1959 NBA Draft

NBA Draft picks

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No.	Player	Team	From	Pos.
Territorial picks
—	Bob Ferry territorial	STL	St. Louis	C
—	TH Tom Hawkins territorial	PHW	Kansas	F
Round 1
1	Bob Boozer	CIN	Kansas State	F
2	Bailey Howell	DET	Mississippi State	F
3	Tom Hawkins	MNL	Notre Dame	—
4	Dick Barnett	SYR	Tennessee State	G
5	Johnny Green	NYK	Michigan State	F
6	JR John Richter	BOS	North Carolina State	F
Round 2
7	Tom Robitaille	DET	Rice	—
8	Don Goldstein	DET	Louisville	—
9	JR Joe Ruklick	PHW	Northwestern	F
10	RL Rudy LaRusso	MNL	Dartmouth	F
11	GT Gene Tormohlen	SYR	Tennessee	C
12	Alan Seiden	STL	St. John's	—
13	CR Cal Ramsey	STL	New York University	F
14	Gene Guarilia	BOS	George Washington	F
Round 3
15	Mike Mendenhall	CIN	Cincinnati	—
16	GA Gary Alcorn	DET	Fresno State	C
17	Jim Hickaday	PHW	Memphis State	—
18	BS Bobby Smith	MNL	West Virginia	G
19	Jon Cincebox	SYR	Syracuse	—
20	Bob Anderegg	NYK	Michigan State	—
21	Hank Stein	STL	Xavier (OH)	—
22	Ralph Croswaite	BOS	Western Kentucky	—
Round 4
23	Leo Byrd	CIN	Marshall	—
24	George Lee	DET	Michigan	F
25	Ron Stevenson	PHW	Texas Christian	—
26	Wilson Eison	MNL	Purdue	—
27	Paul Neumann	SYR	Stanford	G
28	JC Johnny Cox	NYK	Kentucky	G
29	NM Nick Mantis	STL	Oregon State	G
30	Ed Kazakavich	BOS	Stanford	—
Round 5
31	Harry Kirchner	CIN	Texas Christian	—
32	Tony Windis	DET	Wyoming	—
33	Bill Telasky	PHW	George Washington	—
34	Bobby Mason	MNL	Bradley	—
35	Roger Taylor	SYR	Illinois	—
36	Herb Busch	NYK	Virginia	—
37	Nick Mantis	STL	Northwestern	—
38	Don Lange	BOS	William & Mary	—
Round 6
39	Don Hennon	CIN	Pittsburgh	—
40	Lou Jordan	DET	Cornell	—
41	Joe Spratt	PHW	St. Joseph's (PA)	—
42	Jim Henry	MNL	Vanderbilt	—
43	Bob Dalton	SYR	California	—
44	Bucky McDonald	NYK	George Washington	—
45	Mike Moran	STL	Marquette	—
46	Bob Cumings	BOS	Boston U	—
Round 7
47	Dale Moore	CIN	Eastern Kentucky	—
48	Doug Smart	DET	Washington	—
49	Joe Ryan	PHW	Villanova	—
50	Charley Grote	MNL	Georgetown (KY)	—
51	Darnell Haney	SYR	Navy	—
52	Russ Robinson	NYK	SW Missouri	—
53	Orby Arnold	STL	Memphis State	—
Round 8
54	Don Matuszak	CIN	Kansas State	—
55	Chuck Curtis	DET	Pacific Lutheran	—
56	DG Dave Gunther	PHW	Iowa	F
57	Leon Hill	MNL	Texas Tech	—
58	Walt Torrence	NYK	UCLA	—
59	Willie Merriwether	STL	Purdue	—
Round 9
60	Joe McDade	CIN	Bradley	—
61	Doyle Edmiston	DET	Hardin-Simmons	—
62	Carl Belz	PHW	Princeton	—
63	Jim Mudd	MNL	North Texas State	—
64	Jerry Shipp	NYK	SE Oklahoma	—
65	Lou Pucillo	STL	North Carolina State	—
Round 10
66	Joe Viviano	CIN	Xavier (OH)	—
67	Bruno Boin	DET	Washington	—
68	Tony Sellari	PHW	Lenoir Rhyne	—
69	Roger Johnson	MNL	Minnesota	—
70	Paul Wilcox	NYK	Davis & Elkins	—
71	Ron Loneski	STL	Kansas	—
Round 11
72	Charley Brown	CIN	Seattle	—
73	MC Burton	DET	Michigan	—
74	Phil Warren	PHW	Northwestern	—
75	Jack Evans	MNL	Superior State	—
76	Paul Benes	NYK	Hope	—
77	John Barnhill	STL	Tennessee State	G
Round 12
78	Roger Wendel	CIN	Tulsa	—
79	Vern Baggenstoss	MNL	St. Cloud State	—
80	Ed Blair	NYK	Western Michigan	—
Round 13
81	Dwayne Smith	MNL	Gustavus Adolphus	—
82	John Nicoll	NYK	Brigham Young	—
Round 14
83	Jack Israel	NYK	SW Missouri	—

Where the number is missing, the old site did not keep the pick order: those picks are listed alphabetically.