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1954 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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| image1 | Tom Gola 1953.JPG | |||
| image2 | Cliff Hagan UK.jpg | |||
| image3 | Bob Pettit 1951.jpeg | |||
| image4 | Don_Schlundt.jpg | |||
| image5 | Frank Selvy Furman.jpg | |||
| caption | Members of the 1954 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Gola, Hagan, Selvy, Schlundt and Pettit. | |||
| awarded_for | 1953–54 NCAA men's basketball season | |||
| previous | 1953 | |||
| main | All-Americans | |||
| next | 1955 |
The consensus 1954 College 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.
1954 Consensus All-America 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 |
| 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 team | Player | School | Player | School | Player | 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 Magazine | 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
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.
- [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
- (February 27, 1954). "The All-American Teams". The Asheville Citizen.
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