HAWKEYES IN THE PROS

The National Basketball Association (NBA) held its first draft of college players in 1947. Here is a list of University of Iowa players drafted by NBA teams:

1947 Dick Ives, Pittsburgh
Herb Wilkinson, St. Louis
1948 Murray Wier, Ft. Wayne
1951 Frank Calsbeek, Ft. Wayne
1952 Bob Clifton, Fort Wayne
Charles Darling, Rochester
1956 Bill Logan, Boston
Carl Cain, Rochester
1959 Dave Gunther, Philadelphia
1960 Americus John-Lewis, St. Louis
1962 Don Nelson, Chicago
1966 George Peeples, Baltimore
1967 Gerry Jones, Los Angeles
1968 Sam Williams, Milwaukee
1969 Ben McGilmer, Seattle
1970 Ben McGilmer, Baltimore
John Johnson, Cleveland
Glenn Vidnovic, Cleveland
Chad Calabria, Phoenix
1971 Fred Brown, Seattle
1973 Kevin Kunnert, Chicago
Rick Williams, Boston
1976 Scott Thompson, Detroit
Dan Frost, Milwaukee
1977 Bruce King, Detroit
1980 Ronnie Lester, Portland
1981 Steve Krafcisin, Atlanta
Vince Brookins, Detroit
Steve Waite, Boston
1982 Kenny Arnold, Dallas
Kevin Boyle, Philadelphia
1983 Bob Hansen, Utah
Mark Gannon, San Diego
1984 Steve Carfino, Boston
1985 Greg Stokes, Philadelphia
Michael Payne, Houston
1986 Andre Banks, Houston
1987 Kevin Gamble, Portland
Brad Lohaus, Boston
Gerry Wright, Detroit
1988 Jeff Moe, Utah
1989 B.J. Armstrong, Chicago
Ed Horton, Washington
Roy Marble, Atlanta
1990 Les Jepsen, Golden State
1993 Acie Earl, Boston
1996 Russ Millard, Phoenix
1998 Ricky Davis, Charlotte
Ryan Bowen, Denver
1999 J.R. Koch, New York