1959 NBA Draft. The 1959 NBA Draft consisted of 14 rounds with 91 players selected. The draft included two future hall of famers in Wilt Chamberlain and Bailey Howell. See also: 1958 in sports, other events of 1959, 1960 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Lee Petty won the inaugural Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship — Lee Petty Indianapolis 500 — Rodger Ward USAC Racing — Rodger Ward Formula One Champion — Jack Brabham of Australia... The NBA Draft is an annual North American event in which the National Basketball Associations (NBA) thirty teams (29 in the United States and one in Canada) can select players who wish to join the league. ...

Chamberlain was a territorial draft pick of the Warriors. NBA teams were then eligible, before the draft, to select a player who went to high school within fifty miles of the team's arena, and forfeit their first round pick.[1]

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Round One

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
1	Bob Boozer	United States	Cincinnati Royals	Kansas State
2	Bailey Howell	United States	Detroit Pistons	Mississippi State
3	Wilt Chamberlain	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Kansas
4	Tom Hawkins	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	Notre Dame
5	Dick Barnett	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Tennessee State
6	Johnny Green	United States	New York Knicks	Michigan State
7	Bob Ferry	United States	St. Louis Hawks	St. Louis
8	John Richter	United States	Boston Celtics	North Carolina State

The National Basketball Association staged its first All-Star Game in the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. ... Basketball Hall of Fame Logo The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at basketball, all-time great coaches and referees, and other major contributors to the game. ... Bob Boozer, as a collegiate All-American Robert Louis Bob Boozer (born April 26, 1937 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a former professional basketball player. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Sacramento Kings are a National Basketball Association team based in Sacramento, California. ... Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States. ... Bailey E. Howell (born January 20, 1937 in Middleton, Tennessee) is a former professional basketball player. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Detroit Pistons are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in the Detroit metropolitan area. ... Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in north east-central Mississippi, United States, in the town of Starkville and is situated 125 miles northeast of Jackson and 23 miles west of Columbus. ... Wilton Norman Wilt Chamberlain (August 21, 1936–October 12, 1999), nicknamed Wilt the Stilt and The Big Dipper, was an American professional National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player for the Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Golden State Warriors are a National Basketball Association team based in Oakland, California. ... The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. ... Thomas Jerome Hawkins (born December 22, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois; also known as Tom or Tommy Hawkins) is an American former professional basketball player. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. ... The University of Notre Dame IPA: is a Roman Catholic institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana, immediately northeast of South Bend, Indiana, United States. ... Richard Dick Barnett (born October 2, 1936 in Gary, Indiana) is a former pro basketball player. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Philadelphia 76ers are a National Basketball Association team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Tennessee State University (TSU) is a comprehensive, urban, coeducational land-grant university founded in 1912. ... John M. Jumpin Johnny Green (born December 8, 1933 in Dayton, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Michigan State University (MSU) is a co-educational public research university in East Lansing, Michigan USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act. ... Robert Dean Ferry (born May 31, 1937 in St. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Atlanta Hawks are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Saint Louis University is a private, co-educational Catholic Jesuit university in the United States of America located in St. ... John Fritz Richter (born March 12, 1937) is a retired American basketball player. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... North Carolina State University is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. ...

Round Two

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
9	Tom Robitaille	United States	Detroit Pistons	Rice
10	Don Goldstein	United States	Detroit Pistons	Louisville
11	Joe Ruklick	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Northwestern
12	Rudy LaRusso	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	Dartmouth
13	Gene Tormohlen	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Tennessee
14	Alan Seiden	United States	St. Louis Hawks	St. John's
15	Cal Ramsey	United States	St. Louis Hawks	NYU
16	Gene Guarilia	United States	Boston Celtics	George Washington

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Round Three

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
17	Mike Mendenhall	United States	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati
18	Gary Alcorn	United States	Detroit Pistons	Fresno State
19	Jim Hickaday	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Memphis State
20	Bobby Smith	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	West Virginia
21	Jon Cincebox	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Syracuse
22	Bob Anderegg	United States	New York Knicks	Michigan State
23	Hank Stein	United States	St. Louis Hawks	Xavier (OH)
24	Ralph Croswaite	United States	Boston Celtics	Western Kentucky