1952 NBA Draft

The 1952 NBA Draft was the sixth annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 26, 1952, prior to 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 select 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 the round. The draft consisted of 10 rounds with 106 players selected.

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]

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	College
0T	00–	Mlkvy, BillBill Mlkvy	F	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Temple
1	01	Workman, MarkMark Workman	F/C	United States	Milwaukee Hawks	West Virginia
1	02	Baechtold, JimJim Baechtold	G/F	United States	Baltimore Bullets	Eastern Kentucky
1	03	Groat, DickDick Groat	G	United States	Fort Wayne Pistons	Duke
1	04	Dean, JoeJoe Dean	–	United States	Indianapolis Olympians	LSU
1	05	Polson, RalphRalph Polson	F/C	United States	New York Knicks	Whitworth
1	06	Stauffer, BobBob Stauffer	–	United States	Boston Celtics	Missouri
1	07	Lochmueller, BobBob Lochmueller	F	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Louisville
1	08	Darling, CharlesCharles Darling	–	United States	Rochester Royals	Iowa
1	09	Lovellette, ClydeClyde Lovellette^	F/C	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	Kansas
2	10	Miller, EddieEddie Miller	F/C	United States	Milwaukee Hawks	Syracuse
2	12	Meineke, DonDon Meineke	F/C	United States	Fort Wayne Pistons	Dayton
2	13	Davis, BuddyBuddy Davis	F/C	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Texas A&M
2	14	Zawoluk, ZekeZeke Zawoluk	F/C	United States	Indianapolis Olympians	St. John's
2	16	Iverson, JimJim Iverson	–	United States	Boston Celtics	Kansas State

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
4	–	Hedderick, HermHerm Hedderick	G	United States	Boston Celtics	Canisius
10	–	Conley, GeneGene Conley	F/C	United States	Boston Celtics	Washington State
–	–	Brasco, JimJim Brasco	G	United States	Syracuse Nationals	NYU
–	–	Brennan, TomTom Brennan	F	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Villanova
–	–	Bunt, DickDick Bunt	G	United States	New York Knicks	NYU
–	–	Cook, BertBert Cook	G/F	United States	New York Knicks	Utah State
–	–	Denning, BlaineBlaine Denning	G	United States	Baltimore Bullets	Lawrence Tech
–	–	Grigsby, ChuckChuck Grigsby	G	United States	Baltimore Bullets	Dayton
–	–	Holstein, JimJim Holstein	G/F	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	Cincinnati
–	–	MacGilvray, RonnieRonnie MacGilvray	G	United States	Rochester Royals	St. John's
–	–	McBride, KenKen McBride	G/F	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Maryland State
–	–	McLeod, GeorgeGeorge McLeod	F	United States	Milwaukee Hawks	TCU
–	–	McMahon, JackJack McMahon	G	United States	Rochester Royals	St. John's
–	–	McNulty, CarlCarl McNulty	G	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	Purdue
–	–	Peterson, BobBob Peterson	F	United States	Baltimore Bullets	Oregon
–	–	Priddy, BobBob Priddy	F	United States	Baltimore Bullets	New Mexico A&M
–	–	Radovich, MoeMoe Radovich	G	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Wyoming
–	–	Rhodes, GeneGene Rhodes	G	United States	Indianapolis Olympians	Western Kentucky
–	–	Surhoff, DickDick Surhoff	F	United States	New York Knicks	Long Island
–	–	Walsh, JimJim Walsh	F	United States	Baltimore Bullets	Stanford
–	–	Watson, BobbyBobby Watson	G	United States	Milwaukee Hawks	Kentucky
–	–	Whitaker, SkippySkippy Whitaker	G	United States	Indianapolis Olympians	Kentucky

References

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External links

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