Most productive from the 1956 class
NBA Draft
1956 NBA Draft
Every pick from the 1956 NBA Draft — player profiles, drafting teams and career production.
100 picks
16 round 1
8 round 2
37 linked
| Pick | Player | Drafted by | NBA G | Career PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SG
Si Green
Duquesne · Guard
|
403 | 8.5 | |
| 1 |
SG
Si Green
Duquesne · Guard
|
403 | 8.5 | |
| 2 |
Bill Russell
San Francisco · Center
|
728 | 14.7 | |
| 2 |
Bill Russell
San Francisco · Center
|
728 | 14.7 | |
| 3 |
Jim Paxson
Dayton · Guard
|
967 | 13.1 | |
| 3 |
Jim Paxson
Dayton · Guard
|
967 | 13.1 | |
| 3 |
Jim Paxson
Dayton · Guard
|
967 | 13.1 | |
| 4 |
Ron Shavlik
NC State · Forward
|
8 | 1.2 | |
| 4 |
Ron Shavlik
North Carolina State · Forward
|
8 | 1.2 | |
| 5 |
JH
Joe Holup
George Washington · Forward
|
245 | 6.5 | |
| 5 |
JH
Joe Holup
George Washington · Forward
|
245 | 6.5 | |
| 6 |
Tom Heinsohn
Holy Cross · Small Forward
|
501 | 17.7 | |
| 6 |
RS
Ron Sobie
DePaul · Guard
|
208 | 8.3 | |
| 7 |
RS
Ron Sobie
DePaul · Guard
|
208 | 8.3 | |
| 7 |
HL
Hal Lear
Temple · Point Guard
|
3 | 1.3 | |
| 8 |
HL
Hal Lear
Temple · Point Guard
|
3 | 1.3 | |
| 9 |
Bob Burrow
Kentucky · Center
|
81 | 5.6 | |
| 10 |
Willie Naulls
UCLA · Center
|
703 | 13.1 | |
| 11 |
TR
Terry Rand
Marquette
|
— | — | |
| 12 |
Gary Bergen
Utah · Center
|
6 | 1.3 | |
| 13 |
PJ
Paul Judson
Illinois
|
— | — | |
| 14 |
K.C. Jones
San Francisco · Guard
|
440 | 7.3 | |
| 15 |
BK
Bob Kessler
Maryland
|
— | — | |
| 16 |
PR
Phil Rollins
Louisville · Guard
|
160 | 5.3 | |
| 17 |
Dave Piontek
Xavier · Forward
|
416 | 8.1 | |
| 18 |
DF
Darrell Floyd
Furman University
|
— | — | |
| 19 |
Jerry Bird
Kentucky · Forward
|
11 | 2.3 | |
| 20 |
JH
Jerry Harper
Alabama
|
— | — | |
| 21 |
Forest Able
Western Kentucky · Guard
|
1 | 0.0 | |
| 22 |
GL
George Linn
Alabama
|
— | — | |
| 23 |
BT
Bill Thieben
Hofstra · Forward
|
85 | 4.0 | |
| 24 |
BF
Bevo Francis
University of Rio Grande
|
— | — | |
| 25 |
Johnny McCarthy
Canisius · Guard
|
222 | 7.9 | |
| 26 |
RF
Robin Freeman
Ohio State
|
— | — | |
| 27 |
LA
Lloyd Aubrey
Notre Dame
|
— | — | |
| 28 |
RM
Ronnie Mayer
Duke
|
— | — | |
| 29 |
SH
Swede Halbrook
Oregon State
|
— | — | |
| 30 |
Dan Swartz
Morehead State University · Forward
|
39 | 4.5 | |
| 31 |
CS
Charles Slack
Marshall
|
— | — | |
| 32 |
PW
Phil Wheeler
Cincinnati
|
— | — | |
| 33 |
BU
Bill Uhl
Dayton
|
— | — | |
| 34 |
Norm Stewart
Missouri · Forward
|
5 | 2.0 | |
| 35 |
BR
Bill Reigel
McNeese State University
|
— | — | |
| 36 |
JS
Joe Sexson
Purdue
|
— | — | |
| 37 |
JR
Jim Ray
Toledo · Guard
|
8 | 1.2 | |
| 38 |
BL
Bill Logan
Iowa
|
— | — | |
| 39 |
JL
Joe Liebler
Holy Cross
|
— | — | |
| 40 |
JB
Joe Belmont
Duke
|
— | — | |
| 41 |
KT
Kevin Thomas
Boston University
|
— | — | |
| 42 |
DP
Dave Plunkett
Cincinnati
|
— | — | |
| 43 |
Phil Jordon
Whitworth · Center
|
345 | 10.0 | |
| 44 |
PD
Pat Dunn
Utah State University · Shooting Guard
|
28 | 2.5 | |
| 45 |
JM
Jim McLaughlin
Saint Louis
|
— | — | |
| 46 |
DB
Don Boldebuck
Houston
|
— | — | |
| 47 |
PS
Paul Schlimm
John Carroll University
|
— | — | |
| 48 |
MW
Mickey Winograd
Duquesne
|
— | — | |
| 49 |
CC
Carl Cain
Iowa
|
— | — | |
| 50 |
JM
Julius McCoy
Michigan State
|
— | — | |
| 51 |
John Barber
California State University, Los Angeles · Forward
|
99 | 7.2 | |
| 52 |
JA
Jack Adams
Eastern Kentucky University
|
— | — | |
| 53 |
LR
Les Roh
Idaho State University
|
— | — | |
| 54 |
OW
O'Neal Weaver
Midwestern State University
|
— | — | |
| 55 |
BH
Bruce Harris
Tennessee Technological University
|
— | — | |
| 56 |
JF
John Fannon
Notre Dame
|
— | — | |
| 57 |
CC
Clayton Carter
Oklahoma State
|
— | — | |
| 58 |
MT
Morris Taft
UCLA
|
— | — | |
| 59 |
Sam Jones
NC Central · Guard
|
653 | 17.3 | |
| 60 |
AB
Art Bunte
Utah
|
— | — | |
| 61 |
CW
Chester Webb
Georgia Southern University
|
— | — | |
| 62 |
VM
Vic Molodet
NC State
|
— | — | |
| 63 |
MA
Max Anderson
Oregon
|
— | — | |
| 64 |
DM
Dan Mannix
St. Francis College
|
— | — | |
| 65 |
JR
Jim Reed
Texas Tech
|
— | — | |
| 66 |
JS
Jim Springer
Gustavus Adolphus · Center
|
2 | 0.5 | |
| 67 |
Dick Miller
Wisconsin · Forward
|
16 | 1.0 | |
| 68 |
DJ
Dick Julio
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
|
— | — | |
| 69 |
JH
Jim Houston
Brandeis University
|
— | — | |
| 70 |
RC
Ronald Clark
Springfield College
|
— | — | |
| 71 |
JM
Jerry Moreman
Louisville
|
— | — | |
| 72 |
HP
Herschel Pedersen
BYU
|
— | — | |
| 73 |
PG
Phil Grawemeyer
Kentucky
|
— | — | |
| 74 |
HC
Howie Crittenden
Murray State
|
— | — | |
| 75 |
Bob Hopkins
Grambling State University · Center
|
273 | 8.2 | |
| 76 |
TL
Theophilus Lloyd
Maryland
|
— | — | |
| 77 |
GC
Gene Carpenter
Texas Tech
|
— | — | |
| 78 |
WC
Wally Choice
Indiana
|
— | — | |
| 79 |
RH
Robert Hodgson
Wichita State
|
— | — | |
| 80 |
DM
Dick Miani
Miami (FL)
|
— | — | |
| 81 |
WB
Willie Bergines
West Virginia
|
— | — | |
| 82 |
EH
Ed Huse
Wyoming
|
— | — | |
| 83 |
CW
Carl Widseth
Tennessee
|
— | — | |
| 84 |
EP
Ed Petrie
Seton Hall
|
— | — | |
| 85 |
DK
Dick Kenyon
LeMoyne College
|
— | — | |
| 86 |
AH
Arthur Helms
Houston
|
— | — | |
| 87 |
JP
John Patzwald
Gustavus Adolphus
|
— | — | |
| 88 |
TR
Toby Roybal
New Mexico
|
— | — | |
| 89 |
MG
Milt Graham
Colgate
|
— | — | |
| 90 |
JM
Junior Morgan
Duke
|
— | — | |
| 91 |
Elgin Baylor
Seattle University · Forward
|
653 | 25.9 | |
| 92 |
CR
Chuck Rolles
Cornell
|
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