1952 NBA draft
| 1952 NBA draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Date(s) | April 26, 1952 |
| Location | Milwaukee Hawks |
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The 1952 NBA draft was the sixth annual
Minneapolis Lakers
, who was assigned the last pick of each round. The draft consisted of 17 rounds comprising 106 players selected.
Draft selections and draftee career notes
Tenth-round pick
Milwaukee Braves, becoming the only athlete to win world championships in both basketball and baseball.[4]
Dick Groat from Duke was picked 3rd overall by the Fort Wayne Pistons and went on to win the National League 1960 MVP, and two World Series championships while playing shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates and then the St. Louis Cardinals.
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 never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game |
Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | – | Bill Mlkvy | F |  United States
|
Philadelphia Warriors
|
Temple |
| 1 | 1 | Mark Workman | F/C | United States
|
Milwaukee Hawks
|
West Virginia |
| 1 | 2 | Jim Baechtold | G/F | United States
|
Baltimore Bullets
|
Eastern Kentucky |
| 1 | 3 | Dick Groat | G | United States
|
Fort Wayne Pistons
|
Duke |
| 1 | 4 | Joe Dean# | G | United States
|
Indianapolis Olympians | LSU
|
| 1 | 5 | Ralph Polson
|
F/C | United States
|
New York Knicks | Whitworth |
| 1 | 6 | Bill Stauffer# | F | United States
|
Boston Celtics | Missouri |
| 1 | 7 | Bob Lochmueller | F | United States
|
Syracuse Nationals
|
Louisville |
| 1 | 8 | Chuck Darling# | F/C | United States
|
Rochester Royals
|
Iowa |
| 1 | 9 | Clyde Lovellette^ | F/C | United States
|
Minneapolis Lakers
|
Kansas |
| 2 | 10 | Eddie Miller | F/C | United States
|
Milwaukee Hawks
|
Syracuse |
| 2 | 11 | Chuck Grigsby | G | United States
|
Baltimore Bullets
|
Dayton |
| 2 | 12 | Don Meineke | F/C | United States
|
Fort Wayne Pistons
|
Dayton |
| 2 | 13 | Walt Davis | F/C | United States
|
Philadelphia Warriors
|
Texas A&M |
| 2 | 14 | Bob Zawoluk | F/C | United States
|
Indianapolis Olympians | St. John's |
| 2 | 15 | Bert Cook | G | United States
|
New York Knicks | Utah State |
| 2 | 16 | Jim Iverson# | G | United States
|
Boston Celtics | Kansas State |
| 2 | 17 | Jim Brasco | G | United States
|
Syracuse Nationals
|
NYU |
| 2 | 18 | Jack McMahon | G | United States
|
Rochester Royals
|
St. John's |
| 2 | 19 | Jim Holstein | F | United States
|
Minneapolis Lakers
|
Cincinnati |
Other picks
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.[5][6]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 25 | Dick Bunt | G | United States
|
New York Knicks | NYU |
| 4 | 37 | Herm Hedderick | G | United States
|
Boston Celtics | Canisius
|
| 4 | 38 | Ronnie MacGilvray | G | United States
|
Rochester Royals
|
St. John's |
| 4 | Blaine Denning | G | United States
|
Baltimore Bullets
|
Lawrence Tech | |
| 5 | 40 | George McLeod | F | United States
|
Milwaukee Hawks
|
TCU |
| 5 | 43 | Tom Brennan | F | United States
|
Philadelphia Warriors
|
Villanova |
| 5 | 44 | Gene Rhodes | G | United States
|
Indianapolis Olympians | Western Kentucky |
| 5 | 47 | Ken McBride | G/F | United States
|
Syracuse Nationals
|
Maryland State |
| 6 | 59 | Jim Holstein | G/F | United States
|
Minneapolis Lakers
|
Cincinnati |
| 7 | 61 | Bob Priddy | F | United States
|
Baltimore Bullets
|
New Mexico A&M |
| 7 | 64 | Skippy Whitaker | G | United States
|
Indianapolis Olympians | Kentucky |
| 8 | 73 | Moe Radovich | G | United States
|
Philadelphia Warriors
|
Wyoming |
| 8 | 75 | Dick Surhoff | F | United States
|
New York Knicks | Long Island |
| 10 | 90 | Gene Conley | F/C | United States
|
Boston Celtics | Washington State |
| 11 | 93 | Bob Peterson | F | United States
|
Baltimore Bullets
|
Oregon |
| 11 | 96 | Carl McNulty | G | United States
|
Minneapolis Lakers
|
Purdue |
| 12 | 97 | Jim Walsh | F | United States
|
Baltimore Bullets
|
Stanford |
Notable undrafted players
These players were not selected in the 1952 draft but played at least one game in the NBA.
| Player | Pos. | Nationality | School/club team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Christ | G | United States
|
Fordham |
| Pete Darcey | C | United States
|
Oklahoma State |
| Don Hanrahan | F | United States
|
Loyola Chicago |
| Bob Naber | F | United States
|
Louisville |
See also
- List of first overall NBA draft picks
- NBA records
References
- General
- "1952 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
- "1952–1956 NBA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
- "1952 NBA Draft". The Draft Review. June 6, 2007. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
- Specific
- ^ "Rookie of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
- ^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
- ^ http://basketball-players.pointafter.com/stories/5042/2000-nba-draft-re-pick-terrible-awful[permanent dead link]
- ^ Grossfeld, Stan (January 13, 2008). "Conley had twice as much fun". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
- ^ "1952 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.com.
- ^ "NBA Past Drafts - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.