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Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year

Defunct U.S. men's college basketball player award (1943–1983)

Field	Value
name	Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year
description	the national men's college basketball player of the year
presenter	Helms Athletic Foundation
country	United States
year	1943
year2	1983

The Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year was an annual men's college basketball award given to the most outstanding men's player in the United States. It was awarded by the Helms Athletic Foundation, an organization founded in 1936 by Bill Schroeder and Paul Helms, the owner of Helms Bakery in Los Angeles.

The award was first presented in 1944, when the Helms Athletic Foundation announced Schroeder's player of the year selection for the 1943–44 season as well as his retroactive picks for each season from 1904–05 to 1942–43. Schroeder then began selecting a player of the year annually.

After Paul Helms' death in 1957, his family continued supporting the foundation until 1969, when the bakeries went out of business. Schroeder found a new benefactor in United Savings & Loan, United merged with Citizens Savings & Loan in 1973, when the foundation became the Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation. Schroeder made his last player of the year selection for the 1982–83 season, after which the award came to an end.

Key

Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Helms Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Winners prior to the 1942–43 season were selected retroactively in 1943 and 1957.

Season	Player	School	Position	Reference
1904–05		Wisconsin	F
1905–06		Dartmouth	F
1906–07		Yale	F
1907–08		Pennsylvania	F
1908–09		Chicago	C
1909–10		Chicago	G
1910–11		Columbia	F
1911–12		Wisconsin	F
1912–13		St. Lawrence	F
1913–14		Cornell	C
1914–15		Union (NY)	G
1915–16		Wisconsin	F
1916–17		Illinois	G
1917–18		Wisconsin	C
1918–19		Minnesota	G
1919–20		NYU	F
1920–21		Missouri	C
1921–22		Illinois	C
1922–23		Kansas	G
1923–24		Kansas	G
1924–25		Colorado College	C
1925–26		North Carolina	F
1926–27		Syracuse	F
1927–28		Oklahoma	C
1928–29		Montana State	F
1929–30		Pittsburgh	G
1930–31		East Central	G
1931–32		Purdue	G
1932–33		Kentucky	F / C
1933–34		Westminster (PA)	C
1934–35		Kentucky	C
1935–36		Notre Dame	F
1936–37		Stanford	F
1937–38	(2)	Stanford	F
1938–39		Rhode Island	F
1939–40		North Carolina	C
1940–41	(2)	North Carolina	C
1941–42		Rhode Island	G / F
1942–43		Saint Joseph's	G
1943–44		DePaul	C
1944–45	(2)	DePaul	C
1945–46		Oklahoma State	C
1946–47		Oklahoma	C
1947–48		Saint Louis	C
1948–49		Yale	F
1949–50		Villanova	F	last=Ashford	first=Ed	date=April 4, 1950	title=Helms Rates Arizin Top Player, CCNY No. 1 Quintet	url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald-helms-rates-ccny-no/137530971/	work=Lexington Herald-Leader	location=Lexington, Kentucky	page=6	access-date=December 27, 2023	via=Newspapers.com	quote=Selection of CCNY as the nation's top team was not difficult after the Beavers made an unprecedented sweep of the NIT and NCAA tournaments.}}
1950–51		Duke	G
1951–52		Kansas	F / C
1952–53		Washington	C
1953–54		La Salle	G / F
1954–55		San Francisco	C
1955–56	(2)	San Francisco	C
1956–57		North Carolina	F
1957–58		Seattle	F / C
1958–59		Cincinnati	G
1959–60	(2)	Cincinnati	G
1960–61		Ohio State	F / C
1961–62		Cincinnati	C
1962–63		Duke	G
1963–64		UCLA	G
1964–65†		Princeton	G / F
	UCLA	G
1965–66		Michigan	G / F
1966–67		UCLA	C
1967–68	(2)	UCLA	C
1968–69	(3)	UCLA	C
1969–70†		LSU	G
	UCLA	F / C
1970–71†		Notre Dame	G
(2)	UCLA	F / C
1971–72		UCLA	C
1972–73	(2)	UCLA	C
1973–74†	(3)	UCLA	C
	NC State	G / F
1974–75	(2)	NC State	G / F
1975–76†		Indiana	C
	Indiana	F
1976–77		UCLA	G
1977–78		Kentucky	G / F
1978–79		Indiana State	F	agency=United Press International	date=April 1, 1979	title=Bird Is Named Player of Year	page=6C	url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald/137598717/	via=Newspapers.com	work=Omaha World-Herald	location=Omaha, Nebraska	access-date=December 28, 2023	quote=Larry Bird was named college basketball's Player of the Year by the Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation. Sophomore Earvin Johnson of NCAA champion Michigan State finished second in the voting.}}
1979–80		Louisville	G
1980–81		DePaul	F
1981–82		Virginia	C
	North Carolina	F
1982–83		Houston	C

Retroactive awards for 1905 to 1943.
Lew Alcindor later changed his named to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Olajuwon later changed his first name's spelling from Akeem to Hakeem to use the original Arabic spelling.

References

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(March 24, 1971). "Raymond Lewis, Verbum Dei Guard, Named Top CIF 'AAA' Basketball Player For '71 Season". United Savings–Helms Athletic Foundation.
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(2010). "Helms Foundation Player of the Year Winners". Sports Reference LLC.
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(March 30, 1954). "Gola Heads Helms Squad". [[Los Angeles Times.
(April 7, 1955). "Patterson Named on Helms All-America Court Squad". [[Tulsa Tribune]].
(April 3, 1962). "Helms Honors All All-American". [[Venice Vanguard.
(April 3, 2023). "Thompson, Walton Honored by CSAF". [[The Times and Democrat]].
(April 6, 1977). "Honors Wilkins as All-American". [[The Pantagraph]].
(April 5, 1978). "Givens selected as top cager". Lexington Herald-Leader.
(April 1, 1979). "Bird Is Named Player of Year". [[Omaha World-Herald]].
(April 1, 1980). "Griffth adds two more awards". [[Kansas City Times]].
Anderson, Claude. (April 7, 1981). "Getting set for run at the roses". [[The San Bernardino Sun]].
(April 3, 1982). "Ralph Sampson, James Worthy top 1982 college basketball All-America Team selections". [[First Interstate Bank Athletic Foundation]].
(April 12, 1983). "Sitton Chosen to A-A Squad". [[Corvallis Gazette-Times]].
Bender, Jack. (June 29, 1983). "It's summer—and basketball is back". [[The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier]].
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(February 1943). "Helms Athletic Foundation — Collegiate Basketball Record — Part II". Helms Athletic Foundation.

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