The 1956–57 NBA season was the 11th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning the NBA Championship (which would be the first of their 17 NBA titles), beating the St. Louis Hawks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
The 1957 NBA All-Star Game was played in Boston, Massachusetts, with the East beating the West 109-97. Local hero Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics wins the game's MVP award.
| Year | Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Pos | playerSlug | From | To | Notes | ROY | HOF | Allstar | Heismann |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1957 | 1 | 1 | Hot' Rod Hundley | West Virginia | Cincinnati | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 1 | 2 | Charles Tyra | Louisville | Detroit | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 1 | 3 | Jim Krebs | jim-krebs | Southern Methodist | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 1 | 4 | Win Wilfong | win-wilfong | Memphis State | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 1 | 5 | Brendan McCann | brendan-mccann | St. Bonaventure | New York | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 1 | 6 | Len Rosenbluth | North Carolina | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 1 | 7 | George BonSalle | Illinois | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 1 | 8 | Sam Jones | sam-jones | North Carolina Central | Boston | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 2 | 9 | Dick Duckett | dick-duckett | St. John's | Cincinnati | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 2 | 10 | Bob McCoy | Grambling | Detroit | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 2 | 11 | Harvey Schmidt | Illinois | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 2 | 12 | Jim Palmer | jim-palmer | Dayton | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 2 | 13 | Larry Friend | larry-friend | California | New York | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 2 | 14 | Jack Sullivan | jack-sullivan | Mount St. Mary's | Philadelphia | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 2 | 15 | Jim Morgan | Louisville | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 2 | 16 | Dick ONeal | Texas Christian | Boston | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 3 | 17 | Jerry Paulson | jerry-paulson | Manhattan | Cincinnati | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 3 | 18 | Bill Ebben | bill-ebben | Detroit | Detroit | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 3 | 19 | Jim Spivey | SE Oklahoma | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 3 | 20 | John Smyth | Notre Dame | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 3 | 21 | Gary Clark | gary-clark | Syracuse | New York | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 3 | 22 | Angelo Lombardo | Manhattan | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 3 | 23 | Vince Cohen | Syracuse | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 3 | 24 | Chuck Schramm | Western Illinois | Boston | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 4 | 25 | Jed Dormeyer | Minnesota | Cincinnati | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 4 | 26 | Kurt Englebert | St. Joseph's (PA) | Detroit | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 4 | 27 | George Brown | george-brown | Wayne State | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 4 | 28 | Hank Nowak | hank-nowak | Canisius | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 4 | 29 | Rayford Wells | Lenoir Rhyne | New York | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 4 | 30 | Ray Radziszewski | ray-radziszewski | St. Joseph's (PA) | Philadelphia | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 4 | 31 | Jerry Mallett | jerry-mallett | Baylor | Syracuse | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 4 | 32 | Jim Ashmore | Mississippi State | Boston | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 5 | 33 | Stewart Murray | Lafayette | Cincinnati | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 5 | 34 | Ron Kramer | ron-kramer | Michigan | Detroit | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 5 | 35 | Gary Thompson | gary-thompson | Iowa State | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 5 | 36 | Al Rochelle | Vanderbilt | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 5 | 37 | Lee Marshall | Washington & Lee | New York | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 5 | 38 | Jim Radcliffe | Lafayette | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 5 | 39 | Frank Nimmo | Cincinnati | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 5 | 40 | Grady Wallace | South Carolina | Boston | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 6 | 41 | John Maglio | North Carolina State | Cincinnati | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 6 | 42 | Walt Acamushko | St. Francis (NY) | Detroit | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 6 | 43 | Phil Murrell | Drake | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 6 | 44 | Raymond Downs | Texas | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 6 | 45 | Jim Humphreys | St. Michael's | New York | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 6 | 46 | Alonzo Lewis | La Salle | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 6 | 47 | Lyndon Lee | Oklahoma City | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 6 | 48 | Maurice King | Kansas | Boston | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 7 | 49 | Chet Forte | Columbia | Cincinnati | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 7 | 50 | Carl Boldt | San Francisco | Detroit | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 7 | 51 | George Ferguson | george-ferguson | Michigan | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 7 | 52 | Mason Pope | Kentucky Wesleyan | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 7 | 53 | Max Jameson | Kentucky State | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 7 | 54 | Dick Gaines | Seton Hall | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 7 | 55 | Dick Brott | Denver | Boston | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 8 | 56 | Bob Daniels | Western Kentucky | Cincinnati | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 8 | 57 | Doug Bolstorff | doug-bolstorff | Minnesota | Detroit | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 8 | 58 | John Haaven | North Dakota | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 8 | 59 | Bill Darragh | Louisville | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 8 | 60 | Woody Sauldsberry | woody-sauldsberry | Texas Southern | Philadelphia | ! | 1958 | ||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 8 | 61 | Cebe Prince | Marshall | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 8 | 62 | Bill Von Weyhe | Rhode Island | Boston | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 9 | 63 | Dick Heise | DePaul | Cincinnati | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 9 | 64 | Bob Lazor | Pittsburgh | Detroit | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 9 | 65 | Jim Sutton | North Dakota State | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 9 | 66 | Calvin Grosscup | Tulane | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 9 | 67 | Steve Hamilton | steve-hamilton | Morehead State | Philadelphia | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 9 | 68 | Jim Brown | jim-brown | Syracuse | Syracuse | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 9 | 69 | Joe Gibbon | joe-gibbon | Mississippi | Boston | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 10 | 70 | Mel Wright | mel-wright | Oklahoma A&M | Cincinnati | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 10 | 71 | Gordon Fosness | Dakota Wesleyan | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 10 | 72 | Bobby Mills | Southern Methodist | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 10 | 73 | Jerry Calvert | Kentucky | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 10 | 74 | Jack Nichols | jack-nichols | Colgate | Syracuse | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 10 | 75 | Jack Butcher | Memphis State | Boston | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 11 | 76 | Cliff Hafer | North Carolina State | Cincinnati | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 11 | 77 | Gerald Dreier | Macalaster | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 11 | 78 | Dick Neal | Indiana | Boston | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 12 | 79 | Jim Boothe | Xavier (OH) | Cincinnati | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 12 | 80 | Bob Seitz | North Carolina State | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 12 | 81 | Jim Weeks | New York Tech | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 13 | 82 | Ed Romanoff | None | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 14 | 83 | Lavelle Langston | Northwestern State | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 15 | 84 | Jerry Gibson | None | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 15 | 85 | Dan Tobin | Florida Southern | Boston | |||||||
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