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1959 NBA Draft

85 picks — 77 college · 0 international

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Round 1 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
1 CIN Bob Boozer F 6-8 / 215 Kansas State College Senior
2 DET Bailey Howell F 6-7 / 210 Mississippi State College Senior
3 PHW Wilt Chamberlain — — Kansas College —
4 MNL Tom Hawkins F 6-5 / 210 Notre Dame College Senior
5 SYR Dick Barnett G 6-4 / 190 Tennessee State College Senior
6 NYK Johnny Green F 6-5 / 200 Michigan State College Senior
7 STL Bob Ferry — — St. Louis College —
8 BOS John Richter C 6-9 / 225 N.C. State College Senior
Round 2 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
9 DET Tom Robitaille F/C 6-9 / 200 Rice College Senior
10 DET Don Goldstein F 6-5 / 190 Louisville College Senior
11 PHW Joe Ruklick F/C 6-9 / 220 Northwestern College Senior
12 MNL Rudy LaRusso F 6-6 / 206 Dartmouth College Senior
13 SYR Gene Tormohlen F/C 6-8 / 220 Tennessee College Senior
14 STL Alan Seiden G 5-11 / 170 St. Johns College Senior
15 STL Cal Ramsey F 6-4 / 200 NYU College Senior
16 BOS Gene Guarilia F 6-6 / 215 George Washington College Senior
Round 3 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
17 CIN Mike Mendenhall — — Cincinnati College —
18 DET Gary Alcorn — — Fresno State College —
19 PHW Jim Hockaday — — Memphis College —
20 MNL Bobby Smith — — West Virginia College —
21 SYR Jon Cincebox — — Syracuse College —
22 NYK Bob Anderegg — — Michigan State College —
23 STL Hank Stein — — Xavier College —
24 BOS Ralph Crosthwaite — — Western Kentucky College —
Round 4 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
25 CIN Leo Byrd — — Marshall College —
26 DET George Lee — — Michigan College —
27 PHW Ron Stevenson — — TCU College —
28 MNL Wilson Eison — — Purdue College —
29 SYR Paul Neumann — — Stanford College —
30 NYK Johnny Cox — — Kentucky College —
31 STL Lee Harman — — Oregon State College —
32 BOS Ed Kazakavich — — Scranton — —
Round 5 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
33 CIN Harry Kirchner — — TCU College —
34 DET Tony Windis — — Wyoming College —
35 PHW Bill Telasky — — George Washington College —
36 MNL Bobby Joe Mason — — Bradley College —
37 SYR Roger Taylor — — Illinois College —
38 NYK Herb Busch — — Virginia College —
39 STL Nick Mantis — — Northwestern College —
40 BOS Roy Lange — — William & Mary College —
Round 6 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
41 CIN Don Hennon — — Pittsburgh College —
42 DET Lou Jordan — — Cornell College —
43 PHW Joe Spratt — — St. Josephs College —
44 MNL Jim Henry — — Vanderbilt College —
45 SYR Bob Dalton — — California College —
46 NYK Bucky McDonald — — George Washington College —
47 STL Mike Moran — — Marquette College —
48 BOS Bob Cumings — — Boston University College —
Round 7 (7 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
49 CIN Dale Moore — — Eastern Kentucky College —
50 DET Doug Smart — — Washington College —
51 PHW Joe Ryan — — Villanova College —
52 MNL Charley Grote — — Georgetown — —
53 SYR Darnel Haney — — Utah State College —
54 NYK Russ Robinson — — Missouri State College —
55 STL Orby Arnold — — Memphis College —
Round 8 (6 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
56 CIN Don Matuszak — — Kansas State College —
57 DET Chuck Curtis — — Pacific Lutheran — —
58 PHW Dave Gunther — — Iowa College —
59 MNL Leon Hill — — Texas Tech College —
60 NYK Walt Torrence — — UCLA College —
61 STL Willie Merriweather — — Purdue College —
Round 9 (6 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
62 CIN Joe Billy McDade — — Bradley College —
63 DET Doyle Edmiston — — Hardin-Simmons — —
64 PHW Carl Belz — — Princeton College —
65 MNL Jim Mudd — — North Texas College —
66 NYK Jerry Shipp — — Southeastern Oklahoma College —
67 STL Lou Pucillo — — N.C. State College —
Round 10 (6 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
68 CIN Joe Viviano — — Xavier College —
69 DET Bruno Boin — — Washington College —
70 PHW Tommy Sellari — — Lenoir-Rhyne — —
71 MNL Roger Johnson — — Minnesota College —
72 NYK Paul Wilcox — — Davis & Elkins — —
73 STL Ron Loneski — — Kansas College —
Round 11 (6 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
74 CIN Charlie Brown — — Seattle College —
75 DET M. C. Burton — — Michigan College —
76 PHW Phil Warren — — Northwestern College —
77 MNL Jack Evens — — Lake Superior State — —
78 NYK Paul Benes — — Hope College College —
79 STL John Barnhill — — Tennessee State College —
Round 12 (3 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
80 CIN Roger Wendel — — Tulsa College —
81 MNL Vern Baggenstoss — — St. Cloud — —
82 NYK Ed Blair — — Western Michigan College —
Round 13 (2 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
83 MNL Dwayne Smith — — Gustavus Adolphus College —
84 NYK John Nicoll — — BYU College —
Round 14 (1 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
85 NYK Jack Israel — — Missouri State College —

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