Completed draft · verified results

1961 NBA Draft

107 selections across 15 rounds, with source attribution and no retrospective commentary added.

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PickRoundPlayerPositionCollege / former clubDrafted by

11Walt Bellamy—IndianaCHP

21Tom Stith—St. BonaventureNYK

31Larry Siegfried—Ohio StateCIN

41Ray Scott—University of PortlandDET

51Wayne Yates—MemphisLAL

61Ben Warley—Tennessee StateSYR

71Tom Meschery—Saint Mary'sPHW

81Cleo Hill—Winston-Salem StateSTL

91Gary Phillips—HoustonBOS

102Jack Turner—LouisvilleCHP

112Jerry Graves—Mississippi StateCHP

122York Larese—UNCCHP

132Don Kojis—MarquetteCHP

142Doug Moe—UNCCHP

152Whitey Martin—St. BonaventureNYK

162Bob Wiesenhahn—CincinnatiCIN

172Johnny Egan—ProvidenceDET

182Fred Sawyer—LouisvilleLAL

192Chris Smith—Virginia TechSYR

202Ted Luckenbill—HoustonPHW

212Ron Horn—IndianaSTL

222Al Butler—Niagara UniversityBOS

232Jeff Cohen—William & MaryCHP

243Tony Jackson—St. John'sNYK

253Bevo Nordmann—Saint LouisCIN

263Doug Kistler—DukeDET

273Frank Burgess—GonzagaLAL

283Chuck Osborne—Western KentuckySYR

293Jack Egan—Saint Joseph'sPHW

303Tom Chilton—East Tennessee State UniversitySTL

313Bill Depp—VanderbiltBOS

323Bill Bridges—KansasCHP

334George Blaney—Holy CrossNYK

344Lowery Kirk—MemphisCIN

354George Finley—Tennessee StateDET

364Charles Henke—MissouriLAL

374Hank Whitney—Iowa StateSYR

384John Tidwell—MichiganPHW

394Gus Guydon—Drake UniversitySTL

404Carl Cole—Eastern Kentucky UniversityBOS

414Roger Kaiser—Georgia TechCHP

425Bill Smith—Saint Peter's CollegeNYK

435Rossie Johnson—Tennessee StateCIN

445Danny Doyle—Belmont Abbey CollegeDET

455Bill Lickert—KentuckyLAL

465Don Jacobsen—South Dakota StateSYR

475Bruce Spraggins—Virginia Union UniversityPHW

485John Berberich—UCLASTL

495Bob DiStefano—NC StateBOS

505Howie Carl—DePaulCHP

516Cleveland Buckner—Jackson State UniversityNYK

526Bob Slobodnik—DuquesneCIN

536Lee Patrone—West VirginiaDET

546Bill McClintock—CaliforniaLAL

556Billy Joe Price—New Mexico StateSYR

566Dick Goldberg—Southern MissPHW

576Bob McDonald—MarylandSTL

586Ned Twyman—DuquesneBOS

596Dave Voss—TulsaCHP

607Donnie Butcher—Pikeville CollegeNYK

617Dave Zeller—Miami UniversityCIN

627Bert Price—Wittenberg UniversityDET

637Albert Almanza—TexasLAL

647Roger Newman—KentuckySYR

657Charley McNeil—MarylandPHW

667Charles Riley—Winston-Salem StateSTL

677Mel Klein—Northern State UniversityBOS

687Ron Heller—Wichita StateCHP

698Cedric Price—Kansas StateNYK

708Gerry Thelen—Thomas More CollegeCIN

718Walter Ward—HamptonDET

728Bill Ellis—UCLALAL

738Dave Mills—Seattle UniversitySYR

748Larry Swift—Truman State UniversityPHW

758Gene Velloff—Doane UniversitySTL

768John Wessels—IllinoisCHP

779Charlie Bowerman—Wabash CollegeNYK

789Larry Kruger—Ohio UniversityCIN

799Peter Baltic—Penn StateDET

809Karl Anderson—Oregon StateLAL

819Rex Tippitt—Grambling State UniversitySYR

829Herbert Gray—North Carolina A&TSTL

839Steve Strange—SMUCHP

8410Ron Dibelius—UW-MilwaukeeNYK

8510Jack Waters—Ole MissCIN

8610Wayne Monson—Northern Michigan UniversityDET

8710Fred Williams—Allan Hancock CollegeLAL

8810Pete Chudy—SyracuseSYR

8910Leo Hill—UCLAPHW

9010Tom Faszholz—Concordia SeminarySTL

9110Larry Comley—Kansas StateCHP

9211Kevin Loughery—St. John'sNYK

9311Carl Short—Newberry CollegeCIN

9411Richard Kraft—State University of New York at BrockportDET

9511Howard Hurt—DukeLAL

9611Charles Sammons—LeMoyne CollegeSYR

9711Corky Withrow—Georgetown CollegePHW

9811Dick Kepley—UNCSTL

9912Earl Shultz—CaliforniaNYK

10012George Patterson—ToledoCIN

10112Jackie Crawford—Centenary (LA)STL

10213Ned Jennings—KentuckyNYK

10313Clair McRoberts—Monmouth UniversityCIN

10413Howard Stacey—LouisvilleSTL

10514Bill Engesser—USCNYK

10614Carl Bouldin—CincinnatiCIN

10715Vince Kempton—Saint Joseph'sNYK