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1956 NBA Draft

30 picks in 9 rounds and 1 territorial · held after the 1955-56 season · from Wikipedia

◀ 1955 1957 ▶

All Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 10 Round 14

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	From	NBA career
T		Celtics	Tom Heinsohn	Holy Cross	no NBA games
1	1	Royals	Si Green	Duquesne	no NBA games
1	2	Hawks	Bill Russell	San Francisco	no NBA games	traded
1	3	Lakers	Jim Paxson	Dayton
1	4	Knicks	Ronnie Shavlik	NC State
1	5	Nationals	Joe Holup	George Washington	no NBA games
1	6	Pistons	Ron Sobieszczyk	DePaul	no NBA games	traded
1	7	Warriors	Hal Lear	Temple	no NBA games
2	8	Royals	Bob Burrow	Kentucky	no NBA games
2	9	Hawks	Willie Naulls	UCLA	no NBA games
2	10	Lakers	Terry Rand	Marquette
2	11	Knicks	Gary Bergen	Utah
2	12	Nationals	Paul Judson	Illinois
2	13	Celtics	K. C. Jones	San Francisco
2	14	Pistons	Bob Kessler	Maryland
2	15	Warriors	Phil Rollins	Louisville	no NBA games
3	16	Royals	Dave Piontek	Xavier	no NBA games
3	18	Lakers	Jerry Bird	Kentucky
3	20	Nationals	Forest Able	Western Kentucky	no NBA games
3	22	Pistons	Bill Thieben	Hofstra
4	24	Royals	Johnny McCarthy	Canisius	no NBA games
4	28	Nationals	Swede Halbrook	Wichita Vickers (NIBL)
4	29	Celtics	Dan Swartz	Morehead State
5	33	Hawks	Norm Stewart	Missouri	no NBA games
5	36	Nationals	Jim Ray	Toledo
6	42	Lakers	Phil Jordon	Whitworth	no NBA games
6	43	Knicks	Pat Dunn	Utah State	no NBA games
7	50	Lakers	John Barber	Cal State L.A.	no NBA games
10	74	Nationals	Bob Hopkins	Grambling	no NBA games
14	90	Lakers	Elgin Baylor	Seattle	no NBA games

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1956 NBA Draft