1959 NBA drafts and picks.

National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft Picks for 1959

Draft Year	Team	Draft Round	#	First Name	Lastname	Drafted From	League

1959	Bos	5	8	Don	Lange	William & Mary	N
1959	Bos	1	8	John	Richter	North Carolina State	N
1959	Bos	3	8	Ralph	Croswaite	Western Kentucky	N
1959	Bos	2	8	Gene	Guarilia	George Washington	N
1959	Bos	6	8	Bob	Cumings	Boston U	N
1959	Bos	4	8	Ed	Kazakavich	Stanford	N
1959	Cin	7	1	Dale	Moore	Eastern Kentucky	N
1959	Cin	5	1	Harry	Kirchner	Texas Christian	N
1959	Cin	6	1	Don	Hennon	Pittsburgh	N
1959	Cin	8	1	Don	Matuszak	Kansas State	N
1959	Cin	9	1	Joe	McDade	Bradley	N
1959	Cin	3	1	Mike	Mendenhall	Cincinnati	N
1959	Cin	4	1	Leo	Byrd	Marshall	N
1959	Cin	10	1	Joe	Viviano	Xavier (OH)	N
1959	Cin	1	1	Bob	Boozer	Kansas State	N
1959	Cin	1	1	Bob	Boozer	Kansas State	N
1959	Cin	12	1	Roger	Wendel	Tulsa	N
1959	Cin	11	1	Charley	Brown	Seattle	N
1959	Det	6	2	Lou	Jordan	Cornell	N
1959	Det	5	2	Tony	Windis	Wyoming	N
1959	Det	1	2	Bailey	Howell	Mississippi State	N
1959	Det	7	2	Doug	Smart	Washington	N
1959	Det	4	2	George	Lee	Michigan	N
1959	Det	11	2	MC	Burton	Michigan	N
1959	Det	2	1	Tom	Robitaille	Rice	N
1959	Det	9	2	Doyle	Edmiston	Hardin-Simmons	N
1959	Det	8	2	Chuck	Curtis	Pacific Lutheran	N
1959	Det	10	2	Bruno	Boin	Washington	N
1959	Det	2	2	Don	Goldstein	Louisville	N
1959	Det	3	2	Gary	Alcorn	Fresno State	N
1959	MIE	10	4	Roger	Johnson	Minnesota	N
1959	MIE	13	1	Dwayne	Smith	Gustavus Adolphus	N
1959	MIE	9	4	Jim	Mudd	North Texas State	N
1959	MIE	6	4	Jim	Henry	Vanderbilt	N
1959	MIE	12	2	Vern	Baggenstoss	St. Cloud State	N
1959	MIE	8	4	Leon	Hill	Texas Tech	N
1959	MIE	11	4	Jack	Evans	Superior State	N
1959	MIE	7	4	Charley	Grote	Georgetown (KY)	N
1959	MIE	3	4	Bob	Smith	West Virginia	N
1959	MIE	4	4	Wilson	Eison	Purdue	N
1959	MIE	1	4	Tom	Hawkins	Notre Dame	N
1959	MIE	5	4	Bobby	Mason	Bradley	N
1959	MIE	2	4	Rudy	LaRusso	Dartmouth	N
1959	NYK	10	5	Paul	Wilcox	Davis & Elkins	N
1959	NYK	14	1	Jack	Israel	SW Missouri	N
1959	NYK	9	5	Jerry	Shipp	SE Oklahoma	N
1959	NYK	7	6	Russ	Robinson	SW Missouri	N
1959	NYK	5	6	Herb	Busch	Virginia	N
1959	NYK	1	6	Johnny	Green	Michigan State	N
1959	NYK	6	6	Bucky	McDonald	George Washington	N
1959	NYK	11	5	Paul	Benes	Hope	N
1959	NYK	4	6	John	Cox	Kentucky	N
1959	NYK	12	3	Ed	Blair	Western Michigan	N
1959	NYK	8	5	Walt	Torrence	UCLA	N
1959	NYK	13	2	John	Nicoll	Brigham Young	N
1959	NYK	3	6	Bob	Anderegg	Michigan State	N
1959	PH1	10	3	Tony	Sellari	Lenoir Rhyne	N
1959	PH1	2	3	Joe	Ruklick	Northwestern	N
1959	PH1	6	3	Joe	Spratt	St. Joseph's (PA)	N
1959	PH1	11	3	Phil	Warren	Northwestern	N
1959	PH1	1	3	Wilt	Chamberlain	Kansas	N
1959	PH1	9	3	Carl	Belz	Princeton	N
1959	PH1	3	3	Jim	Hickaday	Memphis State	N
1959	PH1	7	3	Joe	Ryan	Villanova	N
1959	PH1	5	3	Bill	Telasky	George Washington	N
1959	PH1	8	3	Dave	Gunther	Iowa	N
1959	PH1	4	3	Ron	Stevenson	Texas Christian	N
1959	StL	1	7	Bob	Ferry	St. Louis	N
1959	StL	6	7	Mike	Moran	Marquette	N
1959	StL	11	6	John	Barnhill	Tennessee State	N
1959	StL	4	7	Lee	Harman	Oregon State	N
1959	StL	5	7	Nick	Mantis	Northwestern	N
1959	StL	2	7	Cal	Ramsey	New York University	N
1959	StL	3	7	Hank	Stein	Xavier (OH)	N
1959	StL	8	6	Willie	Merriwether	Purdue	N
1959	StL	2	6	Alan	Seiden	St. John's	N
1959	StL	9	6	Lou	Pucillo	North Carolina State	N
1959	StL	10	6	Ron	Loneski	Kansas	N
1959	StL	7	7	Orby	Arnold	Memphis State	N
1959	Syr	6	5	Bob	Dalton	California	N
1959	Syr	3	5	Jon	Cincebox	Syracuse	N
1959	Syr	1	5	Dick	Barnett	Tennessee State	N
1959	Syr	4	5	Paul	Neumann	Stanford	N
1959	Syr	5	5	Roger	Taylor	Illinois	N
1959	Syr	7	5	Darnell	Haney	Navy	N
1959	Syr	2	5	Gene	Tormohlen	Tennessee	N

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