1961–62 rookie class

1961 NBA Draft

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

107selections

15rounds

9teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Chicago Packers

Walt Bellamy

Indiana

Pick #2

New York Knicks

Tom Stith

St. Bonaventure

Pick #3

Cincinnati Royals

Larry Siegfried

Ohio State

Pick #4

Detroit Pistons

Ray Scott

Portland

Pick #5

Los Angeles Lakers

Wayne Yates

Memphis

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	Walt Bellamy	Chicago Packers	Indiana	1
2	Tom Stith	New York Knicks	St. Bonaventure	2
3	Larry Siegfried	Cincinnati Royals	Ohio State	3
4	Ray Scott	Detroit Pistons	Portland	4
5	Wayne Yates	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis	5
6	Ben Warley	Syracuse Nationals	Tennessee State	6
7	Tom Meschery	Philadelphia Warriors	St. Mary's (CA)	7
8	Cleo Hill	St. Louis Hawks	Winston-Salem State	8
9	Gary Phillips	Boston Celtics	Houston	9

Round 214 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
10	Ronald Martin	New York Knicks	St. Bonaventure	1
11	Bob Wiesenhahn	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	2
12	Johnny Egan	Detroit Pistons	Providence	3
13	Fred Sawyer	Los Angeles Lakers	Louisville	4
14	Chris Smith	Syracuse Nationals	Virginia Tech	5
15	Ted Luckenbill	Philadelphia Warriors	Houston	6
16	Ron Horn	St. Louis Hawks	Indiana	7
17	Al Butler	Boston Celtics	Niagara	8
18	Jack Turner	Chicago Packers	Louisville	9
19	Jerry Graves	Chicago Packers	Mississippi State	10
20	York Larese	Chicago Packers	North Carolina	11
21	Don Kojis	Chicago Packers	Marquette	12
22	Doug Moe	Chicago Packers	North Carolina	13
23	Jeff Cohen	Chicago Packers	William & Mary	14

Round 39 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
24	Tony Jackson	New York Knicks	St. John's (NY)	1
25	Robert Nordmann	Cincinnati Royals	Saint Louis	2
26	Doug Kistler	Detroit Pistons	Duke	3
27	Frank Burgess	Los Angeles Lakers	Gonzaga	4
28	Chuck Osborne	Syracuse Nationals	Western Kentucky	5
29	Jack Egan	Philadelphia Warriors	Saint Joseph's	6
30	Tom Chilton	St. Louis Hawks	East Tennessee State	7
31	Bill Depp	Boston Celtics	Vanderbilt	8
32	Bill Bridges	Chicago Packers	Kansas	9

Round 49 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
33	George Blaney	New York Knicks	Holy Cross	1
34	Lowery Kirk	Cincinnati Royals	Memphis	2
35	George Finley	Detroit Pistons	Tennessee State	3
36	Charles Henke	Los Angeles Lakers	Missouri	4
37	Hank Whitney	Syracuse Nationals	Iowa State	5
38	John Tidwell	Philadelphia Warriors	Michigan	6
39	Gus Guydon	St. Louis Hawks	Drake	7
40	Carl Cole	Boston Celtics	Eastern Kentucky	8
41	Roger Kaiser	Chicago Packers	Georgia Tech	9

Round 59 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
42	Bill Smith	New York Knicks	St. Peter's	1
43	Rossie Johnson	Cincinnati Royals	Tennessee State	2
44	Danny Doyle	Detroit Pistons	Belmont Abbey	3
45	Bill Lickert	Los Angeles Lakers	Kentucky	4
46	Don Jacobson	Syracuse Nationals	South Dakota State	5
47	Bruce Spraggins	Philadelphia Warriors	Virginia Union	6
48	John Berberich	St. Louis Hawks	California-Los Angeles	7
49	Bob DiStefano	Boston Celtics	North Carolina State	8
50	Howie Carl	Chicago Packers	DePaul	9

Round 69 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
51	Cleveland Buckner	New York Knicks	Jackson State	1
52	Bob Slobodnik	Cincinnati Royals	Duquesne	2
53	Lee Patrone	Detroit Pistons	West Virginia	3
54	Bill McClintock	Los Angeles Lakers	California	4
55	Billy Joe Price	Syracuse Nationals	New Mexico State	5
56	Dick Goldberg	Philadelphia Warriors	Southern Mississippi	6
57	Bob McDonald	St. Louis Hawks	Maryland	7
58	Ned Twyman	Boston Celtics	Duquesne	8
59	Dave Voss	Chicago Packers	Tulsa	9

Round 79 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
60	Donnie Butcher	New York Knicks	Pikeville	1
61	Dave Zeller	Cincinnati Royals	Miami (FL)	2
62	Burt Price	Detroit Pistons	Wittenberg	3
63	Albert Alamanza	Los Angeles Lakers	Texas	4
64	Roger Newman	Syracuse Nationals	Kentucky	5
65	Charles McNeil	Philadelphia Warriors	Maryland	6
66	Charles Riley	St. Louis Hawks	Winston-Salem State	7
67	Mel Klein	Boston Celtics	Northern State	8
68	Ron Heller	Chicago Packers	Wichita State	9

Round 88 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
69	Cedrick Price	New York Knicks	Kansas State	1
70	Jerry Thelen	Cincinnati Royals	Thomas More	2
71	Walter Ward	Detroit Pistons	Hampton	3
72	Bill Ellis	Los Angeles Lakers	California-Los Angeles	4
73	Dave Mills	Syracuse Nationals	Seattle	5
74	Larry Swift	Philadelphia Warriors	Truman State	6
75	Gene Velloff	St. Louis Hawks	Doane	7
76	John Wessels	Chicago Packers	Illinois	8

Round 97 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
77	Charles Bowman	New York Knicks	Wabash	1
78	Larry Krueger	Cincinnati Royals	Ohio	2
79	Peter Baltic	Detroit Pistons	Penn State	3
80	Carl Anderson	Los Angeles Lakers	Oregon State	4
81	Rex Tippitt	Syracuse Nationals	Grambling	5
82	Herbert Gray	St. Louis Hawks	North Carolina A&T	6
83	Steve Strange	Chicago Packers	Southern Methodist	7

Round 108 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
84	Ron Debillous	New York Knicks	Milwaukee	1
85	Jack Waters	Cincinnati Royals	Mississippi	2
86	Wayne Monson	Detroit Pistons	Northern Michigan	3
87	Robert Williams	Los Angeles Lakers	Allan Hancock College	4
88	Pete Chudy	Syracuse Nationals	Syracuse	5
89	Leo Hill	Philadelphia Warriors	California-Los Angeles	6
90	Tom Faszholz	St. Louis Hawks	Concordia (MO)	7
91	Larry Comley	Chicago Packers	Kansas State	8

Round 117 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
92	Kevin Loughery	New York Knicks	St. John's (NY)	1
93	Carl Short	Cincinnati Royals	Newberry	2
94	Richard Kraft	Detroit Pistons	SUNY Brockport	3
95	Howard Hunt	Los Angeles Lakers	Duke	4
96	Dick Sammons	Syracuse Nationals	Le Moyne	5
97	Corky Whitrow	Philadelphia Warriors	Georgetown (KY)	6
98	Dick Kepley	St. Louis Hawks	North Carolina	7

Round 123 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
99	Earl Shultz	New York Knicks	California	1
100	George Patterson	Cincinnati Royals	Toledo	2
101	Jackie Crawford	St. Louis Hawks	Centenary (LA)	3

Round 133 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
102	Ned Jennings	New York Knicks	Kentucky	1
103	Clair McRoberts	Cincinnati Royals	Monmouth	2
104	Howard Stacy	St. Louis Hawks	Louisville	3

Round 142 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
105	Bill Engressor	New York Knicks	Louisiana State	1
106	Carl Bouldin	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	2

Round 151 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
107	Vince Kempton	New York Knicks	Saint Joseph's	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.