1966–67 rookie class

1966 NBA Draft

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

112selections

19rounds

10teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

New York Knicks

Cazzie Russell

Michigan

Pick #2

Detroit Pistons

Dave Bing

Syracuse

Pick #3

San Francisco Warriors

Clyde Lee

Vanderbilt

Pick #4

St. Louis Hawks

Lou Hudson

Minnesota

Pick #5

Baltimore Bullets

Jack Marin

Duke

Complete draft board

Every pick

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

Round 110 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Cazzie Russell	New York Knicks	Michigan	1
2	Dave Bing	Detroit Pistons	Syracuse	2
3	Clyde Lee	San Francisco Warriors	Vanderbilt	3
4	Lou Hudson	St. Louis Hawks	Minnesota	4
5	Jack Marin	Baltimore Bullets	Duke	5
6	Walt Wesley	Cincinnati Royals	Kansas	6
7	Jerry Chambers	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah	7
8	Jim Barnett	Boston Celtics	Oregon	8
9	Matt Guokas	Philadelphia 76ers	Saint Joseph's	9
10	Dave Schellhase	Chicago Bulls	Purdue	10

Round 210 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
11	Henry Akin	New York Knicks	Morehead State	1
12	Dorie Murrey	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Mercy	2
13	Joe Ellis	San Francisco Warriors	San Francisco	3
14	Dick Snyder	St. Louis Hawks	Davidson	4
15	Neil Johnson	Baltimore Bullets	Creighton	5
16	Jerry Lee Wells	Cincinnati Royals	Oklahoma City	6
17	Hank Finkel	Los Angeles Lakers	Dayton	7
18	Leon Clark	Boston Celtics	Wyoming	8
19	Bill Melchionni	Philadelphia 76ers	Villanova	9
20	Erwin Mueller	Chicago Bulls	San Francisco	10

Round 310 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
21	Stew Johnson	New York Knicks	Murray State	1
22	Ollie Darden	Detroit Pistons	Michigan	2
23	Stephen Chubin	San Francisco Warriors	Rhode Island	3
24	Tom Kron	St. Louis Hawks	Kentucky	4
25	Dave Wagnon	Baltimore Bullets	Idaho State	5
26	Jim Ware	Cincinnati Royals	Oklahoma City	6
27	John Block	Los Angeles Lakers	Southern California	7
28	Gary Turner	Boston Celtics	Texas Christian	8
29	Donnie Freeman	Philadelphia 76ers	Illinois	9
30	Ed Bodkin	Chicago Bulls	Eastern Kentucky	10

Round 410 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
31	Lee DeFore	New York Knicks	Auburn	1
32	Jeffrey Congdon	Detroit Pistons	Brigham Young	2
33	Stephen Vacendak	San Francisco Warriors	Duke	3
34	Bob McIntyre	St. Louis Hawks	St. John's (NY)	4
35	George Peeples	Baltimore Bullets	Iowa	5
36	Charles Schmaus	Cincinnati Royals	Virginia Military Institute	6
37	Archie Clark	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota	7
38	John Austin	Boston Celtics	Boston College	8
39	Ken Wilburn	Philadelphia 76ers	Central State (OH)	9
40	Jim Williams	Chicago Bulls	Temple	10

Round 510 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
41	Ron Jackson	New York Knicks	Clark Atlanta	1
42	William Pickens	Detroit Pistons	Georgia Southern	2
43	Tom Kerwin	San Francisco Warriors	Centenary (LA)	3
44	Dick Nemelka	St. Louis Hawks	Brigham Young	4
45	John Beasley	Baltimore Bullets	Texas A&M	5
46	John Jones	Baltimore Bullets	Louisiana State	6
47	Richard Parks	Cincinnati Royals	Saint Louis	7
48	Stan Washington	Los Angeles Lakers	Michigan State	8
49	Tom Duff	Philadelphia 76ers	Saint Joseph's	9
50	Larry Humes	Chicago Bulls	Evansville	10

Round 69 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
51	George Fisher	New York Knicks	Utah	1
52	Carroll Hooser	Detroit Pistons	Southern Methodist	2
53	Jim Pitts	San Francisco Warriors	Northwestern	3
54	Lonnie Wright	St. Louis Hawks	Colorado State	4
55	Jeff Newman	Baltimore Bullets	Pennsylvania	5
56	Steve Cunningham	Cincinnati Royals	Western Kentucky	6
57	Keith Thomas	Los Angeles Lakers	Vanderbilt	7
58	Charlie Hunter	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City	8
59	Red Robbins	Philadelphia 76ers	Tennessee	9

Round 79 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
60	Mike Dabich	New York Knicks	New Mexico State	1
61	Ted Manning	Detroit Pistons	North Carolina Central	2
62	Lon Hughey	San Francisco Warriors	Fresno State	3
63	Jay Neary	St. Louis Hawks	North Carolina-Wilmington	4
64	Dave Mills	Baltimore Bullets	DePaul	5
65	Gary Schull	Cincinnati Royals	Florida State	6
66	Tab Jackson	Los Angeles Lakers	College of Idaho	7
67	Jerry Ward	Boston Celtics	Maryland	8
68	John Comeaux	Chicago Bulls	Grambling	9

Round 89 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
69	Mike Silliman	New York Knicks	Army	1
70	George McNeil	Detroit Pistons	Southern Illinois	2
71	Ken Washington	San Francisco Warriors	California-Los Angeles	3
72	Brian Williams	St. Louis Hawks	Xavier	4
73	Roland West	Baltimore Bullets	Cincinnati	5
74	Ron Krick	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	6
75	John Wetzel	Los Angeles Lakers	Virginia Tech	7
76	Russ Gumina	Boston Celtics	San Francisco	8
77	Stan Curtis	Chicago Bulls	Northern Michigan	9

Round 97 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
78	Bill Turner	New York Knicks	Akron	1
79	Al Grant	St. Louis Hawks	Long Island-Brooklyn	2
80	Chuck Gardner	Baltimore Bullets	Colorado	3
81	Billy Smith	Cincinnati Royals	Loyola-Chicago	4
82	Julian Hammond	Los Angeles Lakers	Tulsa	5
83	Pat Caldwell	Philadelphia 76ers	Rockhurst	6
84	Gene Summers	Chicago Bulls	Northern Michigan	7

Round 107 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
85	Richard Moore	New York Knicks	Hiram Scott	1
86	Don Yates	St. Louis Hawks	Minnesota	2
87	Guy Manning	Baltimore Bullets	Prairie View A&M	3
88	Freddie Lewis	Cincinnati Royals	Arizona State	4
89	Mike Rooney	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma	5
90	Bob Bedell	Philadelphia 76ers	Stanford	6
91	Don Swanson	Chicago Bulls	DePaul	7

Round 116 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
92	Rich Dyer	New York Knicks	New York University	1
93	Curt Gammell	St. Louis Hawks	Pacific Lutheran	2
94	Stan McKenzie	Baltimore Bullets	New York University	3
95	R.B. Lynam	Cincinnati Royals	Oklahoma Baptist	4
96	George Grams	Los Angeles Lakers	Purdue	5
97	Carver Clinton	Chicago Bulls	Penn State	6

Round 123 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
98	Dave Deutsch	New York Knicks	Rochester (NY)	1
99	Lonnie Lynn	St. Louis Hawks	Wilberforce	2
100	Grant Simmons	Baltimore Bullets	Nebraska	3

Round 133 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
101	Bob Bennett	New York Knicks	North Carolina	1
102	Nick Aloi	St. Louis Hawks	Bowling Green	2
103	Al Lopes	Baltimore Bullets	Kansas	3

Round 142 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
104	Ollie Carter	St. Louis Hawks	San Francisco	1
105	Jim Harter	Baltimore Bullets	Texas-Pan American	2

Round 152 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
106	Paul Long	St. Louis Hawks	Wake Forest	1
107	Howard Bayne	Baltimore Bullets	Tennessee	2

Round 162 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
108	Eddie Jackson	St. Louis Hawks	Bradley	1
109	Ken Barnes	Baltimore Bullets	Wisconsin	2

Round 171 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
110	Chris Pervall	Baltimore Bullets	Iowa	1

Round 181 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
111	Jerry Trice	Baltimore Bullets	Weber State	1

Round 191 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
112	Gene Visscher	Baltimore Bullets	Weber State	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.