1956 NBA Draft
91 picks · 10 rounds
NBA Draft picks
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| No. | Player | Team | From | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | ||||
| 1 | ROC | Duquesne | G | |
| 2 |
Bill Russell
Transferred to Boston
|
STL | San Francisco | C |
| 3 | MNL | Dayton | G | |
| 4 | NYK | North Carolina State | F | |
| 5 | SYR | George Washington | F | |
| 6 |
Ron Sobie
|
FTW | DePaul | — |
| 7 | PHI | Temple | G | |
| Round 2 | ||||
| — | BOS | San Francisco | G | |
| Round 3 | ||||
| — |
George Linn
|
BOS | Alabama | — |
| Round 4 | ||||
| — | BOS | Morehead State | F | |
| Round 5 | ||||
| — |
Bill Logan
|
BOS | Iowa | — |
| Round 6 | ||||
| — |
Don Boldebuck
|
BOS | Houston | — |
| Round 7 | ||||
| — |
ONeal Weaver
|
BOS | Midwestern (TX) | — |
| Round 8 | ||||
| — |
Vic Molodet
|
BOS | North Carolina State | — |
| Round 9 | ||||
| — |
Jim Houston
|
BOS | Brandeis | — |
| Round 10 | ||||
| — |
Theophileus Lloyd
|
BOS | Maryland State | — |
| Territorial and unknown round | ||||
| — |
Art Bunte
|
NYK | Utah | — |
| — |
Arthur Helms
|
STL | Houston | — |
| — |
Bevo Francis
|
PHI | Rio Grande | — |
| — |
Bill Reigel
|
MNL | McNeese State | — |
| — | FTW | Hofstra | F | |
| — |
Bill Uhl
|
ROC | Dayton | — |
| — | ROC | Kentucky | C | |
| — | SYR | Grambling | C | |
| — |
Bob Kessler
|
FTW | Maryland | — |
| — |
Bruce Harris
|
FTW | Tennessee Polytechnic | — |
| — |
Carl Cain
|
ROC | Iowa | — |
| — |
Carl Widseth
|
MNL | Tennessee | — |
| — |
Charles Slack
|
FTW | Marshall | — |
| — |
Chester Webb
|
SYR | Georgia State Teachers | — |
| — |
Chuck Rolles
|
SYR | Cornell | — |
| — |
Clayton Carter
|
ROC | Oklahoma A&M | — |
| — |
Dan Mannix
|
ROC | St. Francis (NY) | — |
| — |
Darrell Floyd
|
STL | Furman | — |
| — | ROC | Xavier (OH) | F | |
| — |
Dave Plunkett
|
STL | Cincinnati | — |
| — |
Dick Julio
|
SYR | New Bedford State | — |
| — |
Dick Kenyon
|
SYR | LeMoyne | — |
| — |
Dick Miani
|
NYK | Miami (FL) | — |
| — |
Dick Miller
|
NYK | Wisconsin | — |
| — |
Ed Huse
|
STL | Wyoming | — |
| — |
Ed Petrie
|
NYK | Seton Hall | — |
| — | MNL | Seattle | F | |
| — | SYR | Western Kentucky | G | |
| — | NYK | Utah | C | |
| — |
Gene Carpenter
|
ROC | Texas Tech | — |
| — |
Hershel Pederson
|
STL | Brigham Young | — |
| — |
Howard Crittendon
|
NYK | Murray State Teachers | — |
| — |
Jack Adams
|
NYK | Eastern Kentucky | — |
| — | MNL | Kentucky | F | |
| — |
Jerry Harper
|
NYK | Alabama | — |
| — |
Jerry Moreman
|
ROC | Louisville | — |
| — |
Jess Roh
|
SYR | Idaho State | — |
| — |
Jim McLaughlin
|
SYR | St. Louis | — |
| — | SYR | Toledo | G | |
| — |
Jim Reed
|
STL | Texas Tech | — |
| — |
Jim Springer
|
MNL | Gustavus Adolphus | — |
| — |
Joe Belmont
|
PHI | Duke | — |
| — |
Joe Lieber
|
FTW | Holy Cross | — |
| — |
Joe Sexton
|
NYK | Purdue | — |
| — |
John Barber
territorial
|
— | California State University | F |
| — |
John Fannon
|
PHI | Notre Dame | — |
| — | ROC | Canisius | G | |
| — |
John Patzwald
|
MNL | Gustavus Adolphus | — |
| — |
John Schlimm
|
FTW | John Carroll | — |
| — |
Julius McCoy
|
STL | Michigan State | — |
| — |
Junior Morgan
|
STL | Duke | — |
| — |
Kevin Thomas
|
ROC | Boston | — |
| — |
Lloyd Aubrey
|
MNL | Notre Dame | — |
| — |
Max Anderson
|
PHI | Oregon | — |
| — |
Mickey Winograd
|
PHI | Duquesne | — |
| — |
Milt Graham
|
SYR | Colgate | — |
| — |
Morris Taft
|
STL | UCLA | — |
| — | STL | Missouri | F | |
| — | NYK | Utah State | G | |
| — |
Paul Judson
|
SYR | Illinois | — |
| — |
Phil Grawmeyer
|
MNL | Kentucky | — |
| — | MNL | Whitworth | C | |
| — | PHI | Louisville | G | |
| — |
Phil Wheeler
|
PHI | Cincinnati | — |
| — |
Robert Hodgson
|
MNL | Wichita | — |
| — |
Robin Freeman
|
STL | Ohio State | — |
| — |
Ronald Clark
|
PHI | Springfield | — |
| — |
Ronnie Mayer
|
NYK | Duke | — |
| — | MNL | North Carolina College | G | |
| — | SYR | Oregon State | C | |
| — |
Terry Rand
|
MNL | Marquette | — |
| — |
Tony Roybal
|
NYK | New Mexico | — |
| — |
Wally Choice
|
STL | Indiana | — |
| — |
Willie Bergines
|
SYR | West Virginia | — |
| — | STL | UCLA | F | |
Where the number is missing, the old site did not keep the pick order: those picks are listed alphabetically.