Who went first overall in the 1963 NHL draft?

Garry Monahan was selected first overall by MTL, out of St. Michael's Juveniles.

How many players were drafted in 1963?

21 players were selected across 4 rounds of the 1963 NHL draft.

DRAFT HISTORY

Garry Monahan went first overall to MTL. 21 players selected across 4 rounds.

ROUND 1

#	Team	Player	Pos	Drafted From	NHL GP	NHL PTS
1	MTL	Garry Monahan	LW	St. Michael's Juveniles	—	—
2	DET	Peter Mahovlich	C	St. Michael's Juveniles	—	—
3	BOS	Orest Romashyna	LW	New Hamburg (Jr C)	—	—
4	NYR	Al Osborne	RW	—	—	—
5	CHI	Art Hampson	D	Trenton Midgets	—	—
6	TOR	Walt McKechnie	C	—	—	—

ROUND 2

#	Team	Player	Pos	Drafted From	NHL GP	NHL PTS
7	MTL	Rodney Presswood	D	Georgetown Midgets	—	—
8	DET	Bill Cosburn	C	Bick's Pickles	—	—
9	BOS	Terrance Lane	C	Georgetown Midgets (OHA)	—	—
10	NYR	Terry Jones	C	Weston Midgets	—	—
11	CHI	Wayne Davidson	D	Georgetown Midgets	—	—
12	TOR	Neil Clairmont	LW	Parry Sound Midgets	—	—

ROUND 3

#	Team	Player	Pos	Drafted From	NHL GP	NHL PTS
13	MTL	Roy Pugh	C	—	—	—
14	BOS	Roger Bamburak	RW	Issac Brock	—	—
15	NYR	Mike Cummins	LW	Georgetown Midgets (OHA)	—	—
16	CHI	Bill Carson	D	Brampton Midgets	—	—
17	TOR	Jim McKenny	D	Toronto Neil McNeil Maroons (OHA)	—	—

ROUND 4

#	Team	Player	Pos	Drafted From	NHL GP	NHL PTS
18	MTL	Glen Shirton	D	Port Colborne Midgets	—	—
19	BOS	Jim Blair	C	Georgetown Midgets (OHA)	—	—
20	NYR	Cam Allison	RW	—	—	—
21	TOR	Gerry Meehan	C	Toronto Neil McNeil Maroons (OHA)	—	—

Who went first overall in the 1963 NHL draft?: Garry Monahan was selected first overall by MTL, out of St. Michael's Juveniles.
How many players were drafted in 1963?: 21 players were selected across 4 rounds of the 1963 NHL draft.