1949 BAA draft

1949 BAA draft
General information
Date(s)	March 21, 1949
Location	New York City
Overview
Territorial pick(s)	Ed Macauley, St. Louis Bombers Vern Mikkelsen, Minneapolis Lakers
First selection	Howie Shannon, Providence Steamrollers

The 1949 BAA draft was the third annual draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on March 21, 1949, before the 1949–50 season. In this draft, eleven remaining BAA teams along with the Indianapolis Olympians who joined the BAA, took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. The draft consisted of 8 rounds and a regional selection period, with 75 players selected. This was the final BAA Draft before the league was renamed the NBA in August 1949. The 75 players selected matched the same number of players selected in the 1989 draft; both drafts have the least number of picks selected prior to 1989 (when the NBA draft was reduced to two rounds ever since).

Draft selections and draftee career notes

Howie Shannon from Kansas State University was selected first overall by the Providence Steamrollers. However, Ed Macauley and Vern Mikkelsen were selected before the draft as St. Louis Bombers' and Minneapolis Lakers' territorial picks respectively. Three players from this draft, Vern Mikkelsen, Ed Macauley and Dick McGuire, have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

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 and All-NBA Team
+	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
#	Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Team	College
T	–	Ed Macauley^	F/C	St. Louis Bombers	Saint Louis
T	–	Vern Mikkelsen^	F/C	Minneapolis Lakers	Hamline
1	1	Howie Shannon	G/F	Providence Steamrollers	Kansas State
1	2	Alex Groza*	C	Indianapolis Olympians	Kentucky
1	3	Bob Harris	F/C	Fort Wayne Pistons	Oklahoma State
1	4	Tony Lavelli	F	Boston Celtics	Yale
1	5	Vern Gardner	F/C	Philadelphia Warriors	Utah
1	6	Ron Livingstone	C	Baltimore Bullets	Wyoming
1	7	Dick McGuire^	G	New York Knicks	St. John's
1	8	Wallace Jones	F	Washington Capitols	Kentucky
1	9	Jack Kerris	F/C	Chicago Stags	Loyola (IL)
1	10	Frank Saul	G/F	Rochester Royals	Seton Hall
2	–	Leo Barnhorst+	G/F	Indianapolis Olympians	Notre Dame
2	–	Ralph Beard*	G	Chicago Stags	Kentucky
2	–	Jack Coleman+	F/C	Rochester Royals	Louisville
2	–	Harry Donovan	G	New York Knicks	Muhlenberg
2	–	George Kaftan	F	Boston Celtics	Holy Cross
2	–	Jim Nolan	C	Philadelphia Warriors	Georgia Tech
2	–	John Oldham	G	Fort Wayne Pistons	Western Kentucky
2	–	Johnny Orr	F	St. Louis Bombers	Beloit
2	–	Red Owens	G	Washington Capitols	Baylor

Other picks

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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Team	College
3	–	Nelson Bobb	G	Philadelphia Warriors	Temple
3	–	Dwight Eddleman+	G/F	Chicago Stags	Illinois
3	–	Paul Gordon	F	Baltimore Bullets	Notre Dame
3	–	Ed Leede	G/F	Providence Steamrollers	Dartmouth
3	–	Joe Mullaney	G	Boston Celtics	Holy Cross
3	–	Mac Otten	F/C	Indianapolis Olympians	Bowling Green
3	–	Fred Schaus*	F	Fort Wayne Pistons	West Virginia
3	–	Ernie Vandeweghe	G/F	New York Knicks	Colgate
4	–	Bob Evans	G	Indianapolis Olympians	Butler
4	–	Jerry Nagel	G	Fort Wayne Pistons	Loyola (IL)
4	–	Warren Perkins	G/F	Providence Steamrollers	Tulane
5	–	Cliff Barker	G	Washington Capitols	Kentucky
5	–	Ray Corley	G	Providence Steamrollers	Georgetown
5	–	Earl Dodd	F	St. Louis Bombers	Northeast Missouri
6	–	Don Boven	G/F	Indianapolis Olympians	Western Michigan
7	–	John Pritchard	C	St. Louis Bombers	Drake
8	–	Duane Klueh	G	Boston Celtics	Indiana State
8	–	Bob Royer	G	Providence Steamrollers	Indiana State
–	–	Mal McMullen	C	Baltimore Bullets	Xavier
–	–	Bob Harrison+	G	Minneapolis Lakers	Michigan
–	–	Paul Walther+	G/F	Minneapolis Lakers	Tennessee
–	–	Marv Schatzman	F	St. Louis Bombers	Saint Louis

References

General

• "1949 BAA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2009. Retrieved September 22, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• "1947–1948 BAA Drafts, 1949–1951 NBA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Archived from the original on September 22, 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

Specific

External links

• NBA.com
• NBA.com: NBA Draft History