1961 NBA Draft Class

View the 1961 NBA Draft class, including overall pick number, player, team, and college or organization when available.

No. 1 PickWalt Bellamy

TeamCHP

Total Picks Loaded107

Data SourceBasketball-Reference fallback

Overall	Player	Team	College/Org
1	Walt Bellamy	CHP	Indiana
2	Tom Stith	NYK	St. Bonaventure
3	Larry Siegfried	CIN	Ohio State
4	Ray Scott	DET	University of Portland
5	Wayne Yates	LAL	Memphis
6	Ben Warley	SYR	Tennessee State
7	Tom Meschery	PHW	Saint Mary's
8	Cleo Hill	STL	Winston-Salem State
9	Gary Phillips	BOS	Houston
10	Jack Turner	CHP	Louisville
11	Jerry Graves	CHP	Mississippi State
12	York Larese	CHP	UNC
13	Don Kojis	CHP	Marquette
14	Doug Moe	CHP	UNC
15	Whitey Martin	NYK	St. Bonaventure
16	Bob Wiesenhahn	CIN	Cincinnati
17	Johnny Egan	DET	Providence
18	Fred Sawyer	LAL	Louisville
19	Chris Smith	SYR	Virginia Tech
20	Ted Luckenbill	PHW	Houston
21	Ron Horn	STL	Indiana
22	Al Butler	BOS	Niagara University
23	Jeff Cohen	CHP	William & Mary
24	Tony Jackson	NYK	St. John's
25	Bevo Nordmann	CIN	Saint Louis
26	Doug Kistler	DET	Duke
27	Frank Burgess	LAL	Gonzaga
28	Chuck Osborne	SYR	Western Kentucky
29	Jack Egan	PHW	Saint Joseph's
30	Tom Chilton	STL	East Tennessee State University
31	Bill Depp	BOS	Vanderbilt
32	Bill Bridges	CHP	Kansas
33	George Blaney	NYK	Holy Cross
34	Lowery Kirk	CIN	Memphis
35	George Finley	DET	Tennessee State
36	Charles Henke	LAL	Missouri
37	Hank Whitney	SYR	Iowa State
38	John Tidwell	PHW	Michigan
39	Gus Guydon	STL	Drake University
40	Carl Cole	BOS	Eastern Kentucky University
41	Roger Kaiser	CHP	Georgia Tech
42	Bill Smith	NYK	Saint Peter's College
43	Rossie Johnson	CIN	Tennessee State
44	Danny Doyle	DET	Belmont Abbey College
45	Bill Lickert	LAL	Kentucky
46	Don Jacobsen	SYR	South Dakota State
47	Bruce Spraggins	PHW	Virginia Union University
48	John Berberich	STL	UCLA
49	Bob DiStefano	BOS	NC State
50	Howie Carl	CHP	DePaul
51	Cleveland Buckner	NYK	Jackson State University
52	Bob Slobodnik	CIN	Duquesne
53	Lee Patrone	DET	West Virginia
54	Bill McClintock	LAL	California
55	Billy Joe Price	SYR	New Mexico State
56	Dick Goldberg	PHW	Southern Miss
57	Bob McDonald	STL	Maryland
58	Ned Twyman	BOS	Duquesne
59	Dave Voss	CHP	Tulsa
60	Donnie Butcher	NYK	Pikeville College
61	Dave Zeller	CIN	Miami University
62	Bert Price	DET	Wittenberg University
63	Albert Almanza	LAL	Texas
64	Roger Newman	SYR	Kentucky
65	Charley McNeil	PHW	Maryland
66	Charles Riley	STL	Winston-Salem State
67	Mel Klein	BOS	Northern State University
68	Ron Heller	CHP	Wichita State
69	Cedric Price	NYK	Kansas State
70	Gerry Thelen	CIN	Thomas More College
71	Walter Ward	DET	Hampton
72	Bill Ellis	LAL	UCLA
73	Dave Mills	SYR	Seattle University
74	Larry Swift	PHW	Truman State University
75	Gene Velloff	STL	Doane University
76	John Wessels	CHP	Illinois
77	Charlie Bowerman	NYK	Wabash College
78	Larry Kruger	CIN	Ohio University
79	Peter Baltic	DET	Penn State
80	Karl Anderson	LAL	Oregon State
81	Rex Tippitt	SYR	Grambling State University
82	Herbert Gray	STL	North Carolina A&T
83	Steve Strange	CHP	SMU
84	Ron Dibelius	NYK	UW-Milwaukee
85	Jack Waters	CIN	Ole Miss
86	Wayne Monson	DET	Northern Michigan University
87	Fred Williams	LAL	Allan Hancock College
88	Pete Chudy	SYR	Syracuse
89	Leo Hill	PHW	UCLA
90	Tom Faszholz	STL	Concordia Seminary
91	Larry Comley	CHP	Kansas State
92	Kevin Loughery	NYK	St. John's
93	Carl Short	CIN	Newberry College
94	Richard Kraft	DET	State University of New York at Brockport
95	Howard Hurt	LAL	Duke
96	Charles Sammons	SYR	LeMoyne College
97	Corky Withrow	PHW	Georgetown College
98	Dick Kepley	STL	UNC
99	Earl Shultz	NYK	California
100	George Patterson	CIN	Toledo
101	Jackie Crawford	STL	Centenary (LA)
102	Ned Jennings	NYK	Kentucky
103	Clair McRoberts	CIN	Monmouth University
104	Howard Stacey	STL	Louisville
105	Bill Engesser	NYK	USC
106	Carl Bouldin	CIN	Cincinnati
107	Vince Kempton	NYK	Saint Joseph's

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