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1953 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| awarded_for | 1952–53 NCAA men's basketball season |
| previous | 1952 |
| main | All-Americans |
| next | 1954 |
The consensus 1953 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of six major All-American teams. 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
| 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 |
| 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 team | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associated Press | 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 Magazine | 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
References
References
- [http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2009/Award.pdf NCAA Record Book - Award Winners] p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. 2009-05-04.
- [https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_america.html AP All-America Teams]
- (March 4, 1953). "The United Press All-America Cage Team". The Kansas City Star.
- [http://www.ncaapublications.com/DownloadPublication.aspx?download=BF05.pdf 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, Look, NEA, Collier's & International News Service)] p.208
- Barrington, John. (March 1, 1953). "O'Brien Repeats on INS Star Quint; Houbregs Also Put on All-American". The Oregonian.
- (March 2, 1953). "Seton Hall Cager Makes AP All-America Team". [[Corpus Christi Times]].
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