1958–59 rookie class

1958 NBA Draft

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

88selections

18rounds

8teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #0

Philadelphia Warriors

Guy Rodgers

Temple

Pick #1

Minneapolis Lakers

Elgin Baylor

Seattle

Pick #2

Cincinnati Royals

Archie Dees

Indiana

Pick #3

New York Knicks

Mike Farmer

San Francisco

Pick #4

New York Knicks

Pete Brennan

North Carolina

Complete draft board

Every pick

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

Round 17 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Elgin Baylor	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle	1
2	Archie Dees	Cincinnati Royals	Indiana	2
3	Mike Farmer	New York Knicks	San Francisco	3
4	Pete Brennan	New York Knicks	North Carolina	4
5	Connie Dierking	Syracuse Nationals	Cincinnati	5
6	Dave Gambee	St. Louis Hawks	Oregon State	6
7	Bennie Swain	Boston Celtics	Texas Southern	7

Round 28 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
8	Steve Hamilton	Minneapolis Lakers	Morehead State	1
9	Vern Hatton	Cincinnati Royals	Kentucky	2
10	Barney Cable	Detroit Pistons	Bradley	3
11	Joe Quigg	New York Knicks	North Carolina	4
12	Lamar Sharrar	Philadelphia Warriors	West Virginia	5
13	Hal Greer	Syracuse Nationals	Marshall	6
14	Hub Reed	St. Louis Hawks	Oklahoma City	7
15	Jimmy Smith	Boston Celtics	Franciscan	8

Round 38 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
16	Alexander Ellis	Minneapolis Lakers	Niagara	1
17	Arlen Bockhorn	Cincinnati Royals	Dayton	2
18	Roy DeWitz	Detroit Pistons	Kansas State	3
19	John Lee	New York Knicks	Yale	4
20	Frank Howard	Philadelphia Warriors	Ohio State	5
21	John Nacincik	Syracuse Nationals	Maryland	6
22	Wayne Embry	St. Louis Hawks	Miami (FL)	7
23	Jim Cunningham	Boston Celtics	Fordham	8

Round 48 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
24	George Kline	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota	1
25	Phil Murrell	Cincinnati Royals	Drake	2
26	Ralph Croswaite	Detroit Pistons	Western Kentucky	3
27	Johnny Cox	New York Knicks	Kentucky	4
28	Temple Tucker	Philadelphia Warriors	Rice	5
29	Tommy Kearns	Syracuse Nationals	North Carolina	6
30	Julius Peques	St. Louis Hawks	Pittsburgh	7
31	Don Flora	Boston Celtics	Washington & Lee	8

Round 58 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
32	Quitman Sullins	Minneapolis Lakers	Murray State	1
33	Jim Fulmer	Cincinnati Royals	Alabama	2
34	Hank Morano	Detroit Pistons	St. Peter's	3
35	Don Lane	New York Knicks	Dayton	4
36	Don Ohl	Philadelphia Warriors	Illinois	5
37	Fred Grim	Syracuse Nationals	Arkansas	6
38	Rick Herrsher	St. Louis Hawks	Southern Methodist	7
39	Gene Brown	Boston Celtics	San Francisco	8

Round 68 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
40	Al Inniss	Minneapolis Lakers	St. Francis Brooklyn	1
41	Jim McClennan	Cincinnati Royals	Saint Francis (PA)	2
42	Shellie McMillon	Detroit Pistons	Bradley	3
43	Joe King	New York Knicks	Oklahoma	4
44	Bucky Allen	Philadelphia Warriors	Duke	5
45	Jack Mimitz	Syracuse Nationals	Saint Louis	6
46	John Crawford	St. Louis Hawks	Iowa State	7
47	Dave Keleher	Boston Celtics	Morehead State	8

Round 78 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
48	Jim Bond	Minneapolis Lakers	Point Loma Nazarene	1
49	Wayne Stevens	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	2
50	Ed Blair	Detroit Pistons	Western Michigan	3
51	Owen Lawson	New York Knicks	Western Kentucky	4
52	Jay Norman	Philadelphia Warriors	Temple	5
53	Pete Tillotson	Syracuse Nationals	Michigan	6
54	Ken Sidle	St. Louis Hawks	Ohio State	7
55	Rudy Fenderson	Boston Celtics	Brandeis	8

Round 87 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
56	Ed Brinkley	Minneapolis Lakers	Clemson	1
57	Bob Mantz	Cincinnati Royals	Lafayette	2
58	Jack Quiggle	Detroit Pistons	Michigan State	3
59	Milt Kane	New York Knicks	Utah	4
60	Tom Brennan	Philadelphia Warriors	Villanova	5
61	Ruel Tucker	Syracuse Nationals	Rockhurst	6
62	Bruno Boin	St. Louis Hawks	Washington	7

Round 96 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
63	Joe Hobbs	Minneapolis Lakers	Florida	1
64	Larry Staverman	Cincinnati Royals	Thomas More	2
65	Harry Marske	Detroit Pistons	North Dakota State	3
66	John McCarthy	New York Knicks	Notre Dame	4
67	Nick Davis	Philadelphia Warriors	Maryland	5
68	Tink Van Patton	St. Louis Hawks	Temple	6

Round 105 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
69	Shorty Patterson	Minneapolis Lakers	Gustavus Adolphus	1
70	Jack Parr	Cincinnati Royals	Kansas State	2
71	Pete Gaudin	Detroit Pistons	Loyola (LA)	3
72	Larry Hedden	Philadelphia Warriors	Michigan State	4
73	James Purcell	St. Louis Hawks	Coe	5

Round 114 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
74	Hal Duffy	Minneapolis Lakers	Oregon	1
75	Frank Tartaton	Cincinnati Royals	Xavier	2
76	Herb Merritt	Detroit Pistons	Tennessee Tech	3
77	Don Klein	St. Louis Hawks	Rockhurst	4

Round 124 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
78	Gary Simmons	Minneapolis Lakers	Idaho	1
79	Don Medsker	Cincinnati Royals	Iowa State	2
80	Jim Dew	Detroit Pistons	Alabama State	3
81	Joe Buckhalter	St. Louis Hawks	Tennessee State	4

Round 132 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
82	Jerry Alcom	Minneapolis Lakers	Fresno State	1
83	Jerry DuPont	Cincinnati Royals	Louisville	2

Round 141 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
84	Jim Newcomb	Cincinnati Royals	Duke	1

Round 151 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
85	Adrian Smith	Cincinnati Royals	Kentucky	1

Round 161 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
86	Jack McCarthy	Cincinnati Royals	Dayton	1

Round 171 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
87	John Powell	Cincinnati Royals	Miami (FL)	1

Territorial selections1 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
0	Guy RodgersTerritorial	Philadelphia Warriors	Temple	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.