This draft list is courtesy of APBR (Association for Professional Basketball Research). Check back as each list is converted into The Draft Review's enhanced format currently displayed with the 1988-2005 drafts, featuring player profiles, draft trades and in-depth reviews. 1953 DRAFT 24Apr53 Boston, MA T-Territorial Choice Baltimore Ray Felix Long Island Bob Speight North Carolina State Bob Peterson Oregon Bill Schyman DePaul Paul Nolen Texas Tech Elmer Tolson Eastern Kentucky Herman Sledzik Penn State Connie Rea Centenary Dennis Murphy Georgetown Jack Carby Kansas State Bob Emmercik Clarion State Russ Johnson None Don Stemmerich None Bob Kraback None Joe Piorkowski None Edward Walsh None Boston Frank Ramsey Kentucky Chet Noe Oregon Cliff Hagan Kentucky Earle Markey Holy Cross John Holup George Washington Vernon Stokes St. Francis (NY) Lou Tsioropoulos Kentucky Ted Lallier Colby Lewis Gilcrease SW Texas Tom Lillis St. Louis Gil Reich Kansas Jim Dogerty Whitworth Fort Wayne Jack Molinas Columbia George Glasgow Fairleigh Dickinson Jim Bredar Illinois Jim Bingham Eastern Kentucky Mike Bodnar St. Bonaventure Norb Lewinski Notre Dame William Hagan Siena Dean Kelley Kansas Dick White Eastern Kentucky Milwaukee Bob Houbregs Washington Bill Bolger Georgetown Irv Bemoras Illinois Gene Dyker DePaul Joe Cipriano Washington John O'Brien Seattle Eddie O'Brien Seattle Darrell Tucker Utah State Paul Brandt Columbia Bob Rousey Kansas State Minneapolis Jim Fritsche Hamline Ron Feiereisel DePaul Hartly Kruger Idaho Ken Flowers USC Zippy Morocco Georgia Pete Silas Georgia Tech Lloyd Olmstead Cornell (IA) Joe Richey Brigham Young Hank Budde Xavier (OH) Walt Kearns Arkansas Bill Chambers William & Mary Harold Christensen Brigham Young Bob Gelle Minnesota Lloyd Thorgaard Hamline Bob Gussner Hamline Chuck Wolfe North Dakota Doug Atkins Tennessee Roger Kuss River Falls State New York T-Walter Dukes Seton Hall Buddy Ackerman Long Island Neil Gordon Furman Joe Smyth Niagara Allan Schutts Springfield Richard Atha Indiana State Forrest Hamilton SW Missouri State Robert Santini Iona Thomas Bishop Mississippi Southern Richard Prater Kentucky Bob Matheny California Larry O'Connor Canisius Delmer Diercks Iowa State Philadelphia T-Ernie Beck Penn T-Jack George La Salle Larry Hennessy Villanova T-Norm Grekin La Salle Fred Ihle La Salle Eddie Solomon West Virginia Tech Don Eby USC Bob Marske South Dakota Bill Dodd Colgate Bob Sassone St. Bonaventure Toar Hester Centenary John Doogan St. Joseph's (PA) Charles Duffley St. Anselm's Rochester Richie Regan Seton Hall Norman Swanson Detroit Frank Redout Syracuse Will Walls Miami (OH) Hugh Beins Georetown Kendall Sheets Oklahoma A&M Jim Scottie West Virginia Dick Gross Wheaton Jim Gerber Bowling Green Will Bales Eastern Kentucky Bill Edwards St. Bonaventure Bob Goss North Carolina State Paul Smaagard Hamline Ken Sears Santa Clara John Kurz Loyola (CA) Ed Kohl Regis Gene Lambert Jr. Arkansas Tex Silverman Nick McGuire Syracuse James Neal Wofford Dick Knostman Kansas State Bill Kenville St. Bonaventure Andy McGowan Manhattan Warren Shackelford Tulsa Bill Jenkins LeMoyne Bill Hull Utah State Joe Hughes Denver Gerald Nappy Georgetown Al Bailey Duquesne Glen Dille Tulsa Garrett Beshear Murray State