1951 NBA draft

Basketball player selection August 2023 1951 NBA draft Basketball April 25, 1951 Park Sheraton Hotel (New York City, New York)Bradley Robert D. The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts 2013 Scarecrow Press 9780810890695, pg. 20 NBA 10 87 12 Gene Melchiorre, Baltimore Bullets 1950 1952 The 1951 NBA draft was the fifth annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 25, 1951, before the 1951–52 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. The Tri-Cities Blackhawks participated in the draft, but relocated to Milwaukee and became the Milwaukee Hawks prior to the start of the season.http://www.nba.com/hawks/history/00400483.html Hawks: Franchise History NBA.com/Hawks Turner Sports Interactive, Inc October 30, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091202222712/http://www.nba.com/hawks/history/00400483.html 2 December 2009 live The draft consisted of 12 rounds comprising 87 players selected. This draft was the league’s first, and along with the 2000 NBA Draft, one of only two to date, to produce no Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame players (excluding drafts with players not yet eligible). Draft selections and draftee career notes Gene Melchiorre from Bradley University was selected first overall by the Baltimore Bullets. However, he never played in the NBA due to his involvement in a point shaving scandal while playing college basketball.https://www.espn.com/classic/s/basketball_scandals_explosion.html Explosion: 1951 scandals threaten college hoops Goldstein Joe ESPN.com November 19, 2003 September 26, 2009 Melchiorre would be joined by fellow Bradley teammates Bill Mann (the 21st pick of the draft) and Aaron Preece (the 72nd pick of the draft) in terms of players selected in this year's draft to never play in the NBA due to their involvement in the aforementioned point shaving scandal (other individuals involved and named at the time either went undrafted at the time, were already selected in previous drafts before this year, or were already disqualified from entering the draft this year due to the discovery at hand). Whitey Skoog from University of Minnesota was selected before the draft as Minneapolis Lakers' territorial pick. Key Pos.GFCPositionGuardForwardCenter y y y Draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team College0T00– Whitey Skoog G United States Minneapolis Lakers Minnesota101 Gene Melchiorre# G United States Baltimore Bullets Bradley102 Mel Hutchins+~ F/C United States Tri-Cities Blackhawks Brigham Young103 Marc Freiberger# C United States Indianapolis Olympians Oklahoma104 Zeke Sinicola G United States Fort Wayne Pistons Niagara105 John McConathy F United States Syracuse Nationals Northwestern State106 Ed Smith Ed Smith (basketball) F United States New York Knicks Harvard107 Ernie Barrett G/F United States Boston Celtics Kansas State108 Sam Ranzino G United States Rochester Royals NC State109 Don Sunderlage+ G United States Philadelphia Warriors Illinois210 Jack Stone# G/F United States Baltimore Bullets Kansas State211 Bill Gossett# F/C United States Tri-Cities Blackhawks Colorado A&M212 Scotty Steagall# G United States Indianapolis Olympians Millikin213 Jack Kiley G United States Fort Wayne Pistons Syracuse214 Don Savage Don Savage (basketball) G/F United States Syracuse Nationals Le Moyne215 Roland Minson# G United States New York Knicks Brigham Young216 Bill Garrett Bill Garrett (basketball)# F United States Boston Celtics Indiana217 Ray Ragelis F United States Rochester Royals Northwestern218 Mel Payton G/F United States Philadelphia Warriors Tulane219 Lew Hitch F/C United States Minneapolis Lakers Kansas State 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_1951.html 1951 NBA drafthttp://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/past_drafts/1951 NBA Past Drafts - RealGM Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team College323 Jake Fendley F United States Fort Wayne Pistons Northwestern324 Bato Govedarica G United States Syracuse Nationals DePaul327 Fred Diute G United States Rochester Royals St. Bonaventure431 Jim Slaughter C United States Tri-Cities Blackhawks South Carolina432 Bill Tosheff~ G United States Indianapolis Olympians Indiana437 Elmer Behnke C United States Rochester Royals Bradley548 Mike Kearns G United States Philadelphia Warriors Princeton651 John Rennicke G United States Tri-Cities Blackhawks Drake655 Al McGuire G/F United States New York Knicks St. John's656 James Luisi G United States Boston Celtics St. Francis (NY)768 George Dempsey George Dempsey (basketball) G United States Philadelphia Warriors King's (NY)877 James Phelan Jim Phelan (basketball) G United States Philadelphia Warriors La Salle Notable undrafted players List of undrafted NBA players These players were not selected in the 1951 draft, but played at least one game in the NBA. Player Pos. Nationality School/club team John O'Boyle G United States Colorado State See also List of first overall NBA draft picks References General https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1951.html 1951 NBA Draft basketball-reference.com September 23, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091009114245/http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1951.html 9 October 2009 live http://www.apbr.org/4751drft.html 1947–1948 BAA Drafts, 1949–1951 NBA Drafts The Association for Professional Basketball Research September 11, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100704045137/http://www.apbr.org/4751drft.html July 4, 2010 live http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2580&Itemid=103 1951 NBA Draft 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:Basketball in New York City Category:Sporting events in New York City