1953 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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1953 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Awarded for 1952–53 NCAA men's basketball season
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The consensus 1953 NCAA Men's 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.

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1953 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Ernie Beck FSenior Penn
Walter Dukes CSenior Seton Hall
Tom Gola FSophomore La Salle
Bob Houbregs FSenior Washington
Johnny O'Brien GSenior Seattle


Consensus Second Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Dick Knostman FSenior Kansas State
Bob Pettit CJunior Louisiana State
Joe Richey GSenior Brigham Young
Don Schlundt CSophomore Indiana
Frank Selvy GJunior Furman

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
First teamSecond teamThird team
PlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchool
Associated Press [2] Ernie Beck Penn Paul Ebert Ohio State Jim Bredar Illinois
Walter Dukes Seton Hall Dick Knostman Kansas State Bevo Francis Rio Grande
Tom Gola La Salle Bob Pettit Louisiana State Larry Hennessy Villanova
Bob Houbregs Washington Don Schlundt Indiana Bobby Leonard Indiana
Johnny O'Brien Seattle Frank Selvy Furman Bob Speight North Carolina State
UPI Ernie BeckPennBevo FrancisRio GrandePaul EbertOhio State
Walter DukesSeton HallDick KnostmanKansas State Ron Feiereisel DePaul
Tom GolaLa SalleBob PettitLouisiana StateLarry HennessyVillanova
Bob HoubregsWashingtonDon SchlundtIndiana Chuck Mencel Minnesota
Johnny O'BrienSeattleFrank SelvyFurman Eddie O'Brien Seattle
Look Magazine [3] Ernie BeckPenn Irv Bemoras IllinoisNo third team
Walter DukesSeton HallPaul EbertOhio State
Bob HoubregsWashingtonTom GolaLa Salle
Dick KnostmanKansas StateBob PettitLouisiana State
Johnny O'BrienSeattle Joe Richey Brigham Young
NEA Walter DukesSeton HallErnie BeckPennNo third team
Tom GolaLa SalleBob PettitLouisiana State
Bob HoubregsWashington Dick Ricketts Duquesne
Dick KnostmanKansas StateDon SchlundtIndiana
Johnny O'BrienSeattle Gene Schwinger Rice
International News Service Walter DukesSeton HallErnie BeckPennNo third team
Tom GolaLa SalleJim BredarIllinois
Bob HoubregsWashingtonDick KnostmanKansas State
Johnny O'BrienSeattleBob PettitLouisiana State
Don SchlundtIndianaJoe RicheyBrigham Young
Collier's Ernie BeckPennDick KnostmanKansas StateNo third team
Walter DukesSeton HallBob PettitLouisiana State
Tom GolaLa SalleJoe RicheyBrigham Young
Bob HoubregsWashingtonDon SchlundtIndiana
Johnny O'BrienSeattleBob SpeightNorth Carolina State

AP Honorable Mention: [4]

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References

  1. NCAA Record Book - Award Winnersp.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. 2009-05-04.
  2. AP All-America Teams
  3. 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, Look, NEA, Collier's & International News Service) p.208
  4. "Seton Hall Cager Makes AP All-America Team". Corpus Christi Times . 2 March 1953. p. 16. Retrieved September 25, 2014 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg