Round 1 (13 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRO | Howie Shannon | G | 6-2 / 175 | Kansas State | College | — |
| 2 | INJ | Alex Groza | C | 6-7 / 218 | Kentucky | College | Senior |
| 3 | FTW | Bob Harris | C | 6-7 / 195 | Oklahoma State | College | Senior |
| 4 | BOS | George Kaftan | F | 6-3 / 190 | Holy Cross | College | — |
| 5 | STB | Ed Macauley | — | — | St. Louis | College | — |
| 6 | PHW | Vern Gardner | F | 6-5 / 200 | Utah | College | Senior |
| 7 | BLB | Ron Livingstone | C | 6-10 / 220 | Wyoming | College | Senior |
| 8 | NYK | Dick McGuire | G | 6-0 / 175 | St. Johns | College | Senior |
| 9 | WSC | Wah Wah Jones | — | — | Kentucky | College | — |
| 10 | CHS | Ralph Beard | G | 5-10 / 175 | Kentucky | College | Senior |
| 11 | MNL | Vern Mikkelsen | — | — | Hamline | College | — |
| 12 | ROC | Pep Saul | — | — | Seton Hall | College | — |
| 13 | PRO | Paul Courty | — | — | Oklahoma | College | — |
Round 2 (12 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | PRO | Ed Leede | — | — | Dartmouth | College | — |
| 14 | INJ | Leo Barnhorst | — | — | Notre Dame | College | — |
| 15 | FTW | John Oldham | — | — | Western Kentucky | College | — |
| 16 | BOS | Tony Lavelli | — | — | Yale | College | — |
| 17 | STB | Johnny Orr | — | — | Beloit | — | — |
| 18 | PHW | Jim Nolan | — | — | Georgia Tech | College | — |
| 19 | BLB | Roger Wiley | — | — | Oregon | College | — |
| 20 | NYK | Harry Gallatin | — | — | Truman State | — | — |
| 21 | WSC | Red Owens | — | — | Baylor | College | — |
| 22 | CHS | Jack Kerris | — | — | Loyola, Chicago | College | — |
| 23 | MNL | Bob Harrison | — | — | Michigan | College | — |
| 24 | ROC | Jack Coleman | — | — | Louisville | College | — |
Round 3 (10 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BLB | Paul Gordon | — | — | Notre Dame | College | — |
| — | BOS | Joe Mullaney | — | — | Holy Cross | College | — |
| — | BOS | Bill Tom | — | — | Rice | College | — |
| — | CHS | Dike Eddleman | — | — | Illinois | College | — |
| — | FTW | Fred Schaus | — | — | West Virginia | College | — |
| — | INJ | Mac Otten | — | — | Bowling Green | College | — |
| — | MNL | Slater Martin | — | — | Texas | College | — |
| — | NYK | Harry Donovan | — | — | Muhlenberg | — | — |
| — | PHW | Nelson Bobb | — | — | Temple | College | — |
| — | STB | Marv Schatzman | — | — | St. Louis | College | — |
Round 4 (7 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BOS | Ed Little | — | — | Denver JC | — | — |
| — | FTW | Jerry Nagel | — | — | Loyola, Chicago | College | — |
| — | INJ | Bob Evans | — | — | Butler | College | — |
| — | MNL | Paul Walther | — | — | Tennessee | College | — |
| — | NYK | Ernie Vandeweghe | — | — | Colgate | College | — |
| — | PRO | Warren Perkins | — | — | Tulane | College | — |
| — | STB | Preston Ward | — | — | Missouri State | College | — |
Round 5 (7 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BOS | Bill Simpson | — | — | Bates | — | — |
| — | FTW | Dal Zuber | — | — | Toledo | College | — |
| — | INJ | Charlie Maas | — | — | Butler | College | — |
| — | NYK | Bill Kleine | — | — | Missouri Valley | — | — |
| — | PRO | Ray Corley | — | — | Georgetown | College | — |
| — | STB | Claude Retherford | — | — | Nebraska | College | — |
| — | WSC | Cliff Barker | — | — | Kentucky | College | — |
Round 6 (4 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BOS | Bill Vandenburgh | — | — | Washington | College | — |
| — | INJ | Don Boven | — | — | Western Michigan | College | — |
| — | NYK | Dan Bagley | — | — | Notre Dame | College | — |
| — | STB | Cliff Crandall | — | — | Oregon State | College | — |
Round 7 (4 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BOS | Duane Klueh | — | — | Indiana State | College | — |
| — | INJ | Jim O'Halloran | — | — | Notre Dame | College | — |
| — | NYK | Bob Prewitt | — | — | Southern Methodist | College | — |
| — | STB | Earl Dodd | — | — | Truman State | — | — |
Round 8 (5 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BOS | Emerson Speicher | — | — | Bowling Green | College | — |
| — | INJ | J.L. Parks | — | — | Oklahoma State | College | — |
| — | NYK | Ken Kearns | — | — | Arkansas | College | — |
| — | PRO | Bob Royer | — | — | Indiana State | College | — |
| — | STB | Bailey Vanzant | — | — | Northeast Oklahoma | College | — |
Round 9 (3 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BOS | Joe Weight | — | — | BYU | College | — |
| — | NYK | Bill Litchfield | — | — | Emporia State | — | — |
| — | STB | Dave Davidson | — | — | Stanford | College | — |
Round 10 (1 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BOS | Russ Washburn | — | — | Colby | — | — |
Round Unknown (17 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BLB | Joe Dolhon | — | — | NYU | College | — |
| — | BLB | Bill Evans | — | — | Drake | College | — |
| — | BLB | Tom Gallagher | — | — | St. Francis (N.Y.) | — | — |
| — | BLB | Howie Janotta | — | — | Seton Hall | College | — |
| — | BLB | Mal McMullen | — | — | Xavier | College | — |
| — | BLB | Eppa Rixey III | — | — | Kenyon | — | — |
| — | BLB | Marty Zippel | — | — | Lafayette | — | — |
| — | FTW | Lloyd Doehrmann | — | — | Indiana Tech | — | — |
| — | FTW | Charlie Parsley | — | — | Western Kentucky | College | — |
| — | PHW | Johnny Payak | — | — | Bowling Green | College | — |
| — | PRO | Carl Shaeffer | — | — | Alabama | College | — |
| — | PRO | Hans Tanzler | — | — | Florida | College | — |
| — | PRO | Jack Phelan | — | — | DePaul | College | — |
| — | ROC | Jim McIntyre | — | — | Minnesota | College | — |
| — | STB | John Pritchard | — | — | Drake | College | — |
| — | WSC | Maynard Haithcock | — | — | George Washington | College | — |
| — | WSC | Jim Lacy | — | — | Loyola (Md.) | College | — |
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