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1955 NBA draft

Basketball player selection

Field	Value
name	1955 NBA draft
sport	Basketball
date	April 13, 1955
location	New York City, New York
network	NBC
league	NBA
teams	8
overall	95
rounds	14
first	Dick Ricketts, Milwaukee Hawks
territorial	Dick Garmaker, Minneapolis Lakers
Tom Gola, Philadelphia Warriors
hofnum	{{Collapsible list
title	4
1	G Tom Gola
2	F Maurice Stokes
3	G Jack Twyman
4	G K. C. Jones}}
prev	[1954](1954-nba-draft)
next	[1956](1956-nba-draft)

Tom Gola, Philadelphia Warriors The 1955 NBA draft was the ninth annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 13, 1955, before the 1955–56 season. In this draft, eight remaining NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. In each round, the teams select in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. The Milwaukee Hawks participated in the draft, but relocated to St. Louis, Missouri, and became the St. Louis Hawks prior to the start of the season. The draft consisted of 15 rounds comprising 96 players selected.

Draft selections and draftee career notes

Dick Ricketts from Duquesne University was selected first overall by the Milwaukee Hawks. Second pick of the draft, Maurice Stokes from Saint Francis University won the Rookie of the Year Award. Dick Garmaker and Tom Gola were selected before the draft as Minneapolis Lakers' and Philadelphia Warriors' territorial picks respectively. Three players from this draft, Maurice Stokes, Tom Gola, and Jack Twyman, have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame. K. C. Jones, who was selected by the Minneapolis Lakers in the later rounds, has also been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame, although he did not enter the league immediately after the draft. In the 1956 draft, he was selected in the second round by the Boston Celtics, with whom he played for in his whole career. During this draft, the Philadelphia Warriors would be the first team to select a high school senior for a future draft as a territorial pick under a new rule that was implemented at the time that allowed them to select a high school senior that was within the team's territorial rights at the time by selecting Wilt Chamberlain from Overbrook High School. Chamberlain would later be selected officially as a territorial pick by the Warriors four years later in 1959 after he played for the Harlem Globetrotters by that time, eventually having a record-holding career that would be more than worthy for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Key

Position	Guard	Forward	Center

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	College
T	–	*	G/F	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota
T	–	^	G/F	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	La Salle
1	1		F/C	United States	Milwaukee Hawks	Duquesne
1	2	^	F/C	United States	Rochester Royals	Saint Francis (PA)
1	3		F	United States	Boston Celtics	Oregon
1	4	+	F	United States	New York Knicks	Santa Clara
1	5		G/F	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Fordham
1	6		F	United States	Fort Wayne Pistons	Dayton
2	7		G/F	United States	Milwaukee Hawks	Notre Dame
2	8	^	G/F	United States	Rochester Royals	Cincinnati
2	9		G	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	George Washington
2	10		F	United States	Boston Celtics	Wake Forest
2	11	#	F	United States	New York Knicks	San Francisco
2	12		G	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota
2	13		F	United States	Fort Wayne Pistons	Penn State
2	14	#	C	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Indiana

Other picks

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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	College
3	15		G/F	United States	Milwaukee Hawks	Michigan State
3	16		G/F	United States	Rochester Royals	Niagara
3	17		G	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Villanova
3	19		F	United States	New York Knicks	Detroit
10	76	^	G	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	San Francisco
12	87		F/C	United States	Rochester Royals	Michigan State

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 1955 NBA draft but played at least one game in the NBA.

Player	Pos.	Nationality	School/club team
	SG		Dayton (Sr.)
	SG/SF	United States	Missouri (Sr.)

References

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References

"Hawks: Franchise History". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
"Rookie of the Year". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
"Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees". basketball-reference.com.
"K.C. Jones Bio". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
https://www.thedraftreview.com/nba-draft-regulations/nba-draft-notes/1956-jack-pirrie-territorial-rights-draft-notes
"1955 NBA draft".
"NBA Past Drafts - RealGM".

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