1953 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The consensus 1953 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of six major All-American teams.^[1] 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 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Awarded for	1952–53 NCAA men's basketball season
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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 team
	Player	School	Player	School	Player	School
Associated Press[2]	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[3]	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[4]	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[5]	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:^[6]

• 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

References

1. NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. 2009-05-04.
2. AP All-America Teams
3. "The United Press All-America Cage Team". The Kansas City Star. UP. March 4, 1953. p. 25. Retrieved October 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, Look, NEA, Collier's & International News Service) p.208
5. Barrington, John (March 1, 1953). "O'Brien Repeats on INS Star Quint; Houbregs Also Put on All-American". The Oregonian. INS. Sect. 2, p. 3. Retrieved October 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Seton Hall Cager Makes AP All-America Team". Corpus Christi Times. AP. March 2, 1953. p. 4-B. Retrieved October 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.