1959 NBA Draft

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The 1959 NBA Draft consisted of 14 rounds with 91 players selected. The draft included two future hall of famers in Wilt Chamberlain and Bailey Howell.

Chamberlain was a territorial pick of the Warriors. NBA teams were then eligible, before the draft, to select a player who went to high school within fifty miles of the team's arena, and forfeit their first round pick.[1]

Contents 1 Territorial picks 2 Round one 3 Round two 4 Round three 5 External links

[edit] Territorial picks

	= All-Star
	= Hall of Fame

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
	Wilt Chamberlain	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Kansas
	Bob Ferry	United States	St. Louis Hawks	St. Louis

[edit] Round one

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
1	Bob Boozer	United States	Cincinnati Royals	Kansas State
2	Bailey Howell	United States	Detroit Pistons	Mississippi State
3	Tom Hawkins	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	Notre Dame
4	Dick Barnett	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Tennessee State
5	Johnny Green	United States	New York Knicks	Michigan State
6	John Richter	United States	Boston Celtics	North Carolina State

[edit] Round two

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
7	Tom Robitaille	United States	Detroit Pistons	Rice
8	Don Goldstein	United States	Detroit Pistons	Louisville
9	Joe Ruklick	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Northwestern
10	Rudy LaRusso	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	Dartmouth
11	Gene Tormohlen	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Tennessee
12	Alan Seiden	United States	St. Louis Hawks	St. John's
13	Cal Ramsey	United States	St. Louis Hawks	NYU
14	Gene Guarilia	United States	Boston Celtics	George Washington

[edit] Round three

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
15	Mike Mendenhall	United States	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati
16	Gary Alcorn	United States	Detroit Pistons	Fresno State
17	Jim Hickaday	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Memphis State
18	Bobby Smith	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	West Virginia
19	Jon Cincebox	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Syracuse
20	Bob Anderegg	United States	New York Knicks	Michigan State
21	Hank Stein	United States	St. Louis Hawks	Xavier (OH)
22	Ralph Croswaite	United States	Boston Celtics	Western Kentucky

[edit] External links

• TheDraftReview.com TheDraftReview in-depth listing of the 1959 NBA Draft

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