Round 1 (10 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIT | Clifton McNeely | G | — | Texas Wesleyan | College | Senior |
| 2 | TRH | Glen Selbo | F | 6-3 / 198 | Wisconsin | College | Senior |
| 3 | BOS | Bulbs Ehlers | — | — | Purdue | College | — |
| 4 | PRO | Walt Dropo | F | 6-5 / 220 | Connecticut | College | Senior |
| 5 | NYK | Dick Holub | F | 6-6 / 205 | Long Island | College | Senior |
| 6 | PHW | Chink Crossin | — | — | Pennsylvania | College | — |
| 7 | STB | Jack Underman | C | — | Ohio State | College | Senior |
| 8 | CHS | Paul Huston | F | 6-3 / 175 | Ohio State | College | Senior |
| 9 | WSC | Dick O'Keefe | G | 6-2 / 185 | Santa Clara | College | Senior |
| 10 | BLB | Larry Killick | G | — | Vermont | College | Senior |
Round 2 (10 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BLB | Bob Jake | — | — | Vermont | College | — |
| — | BOS | Hank Biasatti | — | — | Long Island | College | — |
| — | CHS | Ben Schadler | — | — | Northwestern | College | — |
| — | NYK | Ray Evans | — | — | Kansas | College | — |
| — | PHW | Norman Butz | — | — | St. Josephs | College | — |
| — | PIT | Fritz Nagy | — | — | Akron | College | — |
| — | PRO | Bob Hubbard | — | — | Springfield | — | — |
| — | STB | Johnny Knopf | — | — | Louisville | College | — |
| — | TRH | Red Rocha | — | — | Oregon State | College | — |
| — | WSC | Jack Tingle | — | — | Kentucky | College | — |
Round 3 (10 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BLB | John Rusinko | — | — | Penn State | College | — |
| — | BOS | Gene Stump | — | — | DePaul | College | — |
| — | CHS | Jimmy Darden | — | — | Denver | College | — |
| — | NYK | Ed Golub | — | — | St. Johns | — | — |
| — | PHW | Jim Kaeding | — | — | York | — | — |
| — | PIT | Bob Alamo | — | — | Santa Clara | College | — |
| — | PRO | Joe Barry | — | — | — | High School | — |
| — | STB | Herb Wilkinson | — | — | Iowa | College | — |
| — | TRH | Frank Broyles | — | — | Georgia Tech | College | — |
| — | WSC | Bill Burke | — | — | St. Mary's (Md.) | — | — |
Round 4 (10 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BLB | Harry Gallatin | — | — | Truman State | — | — |
| — | BOS | Johnny Ezersky | — | — | Rhode Island | College | — |
| — | CHS | Gene Vance | — | — | Illinois | College | — |
| — | NYK | Garland Head | — | — | Texas Tech | College | — |
| — | PHW | Ed Koffenberger | — | — | Duke | College | — |
| — | PIT | George Brown | — | — | Wayne State | — | — |
| — | PRO | Dick Furey | — | — | St. Thomas (Minn.) | — | — |
| — | STB | Bob Kurland | — | — | Oklahoma State | College | — |
| — | TRH | Wimpy Quinn | — | — | Oregon | College | — |
| — | WSC | Abel Rodrigues | — | — | San Francisco | College | — |
Round 5 (9 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BLB | Charles Raynor | — | — | Houston | College | — |
| — | BOS | Jack Hewson | — | — | Temple | College | — |
| — | CHS | Andy Phillip | — | — | Illinois | College | — |
| — | NYK | Ron Livingstone | — | — | St. Mary's (Calif.) | College | — |
| — | PIT | Dick Ives | — | — | Iowa | College | — |
| — | PRO | Bob Joyce | — | — | Bates | — | — |
| — | STB | Bill Strannigan | — | — | Wyoming | College | — |
| — | TRH | Paul Hoffman | — | — | Purdue | College | — |
| — | WSC | Matt Zunic | — | — | George Washington | College | — |
Round 6 (8 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BLB | Scotty Hamilton | — | — | West Virginia | College | — |
| — | BOS | Bob Alameida | — | — | California | — | — |
| — | CHS | Ralph Bishop | — | — | Washington | College | — |
| — | NYK | Andy Duncan | — | — | William & Mary | College | — |
| — | PIT | Herman Knoche | — | — | Washington & Jefferson | — | — |
| — | PRO | Roy Lipscomb | — | — | St. Mary's (Md.) | — | — |
| — | STB | Paul Napolitano | — | — | San Francisco | College | — |
| — | WSC | Irv Rothenberg | — | — | Long Island | College | — |
Round 7 (7 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BLB | Hugh Hampton | — | — | High Point | — | — |
| — | BOS | George Felt | — | — | Northwestern | College | — |
| — | CHS | Jim Pollard | — | — | Stanford | College | — |
| — | NYK | Wat Misaka | — | — | Utah | College | — |
| — | PIT | Jack Walton | — | — | DePaul | College | — |
| — | PRO | John Mills | — | — | Hofstra | College | — |
| — | WSC | Saul Mariaschin | — | — | Harvard | College | — |
Round 8 (6 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BLB | Elmer Gainer | — | — | DePaul | College | — |
| — | BOS | John Kelly | — | — | Notre Dame | College | — |
| — | CHS | Don Smith | — | — | Minnesota | College | — |
| — | NYK | Dan Miller | — | — | St. Louis | College | — |
| — | PRO | Al Nichols | — | — | Rhode Island | College | — |
| — | WSC | Paul Cloyd | — | — | Wisconsin | College | — |
Round 9 (5 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BLB | Chick Reiser | — | — | NYU | College | — |
| — | BOS | George Petrovick | — | — | — | High School | — |
| — | CHS | Jack Stone | — | — | Kansas State | College | — |
| — | NYK | Carl Reichert | — | — | Findlay | — | — |
| — | WSC | John Mandic | — | — | Oregon State | College | — |
Round 10 (3 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BLB | Robert Bolyard | — | — | Toledo | College | — |
| — | CHS | Hank Decker | — | — | West Texas A&M | College | — |
| — | NYK | Tom Tomlinson | — | — | Southern Methodist | College | — |
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