1961 NBA Draft
First Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 1 |
Chicago Packers |
Walt Bellamy |
C |
Indiana |
| 2 |
New York Knicks |
Tom Stith |
F |
St. Bonaventure |
| 3 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Larry Siegfried |
G |
Ohio State |
| 4 |
Detroit Pistons |
Ray Scott |
F |
Portland |
| 5 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Wayne Yates |
F/C |
Memphis State |
| 6 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Ben Warley |
F |
Tennessee State |
| 7 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Tom Meschery |
F |
St. Mary's (CA) |
| 8 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Cleo Hill |
G |
Winston-Salem |
| 9 |
Boston Celtics |
Gary Phillips |
G |
Houston |
Second Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 10 |
New York Knicks |
Whitey Martin |
G |
St. Bonaventure |
| 11 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Bob Wiesenhahn |
F |
Cincinnati |
| 12 |
Detroit Pistons |
Johnny Egan |
G |
Providence |
| 13 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Fred Sawyer |
C |
Louisville |
| 14 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Chris Smith |
F |
Virginia Tech |
| 15 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Ted Luckenbill |
F |
Houston |
| 16 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Ron Horn |
F |
Indiana |
| 17 |
Boston Celtics |
Al Butler |
G |
Niagara |
| 18 |
Chicago Packers |
John Turner |
F |
Louisville |
| 19 |
Chicago Packers |
Jerry Graves |
F |
Mississippi State |
| 20 |
Chicago Packers |
York Larese |
G |
North Carolina |
| 21 |
Chicago Packers |
Don Kojis |
F |
Marquette |
| 22 |
Chicago Packers |
Doug Moe |
F |
North Carolina |
| 23 |
Chicago Packers |
Jeff Cohen |
F |
William & Mary |
Third Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 24 |
New York Knicks |
Tony Jackson |
G |
St. John's |
| 25 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Bob Nordmann |
C |
St. Louis |
| 26 |
Detroit Pistons |
Doug Kistler |
F |
Duke |
| 27 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Frank Burgess |
G |
Gonzaga |
| 28 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Charles Osborne |
F |
Western Kentucky |
| 29 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Jack Egan |
F |
St. Joseph's (PA) |
| 30 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Tom Chilton |
G |
East Tennessee |
| 31 |
Boston Celtics |
Bill Depp |
F |
Vanderbilt |
| 32 |
Chicago Packers |
Bill Bridges |
F |
Kansas |
Fourth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 33 |
New York Knicks |
George Blaney |
G |
Holy Cross |
| 34 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Lowery Kirk |
F |
Memphis State |
| 35 |
Detroit Pistons |
George Finley |
C |
Tennessee A&I |
| 36 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Charles Henke |
F |
Missouri |
| 37 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Henry Whitney |
F |
Iowa State |
| 38 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
John Tidwell |
G |
Michigan |
| 39 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Gus Guydon |
F |
Drake |
| 40 |
Boston Celtics |
Carl Cole |
G |
Eastern Kentucky |
| 41 |
Chicago Packers |
Roger Kaiser |
G |
Georgia Tech |
Fifth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 42 |
New York Knicks |
Bill Smith |
|
St. Peter's |
| 43 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Rossie Johnson |
|
Tennessee A&I |
| 44 |
Detroit Pistons |
Dan Doyle |
|
Belmont Abbey |
| 45 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Bill Lickert |
|
Kentucky |
| 46 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Don Jacobson |
|
South Dakota |
| 47 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Bruce Spraggins |
|
Virginia Union |
| 48 |
St. Louis Hawks |
John Berberich |
|
UCLA |
| 49 |
Boston Celtics |
Bob DiStefano |
|
North Carolina State |
| 50 |
Chicago Packers |
Howie Carl |
|
DePaul |
Sixth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 51 |
New York Knicks |
Cleveland Buckner |
|
Jackson State |
| 52 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Bob Slobodnik |
|
Duquesne |
| 53 |
Detroit Pistons |
Lee Patrone |
|
West Virginia |
| 54 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Bill McClintock |
|
California |
| 55 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Billy Price |
|
New Mexico State |
| 56 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Dick Goldberg |
|
Mississippi Southern |
| 57 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Bob McDonald |
|
Maryland |
| 58 |
Boston Celtics |
Ned Twyman |
|
Duquesne |
| 59 |
Chicago Packers |
Dave Voss |
|
Tulsa |
Seventh Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 60 |
New York Knicks |
Donnis Butcher |
|
Pikeville |
| 61 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Dave Zeller |
|
Miami (OH) |
| 62 |
Detroit Pistons |
Burt Price |
|
Wittenberg |
| 63 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Albert Alamanza |
|
Texas |
| 64 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Roger Newman |
|
Kentucky |
| 65 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Charles McNeil |
|
Maryland |
| 66 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Charles Riley |
|
Winston-Salem |
| 67 |
Boston Celtics |
Mel Klein |
|
Aberdeen |
| 68 |
Chicago Packers |
Ron Heller |
|
Wichita |
Eighth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 69 |
New York Knicks |
Cedrick Price |
|
Kansas State |
| 70 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Jerry Thelen |
|
Villa Madonna |
| 71 |
Detroit Pistons |
Walter Ward |
|
Hampton Institute |
| 72 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Bill Ellis |
|
UCLA |
| 73 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Dave Mills |
|
Seattle |
| 74 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Larry Swift |
|
NE Missouri State |
| 75 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Gene Velloff |
|
Doane |
| 76 |
Chicago Packers |
John Wessels |
|
Illinois |
Ninth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 77 |
New York Knicks |
Charles Bowman |
|
Wabash |
| 78 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Larry Krueger |
|
Ohio |
| 79 |
Detroit Pistons |
Peter Baltic |
|
Penn State |
| 80 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Carl Anderson |
|
Oregon State |
| 81 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Rex Tippitt |
|
Grambling |
| 82 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Herbert Gray |
|
North Carolina A&T |
| 83 |
Chicago Packers |
Steve Strange |
|
Southern Methodist |
Tenth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 84 |
New York Knicks |
Ron Debillous |
|
Wisconsin State Teachers |
| 85 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Jack Waters |
|
Mississippi |
| 86 |
Detroit Pistons |
Wayne Monson |
|
Northern Michigan |
| 87 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Robert Williams |
|
Hancock |
| 88 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Pete Chudy |
|
Syracuse |
| 89 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Leo Hill |
|
Cal State–Los Angeles |
| 90 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Tom Faszholz |
|
Concordia (MO) |
| 91 |
Chicago Packers |
Larry Comley |
|
Kansas State |
Eleventh Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 92 |
New York Knicks |
Kevin Loughery |
|
St. John's |
| 93 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Carl Short |
|
Newberry |
| 94 |
Detroit Pistons |
Richard Kraft |
|
Brockport |
| 95 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Howard Hunt |
|
Duke |
| 96 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Dick Sammons |
|
LeMoyne |
| 97 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Corky Whitrow |
|
Georgetown (KY) |
| 98 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Dick Kepley |
|
North Carolina |
Twelfth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 99 |
New York Knicks |
Earl Shultz |
|
California |
| 100 |
Cincinnati Royals |
George Patterson |
|
Toledo |
| 101 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Jackie Crawford |
|
Centenary |
Thirteenth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 102 |
New York Knicks |
Ned Jennings |
|
Kentucky |
| 103 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Clair McRoberts |
|
Monmouth |
| 104 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Howard Stacy |
|
Louisville |
Fourteenth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 105 |
New York Knicks |
Bill Engressor |
|
LSU |
| 106 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Carl Bouldin |
|
Cincinnati |
Fifteenth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 107 |
New York Knicks |
Vince Kempton |
|
St. Joseph's (PA) |
NBA Expansion Draft
| Team |
Player |
Position |
Old Team |
| Chicago Packers |
Dave Budd |
F |
New York Knicks |
| Chicago Packers |
Barney Cable |
F |
Syracuse Nationals |
| Chicago Packers |
Gene Conley |
F/C |
Boston Celtics |
| Chicago Packers |
Ralph Davis |
G |
Cincinnati Royals |
| Chicago Packers |
Archie Dees |
F/C |
Detroit Pistons |
| Chicago Packers |
Andy Johnson |
G/F |
Philadelphia Warriors |
| Chicago Packers |
Bobby Leonard |
G |
Los Angeles Lakers |
| Chicago Packers |
Dave Piontek |
F/C |
St. Louis Hawks |
*This was the first year that underclassmen were draft into the NBA. Before 1961 drafted players must have completed all four years of college.
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