1959 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

1959 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The 1959 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Boozer, Cox, Howell, West, Robertson.
Awarded for	1958–59 NCAA University Division men's basketball season
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The consensus 1959 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of five major All-American teams. ^[1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).

1959 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Bob Boozer	F	Senior	Kansas State
Johnny Cox	G	Senior	Kentucky
Bailey Howell	F	Senior	Mississippi State
Oscar Robertson	G	Junior	Cincinnati
Jerry West	G	Junior	West Virginia

Consensus Second Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Leo Byrd	G	Senior	Marshall
Johnny Green	F	Senior	Michigan State
Tom Hawkins	F	Senior	Notre Dame
Don Hennon	G	Senior	Pittsburgh
Al Seiden	G	Senior	St. John's

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
	First team		Second team		Third team
	Player	School	Player	School	Player	School
Associated Press [2]	Bob Boozer	Kansas State	Leo Byrd	Marshall	Bob Ferry	Saint Louis
	Johnny Cox	Kentucky	Johnny Green	Michigan State	Jim Hagan	Tennessee Tech
	Bailey Howell	Mississippi State	Tom Hawkins	Notre Dame	Ron Johnson	Minnesota
	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati	Don Hennon	Pittsburgh	York Larese	North Carolina
	Jerry West	West Virginia	Lou Pucillo	North Carolina State	Joe Ruklick	Northwestern
USBWA/Look Magazine [3]	Bob Boozer	Kansas State	No second or third teams (10-man first team)
	Johnny Cox	Kentucky
	Bob Ferry	Saint Louis
	Johnny Green	Michigan State
	Tom Hawkins	Notre Dame
	Bailey Howell	Mississippi State
	Lou Pucillo	North Carolina State
	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati
	Al Seiden	St. John's
	Jerry West	West Virginia
NABC [4]	Bob Boozer	Kansas State	Johnny Green	Michigan State	Bob Ferry	Saint Louis
	Johnny Cox	Kentucky	Tom Hawkins	Notre Dame	Tony Jackson	St. John's
	Bailey Howell	Mississippi State	Don Hennon	Pittsburgh	Lou Pucillo	North Carolina State
	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati	John Richter	North Carolina State	Joe Ruklick	Northwestern
	Jerry West	West Virginia	Al Seiden	St. John's	Lee Shaffer	North Carolina
UPI [5]	Bob Boozer	Kansas State	Leo Byrd	Marshall	Charlie Brown	Seattle
	Don Hennon	Pittsburgh	Johnny Cox	Kentucky	Bob Ferry	Saint Louis
	Bailey Howell	Mississippi State	Johnny Green	Michigan State	Lou Pucillo	North Carolina State
	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati	Tom Hawkins	Notre Dame	Doug Smart	Washington
	Jerry West	West Virginia	Al Seiden	St. John's	Walt Torrence	UCLA
NEA	Bob Boozer	Kansas State	Leo Byrd	Marshall	No third team
	Bailey Howell	Mississippi State	Johnny Cox	Kentucky
	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati	Bob Ferry	Saint Louis
	Al Seiden	St. John's	Johnny Green	Michigan State
	Jerry West	West Virginia	John Richter	North Carolina State

AP Honorable Mention: ^[6]

• Bob Anderegg, Michigan State
• Bob Ayersman, Virginia Tech
• Carl Belz, Princeton
• Ed Blair, Western Michigan
• Bill Bridges, Kansas
• Charlie Brown, Seattle
• M. C. Burton, Michigan
• Arlen Clark, Oklahoma State
• Ralph Davis, Cincinnati
• LaRoy Doss, Saint Mary's
• Johnny Egan, Providence
• Rex Frederick, Auburn
• Dave Gunther, Iowa
• Lee Harman, Oregon State
• Jim Henry, Vanderbilt
• Dick Hickox, Miami (Florida)
• Leon Hill, Texas Tech
• Darrall Imhoff, California
• Tony Jackson, St. John's
• H. E. Kirchner, Texas Christian
• Roy Lange, William & Mary
• Rudy LaRusso, Dartmouth
• Walt Mangham, Marquette
• Bobby Joe Mason, Bradley
• Don Matuszak, Kansas State
• Charlie McNeil, Maryland
• Bucky McDonald, George Washington
• Willie Merriweather, Purdue
• Doug Moe, North Carolina
• Paul Neumann, Stanford
• Pearl Pollard, Utah
• John Richter, North Carolina State
• Gerry Schroeder, Colorado
• Al Seiden, St. John's
• Lee Shaffer, North Carolina
• Doug Smart, Washington
• Bob Smith, West Virginia
• Tom Stith, St. Bonaventure
• Gene Tormohlen, Tennessee
• Walt Torrence, UCLA
• Wilbur Trosch, Saint Francis (PA)
• Tony Windis, Wyoming
• Leroy Wright, Pacific

See also

• 1958–59 NCAA University Division men's basketball season

References

1. NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. 2009-05-04.
2. AP All-America Teams
3. "USBWA Men's All-Americans". Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
4. "NABC Division I All-America Teams". NABC. Archived from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
5. Johnson, Gary K. (2005). NCAA Men's Basketball Finest (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 187. ISSN   1521-2955 . Retrieved September 19, 2020.
6. "Robertson Leads 1959 AP All-America Choices". Corpus Christi Caller-Times . March 6, 1959. p. 33. Retrieved November 16, 2014– via Newspapers.com.