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1954 NBA Draft

100 picks — 85 college · 0 international

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Round 1 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
1 BLB Frank Selvy G 6-3 / 180 Furman College Senior
2 MLH Bob Pettit F/C 6-9 / 205 Louisiana State College Senior
3 PHW Gene Shue G 6-2 / 170 Maryland College Senior
4 FTW Dick Rosenthal — — Notre Dame College —
5 BOS Togo Palazzi — — Holy Cross College —
6 SYR Red Kerr — — Illinois College —
7 ROC Tom Marshall F 6-4 / 215 Western Kentucky College Senior
8 NYK Jack Turner G 6-4 / 170 Western Kentucky College Senior
9 MNL Ed Kalafat — — Minnesota College —
Round 2 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
10 BLB Slick Leonard — — Indiana College —
11 MLH Bob Mattick C 6-10 / 225 Oklahoma State College Senior
12 PHW Larry Costello G 6-1 / 180 Niagara College Senior
13 FTW Arnold Short G 6-3 / 175 Oklahoma City College Senior
14 BOS Red Morrison — — Idaho College —
15 SYR Dick Farley G/F 6-4 / 190 Indiana College Senior
16 ROC Boris Nachamkin F 6-6 / 210 NYU College Senior
17 NYK Richie Guerin G/F 6-4 / 195 Iona College Senior
18 MNL Al Bianchi G 6-3 / 185 Bowling Green College Senior
Round 3 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
19 BLB Werner Killen — — Lawrence Tech — —
20 MLH Walt Walowac — — Marshall College —
21 PHW Ben Peters — — Benedictine — —
22 FTW B. H. Born — — Kansas College —
23 BOS Henry Daubenschmidt — — St. Francis (N.Y.) — —
24 SYR Jim Tucker — — Duquesne College —
25 ROC Lee Morton — — Cornell College —
26 NYK Don Anielak — — Missouri State College —
27 MNL Don Lance — — Rice College —
Round 4 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
28 BLB Burt Spice — — Toledo College —
29 MLH Phil Martin — — Toledo College —
30 PHW Chuck Noble — — Louisville College —
31 FTW Mel Thompson — — N.C. State College —
32 BOS Ron Perry — — Holy Cross College —
33 SYR Don McLane — — Duquesne College —
34 ROC Art Spoelstra — — Western Kentucky College —
35 NYK Don Lange — — Navy College —
36 MNL Gene Schwinger — — Rice College —
Round 5 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
37 BLB Lou Scott — — Indiana College —
38 MLH Paul Ebert — — Ohio State College —
39 PHW Rudy D'Emilio — — Duke College —
40 FTW Dutch Burch — — Pittsburgh College —
41 BOS Troy Burrus — — West Texas A&M College —
42 SYR Tom Pottenburgh — — Siena — —
43 ROC Bo Erias — — Niagara College —
44 NYK Jesse Prisock — — Kansas State College —
45 MNL Buzz Bennett — — Minnesota College —
Round 6 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
46 BLB Bob Heim — — Xavier College —
47 MLH Bob Carney — — Bradley College —
48 PHW Len Winogard — — Brandeis — —
49 FTW Charles Kraak — — Indiana College —
50 BOS Otto Kriegshauser — — Washington (St. Louis) — —
51 SYR Norman Pott — — Wheaton — —
52 ROC Red Davis — — St. Johns College —
53 NYK Ron Rivers — — Wyoming College —
54 MNL Nick Revon — — Southern Miss College —
Round 7 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
55 BLB Joe Pehanick — — Seattle College —
56 MLH Allen Kelley — — Kansas College —
57 PHW Bob Brady — — San Diego State College —
58 FTW Bernie Janicki — — Duke College —
59 BOS Dick Estergard — — Bradley College —
60 SYR Gus Lovett — — Franklin & Marshall — —
61 ROC Bill Hull — — Utah State College —
62 NYK Solly Walker — — St. Johns College —
63 MNL Dan Finch — — Vanderbilt College —
Round 8 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
64 BLB Harry Brooks — — Seton Hall College —
65 MLH Dick Nunneley — — Tulsa College —
66 PHW Bob Hodges — — East Carolina College —
67 FTW Don Bielke — — Valparaiso College —
68 BOS Jim Young — — Santa Clara College —
69 SYR Mel Besdin — — Syracuse College —
70 ROC Paul Morrow — — Wisconsin College —
71 NYK Cob Jarvis — — Mississippi State College —
72 MNL Bob Hopkins — — Point Loma Nazarene — —
Round 9 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
73 BLB Ron Goerrs — — Concordia (Mo.) — —
74 MLH Hal Cervini — — Tulane College —
75 PHW Vince Leta — — Lycoming — —
76 FTW Joel Hittleman — — Loyola (Md.) College —
77 SYR Fletcher Johnson — — Duquesne College —
78 ROC Roy Irvin — — Southern California College —
79 NYK Henry Duckham — — Polytechnic (N.Y.) — —
80 MNL Dick Garmaker — — Minnesota College —
Round 10 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
81 BLB Gary Shivers — — Houston College —
82 MLH Joe Bertrand — — Notre Dame College —
83 PHW Bill Sullivan — — Notre Dame College —
84 FTW Dean Larsen — — BYU College —
85 BOS Tony Daukas — — Boston College College —
86 SYR Jack Davidson — — UCLA College —
87 ROC Ed Parchinski — — Fordham College —
88 NYK John Clune — — Navy College —
89 MNL John Biever — — Northwestern College —
Round 11 (7 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
90 BLB Elliot Karver — — George Washington College —
91 MLH Jerry Domershick — — CCNY College —
92 PHW Frank O'Hara — — LaSalle College —
93 FTW Forrest Jackson — — Taylor — —
94 BOS Bill Johnson — — Nebraska College —
95 ROC Jim Paxson — — Dayton College —
96 NYK Bob Waller — — Oklahoma College —
Round 12 (3 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
97 MLH Ron Weisner — — Wisconsin College —
98 PHW John Glinski — — Cortland State — —
99 NYK Charles Stickels — — Hastings — —
Round 13 (1 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
100 PHW John Holup — — George Washington College —

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