The consensus 1949 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four 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, and Collier's Magazine.

1949 Consensus All-America team

+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Ralph Beard G Senior Kentucky Vince Boryla F Junior Denver Alex Groza C Senior Kentucky Tony Lavelli F Senior Yale Ed Macauley F Senior Saint Louis

+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Bill Erickson G Junior Illinois Vern Gardner F Senior Utah Wallace Jones F Senior Kentucky Jim McIntyre C Senior Minnesota Ernie Vandeweghe G Senior Colgate

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated PressAP All-America Teams Ralph Beard Kentucky Bob Cousy Holy Cross Jim McIntyre Minnesota Vince Boryla Denver Dwight Eddleman Illinois Kevin O'Shea Notre Dame Alex Groza Kentucky Vern Gardner Utah Dick Schnittker Ohio State Tony Lavelli Yale Bob Harris Oklahoma A&M Whitey Skoog Minnesota Ed Macauley Saint Louis Wallace Jones Kentucky Ernie Vandeweghe Colgate UPI Ralph Beard Kentucky Vince Boryla Denver Bill Erickson Illinois Alex Groza Kentucky Bob Cousy Holy Cross Dick McGuire St. John's Wallace Jones Kentucky Dwight Eddleman Illinois John Oldham Western Kentucky Tony Lavelli Yale Vern Gardner Utah Dick Schnittker Ohio State Ed Macauley Saint Louis Bob Harris Oklahoma A&M Ernie Vandeweghe Colgate Look Magazine2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, Look, & Collier's) p.208 Vince Boryla Denver Ralph Beard Kentucky No third team Vern Gardner Utah Bob Cousy Holy Cross Alex Groza Kentucky Slater Martin Texas Tony Lavelli Yale Jim McIntyre Minnesota Ed Macauley Saint Louis Ernie Vandeweghe Colgate Collier's Ralph Beard Kentucky No second or third team Vince Boryla Denver Bill Erickson Illinois Ed Macauley Saint Louis Jim McIntyre Minnesota Ernie Vandeweghe Colgate AP Honorable Mention

Paul Arizin, Villanova Cliff Barker, Kentucky Leo Barnhorst, Notre Dame Leroy Chollet, Canisius Chuck Cooper, Duquesne Paul Courty, Oklahoma Dick Dickey, North Carolina State Pete Elliott, Michigan Bill Erickson, Illinois Bill Evans, Drake Ed Gayda, Washington State Chet Giermak, William & Mary Bob Harrison, Michigan Rene Herrerias, San Francisco Jack Kerris, Loyola (Illinois) Lou Lehman, Saint Louis Slater Martin, Texas Dick McGuire, St. John's Vern Mikkelsen, Hamline Joe Noertker, Virginia Ralph O'Brien, Butler John Oldham, Western Kentucky J. L. Parks, Oklahoma A&M Warren Perkins, Tulane Sam Ranzino, North Carolina State Don Rehfeldt, Wisconsin Jim Riffey, Tulane Frank Saul, Seton Hall Fred Schaus, West Virginia Chuck Share, Bowling Green Bill Sharman, Southern California Paul Unruh, Bradley Paul Walther, Tennessee Howie Williams, Purdue Johnny Wilson, Anderson

See also 1948–49 NCAA men's basketball season

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