1962 NBA Draft
First Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 1 |
Chicago Zephyrs |
Bill McGill |
F/C |
Utah |
| 2 |
New York Knicks |
Paul Hogue |
C |
Cincinnati |
| 3 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Zelmo Beaty |
C |
Prairie View A&M |
| 4 |
Detroit Pistons |
Dave DeBusschere |
F |
Detroit |
| 5 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Len Chappell |
F |
Wake Forest |
| 6 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Jerry Lucas |
F |
Ohio State |
| 7 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Wayne Hightower |
F |
Kansas |
| 8 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Leroy Ellis |
F |
St. John's |
| 9 |
Boston Celtics |
John Havlicek |
F |
Ohio State |
Second Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 10 |
Chicago Zephyrs |
Terry Dischinger |
F |
Purdue |
| 11 |
New York Knicks |
John Rudometkin |
F |
USC |
| 12 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Bob Duffy |
G |
Colgate |
| 13 |
Detroit Pistons |
Kevin Loughery |
G |
St. John's |
| 14 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Chet Walker |
F |
Bradley |
| 15 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Bud Olsen |
F |
Louisville |
| 16 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Hubie White |
G |
Villanova |
| 17 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Gene Wiley |
F/C |
Wichita State |
| 18 |
Boston Celtics |
Jack Foley |
G |
Holy Cross |
Third Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 19 |
Chicago Zephyrs |
Don Nelson |
F |
Iowa |
| 20 |
New York Knicks |
Bobby Rascoe |
G |
Western Kentucky |
| 21 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Charles Hardnett |
F |
Grambling |
| 22 |
Detroit Pistons |
Harold Hudgens |
F |
Texas Tech |
| 23 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Porter Meriwether |
G |
Tennessee State |
| 24 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Chris Appel |
G |
USC |
| 25 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Dave Fedor |
F |
Florida State |
| 26 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
John Green |
G |
UCLA |
| 27 |
Boston Celtics |
Jim Hadnot |
C |
Providence |
Fourth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 28 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Charles Vaughn |
G |
Southern Illinois |
| 29 |
New York Knicks |
Cliff Luyk |
F |
Florida |
| 30 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Jerry Grote |
G |
Loyola (CA) |
| 31 |
Detroit Pistons |
Reggie Harding |
C |
Nashville Christian Institute HS |
| 32 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Bob McCully |
F |
St. Bonaventure |
| 33 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Jack Thobe |
F |
Xavier (OH) |
| 34 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Garry Roggenburk |
F |
Dayton |
| 35 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Jan Loudermilk |
F |
Southern Methodist |
| 36 |
Boston Celtics |
Roger Strickland |
G |
Jacksonville |
Fifth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 37 |
Chicago Zephyrs |
Cornell Green |
|
Utah State |
| 38 |
New York Knicks |
Bob Burgess |
|
Marshall |
| 39 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Tom Hatton |
|
Dayton |
| 40 |
Detroit Pistons |
Lindbergh Moody |
|
South Carolina |
| 41 |
Syracuse Nationals |
John Windsor |
|
Stanford |
| 42 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Mike Wroblewski |
|
Kansas State |
| 43 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Jack Jackson |
|
Virginia Union |
| 44 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Art Whisnant |
|
South Carolina |
| 45 |
Boston Celtics |
Gary Daniels |
|
Citadel |
Sixth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 46 |
Chicago Zephyrs |
Bill Hanson |
|
Washington |
| 47 |
New York Knicks |
Ken Stanley |
|
Pacific |
| 48 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Jay Carty |
|
Oregon State |
| 49 |
Detroit Pistons |
Ed Noe |
|
Morehead State |
| 50 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Larry Van Eman |
|
Wichita State |
| 51 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Jerry Foster |
|
Drake |
| 52 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Jim Hudock |
|
North Carolina |
| 53 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Bucky Keller |
|
Virginia Tech |
| 54 |
Boston Celtics |
Jim Hooley |
|
Boston College |
Seventh Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 55 |
Chicago Zephyrs |
Jack Ardon |
|
Tulane |
| 56 |
New York Knicks |
Richie Swartz |
|
Hofstra |
| 57 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Bob McAteer |
|
La Salle |
| 58 |
Detroit Pistons |
John Bradley |
|
Lawrence |
| 59 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Bob Sharpenter |
|
Georgetown |
| 60 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Gary Cunningham |
|
UCLA |
| 61 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Howard Montgomery |
|
Pan American |
| 62 |
Boston Celtics |
Clyde Arnold |
|
Duquesne |
Eighth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 63 |
Chicago Zephyrs |
Larry Pursiful |
|
Kentucky |
| 64 |
New York Knicks |
Warren Fouts |
|
Oklahoma |
| 65 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Terry Ball |
|
Washington State |
| 66 |
Detroit Pistons |
Mike Rice |
|
Duquesne |
| 67 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Jerry Harkness |
|
Loyola (IL) |
| 68 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Ed Bento |
|
Loyola (CA) |
| 69 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Bill Kirvin |
|
Xavier (OH) |
| 70 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Bill Garner |
|
Portland |
| 71 |
Boston Celtics |
Chuck Chevalier |
|
Boston College |
Ninth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 72 |
Chicago Zephyrs |
Carroll Broussard |
|
Texas A&M |
| 73 |
New York Knicks |
Paul Benec |
|
Duquesne |
| 74 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Marvin Trotman |
|
Elizabeth City |
| 75 |
Detroit Pistons |
Bill Nelson |
|
Hamline |
| 76 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Vince Brewer |
|
Iowa State |
| 77 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Chris Jones |
|
Carson-Newman |
| 78 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Tom Kiefer |
|
St. Louis |
| 79 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Bill Mattson |
|
Minnesota |
| 80 |
Boston Celtics |
Mike Cingiser |
|
Brown |
Tenth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 81 |
Chicago Zephyrs |
Pete Campbell |
|
Princeton |
| 82 |
New York Knicks |
Ralph Richardson |
|
Eastern Kentucky |
| 83 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Charlie Sells |
|
Washington State |
| 84 |
Detroit Pistons |
Glenn Moore |
|
Oregon |
| 85 |
Cincinnati Royals |
George Knighton |
|
New Mexico State |
| 86 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Ken McComb |
|
North Carolina |
Eleventh Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 87 |
Chicago Zephyrs |
Jeff Slade |
|
Kenyon |
| 88 |
New York Knicks |
Ed Mazria |
|
Pratt |
| 89 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Tom Chappelle |
|
Maine |
| 90 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Frank Pinchback |
|
Xavier (OH) |
| 91 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Donnie Walsh |
|
North Carolina |
Twelfth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 92 |
Chicago Zephyrs |
Mel Nowell |
|
Ohio State |
| 93 |
St. Louis Hawks |
John Caveny |
|
LeMoyne |
| 94 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Charles Warren |
|
Oregon |
Thirteenth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 95 |
Chicago Zephyrs |
Tom Kennedy |
|
Lewis |
| 96 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Jerry Carlton |
|
Arkansas |
Fourteenth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 97 |
Chicago Zephyrs |
Bob Mahland |
|
Williams |
| 98 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Wilky Gilmore |
|
Colorado |
Fifteenth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 99 |
Chicago Zephyrs |
Pat McKenzie |
|
Kansas State |
| 100 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Dave Ricerto |
|
Rhode Island |
Sixteenth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 101 |
Chicago Zephyrs |
Norman Majors |
|
Rockhurst (MO) |
| 102 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Wally Roundsville |
|
California Tech |
*This was the first year that underclassmen were draft into the NBA. Before 1962 drafted players must have completed all four years of college.
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