1955 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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1955 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Awarded for 1954–55 NCAA men's basketball season
  1954  · All-Americans ·  1956  

The consensus 1955 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.

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1955 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Dick Garmaker GSenior Minnesota
Tom Gola FSenior La Salle
Sihugo Green GJunior Duquesne
Dick Ricketts F/CSenior Duquesne
Bill Russell CJunior San Francisco


Consensus Second Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Darrell Floyd GJunior Furman
Robin Freeman GJunior Ohio State
Dickie Hemric CSenior Wake Forest
Don Schlundt CSenior Indiana
Ronnie Shavlik F/CJunior North Carolina State

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
First teamSecond teamThird team
PlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchool
Associated Press [2] Darrell Floyd Furman Dick Garmaker Minnesota Dick Boushka Saint Louis
Robin Freeman Ohio State Sihugo Green Duquesne Bob Burrow Kentucky
Tom Gola La Salle Dickie Hemric Wake Forest Tom Heinsohn Holy Cross
Dick Ricketts Duquesne Don Schlundt Indiana Maurice Stokes St. Francis (PA)
Bill Russell San Francisco Ronnie Shavlik North Carolina State Buzz Wilkinson Virginia
UPI Dick GarmakerMinnesotaDarrell FloydFurmanTom HeinsohnHoly Cross
Tom GolaLa SalleRobin FreemanOhio State Johnny Horan Dayton
Sihugo GreenDuquesneDickie HemricWake Forest Ken Sears Santa Clara
Dick RickettsDuquesneDon SchlundtIndiana Jack Stephens Notre Dame
Bill RussellSan FranciscoRonnie ShavlikNorth Carolina StateMaurice StokesSt. Francis (PA)
Look Magazine [3] Ed Conlin Fordham No second or third teams (10-man first team)
Frank Ehmann Northwestern
Dick GarmakerMinnesota
Tom GolaLa Salle
Sihugo GreenDuquesne
Dickie HemricWake Forest
Bob Patterson Tulsa
Dick RickettsDuquesne
Bill RussellSan Francisco
Maurice StokesSt. Francis (PA)
NEA Dick GarmakerMinnesotaEd ConlinFordham Art Bunte Utah
Tom GolaLa SalleDick RickettsDuquesneTom HeinsohnHoly Cross
Sihugo GreenDuquesneRonnie ShavlikNorth Carolina StateBob PattersonTulsa
Dickie HemricWake ForestMaurice StokesSt. Francis (PA)Don SchlundtIndiana
Bill RussellSan Francisco Jack Twyman Cincinnati Ken SearsSanta Clara
International News Service Dick GarmakerMinnesotaArt BunteUtahNo third team
Tom GolaLa SalleDickie HemricWake Forest
Sihugo GreenDuquesne Bob McKeen California
Bill RussellSan FranciscoDick RickettsDuquesne
Ronnie ShavlikNorth Carolina StateJack TwymanCincinnati
Collier's Robin FreemanOhio StateDick GarmakerMinnesota Jesse Arnelle Penn State
Tom GolaLa SalleTom HeinsohnHoly CrossEd ConlinFordham
Sihugo GreenDuquesneDickie HemricWake ForestDarrell FloydFurman
Dick RickettsDuquesneJack StephensNotre DameRonnie ShavlikNorth Carolina State
Don SchlundtIndianaBill RussellSan FranciscoMaurice StokesSt. Francis (PA)

AP Honorable Mention: [4]

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References

  1. NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.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. "Gola All-America Cager for Third Straight Year". St. Petersburg Times'. March 3, 1955. Retrieved December 29, 2013.