The 1956 NBA draft was the tenth annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 30, 1956, before the 1956–57 season. In this draft, eight NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. In each round, the teams select in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season, except for the defending champion and runner-up, who were assigned the last two picks on each round. The draft consisted of 10 rounds comprising 92 players selected.
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The 1956 NBA draft was the tenth annual draft of the National Basketball Association NBA The draft was held on April 30 1956 before the 1956 57 season In this draft eight NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U S college basketball players In each round the teams select in reverse order of their win loss record in the previous season except for the defending champion and runner up who were assigned the last two picks on each round The draft consisted of 10 rounds comprising 92 players selected 1956 NBA draftGeneral informationSportBasketballDate s April 30 1956LocationNew York City New YorkOverview92 total selections in 14 roundsLeagueNBATerritorial pick s Tom Heinsohn Boston CelticsFirst selectionSi Green Rochester Royals 19551957 Contents 1 Draft selections and draftee career notes 2 Draft 3 Other picks 4 Notable undrafted players 5 Trades 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksDraft selections and draftee career notes editSi Green from Duquesne University was selected first overall by the Rochester Royals Tom Heinsohn from the College of the Holy Cross was selected before the draft as Boston Celtics territorial pick Heinsohn went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award in his first season 1 Bill Russell from the University of San Francisco was selected second overall by the St Louis Hawks and immediately traded to the Boston Celtics for Ed Macauley and Cliff Hagan 2 Three players from this draft Tom Heinsohn Bill Russell and K C Jones have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame after championship careers with the Boston Celtics 3 Elgin Baylor and Sam Jones who were selected by the Minneapolis Lakers in the later rounds have also been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame although they did not enter the league immediately after the draft In the 1957 draft Sam Jones was selected in the first round by the Boston Celtics with whom he played for in his whole career 4 In the 1958 draft Elgin Baylor was selected first overall by the Lakers with whom he played for in his whole career 5 Draft edit nbsp Tom Heinsohn was selected as the Boston Celtics territorial pick nbsp Bill Russell was selected 2nd overall by the St Louis Hawks traded to the Boston Celtics nbsp Willie Naulls was selected 9th overall by the St Louis Hawks nbsp K C Jones was selected 13th overall by the Boston Celtics Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team College T Tom Heinsohn F C nbsp United States Boston Celtics Holy Cross 1 1 Si Green G F nbsp United States Rochester Royals Duquesne 1 2 Bill Russell C nbsp United States St Louis Hawks traded to Boston a San Francisco 1 3 Jim Paxson G F nbsp United States Minneapolis Lakers Dayton 1 4 Ronnie Shavlik F nbsp United States New York Knicks NC State 1 5 Joe Holup F nbsp United States Syracuse Nationals George Washington 1 6 Ron Sobieszczyk G nbsp United States Fort Wayne Pistons traded to New York b DePaul 1 7 Hal Lear G nbsp United States Philadelphia Warriors Temple 2 8 Bob Burrow F C nbsp United States Rochester Royals Kentucky 2 9 Willie Naulls F C nbsp United States St Louis Hawks UCLA 2 10 Terry Rand C nbsp United States Minneapolis Lakers Marquette 2 11 Gary Bergen C nbsp United States New York Knicks Utah 2 12 Paul Judson F nbsp United States Syracuse Nationals Illinois 2 13 K C Jones G nbsp United States Boston Celtics San Francisco 2 14 Bob Kessler F nbsp United States Fort Wayne Pistons Maryland 2 15 Phil Rollins G nbsp United States Philadelphia Warriors LouisvilleOther picks editThe following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game 6 7 Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team College 3 16 Dave Piontek F C nbsp United States Rochester Royals Xavier OH 3 18 Jerry Bird F nbsp United States Minneapolis Lakers Kentucky 3 20 Forest Able G nbsp United States Syracuse Nationals Western Kentucky 3 22 Bill Thieben F C nbsp United States Fort Wayne Pistons Hofstra 4 24 Johnny McCarthy G nbsp United States Rochester Royals Canisius 4 28 Swede Halbrook C nbsp United States Syracuse Nationals Oregon State 4 29 Dan Swartz F nbsp United States Boston Celtics Morehead State 5 33 Norm Stewart F nbsp United States St Louis Hawks Missouri 5 36 Jim Ray G nbsp United States Syracuse Nationals Toledo 6 42 Phil Jordon F C nbsp United States Minneapolis Lakers Whitworth 6 43 Pat Dunn G nbsp United States New York Knicks Utah State 7 50 John Barber F nbsp United States Minneapolis Lakers Cal State L A 10 74 Bob Hopkins F C nbsp United States Syracuse Nationals Grambling 14 90 Elgin Baylor F nbsp United States Minneapolis Lakers c SeattleNotable undrafted players editThese players were not selected in the 1956 draft but played at least one game in the NBA Player Pos Nationality School club team Rich Eichhorst G nbsp United States Southeast Missouri StateTrades edita On draft day the Boston Celtics acquired the draft rights to second pick Bill Russell from the St Louis Hawks in exchange for Ed Macauley and Cliff Hagan 2 b On draft day the New York Knicks acquired the draft rights to sixth pick Ron Sobieszczyk from the Fort Wayne Pistons in exchange for Gene Shue 8 c Baylor would not play for the Minneapolis Lakers until he was drafted by them again 1st overall in the 1958 NBA draft See also editList of first overall NBA draft picks NBA recordsReferences editGeneral 1956 NBA Draft basketball reference com Retrieved October 28 2009 1952 1956 NBA Drafts The Association for Professional Basketball Research Retrieved September 26 2009 1956 NBA Draft The Draft Review Retrieved October 30 2009 Specific Rookie of the Year NBA com Turner Sports Interactive Inc Archived from the original on March 29 2010 Retrieved October 28 2009 a b Bill Russell Bio NBA com Turner Sports Interactive Inc Retrieved December 28 2009 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees basketball reference com Retrieved October 28 2009 Sam Jones Bio NBA com Turner Sports Interactive Inc Retrieved March 9 2010 Elgin Baylor Bio NBA com Turner Sports Interactive Inc Archived from the original on March 17 2010 Retrieved March 9 2010 1956 NBA draft NBA Past Drafts RealGM Janssen Kim October 25 2009 Ron Sobieszczyk 1934 2009 Former DePaul basketball standout played in NBA Chicago Tribune Archived from the original on March 3 2012 Retrieved December 28 2009 External links editNBA com NBA com NBA Draft History Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1956 NBA draft amp oldid 1215261477, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,