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1967 NBA draft

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{{short description|Basketball player selection}}

{{Infobox sports draft

| name = 1967 NBA draft

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| sport = Basketball

| date = May 3, 1967 (Rounds 1–11)
May 4, 1967 (Rounds 12–20)

| location = Plaza Hotel (New York City, New York){{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. 112

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| league = NBA

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| overall = 162

| rounds = 20

| first = Jimmy Walker, Detroit Pistons

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| hofnum = {{Collapsible list

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|1 = G Earl Monroe

|2 = G Walt Frazier

|3 = C Mel Daniels

|4 = G Louie Dampier}}

| prev = 1966

| next = 1968

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The 1967 NBA draft was the 21st annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 3 and 4, 1967, before the 1967–68 season. In this draft, 12 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was eligible for selection. If a player left college early, he would not be eligible for selection until his college class graduated. The first two picks in the draft belonged to the teams that finished last in each division, with the order determined by a coin flip.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/draft_evolution.html|title=Evolution of the Draft and Lottery|access-date=March 16, 2010|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100321141751/http://www.nba.com/history/draft_evolution.html|archive-date=March 21, 2010|url-status=dead}} The Detroit Pistons won the coin flip and were awarded the first overall pick, while the Baltimore Bullets were awarded the second pick. The remaining first-round picks and the subsequent rounds were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. Five teams that had the best records in previous season were not awarded second round draft picks. Two expansion franchises, the Seattle SuperSonics and the San Diego Rockets, took part in the NBA Draft for the first time and were assigned the sixth and seventh pick in the first round, along with the last two picks of each subsequent round. The draft consisted of 20 rounds comprising 162 players selected.

Draft selections and draftee career notes

Jimmy Walker from Providence College was selected first overall by the Detroit Pistons. Earl Monroe from Winston-Salem State University, who went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award in his first season, was drafted second by the Baltimore Bullets.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/awards_rookieofyear.html|title=Rookie of the Year|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|access-date=March 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307081705/http://www.nba.com/history/awards_rookieofyear.html|archive-date=March 7, 2009|url-status=dead}} Monroe, fifth pick Walt Frazier, ninth pick Mel Daniels, and fourth round pick Louie Dampier have been inducted to 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=March 10, 2010}} Monroe, Frazier, and Daniels were also named in the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History list announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/50greatest.html|title=The NBA's 50 Greatest Players|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|access-date=March 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405004357/http://www.nba.com/history/50greatest.html|archive-date=April 5, 2010|url-status=dead}} Monroe and Frazier both won the NBA championship with the Knicks in 1973. Three seasons earlier in 1970, Frazier was also a member of the Knicks team that won the NBA championship for the first time. Frazier was selected to seven All-NBA Teams, six All-Star Games and seven All-Defensive Teams, while Monroe was selected to one All-NBA Team and four All-Star Games.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/players/frazier_bio.html|title=Walt Frazier Bio|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|access-date=March 17, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090227145711/http://www.nba.com/history/players/frazier_bio.html| archive-date= February 27, 2009 | url-status= live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/players/monroe_bio.html|title=Earl Monroe Bio|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|access-date=March 17, 2009}} Walker and 19th pick Bob Rule are the only other players from this draft who have been selected to an NBA All-Star Game.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/walkeji01.html|title=Jimmy Walker Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 17, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100207173952/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/walkeji01.html| archive-date= February 7, 2010 | url-status= live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rulebo01.html|title=Bob Rule Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 17, 2010}} Daniels, the 9th pick, opted to play in the American Basketball Association (ABA) with the Minnesota Muskies. He won the ABA Most Valuable Player Award twice and was selected to five All-ABA Teams and seven ABA All-Star Games while winning three ABA championships. He later played one season in the NBA with the New York Nets after the ABA–NBA merger. After his playing career, he became a coach for the Indiana Pacers and served two games as their interim head coach in 1988.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/danieme01c.html|title=Mel Daniels Coaching Record|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=May 20, 2010}} Dampier, drafted in the fourth round by Cincinnati, elected to play with the ABA Kentucky Colonels, where he played for all nine seasons of its existence (including the 1975 ABA championship) while being an ABA All-Star seven times.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/danieme01.html|title=Mel Daniels Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=April 13, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100402005601/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/danieme01.html| archive-date= April 2, 2010 | url-status= live}}

Pat Riley, the 7th pick, and Phil Jackson, the 17th pick, became successful NBA head coaches after ending their playing career. Riley won five NBA championships as head coach; four with the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s and one with the Miami Heat in 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rileypa01.html|title=Pat Riley Coaching Record|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 10, 2010}} He also won the Coach of the Year Award for a record three times, tied with Don Nelson.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/awards_coachofyear.html|title=Coach of the Year|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|access-date=March 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305230443/http://www.nba.com/history/awards_coachofyear.html|archive-date=March 5, 2009|url-status=dead}} Jackson won eleven NBA championships, the most in NBA history.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=keown/090616|title=Jackson's greatness is unquestioned|work=ESPN.com|date=June 16, 2009|access-date=March 10, 2010}} He led the Chicago Bulls to win three straight championships twice over separate three year periods; during 1991–1993 and 1996–1998. He then captured his third "three-peat" with the Lakers during 2000–2002, before winning two more title in 2009 and 2010. He also won a Coach of the Year Award in 1996 with the Bulls.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/jacksph01c.html|title=Phil Jackson Coaching Record|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 10, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100329073432/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/jacksph01c.html| archive-date= March 29, 2010 | url-status= live}} Both coaches have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. They were also named among the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/top_10_coaches.html|title=Top 10 Coaches in NBA History|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|access-date=March 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308065440/http://www.nba.com/history/top_10_coaches.html|archive-date=March 8, 2010|url-status=dead}}

First pick Jimmy Walker was also drafted in the 1967 National Football League (NFL) Draft, despite never having played college football.{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/mens_basketball/articles/2007/07/03/providence_hoops_legend_jimmy_walker_dies_at_63/|title=Providence hoops legend Jimmy Walker dies at 63|first=Peter|last=May|date=July 3, 2007|access-date=March 10, 2010|work=The Boston Globe}} He was drafted last in the 17-round draft by the New Orleans Saints.{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=1967|title=1967 NFL Draft|work=NFL.com|publisher=NFL Enterprises LLC|access-date=March 10, 2010|archive-date=February 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013421/http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=1967|url-status=dead}} He stayed with his basketball career and became a two-time All-Star.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/walkeji01.html|title=Jimmy Walker Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 10, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100207173952/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/walkeji01.html| archive-date= February 7, 2010 | url-status= live}} On the other hand, the first pick in the 1967 NFL Draft, Bubba Smith, was drafted by an NBA team. He was selected with the 114th pick in the 11th round by the Baltimore Bullets. However, he stayed with his football career and played nine seasons in the NFL as a defensive end.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/draft2003/draft_oddities_030619.html|title=Draft Oddities|first=Randy|last=Kim|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|date=June 19, 2003|access-date=March 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324110250/http://www.nba.com/draft2003/draft_oddities_030619.html|archive-date=March 24, 2010|url-status=dead}}

Future St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Chlupsa was drafted by the Rockets in the thirteenth round out of Manhattan College.{{cite book |last1=Bradley |first1=Robert D. |title=The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts |date=2 May 2013 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-9069-5 |page=117 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m99DCaqGoQ8C&pg=PA117 |access-date=7 June 2022 |language=en}}

Key

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File:Walt Frazier 1977.jpeg was selected fifth overall by the New York Knicks.]]

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| align=center|1

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"| {{sortname|Jimmy|Walker|Jimmy Walker (basketball, born 1944)}}+

| G

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| Detroit Pistons

| Providence

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| align=center|2

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

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Baltimore Bullets

| Winston-Salem State

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| align=center|3

| {{sortname|Clem|Haskins}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Chicago Bulls

| Western Kentucky

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| align=center|4

| {{sortname|Sonny|Dove}}

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| Detroit Pistons (from Los Angeles){{ref label|Note1|a|a}}

| St. John's

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| align=center|5

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Walt|Frazier}}^

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| New York Knicks

| Southern Illinois

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| align=center|6

| {{sortname|Al|Tucker}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Seattle SuperSonics

| Oklahoma Baptist

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| align=center|7

| {{sortname|Pat|Riley}}

| G/F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| San Diego Rockets

| Kentucky

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| align=center|8

| {{sortname|Tom|Workman|Tom Workman (basketball)}}

| F/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| St. Louis Hawks

| Seattle

align=center|1

| align=center|9

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Mel|Daniels}}^

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Cincinnati Royals

| New Mexico

align=center|1

| align=center|10

| {{sortname|Dave|Lattin}}

| F/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| San Francisco Warriors

| Texas Western

align=center|1

| align=center|11

| {{sortname|Mal|Graham}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Boston Celtics

| NYU

align=center|1

| align=center|12

| {{sortname|Craig|Raymond}}

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Philadelphia 76ers

| Brigham Young

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| align=center|13

| {{sortname|Jimmy|Jones|Jimmy Jones (basketball)}}

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| {{flagu|United States}}

| Baltimore Bullets

| Grambling

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| align=center|14

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| {{sortname|Steve|Sullivan|Steve Sullivan (basketball)}}#

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| {{flagu|United States}}

| Detroit Pistons

| Georgetown

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| align=center|15

| {{sortname|Byron|Beck}}

| F/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Chicago Bulls

| Denver

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| align=center|16

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| {{sortname|Randolph|Mahaffey}}#

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Los Angeles Lakers

| Clemson

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| align=center|17

| {{sortname|Phil|Jackson}}

| F/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| New York Knicks

| North Dakota

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| align=center|18

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| {{sortname|Bob|Netolicky}}#

| F/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| San Diego Rockets

| Drake

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| align=center|19

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"| {{sortname|Bob|Rule}}+

| F/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Seattle SuperSonics

| Colorado State

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_1967.html|title = 1967 NBA draft}}{{Cite web|url=http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/past_drafts/1967|title = NBA Past Drafts - RealGM}}

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| align=center|24

| {{sortname|Gary|Gregor}}

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| New York Knicks

| South Carolina

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| align=center|25

| {{sortname|Bob|Verga}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| St. Louis Hawks

| Duke

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| align=center|26

| {{sortname|Gary|Gray|Gary Gray (basketball)}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Cincinnati Royals

| Oklahoma City

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| align=center|27

| {{sortname|Bill|Turner|Bill Turner (basketball)}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| San Francisco Warriors

| Akron

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| align=center|31

| {{sortname|Nick|Jones|Nick Jones (basketball)}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| San Diego Rockets

| Oregon

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| align=center|34

| {{sortname|Jim|Burns|Jim Burns (basketball)}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Chicago Bulls

| Northwestern

align=center|4

| align=center|35

| {{sortname|Cliff|Anderson}}

| G/F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Los Angeles Lakers

| Saint Joseph's

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| align=center|38

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| {{sortname|Louie|Dampier}}^

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Cincinnati Royals

| Kentucky

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| align=center|39

| {{sortname|Bob|Lewis|Bob Lewis (basketball, born 1945)}}

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| {{flagu|United States}}

| San Francisco Warriors

| North Carolina

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| align=center|45

| {{sortname|Paul|Long}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Detroit Pistons

| Wake Forest

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| align=center|51

| {{sortname|Mike|Lynn|Mike Lynn (basketball)}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| San Francisco Warriors

| UCLA

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| align=center|53

| {{sortname|Jim|Reid|Jim Reid (basketball)}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Philadelphia 76ers

| Winston-Salem State

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| align=center|54

| {{sortname|Plummer|Lott}}

| G/F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Seattle SuperSonics

| Seattle

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| align=center|63

| {{sortname|Dale|Schlueter}}

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| San Francisco Warriors

| Colorado State

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| align=center|80

| {{sortname|Ed|Manning}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Baltimore Bullets

| Jackson State

align=center|8

| align=center|81

| {{sortname|George|Carter|dab=basketball}}

| G/F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Detroit Pistons

| St. Bonaventure

align=center|9

| align=center|96

| {{sortname|Ed|Biedenbach}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| St. Louis Hawks

| North Carolina State

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| align=center|100

| {{sortname|Ron|Filipek}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Philadelphia 76ers

| Tennessee Tech

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| align=center|110

| {{sortname|Rick|Weitzman}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Boston Celtics

| Northeastern

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| align=center|128

| {{sortname|Mike|Riordan|Mike Riordan (basketball)}}

| G/F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| New York Knicks

| Providence

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| align=center|157

| {{sortname|Loy|Petersen}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Baltimore Bullets

| Oregon State

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| align=center|162

| {{sortname|Roland|West|Roland West (basketball)}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Baltimore Bullets

| Cincinnati

Notable undrafted players

{{further|List of undrafted NBA players}}

These players were not selected in the 1967 draft but played at least one game in the NBA.

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| Wilberforce

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| Tulane

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| Kent State

Trades

  • {{note label|Note1|a|a}} On February 17, 1967, the Detroit Pistons acquired a first-round pick from the Los Angeles Lakers as compensation when Rudy LaRusso refused to report to the Lakers after being traded to the Pistons in a three-team trade on January 16, 1967.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bW8eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o8kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6525,3525020|title=Lakers Ordered To "Pay" For LaRusso|date=February 17, 1967|newspaper=Daytona Beach Morning Journal|agency=Associated Press|access-date=April 2, 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/larusru01.html|title=Rudy LaRusso Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 10, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/pistons/history/transactions_alltime.html|title=Pistons: All-Time Transactions|work=NBA.com/Pistons|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|access-date=March 16, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100320040345/http://www.nba.com/pistons/history/transactions_alltime.html| archive-date= March 20, 2010 | url-status= live}} The Pistons used the pick to draft Sonny Dove.

See also

References

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  • {{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/draft_round1_1960s.html|title=Complete First Round Results 1960–69|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|access-date=March 10, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100321192355/http://www.nba.com/history/draft_round1_1960s.html| archive-date= March 21, 2010 | url-status= live}}
  • {{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1967.html|title=1967 NBA Draft|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 10, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100402010952/http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1967.html| archive-date= April 2, 2010 | url-status= live}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.apbr.org/6771drft.html|title=1967–1971 NBA Drafts|publisher=The Association for Professional Basketball Research|access-date=March 10, 2010}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2591&Itemid=103|title=1967 NBA Draft|work=The Draft Review|access-date=March 10, 2010}}

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External links

  • [http://www.nba.com/ NBA.com]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090315112610/http://www.nba.com/history/draft_index.html NBA.com: NBA Draft History]

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