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1948 NBA Draft

113 picks — 93 college · 0 international

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Round 1 (12 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
1 PRO Andy Tonkovich G 6-1 / 180 Marshall College Senior
2 INJ George Kok C — Arkansas College Senior
3 BOS George Hauptfuhrer F — Harvard College Senior
4 NYK Dolph Schayes F 6-8 / 220 NYU College Senior
5 CHS Ed Mikan C 6-8 / 230 DePaul College Senior
6 BLB Walt Budko — — Columbia College —
7 STB Robert Gale — — Cornell College —
8 FTW Ward Williams F 6-4 / 195 Indiana College Senior
9 MNL Chuck Hanger F — California College Senior
10 ROC Bobby Wanzer G 6-0 / 170 Seton Hall College —
11 PHW Don Ray F 6-5 / 190 Western Kentucky College Senior
12 WSC Jack Nichols C 6-7 / 222 Washington College Senior
Round 2 (12 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
— BLB Joe Holland — — Kentucky College —
— BOS Johnny Bach — — Fordham College —
— CHS Hook Dillon — — North Carolina College —
— FTW Bobby Cook — — Wisconsin College —
— INJ Ray Lumpp — — NYU College —
— MNL Johnny Orr — — Beloit — —
— NYK Harry Gallatin — — Truman State — —
— PHW Roy Pugh — — Southern Methodist College —
— PRO Brady Walker — — BYU College —
— ROC Bill Gabor — — Syracuse College —
— STB Jack Burmaster — — Illinois College —
— WSC Jack Parkinson — — Kentucky College —
Round 3 (12 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
— BLB Darrel Brown — — Humboldt State — —
— BOS Marshall Hawkins — — Tennessee College —
— CHS Whitey Kachan — — DePaul College —
— FTW Kenny Rollins — — Kentucky College —
— INJ Dick Wehr — — Rice College —
— MNL Arnie Ferrin — — Utah College —
— NYK Mel McGaha — — Arkansas College —
— PHW Bill Brown — — Maryland College —
— PRO Jack Coleman — — Louisville College —
— ROC Johnny Macknowski — — Seton Hall College —
— STB Easy Parham — — Texas Wesleyan College —
— WSC Fred Bartell — — Oregon College —
Round 4 (12 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
— BLB Jake Carter — — Texas A&M-Commerce — —
— BOS Tom Kelly — — NYU College —
— CHS Odie Spears — — Western Kentucky College —
— FTW Linc Richmond — — Arizona College —
— INJ Alex Hannum — — Southern California College —
— MNL Earl Gardner — — DePauw — —
— NYK Ed Peterson — — Cornell College —
— PHW Deward Compton — — Louisville College —
— PRO A. L. Bennett — — Oklahoma State College —
— ROC Leo Kubiak — — Bowling Green College —
— STB D.C. Wilcutt — — St. Louis College —
— WSC Ed Hughes — — San Jose State College —
Round 5 (12 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
— BLB Dan Kraus — — Georgetown College —
— BOS Murray Mitchell — — Sam Houston State — —
— CHS Mickey Marty — — Loras — —
— FTW Murray Wier — — Iowa College —
— INJ Reedy Berg — — Oregon College —
— MNL Dee Gibson — — Western Kentucky College —
— NYK Dick Shrider — — Ohio College —
— PHW Joe Nelson — — BYU College —
— PRO Ed Faber — — Trinity (Texas) — —
— ROC Alex Athas — — Tulane College —
— STB Gordon Flick — — Drake College —
— WSC Leo Katkaveck — — N.C. State College —
Round 6 (11 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
— BLB Herb Krautblatt — — Rider College —
— BOS Norman Carey — — Oregon State College —
— CHS Ed Mills — — Wisconsin College —
— INJ Andy Kostecka — — Georgetown College —
— MNL Ken Jastrow — — Denver College —
— NYK Gene Berce — — Marquette College —
— PHW Clint Pace — — Pepperdine College —
— PRO Verl Heap — — Arizona State College —
— ROC Ed Keim — — Niagara College —
— STB John Hoppin — — Dickinson — —
— WSC Thornton Jenkins — — Missouri College —
Round 7 (11 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
— BLB Jim Black — — Occidental — —
— BOS Bob Curran — — Holy Cross College —
— CHS Johnny Reagan — — Murray State College —
— INJ Jack Coleman — — Louisiana State College —
— MNL Cliff Crandall — — Oregon State College —
— NYK Tex Ritter — — Eastern Kentucky College —
— PHW Tom Short — — Kansas Wesleyan College —
— PRO Otto Schnellbacher — — Kansas College —
— ROC Lionel Malamed — — CCNY College —
— STB Dan London — — Washington (St. Louis) — —
— WSC J.T. Parker — — Louisiana Tech College —
Round 8 (10 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
— BLB Robert Carroll — — West Virginia College —
— BOS Neil Dooley — — Colgate College —
— CHS Joe Shafer — — Wheaton — —
— INJ Norman Kohler — — North Carolina College —
— MNL Bob Lowther — — Louisiana State College —
— NYK Leland Byrd — — West Virginia College —
— PHW Joe Wahl — — Akron College —
— ROC Hank O'Keefe — — Canisius College —
— STB Dan Miller — — St. Louis College —
— WSC Don Walker — — Sam Houston State — —
Round 9 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
— BLB Marvin English — — Newberry — —
— BOS Jack Hauser — — Denver College —
— CHS Fred Weber — — Siena — —
— INJ Bob Paxton — — North Carolina College —
— MNL Junior Skogland — — Gustavus Adolphus College —
— NYK Keith Grimes — — East Central — —
— PHW Andy Wolfe — — California College —
— ROC Ed Stickel — — Syracuse College —
— WSC Al Williams — — Arkansas College —
Round 10 (6 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
— BLB Gene Fellmeth — — Wittenberg — —
— BOS Guinn Phillips — — Texas Wesleyan College —
— INJ Jack Phoenix — — Idaho College —
— MNL Quentin Stinson — — Southern Illinois College —
— NYK John Stanich — — UCLA College —
— ROC Paul Yesawich — — Niagara College —
Round 11 (2 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
— BLB J. W. Fullerton — — Arkansas State College —
— BOS Ray Wehde — — Iowa State College —
Round 12 (1 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
— BLB Marshall Gemberling — — Lebanon Valley — —
Round 13 (1 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
— BLB Vince Hanson — — Washington State College —
Round 14 (1 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
— BLB Wayne Jones — — American International — —
Round 15 (1 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
— BLB Paul Marcincin — — Moravian — —

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