1947 BAA draft

1947 BAA draft
General information
Date(s) July 1, 1947
Location Detroit, Michigan
First selection Clifton McNeely, Pittsburgh Ironmen
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The 1947 BAA draft was the inaugural draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on July 1, 1947 before the 1947–48 season. In this draft, nine remaining BAA teams along with the Baltimore Bullets who joined the BAA from the American Basketball League, took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. In the first round of the draft, the teams select in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season, while the Bullets were assigned the tenth pick, the last pick of the first round. The Pittsburgh Ironmen and Toronto Huskies participated in this draft, but they folded before the season opened.

Draft selections and draftee career notes

The first selection of the draft, Clifton McNeely from Texas Wesleyan University, did not play in the BAA. Instead, McNeely opted for a high school coaching career in Texas.[1] The fourth pick, Walt Dropo, also did not play in the BAA and opted for a professional baseball career instead, eventually playing 13 seasons in the Major League Baseball (MLB).[2][3] The 7th and 10th pick, Jack Underman and Larry Killick, were also never played in the BAA. Three players from this draft, Harry Gallatin, Andy Phillip and Jim Pollard, have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame.[4]

Key

Pos.GFC
PositionGuardForwardCenter
^ 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 played in the NBA regular season or playoffs

Draft

Round Pick Player Position Team College
1 1 McNeely, CliftonClifton McNeely# – Pittsburgh Ironmen Texas Wesleyan[5]
1 2 Selbo, GlenGlen Selbo G/F Toronto Huskies Wisconsin
1 3 Ehlers, BulbsBulbs Ehlers G/F Boston Celtics Purdue
1 4 Dropo, WaltWalt Dropo# – Providence Steamrollers Connecticut
1 5 Holub, DickDick Holub C New York Knicks Long Island
1 6 Crossin, ChinkChink Crossin G Philadelphia Warriors Pennsylvania
1 7 Underman, JackJack Underman# – St. Louis Bombers Ohio State
1 8 Huston, PaulPaul Huston F Chicago Stags Ohio State
1 9 O'Keefe, DickDick O'Keefe G/F Washington Capitols Santa Clara
1 10 Killick, LarryLarry Killick# – Baltimore Bullets Vermont

Other picks

The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one BAA/NBA game.

Round Pick Player Position Team College
– – Biasatti, HankHank Biasatti G Boston Celtics Long Island
– – Cloyd, PaulPaul Cloyd G/F Washington Capitols Wisconsin
– – Darden, JimmyJimmy Darden G Chicago Stags Denver
– – Duncan, AndyAndy Duncan F/C New York Knicks William & Mary
– – Ezersky, JohnnyJohnny Ezersky G/F Boston Celtics Rhode Island State
– – Gainer, ElmerElmer Gainer F/C Baltimore Bullets DePaul
– – Gallatin, HarryHarry Gallatin^ F/C Baltimore Bullets Northeast Missouri
– – Hewson, JackJack Hewson F/C Boston Celtics Temple
– – Hoffman, PaulPaul Hoffman G/F Toronto Huskies Purdue
– – Hubbard, BobBob Hubbard F/C Providence Steamrollers Springfield
– – Mandic, JohnJohn Mandic F/C Washington Capitols Oregon State
– – Mariaschin, SaulSaul Mariaschin G Washington Capitols Harvard
– – Misaka, WataruWataru Misaka G New York Knicks Utah
– – Nagy, FritzFritz Nagy G/F Pittsburgh Ironmen Akron
– – Napolitano, PaulPaul Napolitano G/F St. Louis Bombers San Francisco
– – Phillip, AndyAndy Phillip^ G/F Chicago Stags Illinois
– – Pollard, JimJim Pollard^ F/C Chicago Stags Stanford
– – Pollard, JimJim Pollard^ F/C Philadelphia Warriors Stanford
– – Pollard, JimJim Pollard^ F/C St. Louis Bombers Stanford
– – Reiser, ChickChick Reiser G/F Baltimore Bullets NYU
– – Rocha, RedRed Rocha+ F/C Toronto Huskies Oregon State
– – Rothenberg, IrvIrv Rothenberg C Washington Capitols Long Island
– – Schadler, BenBen Schadler F Chicago Stags Northwestern
– – Smith, DonDon Smith G/F Chicago Stags Minnesota
– – Stump, GeneGene Stump G/F Boston Celtics DePaul
– – Tingle, JackJack Tingle F Washington Capitols Kentucky
– – Vance, GeneGene Vance G/F Chicago Stags Illinois
– – Zunic, MattMatt Zunic G/F Washington Capitols George Washington

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 1947 draft but played at least one game in the NBA.

Player Position College
Barksdale, DonDon Barksdale^ F/C UCLA (Sr.)

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ Cook, Bob (September 13, 2007). "Oden's injury a cruel blow for cursed Blazers". NBCSports.com. NBC Universal. Archived from the original on September 12, 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
  2. ↑ Montville, Leigh (July 19, 1993). "What Ever Happened To...: Walt Dropo". Sports Illustrated. Time Inc. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Walt Dropo Bio". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
  5. ↑ Diepenbrock, R.J. (December 29, 2003). "Clifton McNeely". amarillo.com. Amarillo Globe-News. Archived from the original on September 21, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2009.

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