The draft was held on July 1, 1947, before the 1947–48 season. The nine remaining BAA teams along with the Baltimore Bullets who joined from the American Basketball League, took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. In the first round of the draft, the teams selected in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season, while the Bullets were assigned the tenth pick, the last pick of the first round. Both the Pittsburgh Ironmen and Toronto Huskies participated in this draft, but they folded before the season opened.
^ abNationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.
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The 1947 BAA draft was the 1st draft of the Basketball Association of America BAA which later became the National Basketball Association NBA The fledgling BAA held a joint draft with the established National Basketball League NBL Both leagues wanted to control salaries by stamping out competitive bidding by assigning exclusive rights to the team selecting a player The NBL had already signed 11 players whom they did not feel should be exposed to the draft The players included college stars Jack Smiley Ralph Hamilton Harry Boykoff John Hargis Frank Brian and Charlie Black As a trade off the BAA teams were allowed to select players before the NBL 1 1947 BAA draftGeneral informationSportBasketballDate s July 1 1947LocationDetroit MichiganOverview80 total selections in 10 roundsLeagueBAA NBAFirst selectionClifton McNeely Pittsburgh Ironmen1948 The draft was held on July 1 1947 before the 1947 48 season The nine remaining BAA teams along with the Baltimore Bullets who joined from the American Basketball League took turns selecting amateur U S college basketball players In the first round of the draft the teams selected in reverse order of their win loss record in the previous season while the Bullets were assigned the tenth pick the last pick of the first round Both the Pittsburgh Ironmen and Toronto Huskies participated in this draft but they folded before the season opened Contents 1 Draft selections and draftee career notes 2 Key 3 Draft 4 Other picks 5 Notable undrafted players 6 Notes 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksDraft selections and draftee career notes EditThe first selection of the draft Clifton McNeely from Texas Wesleyan University did not play in the BAA Instead McNeely opted for a high school coaching career in Texas 2 The fourth pick Walt Dropo also did not play in the BAA and opted for a professional baseball career instead eventually playing 13 seasons in the Major League Baseball MLB 3 4 The 7th and 10th picks Jack Underman and Larry Killick also never played in the BAA Three players from this draft Harry Gallatin Andy Phillip and Jim Pollard have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame 5 Wataru Misaka selected by the New York Knicks 6 made the team s final roster and became the first person of color to play in modern professional basketball just months after the Major League Baseball color line had been broken by the Brooklyn Dodgers Jackie Robinson 7 Misaka was cut after playing only three games with the team 8 Key EditPos G F CPosition Guard Forward Center Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All Star Game and All NBA Team Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All Star Game Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff gameDraft EditRnd Pick Player Pos Nationality n 1 Team School club team1 1 Clifton McNeely F nbsp United States Pittsburgh Ironmen Texas Wesleyan1 2 Glen Selbo G F nbsp United States Toronto Huskies Wisconsin1 3 Bulbs Ehlers G F nbsp United States Boston Celtics Purdue1 4 Walt Dropo nbsp United States Providence Steamrollers Connecticut1 5 Dick Holub C nbsp United States New York Knicks Long Island1 6 Chink Crossin G nbsp United States Philadelphia Warriors Pennsylvania1 7 Jack Underman nbsp United States St Louis Bombers Ohio State1 8 Paul Huston F nbsp United States Chicago Stags Ohio State1 9 Dick O Keefe G F nbsp United States Washington Capitols Santa Clara1 10 Larry Killick nbsp United States Baltimore Bullets VermontOther picks EditThe following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one BAA NBA game 9 10 Rnd Pick Player Pos Nationality n 1 Team School club team2 11 Fritz Nagy G F nbsp United States Pittsburgh Ironmen Akron2 12 Red Rocha F C nbsp United States Toronto Huskies Oregon State2 13 Hank Biasatti G nbsp Italy nbsp Canada Boston Celtics Toronto Huskies Basketball Association of America 2 14 Bob Hubbard F C nbsp United States Providence Steamrollers Springfield2 18 Ben Schadler F nbsp United States Chicago Stags Northwestern2 19 Jack Tingle F nbsp United States Washington Capitols Kentucky3 23 Gene Stump G F nbsp United States Boston Celtics DePaul3 28 Jimmy Darden G nbsp United States Chicago Stags Denver4 33 Johnny Ezersky G F nbsp United States Boston Celtics Brooklyn Gothams American Basketball League 4 38 Gene Vance G F nbsp United States Chicago Stags Illinois4 40 Harry Gallatin F C nbsp United States Baltimore Bullets Northeast Missouri5 42 Paul Hoffman G F nbsp United States Toronto Huskies Purdue5 43 Jack Hewson F C nbsp United States Boston Celtics Philadelphia Sphas American Basketball League 5 45 Ron Livingstone C nbsp United States New York Knicks Wyoming5 47 Andy Phillip G F nbsp United States Chicago Stags Illinois5 48 Matt Zunic G F nbsp United States Washington Capitols George Washington6 53 Andy Duncan F C nbsp United States New York Knicks William amp Mary6 54 Paul Napolitano G F nbsp United States St Louis Bombers San Francisco6 56 Irv Rothenberg C nbsp United States Washington Capitols Cleveland Rebels Basketball Association of America 7 61 Wataru Misaka G nbsp United States New York Knicks Utah7 62 Jim Pollard F C nbsp United States Chicago Stags Stanford7 63 Saul Mariaschin G nbsp United States Washington Capitols Harvard8 68 Don Smith G F nbsp United States Chicago Stags Indianapolis Kautskys National Basketball League 8 69 Paul Cloyd G F nbsp United States Washington Capitols Wisconsin8 70 Elmer Gainer F C nbsp United States Baltimore Bullets Anderson Packers National Basketball League 9 74 John Mandic F C nbsp United States Washington Capitols Portland Indians Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League 9 75 Chick Reiser G F nbsp United States Baltimore Bullets Fort Wayne Pistons National Basketball League Notable undrafted players EditThese players were not selected in the 1947 draft but played at least one game in the NBA Player Pos Nationality School club teamDon Barksdale F C nbsp United States UCLACharles B Black F C nbsp United States KansasJake Bornheimer F C nbsp United States MuhlenbergHarry Boykoff C nbsp United States St John sCarl Braun G nbsp United States ColgateFran Curran G nbsp United States Notre DameJack Dwan F G nbsp United States Loyola IL Hoot Gibson F C nbsp United States CreightonRalph Hamilton G F nbsp United States IndianaJohn Hargis G F nbsp United States TexasDoug Holcomb F nbsp United States WisconsinBoag Johnson G nbsp United States HuntingtonWalt Kirk G nbsp United States IllinoisBob Knight G F nbsp United States Weaver HS Hartford Connecticut Ray Kuka F nbsp United States Montana StateWalt Lautenbach G F nbsp United States WisconsinMatt Mazza G F nbsp United States Michigan StateDick Mehen F C nbsp United States TennesseeKen Menke G nbsp United States IllinoisFred Paine F nbsp United States Westminster PA Les Pugh F C nbsp United States Ohio StateRay Ramsey G F nbsp United States BradleyLee Robbins F nbsp United States ColoradoGene Rock G nbsp United States USCJack Rocker F C nbsp United States CaliforniaJack Smiley F G nbsp United States IllinoisJim Springer C nbsp United States CanterburySid Tanenbaum G F nbsp United States NYUMike Todorovich F C nbsp United States WyomingJack Toomay F C nbsp United States PacificFloyd Volker F C nbsp United States WyomingDanny Wagner G nbsp United States TexasNotes Edit a b Nationality indicates the player s national team or representative nationality If a player has not competed at the international level then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules See also EditList of first overall NBA draft picksReferences EditGeneral 1947 BAA Draft basketball reference com Retrieved September 11 2009 1947 1948 BAA Drafts 1949 1951 NBA Drafts The Association for Professional Basketball Research Retrieved September 11 2009 Specific Bradley Robert D 2013 The Basketball Draft Fact Book A History of Professional Basketball s College Drafts Scarecrow Press pp 1 2 ISBN 9780810890695 Cook Bob September 13 2007 Oden s injury a cruel blow for cursed Blazers NBCSports com NBC Universal Archived from the original on February 21 2009 Retrieved September 11 2009 Montville Leigh July 19 1993 What Ever Happened To Walt Dropo Sports Illustrated Time Inc Archived from the original on October 25 2012 Retrieved September 10 2009 Walt Dropo Bio baseball reference com Archived from the original on October 20 2009 Retrieved September 11 2009 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees basketball reference com Retrieved October 28 2009 Wertheim Jon February 11 2012 Decades before Lin s rise Misaka made history for Asian Americans Sports Illustrated Retrieved December 16 2019 Goldstein Richard November 26 2019 Wat Misaka 95 First Nonwhite in Modern Pro Basketball Dies The New York Times Retrieved November 26 2019 Vecsey George August 10 2009 Pioneering Knick Returns to Garden The New York Times Retrieved November 26 2019 1947 BAA Draft NBA Past Drafts RealGM External links EditNBA com NBA com NBA Draft History Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1947 BAA draft amp oldid 1172131703, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
