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1963 NBA Draft

84 picks — 72 college · 0 international

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Round 1 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
1 NYK Art Heyman G/F 6-5 / 205 Duke College Senior
2 BAL Rod Thorn G 6-4 / 195 West Virginia College Senior
3 SFW Nate Thurmond C 6-11 / 225 Bowling Green College Senior
4 DET Eddie Miles G/F 6-4 / 195 Seattle College Senior
5 CIN Tom Thacker — — Cincinnati College —
6 STL Gerry Ward G/F 6-4 / 195 Boston College College Senior
7 PHI Tom Hoover C 6-9 / 230 Villanova College —
8 LAL Roger Strickland F 6-5 / 200 Jacksonville College Senior
9 BOS Bill Green F 6-6 / 233 Colorado State College Senior
Round 2 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
10 NYK Jerry Harkness G 6-2 / 175 Loyola, Chicago College Senior
11 BAL Gus Johnson F 6-6 / 230 Idaho College Senior
12 SFW Gary Hill G 6-4 / 185 Oklahoma City College Senior
13 DET Jerry Smith G 6-2 / 185 Furman College Senior
14 LAL Jim King — — Tulsa College —
15 STL Leland Mitchell G/F 6-4 / 210 Mississippi State College Senior
16 PHI Hershell West G 6-2 / 190 Grambling College Senior
17 LAL Mel Gibson G 6-3 / 180 Western Carolina College Senior
18 STL Ken Saylors F — Arkansas Tech College Senior
Round 3 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
19 NYK Bill O'Connor — — Canisius College —
20 BAL Tom Bolyard — — Indiana College —
21 SFW Steve Gray — — St. Mary's (Calif.) College —
22 DET Mike McCoy — — Miami College —
23 CIN Jimmy Rayl — — Indiana College —
24 STL Bill Burwell — — Illinois College —
25 PHI Jerry Greenspan — — Maryland College —
26 LAL Lyle Harger — — Houston College —
27 BOS Chuck Kriston — — Valparaiso College —
Round 4 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
28 NYK Nate Cloud — — Delaware College —
29 BAL Nolen Ellison — — Kansas College —
30 SFW Dave Downey — — Illinois College —
31 DET Dave Erickson — — Marquette College —
32 CIN Ken Charlton — — Colorado College —
33 STL Waite Bellamy — — Florida A&M College —
34 PHI Ray Flynn — — Providence College —
35 LAL Layton Johns — — Auburn College —
36 BOS Connie McGuire — — Southeastern Oklahoma College —
Round 5 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
37 NYK Joe McDermott — — Belmont Abbey — —
38 BAL Ron Glaser — — Marquette College —
39 SFW Don Turner — — Southwestern — —
40 DET Bill Small — — Illinois College —
41 CIN Mack Herndon — — Bradley College —
42 STL Tony Yates — — Cincinnati College —
43 PHI Tony Cerkvenik — — Arizona State College —
44 LAL Larry Jones — — Toledo College —
45 BOS Red Stroud — — Mississippi State College —
Round 6 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
46 NYK Jim Kerwin — — Tulane College —
47 BAL Ken Siebel — — Wisconsin College —
48 SFW Gene Shields — — Santa Clara College —
49 DET Reggie Harding — — — Other —
50 CIN Jim McCormick — — West Virginia College —
51 STL Al Santio — — Maryland College —
52 PHI Vince Brewer — — Iowa State College —
53 LAL Warren Sallade — — Westminster College (Pa.) — —
54 BOS Vinnie Ernst — — Providence College —
Round 7 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
55 NYK Bob Woollard — — Wake Forest College —
56 BAL Larry Brown — — North Carolina College —
57 SFW Don Clemetson — — Stanford College —
58 DET Ira Harge — — New Mexico College —
59 CIN Hunter Beckman — — Memphis College —
60 STL Ken Rohloff — — N.C. State College —
61 PHI Bill Brown — — Howard Payne — —
62 LAL Gordie Martin — — Southern California College —
63 BOS Herb Magee — — Philadelphia — —
Round 8 (5 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
64 NYK Freddie Crawford — — St. Bonaventure College —
65 BAL Rich Froistad — — Iowa State College —
66 SFW Harry Dinnel — — Pepperdine College —
67 DET Gary Silc — — Northern Michigan — —
68 STL Harold Ray Strother — — Texas A&M College —
Round 9 (5 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
69 NYK Ray Cronk — — Lakeland (Wis.) — —
70 BAL Ron Jackson — — Wisconsin College —
71 SFW Chuck White — — Idaho College —
72 DET Ernie Dunston — — Seattle College —
73 STL Frank Davis — — Oklahoma Christian — —
Round 10 (3 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
74 NYK Gerald Glur — — Furman College —
75 BAL M. C. Thompson — — DePaul College —
76 STL Carl Ritter — — Southeast Missouri State — —
Round 11 (2 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
77 NYK Orb Bowling — — Tennessee College —
78 STL Marv Straw — — Iowa State College —
Round 12 (2 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
79 NYK Bob Walters — — Baldwin-Wallace — —
80 STL Hugh Evans — — North Carolina A&T College —
Round 13 (2 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
81 NYK Jerry Szachara — — Cornell College —
82 STL Gary McFarland — — Central Missouri — —
Round 14 (1 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
83 NYK Bill Raftery — — LaSalle College —
Round 15 (1 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
84 NYK Ron Pickett — — Eastern Kentucky College —

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