1957 NBA draft

General information

Date(s)

April 17, 1957

Location

First selection

NBA draft
< 1956	1958 >

The 1957 NBA draft was the 11th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 17, 1957, before the 1957–58 season. In this draft, eight NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. Prior to the draft, the Fort Wayne Pistons and the Rochester Royals relocated to Detroit and Cincinnati, and became the Detroit Pistons and the Cincinnati Royals respectively.^[1]^[2] In each round, the teams select in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. The draft consisted of 14 rounds comprising 83 players selected.

Draft selections and draftee career notes

Rod Hundley from West Virginia University was selected first overall by the Cincinnati Royals. However, the Royals immediately traded his draft rights to the Minneapolis Lakers.^[3] Eight pick of the draft, Sam Jones from North Carolina Central University, have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame.^[4] Woody Sauldsberry, who was selected in the eighth round, went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award in his first season.^[5] Jim Brown from Syracuse University was selected in the ninth round by the Syracuse Nationals, but he opted for a professional football career and eventually playing nine successful seasons in the National Football League (NFL).^[6] Brown was later inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and is considered as one of the greatest professional football players ever.^[7]

Key

Pos.	G	F	C
Position	Guard	Forward	Center

^	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
⁺	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
^#	Denotes player who never played in the NBA regular season or playoffs

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	College
1	1	Hundley, RodRod Hundley⁺	G	United States	Cincinnati Royals (traded to Minneapolis)^[a]	West Virginia
1	2	Tyra, CharlieCharlie Tyra	F/C	United States	Detroit Pistons (traded to New York)^[b]	Louisville
1	3	Krebs, JimJim Krebs	C	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	SMU
1	4	Wilfong, WinWin Wilfong	G	United States	St. Louis Hawks	Memphis State
1	5	McCann, BrendanBrendan McCann	G	United States	New York Knicks	St. Bonaventure
1	6	Rosenbluth, LennieLennie Rosenbluth	F	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	North Carolina
1	7	Bon Salle, GeorgeGeorge Bon Salle	F	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Illinois
1	8	Jones, SamSam Jones^	G/F	United States	Boston Celtics	NC Central
2	9	Duckett, DickDick Duckett	G	United States	Cincinnati Royals	St. John's
2	10	McCoy, BobBob McCoy^#	F	United States	Detroit Pistons	Grambling
2	11	Schmidt, HarvHarv Schmidt^#	F	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	Illinois
2	12	Palmer, JimJim Palmer	F/C	United States	St. Louis Hawks	Dayton
2	13	Larry Friend	G/F	United States	New York Knicks	California
2	14	Sullivan, JackJack Sullivan^#	F	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Mount St. Mary's
2	15	Morgan, JimJim Morgan^#	G	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Louisville
2	16	O'Neal, DickDick O'Neal^#	F	United States	Boston Celtics	TCU

Other picks

The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	College
3	17	Paulson, JerryJerry Paulson	G	United States	Cincinnati Royals	Manhattan
3	18	Ebben, BillBill Ebben	G	United States	Detroit Pistons	Detroit
4	27	Brown, GeorgeGeorge Brown	F	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	Wayne State
4	30	Radziszewski, RayRay Radziszewski	F	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Saint Joseph's
6	48	King, MauryMaury King	G	United States	Boston Celtics	Kansas
8	57	Bolstorff, DougDoug Bolstorff	G	United States	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota
8	60	Sauldsberry, WoodyWoody Sauldsberry⁺	F/C	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Texas Southern
9	67	Hamilton, SteveSteve Hamilton	F/C	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Morehead State

Trades

^a On draft-day, the Minneapolis Lakers acquired the draft rights to first pick Rod Hundley along with Bob Burrow, Ed Fleming, Don Meineke and Art Spoelstra from the Cincinnati Royals in exchange for Clyde Lovellette and Jim Paxson.^[3]
^b Prior to the draft, the New York Knicks acquired the Detroit Pistons' first-round pick, which was used to select Charlie Tyra, along with Mel Hutchins from the Pistons in exchange for Dick Atha, Nathaniel Clifton and Harry Gallatin.^[8]^[9]

References

General

"Complete First Round Results 1957–59". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
"1957 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
"1957–1961 NBA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
"1957 NBA Draft". The Draft Review. Retrieved December 28, 2009.

Specific

↑ Pretzer, Ryan (October 16, 2007). "Farewell, Fort Wayne". NBA.com/Pistons. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on 21 January 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
↑ "Sacramento Kings History". NBA.com/Kings. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
1 2 "Hot Rod Hundley Bio". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
↑ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
↑ "Rookie of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
↑ Kim, Randy (June 19, 2003). "Draft Oddities". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
↑ "Football's 100 Greatest Players: #1 Jim Brown". The Sporting News. Archived from the original on 7 December 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
↑ "Charlie Tyra Bio". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
↑ "All-Time Transactions". NBA.com/Pistons. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2009.

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