The consensus 1962 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of six major All-American teams.NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. 2009-05-04. 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, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and The Sporting News. 1962 was the last year that The Sporting News teams were used, although they would once again be used to determine consensus teams, starting in 1998.
1962 Consensus All-America team
+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Len Chappell C/F Senior Wake Forest Terry Dischinger F Senior Purdue Jerry Lucas F/C Senior Ohio State Billy McGill C Senior Utah Chet Walker F Senior Bradley
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Jack Foley G/F Senior Holy Cross John Havlicek F Senior Ohio State Art Heyman F Junior Duke Cotton Nash F Sophomore Kentucky John Rudometkin F Senior USC Rod Thorn G/F Junior West Virginia
Individual All-America teams
All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated PressAP All-America Teams Len Chappell Wake Forest John Havlicek Ohio State Dave DeBusschere Detroit Terry Dischinger Purdue Art Heyman Duke Jack Foley Holy Cross Jerry Lucas Ohio State Cotton Nash Kentucky Paul Hogue Cincinnati Billy McGill Utah John Rudometkin USC Don Nelson Iowa Chet Walker Bradley Rod Thorn West Virginia Jimmy Rayl Indiana USBWA Len Chappell Wake Forest No second or third teams (10-man first team) Terry Dischinger Purdue Jack Foley Holy Cross John Havlicek Ohio State Art Heyman Duke Paul Hogue Cincinnati Jerry Lucas Ohio State Billy McGill Utah Cotton Nash Kentucky Chet Walker Bradley NABCAll-America - Division I (1960's) Terry Dischinger Purdue Len Chappell Wake Forest Dave DeBusschere Detroit Jerry Lucas Ohio State Jack Foley Holy Cross Cornell Green Utah State Billy McGill Utah John Havlicek Ohio State Cotton Nash Kentucky John Rudometkin USC Art Heyman Duke Don Nelson Iowa Chet Walker Bradley Paul Hogue Cincinnati Rod Thorn West Virginia UPI2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, NEA and Sporting News) p.208 Terry Dischinger Purdue Len Chappell Wake Forest Dave DeBusschere Detroit John Havlicek Ohio State Jack Foley Holy Cross Paul Hogue Cincinnati Jerry Lucas Ohio State Art Heyman Duke Don Nelson Iowa Billy McGill Utah Cotton Nash Kentucky Jimmy Rayl Indiana Chet Walker Bradley Rod Thorn West Virginia John Rudometkin USC NEA Len Chappell Wake Forest Dave DeBusschere Detroit No third team Terry Dischinger Purdue Jack Foley Holy Cross Jerry Lucas Ohio State John Havlicek Ohio State Billy McGill Utah Paul Hogue Cincinnati Chet Walker Bradley John Rudometkin USC Sporting News Terry Dischinger Purdue Chris Appel USC No third team Jerry Lucas Ohio State Len Chappell Wake Forest Billy McGill Utah John Havlicek Ohio State Rod Thorn West Virginia Cotton Nash Kentucky Chet Walker Bradley Hubie White Villanova
AP Honorable Mention:
Chris Appel, USC Larry Armstrong, Arizona State Ed Bento, Loyola Marymount Carroll Broussard, Texas A&M Jay Carty, Oregon State Ken Charlton, Colorado Mel Counts, Oregon State Gary Daniels, The Citadel LeRoy Ellis, St. John's Dave Fedor, Florida State Bill Green, Colorado State Cornell Green, Utah State Jim Hadnot, Providence Bill Hanson, Washington Lyle Harger, Houston Jerry Harkness, Loyola–Chicago Walt Hazzard, UCLA Layton Johns, Auburn Bucky Keller, Virginia Tech Jim Kerwin, Tulane Clifford Luyk, Florida Jim McCormick, West Virginia Eddie Miles, Seattle Leland Mitchell, Mississippi State Mel Nowell, Ohio State Bud Olsen, Louisville Howard Pardue, Virginia Tech Larry Pursiful, Kentucky Bobby Rascoe, Western Kentucky Paul Silas, Creighton Jerry Smith, Furman Willie Somerset, Duquesne Red Stroud, Mississippi State Nate Thurmond, Bowling Green Ron Warner, Gettysburg Charlie Warren, Oregon Nick Werkman, Seton Hall Art Whisnant, South Carolina Hubie White, Villanova Granville Williams, Morehead State Mike Wroblewski, Kansas State
See also 1961–62 NCAA University Division men's basketball season
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