| Year | Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Pos | From | Notes | ROY | HOF | Allstar | Heismann |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 1972 | 1 | 1 | John Gianelli | Pacific | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 1 | 2 | David Brent | Jacksonville | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 1 | 3 | Tom Riker | South Carolina | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 1 | 4 | Bud Stallworth | Kansas | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 1 | 5 | Dwight Davis | Houston | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 1 | 6 | Jim Chones | Marquette | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 1 | 7 | LaRue Martin | Loyola (IL) | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 1 | 8 | Ed Ratleff | Long Beach State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 1 | 9 | Julius Erving | UMass | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 1 | 10 | Chris Ford | Villanova | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 1 | 11 | Corky Calhoun | Pennsylvania | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 2 | 12 | Russell Lee | Marshall | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 2 | 13 | Chuck Terry | Long Beach State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 2 | 14 | Dennis Wuycik | North Carolina | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 2 | 15 | Claude Terry | Stanford | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 2 | 16 | Mike Stewart | Santa Clara (redshirt) | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 2 | 17 | Brian Taylor | Princeton | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 2 | 18 | Mike Ratliff | Eau Claire State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 2 | 19 | Nate Stephens | Long Beach State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 2 | 20 | Bob McAdoo | North Carolina | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 2 | 21 | Travis Grant | Kentucky State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 2 | 22 | Matt Gantt | St. Bonaventure | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 23 | Bob Davis | Weber State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 24 | Jim Price | Louisville | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 25 | Bill Chamberlain | North Carolina | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 26 | Paul Westphal | Southern California | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 27 | Scott English | Texas-El Paso | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 28 | Joby Wright | Indiana | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 29 | Bob Morse | Penn | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 30 | Oscar Evans | Butler | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 31 | Bill Franklin | Purdue | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 32 | Chuck Jura | Nebraska | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 33 | Bill Kennedy | Arizona State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 4 | 34 | Rusty Blair | Oregon | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 4 | 35 | Wil Robinson | West Virginia | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 4 | 36 | Freddie Boyd | Oregon State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 4 | 37 | Doug Collins | Illinois Sate | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 4 | 38 | Greg Starrick | Southern Illinois | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 4 | 39 | Bob Lackey | Marquette | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 4 | 40 | Bill Walton | UCLA | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 4 | 41 | George Adams | Gardner-Webb | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 4 | 42 | Reggie Bird | Princeton | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 4 | 43 | Bob Nash | Hawaii | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 4 | 44 | Terry Benton | Wichita State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 5 | 45 | Harold Fox | Jacksonville | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 5 | 46 | Bob Ford | Purdue | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 5 | 47 | Steve Bracey | Tulsa | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 5 | 48 | Dave Bustion | Denver | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 5 | 49 | Charles Tharpe | Belhaven | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 5 | 50 | Dwayne Dillard | Eastern Michigan | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 5 | 51 | Steve Hawes | Washington | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 5 | 52 | Rich Garner | Manhattan | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 5 | 53 | Al Sanders | Louisiana State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 5 | 54 | Tommy Patterson | Ouachita Baptist | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 5 | 55 | Ernest Pettis | Western Michigan | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 6 | 56 | Rowland Garrett | Florida State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 6 | 57 | James Silas | Stephen F. Austin | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 6 | 58 | Don Holcomb | Memphis State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 6 | 59 | Paul Stovall | Arizona State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 6 | 60 | Swen Nater | UCLA (redshirt) | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 6 | 61 | Art White | Georgetown | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 6 | 62 | Jim Creighton | Colorado | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 6 | 63 | Cavin Anderson | Valley City | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 6 | 64 | Billy Shepherd | Butler | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 6 | 65 | Eric McWilliams | Long Beach State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 6 | 66 | Cleveland Hill | Nichols State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 7 | 67 | Joe Mackey | Southern California | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 7 | 68 | Sam Simmons | Bradley | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 7 | 69 | Henry Bibby | UCLA | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 7 | 70 | Sam Sibert | Kentucky State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 7 | 71 | Ron Thomas | Louisville | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 7 | 72 | Ron Harris | Wichita State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 7 | 73 | Frank Schade | Eau Claire State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 7 | 74 | Wardell Dyson | Shaw | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 7 | 75 | Mike Barr | Duquesne | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 7 | 76 | Frank Russell | Detroit | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 7 | 77 | Andrew Pettes | Oklahoma | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 8 | 78 | Steve Davidson | West Texas State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 8 | 79 | Marshall Wingate | Niagara | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 8 | 80 | Jerry Crocker | Guilford | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 8 | 81 | Ron Riley | Southern California | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 8 | 82 | Ernie Fleming | Jacksonville | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 8 | 83 | Hank Siemiontkowski | Villanova | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 8 | 84 | Ansley Truitt | California | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 8 | 85 | Jolly Spight | Santa Clara | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 8 | 86 | Rick Aydlett | South Carolina | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 8 | 87 | Mike Jackson | California State - Los Angeles | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 8 | 88 | David Hall | Kansas State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 9 | 89 | Charles Edge | Lemoyne-Owen Bryan | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 9 | 90 | Jackie Young | Rocky Mountain | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 9 | 91 | Mike Collins | Seattle | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 9 | 92 | Ted Martiniuk | St. Peter's (NJ) | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 9 | 93 | Sam Cash | California-Riverside | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 9 | 94 | Wally Jones | Long Island | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 9 | 95 | Wayne Grabiec | Michigan | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 9 | 96 | Bill Burton | Eastern Kentucky | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 9 | 97 | Kent Hollenbeck | Kentucky | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 9 | 98 | Kevin Porter | St. Francis (PA) | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 9 | 99 | Jerry Clack | Oklahoma State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 10 | 100 | Steve Turner | Vanderbilt (redshirt) | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 10 | 101 | Bryan Adrian | Davidson | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 10 | 102 | Wilbur Loftin | Southwestern Louisiana | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 10 | 103 | Bernie Fryer | Brigham Young | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 10 | 104 | Tracy Tripucka | Lafayette | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 10 | 105 | Ed Czernota | Sacred Heart | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 10 | 106 | Jerry Zelinski | Northern Illinois | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 10 | 107 | Wally Rice | Penn Military | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 10 | 108 | Milton Adams | Portland | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 10 | 109 | Willie Hart | Grambling | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 10 | 110 | Tom Parker | Kentucky | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 11 | 111 | Joe Gaines | Belmont | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 11 | 112 | Henry Bacon | Louisville | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 11 | 113 | Charles Dudley | Washington | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 11 | 114 | Jerry Pender | Fresno State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 11 | 115 | Jerry Brucks | Wyoming | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 11 | 116 | Randy Noll | Marshall (redshirt) | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 11 | 117 | Jeff Hickman | Houston | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 11 | 118 | Lee Sims | Morehead State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 11 | 119 | Ralph Houston | West Texas | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 11 | 120 | Lloyd Neal | Tennessee State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 11 | 121 | Jerry Dunn | Western Kentucky | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 12 | 122 | Ruppert Breedlove | Oglethorpe | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 12 | 123 | Chick Downing | St. Benedict's | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 12 | 124 | Mike Sneed | Fayetteville State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 12 | 125 | Gary Stewart | Canisius | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 12 | 126 | Bobby Jack | Oklahoma | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 12 | 127 | Quinas Brower | Hofstra | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 12 | 128 | Stan Key | Kentucky | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 12 | 129 | Nate Williams | Utah State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 12 | 130 | Rudy Peele | Norfolk State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 12 | 131 | Simpson DeGrate | Texas Christian | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 12 | 132 | Mike Bowling | Arizona State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 13 | 133 | Bill Pleas | Detroit | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 13 | 134 | Sam McCarney | Oral Roberts | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 13 | 135 | Steve Previs | North Carolina | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 13 | 136 | Mike Reid | California-Riverside | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 13 | 137 | Gregg Flaker | Missouri | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 13 | 138 | Bill Phillips | St. Johns | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 13 | 139 | Don Wiese | Ripon | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 13 | 140 | Scott McCandlish | Virginia | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 13 | 141 | Mose Adolph | California State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 14 | 142 | Gene Mack | Iowa State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 14 | 143 | Dave Werthman | West Virginia | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 14 | 144 | Kent Martens | Abilene Christian | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 14 | 145 | John Burks | San Francisco | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 14 | 146 | Ray Golson | West Texas State (redshirt) | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 14 | 147 | Kelly Utley | Shaw | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 14 | 148 | Rhea Taylor | Arizona State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 14 | 149 | Jay Mottola | Lafayette | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 14 | 150 | Harvey Catchings | Hardin-Simmons (redshirt) | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 15 | 151 | Henry Seawright | Manhattan (redshirt) | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 15 | 152 | Tom Arnholt | Vanderbilt | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 15 | 153 | Nathan Cannady | Virginia Union | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 15 | 154 | John Tschogl | Santa Barbara | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 15 | 155 | Gregg Lowery | Texas Tech | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 15 | 156 | Paul Hoffman | St. Bonaventure | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 15 | 157 | Ron Williams | Murray State (KY) | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 15 | 158 | Gary Ladd | Seattle | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 16 | 159 | Steve Schmidt | South Alabama | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 16 | 160 | Steve McMahon | Merrimack | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 16 | 161 | David Smith | Western Carolina | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 16 | 162 | Leon Huff | Drake | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 16 | 163 | Arnie Berman | Brown | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 16 | 164 | Ken Bradley | Nazarene | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 16 | 165 | Joe Reddick | Albany State (GA) | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 16 | 166 | Henry Speele | Northeast Louisiana | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 17 | 167 | Harry Andersen | St. Peter's (NJ) | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 17 | 168 | Terry Hankton | Arkansas Tech | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 17 | 169 | Curtis Pritchett | St. Augustine | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 17 | 170 | Larry Morris | Tulsa | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 17 | 171 | Fred DeVaughn | Westmont (redshirt) | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 17 | 172 | Al Vilchek | Louisville | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 17 | 173 | Dwight Holliday | Hawaii | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 18 | 174 | Manual Raga | Mexico | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 18 | 175 | Paul Coder | North Carolina State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 18 | 176 | Dave Hullman | Arizona State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 18 | 177 | Bob Zinder | Kansas State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 18 | 178 | George Price | Colorado State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 19 | 179 | Harold Little | New Mexico | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 19 | 180 | Al Davis | Hawaii | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 19 | 181 | George Bryant | Eastern Kentucky | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 20 | 182 | Andy Knowles | Louisiana Tech | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 20 | 183 | John Belcher | Arkansas State | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 21 | 184 | George Thompson | Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 21 | 185 | Ron Franz | Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 21 | 186 | Mike Lewis | Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 21 | 187 | Mack Calvin | Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 21 | 188 | Warren Jabali | Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 21 | 189 | Willie Long | Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 21 | 190 | Chuck Terry | (Long Beach State) Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 21 | 191 | John Brisker | Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 21 | 192 | Harley Swift | Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 21 | 193 | Dwight Davis | (Houston) Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 21 | 194 | Swen Nater | (UCLA redshirt) Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 21 | 195 | Larry Jones | Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 21 | 196 | Walt Szczerbiak | Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 22 | 197 | Dave Lattin | Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 22 | 198 | Mike Stewart | (Santa Clara redshirt) Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 22 | 199 | Scott English | (Texas | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 22 | 200 | John Gianelli | (Pacific) Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 22 | 201 | Dwight Jones | (Houston) Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 22 | 202 | Joe Mackey | (Southern California) Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 22 | 203 | Chick Downing | (St. Benedict's) Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 22 | 204 | Ernie Fleming | (Jacksonville) Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 23 | 205 | Sam Cash | (California Riverside) Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 23 | 206 | Mike Grosso | Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 23 | 207 | Al Tucker | Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 23 | 208 | George Tinsley | (Kentucky Wesleyan) Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 23 | 209 | Jerry Brucks | (Wyoming) Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 23 | 210 | Tracy Tripucka | (Lafayette) Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 23 | 211 | Craig Raymond | Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 23 | 212 | Wil Robinson | (West Virginia) Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 23 | 213 | Lonnie Wright | Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 24 | 214 | Ron Thomas | (Louisville) Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 24 | 215 | Greg Starrick | (Southern Illinois) Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 24 | 216 | Bobby Jack | (Oklahoma) Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 24 | 217 | Bryan Adrian | (Davidson) Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 24 | 218 | Jim Ligon | Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 24 | 219 | Henry Seawright | (Manhattan redshirt) Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 24 | 220 | Gregg Flaker | (Missouri) Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 25 | 221 | Charles Edge | (Lemoyne - Owen) Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 25 | 222 | Greg Lowery | (Texas Tech) Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 26 | 223 | Ray Golson | (West Texas State redshirt) Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 26 | 224 | Al Davis | (Hawaii) Floridians | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 225 | Stew Johnson | Carolina | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 226 | George Johnson | Dallas | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 227 | Art Becker | Denver | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 228 | George Peeples | Indiana | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 229 | Les Hunter | Kentucky | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 230 | Don Sidle | Memphis | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 231 | Ollie Taylor | New York | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 232 | Red Robbins | Utah | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 233 | Mike Barrett | Virginia | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 234 | Larry Miller | Carolina | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 235 | Simmie Hill | Dallas | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 236 | Chuck Williams | Denver | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 237 | Dwight Jones | Indiana | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 238 | Lonnie Wright | Kentucky | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 239 | Charlie Williams | Memphis | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 240 | Gene Moore | New York | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 241 | Mike Butler | Utah | ||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 27 | 242 | Craig Raymond | Virginia | ||||||
RetroSeasons
Reliving Sports History … One Season at a Time
what a year. the competitiveness of the ABL really brought the NBA out of its duldrums.