<page_title> List of first overall NBA draft picks </page_title> <section_title> List of first overall picks </section_title> <table> <cell> 1953 <col_header> Draft </col_header> <col_header> PPG </col_header> </cell> <cell> Baltimore Bullets <col_header> Selected by </col_header> <col_header> RPG </col_header> </cell> <cell> Ray Felix^ <col_header> Player </col_header> <col_header> APG </col_header> <col_header> Clifton McNeely </col_header> <col_header> Andy Tonkovich </col_header> <col_header> Howie Shannon </col_header> <col_header> Charlie Share </col_header> <col_header> Gene Melchiorre </col_header> <col_header> Mark Workman </col_header> </cell> <cell> Long Island <col_header> College/high school/former club </col_header> <row_header> Ray Felix^ </row_header> </cell> </table>
In the 1953 NBA draft, Ray Felix from Long Island University was selected first overall by the Baltimore Bullets.