This draft list is courtesy of APBR (Association for Professional Basketball Research). Check back as each list is converted into The Draft Review's enhanced format currently displayed with the 1988-2005 drafts, featuring player profiles, draft trades and in-depth reviews. 1953 DRAFT 24Apr53 Boston, MA T-Territorial Choice KNOWN SELECTIONS: Round 3 19T PHI Norm Grekin La Salle 24 BOS Cliff Hagan Kentucky Round 4 28T Phi Fred Ihle LaSalle 33 BOS Earle Markey Holy Cross 35 NYK Thomas Bishop Southern Mississippi Round 5 37 PHI Eddie Solomon West Virginia 42 BOS Joe Holup George Washington 44 NYK Bob Santini Iona Round 6 46 PHI Don Eby Southern California 51 BOS Vernon Stokes St. Francis College Round 7 55 PHI Bob Marske South Dakota 60 BOS Lou Tsioropoulos Kentucky Round 8 64 PHI Bill Dodd Colgate 69 BOS Ted Lallier Colby Round 9 73 PHI Bob Sassone St. Bonaventure 78 BOS Lewis Gilcrease Southwest Texas State Round 10 82 PHI Toar Hester Centenary 87 BOS Tom Lillis Saint Louis Round 11 91 PHI John Doogan Saint Joseph's 96 BOS Gil Reich Kansas Round 12 100 PHI Charles Duffley Saint Anselm 105 BOS Jim Dogerty Whitworth Remaining Draftees - By Team Baltimore Bob Peterson Oregon Bill Schyman DePaul Paul Nolen Texas Tech Elmer Tolson Eastern Kentucky Herman Sledzik Penn State Connie Rea Centenary Dennis Murphy Georgetown Jack Carby Kansas State Bob Emmercik Clarion State Russ Johnson None Don Stemmerich None Bob Kraback None Joe Piorkowski None Edward Walsh None Fort Wayne Jim Bredar Illinois Jim Bingham Eastern Kentucky Mike Bodnar St. Bonaventure Norb Lewinski Notre Dame William Hagan Siena Dean Kelley Kansas Dick White Eastern Kentucky Milwaukee Bill Bolger Georgetown Irv Bemoras Illinois Gene Dyker DePaul Joe Cipriano Washington John O'Brien Seattle Eddie O'Brien Seattle Darrell Tucker Utah State Paul Brandt Columbia Bob Rousey Kansas State Minneapolis Hartly Kruger Idaho Ken Flowers USC Zippy Morocco Georgia Pete Silas Georgia Tech Lloyd Olmstead Cornell (IA) Joe Richey Brigham Young Hank Budde Xavier (OH) Walt Kearns Arkansas Bill Chambers William & Mary Harold Christensen Brigham Young Bob Gelle Minnesota Lloyd Thorgaard Hamline Bob Gussner Hamline Chuck Wolfe North Dakota Doug Atkins Tennessee Roger Kuss River Falls State New York Joe Smyth Niagara Allan Schutts Springfield Richard Atha Indiana State Forrest Hamilton SW Missouri State Richard Prater Kentucky Bob Matheny California Larry O'Connor Canisius Delmer Diercks Iowa State Rochester Frank Redout Syracuse Will Walls Miami (OH) Hugh Beins Georetown Kendall Sheets Oklahoma A&M Jim Scottie West Virginia Dick Gross Wheaton Jim Gerber Bowling Green Will Bales Eastern Kentucky Bill Edwards St. Bonaventure Bob Goss North Carolina State Paul Smaagard Hamline Ken Sears Santa Clara John Kurz Loyola (CA) Ed Kohl Regis Gene Lambert Jr. Arkansas Tex Silverman Nick McGuire Syracuse Bill Kenville St. Bonaventure Andy McGowan Manhattan Warren Shackelford Tulsa Bill Jenkins LeMoyne Bill Hull Utah State Joe Hughes Denver Gerald Nappy Georgetown Al Bailey Duquesne Glen Dille Tulsa Garrett Beshear Murray State