Most productive from the 1957 class
NBA Draft
1957 NBA Draft
Every pick from the 1957 NBA Draft — player profiles, drafting teams and career production.
168 picks
16 round 1
16 round 2
37 linked
| Pick | Player | Drafted by | NBA G | Career PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
HR
Hot Rod Hundley
West Virginia
|
— | — | |
| 1 |
Rod Hundley
West Virginia · Point Guard
|
— | — | |
| 2 |
Charlie Tyra
Louisville · Center
|
211 | 9.8 | |
| 2 |
Charlie Tyra
Louisville · Center
|
211 | 9.8 | |
| 3 |
Jim Krebs
SMU · Center
|
362 | 7.5 | |
| 3 |
Jim Krebs
Southern Methodist · Center
|
362 | 7.5 | |
| 4 |
WW
Win Wilfong
Memphis · Guard
|
206 | 7.5 | |
| 4 |
WW
Win Wilfong
Memphis · Guard
|
206 | 7.5 | |
| 5 |
Brendan McCann
St. Bonaventure · Point Guard
|
41 | 1.8 | |
| 5 |
Brendan McCann
St. Bonaventure · Point Guard
|
41 | 1.8 | |
| 6 |
Lennie Rosenbluth
UNC · Forward
|
82 | 4.2 | |
| 6 |
Lennie Rosenbluth
North Carolina · Forward
|
82 | 4.2 | |
| 7 |
GB
George Bon Salle
Illinois
|
— | — | |
| 7 |
GH
George H. Bon Salle
Illinois · Forward
|
— | — | |
| 8 |
Sam Jones
NC Central · Guard
|
653 | 17.3 | |
| 8 |
Sam Jones
North Carolina Central · Guard
|
653 | 17.3 | |
| 9 |
DD
Dick Duckett
St. John's · Guard
|
34 | 3.9 | |
| 9 |
DD
Dick Duckett
St. John's (NY) · Guard
|
34 | 3.9 | |
| 10 |
BM
Bob McCoy
Grambling State University
|
— | — | |
| 10 |
BM
Bob McCoy
Grambling
|
— | — | |
| 11 |
HS
Harvey Schmidt
Illinois
|
— | — | |
| 11 |
HS
Harvey Schmidt
Illinois
|
— | — | |
| 12 |
Jim Palmer
Dayton · Forward
|
215 | 8.9 | |
| 12 |
Jim Palmer
Dayton · Forward
|
215 | 8.9 | |
| 13 |
LF
Larry Friend
California · Guard
|
44 | 4.0 | |
| 13 |
LF
Larry Friend
California · Guard
|
44 | 4.0 | |
| 14 |
JS
Jack Sullivan
Mount St. Mary's University
|
— | — | |
| 14 |
JS
Jack Sullivan
Mount St. Mary's
|
— | — | |
| 15 |
JM
Jim Morgan
Louisville
|
— | — | |
| 15 |
JM
Jim Morgan
Louisville
|
— | — | |
| 16 |
DO
Dick O'Neal
TCU
|
— | — | |
| 16 |
DO
Dick O'Neal
Texas Christian
|
— | — | |
| 17 |
JP
Jerry Paulson
Manhattan University · Guard
|
6 | 3.3 | |
| 17 |
JP
Jerry Paulson
Manhattan · Guard
|
6 | 3.3 | |
| 18 |
BE
Bill Ebben
Detroit Mercy · Guard
|
8 | 1.9 | |
| 18 |
BE
Bill Ebben
Detroit Mercy · Guard
|
8 | 1.9 | |
| 19 |
JS
Jim Spivey
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
|
— | — | |
| 19 |
JS
Jim Spivey
Southeastern Oklahoma State
|
— | — | |
| 20 |
JS
John Smyth
Notre Dame
|
— | — | |
| 20 |
JS
John Smyth
Notre Dame
|
— | — | |
| 21 |
Gary Clark
Syracuse · Power Forward
|
324 | 6.5 | |
| 21 |
GC
Gary Clark
Syracuse
|
— | — | |
| 22 |
AL
Angelo Lombardo
Manhattan University
|
— | — | |
| 22 |
AL
Angelo Lombardo
Manhattan
|
— | — | |
| 23 |
VC
Vince Cohen
Syracuse
|
— | — | |
| 23 |
VC
Vince Cohen
Syracuse
|
— | — | |
| 24 |
CS
Chuck Schramm
Western Illinois University
|
— | — | |
| 24 |
CS
Chuck Schramm
Western Illinois
|
— | — | |
| 25 |
JD
Jed Dommeyer
Minnesota
|
— | — | |
| 25 |
JD
Jed Dormeyer
Minnesota
|
— | — | |
| 26 |
KE
Kurt Engelbert
Saint Joseph's
|
— | — | |
| 26 |
KE
Kurt Englebert
Saint Joseph's
|
— | — | |
| 27 |
George Brown
Wayne State University · Small Forward
|
1 | 1.0 | |
| 27 |
George Brown
Wayne State (MI) · Small Forward
|
1 | 1.0 | |
| 28 |
HN
Hank Nowak
Canisius
|
— | — | |
| 28 |
HN
Hank Nowak
Canisius
|
— | — | |
| 29 |
RW
Rayford Wells
Lenoir-Rhyne College
|
— | — | |
| 29 |
RW
Rayford Wells
Lenoir-Rhyne
|
— | — | |
| 30 |
Ray Radziszewski
Saint Joseph's · Forward
|
1 | 0.0 | |
| 30 |
Ray Radziszewski
Saint Joseph's · Forward
|
1 | 0.0 | |
| 31 |
JM
Jerry Mallett
Baylor
|
— | — | |
| 31 |
JM
Jerry Mallett
Baylor
|
— | — | |
| 32 |
JA
Jim Ashmore
Mississippi State
|
— | — | |
| 32 |
JA
Jim Ashmore
Mississippi State
|
— | — | |
| 33 |
SM
Stuart Murray
Lafayette College
|
— | — | |
| 33 |
SM
Stewart Murray
Lafayette
|
— | — | |
| 34 |
RK
Ron Kramer
Michigan
|
— | — | |
| 34 |
RK
Ron Kramer
Michigan
|
— | — | |
| 35 |
GT
Gary Thompson
Iowa State
|
— | — | |
| 35 |
GT
Gary Thompson
Iowa State
|
— | — | |
| 36 |
AR
Al Rochelle
Vanderbilt
|
— | — | |
| 36 |
AR
Al Rochelle
Vanderbilt
|
— | — | |
| 37 |
LM
Lee Marshall
Washington & Lee University
|
— | — | |
| 37 |
LM
Lee Marshall
Washington & Lee
|
— | — | |
| 38 |
JR
Jim Radcliffe
Lafayette College
|
— | — | |
| 38 |
JR
Jim Radcliffe
Lafayette
|
— | — | |
| 39 |
FN
Frank Nimmo
Cincinnati
|
— | — | |
| 39 |
FN
Frank Nimmo
Cincinnati
|
— | — | |
| 40 |
GW
Grady Wallace
South Carolina
|
— | — | |
| 40 |
GW
Grady Wallace
South Carolina
|
— | — | |
| 41 |
JM
John Maglio
NC State
|
— | — | |
| 41 |
JM
John Maglio
North Carolina State
|
— | — | |
| 42 |
WA
Walt Adamushko
St. Francis College
|
— | — | |
| 42 |
WA
Walt Acamushko
St. Francis Brooklyn
|
— | — | |
| 43 |
PM
Phil Murrell
Drake University
|
— | — | |
| 43 |
PM
Phil Murrell
Drake
|
— | — | |
| 44 |
RD
Raymond Downs
Texas
|
— | — | |
| 44 |
RD
Raymond Downs
Texas
|
— | — | |
| 45 |
JH
Jim Humphrey
Saint Michael's College
|
— | — | |
| 45 |
JH
Jim Humphreys
Saint Michael's
|
— | — | |
| 46 |
AL
Alonzo Lewis
La Salle
|
— | — | |
| 46 |
AL
Alonzo Lewis
La Salle
|
— | — | |
| 47 |
LL
Lyndon Lee
Oklahoma City University
|
— | — | |
| 47 |
LL
Lyndon Lee
Oklahoma City
|
— | — | |
| 48 |
MK
Maurice King
Kansas
|
— | — | |
| 48 |
MK
Maury King
Kansas · Guard
|
— | — | |
| 49 |
CF
Chet Forte
Columbia University
|
— | — | |
| 49 |
CF
Chet Forte
Columbia
|
— | — | |
| 50 |
CB
Carl Boldt
San Francisco
|
— | — | |
| 50 |
CB
Carl Boldt
San Francisco
|
— | — | |
| 51 |
GF
George Ferguson
Michigan
|
— | — | |
| 51 |
GF
George Ferguson
Michigan
|
— | — | |
| 52 |
MC
Mason Cope
Kentucky Wesleyan College
|
— | — | |
| 52 |
MP
Mason Pope
Kentucky Wesleyan
|
— | — | |
| 53 |
MJ
Max Jameson
Kentucky State University
|
— | — | |
| 53 |
MJ
Max Jameson
Kentucky State
|
— | — | |
| 54 |
DG
Dick Gaines
Seton Hall
|
— | — | |
| 54 |
DG
Dick Gaines
Seton Hall
|
— | — | |
| 55 |
DB
Dick Brott
Denver
|
— | — | |
| 55 |
DB
Dick Brott
Denver
|
— | — | |
| 56 |
BD
Bob Daniels
Western Kentucky
|
— | — | |
| 56 |
BD
Bob Daniels
Western Kentucky
|
— | — | |
| 57 |
DB
Doug Bolstorff
Minnesota · Point Guard
|
3 | 1.3 | |
| 57 |
DB
Doug Bolstorff
Minnesota · Point Guard
|
3 | 1.3 | |
| 58 |
JH
Jon Haaven
University of North Dakota
|
— | — | |
| 58 |
JH
John Haaven
North Dakota
|
— | — | |
| 59 |
BD
Bill Darragh
Louisville
|
— | — | |
| 59 |
BD
Bill Darragh
Louisville
|
— | — | |
| 60 |
Woody Sauldsberry
Texas Southern · Forward
|
407 | 11.2 | |
| 60 |
Woody Sauldsberry
Texas Southern · Forward
|
407 | 11.2 | |
| 61 |
CP
Cebe Price
Marshall
|
— | — | |
| 61 |
CP
Cebe Price
Marshall
|
— | — | |
| 62 |
BV
Bill Von Weyhe
Rhode Island
|
— | — | |
| 62 |
BV
Bill Von Weyhe
Rhode Island
|
— | — | |
| 63 |
DH
Dick Heise
DePaul
|
— | — | |
| 63 |
DH
Dick Heise
DePaul
|
— | — | |
| 64 |
BL
Bob Lazor
Pitt
|
— | — | |
| 64 |
BL
Bob Lazor
Pittsburgh
|
— | — | |
| 65 |
JS
Jim Sutton
North Dakota State University
|
— | — | |
| 65 |
JS
Jim Sutton
North Dakota State
|
— | — | |
| 66 |
CG
Calvin Grosscup
Tulane
|
— | — | |
| 66 |
CG
Calvin Grosscup
Tulane
|
— | — | |
| 67 |
SH
Steve Hamilton
Morehead State University · Small Forward
|
82 | 4.5 | |
| 67 |
SH
Steve Hamilton
Morehead State · Small Forward
|
82 | 4.5 | |
| 68 |
JB
Jim Brown
Syracuse
|
— | — | |
| 68 |
JB
Jim Brown
Syracuse
|
— | — | |
| 69 |
JG
Joe Gibbon
Ole Miss
|
— | — | |
| 69 |
JG
Joe Gibbon
Mississippi
|
— | — | |
| 70 |
MW
Mel Wright
Oklahoma State
|
— | — | |
| 70 |
MW
Mel Wright
Oklahoma State
|
— | — | |
| 71 |
GF
Gordon Fosness
Dakota Wesleyan University
|
— | — | |
| 71 |
GF
Gordon Fosness
Dakota Wesleyan
|
— | — | |
| 72 |
BM
Bobby Mills
SMU
|
— | — | |
| 72 |
BM
Bobby Mills
Southern Methodist
|
— | — | |
| 73 |
GC
Gerry Calvert
Kentucky
|
— | — | |
| 73 |
GC
Gerry Calvert
Kentucky
|
— | — | |
| 74 |
Jack Nichols
Colgate · Center
|
647 | 10.2 | |
| 74 |
JN
Jack Nichols
Colgate
|
— | — | |
| 75 |
JB
Jack Butcher
Memphis
|
— | — | |
| 75 |
JB
Jack Butcher
Memphis
|
— | — | |
| 76 |
CH
Cliff Hafer
NC State
|
— | — | |
| 76 |
CH
Cliff Hafer
North Carolina State
|
— | — | |
| 77 |
GD
Gerald Dreier
Macalester College
|
— | — | |
| 77 |
GD
Gerald Dreier
Macalester
|
— | — | |
| 78 |
JG
J.C. Gipson
NA
|
— | — | |
| 78 |
DN
Dick Neal
Indiana
|
— | — | |
| 79 |
DN
Dick Neal
Indiana
|
— | — | |
| 79 |
JB
Jim Boothe
Xavier
|
— | — | |
| 80 |
JB
Jim Boothe
Xavier
|
— | — | |
| 80 |
BS
Bob Seitz
North Carolina State
|
— | — | |
| 81 |
BS
Bob Seitz
NC State
|
— | — | |
| 81 |
JW
Jim Weeks
New York Tech
|
— | — | |
| 82 |
JW
Jim Weeks
New York Institute of Technology
|
— | — | |
| 82 |
ER
Ed Romanoff
|
— | — | |
| 83 |
DT
Don Tobin
Florida Southern College
|
— | — | |
| 83 |
LL
Lavelle Langston
Northwestern State
|
— | — | |
| 84 |
TR
Ted Romanoff
Oregon State
|
— | — | |
| 85 |
LL
Lavelle Langston
Northwestern State University
|
— | — |
