1957–58 rookie class

1957 NBA Draft

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

85selections

15rounds

8teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #0

Boston Celtics

Dan Tobin

Florida Southern

Pick #0

Philadelphia Warriors

Jerry Gibson

Affiliation unavailable

Pick #1

Cincinnati Royals

Rod Hundley

West Virginia

Pick #2

Detroit Pistons

Charlie Tyra

Louisville

Pick #3

Minneapolis Lakers

Jim Krebs

Southern Methodist

Complete draft board

Every pick

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

Round 18 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Rod Hundley	Cincinnati Royals	West Virginia	1
2	Charlie Tyra	Detroit Pistons	Louisville	2
3	Jim Krebs	Minneapolis Lakers	Southern Methodist	3
4	Win Wilfong	St. Louis Hawks	Memphis	4
5	Brendan McCann	New York Knicks	St. Bonaventure	5
6	Lennie Rosenbluth	Philadelphia Warriors	North Carolina	6
7	George H. Bon Salle	Syracuse Nationals	Illinois	7
8	Sam Jones	Boston Celtics	North Carolina Central	8

Round 28 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
9	Dick Duckett	Cincinnati Royals	St. John's (NY)	1
10	Bob McCoy	Detroit Pistons	Grambling	2
11	Harvey Schmidt	Minneapolis Lakers	Illinois	3
12	Jim Palmer	St. Louis Hawks	Dayton	4
13	Larry Friend	New York Knicks	California	5
14	Jack Sullivan	Philadelphia Warriors	Mount St. Mary's	6
15	Jim Morgan	Syracuse Nationals	Louisville	7
16	Dick O'Neal	Boston Celtics	Texas Christian	8

Round 38 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
17	Jerry Paulson	Cincinnati Royals	Manhattan	1
18	Bill Ebben	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Mercy	2
19	Jim Spivey	Minneapolis Lakers	Southeastern Oklahoma State	3
20	John Smyth	St. Louis Hawks	Notre Dame	4
21	Gary Clark	New York Knicks	Syracuse	5
22	Angelo Lombardo	Philadelphia Warriors	Manhattan	6
23	Vince Cohen	Syracuse Nationals	Syracuse	7
24	Chuck Schramm	Boston Celtics	Western Illinois	8

Round 48 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
25	Jed Dormeyer	Cincinnati Royals	Minnesota	1
26	Kurt Englebert	Detroit Pistons	Saint Joseph's	2
27	George Brown	Minneapolis Lakers	Wayne State (MI)	3
28	Hank Nowak	St. Louis Hawks	Canisius	4
29	Rayford Wells	New York Knicks	Lenoir-Rhyne	5
30	Ray Radziszewski	Philadelphia Warriors	Saint Joseph's	6
31	Jerry Mallett	Syracuse Nationals	Baylor	7
32	Jim Ashmore	Boston Celtics	Mississippi State	8

Round 58 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
33	Stewart Murray	Cincinnati Royals	Lafayette	1
34	Ron Kramer	Detroit Pistons	Michigan	2
35	Gary Thompson	Minneapolis Lakers	Iowa State	3
36	Al Rochelle	St. Louis Hawks	Vanderbilt	4
37	Lee Marshall	New York Knicks	Washington & Lee	5
38	Jim Radcliffe	Philadelphia Warriors	Lafayette	6
39	Frank Nimmo	Syracuse Nationals	Cincinnati	7
40	Grady Wallace	Boston Celtics	South Carolina	8

Round 68 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
41	John Maglio	Cincinnati Royals	North Carolina State	1
42	Walt Acamushko	Detroit Pistons	St. Francis Brooklyn	2
43	Phil Murrell	Minneapolis Lakers	Drake	3
44	Raymond Downs	St. Louis Hawks	Texas	4
45	Jim Humphreys	New York Knicks	Saint Michael's	5
46	Alonzo Lewis	Philadelphia Warriors	La Salle	6
47	Lyndon Lee	Syracuse Nationals	Oklahoma City	7
48	Maury King	Boston Celtics	Kansas	8

Round 77 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
49	Chet Forte	Cincinnati Royals	Columbia	1
50	Carl Boldt	Detroit Pistons	San Francisco	2
51	George Ferguson	Minneapolis Lakers	Michigan	3
52	Mason Pope	St. Louis Hawks	Kentucky Wesleyan	4
53	Max Jameson	Philadelphia Warriors	Kentucky State	5
54	Dick Gaines	Syracuse Nationals	Seton Hall	6
55	Dick Brott	Boston Celtics	Denver	7

Round 87 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
56	Bob Daniels	Cincinnati Royals	Western Kentucky	1
57	Doug Bolstorff	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota	2
58	John Haaven	Minneapolis Lakers	North Dakota	3
59	Bill Darragh	St. Louis Hawks	Louisville	4
60	Woody Sauldsberry	Philadelphia Warriors	Texas Southern	5
61	Cebe Price	Syracuse Nationals	Marshall	6
62	Bill Von Weyhe	Boston Celtics	Rhode Island	7

Round 97 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
63	Dick Heise	Cincinnati Royals	DePaul	1
64	Bob Lazor	Detroit Pistons	Pittsburgh	2
65	Jim Sutton	Minneapolis Lakers	North Dakota State	3
66	Calvin Grosscup	St. Louis Hawks	Tulane	4
67	Steve Hamilton	Philadelphia Warriors	Morehead State	5
68	Jim Brown	Syracuse Nationals	Syracuse	6
69	Joe Gibbon	Boston Celtics	Mississippi	7

Round 106 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
70	Mel Wright	Cincinnati Royals	Oklahoma State	1
71	Gordon Fosness	Minneapolis Lakers	Dakota Wesleyan	2
72	Bobby Mills	St. Louis Hawks	Southern Methodist	3
73	Gerry Calvert	Philadelphia Warriors	Kentucky	4
74	Jack Nichols	Syracuse Nationals	Colgate	5
75	Jack Butcher	Boston Celtics	Memphis	6

Round 113 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
76	Cliff Hafer	Cincinnati Royals	North Carolina State	1
77	Gerald Dreier	St. Louis Hawks	Macalester	2
78	Dick Neal	Boston Celtics	Indiana	3

Round 123 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
79	Jim Boothe	Cincinnati Royals	Xavier	1
80	Bob Seitz	St. Louis Hawks	North Carolina State	2
81	Jim Weeks	Syracuse Nationals	New York Tech	3

Round 131 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
82	Ed Romanoff	St. Louis Hawks	—	1

Round 141 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
83	Lavelle Langston	St. Louis Hawks	Northwestern State	1

Territorial selections2 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
0	Dan Tobin	Boston Celtics	Florida Southern	0
0	Jerry Gibson	Philadelphia Warriors	—	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.