1963 NBA Draft Class
View the 1963 NBA Draft class, including overall pick number, player, team, and college or organization when available.
No. 1 PickArt Heyman
TeamNYK
Total Picks Loaded84
Data SourceBasketball-Reference fallback
| Overall | Player | Team | College/Org |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Art Heyman | NYK | Duke |
| 2 | Rod Thorn | BAL | West Virginia |
| 3 | Nate Thurmond | SFW | Bowling Green |
| 4 | Eddie Miles | DET | Seattle University |
| 5 | Tom Thacker | CIN | Cincinnati |
| 6 | Gerry Ward | STL | Boston College |
| 7 | Tom Hoover | PHI | Villanova |
| 8 | Roger Strickland | LAL | Jacksonville University |
| 9 | Bill Green | BOS | Colorado State |
| 10 | Jerry Harkness | NYK | Loyola Chicago |
| 11 | Gus Johnson | BAL | Idaho |
| 12 | Gary Hill | SFW | Oklahoma City University |
| 13 | Jerry Smith | DET | Furman University |
| 14 | Jim King | LAL | Tulsa |
| 15 | Leland Mitchell | STL | Mississippi State |
| 16 | Hershell West | PHI | Grambling State University |
| 17 | Mel Gibson | LAL | Western Carolina University |
| 18 | Ken Saylors | STL | Arkansas Tech University |
| 19 | Bill O'Connor | NYK | Canisius |
| 20 | Tom Bolyard | BAL | Indiana |
| 21 | Steve Gray | SFW | Saint Mary's |
| 22 | Mike McCoy | DET | Miami (FL) |
| 23 | Jimmy Rayl | CIN | Indiana |
| 24 | Bill Burwell | STL | Illinois |
| 25 | Jerry Greenspan | PHI | Maryland |
| 26 | Lyle Harger | LAL | Houston |
| 27 | Chuck Kriston | BOS | Valparaiso |
| 28 | Nate Cloud | NYK | University of Delaware |
| 29 | Nolen Ellison | BAL | Kansas |
| 30 | Dave Downey | SFW | Illinois |
| 31 | Dave Erickson | DET | Marquette |
| 32 | Ken Charlton | CIN | Colorado |
| 33 | Waite Bellamy | STL | Florida A&M |
| 34 | Ray Flynn | PHI | Providence |
| 35 | Layton Johns | LAL | Auburn |
| 36 | Connie McGuire | BOS | Southeastern Oklahoma State University |
| 37 | Joe McDermott | NYK | Belmont Abbey College |
| 38 | Ron Glaser | BAL | Marquette |
| 39 | Don Turner | SFW | Southwestern College |
| 40 | Bill Small | DET | Illinois |
| 41 | Mack Herndon | CIN | Bradley |
| 42 | Tony Yates | STL | Cincinnati |
| 43 | Tony Cerkvenik | PHI | Arizona State |
| 44 | Larry Jones | LAL | Toledo |
| 45 | Red Stroud | BOS | Mississippi State |
| 46 | Jim Kerwin | NYK | Tulane |
| 47 | Ken Siebel | BAL | Wisconsin |
| 48 | Gene Shields | SFW | Santa Clara |
| 49 | Reggie Harding | DET | |
| 50 | Jim McCormick | CIN | West Virginia |
| 51 | Al Santio | STL | Maryland |
| 52 | Vince Brewer | PHI | Iowa State |
| 53 | Warren Sallade | LAL | Westminster College of Pennsylvania |
| 54 | Vinnie Ernst | BOS | Providence |
| 55 | Bob Woollard | NYK | Wake Forest |
| 56 | Larry Brown | BAL | UNC |
| 57 | Don Clemetson | SFW | Stanford |
| 58 | Ira Harge | DET | New Mexico |
| 59 | Hunter Beckman | CIN | Memphis |
| 60 | Ken Rohloff | STL | NC State |
| 61 | Bill Brown | PHI | Howard Payne University |
| 62 | Gordie Martin | LAL | USC |
| 63 | Herb Magee | BOS | Philadelphia University |
| 64 | Freddie Crawford | NYK | St. Bonaventure |
| 65 | Rich Froistad | BAL | Iowa State |
| 66 | Harry Dinnel | SFW | Pepperdine |
| 67 | Gary Silc | DET | Northern Michigan University |
| 68 | Harold Ray Strother | STL | Texas A&M |
| 69 | Ray Cronk | NYK | Lakeland College |
| 70 | Ron Jackson | BAL | Wisconsin |
| 71 | Chuck White | SFW | Idaho |
| 72 | Ernie Dunston | DET | Seattle University |
| 73 | Frank Davis | STL | Oklahoma Christian University |
| 74 | Gerald Glur | NYK | Furman University |
| 75 | M. C. Thompson | BAL | DePaul |
| 76 | Carl Ritter | STL | SE Missouri State |
| 77 | Orb Bowling | NYK | Tennessee |
| 78 | Marv Straw | STL | Iowa State |
| 79 | Bob Walters | NYK | Baldwin-Wallace College |
| 80 | Hugh Evans | STL | North Carolina A&T |
| 81 | Jerry Szachara | NYK | Cornell |
| 82 | Gary McFarland | STL | Central Missouri State University |
| 83 | Bill Raftery | NYK | La Salle |
| 84 | Ron Pickett | NYK | Eastern Kentucky University |
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