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1951 NBA Draft

87 picks — 74 college · 0 international

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Round 1 (10 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
1 BLB Gene Melchiorre G 5-8 / 175 Bradley College Senior
2 TRI Mel Hutchins F 6-6 / 200 BYU College Senior
3 INO Marcus Freiberger — — Oklahoma College —
4 FTW Zeke Sinicola G 5-11 / 165 Niagara College Senior
5 SYR John McConathy F 6-5 / 195 Northwestern State College Senior
6 NYK Ed Smith F 6-6 / 180 Harvard College Senior
7 BOS Ernie Barrett G 6-3 / 180 Kansas State College Senior
8 ROC Sam Ranzino G 6-1 / 185 N.C. State College Senior
9 PHW Don Sunderlage G 6-1 / 180 Illinois College Senior
10 MNL Whitey Skoog — — Minnesota College —
Round 2 (10 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
11 BLB Jack Stone G/F 6-3 / 190 Kansas State College Senior
12 TRI Bill Gossett F/C 6-7 / 190 Colorado State College Senior
13 INO Scotty Steagall G 5-11 / 170 Millikin College Senior
14 FTW Jack Kiley G 6-1 / 170 Syracuse College Senior
15 SYR Don Savage G/F 6-3 / 205 LeMoyne College Senior
16 NYK Roland Minson G 6-0 / 180 BYU College Senior
17 BOS Bill Garrett F 6-3 / 185 Indiana College Senior
18 ROC Ray Ragelis F 6-4 / 205 Northwestern College Senior
19 PHW Mel Payton G/F 6-4 / 185 Tulane College Senior
20 MNL Lew Hitch C 6-8 / 200 Kansas State College Senior
Round 3 (10 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
21 BLB Bill Mann — — Bradley College —
22 TRI Ron Bontemps — — Beloit — —
23 INO Glenn Kammeyer — — Central Missouri — —
24 FTW Jake Fendley — — Northwestern College —
25 SYR Bato Govedarica — — DePaul College —
26 NYK Joe Luchi — — Cincinnati College —
27 BOS John Furlong — — Pepperdine College —
28 ROC Fred Diute — — St. Bonaventure College —
29 PHW Bob Schloss — — Georgia College —
30 MNL Bob Payne — — Oregon State College —
Round 4 (10 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
31 BLB Bill Hagler — — California College —
32 TRI Jim Slaughter — — South Carolina College —
33 INO Bill Tosheff — — Indiana College —
34 FTW Herb Hargett — — Mississippi State College —
35 SYR Paul Horvath — — N.C. State College —
36 NYK Lloyd Sandstrom — — St. Thomas (Minn.) — —
37 BOS Bob Barnett — — Evansville College —
38 ROC Elmer Behnke — — Bradley College —
39 PHW Jud Milhon — — Ohio Wesleyan — —
40 MNL Gale McArthur — — Oklahoma State College —
Round 5 (10 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
41 BLB Leroy Ishman — — American College —
42 TRI Bob Sakel — — Evansville College —
43 INO Bob Pierce — — Nebraska College —
44 FTW Leo Johnson — — Arizona College —
45 SYR Glen Anderson — — Colorado State College —
46 NYK Tom Smith — — St. Peters — —
47 BOS Rip Gish — — Western Kentucky College —
48 ROC Dan Bagley — — Notre Dame College —
49 PHW Mike Kearns — — Princeton College —
50 MNL Leo VanderKuy — — Michigan College —
Round 6 (10 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
51 BLB Glen Duggins — — Utah College —
52 TRI John Rennicke — — Drake College —
53 INO Marv Johnson — — Wheaton — —
54 FTW Frank Calsbeek — — Iowa College —
55 SYR Bob Wheeler — — Idaho College —
56 NYK Al McGuire — — St. Johns College —
57 BOS Jim Luisi — — St. Francis (N.Y.) — —
58 ROC Jim Ove — — Valparaiso College —
59 PHW Dwight Swails — — Indianapolis — —
60 MNL Deward Dopson — — Arkansas Tech College —
Round 7 (10 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
61 BLB Tom Riach — — Southern California College —
62 TRI Bob Ambler — — Arkansas College —
63 INO Ted Beach — — Illinois College —
64 FTW Jim Ramstead — — Stanford College —
65 SYR Roy Reardon — — St. Francis (N.Y.) — —
66 NYK Sid Ryen — — Denver College —
67 BOS John Azary — — Columbia College —
68 ROC Jack Brown — — Southern Methodist College —
69 PHW George Dempsey — — King's — —
70 MNL Ed Head — — Kansas State College —
Round 8 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
71 BLB Bill Harper — — Oregon State College —
72 TRI Aaron Preece — — Bradley College —
73 INO George Kelley — — Vanderbilt College —
74 FTW John Manning — — Duquesne College —
75 SYR Tom Jockle — — Syracuse College —
76 BOS Hugo Kappler — — N.C. State College —
77 ROC George Davidson — — Lafayette — —
78 PHW Jim Phelan — — LaSalle College —
Round 9 (4 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
79 BLB Bob Crowe — — San Jose State College —
80 TRI Wayne Tucker — — Colorado College —
81 SYR Ray Kirkgasser — — Ithaca — —
82 PHW Hugh Faulkner — — Pepperdine College —
Round 10 (3 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
83 BLB Dan Torrey — — Oregon State College —
84 TRI John DeWitt — — Texas A&M College —
85 PHW Paul Gerwin — — Cornell College —
Round 11 (1 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
86 BLB Clem Pavilonis — — DePaul College —
Round 12 (1 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
87 BLB John Burke — — Springfield — —

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