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1956 NBA Draft

92 picks — 85 college · 0 international

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Round 1 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
1 ROC Si Green — — Duquesne College —
2 STL Bill Russell C 6-9 / 215 San Francisco College Senior
3 MNL Jim Paxson G/F 6-6 / 200 Dayton College Senior
4 NYK Ron Shavlik — — N.C. State College —
5 SYR Joe Holup F 6-6 / 215 George Washington College Senior
6 BOS Tom Heinsohn — — Holy Cross College —
7 FTW Ron Sobie — — DePaul College —
8 PHW Hal Lear G 5-11 / 163 Temple College Senior
Round 2 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
9 ROC Bob Burrow C 6-7 / 228 Kentucky College Senior
10 STL Willie Naulls F 6-6 / 225 UCLA College Senior
11 MNL Terry Rand C 6-9 / 210 Marquette College Senior
12 NYK Gary Bergen C 6-8 / 210 Utah College Senior
13 SYR Paul Judson F 6-4 / 170 Illinois College Senior
14 BOS K.C. Jones G 6-1 / 200 San Francisco College Senior
15 FTW Bob Kessler F 6-4 / 190 Maryland College Senior
16 PHW Phil Rollins G 6-2 / 155 Louisville College Senior
Round 3 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
17 ROC Dave Piontek — — Xavier College —
18 STL Darrell Floyd — — Furman College —
19 MNL Jerry Bird — — Kentucky College —
20 NYK Jerry Harper — — Alabama College —
21 SYR Forest Able — — Western Kentucky College —
22 BOS George Linn — — Alabama College —
23 FTW Bill Thieben — — Hofstra College —
24 PHW Bevo Francis — — Rio Grande — —
Round 4 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
25 ROC Johnny McCarthy — — Canisius College —
26 STL Robin Freeman — — Ohio State College —
27 MNL Lloyd Aubrey — — Notre Dame College —
28 NYK Ronnie Mayer — — Duke College —
29 SYR Swede Halbrook — — Oregon State College —
30 BOS Dan Swartz — — Morehead State College —
31 FTW Charles Slack — — Marshall College —
32 PHW Phil Wheeler — — Cincinnati College —
Round 5 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
33 ROC Bill Uhl — — Dayton College —
34 STL Norm Stewart — — Missouri College —
35 MNL Bill Reigel — — McNeese State College —
36 NYK Joe Sexson — — Purdue College —
37 SYR Jim Ray — — Toledo College —
38 BOS Bill Logan — — Iowa College —
39 FTW Joe Liebler — — Holy Cross College —
40 PHW Joe Belmont — — Duke College —
Round 6 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
41 ROC Kevin Thomas — — Boston University College —
42 STL Dave Plunkett — — Cincinnati College —
43 MNL Phil Jordon — — Whitworth College —
44 NYK Pat Dunn — — Utah State College —
45 SYR Jim McLaughlin — — St. Louis College —
46 BOS Don Boldebuck — — Houston College —
47 FTW Paul Schlimm — — John Carroll — —
48 PHW Mickey Winograd — — Duquesne College —
Round 7 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
49 ROC Carl Cain — — Iowa College —
50 STL Julius McCoy — — Michigan State College —
51 MNL John Barber — — Cal State-Los Angeles College —
52 NYK Jack Adams — — Eastern Kentucky College —
53 SYR Les Roh — — Idaho State College —
54 BOS O'Neal Weaver — — Midwestern State — —
55 FTW Bruce Harris — — Tennessee Tech College —
56 PHW John Fannon — — Notre Dame College —
Round 8 (7 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
57 ROC Clayton Carter — — Oklahoma State College —
58 STL Morris Taft — — UCLA College —
59 MNL Sam Jones — — N.C. Central College —
60 NYK Art Bunte — — Utah College —
61 SYR Chester Webb — — Georgia Southern College —
62 BOS Vic Molodet — — N.C. State College —
63 PHW Max Anderson — — Oregon College —
Round 9 (7 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
64 ROC Dan Mannix — — St. Francis (N.Y.) — —
65 STL Jim Reed — — Texas Tech College —
66 MNL Jim Springer — — Gustavus Adolphus College —
67 NYK Dick Miller — — Wisconsin College —
68 SYR Dick Julio — — Massachusetts-Dartmouth — —
69 BOS Jim Houston — — Brandeis — —
70 PHW Ronald Clark — — Springfield — —
Round 10 (6 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
71 ROC Jerry Moreman — — Louisville College —
72 STL Herschel Pedersen — — BYU College —
73 MNL Phil Grawemeyer — — Kentucky College —
74 NYK Howie Crittenden — — Murray State College —
75 SYR Bob Hopkins — — Grambling College —
76 BOS Theophilus Lloyd — — Maryland College —
Round 11 (5 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
77 ROC Gene Carpenter — — Texas Tech College —
78 STL Wally Choice — — Indiana College —
79 MNL Robert Hodgson — — Wichita State College —
80 NYK Dick Miani — — Miami College —
81 SYR Willie Bergines — — West Virginia College —
Round 12 (4 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
82 STL Ed Huse — — Wyoming College —
83 MNL Carl Widseth — — Tennessee College —
84 NYK Ed Petrie — — Seton Hall College —
85 SYR Dick Kenyon — — LeMoyne College —
Round 13 (4 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
86 STL Arthur Helms — — Houston College —
87 MNL John Patzwald — — Gustavus Adolphus College —
88 NYK Toby Roybal — — New Mexico College —
89 SYR Milt Graham — — Colgate College —
Round 14 (3 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
90 STL Junior Morgan — — Duke College —
91 MNL Elgin Baylor — — Seattle College —
92 SYR Chuck Rolles — — Cornell College —

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