
Joe McDermott |
New York Knicks |
Belmont Abbey College |
|
37. |
Ron Glaser |
Baltimore Bullets |
Marquette Univ. |
|
38. |
Don Turner |
San Francisco Warriors |
Southwestern College |
|
39. |
Bill Small |
Detroit Pistons |
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
|
40. |
Mac Herndon |
Cincinnati Royals |
Bradley Univ. |
|
41. |
Tony Yates |
St. Louis Hawks |
Univ. of Cincinnati |
|
42. |
Tony Cerkvenik |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Arizona State Univ. |
|
43. |
Larry Jones |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Univ. of Toledo |
|
44. |
W.D. Stroud |
Boston Celtics |
Mississippi State Univ. |
|
Round 6
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
45. |
Jim Kerwin |
New York Knicks |
Tulane Univ. |
|
46. |
Ken Siebel |
Baltimore Bullets |
Univ. of Wisconsin |
|
47. |
Gene Shields |
San Francisco Warriors |
Santa Clara Univ. |
|
48. |
Reggie Harding |
Detroit Pistons |
- |
|
49. |
Jim McCormack |
Cincinnati Royals |
West Virginia Univ. |
|
50. |
Al Santio |
St. Louis Hawks |
Univ. of Maryland |
|
51. |
Vince Brewer |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Iowa State Univ. |
|
52. |
Warren Salade |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Westminster College of Pennsylvania |
|
53. |
Vinnie Ernst |
Boston Celtics |
Providence College |
|
Round 7
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
54. |
Bob Woolard |
New York Knicks |
Wake Forest Univ. |
|
55. |
Larry Brown |
Baltimore Bullets |
Univ. of North Carolina |
|
56. |
Don Clemetson |
San Francisco Warriors |
Stanford Univ. |
|
57. |
Ira Harge |
Detroit Pistons |
Univ. of New Mexico |
|
58. |
Hunter Beckman |
Cincinnati Royals |
Univ. of Memphis |
|
59. |
Ken Rohloff |
St. Louis Hawks |
North Carolina State Univ. |
|
60. |
Bill Brown |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Howard Payne Univ. |
|
61. |
Gordie Martin |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Univ. of Southern California |
|
62. |
Herb Magee |
Boston Celtics |
Philadelphia Univ. |
|
Round 8
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
63. |
Freddie Crawford |
New York Knicks |
St. Bonaventure Univ. |
|
64. |
Dick Riesback |
Baltimore Bullets |
Iowa State Univ. |
|
65. |
Harry Dinnell |
San Francisco Warriors |
Pepperdine Univ. |
|
66. |
Gary Silc |
Detroit Pistons |
Northern Michigan Univ. |
|
67. |
Harold Strothers |
St. Louis Hawks |
Texas A&M Univ. |
|
Round 9
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
68. |
Ray Cronk |
New York Knicks |
Lakeland College |
|
69. |
Ron Jackson |
Baltimore Bullets |
Univ. of Wisconsin |
|
70. |
Chuck White |
San Francisco Warriors |
Univ. of Idaho |
|
71. |
Ernie Durston |
Detroit Pistons |
Seattle Univ. |
|
72. |
Frank Davis |
St. Louis Hawks |
Oklahoma Christian Univ. |
|
Round 10
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
73. |
Gerald Glur |
New York Knicks |
Furman Univ. |
|
74. |
M.C. Thompson |
Baltimore Bullets |
DePaul Univ. |
|
75. |
Carl Ritter |
St. Louis Hawks |
Southeast Missouri State Univ. |
|
Round 11
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
76. |
Orbie Bowling |
New York Knicks |
Univ. of Tennessee |
|
77. |
Marv Straw |
St. Louis Hawks |
Iowa State Univ. |
|
Round 12
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
78. |
Bob Walter |
New York Knicks |
Baldwin-Wallace College |
|
79. |
Hugh Evans |
St. Louis Hawks |
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State Univ. |
|
Round 13
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
80. |
Jerry Szachara |
New York Knicks |
Cornell Univ. |
|
81. |
Gordon McFarland |
St. Louis Hawks |
Central Missouri State Univ. |
|
Round 14
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
82. |
Bill Raftery |
New York Knicks |
La Salle Univ. |
|
Round 15
Pick |
Player |
NBA Team |
From (College) |
Pick Details |
83. |
Ron Pickett |
New York Knicks |
Eastern Kentucky Univ. |
|
Total picks: 84