1951 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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The consensus 1951 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of five major All-American teams.[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. 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, Collier's Magazine and the International News Service.
1951 Consensus All-America team
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|+ Consensus First Team |
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| Clyde Lovellette
| C | Junior | Kansas |
| Gene Melchiorre
| G | Senior | Bradley |
| Bill Mlkvy
| F | Junior | Temple |
| Sam Ranzino
| G | Senior |
| Bill Spivey
| C | Junior | Kentucky |
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|+ Consensus Second Team |
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| Ernie Barrett
| G/F | Senior |
| Bill Garrett
| F | Senior | Indiana |
| Dick Groat
| G | Junior | Duke |
| Mel Hutchins
| F/C | Senior |
| Gale McArthur
| G | Senior |
Individual All-America teams
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!colspan=2| Second team !colspan=2| Third team | |||||
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| rowspan=5| Associated Press[https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_america.html AP All-America Teams] | Kansas | Ernie Barrett | Kansas State | John Azary | Columbia |
| Gene Melchiorre | Bradley | Bill Garrett | Indiana | Mel Hutchins | Brigham Young |
| Bill Mlkvy | Temple | Dick Groat | Duke | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky |
| Sam Ranzino | North Carolina State | Gale McArthur | Oklahoma A&M | Whitey Skoog | Minnesota |
| Bill Spivey | Kentucky | Bob Zawoluk | St. John's | Mark Workman | West Virginia |
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|rowspan=5| UPI | Clyde Lovellette | Kansas | John Azary | Columbia | Ernie Barrett | Kansas State |
| Gene Melchiorre | Bradley | Bill Garrett | Indiana | Mel Hutchins | Brigham Young |
| Bill Mlkvy | Temple | Dick Groat | Duke | Frank Ramsey | Kentucky |
| Sam Ranzino | North Carolina State | Gale McArthur | Oklahoma A&M | Whitey Skoog | Minnesota |
| Bill Spivey | Kentucky | Bob Zawoluk | St. John's | Don Sunderlage | Illinois |
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|rowspan=5| Look Magazine[http://www.ncaapublications.com/DownloadPublication.aspx?download=BF05.pdf 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, Look, Collier's & International News Service)] p.208 | Mel Hutchins | Brigham Young | John Azary | Columbia | Dick Groat | Duke |
| Gale McArthur | Oklahoma A&M | Ernie Barrett | Kansas State | Gene Melchiorre | Bradley |
| Bill Mlkvy | Temple | Bill Garrett | Indiana | Ray Ragelis | Northwestern |
| Sam Ranzino | North Carolina State | Clyde Lovellette | Kansas | Mark Workman | West Virginia |
| Bill Spivey | Kentucky | Whitey Skoog | Minnesota | Bob Zawoluk | St. John's |
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|rowspan=5| International News Service | Ernie Barrett | Kansas State | rowspan=5 colspan=6 align=center| No second or third team | |||
| Mel Hutchins | Brigham Young | ||||
| Gene Melchiorre | Bradley | ||||
| Bill Mlkvy | Temple | ||||
| Bill Spivey | Kentucky | ||||
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|rowspan=5| Collier's | Clyde Lovellette | Kansas | John Azary | Columbia | rowspan=5 colspan=3 align=center| No third team | |
| Gene Melchiorre | Bradley | Bill Garrett | Indiana | ||
| Bill Mlkvy | Temple | Dick Groat | Duke | ||
| Sam Ranzino | North Carolina State | Gale McArthur | Oklahoma A&M | ||
| Bill Spivey | Kentucky | Whitey Skoog | Minnesota | ||
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AP Honorable Mention:{{cite news|title=Sammy Ranzino named to 1951 All-American; Groat Second|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-robesonian/156161320/|newspaper=The Robesonian|date=9 March 1951|page=7|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 17, 2014 }} {{Open access}}
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- Ernie Beck, Pennsylvania
- Ron Bontemps, Beloit
- Frank Guisness, Washington
- Roger Johnson, Arizona
- Jack Kiley, Syracuse
- Johnny O'Brien, Seattle
- Ray Ragelis, Northwestern
- Eddie Sheldrake, UCLA
- Jim Slaughter, South Carolina
- Don Sunderlage, Illinois
- Bobby Watson, Kentucky
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See also
References
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