1957 NBA draft

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1957 NBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)April 17, 1957
Location
Cincinnati Royals

The 1957 NBA draft was the 11th annual

Cincinnati Royals respectively.[1][2] In each round, the teams select in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season
. The draft consisted of 14 rounds comprising 83 players selected.

Draft selections and draftee career notes

Syracuse Nationals, but he opted for a professional football career and eventually playing nine successful seasons in the National Football League (NFL).[6] Brown was later inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and is considered one of the greatest professional football players ever.[7]

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
# Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game

Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team College
1 1 Rod Hundley + G  United States
Minneapolis)[a]
West Virginia
1 2 Charlie Tyra F/C  United States Detroit Pistons (traded to New York)[b] Louisville
1 3 Jim Krebs C  United States
Minneapolis Lakers
SMU
1 4 Win Wilfong G  United States
St. Louis Hawks
Memphis State
1 5 Brendan McCann G  United States New York Knicks St. Bonaventure
1 6 Lennie Rosenbluth F  United States
Philadelphia Warriors
North Carolina
1 7 George Bon Salle F  United States
Syracuse Nationals
Illinois
1 8 Sam Jones^ G/F  United States Boston Celtics NC Central
2 9 Dick Duckett G  United States
Cincinnati Royals
St. John's
2 10 Bob McCoy# F  United States Detroit Pistons Grambling
2 11 Harv Schmidt# F  United States
Minneapolis Lakers
Illinois
2 12 Jim Palmer F/C  United States
St. Louis Hawks
Dayton
2 13 Larry Friend G/F  United States New York Knicks California
2 14
Jack Sullivan
#
F  United States
Philadelphia Warriors
Mount St. Mary's
2 15 Jim Morgan# G  United States
Syracuse Nationals
Louisville
2 16 Dick O'Neal# F  United States Boston Celtics TCU

Other picks

The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.[8][9]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team College
3 17 Jerry Paulson G  United States
Cincinnati Royals
Manhattan
3 18 Bill Ebben G  United States Detroit Pistons
Detroit
4 27 George Brown F  United States
Minneapolis Lakers
Wayne State
4 30 Ray Radziszewski F  United States
Philadelphia Warriors
Saint Joseph's
6 48
Maury King
G  United States Boston Celtics Kansas
8 57 Doug Bolstorff G  United States Detroit Pistons Minnesota
8 60 Woody Sauldsberry+ F/C  United States
Philadelphia Warriors
Texas Southern
9 67 Steve Hamilton F/C  United States
Philadelphia Warriors
Morehead State

Trades

See also

References

General
  • "Complete First Round Results 1957–59". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  • "1957 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  • "1957–1961 NBA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  • "1957 NBA Draft". The Draft Review. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
Specific
  1. ^ Pretzer, Ryan (October 16, 2007). "Farewell, Fort Wayne". NBA.com/Pistons. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on January 21, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
  2. ^ "Sacramento Kings History". NBA.com/Kings. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on January 8, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Hot Rod Hundley Bio". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  4. ^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
  5. ^ "Rookie of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 29, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
  6. ^ Kim, Randy (June 19, 2003). "Draft Oddities". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on July 1, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  7. ^ "Football's 100 Greatest Players: #1 Jim Brown". The Sporting News. Archived from the original on December 7, 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
  8. ^ "1957 NBA draft".
  9. ^ "NBA Past Drafts – RealGM".
  10. ^ "Charlie Tyra Bio". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  11. ^ "All-Time Transactions". NBA.com/Pistons. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on December 30, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2009.

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