1949 BAA draft
| 1949 BAA draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Date(s) | March 21, 1949 |
| Location | Minneapolis Lakers |
| First selection | Howie Shannon, Providence Steamrollers |
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The 1949 BAA draft was the third annual draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on March 21, 1949, before the 1949–50 season. In this draft, eleven remaining BAA teams along with the Indianapolis Olympians who joined the BAA, took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. The draft consisted of 8 rounds and a regional selection period, with 75 players selected. This was the final BAA Draft before the league was renamed the NBA in August 1949.[1] The 75 players selected matched the same number of players selected in the 1989 draft; both drafts have the fewest picks selected prior to 1989 (when the NBA draft was reduced to two rounds ever since).
Draft selections and draftee career notes
Basketball Hall of Fame.[2]
Key
| Pos. | G | F | C |
Position |
Guard | Forward | Center |
| ^ | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| * | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team |
| + | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game |
| # | Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game |
Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality[n 1] | Team | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | – | Ed Macauley^ | F/C |  United States
|
St. Louis Bombers
|
Saint Louis |
| T | – | Vern Mikkelsen^ | F/C | United States
|
Minneapolis Lakers
|
Hamline |
| 1 | 1 | Howie Shannon | G/F | United States
|
Providence Steamrollers | Kansas State |
| 1 | 2 | Alex Groza* | C | United States
|
Indianapolis Olympians | Kentucky |
| 1 | 3 | Bob Harris | F/C | United States
|
Fort Wayne Pistons
|
Oklahoma State
|
| 1 | 4 | Tony Lavelli | F | United States
|
Boston Celtics | Yale |
| 1 | 5 | Vern Gardner | F/C | United States
|
Philadelphia Warriors
|
Utah |
| 1 | 6 | Ron Livingstone | C | United States
|
Baltimore Bullets
|
Wyoming |
| 1 | 7 | Dick McGuire^ | G | United States
|
New York Knicks | St. John's
|
| 1 | 8 | Wallace Jones | F | United States
|
Washington Capitols | Kentucky |
| 1 | 9 | Jack Kerris | F/C | United States
|
Chicago Stags | Loyola (IL) |
| 1 | 10 | Frank Saul | G/F | United States
|
Rochester Royals
|
Seton Hall |
| 2 | – | Leo Barnhorst+ | G/F | United States
|
Indianapolis Olympians | Notre Dame |
| 2 | – | Ralph Beard* | G | United States
|
Chicago Stags | Kentucky |
| 2 | – | Jack Coleman+ | F/C | United States
|
Rochester Royals
|
Louisville |
| 2 | – | Harry Donovan | G | United States
|
New York Knicks | Muhlenberg |
| 2 | – | George Kaftan | F | United States
|
Boston Celtics | Holy Cross |
| 2 | – | Jim Nolan | C | United States
|
Philadelphia Warriors
|
Georgia Tech
|
| 2 | – | John Oldham | G | United States
|
Fort Wayne Pistons
|
Western Kentucky |
| 2 | – | Johnny Orr | F | United States
|
St. Louis Bombers
|
Beloit |
| 2 | – | Red Owens | G | United States
|
Washington Capitols | Baylor |
Other picks
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one BAA/NBA game.[3][4]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality[n 1] | Team | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | – | Nelson Bobb | G | United States
|
Philadelphia Warriors
|
Temple |
| 3 | – | Dwight Eddleman+ | G/F | United States
|
Chicago Stags | Illinois
|
| 3 | – | Paul Gordon | F | United States
|
Baltimore Bullets
|
Notre Dame |
| 3 | – | Ed Leede | G/F | United States
|
Providence Steamrollers | Dartmouth |
| 3 | – | Joe Mullaney | G | United States
|
Boston Celtics | Holy Cross |
| 3 | – | Mac Otten | F/C | United States
|
Indianapolis Olympians | Bowling Green |
| 3 | – | Fred Schaus* | F | United States
|
Fort Wayne Pistons
|
West Virginia |
| 3 | – | Ernie Vandeweghe | G/F | United States
|
New York Knicks | Colgate |
| 3 | – | Slater Martin^ | G | United States
|
Minneapolis Lakers
|
Texas |
| 4 | – | Bob Evans | G | United States
|
Indianapolis Olympians | Butler |
| 4 | – | Jerry Nagel | G | United States
|
Fort Wayne Pistons
|
Loyola (IL) |
| 4 | – | Warren Perkins | G/F | United States
|
Providence Steamrollers | Tulane |
| 5 | – | Cliff Barker | G | United States
|
Washington Capitols | Kentucky |
| 5 | – | Ray Corley | G | United States
|
Providence Steamrollers | Georgetown |
| 5 | – | Earl Dodd | F | United States
|
St. Louis Bombers
|
Northeast Missouri |
| 6 | – | Don Boven | G/F | United States
|
Indianapolis Olympians | Western Michigan |
| 7 | – | John Pritchard | C | United States
|
St. Louis Bombers
|
Drake |
| 8 | – | Duane Klueh | G | United States
|
Boston Celtics | Indiana State |
| 8 | – | Bob Royer | G | United States
|
Providence Steamrollers | Indiana State |
| – | – | Mal McMullen | C | United States
|
Baltimore Bullets
|
Xavier |
| – | – | Bob Harrison+ | G | United States
|
Minneapolis Lakers
|
Michigan |
| – | – | Paul Walther+ | G/F | United States
|
Minneapolis Lakers
|
Tennessee |
| – | – | Marv Schatzman | F | United States
|
St. Louis Bombers
|
Saint Louis |
Undrafted players
These players were not selected in the 1949 draft but played at least one game in the NBA.
| Player | Pos. | Nationality | School/club team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Dolhon | G | United States
|
NYU |
| George Feigenbaum | G | United States
|
LIU Brooklyn
|
| Howie Janotta | F | United States
|
Seton Hall |
| Dermie O'Connell | G | United States
|
Holy Cross |
| Joe Bradley | G | United States
|
Oklahoma A&M |
See also
- List of first overall NBA draft picks
- NBA records
Notes
References
- General
- "1949 BAA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2009. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
- "1947–1948 BAA Drafts, 1949–1951 NBA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Archived from the original on July 4, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
- Specific
- ^ Berger, Phil. "First Season". AmericanHeritage.com. American Heritage Publishing. Archived from the original on June 26, 2009. Retrieved August 15, 2009.
- ^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
- ^ "1949 BAA Draft".
- ^ "NBA Past Drafts - RealGM".