1957 NBA Draft
First Round:
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 1 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Rod Hundley |
G |
West Virginia |
| 2 |
Detroit Pistons |
Charles Tyra |
C/F |
Louisville |
| 3 |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Jim Krebs |
C |
SMU |
| 4 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Win Wilfong |
G |
Memphis State |
| 5 |
New York Knicks |
Brendan McCann |
G |
St. Bonaventure |
| 6 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Len Rosenbluth |
F |
North Carolina |
| 7 |
Syracuse Nationals |
George BonSalle |
C |
Illinois |
| 8 |
Boston Celtics |
Sam Jones |
G |
North Carolina Central |
Second Round:
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 9 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Dick Duckett |
G |
St. John's |
| 10 |
Detroit Pistons |
Bob McCoy |
F |
Grambling |
| 11 |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Harvey Schmidt |
F |
Illinois |
| 12 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Jim Palmer |
F |
Dayton |
| 13 |
New York Knicks |
Larry Friend |
G/F |
California |
| 14 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Jack Sullivan |
F |
Mount St. Mary's |
| 15 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Jim Morgan |
G |
Louisville |
| 16 |
Boston Celtics |
Dick O'Neal |
F |
TCU |
Third Round:
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 17 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Jerry Paulson |
G |
Manhattan |
| 18 |
Detroit Pistons |
Bill Ebben |
F |
Detroit Pistons roit |
| 19 |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Jim Spivey |
F |
SE Oklahoma |
| 20 |
St. Louis Hawks |
John Smyth |
F |
Notre Dame |
| 21 |
New York Knicks |
Gary Clark |
G |
Syracuse |
| 22 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Angelo Lombardo |
F |
Manhattan |
| 23 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Vince Cohen |
G |
Syracuse |
| 24 |
Boston Celtics |
Chuck Schramm |
F |
Western Illinois |
Fourth Round:
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 25 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Jed Dormeyer |
F |
Minnesota |
| 26 |
Detroit Pistons |
Kurt Englebert |
F |
St. Joseph's (PA) |
| 27 |
Minneapolis Lakers |
George Brown |
F |
Wayne State |
| 28 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Hank Nowak |
G |
Canisius |
| 29 |
New York Knicks |
Rayford Wells |
F |
Lenoir Rhyne |
| 30 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Ray Radziszewski |
F |
St. Joseph's (PA) |
| 31 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Jerry Mallett |
F |
Baylor |
| 32 |
Boston Celtics |
Jim Ashmore |
G |
Mississippi State |
Fifth Round:
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 33 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Stewart Murray |
|
Lafayette |
| 34 |
Detroit Pistons |
Ron Kramer |
|
Michigan |
| 35 |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Gary Thompson |
|
Iowa State |
| 36 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Al Rochelle |
|
Vanderbilt |
| 37 |
New York Knicks |
Lee Marshall |
|
Washington & Lee |
| 38 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Jim Radcliffe |
|
Lafayette |
| 39 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Frank Nimmo |
|
Cincinnati |
| 40 |
Boston Celtics |
Grady Wallace |
|
South Carolina |
Sixth Round:
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 41 |
Cincinnati Royals |
John Maglio |
|
North Carolina State |
| 42 |
Detroit Pistons |
Walt Acamushko |
|
St. Francis (NY) |
| 46 |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Phil Murrell |
|
Drake |
| 47 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Raymond Downs |
|
Texas |
| 48 |
New York Knicks |
Jim Humphreys |
|
St. Michael's |
| 49 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Alonzo Lewis |
|
La Salle |
| 50 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Lyndon Lee |
|
Oklahoma City |
| 51 |
Boston Celtics |
Maurice King |
|
Kansas |
Seventh Round:
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 52 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Chet Forte |
|
Columbia |
| 53 |
Detroit Pistons |
Carl Boldt |
|
San Francisco |
| 54 |
Minneapolis Lakers |
George Ferguson |
|
Michigan |
| 55 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Mason Pope |
|
Kentucky Wesleyan |
| 56 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Max Jameson |
|
Kentucky State |
| 57 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Dick Gaines |
|
Seton Hall |
| 58 |
Boston Celtics |
Dick Brott |
|
Denver |
Eighth Round:
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 59 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Bob Daniels |
|
Western Kentucky |
| 60 |
Detroit Pistons |
Doug Bolstorff |
|
Minnesota |
| 61 |
Minneapolis Lakers |
John Haaven |
|
North Dakota |
| 62 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Bill Darragh |
|
Louisville |
| 63 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Woody Sauldsberry |
|
Texas Southern |
| 64 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Cebe Prince |
|
Marshall |
| 65 |
Boston Celtics |
Bill Von Weyhe |
|
Rhode Island |
Ninth Round:
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 66 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Dick Heise |
|
DePaul |
| 67 |
Detroit Pistons |
Bob Lazor |
|
Pittsburgh |
| 68 |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Jim Sutton |
|
North Dakota State |
| 69 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Calvin Grosscup |
|
Tulane |
| 70 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Steve Hamilton |
|
Morehead State |
| 71 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Jim Brown |
|
Syracuse |
| 72 |
Boston Celtics |
Joe Gibbon |
|
Mississippi |
Tenth Round:
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 73 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Mel Wright |
|
Oklahoma A&M |
| 74 |
Minneapolis Lakers |
Gordon Fosness |
|
Dakota Wesleyan |
| 75 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Bobby Mills |
|
SMU |
| 76 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Jerry Calvert |
|
Kentucky |
| 77 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Jack Nichols |
|
Colgate |
| 78 |
Boston Celtics |
Jack Butcher |
|
Memphis State |
Eleventh Round:
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 79 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Cliff Hafer |
|
North Carolina State |
| 80 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Gerald Dreier |
|
Macalaster |
| 81 |
Boston Celtics |
Dick Neal |
|
Indiana |
Twelfth Round:
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 82 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Jim Boothe |
|
Xavier (OH) |
| 83 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Bob Seitz |
|
North Carolina State |
| 84 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Jim Weeks |
|
New York Tech |
Thirteenth Round:
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 85 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Ed Romanoff |
|
None |
Fourteenth Round:
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 86 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Lavelle Langston |
|
Northwestern State |
Supplemental Picks:
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 1 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Jerry Gibson |
|
None |
| 2 |
Boston Celtics |
Dan Tobin |
|
Florida Southern |
*This was the first year that underclassmen were draft into the NBA. Before 1957 drafted players must have completed all four years of college.
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