   1950's
NBA Draft
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Draft History By Decade
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# 1 Picks
1959 | 1958
| 1957
| 1959 |
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| First Round |
Player |
College |
| 1. Cincinnati Royals |
Bob Boozer |
Kansas State |
| 2. Detroit Pistons |
Bailey Howell |
Mississippi State |
| 3. Minneapolis Lakers |
Tom Hawkins |
Notre Dame |
| 4. Syracuse Nationals |
Dick Barnett |
Tennessee State |
| 5. New York Knicks |
Johnny Green |
Michigan State |
| 6. Boston Celtics |
John Richter |
North Carolina State |
| 1958 |
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| First Round |
Player |
College |
| 1. Minneapolis Lakers |
Elgin Baylor |
Seattle |
| 2. Cincinnati Royals |
Archie Dees |
Indiana |
| 3. New York Knicks |
Mike Farmer |
San Francisco |
| 4. New York Knicks |
Pete Brennan |
North Carolina |
| 5. Philadelphia Warriors |
Guy Rodgers |
Temple |
| 6. Syracuse Nationals |
Connie Dierking |
Cincinnati |
| 7. St. Louis Hawks |
Dave Gambee |
Oregon State |
| 8. Boston Celtics |
Ben Swain |
Texas Southern |
| 1957 |
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| First Round |
Player |
College |
| 1. Cincinnati Royals |
Rod Hundley |
West Virginia |
| 2. Detroit Pistons |
Charles Tyra |
Louisville |
| 3. Minneapolis Lakers |
Jim Krebs |
Southern Methodist |
| 4. St. Louis Hawks |
Win Wilfong |
Memphis State |
| 5. New York Knicks |
Brendan McCann |
St. Bonaventure |
| 6. Philadelphia Warriors |
Len Rosenbluth |
North Carolina |
| 7. Syracuse Nationals |
George Bon Salle |
Illinois |
| 8. Boston Celtics |
Sam Jones |
North Carolina Central |
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