1959–60 rookie class

1959 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

St. Louis Hawks

Bob Ferry

Saint Louis

Pick #0

Philadelphia Warriors

Wilt Chamberlain

Kansas

Pick #1

Cincinnati Royals

Bob Boozer

Kansas State

Pick #2

Detroit Pistons

Bailey Howell

Mississippi State

Pick #3

Minneapolis Lakers

Tom Hawkins

Notre Dame

Complete draft board

Every pick

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

Round 16 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Bob Boozer	Cincinnati Royals	Kansas State	1
2	Bailey Howell	Detroit Pistons	Mississippi State	2
3	Tom Hawkins	Minneapolis Lakers	Notre Dame	3
4	Dick Barnett	Syracuse Nationals	Tennessee State	4
5	Johnny Green	New York Knicks	Michigan State	5
6	John Richter	Boston Celtics	North Carolina State	6

Round 28 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
7	Tom Robitaille	Detroit Pistons	Rice	1
8	Don Goldstein	Detroit Pistons	Louisville	2
9	Joe Ruklick	Philadelphia Warriors	Northwestern	3
10	Rudy LaRusso	Minneapolis Lakers	Dartmouth	4
11	Gene Tormohlen	Syracuse Nationals	Tennessee	5
12	Alan Seiden	St. Louis Hawks	St. John's (NY)	6
13	Cal Ramsey	St. Louis Hawks	New York University	7
14	Gene Guarilia	Boston Celtics	George Washington	8

Round 38 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
15	Mike Mendenhall	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	1
16	Gary Alcorn	Detroit Pistons	Fresno State	2
17	Jim Hickaday	Philadelphia Warriors	Memphis	3
18	Bobby Smith	Minneapolis Lakers	West Virginia	4
19	Jon Cincebox	Syracuse Nationals	Syracuse	5
20	Bob Anderegg	New York Knicks	Michigan State	6
21	Hank Stein	St. Louis Hawks	Xavier	7
22	Ralph Croswaite	Boston Celtics	Western Kentucky	8

Round 48 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
23	Leo Byrd	Cincinnati Royals	Marshall	1
24	George Lee	Detroit Pistons	Michigan	2
25	Ron Stevenson	Philadelphia Warriors	Texas Christian	3
26	Wilson Eison	Minneapolis Lakers	Purdue	4
27	Paul Neumann	Syracuse Nationals	Stanford	5
28	Johnny Cox	New York Knicks	Kentucky	6
29	Lee Harman	St. Louis Hawks	Oregon State	7
30	Ed Kazakavich	Boston Celtics	Scranton	8

Round 58 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
31	Harry Kirchner	Cincinnati Royals	Texas Christian	1
32	Tony Windis	Detroit Pistons	Wyoming	2
33	Bill Telasky	Philadelphia Warriors	George Washington	3
34	Bobby Joe Mason	Minneapolis Lakers	Bradley	4
35	Roger Taylor	Syracuse Nationals	Illinois	5
36	Herb Busch	New York Knicks	Virginia	6
37	Nick Mantis	St. Louis Hawks	Northwestern	7
38	Don Lange	Boston Celtics	William & Mary	8

Round 68 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
39	Don Hennon	Cincinnati Royals	Pittsburgh	1
40	Lou Jordan	Detroit Pistons	Cornell	2
41	Joe Spratt	Philadelphia Warriors	Saint Joseph's	3
42	Jim Henry	Minneapolis Lakers	Vanderbilt	4
43	Bob Dalton	Syracuse Nationals	California	5
44	Bucky McDonald	New York Knicks	George Washington	6
45	Mike Moran	St. Louis Hawks	Marquette	7
46	Bob Cumings	Boston Celtics	Boston University	8

Round 77 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
47	Dale Moore	Cincinnati Royals	Eastern Kentucky	1
48	Doug Smart	Detroit Pistons	Washington	2
49	Joe Ryan	Philadelphia Warriors	Villanova	3
50	Charley Grote	Minneapolis Lakers	Georgetown (KY)	4
51	Darnell Haney	Syracuse Nationals	Utah State	5
52	Russ Robinson	New York Knicks	Missouri State	6
53	Orby Arnold	St. Louis Hawks	Memphis	7

Round 86 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
54	Don Matuszak	Cincinnati Royals	Kansas State	1
55	Chuck Curtis	Detroit Pistons	Pacific Lutheran	2
56	Dave Gunther	Philadelphia Warriors	Iowa	3
57	Leon Hill	Minneapolis Lakers	Texas Tech	4
58	Walt Torrence	New York Knicks	California-Los Angeles	5
59	Willie Merriweather	St. Louis Hawks	Purdue	6

Round 96 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
60	Joe Billy McDade	Cincinnati Royals	Bradley	1
61	Doyle Edmiston	Detroit Pistons	Hardin-Simmons	2
62	Carl Belz	Philadelphia Warriors	Princeton	3
63	Jim Mudd	Minneapolis Lakers	North Texas	4
64	Jerry Shipp	New York Knicks	Southeastern Oklahoma State	5
65	Lou Pucillo	St. Louis Hawks	North Carolina State	6

Round 106 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
66	Joe Viviano	Cincinnati Royals	Xavier	1
67	Bruno Boin	Detroit Pistons	Washington	2
68	Tony Sellari	Philadelphia Warriors	Lenoir-Rhyne	3
69	Roger Johnson	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota	4
70	Paul Wilcox	New York Knicks	Davis & Elkins	5
71	Ron Loneski	St. Louis Hawks	Kansas	6

Round 116 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
72	Charley Brown	Cincinnati Royals	Seattle	1
73	M. C. Burton	Detroit Pistons	Michigan	2
74	Phil Warren	Philadelphia Warriors	Northwestern	3
75	Jack Evans	Minneapolis Lakers	Lake Superior State	4
76	Paul Benes	New York Knicks	Hope	5
77	John Barnhill	St. Louis Hawks	Tennessee State	6

Round 123 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
78	Roger Wendel	Cincinnati Royals	Tulsa	1
79	Vern Baggenstoss	Minneapolis Lakers	St. Cloud State	2
80	Ed Blair	New York Knicks	Western Michigan	3

Round 132 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
81	Dwayne Smith	Minneapolis Lakers	Gustavus Adolphus	1
82	John Nicoll	New York Knicks	Brigham Young	2

Round 141 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
83	Jack Israel	New York Knicks	Missouri State	1

Territorial selections2 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
0	Bob FerryTerritorial	St. Louis Hawks	Saint Louis	0
0	Wilt ChamberlainTerritorial	Philadelphia Warriors	Kansas	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.