1954–55 rookie class

1954 NBA Draft

Every selection in order, with the drafting team, player affiliation and a direct path into each available Sportsboxd career profile.

100selections

13rounds

9teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

BBBaltimore Bullets

Frank Selvy

Furman

Pick #2

Milwaukee Hawks

Bob Pettit

Louisiana State

Pick #3

Philadelphia Warriors

Gene Shue

Maryland

Pick #4

Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons

Dick Rosenthal

Notre Dame

Pick #5

Boston Celtics

Togo Palazzi

Holy Cross

Complete draft board

Every pick

Round one is open. Expand any later round to continue through the class.

Round 19 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Frank Selvy	Baltimore Bullets	Furman	1
2	Bob Pettit	Milwaukee Hawks	Louisiana State	2
3	Gene Shue	Philadelphia Warriors	Maryland	3
4	Dick Rosenthal	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	Notre Dame	4
5	Togo Palazzi	Boston Celtics	Holy Cross	5
6	Johnny Kerr	Syracuse Nationals	Illinois	6
7	Tom Marshall	Rochester Royals	Western Kentucky	7
8	Jack Turner	New York Knicks	Western Kentucky	8
9	Ed Kalafat	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota	9

Round 29 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
10	Bob Leonard	Baltimore Bullets	Indiana	1
11	Bob Mattick	Milwaukee Hawks	Oklahoma State	2
12	Larry Costello	Philadelphia Warriors	Niagara	3
13	Arnold Short	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	Oklahoma City	4
14	Dwight Morrison	Boston Celtics	Idaho	5
15	Dick Farley	Syracuse Nationals	Indiana	6
16	Boris Nachamkin	Rochester Royals	New York University	7
17	Richie Guerin	New York Knicks	Iona	8
18	Al Bianchi	Minneapolis Lakers	Bowling Green	9

Round 39 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
19	Werner Killen	Baltimore Bullets	Lawrence Tech	1
20	Walt Walowac	Milwaukee Hawks	Marshall	2
21	Ben Peters	Philadelphia Warriors	Benedictine (KS)	3
22	B. H. Born	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	Kansas	4
23	Henry Daubenschmidt	Boston Celtics	St. Francis Brooklyn	5
24	Jim Tucker	Syracuse Nationals	Duquesne	6
25	Lee Morton	Rochester Royals	Cornell	7
26	Don Anielak	New York Knicks	Missouri State	8
27	Don Lance	Minneapolis Lakers	Rice	9

Round 49 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
28	Burt Spice	Baltimore Bullets	Toledo	1
29	Phil Martin	Milwaukee Hawks	Toledo	2
30	Chuck Noble	Philadelphia Warriors	Louisville	3
31	Mel Thompson	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	North Carolina State	4
32	Ron Perry	Boston Celtics	Holy Cross	5
33	Don McLane	Syracuse Nationals	Duquesne	6
34	Art Spoelstra	Rochester Royals	Western Kentucky	7
35	Don Lange	New York Knicks	Navy	8
36	Gene Schwinger	Minneapolis Lakers	Rice	9

Round 59 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
37	Lou Scott	Baltimore Bullets	Indiana	1
38	Paul Ebert	Milwaukee Hawks	Ohio State	2
39	Rudy D'Emilio	Philadelphia Warriors	Duke	3
40	Dutch Burch	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	Pittsburgh	4
41	Troy Burris	Boston Celtics	West Texas A&M	5
42	Paul Pottenburgh	Syracuse Nationals	Siena	6
43	Bo Erias	Rochester Royals	Niagara	7
44	Jesse Priscock	New York Knicks	Kansas State	8
45	Buzz Bennett	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota	9

Round 69 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
46	Bob Heim	Baltimore Bullets	Xavier	1
47	Bob Carney	Milwaukee Hawks	Bradley	2
48	Len Winogard	Philadelphia Warriors	Brandeis	3
49	Charles Kraak	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	Indiana	4
50	Otto Krieghauser	Boston Celtics	Washington (MO)	5
51	Norman Pott	Syracuse Nationals	Wheaton (IL)	6
52	James Davis	Rochester Royals	St. John's (NY)	7
53	Ron Rivers	New York Knicks	Wyoming	8
54	Nick Revon	Minneapolis Lakers	Southern Mississippi	9

Round 79 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
55	Joe Pehanick	Baltimore Bullets	Seattle	1
56	Alan Kelley	Milwaukee Hawks	Kansas	2
57	Bob Brady	Philadelphia Warriors	San Diego State	3
58	Bernie Janicki	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	Duke	4
59	Paul Estergaard	Boston Celtics	Bradley	5
60	Gus Levett	Syracuse Nationals	Franklin & Marshall	6
61	Bill Hull	Rochester Royals	Utah State	7
62	Solly Walker	New York Knicks	St. John's (NY)	8
63	Dan Finch	Minneapolis Lakers	Vanderbilt	9

Round 89 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
64	Harry Brooks	Baltimore Bullets	Seton Hall	1
65	Dick Nunneley	Milwaukee Hawks	Tulsa	2
66	Bob Hodges	Philadelphia Warriors	East Carolina	3
67	Don Bielke	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	Valparaiso	4
68	Jim Young	Boston Celtics	Santa Clara	5
69	Mel Besdin	Syracuse Nationals	Syracuse	6
70	Paul Morrow	Rochester Royals	Wisconsin	7
71	Cob Jarvis	New York Knicks	Mississippi State	8
72	Bob Hopkins	Minneapolis Lakers	Point Loma Nazarene	9

Round 98 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
73	Ron Goerrs	Baltimore Bullets	Concord	1
74	Hal Cervini	Milwaukee Hawks	Tulane	2
75	Vince Leta	Philadelphia Warriors	Lycoming	3
76	Joel Hittleman	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	Loyola-Maryland	4
77	Fletcher Johnson	Syracuse Nationals	Duquesne	5
78	Roy Irvin	Rochester Royals	Southern California	6
79	Henry Duckham	New York Knicks	Polytechnic (NY)	7
80	Dick Garmaker	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota	8

Round 109 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
81	Gary Shivers	Baltimore Bullets	Houston	1
82	Joe Bertrand	Milwaukee Hawks	Notre Dame	2
83	Bill Sullivan	Philadelphia Warriors	Notre Dame	3
84	Phil Larson	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	Brigham Young	4
85	Tony Daukas	Boston Celtics	Boston College	5
86	Jack Davidson	Syracuse Nationals	California-Los Angeles	6
87	Ed Parchinski	Rochester Royals	Fordham	7
88	John Clune	New York Knicks	Navy	8
89	John Blever	Minneapolis Lakers	Northwestern	9

Round 117 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
90	Elliott Karver	Baltimore Bullets	George Washington	1
91	Jerry Domerschick	Milwaukee Hawks	City College of New York	2
92	Frank O'Hara	Philadelphia Warriors	La Salle	3
93	Forrest Jackson	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	Taylor (IN)	4
94	Bill Johnson	Boston Celtics	Nebraska	5
95	Jim Paxson	Rochester Royals	Dayton	6
96	Bob Walter	New York Knicks	Oklahoma	7

Round 123 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
97	Ron Weisner	Milwaukee Hawks	Wisconsin	1
98	John Glinski	Philadelphia Warriors	—	2
99	Bill Stickel	New York Knicks	Hastings	3

Round 131 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
100	Joe Holup	Philadelphia Warriors	George Washington	1

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.