1956 NBA Draft Class

View the 1956 NBA Draft class, including overall pick number, player, team, and college or organization when available.

No. 1 PickSi Green

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Total Picks Loaded92

Data SourceBasketball-Reference fallback

Overall	Player	Team	College/Org
1	Si Green	ROC	Duquesne
2	Bill Russell	STL	San Francisco
3	Jim Paxson	MNL	Dayton
4	Ron Shavlik	NYK	NC State
5	Joe Holup	SYR	George Washington
6	Tom Heinsohn	BOS	Holy Cross
7	Ron Sobie	FTW	DePaul
8	Hal Lear	PHW	Temple
9	Bob Burrow	ROC	Kentucky
10	Willie Naulls	STL	UCLA
11	Terry Rand	MNL	Marquette
12	Gary Bergen	NYK	Utah
13	Paul Judson	SYR	Illinois
14	K.C. Jones	BOS	San Francisco
15	Bob Kessler	FTW	Maryland
16	Phil Rollins	PHW	Louisville
17	Dave Piontek	ROC	Xavier
18	Darrell Floyd	STL	Furman University
19	Jerry Bird	MNL	Kentucky
20	Jerry Harper	NYK	Alabama
21	Forest Able	SYR	Western Kentucky
22	George Linn	BOS	Alabama
23	Bill Thieben	FTW	Hofstra
24	Bevo Francis	PHW	University of Rio Grande
25	Johnny McCarthy	ROC	Canisius
26	Robin Freeman	STL	Ohio State
27	Lloyd Aubrey	MNL	Notre Dame
28	Ronnie Mayer	NYK	Duke
29	Swede Halbrook	SYR	Oregon State
30	Dan Swartz	BOS	Morehead State University
31	Charles Slack	FTW	Marshall
32	Phil Wheeler	PHW	Cincinnati
33	Bill Uhl	ROC	Dayton
34	Norm Stewart	STL	Missouri
35	Bill Reigel	MNL	McNeese State University
36	Joe Sexson	NYK	Purdue
37	Jim Ray	SYR	Toledo
38	Bill Logan	BOS	Iowa
39	Joe Liebler	FTW	Holy Cross
40	Joe Belmont	PHW	Duke
41	Kevin Thomas	ROC	Boston University
42	Dave Plunkett	STL	Cincinnati
43	Phil Jordon	MNL	Whitworth
44	Pat Dunn	NYK	Utah State University
45	Jim McLaughlin	SYR	Saint Louis
46	Don Boldebuck	BOS	Houston
47	Paul Schlimm	FTW	John Carroll University
48	Mickey Winograd	PHW	Duquesne
49	Carl Cain	ROC	Iowa
50	Julius McCoy	STL	Michigan State
51	John Barber	MNL	California State University, Los Angeles
52	Jack Adams	NYK	Eastern Kentucky University
53	Les Roh	SYR	Idaho State University
54	O'Neal Weaver	BOS	Midwestern State University
55	Bruce Harris	FTW	Tennessee Technological University
56	John Fannon	PHW	Notre Dame
57	Clayton Carter	ROC	Oklahoma State
58	Morris Taft	STL	UCLA
59	Sam Jones	MNL	NC Central
60	Art Bunte	NYK	Utah
61	Chester Webb	SYR	Georgia Southern University
62	Vic Molodet	BOS	NC State
63	Max Anderson	PHW	Oregon
64	Dan Mannix	ROC	St. Francis College
65	Jim Reed	STL	Texas Tech
66	Jim Springer	MNL	Gustavus Adolphus
67	Dick Miller	NYK	Wisconsin
68	Dick Julio	SYR	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
69	Jim Houston	BOS	Brandeis University
70	Ronald Clark	PHW	Springfield College
71	Jerry Moreman	ROC	Louisville
72	Herschel Pedersen	STL	BYU
73	Phil Grawemeyer	MNL	Kentucky
74	Howie Crittenden	NYK	Murray State
75	Bob Hopkins	SYR	Grambling State University
76	Theophilus Lloyd	BOS	Maryland
77	Gene Carpenter	ROC	Texas Tech
78	Wally Choice	STL	Indiana
79	Robert Hodgson	MNL	Wichita State
80	Dick Miani	NYK	Miami (FL)
81	Willie Bergines	SYR	West Virginia
82	Ed Huse	STL	Wyoming
83	Carl Widseth	MNL	Tennessee
84	Ed Petrie	NYK	Seton Hall
85	Dick Kenyon	SYR	LeMoyne College
86	Arthur Helms	STL	Houston
87	John Patzwald	MNL	Gustavus Adolphus
88	Toby Roybal	NYK	New Mexico
89	Milt Graham	SYR	Colgate
90	Junior Morgan	STL	Duke
91	Elgin Baylor	MNL	Seattle University
92	Chuck Rolles	SYR	Cornell

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