1949 BAA draft

1949 BAA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)April 21, 1949[1]
LocationCommodore Hotel (New York City, NY)[1]
Overview
76 total selections in 11 rounds
LeagueBAA
Teams11
Territorial pick(s)Ed Macauley, St. Louis Bombers
Vern Mikkelsen, Minneapolis Lakers
First selectionHowie Shannon, Providence Steamrollers
← 1948
1950 →

The 1949 BAA draft was the third annual draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The draft was held on April 21, 1949, before the 1949–50 season. In this draft, eleven BAA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. The draft consisted of 8 rounds and a regional selection period, with 75 players selected. This was the final BAA Draft before the league merged with the National Basketball League to form the National Basketball Association (NBA) in August 1949.[2][3] The 75 players selected matched the same number of players selected in the 1989 draft; both drafts have the fewest picks selected prior to 1989 (when the NBA draft was reduced to two rounds ever since).

Draft selections and draftee career notes

Howie Shannon from Kansas State University was selected first overall by the Providence Steamrollers. However, Ed Macauley and Vern Mikkelsen were selected before the draft as St. Louis Bombers' and Minneapolis Lakers' territorial picks respectively. Four players from this draft, Vern Mikkelsen, Ed Macauley, Dick McGuire and Slater Martin have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.[4]

Key

Pos. G F C
Position Guard Forward Center
^ 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 and All-NBA Team
+ Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
# Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game

Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality[n 1] Team College
T – Ed Macauley^ F/C  United States St. Louis Bombers Saint Louis
T – Vern Mikkelsen^ F/C  United States Minneapolis Lakers Hamline
1 1 Howie Shannon G/F  United States Providence Steamrollers Kansas State
1 2 Alex Groza* C  United States Indianapolis Jets[5][6] Kentucky
1 3 Bob Harris F/C  United States Fort Wayne Pistons Oklahoma State
1 4 Tony Lavelli F  United States Boston Celtics Yale
1 5 Vern Gardner F/C  United States Philadelphia Warriors Utah
1 6 Ron Livingstone C  United States Baltimore Bullets Wyoming
1 7 Dick McGuire^ G  United States New York Knicks St. John's
1 8 Wallace Jones F  United States Washington Capitols Kentucky
1 9 Jack Kerris F/C  United States Chicago Stags Loyola (IL)
1 10 Frank Saul G/F  United States Rochester Royals Seton Hall
2 – Leo Barnhorst+ G/F  United States Indianapolis Jets Notre Dame
2 – Ralph Beard* G  United States Chicago Stags Kentucky
2 – Jack Coleman+ F/C  United States Rochester Royals Louisville
2 – Harry Donovan G  United States New York Knicks Muhlenberg
2 – George Kaftan F  United States Boston Celtics Holy Cross
2 – Jim Nolan C  United States Philadelphia Warriors Georgia Tech
2 – John Oldham G  United States Fort Wayne Pistons Western Kentucky
2 – Johnny Orr F  United States St. Louis Bombers Beloit
2 – Red Owens G  United States Washington Capitols Baylor

Other picks

The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.[7][8]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality[n 1] Team College
3 – Nelson Bobb G  United States Philadelphia Warriors Temple
3 – Dwight Eddleman+ G/F  United States Chicago Stags Illinois
3 – Paul Gordon F  United States Baltimore Bullets Notre Dame
3 – Ed Leede G/F  United States Providence Steamrollers Dartmouth
3 – Joe Mullaney G  United States Boston Celtics Holy Cross
3 – Mac Otten F/C  United States Indianapolis Jets Bowling Green
3 – Fred Schaus* F  United States Fort Wayne Pistons West Virginia
3 – Ernie Vandeweghe G/F  United States
 Canada 		New York Knicks Colgate
3 – Slater Martin^ G  United States Minneapolis Lakers Texas
4 – Bob Evans G  United States Indianapolis Jets Butler
4 – Jerry Nagel G  United States Fort Wayne Pistons Loyola (IL)
4 – Warren Perkins G/F  United States Providence Steamrollers Tulane
5 – Cliff Barker G  United States Washington Capitols Kentucky
5 – Ray Corley G  United States Providence Steamrollers Georgetown
5 – Earl Dodd F  United States St. Louis Bombers Northeast Missouri
6 – Don Boven G/F  United States Indianapolis Jets Western Michigan
7 – John Pritchard C  United States St. Louis Bombers Drake
8 – Duane Klueh G  United States Boston Celtics Indiana State
8 – Bob Royer G  United States Providence Steamrollers Indiana State
– – Mal McMullen C  United States Baltimore Bullets Xavier
– – Bob Harrison+ G  United States Minneapolis Lakers Michigan
– – Paul Walther+ G/F  United States Minneapolis Lakers Tennessee
– – Marv Schatzman F  United States St. Louis Bombers Saint Louis

Undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 1949 draft but played at least one game in the NBA.

Player Pos. Nationality School/club team
Edward Bartels SG/SF  United States NC State (Jr.)
Vince Boryla SF/PF  United States Denver (Sr.)
Joe Bradley SG  United States Oklahoma A&M (Sr.)
Bob Brown SF  United States Miami (Ohio) (Sr.)
Leroy Chollet SG/SF  United States Canisius (Sr.)
Joe Dolhon PG  United States NYU (Jr.)
George Feigenbaum PG  United States Long Island (So.)
Normie Glick SF/PF  United States Marymount (So.)
Al Guokas SG/SF  United States Saint Joseph's (So.)
Bob Hahn C  United States NC State (Sr.)
Bob Harrison PG  United States Michigan (Sr.)
Bill Herman SG  United States Mount Union (Sr.)
Howie Janotta SF  United States Seton Hall (Sr.)
Frank Kudelka SG/SF  United States Saint Mary's (California) (Jr.)
Mal McMullen PF/C  United States Xavier (Jr.)
Al Miksis C  United States Western Illinois (Sr.)
Dermie O'Connell PG  United States Holy Cross (So.)
Mike O'Neill SG/SF  United States California (Sr.)
Charlie Parsley SG  United States Western Kentucky (Sr.)
John Payak SG  United States Bowling Green (Sr.)
Jack Phelan SG/SF  United States DePaul (Sr.)
Marv Schatzman SF/PF  United States Saint Louis (So.)
Wayne See SG  United States Northern Arizona (Sr.)
Paul Walther G  United States Tennessee (Sr.)
Isaac Walthour PG  United States Benjamin Franklin (New York) (HS Sr.)
Bob Wood PG  United States Northern Illinois (Sr.)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.

References

General
  • "1949 BAA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2009. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
  • "1947–1948 BAA Drafts, 1949–1951 NBA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Archived from the original on July 4, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
Specific
  1. ^ a b Bradley, Robert D. (2013). The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810890695., pg. 10
  2. ^ "NBL, BAA merge, end pro net war". The Republic. UP. August 4, 1949. p. 11. Retrieved June 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  3. ^ Berger, Phil. "First Season". AmericanHeritage.com. American Heritage Publishing. Archived from the original on June 26, 2009. Retrieved August 15, 2009.
  4. ^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
  5. ^ "3 'Tucky Stars among choices in BAA draft". The Journal Herald. United Press. March 22, 1949. p. 8. Retrieved June 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  6. ^ Jim O'Leary (August 10, 1949). "Basketball merger saved red face for Alex Groza". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. 17. Retrieved June 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  7. ^ "1949 BAA Draft".
  8. ^ "NBA Past Drafts - RealGM".