1962–63 rookie class

1962 NBA Draft

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

102selections

17rounds

9teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #0

Detroit Pistons

Dave DeBusschere

Detroit Mercy

Pick #0

Cincinnati Royals

Jerry Lucas

Ohio State

Pick #1

Chicago Zephyrs

Bill McGill

Utah

Pick #2

New York Knicks

Paul Hogue

Cincinnati

Pick #3

St. Louis Hawks

Zelmo Beaty

Prairie View A&M

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	Bill McGill	Chicago Zephyrs	Utah	1
2	Paul Hogue	New York Knicks	Cincinnati	2
3	Zelmo Beaty	St. Louis Hawks	Prairie View A&M	3
4	Len Chappell	Syracuse Nationals	Wake Forest	4
5	Wayne Hightower	San Francisco Warriors	Kansas	5
6	Leroy Ellis	Los Angeles Lakers	St. John's (NY)	6
7	John Havlicek	Boston Celtics	Ohio State	7

Round 29 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
8	Terry Dischinger	Chicago Zephyrs	Purdue	1
9	John Rudometkin	New York Knicks	Southern California	2
10	Bob Duffy	St. Louis Hawks	Colgate	3
11	Kevin Loughery	Detroit Pistons	St. John's (NY)	4
12	Chet Walker	Syracuse Nationals	Bradley	5
13	Enoch Olsen	Cincinnati Royals	Louisville	6
14	Hubie White	San Francisco Warriors	Villanova	7
15	Gene Wiley	Los Angeles Lakers	Wichita State	8
16	Jack Foley	Boston Celtics	Holy Cross	9

Round 39 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
17	Don Nelson	Chicago Zephyrs	Iowa	1
18	Bobby Rascoe	New York Knicks	Western Kentucky	2
19	Charlie Hardnett	St. Louis Hawks	Grambling	3
20	Harold Hudgens	Detroit Pistons	Texas Tech	4
21	Porter Meriwether	Syracuse Nationals	Tennessee State	5
22	Chris Appel	Cincinnati Royals	Southern California	6
23	Dave Fedor	San Francisco Warriors	Florida State	7
24	John Green	Los Angeles Lakers	California-Los Angeles	8
25	Jim Hadnot	Boston Celtics	Providence	9

Round 49 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
26	Charles Vaughn	St. Louis Hawks	Southern Illinois	1
27	Cliff Luyk	New York Knicks	Florida	2
28	Jerry Grote	St. Louis Hawks	Loyola-Marymount	3
29	Reggie Harding	Detroit Pistons	Eastern	4
30	Bob McCully	Syracuse Nationals	St. Bonaventure	5
31	Jack Thobe	Cincinnati Royals	Xavier	6
32	Garry Roggenburk	San Francisco Warriors	Dayton	7
33	Jan Loudermilk	Los Angeles Lakers	Southern Methodist	8
34	Roger Strickland	Boston Celtics	Jacksonville	9

Round 59 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
35	Cornell Green	Chicago Zephyrs	Utah State	1
36	Bob Burgess	New York Knicks	Marshall	2
37	Tom Hatton	St. Louis Hawks	Dayton	3
38	Lindbergh Moody	Detroit Pistons	South Carolina	4
39	John Windsor	Syracuse Nationals	Stanford	5
40	Mike Wroblewski	Cincinnati Royals	Kansas State	6
41	Jack Jackson	San Francisco Warriors	Virginia Union	7
42	Art Whisnant	Los Angeles Lakers	South Carolina	8
43	Gary Daniels	Boston Celtics	Citadel	9

Round 69 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
44	Bill Hanson	Chicago Zephyrs	Washington	1
45	Ken Stanley	New York Knicks	Pacific	2
46	Jay Carty	St. Louis Hawks	Oregon State	3
47	Ed Noe	Detroit Pistons	Morehead State	4
48	Larry Van Eman	Syracuse Nationals	Wichita State	5
49	Jerry Foster	Cincinnati Royals	Drake	6
50	Jim Hudock	San Francisco Warriors	North Carolina	7
51	Bucky Keller	Los Angeles Lakers	Virginia Tech	8
52	Jim Hooley	Boston Celtics	Boston College	9

Round 78 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
53	Jack Ardon	Chicago Zephyrs	Tulane	1
54	Richie Swartz	New York Knicks	Hofstra	2
55	Bob McAteer	St. Louis Hawks	La Salle	3
56	John Bradley	Detroit Pistons	Lawrence	4
57	Bob Sharpenter	Syracuse Nationals	Georgetown	5
58	Gary Cunningham	Cincinnati Royals	California-Los Angeles	6
59	Howie Montgomery	San Francisco Warriors	Texas-Pan American	7
60	Clyde Arnold	Boston Celtics	Duquesne	8

Round 89 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
61	Larry Pursiful	Chicago Zephyrs	Kentucky	1
62	Warren Fouts	New York Knicks	Oklahoma	2
63	Terry Ball	St. Louis Hawks	Washington State	3
64	Mike Rice	Detroit Pistons	Duquesne	4
65	Jerry Harkness	Syracuse Nationals	Loyola-Chicago	5
66	Ed Bento	Cincinnati Royals	Loyola-Marymount	6
67	Bill Kirvin	San Francisco Warriors	Xavier	7
68	Bill Garner	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland	8
69	Chuck Chevalier	Boston Celtics	Boston College	9

Round 99 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
70	Carroll Broussard	Chicago Zephyrs	Texas A&M	1
71	Paul Benec	New York Knicks	Duquesne	2
72	Marvin Trotman	St. Louis Hawks	Elizabeth City State	3
73	Bill Nelson	Detroit Pistons	Hamline	4
74	Vince Brewer	Syracuse Nationals	Iowa State	5
75	Chris Jones	Cincinnati Royals	Carson-Newman	6
76	Tom Kiefer	San Francisco Warriors	Saint Louis	7
77	Bill Matson	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota	8
78	Mike Cingiser	Boston Celtics	Brown	9

Round 106 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
79	Pete Campbell	Chicago Zephyrs	Princeton	1
80	Ralph Richardson	New York Knicks	Eastern Kentucky	2
81	Charlie Sells	St. Louis Hawks	Washington State	3
82	Glenn Moore	Detroit Pistons	Oregon	4
83	George Knighton	Cincinnati Royals	New Mexico State	5
84	Ken McComb	San Francisco Warriors	North Carolina	6

Round 115 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
85	Jeff Slade	Chicago Zephyrs	Kenyon	1
86	Ed Mazria	New York Knicks	Pratt	2
87	Tom Chappelle	St. Louis Hawks	Maine	3
88	Frank Pinchback	Cincinnati Royals	Xavier	4
89	Donnie Walsh	San Francisco Warriors	North Carolina	5

Round 123 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
90	Mel Nowell	Chicago Zephyrs	Ohio State	1
91	John Caveny	St. Louis Hawks	Le Moyne	2
92	Charles Warren	San Francisco Warriors	Oregon	3

Round 132 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
93	Tom Kennedy	Chicago Zephyrs	Lewis	1
94	Jerry Carlton	St. Louis Hawks	Arkansas	2

Round 142 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
95	Bob Mahland	Chicago Zephyrs	Williams	1
96	Wilky Gilmore	St. Louis Hawks	Colorado	2

Round 152 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
97	Pat McKenzie	Chicago Zephyrs	Kansas State	1
98	Dave Ricerto	St. Louis Hawks	Rhode Island	2

Round 162 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
99	Norman Majors	Chicago Zephyrs	Rockhurst	1
100	Wally Roundsville	St. Louis Hawks	Caltech	2

Territorial selections2 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
0	Dave DeBusschereTerritorial	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Mercy	0
0	Jerry LucasTerritorial	Cincinnati Royals	Ohio State	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.