Official NBA Draft History

1958 NBA Draft

The factual class record, presented in the source's order and historical shape.

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Draft year

Draft date: Unknown

COMPLETE coverage

88 verified selections of 88 expected from the source. 88 player identities are not yet linked to a public profile. 60 team identities are unresolved; the source label is shown.

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Round 1

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 1Round 1, pick 1	E Elgin Baylor	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle	—
No. 2Round 1, pick 2	A Archie Dees	Cincinnati Royals	Indiana	—
No. 3Round 1, pick 3	M Mike Farmer	New York Knicks	San Francisco	—
No. 4Round 1, pick 4	P Pete Brennan	New York Knicks	North Carolina	—
No. 5Round 1, pick 5	C Connie Dierking	Syracuse Nationals	Cincinnati	—
No. 6Round 1, pick 6	D Dave Gambee	St. Louis Hawks	Oregon State	—
No. 7Round 1, pick 7	B Bennie Swain	Boston Celtics	Texas Southern	—

Round 2

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 8Round 2, pick 1	S Steve Hamilton	Minneapolis Lakers	Morehead State	—
No. 9Round 2, pick 2	V Vern Hatton	Cincinnati Royals	Kentucky	—
No. 10Round 2, pick 3	B Barney Cable	Detroit Pistons	Bradley	—
No. 11Round 2, pick 4	J Joe Quigg	New York Knicks	North Carolina	—
No. 12Round 2, pick 5	L Lamar Sharrar	Philadelphia Warriors	West Virginia	—
No. 13Round 2, pick 6	H Hal Greer	Syracuse Nationals	Marshall	—
No. 14Round 2, pick 7	H Hub Reed	St. Louis Hawks	Oklahoma City	—
No. 15Round 2, pick 8	J Jimmy Smith	Boston Celtics	Franciscan	—

Round 3

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 16Round 3, pick 1	A Alexander Ellis	Minneapolis Lakers	Niagara	—
No. 17Round 3, pick 2	A Arlen Bockhorn	Cincinnati Royals	Dayton	—
No. 18Round 3, pick 3	R Roy DeWitz	Detroit Pistons	Kansas State	—
No. 19Round 3, pick 4	J John Lee	New York Knicks	Yale	—
No. 20Round 3, pick 5	F Frank Howard	Philadelphia Warriors	Ohio State	—
No. 21Round 3, pick 6	J John Nacincik	Syracuse Nationals	Maryland	—
No. 22Round 3, pick 7	W Wayne Embry	St. Louis Hawks	Miami (FL)	—
No. 23Round 3, pick 8	J Jim Cunningham	Boston Celtics	Fordham	—

Round 4

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 24Round 4, pick 1	G George Kline	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota	—
No. 25Round 4, pick 2	P Phil Murrell	Cincinnati Royals	Drake	—
No. 26Round 4, pick 3	R Ralph Croswaite	Detroit Pistons	Western Kentucky	—
No. 27Round 4, pick 4	J Johnny Cox	New York Knicks	Kentucky	—
No. 28Round 4, pick 5	T Temple Tucker	Philadelphia Warriors	Rice	—
No. 29Round 4, pick 6	T Tommy Kearns	Syracuse Nationals	North Carolina	—
No. 30Round 4, pick 7	J Julius Peques	St. Louis Hawks	Pittsburgh	—
No. 31Round 4, pick 8	D Don Flora	Boston Celtics	Washington & Lee	—

Round 5

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 32Round 5, pick 1	Q Quitman Sullins	Minneapolis Lakers	Murray State	—
No. 33Round 5, pick 2	J Jim Fulmer	Cincinnati Royals	Alabama	—
No. 34Round 5, pick 3	H Hank Morano	Detroit Pistons	St. Peter's	—
No. 35Round 5, pick 4	D Don Lane	New York Knicks	Dayton	—
No. 36Round 5, pick 5	D Don Ohl	Philadelphia Warriors	Illinois	—
No. 37Round 5, pick 6	F Fred Grim	Syracuse Nationals	Arkansas	—
No. 38Round 5, pick 7	R Rick Herrsher	St. Louis Hawks	Southern Methodist	—
No. 39Round 5, pick 8	G Gene Brown	Boston Celtics	San Francisco	—

Round 6

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 40Round 6, pick 1	A Al Inniss	Minneapolis Lakers	St. Francis Brooklyn	—
No. 41Round 6, pick 2	J Jim McClennan	Cincinnati Royals	Saint Francis (PA)	—
No. 42Round 6, pick 3	S Shellie McMillon	Detroit Pistons	Bradley	—
No. 43Round 6, pick 4	J Joe King	New York Knicks	Oklahoma	—
No. 44Round 6, pick 5	B Bucky Allen	Philadelphia Warriors	Duke	—
No. 45Round 6, pick 6	J Jack Mimitz	Syracuse Nationals	Saint Louis	—
No. 46Round 6, pick 7	J John Crawford	St. Louis Hawks	Iowa State	—
No. 47Round 6, pick 8	D Dave Keleher	Boston Celtics	Morehead State	—

Round 7

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 48Round 7, pick 1	J Jim Bond	Minneapolis Lakers	Point Loma Nazarene	—
No. 49Round 7, pick 2	W Wayne Stevens	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	—
No. 50Round 7, pick 3	E Ed Blair	Detroit Pistons	Western Michigan	—
No. 51Round 7, pick 4	O Owen Lawson	New York Knicks	Western Kentucky	—
No. 52Round 7, pick 5	J Jay Norman	Philadelphia Warriors	Temple	—
No. 53Round 7, pick 6	P Pete Tillotson	Syracuse Nationals	Michigan	—
No. 54Round 7, pick 7	K Ken Sidle	St. Louis Hawks	Ohio State	—
No. 55Round 7, pick 8	R Rudy Fenderson	Boston Celtics	Brandeis	—

Round 8

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 56Round 8, pick 1	E Ed Brinkley	Minneapolis Lakers	Clemson	—
No. 57Round 8, pick 2	B Bob Mantz	Cincinnati Royals	Lafayette	—
No. 58Round 8, pick 3	J Jack Quiggle	Detroit Pistons	Michigan State	—
No. 59Round 8, pick 4	M Milt Kane	New York Knicks	Utah	—
No. 60Round 8, pick 5	T Tom Brennan	Philadelphia Warriors	Villanova	—
No. 61Round 8, pick 6	R Ruel Tucker	Syracuse Nationals	Rockhurst	—
No. 62Round 8, pick 7	B Bruno Boin	St. Louis Hawks	Washington	—

Round 9

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 63Round 9, pick 1	J Joe Hobbs	Minneapolis Lakers	Florida	—
No. 64Round 9, pick 2	L Larry Staverman	Cincinnati Royals	Thomas More	—
No. 65Round 9, pick 3	H Harry Marske	Detroit Pistons	North Dakota State	—
No. 66Round 9, pick 4	J John McCarthy	New York Knicks	Notre Dame	—
No. 67Round 9, pick 5	N Nick Davis	Philadelphia Warriors	Maryland	—
No. 68Round 9, pick 6	T Tink Van Patton	St. Louis Hawks	Temple	—

Round 10

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 69Round 10, pick 1	S Shorty Patterson	Minneapolis Lakers	Gustavus Adolphus	—
No. 70Round 10, pick 2	J Jack Parr	Cincinnati Royals	Kansas State	—
No. 71Round 10, pick 3	P Pete Gaudin	Detroit Pistons	Loyola (LA)	—
No. 72Round 10, pick 4	L Larry Hedden	Philadelphia Warriors	Michigan State	—
No. 73Round 10, pick 5	J James Purcell	St. Louis Hawks	Coe	—

Round 11

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 74Round 11, pick 1	H Hal Duffy	Minneapolis Lakers	Oregon	—
No. 75Round 11, pick 2	F Frank Tartaton	Cincinnati Royals	Xavier	—
No. 76Round 11, pick 3	H Herb Merritt	Detroit Pistons	Tennessee Tech	—
No. 77Round 11, pick 4	D Don Klein	St. Louis Hawks	Rockhurst	—

Round 12

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 78Round 12, pick 1	G Gary Simmons	Minneapolis Lakers	Idaho	—
No. 79Round 12, pick 2	D Don Medsker	Cincinnati Royals	Iowa State	—
No. 80Round 12, pick 3	J Jim Dew	Detroit Pistons	Alabama State	—
No. 81Round 12, pick 4	J Joe Buckhalter	St. Louis Hawks	Tennessee State	—

Round 13

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 82Round 13, pick 1	J Jerry Alcom	Minneapolis Lakers	Fresno State	—
No. 83Round 13, pick 2	J Jerry DuPont	Cincinnati Royals	Louisville	—

Round 14

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 84Round 14, pick 1	J Jim Newcomb	Cincinnati Royals	Duke	—

Round 15

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 85Round 15, pick 1	A Adrian Smith	Cincinnati Royals	Kentucky	—

Round 16

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 86Round 16, pick 1	J Jack McCarthy	Cincinnati Royals	Dayton	—

Round 17

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 87Round 17, pick 1	J John Powell	Cincinnati Royals	Miami (FL)	—

Territorial selections

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
TerritorialSource-listed selection	G Guy Rodgers	Philadelphia Warriors	Temple	—