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DOUNOBALL NBA Draft

1963 Draft

Every recorded pick from the 1963 NBA Draft, plus players from that eligibility class who reached the NBA after going undrafted. Player links appear where a published NBA career profile exists.

All draft years REDRAFT this class

84

Draft picks

9

Round one

9

Round two

2

Undrafted NBA players

Top of the boardFirst three picks3 picks

The first three names called on draft night. Published player profiles and franchise history remain one tap away.

Pick by pick

Full draft

#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
Bill Green
Boston Celtics
#10
#11
#12
#13
Jerry Smith
Detroit Pistons
#14
#15
Leland Mitchell
St. Louis Hawks
#16
Hershell West
Philadelphia 76ers
#17
#18
Ken Saylors
St. Louis Hawks
#19
Bill O'Connor
New York Knicks
#20
#21
#22
Mike McCoy
Detroit Pistons
#23
#24
Bill Burwell
St. Louis Hawks
#25
#26
#27
Chuck Kriston
Boston Celtics
#28
Nate Cloud
New York Knicks
#29
Nolen Ellison
Baltimore Bullets
#30
#31
Dave Erickson
Detroit Pistons
#32
Ken Charlton
Cincinnati Royals
#33
Waite Bellamy
St. Louis Hawks
#34
#35
Layton Johns
Los Angeles Lakers
#36
Connie McGuire
Boston Celtics
#37
Joe McDermott
New York Knicks
#38
#39
#40
Bill Small
Detroit Pistons
#41
Mack Herndon
Cincinnati Royals
#42
Tony Yates
St. Louis Hawks
#43
Tony Cerkvenik
Philadelphia 76ers
#44
#45
Red Stroud
Boston Celtics
#46
Jim Kerwin
New York Knicks
#47
#48
#49
#50
Jim McCormick
Cincinnati Royals
#51
#52
Vince Brewer
Philadelphia 76ers
#53
Warren Sallade
Los Angeles Lakers
#54
Vinnie Ernst
Boston Celtics
#55
Bob Woollard
New York Knicks
#56
#57
#58
#59
Hunter Beckman
Cincinnati Royals
#60
#61
#62
Gordie Martin
Los Angeles Lakers
#63
Herb Magee
Boston Celtics
#64
#65
Rich Froistad
Baltimore Bullets
#66
#67
#68
Harold Ray Strother
St. Louis Hawks
#69
#70
#71
#72
Ernie Dunston
Detroit Pistons
#73
Frank Davis
St. Louis Hawks
#74
Gerald Glur
New York Knicks
#75
M. C. Thompson
Baltimore Bullets
#76
Carl Ritter
St. Louis Hawks
#77
Orb Bowling
New York Knicks
#78
Marv Straw
St. Louis Hawks
#79
Bob Walters
New York Knicks
#80
Hugh Evans
St. Louis Hawks
#81
Jerry Szachara
New York Knicks
#82
Gary McFarland
St. Louis Hawks
#83
Bill Raftery
New York Knicks
#84
Ron Pickett
New York Knicks

Made it anyway

Undrafted NBA players

These players belonged to this draft-eligibility class, were not selected in the NBA Draft, and later appeared in the NBA. They remain separate from the numbered draft list rather than being assigned a fake pick.

UndraftedBob Hogsett
UndraftedBob Warlick