1954 NBA Draft Class

View the 1954 NBA Draft class, including overall pick number, player, team, and college or organization when available.

No. 1 PickFrank Selvy

TeamBLB

Total Picks Loaded100

Data SourceBasketball-Reference fallback

Overall	Player	Team	College/Org
1	Frank Selvy	BLB	Furman University
2	Bob Pettit	MLH	LSU
3	Gene Shue	PHW	Maryland
4	Dick Rosenthal	FTW	Notre Dame
5	Togo Palazzi	BOS	Holy Cross
6	Red Kerr	SYR	Illinois
7	Tom Marshall	ROC	Western Kentucky
8	Jack Turner	NYK	Western Kentucky
9	Ed Kalafat	MNL	Minnesota
10	Slick Leonard	BLB	Indiana
11	Bob Mattick	MLH	Oklahoma State
12	Larry Costello	PHW	Niagara University
13	Arnold Short	FTW	Oklahoma City University
14	Red Morrison	BOS	Idaho
15	Dick Farley	SYR	Indiana
16	Boris Nachamkin	ROC	NYU
17	Richie Guerin	NYK	Iona College
18	Al Bianchi	MNL	Bowling Green
19	Werner Killen	BLB	Lawrence Technological University
20	Walt Walowac	MLH	Marshall
21	Ben Peters	PHW	Benedictine College
22	B. H. Born	FTW	Kansas
23	Henry Daubenschmidt	BOS	St. Francis College
24	Jim Tucker	SYR	Duquesne
25	Lee Morton	ROC	Cornell
26	Don Anielak	NYK	Missouri State
27	Don Lance	MNL	Rice University
28	Burt Spice	BLB	Toledo
29	Phil Martin	MLH	Toledo
30	Chuck Noble	PHW	Louisville
31	Mel Thompson	FTW	NC State
32	Ron Perry	BOS	Holy Cross
33	Don McLane	SYR	Duquesne
34	Art Spoelstra	ROC	Western Kentucky
35	Don Lange	NYK	United States Naval Academy
36	Gene Schwinger	MNL	Rice University
37	Lou Scott	BLB	Indiana
38	Paul Ebert	MLH	Ohio State
39	Rudy D'Emilio	PHW	Duke
40	Dutch Burch	FTW	Pitt
41	Troy Burrus	BOS	West Texas A&M University
42	Tom Pottenburgh	SYR	Siena College
43	Bo Erias	ROC	Niagara University
44	Jesse Prisock	NYK	Kansas State
45	Buzz Bennett	MNL	Minnesota
46	Bob Heim	BLB	Xavier
47	Bob Carney	MLH	Bradley
48	Len Winogard	PHW	Brandeis University
49	Charles Kraak	FTW	Indiana
50	Otto Kriegshauser	BOS	Washington University in Saint Louis
51	Norman Pott	SYR	Wheaton College
52	Red Davis	ROC	St. John's
53	Ron Rivers	NYK	Wyoming
54	Nick Revon	MNL	Southern Miss
55	Joe Pehanick	BLB	Seattle University
56	Allen Kelley	MLH	Kansas
57	Bob Brady	PHW	San Diego State
58	Bernie Janicki	FTW	Duke
59	Dick Estergard	BOS	Bradley
60	Gus Lovett	SYR	Franklin & Marshall College
61	Bill Hull	ROC	Utah State University
62	Solly Walker	NYK	St. John's
63	Dan Finch	MNL	Vanderbilt
64	Harry Brooks	BLB	Seton Hall
65	Dick Nunneley	MLH	Tulsa
66	Bob Hodges	PHW	East Carolina University
67	Don Bielke	FTW	Valparaiso
68	Jim Young	BOS	Santa Clara
69	Mel Besdin	SYR	Syracuse
70	Paul Morrow	ROC	Wisconsin
71	Cob Jarvis	NYK	Mississippi State
72	Bob Hopkins	MNL	Point Loma Nazarene
73	Ron Goerrs	BLB	Concordia Seminary
74	Hal Cervini	MLH	Tulane
75	Vince Leta	PHW	Lycoming College
76	Joel Hittleman	FTW	Loyola (MD)
77	Fletcher Johnson	SYR	Duquesne
78	Roy Irvin	ROC	USC
79	Henry Duckham	NYK	Polytechnic University
80	Dick Garmaker	MNL	Minnesota
81	Gary Shivers	BLB	Houston
82	Joe Bertrand	MLH	Notre Dame
83	Bill Sullivan	PHW	Notre Dame
84	Dean Larsen	FTW	BYU
85	Tony Daukas	BOS	Boston College
86	Jack Davidson	SYR	UCLA
87	Ed Parchinski	ROC	Fordham
88	John Clune	NYK	United States Naval Academy
89	John Biever	MNL	Northwestern
90	Elliot Karver	BLB	George Washington
91	Jerry Domershick	MLH	City College of New York
92	Frank O'Hara	PHW	La Salle
93	Forrest Jackson	FTW	Taylor University
94	Bill Johnson	BOS	Nebraska
95	Jim Paxson	ROC	Dayton
96	Bob Waller	NYK	Oklahoma
97	Ron Weisner	MLH	Wisconsin
98	John Glinski	PHW	SUNY Cortland
99	Charles Stickels	NYK	Hastings College
100	John Holup	PHW	George Washington

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