1963 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

1963 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The 1963 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Bonham, Harkness, Thacker, Kramer, Heyman.
Awarded for	1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball season
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The consensus 1963 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). 1963 was the last year that the NEA was used to determine consensus All-American teams.

1963 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Ron Bonham	F	Junior	Cincinnati
Jerry Harkness	G	Senior	Loyola (IL)
Art Heyman	F	Senior	Duke
Barry Kramer	G/F	Junior	NYU
Tom Thacker	G	Senior	Cincinnati

Consensus Second Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Gary Bradds	F	Junior	Ohio State
Bill Green	F	Senior	Colorado State
Cotton Nash	F	Junior	Kentucky
Rod Thorn	G/F	Senior	West Virginia
Nate Thurmond	C	Senior	Bowling Green

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
	First team		Second team		Third team
	Player	School	Player	School	Player	School
Associated Press [2]	Ron Bonham	Cincinnati	Bill Bradley	Princeton	Bill Green	Colorado State
	Gary Bradds	Ohio State	Walt Hazzard	UCLA	Eddie Miles	Seattle
	Jerry Harkness	Loyola (IL)	Cotton Nash	Kentucky	Jimmy Rayl	Indiana
	Art Heyman	Duke	Tom Thacker	Cincinnati	Nick Werkman	Seton Hall
	Barry Kramer	NYU	Rod Thorn	West Virginia	Tony Yates	Cincinnati
USBWA [3]	Ron Bonham	Cincinnati	No second or third teams (10-man first team)
	Ken Charlton	Colorado
	Bill Green	Colorado State
	Jerry Harkness	Loyola (IL)
	Walt Hazzard	UCLA
	Art Heyman	Duke
	Barry Kramer	NYU
	Cotton Nash	Kentucky
	Tom Thacker	Cincinnati
	Rod Thorn	West Virginia
NABC [4]	Ron Bonham	Cincinnati	Mel Counts	Oregon State	Gary Bradds	Ohio State
	Bill Green	Colorado State	Walt Hazzard	UCLA	Bill Bradley	Princeton
	Jerry Harkness	Loyola (IL)	Cotton Nash	Kentucky	Joe Caldwell	Arizona State
	Art Heyman	Duke	Rod Thorn	West Virginia	Barry Kramer	NYU
	Tom Thacker	Cincinnati	Nick Werkman	Seton Hall	Tony Yates	Cincinnati
UPI [5]	Ron Bonham	Cincinnati	Bill Bradley	Princeton	Bill Green	Colorado State
	Gary Bradds	Ohio State	Barry Kramer	NYU	Walt Hazzard	UCLA
	Jerry Harkness	Loyola (IL)	Cotton Nash	Kentucky	Eddie Miles	Seattle
	Art Heyman	Duke	Rod Thorn	West Virginia	Dave Stallworth	Wichita State
	Tom Thacker	Cincinnati	Nate Thurmond	Bowling Green	Nick Werkman	Seton Hall
NEA	Bill Green	Colorado State	Ron Bonham	Cincinnati	No third team
	Art Heyman	Duke	Bill Bradley	Princeton
	Barry Kramer	NYU	Jerry Harkness	Loyola (IL)
	Tom Thacker	Cincinnati	Cotton Nash	Kentucky
	Nate Thurmond	Bowling Green	Eddie Miles	Seattle

AP Honorable Mention: ^[6]

• Terry Baker, Oregon State
• Rick Barry, Miami (Florida)
• Bill Buntin, Michigan
• Joe Caldwell, Arizona State
• Ken Charlton, Colorado
• Mel Counts, Oregon State
• Billy Cunningham, North Carolina
• Tom Dose, Stanford
• Dave Downey, Illinois
• Vinnie Ernst, Providence
• Mel Garland, Purdue
• Ira Harge, New Mexico
• Lyle Harger, Houston
• Mack Herndon, Bradley
• Fred Hetzel, Davidson
• Layton Johns, Auburn
• Gus Johnson, Idaho
• Jim Kerwin, Tulane
• Don Kessinger, Ole Miss
• Jeff Mullins, Duke
• Willie Murrell, Kansas State
• Flynn Robinson, Wyoming
• Paul Silas, Creighton
• Dave Stallworth, Wichita State
• Red Stroud, Mississippi State
• Nate Thurmond, Bowling Green
• George Wilson, Cincinnati

Academic All-Americans

Academic All-American teams were selected for the first time in 1963. ^{[7] [8]}

First Team

Player	School	Class
Art Becker	Arizona State	Junior
Ken Charlton	Colorado	Senior
Raymond Flynn	Providence	Senior
Rod Thorn	West Virginia	Senior
Gerry Ward	Boston College	Senior

Second Team

Player	School	Class
Terry Baker	Oregon State	Senior
Jay Buckley	Duke	Junior
Don Clemetson	Stanford	Senior
Brian Generalovich	Pittsburgh	Junior
Joe Dan Gold	Mississippi State	Senior

See also

• 1962–63 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. All-America - Division I (1960's) Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
5. 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI and NEA) Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
6. "Heyman, Bonham Head AP Squad". St. Joseph Gazette. March 1, 1963. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
7. AP (March 27, 1963). "Pick Academic all-America". Schenectady Gazette. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
8. AP (March 27, 1963). "Terry Baker set to sign with LA Rams". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved October 9, 2013.