1963 NBA Draft: all the picks, trades and information.

Information about the 1963 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 1963 NBA Draft. Total selections: 84

1963 NBA Draft

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Territorial Picks

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
-	Tom Thacker	Cincinnati Royals	Univ. of Cincinnati

Round 1

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
1.	Art Heyman	New York Knicks	Duke Univ.
2.	Rod Thorn	Baltimore Bullets	West Virginia Univ.
3.	Nate Thurmond	San Francisco Warriors	Bowling Green State Univ.
4.	Eddie Miles	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Univ.
5.	Gerry Ward	St. Louis Hawks	Boston College
6.	Tom Hoover	Philadelphia 76ers	Villanova Univ.
7.	Roger Strickland	Los Angeles Lakers	Jacksonville Univ.
8.	Bill Green	Boston Celtics	Colorado State Univ.

Round 2

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
9.	Jerry Harkness	New York Knicks	Loyola Univ. of Chicago
10.	Gus Johnson	Baltimore Bullets	Univ. of Idaho
11.	Gary Hill	San Francisco Warriors	Oklahoma City Univ.
12.	Jerry Smith	Detroit Pistons	Furman Univ.
13.	Jim King	Los Angeles Lakers	Univ. of Tulsa
14.	Leland Mitchell	St. Louis Hawks	Mississippi State Univ.
15.	Hershell West	Philadelphia 76ers	Grambling State Univ.
16.	Mel Gibson	Los Angeles Lakers	Western Carolina Univ.
17.	Ken Saylors	St. Louis Hawks	Arkansas Tech Univ.

Round 3

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
18.	Bill O'Connor	New York Knicks	Canisius College
19.	Tom Bolyard	Baltimore Bullets	Indiana Univ.
20.	Steve Gray	San Francisco Warriors	Saint Mary's College of California
21.	Mike McCoy	Detroit Pistons	Univ. of Miami
22.	Jimmy Rayl	Cincinnati Royals	Indiana Univ.
23.	Bill Burwell	St. Louis Hawks	Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
24.	Jerry Greenspan	Philadelphia 76ers	Univ. of Maryland
25.	Lyle Harger	Los Angeles Lakers	Univ. of Houston
26.	Chuck Kriston	Boston Celtics	Valparaiso Univ.

Round 4

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
27.	Nate Cloud	New York Knicks	Univ. of Delaware
28.	Nolen Ellison	Baltimore Bullets	Univ. of Kansas
29.	Dave Downey	San Francisco Warriors	Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
30.	Dave Erickson	Detroit Pistons	Marquette Univ.
31.	Ken Charlton	Cincinnati Royals	Univ. of Colorado
32.	Waite Bellamy	St. Louis Hawks	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical Univ.
33.	Ray Flynn	Philadelphia 76ers	Providence College
34.	Layton Johns	Los Angeles Lakers	Auburn Univ.
35.	Connie McGuire	Boston Celtics	Southeastern Oklahoma State Univ.

Round 5

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
36.	Joe McDermott	New York Knicks	Belmont Abbey College
37.	Ron Glaser	Baltimore Bullets	Marquette Univ.
38.	Don Turner	San Francisco Warriors	Southwestern College
39.	Bill Small	Detroit Pistons	Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
40.	Mac Herndon	Cincinnati Royals	Bradley Univ.
41.	Tony Yates	St. Louis Hawks	Univ. of Cincinnati
42.	Tony Cerkvenik	Philadelphia 76ers	Arizona State Univ.
43.	Larry Jones	Los Angeles Lakers	Univ. of Toledo
44.	W.D. Stroud	Boston Celtics	Mississippi State Univ.

Round 6

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
45.	Jim Kerwin	New York Knicks	Tulane Univ.
46.	Ken Siebel	Baltimore Bullets	Univ. of Wisconsin
47.	Gene Shields	San Francisco Warriors	Santa Clara Univ.
48.	Reggie Harding	Detroit Pistons	-
49.	Jim McCormack	Cincinnati Royals	West Virginia Univ.
50.	Al Santio	St. Louis Hawks	Univ. of Maryland
51.	Vince Brewer	Philadelphia 76ers	Iowa State Univ.
52.	Warren Salade	Los Angeles Lakers	Westminster College of Pennsylvania
53.	Vinnie Ernst	Boston Celtics	Providence College

Round 7

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
54.	Bob Woolard	New York Knicks	Wake Forest Univ.
55.	Larry Brown	Baltimore Bullets	Univ. of North Carolina
56.	Don Clemetson	San Francisco Warriors	Stanford Univ.
57.	Ira Harge	Detroit Pistons	Univ. of New Mexico
58.	Hunter Beckman	Cincinnati Royals	Univ. of Memphis
59.	Ken Rohloff	St. Louis Hawks	North Carolina State Univ.
60.	Bill Brown	Philadelphia 76ers	Howard Payne Univ.
61.	Gordie Martin	Los Angeles Lakers	Univ. of Southern California
62.	Herb Magee	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia Univ.

Round 8

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
63.	Freddie Crawford	New York Knicks	St. Bonaventure Univ.
64.	Dick Riesback	Baltimore Bullets	Iowa State Univ.
65.	Harry Dinnell	San Francisco Warriors	Pepperdine Univ.
66.	Gary Silc	Detroit Pistons	Northern Michigan Univ.
67.	Harold Strothers	St. Louis Hawks	Texas A&M Univ.

Round 9

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
68.	Ray Cronk	New York Knicks	Lakeland College
69.	Ron Jackson	Baltimore Bullets	Univ. of Wisconsin
70.	Chuck White	San Francisco Warriors	Univ. of Idaho
71.	Ernie Durston	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Univ.
72.	Frank Davis	St. Louis Hawks	Oklahoma Christian Univ.

Round 10

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
73.	Gerald Glur	New York Knicks	Furman Univ.
74.	M.C. Thompson	Baltimore Bullets	DePaul Univ.
75.	Carl Ritter	St. Louis Hawks	Southeast Missouri State Univ.

Round 11

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
76.	Orbie Bowling	New York Knicks	Univ. of Tennessee
77.	Marv Straw	St. Louis Hawks	Iowa State Univ.

Round 12

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
78.	Bob Walter	New York Knicks	Baldwin-Wallace College
79.	Hugh Evans	St. Louis Hawks	North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State Univ.

Round 13

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
80.	Jerry Szachara	New York Knicks	Cornell Univ.
81.	Gordon McFarland	St. Louis Hawks	Central Missouri State Univ.

Round 14

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
82.	Bill Raftery	New York Knicks	La Salle Univ.

Round 15

Pick	Player	NBA Team	From (College)	Pick Details
83.	Ron Pickett	New York Knicks	Eastern Kentucky Univ.

Total picks: 84