1947 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
| 1947 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | 1946–47 NCAA men's basketball season |
The consensus 1947 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of three major All-American teams.[1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Helms Athletic Foundation, Converse, and True Magazine.
1947 Consensus All-America team
[edit]| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Beard | G | Sophomore | Kentucky |
| Alex Groza | C | Sophomore | Kentucky |
| Ralph Hamilton | G | Senior | Indiana |
| Sid Tanenbaum | G | Senior | New York University |
| Gerry Tucker | C | Senior | Oklahoma |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Barksdale | C | Senior | UCLA |
| Arnie Ferrin | F | Junior | Utah |
| Vern Gardner | C | Senior | Utah |
| John Hargis | G | Senior | Texas |
| George Kaftan | F | Junior | Holy Cross |
| Ed Koffenberger | C | Junior | Duke |
| Andy Phillip | G/F | Senior | Illinois |
Individual All-America teams
[edit]| All-America Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
| Helms[2] | Don Barksdale | UCLA | Charles B. Black | Kansas | Lew Beck | Oregon State |
| Ralph Beard | Kentucky | Billy Gabor | Syracuse | Jim Homer | Alabama | |
| Leland Byrd | West Virginia | Alex Groza | Kentucky | Tony Lavelli | Yale | |
| Arnie Ferrin | Utah | Paul Hoffman | Purdue | Joe Lord | Villanova | |
| Ralph Hamilton | Indiana | Dave Humerickhouse | Bradley | Ed Macauley | Saint Louis | |
| John Hargis | Texas | Wallace Jones | Kentucky | Dick McGuire | St. John's | |
| George Kaftan | Holy Cross | Dan Kraus | Georgetown | Clifton McNeely | Texas Wesleyan | |
| Ed Koffenberger | Duke | Kevin O'Shea | Notre Dame | Jack Smiley | Illinois | |
| Sid Tanenbaum | NYU | Red Rocha | Oregon State | Ernie Vandeweghe | Colgate | |
| Gerry Tucker | Oklahoma | Kenneth Shugart | Navy | |||
| Herb Wilkinson | Iowa | |||||
| Converse | Ralph Beard | Kentucky | Lew Beck | Oregon State | Don Barksdale | UCLA |
| Vern Gardner | Utah | Arnie Ferrin | Utah | Bobby Cook | Wisconsin | |
| Ralph Hamilton | Indiana | Alex Groza | Kentucky | John Hargis | Texas | |
| George Kaftan | Holy Cross | Wallace Jones | Kentucky | Paul Hoffman | Purdue | |
| Gerry Tucker | Oklahoma | Sid Tanenbaum | NYU | Ed Koffenberger | Duke | |
| True Magazine | Ralph Beard | Kentucky | Bobby Cook | Wisconsin | Don Barksdale | UCLA |
| Alex Groza | Kentucky | John Dillon | North Carolina | Ralph Hamilton | Indiana | |
| Andy Phillip | Illinois | Tony Lavelli | Yale | John Hargis | Texas | |
| Sid Tanenbaum | NYU | Dick McGuire | St. John's | Ed Koffenberger | Duke | |
| Gerry Tucker | Oklahoma | Jack Tingle | Kentucky | Kevin O'Shea | Notre Dame | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. 2009-05-04.
- ^ 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (Helms, Converse & True Magazine) p.208. Accessed 2009-06-21. Archived 2009-07-21.