1962 NBA draft

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

1962 NBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)March 26, 1962
Location
Chicago Zephyrs
Hall of Famers
5
← 1961
1963 →

The 1962 NBA draft was the 16th annual

San Francisco Warriors prior to the start of the season.[5]
The draft consisted of 16 rounds, comprising 102 players selected.

Draft selections and draftee career notes

Finals MVP, 11 All-NBA Team selection, 13 All-Star Game selections and 8 All-Defensive Team selections.[15] Walker, the 12th pick, won the NBA championship with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1967 and was selected to 7 All-Star Games.[16]

European Champions Cup final.[22] Reggie Harding, the 29th pick, became the first player drafted out of high school when the Detroit Pistons selected him in the fourth round. However, he did not enter the league until the 1963–64 season due to the rules that prevent a high school player to play in the league until one year after his high school class graduated.[23][24] He was drafted again in the 1963 draft
by the Pistons with the 48th pick in the sixth round.

Coach of the Year Award for a record three times, tied with Pat Riley.[28] He was also named among the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996.[29]

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

Draft

John Havlicek, selected by the Boston Celtics.
Round Pick Player Pos. Nationality Team School/club team
T – Dave DeBusschere^ G/F  United States Detroit Pistons
Detroit
T – Jerry Lucas^ F/C  United States
Cincinnati Royals
 Ohio State
1 1 Bill McGill F/C  United States
Chicago Zephyrs
 Utah
1 2 Paul Hogue C  United States New York Knicks Cincinnati
1 3 Zelmo Beaty^ C  United States
St. Louis Hawks
 Prairie View A&M
1 4 Len Chappell+ F/C  United States
Syracuse Nationals
 Wake Forest
1 5 Wayne Hightower F/C  United States
Philadelphia Warriors
 Real Madrid (Spain)[22]
1 6 LeRoy Ellis F/C  United States Los Angeles Lakers St. John's
1 7 John Havlicek^ G/F  United States Boston Celtics Ohio State
2 8 Terry Dischinger+ G/F  United States
Chicago Zephyrs
 Purdue
2 9 John Rudometkin F  United States New York Knicks USC
2 10 Bob Duffy G  United States
St. Louis Hawks
 Colgate
2 11 Kevin Loughery G  United States Detroit Pistons St. John's
2 12 Chet Walker^ G/F  United States
Syracuse Nationals
 Bradley
2 13 Bud Olsen F/C  United States
Cincinnati Royals
 Louisville
2 14 Hubie White G/F  United States
Philadelphia Warriors
 Villanova
2 15 Gene Wiley C  United States Los Angeles Lakers Wichita
2 16 Jack Foley F  United States Boston Celtics Holy Cross

Other picks

The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.[30][31]

Chicago Zephyrs
.
St. Louis Hawks
.
Round Pick Player Pos. Nationality Team School/club team
3 17 Don Nelson F  United States
Chicago Zephyrs
 Iowa
3 19 Charles Hardnett F/C  United States
St. Louis Hawks
 Grambling
3 21 Porter Meriwether G  United States
Syracuse Nationals
 Tennessee State
3 23 Dave Fedor F  United States
Philadelphia Warriors
 Florida State
4 26 Chico Vaughn G  United States
St. Louis Hawks (from Chicago
) 		Southern Illinois
4 28 Jerry Grote G  United States
St. Louis Hawks
 Loyola (CA)
4 29 Reggie Harding C  United States Detroit Pistons Nashville Christian Institute (Nashville, Tennessee)[1]
4 34 Roger Strickland F  United States Boston Celtics Jacksonville
5 39 John Windsor F  United States
Syracuse Nationals
 Stanford
6 46 Jay Carty G  United States
St. Louis Hawks
 Oregon State
7 59 Howie Montgomery F  United States
Philadelphia Warriors
 Pan American
8 65 Jerry Harkness G  United States
Syracuse Nationals
 Loyola (IL)
11 85
Jeff Slade
 		F  United States
Chicago Zephyrs
 Kenyon
12 90 Mel Nowell G  United States
Chicago Zephyrs
 Ohio State

Notable undrafted players

Further information: List of undrafted NBA players

These players were not selected in the 1962 draft but played at least one game in the NBA.

Player Pos. Nationality School/club team
Dan Tieman G  United States
Thomas More
Ralph Wells G  United States Northwestern

Notes

^ 1: Reggie Harding played and graduated from Detroit Eastern High School in January but he played high school basketball in Nashville, Tennessee, prior to the draft.[23][32]

See also

References

General
  • "Complete First Round Results 1960–69". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2010.
  • "1962 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
  • "1962–1966 NBA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
  • "1962 NBA Draft". The Draft Review. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
Specific
  1. ISBN 9780810890695
    ., pg. 82
  2. ^ "How the NBA draft became a lottery". The Seattle Times. May 21, 2007. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
  3. ^ "Lakers Select Baylor In NBA Draft Meeting". The Daily Collegian. Pennsylvania State University. April 23, 1958. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
  4. ^ Hareas, John (August 6, 2001). "A Colorful Tradition". NBA.com/Wizards. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
  5. ^ May, Peter (May 23, 2004). "Kings still waiting to reign". The Boston Globe. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
  6. ^ "Rookie of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 29, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
  7. ^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
  8. ^ "The NBA's 50 Greatest Players". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on April 6, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  9. ^ "Lucas Shifts, Pipers To Fold". The Pittsburgh Press. August 29, 1962. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  10. ^ "Jerry Lucas Bio". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
  11. ^ "Dave DeBusschere Bio". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  12. ^ "Sports Hot Line". The Beaver County Times. November 1, 1981. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
  13. ^ "Hendrickson Becomes Latest to Play In Both NBA and Major League Baseball". WSU Cougars. CBS Interactive. August 9, 2002. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
  14. ^ Crowe, Jerry (August 13, 2002). "The Inside Track; Morning Briefing; New Coach Pulls the Strings in Washington". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
  15. ^ "John Havlicek Bio". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on April 10, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  16. ^ "Chet Walker Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 28, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  17. ^ "Zelmo Beaty Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  18. ^ "Terry Dischinger Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  19. ^ "Len Chappell Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  20. ^ "Terry Dischinger Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
  21. ^ "Hightower to Play in Spain". Gettysburg Times. August 14, 1961. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
  22. ^ a b Thomsen, Ian (April 28, 2008). "Russian Revolution". Sports Illustrated. Time Warner Company. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
  23. ^ a b "Pistons Can't Use 7-Foot Prep". Lawrence Journal-World. July 3, 1962. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  24. ^ Hilton, Dan (July 14, 2008). "Doesn't the Extra Year Help Teams?". NBA.com/Suns. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on January 21, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
  25. ^ "Kevin Loughery Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 3, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  26. ^ "Don Nelson Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  27. ^ Zillgitt, Jeff (April 8, 2010). "Don Nelson savors journey to top of NBA coaching win list". USA Today. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  28. ^ "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved April 14, 2009.
  29. ^ "Top 10 Coaches in NBA History". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on April 14, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  30. ^ "1962 NBA draft".
  31. ^ "NBA Past Drafts - RealGM".
  32. ^ "Royals Snap Up Lucas". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. March 27, 1962. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1962_NBA_draft&oldid=1284351055"