1952 NBA draft
| 1952 NBA draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Date(s) | April 26, 1952 |
| Location | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Overview | |
| Territorial pick(s) | Bill Mlkvy, Philadelphia Warriors |
| First selection | Mark Workman, Milwaukee Hawks |
The 1952 NBA draft was the sixth annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 26, 1952 before the 1952–53 season. In this draft, ten remaining NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. In each round, the teams selected in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season, except for the defending champion, the Minneapolis Lakers, who was assigned the last pick of each round. The draft consisted of 10 rounds comprising 106 players selected.
Draft selections and draftee career notes
Mark Workman from West Virginia University was selected first overall by the Milwaukee Hawks. Bill Mlkvy from Temple University was selected before the draft as Philadelphia Warriors' territorial pick. Don Meineke from the University of Dayton was selected by the Fort Wayne Pistons in the second round and went on to win the inaugural Rookie of the Year Award.[1] Ninth pick of the draft, Clyde Lovellette from University of Kansas, have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame.[2]
10th round pick Gene Conley played both professional basketball and baseball. He played six seasons in the NBA for the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks as well as 11 seasons in the Major League Baseball (MLB). He won three NBA championships with the Celtics as well as the World Series in 1957 with the Atlanta Braves, becoming the only athlete to win world championships in both basketball and baseball.[3]
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 never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game |
Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | – | Bill Mlkvy | F |  United States
|
Philadelphia Warriors | Temple |
| 1 | 1 | Mark Workman | F/C | United States
|
Milwaukee Hawks | West Virginia |
| 1 | 2 | Jim Baechtold | G/F | United States
|
Baltimore Bullets | Eastern Kentucky |
| 1 | 3 | Dick Groat | G | United States
|
Fort Wayne Pistons | Duke |
| 1 | 4 | Joe Dean# | G | United States
|
Indianapolis Olympians | LSU |
| 1 | 5 | Ralph Polson | F/C | United States
|
New York Knicks | Whitworth |
| 1 | 6 | Bill Stauffer# | F | United States
|
Boston Celtics | Missouri |
| 1 | 7 | Bob Lochmueller | F | United States
|
Syracuse Nationals | Louisville |
| 1 | 8 | Chuck Darling# | F/C | United States
|
Rochester Royals | Iowa |
| 1 | 9 | Clyde Lovellette^ | F/C | United States
|
Minneapolis Lakers | Kansas |
| 2 | 10 | Eddie Miller | F/C | United States
|
Milwaukee Hawks | Syracuse |
| 2 | 12 | Don Meineke | F/C | United States
|
Fort Wayne Pistons | Dayton |
| 2 | 13 | Walt Davis | F/C | United States
|
Philadelphia Warriors | Texas A&M |
| 2 | 14 | Bob Zawoluk | F/C | United States
|
Indianapolis Olympians | St. John's |
| 2 | 16 | Jim Iverson# | G | United States
|
Boston Celtics | Kansas State |
Other picks
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.
References
- General
- "1952 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
- "1952–1956 NBA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
- "1952 NBA Draft". The Draft Review. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
- Specific
- ^ "Rookie of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
- ^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
- ^ Grossfeld, Stan (January 13, 2008). "Conley had twice as much fun". The Boston Globe. The New York Times Company. Retrieved March 14, 2010.