1951 NBA Draft Class

View the 1951 NBA Draft class, including overall pick number, player, team, and college or organization when available.

No. 1 PickGene Melchiorre

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Total Picks Loaded87

Data SourceBasketball-Reference fallback

Overall	Player	Team	College/Org
1	Gene Melchiorre	BLB	Bradley
2	Mel Hutchins	TRI	BYU
3	Marcus Freiberger	INO	Oklahoma
4	Zeke Sinicola	FTW	Niagara University
5	John McConathy	SYR	Northwestern State University
6	Ed Smith	NYK	Harvard University
7	Ernie Barrett	BOS	Kansas State
8	Sam Ranzino	ROC	NC State
9	Don Sunderlage	PHW	Illinois
10	Whitey Skoog	MNL	Minnesota
11	Jack Stone	BLB	Kansas State
12	Bill Gossett	TRI	Colorado State
13	Scotty Steagall	INO	Millikin University
14	Jack Kiley	FTW	Syracuse
15	Don Savage	SYR	LeMoyne College
16	Roland Minson	NYK	BYU
17	Bill Garrett	BOS	Indiana
18	Ray Ragelis	ROC	Northwestern
19	Mel Payton	PHW	Tulane
20	Lew Hitch	MNL	Kansas State
21	Bill Mann	BLB	Bradley
22	Ron Bontemps	TRI	Beloit College
23	Glenn Kammeyer	INO	Central Missouri State University
24	Jake Fendley	FTW	Northwestern
25	Bato Govedarica	SYR	DePaul
26	Joe Luchi	NYK	Cincinnati
27	John Furlong	BOS	Pepperdine
28	Fred Diute	ROC	St. Bonaventure
29	Bob Schloss	PHW	Georgia
30	Bob Payne	MNL	Oregon State
31	Bill Hagler	BLB	California
32	Jim Slaughter	TRI	South Carolina
33	Bill Tosheff	INO	Indiana
34	Herb Hargett	FTW	Mississippi State
35	Paul Horvath	SYR	NC State
36	Lloyd Sandstrom	NYK	University of St. Thomas
37	Bob Barnett	BOS	University of Evansville
38	Elmer Behnke	ROC	Bradley
39	Jud Milhon	PHW	Ohio Wesleyan University
40	Gale McArthur	MNL	Oklahoma State
41	Leroy Ishman	BLB	American University
42	Bob Sakel	TRI	University of Evansville
43	Bob Pierce	INO	Nebraska
44	Leo Johnson	FTW	Arizona
45	Glen Anderson	SYR	Colorado State
46	Tom Smith	NYK	Saint Peter's College
47	Rip Gish	BOS	Western Kentucky
48	Dan Bagley	ROC	Notre Dame
49	Mike Kearns	PHW	Princeton
50	Leo VanderKuy	MNL	Michigan
51	Glen Duggins	BLB	Utah
52	John Rennicke	TRI	Drake University
53	Marv Johnson	INO	Wheaton College
54	Frank Calsbeek	FTW	Iowa
55	Bob Wheeler	SYR	Idaho
56	Al McGuire	NYK	St. John's
57	Jim Luisi	BOS	St. Francis College
58	Jim Ove	ROC	Valparaiso
59	Dwight Swails	PHW	University of Indianapolis
60	Deward Dopson	MNL	Arkansas Tech University
61	Tom Riach	BLB	USC
62	Bob Ambler	TRI	Arkansas
63	Ted Beach	INO	Illinois
64	Jim Ramstead	FTW	Stanford
65	Roy Reardon	SYR	St. Francis College
66	Sid Ryen	NYK	Denver
67	John Azary	BOS	Columbia University
68	Jack Brown	ROC	SMU
69	George Dempsey	PHW	King's College
70	Ed Head	MNL	Kansas State
71	Bill Harper	BLB	Oregon State
72	Aaron Preece	TRI	Bradley
73	George Kelley	INO	Vanderbilt
74	John Manning	FTW	Duquesne
75	Tom Jockle	SYR	Syracuse
76	Hugo Kappler	BOS	NC State
77	George Davidson	ROC	Lafayette College
78	Jim Phelan	PHW	La Salle
79	Bob Crowe	BLB	San Jose State
80	Wayne Tucker	TRI	Colorado
81	Ray Kirkgasser	SYR	Ithaca College
82	Hugh Faulkner	PHW	Pepperdine
83	Dan Torrey	BLB	Oregon State
84	John DeWitt	TRI	Texas A&M
85	Paul Gerwin	PHW	Cornell
86	Clem Pavilonis	BLB	DePaul
87	John Burke	BLB	Springfield College

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