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1950 NBA draft

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{{short description|Basketball player selection}}

{{Infobox sports draft

| name = 1950 NBA draft

| image =

| caption =

| logo =

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| sport = Basketball

| date = April 25, 1950

| location = Biltmore Hotel (Chicago, Illinois){{cite book|last=Bradley|first=Robert D.|title=The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts|year=2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810890695}}, pg. 14

| network =

| league = NBA

| teams =

| overall = 121

| rounds = 12

| first = Chuck Share, Boston Celtics

| hofnum = {{Collapsible list

| title = 6

|1 = G Paul Arizin

|2 = G Bob Cousy

|3 = G George Yardley

|4 = F Chuck Cooper

|5 = G Bill Sharman

|6 = C Neil Johnston}}

| prev = 1949

| next = 1951

}}

The 1950 NBA draft was the first draft following the 1949 merger of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League that created the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 25, 1950, before the 1950–51 season. In this draft, 12 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 Chicago Stags participated in the draft but folded prior to the start of the season.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/bulls/history/stags_060417.html|title=Stag Party|last=Ballantini|first=Brett|work=NBA.com/Bulls|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|date=April 17, 2006|access-date=October 30, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091202022641/http://www.nba.com/bulls/history/stags_060417.html| archive-date= December 2, 2009 | url-status= live}} The draft consisted of 12 rounds comprising 121 players selected.

Draft selections and draftee career notes

Chuck Share from Bowling Green State University was selected first overall by the Boston Celtics. Paul Arizin from Villanova University was selected before the draft as Philadelphia Warriors' territorial pick. The sixth pick, Irwin Dambrot, did not play in the NBA and opted for a career as a dentist.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/14/sports/sports-of-the-times-nat-holman-taught-team-basketball.html|title=Sports of The Times; Nat Holman 'Taught Team Basketball'|last=Anderson|first=Dave|work=The New York Times |date=February 14, 1995|access-date=September 23, 2009}} Five players from this draft, Paul Arizin, Bob Cousy, George Yardley, Bill Sharman and Earl Lloyd have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/hof.html|title=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=October 28, 2009}}

Chuck Cooper, the 12th pick, and Lloyd, the 100th pick, were the first African Americans to be drafted by an NBA team.{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/basketball/303061_nban09.html|title=Inside the NBA: Black pioneers due respect|last=Washburn|first=Gary|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|publisher=Hearst Seattle Media, LLC|date=February 9, 2007|access-date=May 24, 2010}} Lloyd became the first African American to play in the NBA on October 31, 1950, one day before Cooper made his debut.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/sixers/community/earl_lloyd_050208.html|title=Earl Lloyd: A Basketball Pioneer|last=Ramsey|first=David|work=NBA.com/Sixers|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|date=February 16, 2005|access-date=September 23, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09340/1018856-135.stm|title=Duquesne honors legacy of Chuck Cooper|last=Axelrod|first=Phil|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=December 6, 2009|access-date=May 24, 2010}}

Key

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Draft

File:Chuck_Share.jpg was the first overall selection.]]

File:Bob Cousy NYWTS.jpg (left) was selected third overall by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks.]]

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| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Paul|Arizin}}^

| G/F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Philadelphia Warriors

| Villanova

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| align=center|{{hs|0}}1

| {{sortname|Chuck|Share}}

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Boston Celtics

| Bowling Green

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| align=center|{{hs|0}}2

| {{sortname|Don|Rehfeldt}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Baltimore Bullets

| Wisconsin

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| align=center|{{hs|0}}3

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Bob|Cousy}}^

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Tri-Cities Blackhawks

| Holy Cross

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| align=center|{{hs|0}}4

| {{sortname|Dick|Schnittker}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Washington Capitols

| Ohio State

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| align=center|{{hs|0}}5

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| {{sortname|Larry|Foust}}*

| F/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Chicago Stags

| La Salle

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| align=center|{{hs|0}}6

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| {{sortname|Irwin|Dambrot}}#

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| New York Knicks

| CCNY

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| align=center|{{hs|0}}7

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|George|Yardley}}^

| G/F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Fort Wayne Pistons

| Stanford

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| align=center|{{hs|0}}8

| {{sortname|Bob|Lavoy}}

| F/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Indianapolis Olympians

| Western Kentucky

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| align=center|{{hs|0}}9

| {{sortname|Joe|McNamee}}

| F/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Rochester Royals

| San Francisco

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| align=center|10

| {{sortname|Kevin|O'Shea|Kevin O'Shea (basketball)}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Minneapolis Lakers

| Notre Dame

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| align=center|11

| {{sortname|Don|Lofgran}}

| F/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Syracuse Nationals

| San Francisco

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| align=center|12

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Chuck|Cooper|Chuck Cooper (basketball)}}^

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| {{flagu|United States}}

| Boston Celtics

| Duquesne

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| align=center|13

| {{sortname|John|Pilch}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Baltimore Bullets

| Wyoming

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| align=center|14

| {{sortname|Ed|Dahler}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Philadelphia Warriors

| Duquesne

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| align=center|15

| {{sortname|Ed|Gayda}}

| G/F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Tri-Cities Blackhawks

| Washington State

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| align=center|16

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Bill|Sharman}}^

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Washington Capitols

| USC

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| align=center|17

| {{sortname|Wally|Osterkorn}}

| F/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Chicago Stags

| Illinois

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| align=center|18

| {{sortname|Herb|Scherer}}

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| New York Knicks

| Long Island

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| align=center|19

| {{sortname|Jim|Riffey}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Fort Wayne Pistons

| Tulane

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| align=center|20

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| {{sortname|Paul|Unruh}}#

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Indianapolis Olympians

| Bradley

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| align=center|21

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| {{sortname|George|Stanich}}#

| G/F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Rochester Royals

| UCLA

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| align=center|22

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| {{sortname|Hal|Haskins}}#

| G/F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Minneapolis Lakers

| Hamline

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| align=center|23

| {{sortname|Gerald|Calabrese}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Syracuse Nationals

| St. John's

Other picks

The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1950.html|title = 1950 NBA draft}}{{Cite web|url=http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/past_drafts/1950|title = NBA Past Drafts - RealGM}}

File:Earl Lloyd - CIAA HOF Brunch - 1-3-06.jpg (right) was selected 100th overall and became the first African American to play in the NBA.]]

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| align=center|24

| {{sortname|Bob|Donham}}

| G/F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Boston Celtics

| Ohio State

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| align=center|25

| {{sortname|Dick|Dickey}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Baltimore Bullets

| NC State

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| align=center|28

| {{sortname|Alan|Sawyer}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Washington Capitols

| UCLA

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| align=center|31

| {{sortname|Art|Burris}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Fort Wayne Pistons

| Tennessee

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| align=center|32

| {{sortname|Chuck|Mrazovich}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Indianapolis Olympians

| Eastern Kentucky

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| align=center|40

| {{sortname|Tommy|O'Keefe}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Washington Capitols

| Georgetown

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| align=center|41

| {{sortname|Ken|Murray|Ken Murray (basketball player)}}

| G/F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Chicago Stags

| St. Bonaventure

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| align=center|46

| {{sortname|Bud|Grant}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Minneapolis Lakers

| Minnesota

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| align=center|49

| {{sortname|Norm|Mager}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Baltimore Bullets

| CCNY

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| align=center|50

| {{sortname|Ike|Borsavage}}

| F/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Philadelphia Warriors

| Temple

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| align=center|51

| {{sortname|Cal|Christensen}}

| F/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Tri-Cities Blackhawks

| Toledo

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| align=center|52

| {{sortname|Claude|Overton}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Washington Capitols

| East Central State

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| align=center|58

| {{sortname|Ed|Beach}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Minneapolis Lakers

| West Virginia

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| align=center|60

| {{sortname|Francis|Mahoney|Francis Mahoney (basketball)}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Boston Celtics

| Brown

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| align=center|68

| {{sortname|Ralph|O'Brien}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Indianapolis Olympians

| Butler

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| align=center|80

| {{sortname|Leon|Blevins}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Indianapolis Olympians

| Arizona

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| align=center|82

| {{sortname|Joe|Hutton|Joe Hutton (basketball)}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Minneapolis Lakers

| Hamline

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| align=center|89

| {{sortname|George|King|George King (basketball, born 1928)}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Chicago Stags

| Morris Harvey

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| align=center|99

| {{sortname|Nate|DeLong}}

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Tri-Cities Blackhawks

| River Falls State

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| align=center|100

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Earl|Lloyd}}^

| F/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Washington Capitols

| West Virginia State

Notable undrafted players

{{further|List of undrafted NBA players}}

These players were not selected in the 1950 draft, but played at least one game in the NBA.

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{{sortname|Ed|Earle}}

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| {{flagu|United States}}

| Loyola (Illinois)

{{sortname|Jerry|Fowler}}

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| {{flagu|United States}}

| Missouri

bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Neil|Johnston}}^

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Ohio State

{{sortname|Al|Masino}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Canisius

{{sortname|Andy|O'Donnell|dab=basketball}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Loyola (Maryland)

{{sortname|Sherwin|Raiken}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Villanova

{{sortname|Bob|Wilson|dab=basketball}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| West Virginia State

See also

References

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  • {{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1950.html|title=1950 NBA Draft|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=September 23, 2009}}
  • {{Cite web|url=http://www.apbr.org/4751drft.html |title=1947–1948 BAA Drafts, 1949–1951 NBA Drafts |publisher=The Association for Professional Basketball Research |access-date=September 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704045137/http://www.apbr.org/4751drft.html |archive-date=July 4, 2010 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}
  • {{Cite web|url=http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1479 |title=1950 NBA Draft |publisher=The Draft Review |access-date=September 26, 2009 |author=Maurer, Matthew |date=May 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229132916/http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1479&Itemid=103 |archive-date=February 29, 2012 |url-status=live }}

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External links

  • [http://www.nba.com/ NBA.com]
  • [http://www.nba.com/history/draft_index.html NBA.com: NBA Draft History]

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