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1971 ABA Draft
CAROLINA COUGARS First Three Rounds - Ted McClain, Tennessee State; Gregg Northington, Alabama State; Elmore Smith, Kentucky State (redshirt); Rich Yunkus, Georgia Tech Additional Rounds - Luke Adams (5), Lamar Tech; Ron Rippicoe (6), David Lipscomb; Ed Kemp (7), Adams State; Kenny Davis (8), Georgetown (KY); Dave Wohl (9), Pennsylvania; Kendall Mayfield (10), Tuskegee; Robert McKenney (11), Pepperdine; Gregg Love (12) Ohio University; Bob Wenzel (13), Rutgers; Ron Dorsey (14), Tennessee State; Hank Commodore (15), Northwest Oklahoma; Frank Lorthridge (16), Pan American; Dan Fife (17), Michigan; Cliff Harris (18), Hardin-Simmons; Steve Bilsky (19), Pennsylvania
DALLAS CHAPARRALS First Three Rounds - Roger Brown, Kansas; Stan Love, Oregon; Garry Nelson, Duquesne; Walt Szczerbiak, George Washington; Sidney Wicks, UCLA. Additional Rounds - Gene Phillips (4), Southern Methodist; Collis Jones (5), Notre Dame; George Trapp (6), Long Beach State; Sterling Quant (7), Central State (Ohio); Curtis Rowe (8), UCLA; Jimmy Guymon (9), E. New Mexico State; Gene Knolle (10), Texas Tech; Al Shumate (11), No. Texas State; Willie Hart (12), Grambling; Eugene Kennedy (13), Texas Christian; Bill Brickhouse (14), Montana State; William Chatman (15), Baylor; Harry Taylor (16), Los Angeles Baptist; Dan McGhee (17), Howard Payne
DENVER ROCKETS First Three Rounds - Ralph Simpson (1A), Michigan State; Cliff Meeley (1B), Colorado; Marv Roberts (2), Utah State; Mike Newlin (3), Utah; Additional Rounds - Al Smith (4) Bradley; Dave Robisch (5), Kansas; William Graham (6) Kentucky State; Ken Gardner (7), Utah; Tyrone Marioneaux (8), Loyola (LA); Mike Childress (9), Colorado State; George Faerber (10), Purdue; John Ribock (11) South Carolina; Gary Brell (12), Marquette; Glen Richels (13), Wisconsin; Jerry Hyder (14), East New Mexico; Richard Dixon (16), Loyola (CA), David Walls (17), Jackson State; Paul Botts (18), Central Michigan; Ron Smith (19), Wichita; Bobby Jones (20), Drake
FLORIDIANS First Three Rounds - Willie Long, New Mexico Additional Rounds - Rich Rinaldi (5), St. Peters (NJ); Larry Holliday (6), Oregon; Gregg Starrick (7), Southern Illinois; Tom Lee (8) Arizona; Jim Haderlein (9) Loyola (CA), Doug Rex (10), Santa Barbara; Gerald Lockett (11); Arkansas AM&N; Willie Allen (12), Miami (FL); Jackie Ridgle (13), California; Pembroke Burrows (14), Jacksonville; Ken May (15), Dayton; Wayman Terrell (16), Oklahoma Baptist; Bill Drozdiak (17), Oregon; Eddie Meyers (18), Arizona; Steve Sims (19), Pepperdine, Pat Biber (20), Tampa
INDIANA PACERS First Three Rounds - Darnell Hillman, San Jose State; John Mengelt, Auburn Additional Rounds - Jim Cleamons (4), Ohio State; Clarence Glover (5), Western Kentucky; Jeff Halliburton (6), Drake; Dean Meminger (7), Marquette; Ken Booker (8), UCLA; Tom Crosswhite (9), Dayton; Larry Weatherford (10), Purdue; James England (11), Tennessee, Jeff Smith (12), New Mexico State; Rick Katherman (13), Duke; Clarence Smith (14), Villanova; Rich Walker (15), Bowling Green; Tom Bush (16), Drake; Jim Irving (17), St. Louis; Bob Bissant (18), Loyola (LA); Rudy Benjamin (19), Michigan State; Slick Pinkham (20), DePauw (redshirt)
KENTUCKY COLONELS First Three Rounds - Artis Gilmore, Jacksonville; John Roche, South Carolina Additional Rounds - Fred Brown (4), Iowa; Mike Gale (5), Elizabeth City (NC); James Welch (5), Houston; Larry Steele (7), Kentucky; Clarence Sherrod (8), Wisconsin; Mike O'Brien (9), St. Leo College (FL); Larry Sanders (10), Duke; Sid Catlett (11), Notre Dame; James Dinwiddle (12), Kentucky; Pierre Russell (13), Kansas; Jerome Perry (14), Western Kentucky; Willie Cherry (15), Denver
MEMPHIS TAMS First Three Rounds - Randy Denton, Duke; Jim Rose, Western Kentucky; Thorpe Weber, Vanderbilt Additional Rounds - Tom Owens (4), South Carolina; Amos Thomas (4), Southwest Oklahoma; Ken McIntosh (5), Eastern Michigan; Fred Hilton (6), Grambling; Loyd King (7), Virginia Tech; James Douglas (8), Memphis State; Henry Smith (9), Missouri; Jim Gregory (10), E. Carolina; Danny Davis (11), Henderson; Gary Reist (12), Rice; Edward Hoskins (13), Lemoyne; Ken Riley (14), Middle Tennessee State; Rod Behrens (15), Stanford, Don Johnson (16), Tennessee; Haywood Hill (17), Oral Roberts; Reggie Wood (18), Steubenville; Billy Barnes (19), Southern State; Alan Dalton (20), Suffolk (MA)
NEW YORK NETS First Three Rounds - Charles Davis, Wake Forest; Bob Kissane, Holy Cross; Marvin Stewart; Nebraska Additional Rounds - Dick Gibbs (4), Texas-El Paso; Glen Summers (5), Gannon; Mike Necaise (6) William Carey; Odis Allison (7), UNLV; John Duncan (8), Kentucky Wesleyan; Jarrett Durham (9), Duquesne; Bill Warner (11) Arizona; Blain Henry (12), Marshall; Don Ward (13), Colgate; Skip Young (14), Florida State; George Sisk (15) Georgia Southern; Brian Mahoney (16), Manhattan; Ollie Sherman (17) Minnesota; Bobby Doyle (18), Texas-El Paso; Calvin Oliver (19), Pan American; Greg Cluess (20), St. John's (redshirt)
PITTSBURGH CONDORS First Three Rounds - Jim O'Brien, Boston College; Howard Porter, Villanova; Levi Wyatt, Alcorn A&M Additional Rounds - Bubba Jones (4), Ashland; Bill Smith (4), Syracuse; Mike Jordan (5), Savannah State; Barry Nelson (6), Duquesne; John Sutter (7), Tulane; Charles Yelverton (8), Fordham; Vincent White (9), Savannah State; James Flemming (10), Alcorn A&M; Eric Hill (10) Minnesota; Rayford McCambray (11) Miles; Bunny Wilson (12) Baltimore; Ray Green (13), Cal State (PA); Gene Mumford (14), Scranton; Lee McCullough (15), Indiana State (PA); Russell Golden (16), Jackson State (redshirt); Harry James (17), Montclair State; Stan Novey (18), Mt. St. Mary's.
UTAH STARS First Five Rounds - Rick Fisher, Colorado State; (redshirt); Jim McDaniels, Western Kentucky Additional Rounds - Dennis Layton (4), Southern California; Lee Dedmon (5), North Carolina; Bobby Fields (6), LaSalle; Erwin (Chip) Johnson (7) Augusta; Jim Day (8), Morehead State; Willy Humes (9), Idaho State; Jake Jones (10), Assumption (MA)
VIRGINIA SQUIRES First Three Rounds - Austin Carr, Notre Dame; Ken Durrett, LaSalle; Dana Lewis, Tulsa (redshirt); Willie Sojourner, Weber State Additional Rounds - Dana Pagett (4), Southern California; Clifford Ray (7), Oklahoma: Bill Gerry (8), Virginia; Gilbert McGregor (10), Wake Forest; Hector Blondet (11), Murray State; Lou Grillo (12), Mt. St. Mary's
1971 ABA SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE DRAFT Second Round - Denver - Mickey Davis, Duquesne Fourth Round - Carolina - Phil Chenier, California Fourth Round - New York - Ed Leftwich, North Carolina State