1952 NBA draft

Basketball player selection August 2023 1952 NBA draft Basketball April 26, 1952 Minneapolis, Minnesota NBA 10 106 17 Mark Workman, Milwaukee Hawks 1 F Clyde Lovellette 1951 1953 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 17 rounds comprising 106 players selected. However, this draft was notable for this being the first time the NBA would not immediately announce the ordering of their draft choices to the public due to worries by the young league that they would give an upcoming rivaling amateur league, the National Industrial Basketball League, an idea of who the best college players were at the time, especially for their two top teams there in the Bartlesville Phillips 66ers and Peoria Caterpillar Tractors; notably, the NBA would also give the 66ers and Peoria invites to the NBA, though they both denied the opportunity to join the league as professional teams.1952 NBA Draft Order - Draft Notes - the Draft Review February 14, 2022 https://www.thedraftreview.com/nba-draft-regulations/nba-draft-notes/1952-nba-draft-order-draft-notes 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.http://www.nba.com/history/awards_rookieofyear.html Rookie of the Year NBA.com Turner Sports Interactive, Inc October 28, 2009 The ninth pick of the draft, Clyde Lovellette from University of Kansas, was the only player from that draft to make it to an NBA All-Star Game at least once and to have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame.https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/hof.html Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees basketball-reference.com October 28, 2009http://basketball-players.pointafter.com/stories/5042/2000-nba-draft-re-pick-terrible-awfulMay 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes As such, it would be seen as one of the least successful and less talked about drafts in NBA history, though at least one media outlet would mention the 1952 NBA draft as the worst NBA draft ever held, while also noting that this draft would have been an even bigger disaster without Clyde Lovellette's selection in mind and that its long-term efforts for the four teams with the worst records that season led to them either folding operations or moving elsewhere years after this draft concluded.The Worst Draft in NBA history https://nbahoopsonline.com/Articles/1952Draftworstever.html Tenth-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 1957 World Series with the Milwaukee Braves, becoming the only athlete to win world championships in both basketball and baseball.http://archive.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2008/01/13/conley_had_twice_as_much_fun/ Conley had twice as much fun Stan Grossfeld The Boston Globe January 13, 2008 March 14, 2010 Dick Groat from Duke was picked 3rd overall by the Fort Wayne Pistons and went on to win the National League 1960 MVP, and two World Series championships while playing shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates and then the St. Louis Cardinals. Key Pos.GFCPositionGuardForwardCenter y y y Draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team College0T00– Bill Mlkvy F United States Philadelphia Warriors Temple101 Mark Workman F/C United States Milwaukee Hawks West Virginia102 Jim Baechtold G/F United States Baltimore Bullets Eastern Kentucky103 Dick Groat G United States Fort Wayne Pistons Duke104 Joe Dean# G United States Indianapolis Olympians LSU105 Ralph Polson Ralph Polson (basketball) F/C United States New York Knicks Whitworth106 Bill Stauffer# F United States Boston Celtics Missouri107 Bob Lochmueller F United States Syracuse Nationals Louisville108 Chuck Darling# F/C United States Rochester Royals Iowa109 Clyde Lovellette^ F/C United States Minneapolis Lakers Kansas210 Eddie Miller Eddie Miller (basketball) F/C United States Milwaukee Hawks Syracuse211 Chuck Grigsby G United States Baltimore Bullets Dayton212 Don Meineke~ F/C United States Fort Wayne Pistons Dayton213 Walt Davis F/C United States Philadelphia Warriors Texas A&M214 Bob Zawoluk Zeke Zawoluk F/C United States Indianapolis Olympians St. John's215 Bert Cook basketball G United States New York Knicks Utah State216 Jim Iverson# G United States Boston Celtics Kansas State217 Jim Brasco G United States Syracuse Nationals NYU218 Jack McMahon G United States Rochester Royals St. John's219 Jim Holstein F United States Minneapolis Lakers Cincinnati Other picks The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1952.html 1952 NBA Draft Basketball-Reference.comhttps://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/past_drafts/1952 NBA Past Drafts - RealGM basketball.realgm.com Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team College325 Dick Bunt G United States New York Knicks NYU437 Herm Hedderick G United States Boston Celtics Canisius438 Ronnie MacGilvray G United States Rochester Royals St. John's4 Blaine Denning G United States Baltimore Bullets Lawrence Tech540 George McLeod George McLeod (basketball) F United States Milwaukee Hawks TCU543 Tom Brennan basketball, born 1930 F United States Philadelphia Warriors Villanova544 Gene Rhodes G United States Indianapolis Olympians Western Kentucky547 Ken McBride Ken McBride (basketball) G/F United States Syracuse Nationals Maryland State659 Jim Holstein G/F United States Minneapolis Lakers Cincinnati761 Bob Priddy Bob Priddy (basketball) F United States Baltimore Bullets New Mexico A&M764 Skippy Whitaker G United States Indianapolis Olympians Kentucky873 Moe Radovich G United States Philadelphia Warriors Wyoming875 Dick Surhoff F United States New York Knicks Long Island1090 Gene Conley F/C United States Boston Celtics Washington State1193 Bob Peterson Bob Peterson (basketball) F United States Baltimore Bullets Oregon1196 Carl McNulty G United States Minneapolis Lakers Purdue1297 Jim Walsh Jim Walsh (basketball) F United States Baltimore Bullets Stanford Notable undrafted players List of undrafted NBA players These players were not selected in the 1952 draft but played at least one game in the NBA. Player Pos. Nationality School/club team Fred Christ G United States Fordham Pete Darcey C United States Oklahoma State Don Hanrahan F United States Loyola Chicago Bob Naber F United States Louisville See also List of first overall NBA draft picks References General https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1952.html 1952 NBA Draft basketball-reference.com September 26, 2009 http://www.apbr.org/5256drft.html 1952–1956 NBA Drafts The Association for Professional Basketball Research September 26, 2009 http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2581 1952 NBA Draft June 6, 2007 The Draft Review October 30, 2009 Specific External links NBA.com NBA.com: NBA Draft History Draft Category:NBA draft NBA draft NBA draft Category:1950s in Minneapolis Category:Basketball in Minneapolis Category:Organized events in Minneapolis