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1962 NBA Draft: all the picks, trades and information.

Information about the 1962 NBA Draft, including the first and second round, all the trades and players data.

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Note: Between 1947 and 1965, before the start of the draft, the teams could forfeit their first-round pick to instead use a 'territorial pick' to select a player from their immediate area. This had the intention of building strong local fan bases.

Here you have all the picks from the 1962 NBA Draft. Total selections: 102

1962 NBA Draft

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Territorial Picks

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
- Jerry Lucas Cincinnati Royals Ohio State Univ.
- Dave DeBusschere Detroit Pistons Univ. of Detroit Mercy

Round 1

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
1. Bill McGill Chicago Zephyrs Univ. of Utah
2. Duke Hogue New York Knicks Univ. of Cincinnati
3. Zelmo Beaty St. Louis Hawks Prairie View A&M Univ.
4. Len Chappell Syracuse Nationals Wake Forest Univ.
5. Wayne Hightower San Francisco Warriors Univ. of Kansas
6. Leroy Ellis Los Angeles Lakers St. John's Univ.
7. John Havlicek Boston Celtics Ohio State Univ.

Round 2

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
8. Terry Dischinger Chicago Zephyrs Purdue Univ.
9. John Rudometkin New York Knicks Univ. of Southern California
10. Bob Duffy St. Louis Hawks Colgate Univ.
11. Kevin Loughery Detroit Pistons St. John's Univ.
12. Chet Walker Syracuse Nationals Bradley Univ.
13. Bud Olsen Cincinnati Royals Univ. of Louisville
14. Hubie White San Francisco Warriors Villanova Univ.
15. Gene Wiley Los Angeles Lakers Wichita State Univ.
16. Jack Foley Boston Celtics College of the Holy Cross

Round 3

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
17. Don Nelson Chicago Zephyrs Univ. of Iowa
18. Bobby Rascoe New York Knicks Western Kentucky Univ.
19. Charlie Hardnett St. Louis Hawks Grambling State Univ.
20. Harold Hudgens Detroit Pistons Texas Tech Univ.
21. Porter Meriwether Syracuse Nationals Tennessee State Univ.
22. Chris Appel Cincinnati Royals Univ. of Southern California
23. Dave Fedor San Francisco Warriors Florida State Univ.
24. John Green Los Angeles Lakers Univ. of California, Los Angeles
25. Jim Hadnot Boston Celtics Providence College

Round 4

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
26. Chico Vaughn St. Louis Hawks Southern Illinois Univ.
27. Cliff Luyk New York Knicks Univ. of Florida
28. Jerry Grote St. Louis Hawks Loyola Marymount Univ.
29. Reggie Harding Detroit Pistons -
30. Bob McCully Syracuse Nationals St. Bonaventure Univ.
31. Jack Thobe Cincinnati Royals Xavier Univ.
32. Garry Roggenburk San Francisco Warriors Univ. of Dayton
33. Jan Loudermilk Los Angeles Lakers Southern Methodist Univ.
34. Roger Strickland Boston Celtics Jacksonville Univ.

Round 5

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
35. Cornell Green Chicago Zephyrs Utah State Univ.
36. Bob Burgess New York Knicks Marshall Univ.
37. Tom Hatton St. Louis Hawks Univ. of Dayton
38. Lindbergh Moody Detroit Pistons Univ. of South Carolina
39. John Windsor Syracuse Nationals Stanford Univ.
40. Mike Wroblewski Cincinnati Royals Kansas State Univ.
41. Jack Jackson San Francisco Warriors Virginia Union Univ.
42. Art Whisnant Los Angeles Lakers Univ. of South Carolina
43. Gary Daniels Boston Celtics The Citadel

Round 6

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
44. Bill Hanson Chicago Zephyrs Univ. of Washington
45. Ken Stanley New York Knicks Univ. of the Pacific
46. Jay Carty St. Louis Hawks Oregon State Univ.
47. Ed Noe Detroit Pistons Morehead State Univ.
48. Larry Van Eman Syracuse Nationals Wichita State Univ.
49. Jerry Foster Cincinnati Royals Drake Univ.
50. Jim Hudock San Francisco Warriors Univ. of North Carolina
51. Bucky Keller Los Angeles Lakers Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.
52. Jim Hooley Boston Celtics Boston College

Round 7

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
53. Jack Ardon Chicago Zephyrs Tulane Univ.
54. Richie Swartz New York Knicks Hofstra Univ.
55. Bob McAteer St. Louis Hawks La Salle Univ.
56. John Bradley Detroit Pistons Lawrence Univ.
57. Bob Sharpenter Syracuse Nationals Georgetown Univ.
58. Gary Cunningham Cincinnati Royals Univ. of California, Los Angeles
59. Howie Montgomery San Francisco Warriors Univ. of Texas-Pan American
60. Clyde Arnold Boston Celtics Duquesne Univ.

Round 8

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
61. Larry Pursiful Chicago Zephyrs Univ. of Kentucky
62. Warren Fouts New York Knicks Univ. of Oklahoma
63. Terry Ball St. Louis Hawks Washington State Univ.
64. Mike Rice Detroit Pistons Duquesne Univ.
65. Jerry Harkness Syracuse Nationals Loyola Univ. of Chicago
66. Ed Bento Cincinnati Royals Loyola Marymount Univ.
67. Bill Kirvin San Francisco Warriors Xavier Univ.
68. Bill Garner Los Angeles Lakers Univ. of Portland
69. Chuck Chevalier Boston Celtics Boston College

Round 9

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
70. Carroll Broussard Chicago Zephyrs Texas A&M Univ.
71. Paul Benec New York Knicks Duquesne Univ.
72. Marvin Trotman St. Louis Hawks Elizabeth City State Univ.
73. Bill Nelson Detroit Pistons Hamline Univ.
74. Vince Brewer Syracuse Nationals Iowa State Univ.
75. Chris Jones Cincinnati Royals Carson-Newman College
76. Tom Kiefer San Francisco Warriors Saint Louis Univ.
77. Bill Matson Los Angeles Lakers Univ. of Minnesota
78. Mike Cingiser Boston Celtics Brown Univ.

Round 10

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
79. Pete Campbell Chicago Zephyrs Princeton Univ.
80. Ralph Richardson New York Knicks Eastern Kentucky Univ.
81. Charlie Sells St. Louis Hawks Washington State Univ.
82. Glenn Moore Detroit Pistons Univ. of Oregon
83. George Knighton Cincinnati Royals New Mexico State Univ.
84. Ken McComb San Francisco Warriors Univ. of North Carolina

Round 11

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
85. Jeff Slade Chicago Zephyrs Kenyon College
86. Ed Mazria New York Knicks Pratt Institute
87. Tom Chappelle St. Louis Hawks Univ. of Maine
88. Frank Pinchback Cincinnati Royals Xavier Univ.
89. Donnie Walsh San Francisco Warriors Univ. of North Carolina

Round 12

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
90. Mel Nowell Chicago Zephyrs Ohio State Univ.
91. John Caveny St. Louis Hawks LeMoyne College
92. Charles Warren San Francisco Warriors Univ. of Oregon

Round 13

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
93. Tom Kennedy Chicago Zephyrs Lewis Univ.
94. Jerry Carlton St. Louis Hawks Univ. of Arkansas

Round 14

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
95. Bob Mahland Chicago Zephyrs Williams College
96. Wilky Gilmore St. Louis Hawks Univ. of Colorado

Round 15

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
97. Pat McKenzie Chicago Zephyrs Kansas State Univ.
98. Dave Ricerto St. Louis Hawks Univ. of Rhode Island

Round 16

Pick Player NBA Team From (College) Pick Details
99. Norman Majors Chicago Zephyrs Rockhurst Univ.
100. Wally Roundsville St. Louis Hawks California Institute of Technology

Total picks: 102