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
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| 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.[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, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), Collier's Magazine and the International News Service.
1954 Consensus All-America team
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|+ Consensus First Team |
| style="background:#CCCCCC;width:40%" | Player
! style="background:#CCCCCC;width:4%" | Position ! style="background:#CCCCCC;width:16%" | Class ! style="background:#CCCCCC;width:40%" | Team |
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| Tom Gola
| F | Junior | La Salle |
| Cliff Hagan
| F | Senior | Kentucky |
| Bob Pettit
| C | Senior |
| Don Schlundt
| C | Junior | Indiana |
| Frank Selvy
| G | Senior | Furman |
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|+ Consensus Second Team |
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| Bobby Leonard
| G | Senior | Indiana |
| Tom Marshall
| F | Senior |
| Bob Mattick
| C | Senior |
| Frank Ramsey
| G/F | Senior | Kentucky |
| Dick Ricketts
| F/C | Junior | Duquesne |
Individual All-America teams
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| rowspan=3| All-America Team | |||||
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| colspan=2| First team
!colspan=2| Second team !colspan=2| Third team | |||||
| Player | School
!Player | School
!Player | School | ||
| rowspan=5| 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 |
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|rowspan=5| 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 |
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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, NEA, Collier's & International News Service)] p.208 | 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 |
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|rowspan=5| NEA | Tom Gola | La Salle | Sihugo Green | Duquesne | rowspan=5 colspan=3 align=center| 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 | ||
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|rowspan=5| International News Service | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bob Leonard | Indiana | rowspan=5 colspan=3 align=center| 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 | ||
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|rowspan=5| Collier's | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bob Leonard | Indiana | rowspan=5 colspan=3 align=center| 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 | ||
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AP Honorable Mention:{{cite news|title=The All-American Teams|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/asheville-citizen-times/156411236/|newspaper=The Asheville Citizen|date=February 27, 1954|page=9|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = October 2, 2024}} {{Open access}}
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- 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
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See also
References
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