1954 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The consensus 1954 College 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.

1954 Consensus All-America team

**Consensus First 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

**Consensus Second Team**
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 [2]	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[3]	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:[4]

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

References

NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. Archived 2009-05-04.
AP All-America Teams
2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, Look, NEA, Collier's & International News Service) p.208
"Selvy, Schlundt, Gola, Hagan and Pettitt selected to All-American basketball team". York Gazette and Daily. 27 February 1954. p. 24. Retrieved September 27, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. Archived 2009-05-04.

[2] AP All-America Teams

[3] 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, Look, NEA, Collier's & International News Service) p.208

[4] "Selvy, Schlundt, Gola, Hagan and Pettitt selected to All-American basketball team". York Gazette and Daily. 27 February 1954. p. 24. Retrieved September 27, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.