NBA Draft 1953
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Early draft records are incomplete, so until 1956 players are listed in the order in which they were selected by each team.
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Baltimore Bullets
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Ray Felix | Long Island |
| Bob Speight | North Carolina State |
| Bob Peterson | Oregon |
| Bill Schyman | DePaul |
| Paul Nolen | Texas Tech |
| Elmer Tolson | Eastern Kentucky |
| Herman Sledzik | Penn State |
| Connie Rea | Centenary |
| Dennis Murphy | Georgetown |
| Jack Carby | Kansas State |
| Bob Emmerick | Clarion State (PA) |
| Russ Johnson | None |
| Don Stemmerich | None |
| Bob Kraback | None |
| Joe Piorkowski | None |
| Edward Walsh | None |
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Boston Celtics
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Frank Ramsey | Kentucky |
| Chet Noe | Oregon |
| Cliff Hagan | Kentucky |
| Earle Markey | Holy Cross |
| John Holup | George Washington |
| Vernon Stokes | St. Francis (N.Y.) |
| Lou Tsioropoulos | Kentucky |
| Ted Lallier | Colby |
| Lewis Gilcrease | SW Texas |
| Tom Lillis | St. Louis |
| Gil Reich | Kansas |
| Jim Dogerty | Whitworth |
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Fort Wayne Pistons
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Jack Molinas | Columbia |
| George Glasgow | Fairleigh Dickinson |
| Jim Bredar | Illinois |
| Jim Bingham | Eastern Kentucky |
| Mike Bodnar | St. Bonaventure |
| Norb Lewinski | Notre Dame |
| William Hagan | Siena |
| Dean Kelley | Kansas |
| Dick White | Eastern Kentucky |
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Milwaukee Hawks
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Bob Houbregs | Washington |
| Bill Holger | Georgetown |
| Irv Bemoras | Illinois |
| Gene Dyker | DePaul |
| Joe Cipriano | Washington |
| John O'Brien | Seattle |
| Eddie O'Brien | Seattle |
| Darrell Tucker | Utah State |
| Paul Brandt | Columbia |
| Bob Rousey | Kansas State |
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Minneapolis Lakers
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Jim Fritsche | Hamline |
| Ron Feiereisel | DePaul |
| Hartly Kruger | Idaho |
| Ken Flowers | USC |
| Zippy Morroco | Georgia |
| Pete Silas | Georgia Tech |
| Lloyd Olmstead | Cornell (Iowa) |
| Joe Richey | Brigham Young |
| Hank Buddle | Xavier (Ohio) |
| Walt Kearns | Arkansas |
| Bill Chambers | William & Mary |
| Harold Christensen | Brigham Young |
| Bob Gelle | Minnesota |
| Lloyd Thorgrand | Hamline |
| Bob Gussmer | Hamline |
| Chuck Wolfe | North Dakota |
| Doug Atkins | Tennessee |
| Roger Kuss | River Falls State |
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New York Knicks
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Walter Dukes | Seton Hall |
| Buddy Ackerman | Long Island |
| Neil Gordon | Furman |
| Joe Smyth | Niagara |
| Allan Schutts | Springfield |
| Richard Atha | Indiana State |
| Forrest Hamilton | SW Missouri State |
| Robert Santini | Iona |
| Thomas Bishop | Mississippi Southern |
| Richard Prater | Kentucky |
| Bob Matheny | California |
| Larry O'Connor | Canisius |
| Delmer Diercks | Iowa State |
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Philadelphia Warriors
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Ernie Beck | Penn |
| Larry Hennessy | Villanova |
| Norm Grekin | La Salle |
| Fred Ihle | La Salle |
| Eddie Solomon | West Virginia Tech |
| Don Eby | USC |
| Bob Marske | South Dakota |
| Bill Dodd | Colgate |
| Bob Sassone | St. Bonaventure |
| Toar Hester | Centenary |
| John Doogan | St. Joseph’s (Pa.) |
| Charles Duffley | St. Anselm’s |
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Rochester Royals
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Richie Regan | Seton Hall |
| Norman Swanson | Detroit |
| Frank Reddout | Syracuse |
| Will Walls | Miami (Ohio) |
| Hugh Beins | Georgetown |
| Kendall Sheets | Oklahoma A&M |
| Jim Scottile | West Virginia |
| Dick Gross | Wheaton |
| Jim Gerber | Bowling Green |
| Will Bales | Eastern Kentucky |
| Bill Edwards | St. Bonaventure |
| Bob Goss | North Carolina State |
| Paul Smaagard | Hamline |
| Ken Sears | Santa Clara |
| John Kurtz | Loyola (Cal.) |
| Ed Kohl | Regis |
| Gene Lambert Jr. | Arkansas |
| Nick McGuire | None |
| Tex Silverman | None |
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Syracuse Nationals
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| James Neal | Wofford |
| Dick Knostman | Kansas State |
| Bill Kenville | St. Bonaventure |
| Andy McGowan | Manhattan |
| Warren Shackleford | Tulsa |
| Bill Jenkins | LeMoyne |
| Bill Hull | Utah State |
| Joe Hughes | Denver |
| Gerald Nappy | Georgetown |
| Al Bailey | Duquesne |
| Glen Dille | Tulsa |
| Garrett Beshear | Murray State |
