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1961 NBA Draft

107 picks — 90 college · 0 international

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Round 1 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
1 CHP Walt Bellamy C 6-10 / 225 Indiana College Senior
2 NYK Tom Stith F 6-5 / 210 St. Bonaventure College Senior
3 CIN Larry Siegfried G 6-3 / 190 Ohio State College Senior
4 DET Ray Scott F 6-9 / 215 Portland College —
5 LAL Wayne Yates C 6-8 / 235 Memphis College Senior
6 SYR Ben Warley F 6-6 / 215 Tennessee State College —
7 PHW Tom Meschery F 6-6 / 215 St. Mary's (Calif.) College Senior
8 STL Cleo Hill G 6-1 / 185 Winston-Salem State College Senior
9 BOS Gary Phillips G 6-3 / 189 Houston College Senior
Round 2 (14 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
10 CHP Jack Turner — — Louisville College —
11 CHP Jerry Graves F 6-6 / 190 Mississippi State College Senior
12 CHP York Larese G 6-4 / 190 North Carolina College Senior
13 CHP Don Kojis F 6-5 / 200 Marquette College Senior
14 CHP Doug Moe F 6-6 / 219 North Carolina College Senior
15 NYK Whitey Martin — — St. Bonaventure College —
16 CIN Bob Wiesenhahn F 6-4 / 215 Cincinnati College Senior
17 DET Johnny Egan G 5-11 / 180 Providence College Senior
18 LAL Fred Sawyer C 6-11 / 210 Louisville College Senior
19 SYR Chris Smith F 6-6 / 225 Virginia Tech College Senior
20 PHW Ted Luckenbill F 6-6 / 205 Houston College Senior
21 STL Ron Horn F 6-7 / 220 Indiana College —
22 BOS Al Butler G 6-2 / 175 Niagara College Senior
23 CHP Jeff Cohen F 6-7 / 225 William & Mary College Senior
Round 3 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
24 NYK Tony Jackson — — St. Johns College —
25 CIN Bevo Nordmann — — St. Louis College —
26 DET Doug Kistler — — Duke College —
27 LAL Frank Burgess — — Gonzaga College —
28 SYR Chuck Osborne — — Western Kentucky College —
29 PHW Jack Egan — — St. Josephs College —
30 STL Tom Chilton — — East Tennessee State — —
31 BOS Bill Depp — — Vanderbilt College —
32 CHP Bill Bridges — — Kansas College —
Round 4 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
33 NYK George Blaney — — Holy Cross College —
34 CIN Lowery Kirk — — Memphis College —
35 DET George Finley — — Tennessee State College —
36 LAL Charles Henke — — Missouri College —
37 SYR Hank Whitney — — Iowa State College —
38 PHW John Tidwell — — Michigan College —
39 STL Gus Guydon — — Drake College —
40 BOS Carl Cole — — Eastern Kentucky College —
41 CHP Roger Kaiser — — Georgia Tech College —
Round 5 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
42 NYK Bill Smith — — St. Peters — —
43 CIN Rossie Johnson — — Tennessee State College —
44 DET Danny Doyle — — Belmont Abbey — —
45 LAL Bill Lickert — — Kentucky College —
46 SYR Don Jacobsen — — South Dakota State College —
47 PHW Bruce Spraggins — — Virginia Union College —
48 STL John Berberich — — UCLA College —
49 BOS Bob DiStefano — — N.C. State College —
50 CHP Howie Carl — — DePaul College —
Round 6 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
51 NYK Cleveland Buckner — — Jackson State College —
52 CIN Bob Slobodnik — — Duquesne College —
53 DET Lee Patrone — — West Virginia College —
54 LAL Bill McClintock — — California College —
55 SYR Billy Joe Price — — New Mexico State College —
56 PHW Dick Goldberg — — Southern Miss College —
57 STL Bob McDonald — — Maryland College —
58 BOS Ned Twyman — — Duquesne College —
59 CHP Dave Voss — — Tulsa College —
Round 7 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
60 NYK Donnie Butcher — — Pikeville — —
61 CIN Dave Zeller — — Miami (Ohio) College —
62 DET Bert Price — — Wittenberg — —
63 LAL Albert Almanza — — Texas College —
64 SYR Roger Newman — — Kentucky College —
65 PHW Charley McNeil — — Maryland College —
66 STL Charles Riley — — Winston-Salem State College —
67 BOS Mel Klein — — Northern State — —
68 CHP Ron Heller — — Wichita State College —
Round 8 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
69 NYK Cedric Price — — Kansas State College —
70 CIN Gerry Thelen — — Thomas More — —
71 DET Walter Ward — — Hampton College —
72 LAL Bill Ellis — — UCLA College —
73 SYR Dave Mills — — Seattle College —
74 PHW Larry Swift — — Truman State — —
75 STL Gene Velloff — — Doane — —
76 CHP John Wessels — — Illinois College —
Round 9 (7 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
77 NYK Charlie Bowerman — — Wabash — —
78 CIN Larry Kruger — — Ohio College —
79 DET Peter Baltic — — Penn State College —
80 LAL Karl Anderson — — Oregon State College —
81 SYR Rex Tippitt — — Grambling College —
82 STL Herbert Gray — — North Carolina A&T College —
83 CHP Steve Strange — — Southern Methodist College —
Round 10 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
84 NYK Ron Dibelius — — Wisconsin-Milwaukee College —
85 CIN Jack Waters — — Mississippi College —
86 DET Wayne Monson — — Northern Michigan — —
87 LAL Fred Williams — — Hancock — —
88 SYR Pete Chudy — — Syracuse College —
89 PHW Leo Hill — — UCLA College —
90 STL Tom Faszholz — — Concordia (Mo.) — —
91 CHP Larry Comley — — Kansas State College —
Round 11 (7 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
92 NYK Kevin Loughery — — St. Johns College —
93 CIN Carl Short — — Newberry — —
94 DET Richard Kraft — — Brockport — —
95 LAL Howard Hurt — — Duke College —
96 SYR Charles Sammons — — LeMoyne College —
97 PHW Corky Withrow — — Georgetown — —
98 STL Dick Kepley — — North Carolina College —
Round 12 (3 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
99 NYK Earl Shultz — — California College —
100 CIN George Patterson — — Toledo College —
101 STL Jackie Crawford — — Centenary College —
Round 13 (3 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
102 NYK Ned Jennings — — Kentucky College —
103 CIN Clair McRoberts — — Monmouth — —
104 STL Howard Stacey — — Louisville College —
Round 14 (2 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
105 NYK Bill Engesser — — Southern California College —
106 CIN Carl Bouldin — — Cincinnati College —
Round 15 (1 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
107 NYK Vince Kempton — — St. Josephs College —

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