| 1954 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
Members of the 1954 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Gola, Hagan, Selvy, Schlundt and Pettit. | |
| Awarded for | 1953–54 NCAA men's basketball season |
The consensus 1954 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of six major All-American teams.[1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, Look Magazine, The United Press International, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), Collier's Magazine and the International News Service.
1954 Consensus All-America team
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Gola | F | Junior | La Salle |
| Cliff Hagan | F | Senior | Kentucky |
| Bob Pettit | C | Senior | Louisiana State |
| Don Schlundt | C | Junior | Indiana |
| Frank Selvy | G | Senior | Furman |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Leonard | G | Senior | Indiana |
| Tom Marshall | F | Senior | Western Kentucky |
| Bob Mattick | C | Senior | Oklahoma A&M |
| Frank Ramsey | G/F | Senior | Kentucky |
| Dick Ricketts | F/C | Junior | Duquesne |
Individual All-America teams
| All-America Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | |||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | ||
| Associated Press[2] | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bevo Francis | Rio Grande | Dickie Hemric | Wake Forest | |
| Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Bobby Leonard | Indiana | Johnny Kerr | Illinois | ||
| Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Tom Marshall | Western Kentucky | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | ||
| Don Schlundt | Indiana | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | Togo Palazzi | Holy Cross | ||
| Frank Selvy | Furman | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | ||
| UPI | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bevo Francis | Rio Grande | Paul Ebert | Ohio State | |
| Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Bob Leonard | Indiana | Johnny Kerr | Illinois | ||
| Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Tom Marshall | Western Kentucky | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | ||
| Don Schlundt | Indiana | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | Togo Palazzi | Holy Cross | ||
| Frank Selvy | Furman | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | ||
| Look Magazine[3] | Tom Gola | La Salle | Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Ed Conlin | Fordham | |
| Bob Leonard | Indiana | Tom Marshall | Western Kentucky | Johnny Kerr | Illinois | ||
| Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | Don Schlundt | Indiana | Bob Matheny | California | ||
| Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | Frank Selvy | Furman | Togo Palazzi | Holy Cross | ||
| Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | ||
| NEA | Tom Gola | La Salle | Sihugo Green | Duquesne | No third team | ||
| Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | ||||
| Bob Leonard | Indiana | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | ||||
| Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Don Schlundt | Indiana | ||||
| Frank Selvy | Furman | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | ||||
| International News Service | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bob Leonard | Indiana | No third team | ||
| Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Tom Marshall | Western Kentucky | ||||
| Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky | ||||
| Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | Dick Rosenthal | Notre Dame | ||||
| Frank Selvy | Furman | Don Schlundt | Indiana | ||||
| Collier's | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bob Leonard | Indiana | No third team | ||
| Cliff Hagan | Kentucky | Bob Mattick | Oklahoma A&M | ||||
| Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Togo Palazzi | Holy Cross | ||||
| Don Schlundt | Indiana | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | ||||
| Frank Selvy | Furman | Arnold Short | Oklahoma City | ||||
AP Honorable Mention:[4]
- Jesse Arnelle, Penn State
- B. H. Born, Kansas
- Don Bragg, UCLA
- John Clune, Navy
- Ed Conlin, Fordham
- Larry Costello, Niagara
- Rudy D'Emilio, Duke
- Paul Ebert, Ohio State
- Dick Garmaker, Minnesota
- Sihugo Green, Duquesne
- Swede Halbrook, Oregon State
- Joe Holup, George Washington
- Ed Kalafat, Minnesota
- Don Lange, Navy
- Cleo Littleton, Wichita State
- Bob Matheny, California
- Bob McKeen, California
- Joe Pehanick, Seattle
- Dick Rosenthal, Notre Dame
- Bob Schafer, Villanova
- Gene Schwinger, Rice
- Ken Sears, Santa Clara
- Gene Shue, Maryland
- Mel Thompson, North Carolina State
- Lou Tsioropoulos, Kentucky
- Jim Tucker, Duquesne
- Buzzy Wilkinson, Virginia
See also
References
- ↑ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. 2009-05-04.
- ↑ AP All-America Teams
- ↑ 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, Look, NEA, Collier's & International News Service) p.208
- ↑ "Selvy, Schlundt, Gola, Hagan and Pettitt selected to All-American basketball team". York Gazette and Daily. February 27, 1954. p. 24. Retrieved September 27, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
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