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1957 NBA Draft Results

1957 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick Hot Rod Hundley to Cincinnati Royals.

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The 1957 NBA Draft produced 85 selections across 14 rounds, with 8 franchises making at least one pick. Cincinnati Royals held the first overall selection and took Hot Rod Hundley out of West Virginia.

St. Louis Hawks made the most selections that year with 14. 70 different colleges and programs were represented across the board, led by Louisville with 3 players drafted.

Pick Team Player College
Round 1
1 Cincinnati Royals Hot Rod Hundley West Virginia
2 Detroit Pistons Charlie Tyra Louisville
3 Minneapolis Lakers Jim Krebs SMU
4 St. Louis Hawks Win Wilfong Memphis
5 New York Knicks Brendan McCann St. Bonaventure
6 Philadelphia Warriors Lennie Rosenbluth UNC
7 Syracuse Nationals George Bon Salle Illinois
8 Boston Celtics Sam Jones NC Central
Round 2
9 Cincinnati Royals Dick Duckett St. John's
10 Detroit Pistons Bob McCoy Grambling State University
11 Minneapolis Lakers Harvey Schmidt Illinois
12 St. Louis Hawks Jim Palmer Dayton
13 New York Knicks Larry Friend California
14 Philadelphia Warriors Jack Sullivan Mount St. Mary's University
15 Syracuse Nationals Jim Morgan Louisville
16 Boston Celtics Dick O'Neal TCU
Round 3
17 Cincinnati Royals Jerry Paulson Manhattan University
18 Detroit Pistons Bill Ebben Detroit Mercy
19 Minneapolis Lakers Jim Spivey Southeastern Oklahoma State University
20 St. Louis Hawks John Smyth Notre Dame
21 New York Knicks Gary Clark Syracuse
22 Philadelphia Warriors Angelo Lombardo Manhattan University
23 Syracuse Nationals Vince Cohen Syracuse
24 Boston Celtics Chuck Schramm Western Illinois University
Round 4
25 Cincinnati Royals Jed Dommeyer Minnesota
26 Detroit Pistons Kurt Engelbert Saint Joseph's
27 Minneapolis Lakers George Brown Wayne State University
28 St. Louis Hawks Hank Nowak Canisius
29 New York Knicks Rayford Wells Lenoir-Rhyne College
30 Philadelphia Warriors Ray Radziszewski Saint Joseph's
31 Syracuse Nationals Jerry Mallett Baylor
32 Boston Celtics Jim Ashmore Mississippi State
Round 5
33 Cincinnati Royals Stuart Murray Lafayette College
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 University
38 Philadelphia Warriors Jim Radcliffe Lafayette College
39 Syracuse Nationals Frank Nimmo Cincinnati
40 Boston Celtics Grady Wallace South Carolina
Round 6
41 Cincinnati Royals John Maglio NC State
42 Detroit Pistons Walt Adamushko St. Francis College
43 Minneapolis Lakers Phil Murrell Drake University
44 St. Louis Hawks Raymond Downs Texas
45 New York Knicks Jim Humphrey Saint Michael's College
46 Philadelphia Warriors Alonzo Lewis La Salle
47 Syracuse Nationals Lyndon Lee Oklahoma City University
48 Boston Celtics Maurice King Kansas
Round 7
49 Cincinnati Royals Chet Forte Columbia University
50 Detroit Pistons Carl Boldt San Francisco
51 Minneapolis Lakers George Ferguson Michigan
52 St. Louis Hawks Mason Cope Kentucky Wesleyan College
53 Philadelphia Warriors Max Jameson Kentucky State University
54 Syracuse Nationals Dick Gaines Seton Hall
55 Boston Celtics Dick Brott Denver
Round 8
56 Cincinnati Royals Bob Daniels Western Kentucky
57 Detroit Pistons Doug Bolstorff Minnesota
58 Minneapolis Lakers Jon Haaven University of North Dakota
59 St. Louis Hawks Bill Darragh Louisville
60 Philadelphia Warriors Woody Sauldsberry Texas Southern
61 Syracuse Nationals Cebe Price Marshall
62 Boston Celtics Bill Von Weyhe Rhode Island
Round 9
63 Cincinnati Royals Dick Heise DePaul
64 Detroit Pistons Bob Lazor Pitt
65 Minneapolis Lakers Jim Sutton North Dakota State University
66 St. Louis Hawks Calvin Grosscup Tulane
67 Philadelphia Warriors Steve Hamilton Morehead State University
68 Syracuse Nationals Jim Brown Syracuse
69 Boston Celtics Joe Gibbon Ole Miss
Round 10
70 Cincinnati Royals Mel Wright Oklahoma State
71 Minneapolis Lakers Gordon Fosness Dakota Wesleyan University
72 St. Louis Hawks Bobby Mills SMU
73 Philadelphia Warriors Gerry Calvert Kentucky
74 Syracuse Nationals Jack Nichols Colgate
75 Boston Celtics Jack Butcher Memphis
Round 11
76 Cincinnati Royals Cliff Hafer NC State
77 St. Louis Hawks Gerald Dreier Macalester College
78 Philadelphia Warriors J.C. Gipson None listed
79 Boston Celtics Dick Neal Indiana
Round 12
80 Cincinnati Royals Jim Boothe Xavier
81 St. Louis Hawks Bob Seitz NC State
82 Syracuse Nationals Jim Weeks New York Institute of Technology
83 Boston Celtics Don Tobin Florida Southern College
Round 13
84 St. Louis Hawks Ted Romanoff Oregon State
Round 14
85 St. Louis Hawks Lavelle Langston Northwestern State University

Selections by franchise

The same 85 selections arranged by the club that made them, using the franchise name as it stood in 1957.

  • St. Louis Hawks 14 No. 4 Win Wilfong, No. 12 Jim Palmer, No. 20 John Smyth, No. 28 Hank Nowak, No. 36 Al Rochelle, No. 44 Raymond Downs, No. 52 Mason Cope, No. 59 Bill Darragh, No. 66 Calvin Grosscup, No. 72 Bobby Mills, No. 77 Gerald Dreier, No. 81 Bob Seitz, No. 84 Ted Romanoff, No. 85 Lavelle Langston
  • Boston Celtics 12 No. 8 Sam Jones, No. 16 Dick O'Neal, No. 24 Chuck Schramm, No. 32 Jim Ashmore, No. 40 Grady Wallace, No. 48 Maurice King, No. 55 Dick Brott, No. 62 Bill Von Weyhe, No. 69 Joe Gibbon, No. 75 Jack Butcher, No. 79 Dick Neal, No. 83 Don Tobin
  • Cincinnati Royals 12 No. 1 Hot Rod Hundley, No. 9 Dick Duckett, No. 17 Jerry Paulson, No. 25 Jed Dommeyer, No. 33 Stuart Murray, No. 41 John Maglio, No. 49 Chet Forte, No. 56 Bob Daniels, No. 63 Dick Heise, No. 70 Mel Wright, No. 76 Cliff Hafer, No. 80 Jim Boothe
  • Philadelphia Warriors 11 No. 6 Lennie Rosenbluth, No. 14 Jack Sullivan, No. 22 Angelo Lombardo, No. 30 Ray Radziszewski, No. 38 Jim Radcliffe, No. 46 Alonzo Lewis, No. 53 Max Jameson, No. 60 Woody Sauldsberry, No. 67 Steve Hamilton, No. 73 Gerry Calvert, No. 78 J.C. Gipson
  • Syracuse Nationals 11 No. 7 George Bon Salle, No. 15 Jim Morgan, No. 23 Vince Cohen, No. 31 Jerry Mallett, No. 39 Frank Nimmo, No. 47 Lyndon Lee, No. 54 Dick Gaines, No. 61 Cebe Price, No. 68 Jim Brown, No. 74 Jack Nichols, No. 82 Jim Weeks
  • Minneapolis Lakers 10 No. 3 Jim Krebs, No. 11 Harvey Schmidt, No. 19 Jim Spivey, No. 27 George Brown, No. 35 Gary Thompson, No. 43 Phil Murrell, No. 51 George Ferguson, No. 58 Jon Haaven, No. 65 Jim Sutton, No. 71 Gordon Fosness
  • Detroit Pistons 9 No. 2 Charlie Tyra, No. 10 Bob McCoy, No. 18 Bill Ebben, No. 26 Kurt Engelbert, No. 34 Ron Kramer, No. 42 Walt Adamushko, No. 50 Carl Boldt, No. 57 Doug Bolstorff, No. 64 Bob Lazor
  • New York Knicks 6 No. 5 Brendan McCann, No. 13 Larry Friend, No. 21 Gary Clark, No. 29 Rayford Wells, No. 37 Lee Marshall, No. 45 Jim Humphrey

Colleges and programs represented

70 programs produced at least one selection in the 1957 draft.

  • Louisville3
  • NC State3
  • Syracuse3
  • Illinois2
  • Lafayette College2
  • Manhattan University2
  • Memphis2
  • Michigan2
  • Minnesota2
  • Saint Joseph's2
  • SMU2
  • Baylor
  • California
  • Canisius
  • Cincinnati
  • Colgate
  • Columbia University
  • Dakota Wesleyan University
  • Dayton
  • Denver
  • DePaul
  • Detroit Mercy
  • Drake University
  • Florida Southern College
  • Grambling State University
  • Indiana
  • Iowa State
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Kentucky State University
  • Kentucky Wesleyan College
  • La Salle
  • Lenoir-Rhyne College
  • Macalester College
  • Marshall
  • Mississippi State
  • Morehead State University
  • Mount St. Mary's University
  • NC Central
  • New York Institute of Technology
  • North Dakota State University
  • Northwestern State University
  • Notre Dame
  • Oklahoma City University
  • Oklahoma State
  • Ole Miss
  • Oregon State
  • Pitt
  • Rhode Island
  • Saint Michael's College
  • San Francisco
  • Seton Hall
  • South Carolina
  • Southeastern Oklahoma State University
  • St. Bonaventure
  • St. Francis College
  • St. John's
  • TCU
  • Texas
  • Texas Southern
  • Tulane
  • UNC
  • University of North Dakota
  • Vanderbilt
  • Washington & Lee University
  • Wayne State University
  • West Virginia
  • Western Illinois University
  • Western Kentucky
  • Xavier

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