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Syracuse NationalsDuquesne
1953–54 rookie class
1953 NBA Draft
Every selection in order, with the drafting team, player affiliation and a direct path into each available Sportsboxd career profile.
122selections
13rounds
9teams selecting
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New York KnicksSpringfield
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Milwaukee HawksGeorgetown
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Minneapolis LakersWilliam & Mary
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Round one is open. Expand any later round to continue through the class.
Round 17 selections +
| Overall | Player | Drafting team | Affiliation | Round pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Felix | Baltimore Bullets | Long Island-Brooklyn | 1 |
| 2 | Bob Houbregs | Milwaukee Hawks | Washington | 2 |
| 3 | Jack Molinas | Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons | Columbia | 3 |
| 4 | Richie Regan | Rochester Royals | Seton Hall | 4 |
| 5 | Frank Ramsey | Boston Celtics | Kentucky | 5 |
| 6 | Jim Neal | Syracuse Nationals | Wofford | 6 |
| 7 | Jim Fritsche | Minneapolis Lakers | Hamline | 7 |
Round 23 selections +
| Overall | Player | Drafting team | Affiliation | Round pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Chet Noe | Boston Celtics | Oregon | 0 |
| 0 | Donald Ackerman | New York Knicks | Long Island-Brooklyn | 0 |
| 0 | Larry Hennessy | Philadelphia Warriors | Villanova | 0 |
Round 33 selections +
| Overall | Player | Drafting team | Affiliation | Round pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Cliff Hagan | Boston Celtics | Kentucky | 0 |
| 0 | Neil Gordon | New York Knicks | Furman | 0 |
| 0 | Norm Grekin | Philadelphia Warriors | La Salle | 0 |
Round 43 selections +
| Overall | Player | Drafting team | Affiliation | Round pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Earle Markey | Boston Celtics | Holy Cross | 0 |
| 0 | Fred Ihle | Philadelphia Warriors | La Salle | 0 |
| 0 | Thomas Bishop | New York Knicks | Southern Mississippi | 0 |
Round 53 selections +
| Overall | Player | Drafting team | Affiliation | Round pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Bob Santini | New York Knicks | Iona | 0 |
| 0 | Eddie Solomon | Philadelphia Warriors | West Virginia Tech | 0 |
| 0 | Joe Holup | Boston Celtics | George Washington | 0 |
Round 62 selections +
| Overall | Player | Drafting team | Affiliation | Round pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Don Eby | Philadelphia Warriors | Southern California | 0 |
| 0 | Vernon Stokes | Boston Celtics | St. Francis Brooklyn | 0 |
Round 72 selections +
| Overall | Player | Drafting team | Affiliation | Round pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Bob Marske | Philadelphia Warriors | — | 0 |
| 0 | Lou Tsioropoulos | Boston Celtics | Kentucky | 0 |
Round 82 selections +
| Overall | Player | Drafting team | Affiliation | Round pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Bill Dodd | Philadelphia Warriors | Colgate | 0 |
| 0 | Ted Lallier | Boston Celtics | Colby | 0 |
Round 92 selections +
| Overall | Player | Drafting team | Affiliation | Round pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Bob Sassone | Philadelphia Warriors | St. Bonaventure | 0 |
| 0 | Lewis Gilcrease | Boston Celtics | Texas State | 0 |
Round 102 selections +
| Overall | Player | Drafting team | Affiliation | Round pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Toar Hester | Philadelphia Warriors | Centenary (LA) | 0 |
| 0 | Tom Lillis | Boston Celtics | Saint Louis | 0 |
Round 112 selections +
| Overall | Player | Drafting team | Affiliation | Round pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Gil Reich | Boston Celtics | Kansas | 0 |
| 0 | John Doogan | Philadelphia Warriors | Saint Joseph's | 0 |
Round 122 selections +
| Overall | Player | Drafting team | Affiliation | Round pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Charles Duffley | Philadelphia Warriors | St. Anselm | 0 |
| 0 | Jim Doherty | Boston Celtics | Whitworth | 0 |
Territorial selections89 selections +
| Overall | Player | Drafting team | Affiliation | Round pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Al Bailey | Syracuse Nationals | Duquesne | 0 |
| 0 | Allan Schutts | New York Knicks | Springfield | 0 |
| 0 | Andy McGowan | Syracuse Nationals | Manhattan | 0 |
| 0 | Bill Bolger | Milwaukee Hawks | Georgetown | 0 |
| 0 | Bill Chambers | Minneapolis Lakers | William & Mary | 0 |
| 0 | Bill Edwards | Rochester Royals | St. Bonaventure | 0 |
| 0 | Bill Hull | Syracuse Nationals | Utah State | 0 |
| 0 | Bill Jenkins | Syracuse Nationals | Le Moyne | 0 |
| 0 | Bill Kenville | Syracuse Nationals | St. Bonaventure | 0 |
| 0 | Bill Schyman | Baltimore Bullets | DePaul | 0 |
| 0 | Bob Emmercik | Baltimore Bullets | Clarion | 0 |
| 0 | Bob Gelle | Minneapolis Lakers | Minnesota | 0 |
| 0 | Bob Goss | Rochester Royals | North Carolina State | 0 |
| 0 | Bob Gussner | Minneapolis Lakers | Hamline | 0 |
| 0 | Bob Kraback | Baltimore Bullets | — | 0 |
| 0 | Bob Matheny | New York Knicks | California | 0 |
| 0 | Bob Peterson | Baltimore Bullets | Oregon | 0 |
| 0 | Bob Rousey | Milwaukee Hawks | Kansas State | 0 |
| 0 | Bob Speight | Baltimore Bullets | North Carolina State | 0 |
| 0 | Chuck Wolfe | Minneapolis Lakers | North Dakota | 0 |
| 0 | Connie Rea | Baltimore Bullets | Centenary (LA) | 0 |
| 0 | Darrell Tucker | Milwaukee Hawks | Utah State | 0 |
| 0 | Dean Kelley | Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons | Kansas | 0 |
| 0 | Delmer Diercks | New York Knicks | Iowa State | 0 |
| 0 | Dennis Murphy | Baltimore Bullets | Georgetown | 0 |
| 0 | Dick Gross | Rochester Royals | Wheaton (IL) | 0 |
| 0 | Dick Knostman | Syracuse Nationals | Kansas State | 0 |
| 0 | Dick White | Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons | Eastern Kentucky | 0 |
| 0 | Don Stemmerich | Baltimore Bullets | — | 0 |
| 0 | Doug Atkins | Minneapolis Lakers | Tennessee | 0 |
| 0 | Ed Kohl | Rochester Royals | Regis (CO) | 0 |
| 0 | Eddie O'Brien | Milwaukee Hawks | Seattle | 0 |
| 0 | Edward Walsh | Baltimore Bullets | — | 0 |
| 0 | Elmer Tolson | Baltimore Bullets | Eastern Kentucky | 0 |
| 0 | Ernie BeckTerritorial | Philadelphia Warriors | Pennsylvania | 0 |
| 0 | Forrest Hamilton | New York Knicks | Missouri State | 0 |
| 0 | Frank Reddout | Rochester Royals | Syracuse | 0 |
| 0 | Garrett Beshear | Syracuse Nationals | Murray State | 0 |
| 0 | Gene Dyker | Milwaukee Hawks | DePaul | 0 |
| 0 | Gene Lambert | Rochester Royals | Arkansas | 0 |
| 0 | George Glasgow | Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons | Fairleigh Dickinson | 0 |
| 0 | Gerald Nappy | Syracuse Nationals | Georgetown | 0 |
| 0 | Glen Dille | Syracuse Nationals | Tulsa | 0 |
| 0 | Hank Budde | Minneapolis Lakers | Xavier | 0 |
| 0 | Harold Christensen | Minneapolis Lakers | Brigham Young | 0 |
| 0 | Hartly Kruger | Minneapolis Lakers | Idaho | 0 |
| 0 | Herman Sledzik | Baltimore Bullets | Penn State | 0 |
| 0 | Hugh Beins | Rochester Royals | Georgetown | 0 |
| 0 | Irv Bemoras | Milwaukee Hawks | Illinois | 0 |
| 0 | Jack Carby | Baltimore Bullets | Kansas State | 0 |
| 0 | Jack George | Philadelphia Warriors | La Salle | 0 |
| 0 | Jim Bingham | Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons | Eastern Kentucky | 0 |
| 0 | Jim Bredar | Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons | Illinois | 0 |
| 0 | Jim Gerber | Rochester Royals | Bowling Green | 0 |
| 0 | Jim Scottie | Rochester Royals | West Virginia | 0 |
| 0 | Joe Cipriano | Milwaukee Hawks | Washington | 0 |
| 0 | Joe Hughes | Syracuse Nationals | Denver | 0 |
| 0 | Joe Piorkowski | Baltimore Bullets | — | 0 |
| 0 | Joe Richey | Minneapolis Lakers | Brigham Young | 0 |
| 0 | Joe Smyth | New York Knicks | Niagara | 0 |
| 0 | John Kurz | Rochester Royals | Loyola-Marymount | 0 |
| 0 | John O'Brien | Milwaukee Hawks | Seattle | 0 |
| 0 | Ken Flowers | Minneapolis Lakers | Southern California | 0 |
| 0 | Ken Sears | Rochester Royals | Santa Clara | 0 |
| 0 | Kendall Sheets | Rochester Royals | Oklahoma State | 0 |
| 0 | Larry O'Connor | New York Knicks | Canisius | 0 |
| 0 | Lloyd Olmstead | Minneapolis Lakers | Cornell College | 0 |
| 0 | Lloyd Thorgaard | Minneapolis Lakers | Hamline | 0 |
| 0 | Mike Bodnar | Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons | St. Bonaventure | 0 |
| 0 | Nick Maguire | Rochester Royals | Villanova | 0 |
| 0 | Norb Lewinski | Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons | Notre Dame | 0 |
| 0 | Norm Swanson | Rochester Royals | Detroit Mercy | 0 |
| 0 | Paul Brandt | Milwaukee Hawks | Columbia | 0 |
| 0 | Paul Nolen | Baltimore Bullets | Texas Tech | 0 |
| 0 | Paul Smaagard | Rochester Royals | Hamline | 0 |
| 0 | Pete Silas | Minneapolis Lakers | Georgia Tech | 0 |
| 0 | Richard Atha | New York Knicks | Indiana State | 0 |
| 0 | Richard Prater | New York Knicks | Kentucky | 0 |
| 0 | Roger Kuss | Minneapolis Lakers | Wisconsin-River Falls | 0 |
| 0 | Ron Feiereisel | Minneapolis Lakers | DePaul | 0 |
| 0 | Russ Johnson | Baltimore Bullets | — | 0 |
| 0 | Tex Silverman | Rochester Royals | George Washington | 0 |
| 0 | Walt Kearns | Minneapolis Lakers | Arkansas | 0 |
| 0 | Walter DukesTerritorial | New York Knicks | Seton Hall | 0 |
| 0 | Warren Shackelford | Syracuse Nationals | Tulsa | 0 |
| 0 | Will Bales | Rochester Royals | Eastern Kentucky | 0 |
| 0 | Will Walls | Rochester Royals | Miami (FL) | 0 |
| 0 | William Hagan | Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons | Siena | 0 |
| 0 | Zippy Morocco | Minneapolis Lakers | Georgia | 0 |
Source: NBA.com Draft History. Draft-night trades can cause the team attached to a selection to differ from the player’s eventual rookie team.