The consensus 1954 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, Look Magazine, The United Press International, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), Collier's Magazine and the International News Service.
1954 Consensus All-America team
+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Tom Gola F Junior La Salle Cliff Hagan F Senior Kentucky Bob Pettit C Senior Louisiana State Don Schlundt C Junior Indiana Frank Selvy G Senior Furman
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Bobby Leonard G Senior Indiana Tom Marshall F Senior Western Kentucky Bob Mattick C Senior Oklahoma A&M Frank Ramsey G/F Senior Kentucky Dick Ricketts F/C Junior Duquesne
Individual All-America teams
All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated Press Tom Gola La Salle Bevo Francis Rio Grande Dickie Hemric Wake Forest Cliff Hagan Kentucky Bobby Leonard Indiana Johnny Kerr Illinois Bob Pettit Louisiana State Tom Marshall Western Kentucky Bob Mattick Oklahoma A&M Don Schlundt Indiana Frank Ramsey Kentucky Togo Palazzi Holy Cross Frank Selvy Furman Dick Ricketts Duquesne Arnold Short Oklahoma City UPI Tom Gola La Salle Bevo Francis Rio Grande Paul Ebert Ohio State Cliff Hagan Kentucky Bob Leonard Indiana Johnny Kerr Illinois Bob Pettit Louisiana State Tom Marshall Western Kentucky Bob Mattick Oklahoma A&M Don Schlundt Indiana Frank Ramsey Kentucky Togo Palazzi Holy Cross Frank Selvy Furman Dick Ricketts Duquesne Arnold Short Oklahoma City Look Magazine2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, Look, NEA, Collier's & International News Service) p.208 Tom Gola La Salle Cliff Hagan Kentucky Ed Conlin Fordham Bob Leonard Indiana Tom Marshall Western Kentucky Johnny Kerr Illinois Bob Mattick Oklahoma A&M Don Schlundt Indiana Bob Matheny California Frank Ramsey Kentucky Frank Selvy Furman Togo Palazzi Holy Cross Dick Ricketts Duquesne Arnold Short Oklahoma City Bob Pettit Louisiana State NEA Tom Gola La Salle Sihugo Green Duquesne No third team Cliff Hagan Kentucky Bob Mattick Oklahoma A&M Bob Leonard Indiana Bob Pettit Louisiana State Dick Ricketts Duquesne Don Schlundt Indiana Frank Selvy Furman Arnold Short Oklahoma City International News Service Tom Gola La Salle Bob Leonard Indiana No third team Cliff Hagan Kentucky Tom Marshall Western Kentucky Bob Pettit Louisiana State Frank Ramsey Kentucky Dick Ricketts Duquesne Dick Rosenthal Notre Dame Frank Selvy Furman Don Schlundt Indiana Collier's Tom Gola La Salle Bob Leonard Indiana No third team Cliff Hagan Kentucky Bob Mattick Oklahoma A&M Bob Pettit Louisiana State Togo Palazzi Holy Cross Don Schlundt Indiana Dick Ricketts Duquesne Frank Selvy Furman Arnold Short Oklahoma City AP Honorable Mention:
Jesse Arnelle, Penn State B. H. Born, Kansas Don Bragg, UCLA John Clune, Navy Ed Conlin, Fordham Larry Costello, Niagara Rudy D'Emilio, Duke Paul Ebert, Ohio State Dick Garmaker, Minnesota Sihugo Green, Duquesne Swede Halbrook, Oregon State Joe Holup, George Washington Ed Kalafat, Minnesota Don Lange, Navy Cleo Littleton, Wichita State Bob Matheny, California Bob McKeen, California Joe Pehanick, Seattle Dick Rosenthal, Notre Dame Bob Schafer, Villanova Gene Schwinger, Rice Ken Sears, Santa Clara Gene Shue, Maryland Mel Thompson, North Carolina State Lou Tsioropoulos, Kentucky Jim Tucker, Duquesne Buzzy Wilkinson, Virginia
See also 1953–54 NCAA men's basketball season
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