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1953 NBA Draft

129 picks · 35 linked to player profiles.

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Most productive player from the 1953 class

Cliff Hagan

Pick #0 · 591 games · 16.9 career PPG

PickRdPlayerPositionTeamCollegeCareer GCareer PPG
0 3 Bob Peterson Forward WAS Oregon 111 4.4
0 3 Cliff Hagan Shooting Guard BOS Kentucky 591 16.9
0 3 Jim Bredar — DET Illinois — —
0 3 Irv Bemoras Forward ATL Illinois 131 6.3
0 3 Hartly Kruger — LAL Idaho — —
0 3 Dick Atha — NYK Indiana State University — —
0 3 Norm Grekin Power Forward GSW La Salle 1 0.0
0 3 Frank Reddout Forward SAC Syracuse 7 1.9
0 3 Billy Kenville — PHI St. Bonaventure — —
0 4 Paul Nolen Center WAS Texas Tech 1 0.0
0 4 Earle Markey — BOS Holy Cross — —
0 4 Jim Bingham — DET Eastern Kentucky University — —
0 4 Bill Bolger Small Forward ATL Georgetown 20 2.8
0 4 Gene Dyker Small Forward ATL DePaul 11 1.5
0 4 Ken Flower — LAL USC — —
0 4 Thomas Bishop — NYK Southern Miss — —
0 4 Fred Iehle — GSW La Salle — —
0 4 Andy McGowan — PHI Manhattan University — —
0 5 Bill Schyman — WAS DePaul — —
0 5 John Holup — BOS George Washington — —
0 5 Mike Bednar — DET St. Bonaventure — —
0 5 Joe Cipriano — ATL Washington — —
0 5 Zippy Morocco — LAL Georgia — —
0 5 Bob Santini Forward NYK Iona College 4 2.8
0 5 Eddie Solomon — GSW West Virginia Tech — —
0 5 Dick Walls — SAC Miami University — —
0 5 Warren Shackelford — PHI Tulsa — —
0 6 Elmer Tolson — WAS Eastern Kentucky University — —
0 6 Vernon Stokes — BOS St. Francis College — —
0 6 Norb Lewinski — DET Notre Dame — —
0 6 John O'Brien — ATL Seattle University — —
0 6 Pete Silas — LAL Georgia Tech — —
0 6 Joe Smyth Small Forward NYK Niagara University 80 3.3
0 6 Don Eby — GSW USC — —
0 6 Hugh Beins — SAC Georgetown — —
0 6 Bill Jenkins — PHI LeMoyne College — —
0 7 Herman Sledzik — WAS Penn State — —
0 7 Lou Tsioropoulos Forward BOS Kentucky 157 5.8
0 7 William Hogan — DET Siena College — —
0 7 Eddie O'Brien — ATL Seattle University — —
0 7 Lloyd Olmstead — LAL Cornell College — —
0 7 Bob Matheny — NYK California — —
0 7 Bob Marske — GSW NA — —
0 7 Kendall Sheets — SAC Oklahoma State — —
0 7 Bill Hull — PHI Utah State University — —
0 8 Connie Rea Guard WAS Centenary (LA) 20 1.2
0 8 Ted Lallier — BOS Colby College — —
0 8 Dean Kelley — DET Kansas — —
0 8 Darrell Tucker — ATL Utah State University 61 14.1
0 8 Joe Richey — LAL BYU — —
0 8 Alan Schutts — NYK Springfield College — —
0 8 Bill Dodd — GSW Colgate — —
0 8 Jim Sottile — SAC West Virginia — —
0 8 Joe Hughes — PHI Denver — —
0 9 Dennis Murphy — WAS Georgetown — —
0 9 Lewis Gilcrease — BOS Texas State University — —
0 9 Dick White — DET Eastern Kentucky University — —
0 9 Paul Brandt — ATL Columbia University — —
0 9 Huck Budde — LAL Xavier — —
0 9 Forrest Hamilton — NYK Missouri State — —
0 9 Bob Sassone — GSW St. Bonaventure — —
0 9 Dick Gross — SAC Wheaton College — —
0 9 Gerry Nappy — PHI Georgetown — —
0 10 Jack Carby — WAS Kansas State — —
0 10 Tom Lillis — BOS Saint Louis — —
0 10 Bob Rousey — ATL Kansas State — —
0 10 Walt Kearns — LAL Arkansas — —
0 10 Dick Prater — NYK Kentucky — —
0 10 Toar Hester — GSW Centenary (LA) — —
0 10 Jim Gerber — SAC Bowling Green — —
0 10 Al Bailey — PHI Duquesne — —
0 11 Don Stemmerich — WAS Clarion University of Pennsylvania — —
0 11 Gil Reich — BOS Kansas — —
0 11 Bill Chambers — LAL William & Mary — —
0 11 Larry O'Connor — NYK Canisius — —
0 11 John Doogan — GSW Saint Joseph's — —
0 11 Bill Bales — SAC Eastern Kentucky University — —
0 11 Glenn Dille — PHI Tulsa — —
0 12 Russ Johnson — WAS DePaul — —
0 12 Jim Doherty — BOS Whitworth — —
0 12 Harold Christensen — LAL BYU — —
0 12 Delmer Diercks — NYK Iowa State — —
0 12 Charles Duffley — GSW Saint Anselm College — —
0 12 Bill Edwards Forward SAC St. Bonaventure 3 2.0
0 12 Garrett Beshear — PHI Murray State — —
0 13 Bob Karbach — WAS Pepperdine — —
0 13 Bob Gelle — LAL Minnesota — —
0 13 Jack George Point Guard GSW La Salle 561 10.1
0 13 Bob Goss — SAC NC State — —
0 14 Joe Piorkowski — WAS Penn State — —
0 14 Lloyd Thorgaard — LAL Hamline University — —
0 14 Paul Smaagard — SAC Hamline University — —
0 15 Jack Walsh — WAS NA — —
0 15 Bob Gussner — LAL Hamline University — —
0 15 Kenny Sears — SAC Santa Clara — —
0 16 Rich Gott — WAS Murray State — —
0 16 Chuck Wolfe — LAL University of North Dakota — —
0 16 John Kurtz — SAC Loyola Marymount — —
0 17 Doug Atkins — LAL Tennessee — —
0 17 Ed Kohl — SAC Regis University — —
0 18 Roger Kuss — LAL Wisconsin-River Falls — —
0 18 Gene Lambert Jr. — SAC Arkansas — —
0 19 Tex Silverman — SAC George Washington — —
0 20 Nick Maguire — SAC Villanova — —
1 1 Ernie Beck Small Forward GSW Penn 361 6.4
1 1 Ray Felix Center BAL Long Island-Brooklyn 526 12.1
2 1 Ray Felix Center WAS Long Island University 526 12.1
2 1 Bob Houbregs Center ATL Washington 415 8.8
3 1 Bob Houbregs Center ATL Washington 415 8.8
3 1 Jack Molinas Small Forward DET Columbia 32 11.6
4 1 Jack Molinas Small Forward DET Columbia University 32 11.6
4 1 Richie Regan Guard SAC Seton Hall 215 8.3
5 1 Richie Regan Guard SAC Seton Hall 215 8.3
5 1 Frank Ramsey Forward BOS Kentucky 465 12.9
6 1 Frank Ramsey Forward BOS Kentucky 465 12.9
6 1 Jim Neal Center PHI Wofford 80 4.4
7 1 Jim Neal Center PHI Wofford College 80 4.4
7 1 Jim Fritsche Center LAL Hamline 152 4.0
8 1 Walter Dukes Center NYK Seton Hall 403 10.4
9 1 Jim Fritsche Center LAL Hamline University 152 4.0
10 2 Larry Hennessy Small Forward GSW Villanova 95 4.9
11 2 Don Ackerman — NYK Long Island University — —
12 2 Bob Speight — WAS NC State — —
13 2 George Glasgow — DET Fairleigh Dickinson University — —
14 2 Norm Swanson Forward SAC Detroit Mercy 63 1.6
15 2 Chet Noe — BOS Oregon — —
16 2 Dick Knostman Center PHI Kansas State 5 2.6
17 2 Nield Gordon — NYK Furman University — —
18 2 Ron Feiereisel Guard LAL DePaul 10 3.0