1948 BAA draft
| 1948 BAA draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Date(s) | May 10, 1948 |
| Location | Chicago |
| Overview | |
113 total selections in 15 rounds | |
| League | BAA/NBA |
| First selection | Andy Tonkovich, Providence Steamrollers |
The 1948 BAA draft was the second annual draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 10, 1948, before to the 1948–49 season. In this draft, eight BAA teams along with four teams who moved from the National Basketball League, took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players.
Contents
1 Draft selections and draftee career notes
2 Key
3 Draft
4 Other picks
5 Notable undrafted players
6 References
7 External links
Draft selections and draftee career notes
Andy Tonkovich from Marshall University was selected first overall by the Providence Steamrollers. Four of the first round pick, George Kok, George Hauptfuhrer, Robert Gale and Chuck Hanger, never played in the BAA. Three players from this draft, Harry Gallatin, Dolph Schayes and Bobby Wanzer, have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame.[1]
Key
| Pos. | G | F | C |
| Position | 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 |
| # | Denotes player who never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game |
Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Team | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Andy Tonkovich | G | Providence Steamrollers | Marshall |
| 1 | 2 | George Kok# | C | Indianapolis Jets | Arkansas |
| 1 | 3 | George Hauptfuhrer# | C | Boston Celtics | Harvard |
| 1 | 4 | Dolph Schayes^ | F/C | New York Knicks | NYU |
| 1 | 5 | Ed Mikan | F/C | Chicago Stags | DePaul |
| 1 | 6 | Walt Budko | F/C | Baltimore Bullets | Columbia |
| 1 | 7 | Robert Gale# | G/F | St. Louis Bombers | Cornell |
| 1 | 8 | Ward Williams | F | Fort Wayne Pistons | Indiana |
| 1 | 9 | Chuck Hanger# | – | Minneapolis Lakers | California |
| 1 | 10 | Bobby Wanzer^ | G | Rochester Royals | Seton Hall |
| 1 | 11 | Don Ray | F/C | Philadelphia Warriors | Western Kentucky |
| 1 | 12 | Jack Nichols | F/C | Washington Capitols | Washington |
Other picks
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one BAA/NBA game.[2][3]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Team | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | Johnny Bach | G/F | Boston Celtics | Fordham |
| – | – | Gene Berce | G/F | New York Knicks | Marquette |
| – | – | Darrell Brown | F | Baltimore Bullets | Humboldt State |
| – | – | Jack Burmaster | G | St. Louis Bombers | Illinois |
| – | – | Jake Carter | F/C | Baltimore Bullets | East Texas State |
| – | – | Jack Coleman+ | F/C | Providence Steamrollers | Louisville |
| – | – | Bobby Cook | G | Fort Wayne Pistons | Wisconsin |
| – | – | Hook Dillon | F | Chicago Stags | North Carolina |
| – | – | Arnie Ferrin | G/F | Minneapolis Lakers | Utah |
| – | – | Bill Gabor+ | G/F | Rochester Royals | Syracuse |
| – | – | Harry Gallatin^ | F/C | New York Knicks | Northeast Missouri |
| – | – | Earl Gardner | F | Minneapolis Lakers | DePauw |
| – | – | Dee Gibson | G/F | Minneapolis Lakers | Western Kentucky |
| – | – | Alex Hannum | F/C | Indianapolis Jets | USC |
| – | – | Marshall Hawkins | F | Boston Celtics | Tennessee |
| – | – | Joe Holland | F | Baltimore Bullets | Kentucky |
| – | – | Whitey Kachan | G | Chicago Stags | DePaul |
| – | – | Leo Katkaveck | G | Washington Capitols | NC State |
| – | – | Tom Kelly | G | Boston Celtics | NYU |
| – | – | Andy Kostecka | F | Indianapolis Jets | Georgetown |
| – | – | Dan Kraus | G | Baltimore Bullets | Georgetown |
| – | – | Herb Krautblatt | G | Baltimore Bullets | Rider |
| – | – | Leo Kubiak | G/F | Rochester Royals | Bowling Green |
| – | – | Ray Lumpp | G | Indianapolis Jets | NYU |
| – | – | Johnny Macknowski | F | Rochester Royals | Seton Hall |
| – | – | Mel McGaha | G | New York Knicks | Arkansas |
| – | – | Murray Mitchell | C | Boston Celtics | Sam Houston State |
| – | – | Johnny Orr | F | Minneapolis Lakers | Beloit |
| – | – | Easy Parham | G/F | St. Louis Bombers | Texas Wesleyan |
| – | – | Jack Parkinson | G | Washington Capitols | Kentucky |
| – | – | Ed Peterson | C | New York Knicks | Cornell |
| – | – | Roy Pugh | F/C | Philadelphia Warriors | SMU |
| – | – | Tex Ritter | G | New York Knicks | Eastern Kentucky |
| – | – | Kenny Rollins | G | Fort Wayne Pistons | Kentucky |
| – | – | Dick Shrider | G | New York Knicks | Ohio |
| – | – | Odie Spears | G | Chicago Stags | Western Kentucky |
| – | – | Brady Walker | F/C | Providence Steamrollers | BYU |
| – | – | Dick Wehr | F | Indianapolis Jets | Rice |
| – | – | Murray Wier | G | Fort Wayne Pistons | Iowa |
| – | – | D. C. Wilcutt | G | St. Louis Bombers | Saint Louis |
Notable undrafted players
These players were not selected in the 1948 draft but played at least one game in the NBA.
| Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|
Joe Colone | F | Bloomsburg |
Ray Ellefson | C | Oklahoma State |
Jack Eskridge | C/F | Kansas |
Phil Farbman | F | CCNY |
Donnie Forman | G | NYU |
Gene James | F | Marshall |
John Hazen | G | Indiana State |
Lionel Malamed | G | CCNY |
Bill Miller | F | North Carolina |
Dave Minor | G | UCLA |
Jim Spruill | G | Rice |
References
- General
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"1947–1948 BAA Drafts, 1949–1951 NBA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Archived from the original on September 22, 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
- Specific
^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
^ https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/BAA_1948.html
^ http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/past_drafts/1948
External links
- NBA.com
- NBA.com: NBA Draft History
