Official NBA Draft History

1961 NBA Draft

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

Source date: Unknown

Draft date: Unknown

COMPLETE coverage

107 verified selections of 107 expected from the source. 107 player identities are not yet linked to a public profile. 63 team identities are unresolved; the source label is shown.

Round 1

Selection Player Team School / origin Age
No. 1Round 1, pick 1
W Walt Bellamy
Chicago Packers Indiana —
No. 2Round 1, pick 2
T Tom Stith
New York Knicks St. Bonaventure —
No. 3Round 1, pick 3
L Larry Siegfried
Cincinnati Royals Ohio State —
No. 4Round 1, pick 4
R Ray Scott
Detroit Pistons Portland —
No. 5Round 1, pick 5
W Wayne Yates
Los Angeles Lakers Memphis —
No. 6Round 1, pick 6
B Ben Warley
Syracuse Nationals Tennessee State —
No. 7Round 1, pick 7
T Tom Meschery
Philadelphia Warriors St. Mary's (CA) —
No. 8Round 1, pick 8
C Cleo Hill
St. Louis Hawks Winston-Salem State —
No. 9Round 1, pick 9
G Gary Phillips
Boston Celtics Houston —

Round 2

Selection Player Team School / origin Age
No. 10Round 2, pick 1
R Ronald Martin
New York Knicks St. Bonaventure —
No. 11Round 2, pick 2
B Bob Wiesenhahn
Cincinnati Royals Cincinnati —
No. 12Round 2, pick 3
J Johnny Egan
Detroit Pistons Providence —
No. 13Round 2, pick 4
F Fred Sawyer
Los Angeles Lakers Louisville —
No. 14Round 2, pick 5
C Chris Smith
Syracuse Nationals Virginia Tech —
No. 15Round 2, pick 6
T Ted Luckenbill
Philadelphia Warriors Houston —
No. 16Round 2, pick 7
R Ron Horn
St. Louis Hawks Indiana —
No. 17Round 2, pick 8
A Al Butler
Boston Celtics Niagara —
No. 18Round 2, pick 9
J Jack Turner
Chicago Packers Louisville —
No. 19Round 2, pick 10
J Jerry Graves
Chicago Packers Mississippi State —
No. 20Round 2, pick 11
Y York Larese
Chicago Packers North Carolina —
No. 21Round 2, pick 12
D Don Kojis
Chicago Packers Marquette —
No. 22Round 2, pick 13
D Doug Moe
Chicago Packers North Carolina —
No. 23Round 2, pick 14
J Jeff Cohen
Chicago Packers William & Mary —

Round 3

Selection Player Team School / origin Age
No. 24Round 3, pick 1
T Tony Jackson
New York Knicks St. John's (NY) —
No. 25Round 3, pick 2
R Robert Nordmann
Cincinnati Royals Saint Louis —
No. 26Round 3, pick 3
D Doug Kistler
Detroit Pistons Duke —
No. 27Round 3, pick 4
F Frank Burgess
Los Angeles Lakers Gonzaga —
No. 28Round 3, pick 5
C Chuck Osborne
Syracuse Nationals Western Kentucky —
No. 29Round 3, pick 6
J Jack Egan
Philadelphia Warriors Saint Joseph's —
No. 30Round 3, pick 7
T Tom Chilton
St. Louis Hawks East Tennessee State —
No. 31Round 3, pick 8
B Bill Depp
Boston Celtics Vanderbilt —
No. 32Round 3, pick 9
B Bill Bridges
Chicago Packers Kansas —

Round 4

Selection Player Team School / origin Age
No. 33Round 4, pick 1
G George Blaney
New York Knicks Holy Cross —
No. 34Round 4, pick 2
L Lowery Kirk
Cincinnati Royals Memphis —
No. 35Round 4, pick 3
G George Finley
Detroit Pistons Tennessee State —
No. 36Round 4, pick 4
C Charles Henke
Los Angeles Lakers Missouri —
No. 37Round 4, pick 5
H Hank Whitney
Syracuse Nationals Iowa State —
No. 38Round 4, pick 6
J John Tidwell
Philadelphia Warriors Michigan —
No. 39Round 4, pick 7
G Gus Guydon
St. Louis Hawks Drake —
No. 40Round 4, pick 8
C Carl Cole
Boston Celtics Eastern Kentucky —
No. 41Round 4, pick 9
R Roger Kaiser
Chicago Packers Georgia Tech —

Round 5

Selection Player Team School / origin Age
No. 42Round 5, pick 1
B Bill Smith
New York Knicks St. Peter's —
No. 43Round 5, pick 2
R Rossie Johnson
Cincinnati Royals Tennessee State —
No. 44Round 5, pick 3
D Danny Doyle
Detroit Pistons Belmont Abbey —
No. 45Round 5, pick 4
B Bill Lickert
Los Angeles Lakers Kentucky —
No. 46Round 5, pick 5
D Don Jacobson
Syracuse Nationals South Dakota State —
No. 47Round 5, pick 6
B Bruce Spraggins
Philadelphia Warriors Virginia Union —
No. 48Round 5, pick 7
J John Berberich
St. Louis Hawks California-Los Angeles —
No. 49Round 5, pick 8
B Bob DiStefano
Boston Celtics North Carolina State —
No. 50Round 5, pick 9
H Howie Carl
Chicago Packers DePaul —

Round 6

Selection Player Team School / origin Age
No. 51Round 6, pick 1
C Cleveland Buckner
New York Knicks Jackson State —
No. 52Round 6, pick 2
B Bob Slobodnik
Cincinnati Royals Duquesne —
No. 53Round 6, pick 3
L Lee Patrone
Detroit Pistons West Virginia —
No. 54Round 6, pick 4
B Bill McClintock
Los Angeles Lakers California —
No. 55Round 6, pick 5
B Billy Joe Price
Syracuse Nationals New Mexico State —
No. 56Round 6, pick 6
D Dick Goldberg
Philadelphia Warriors Southern Mississippi —
No. 57Round 6, pick 7
B Bob McDonald
St. Louis Hawks Maryland —
No. 58Round 6, pick 8
N Ned Twyman
Boston Celtics Duquesne —
No. 59Round 6, pick 9
D Dave Voss
Chicago Packers Tulsa —

Round 7

Selection Player Team School / origin Age
No. 60Round 7, pick 1
D Donnie Butcher
New York Knicks Pikeville —
No. 61Round 7, pick 2
D Dave Zeller
Cincinnati Royals Miami (FL) —
No. 62Round 7, pick 3
B Burt Price
Detroit Pistons Wittenberg —
No. 63Round 7, pick 4
A Albert Alamanza
Los Angeles Lakers Texas —
No. 64Round 7, pick 5
R Roger Newman
Syracuse Nationals Kentucky —
No. 65Round 7, pick 6
C Charles McNeil
Philadelphia Warriors Maryland —
No. 66Round 7, pick 7
C Charles Riley
St. Louis Hawks Winston-Salem State —
No. 67Round 7, pick 8
M Mel Klein
Boston Celtics Northern State —
No. 68Round 7, pick 9
R Ron Heller
Chicago Packers Wichita State —

Round 8

Selection Player Team School / origin Age
No. 69Round 8, pick 1
C Cedrick Price
New York Knicks Kansas State —
No. 70Round 8, pick 2
J Jerry Thelen
Cincinnati Royals Thomas More —
No. 71Round 8, pick 3
W Walter Ward
Detroit Pistons Hampton —
No. 72Round 8, pick 4
B Bill Ellis
Los Angeles Lakers California-Los Angeles —
No. 73Round 8, pick 5
D Dave Mills
Syracuse Nationals Seattle —
No. 74Round 8, pick 6
L Larry Swift
Philadelphia Warriors Truman State —
No. 75Round 8, pick 7
G Gene Velloff
St. Louis Hawks Doane —
No. 76Round 8, pick 8
J John Wessels
Chicago Packers Illinois —

Round 9

Selection Player Team School / origin Age
No. 77Round 9, pick 1
C Charles Bowman
New York Knicks Wabash —
No. 78Round 9, pick 2
L Larry Krueger
Cincinnati Royals Ohio —
No. 79Round 9, pick 3
P Peter Baltic
Detroit Pistons Penn State —
No. 80Round 9, pick 4
C Carl Anderson
Los Angeles Lakers Oregon State —
No. 81Round 9, pick 5
R Rex Tippitt
Syracuse Nationals Grambling —
No. 82Round 9, pick 6
H Herbert Gray
St. Louis Hawks North Carolina A&T —
No. 83Round 9, pick 7
S Steve Strange
Chicago Packers Southern Methodist —

Round 10

Selection Player Team School / origin Age
No. 84Round 10, pick 1
R Ron Debillous
New York Knicks Milwaukee —
No. 85Round 10, pick 2
J Jack Waters
Cincinnati Royals Mississippi —
No. 86Round 10, pick 3
W Wayne Monson
Detroit Pistons Northern Michigan —
No. 87Round 10, pick 4
R Robert Williams
Los Angeles Lakers Allan Hancock College —
No. 88Round 10, pick 5
P Pete Chudy
Syracuse Nationals Syracuse —
No. 89Round 10, pick 6
L Leo Hill
Philadelphia Warriors California-Los Angeles —
No. 90Round 10, pick 7
T Tom Faszholz
St. Louis Hawks Concordia (MO) —
No. 91Round 10, pick 8
L Larry Comley
Chicago Packers Kansas State —

Round 11

Selection Player Team School / origin Age
No. 92Round 11, pick 1
K Kevin Loughery
New York Knicks St. John's (NY) —
No. 93Round 11, pick 2
C Carl Short
Cincinnati Royals Newberry —
No. 94Round 11, pick 3
R Richard Kraft
Detroit Pistons SUNY Brockport —
No. 95Round 11, pick 4
H Howard Hunt
Los Angeles Lakers Duke —
No. 96Round 11, pick 5
D Dick Sammons
Syracuse Nationals Le Moyne —
No. 97Round 11, pick 6
C Corky Whitrow
Philadelphia Warriors Georgetown (KY) —
No. 98Round 11, pick 7
D Dick Kepley
St. Louis Hawks North Carolina —

Round 12

Selection Player Team School / origin Age
No. 99Round 12, pick 1
E Earl Shultz
New York Knicks California —
No. 100Round 12, pick 2
G George Patterson
Cincinnati Royals Toledo —
No. 101Round 12, pick 3
J Jackie Crawford
St. Louis Hawks Centenary (LA) —

Round 13

Selection Player Team School / origin Age
No. 102Round 13, pick 1
N Ned Jennings
New York Knicks Kentucky —
No. 103Round 13, pick 2
C Clair McRoberts
Cincinnati Royals Monmouth —
No. 104Round 13, pick 3
H Howard Stacy
St. Louis Hawks Louisville —

Round 14

Selection Player Team School / origin Age
No. 105Round 14, pick 1
B Bill Engressor
New York Knicks Louisiana State —
No. 106Round 14, pick 2
C Carl Bouldin
Cincinnati Royals Cincinnati —

Round 15

Selection Player Team School / origin Age
No. 107Round 15, pick 1
V Vince Kempton
New York Knicks Saint Joseph's —