The consensus 1953 NCAA Men's 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.
1953 Consensus All-America team
+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Ernie Beck F Senior Penn Walter Dukes C Senior Seton Hall Tom Gola F Sophomore La Salle Bob Houbregs F Senior Washington Johnny O'Brien G Senior Seattle
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Dick Knostman F Senior Kansas State Bob Pettit C Junior Louisiana State Joe Richey G Senior Brigham Young Don Schlundt C Sophomore Indiana Frank Selvy G Junior Furman
Individual All-America teams
All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated PressAP All-America Teams Ernie Beck Penn Paul Ebert Ohio State Jim Bredar Illinois Walter Dukes Seton Hall Dick Knostman Kansas State Bevo Francis Rio Grande Tom Gola La Salle Bob Pettit Louisiana State Larry Hennessy Villanova Bob Houbregs Washington Don Schlundt Indiana Bobby Leonard Indiana Johnny O'Brien Seattle Frank Selvy Furman Bob Speight North Carolina State UPI Ernie Beck Penn Bevo Francis Rio Grande Paul Ebert Ohio State Walter Dukes Seton Hall Dick Knostman Kansas State Ron Feiereisel DePaul Tom Gola La Salle Bob Pettit Louisiana State Larry Hennessy Villanova Bob Houbregs Washington Don Schlundt Indiana Chuck Mencel Minnesota Johnny O'Brien Seattle Frank Selvy Furman Eddie O'Brien Seattle Look Magazine2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, Look, NEA, Collier's & International News Service) p.208 Ernie Beck Penn Irv Bemoras Illinois No third team Walter Dukes Seton Hall Paul Ebert Ohio State Bob Houbregs Washington Tom Gola La Salle Dick Knostman Kansas State Bob Pettit Louisiana State Johnny O'Brien Seattle Joe Richey Brigham Young NEA Walter Dukes Seton Hall Ernie Beck Penn No third team Tom Gola La Salle Bob Pettit Louisiana State Bob Houbregs Washington Dick Ricketts Duquesne Dick Knostman Kansas State Don Schlundt Indiana Johnny O'Brien Seattle Gene Schwinger Rice International News Service Walter Dukes Seton Hall Ernie Beck Penn No third team Tom Gola La Salle Jim Bredar Illinois Bob Houbregs Washington Dick Knostman Kansas State Johnny O'Brien Seattle Bob Pettit Louisiana State Don Schlundt Indiana Joe Richey Brigham Young Collier's Ernie Beck Penn Dick Knostman Kansas State No third team Walter Dukes Seton Hall Bob Pettit Louisiana State Tom Gola La Salle Joe Richey Brigham Young Bob Houbregs Washington Don Schlundt Indiana Johnny O'Brien Seattle Bob Speight North Carolina State AP Honorable Mention:
Irv Bemoras, Illinois B. H. Born, Kansas Don Bragg, UCLA John Clune, Navy Ron Feiereisel, DePaul Ken Flower, Southern California Dickie Hemric, Wake Forest Cob Jarvis, Mississippi Johnny Kerr, Illinois Tom Marshall, Western Kentucky Bob Mattick, Oklahoma A&M Bob McKeen, California Chuck Mencel, Minnesota Jack Molinas, Columbia Zippy Morocco, Georgia Togo Palazzi, Holy Cross Joe Richey, Brigham Young Dick Ricketts, Duquesne Arnold Short, Oklahoma City Art Spoelstra, Western Kentucky
See also 1952–53 NCAA men's basketball season
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