1949 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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The consensus 1949 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four 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, and Collier's Magazine.
| 1949 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
Members of the 1949 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Beard, Boryla, Macauley and Groza (not pictured: Lavelli). | |
| Awarded for | 1948–49 NCAA men's basketball season |
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1949 Consensus All-America team
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Beard | G | Senior | Kentucky |
| Vince Boryla | F | Junior | Denver |
| Alex Groza | C | Senior | Kentucky |
| Tony Lavelli | F | Senior | Yale |
| Ed Macauley | F | Senior | Saint Louis |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Erickson | G | Junior | Illinois |
| Vern Gardner | F | Senior | Utah |
| Wallace Jones | F | Senior | Kentucky |
| Jim McIntyre | C | Senior | Minnesota |
| Ernie Vandeweghe | G | Senior | Colgate |
Individual All-America teams
| All-America Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |||
| Associated Press[2] | Ralph Beard | Kentucky | Bob Cousy | Holy Cross | Jim McIntyre | Minnesota | ||
| Vince Boryla | Denver | Dwight Eddleman | Illinois | Kevin O'Shea | Notre Dame | |||
| Alex Groza | Kentucky | Vern Gardner | Utah | Dick Schnittker | Ohio State | |||
| Tony Lavelli | Yale | Bob Harris | Oklahoma A&M | Whitey Skoog | Minnesota | |||
| Ed Macauley | Saint Louis | Wallace Jones | Kentucky | Ernie Vandeweghe | Colgate | |||
| UPI | Ralph Beard | Kentucky | Vince Boryla | Denver | Bill Erickson | Illinois | ||
| Alex Groza | Kentucky | Bob Cousy | Holy Cross | Dick McGuire | St. John's | |||
| Wallace Jones | Kentucky | Dwight Eddleman | Illinois | John Oldham | Western Kentucky | |||
| Tony Lavelli | Yale | Vern Gardner | Utah | Dick Schnittker | Ohio State | |||
| Ed Macauley | Saint Louis | Bob Harris | Oklahoma A&M | Ernie Vandeweghe | Colgate | |||
| Look Magazine[3] | Vince Boryla | Denver | Ralph Beard | Kentucky | No third team | |||
| Vern Gardner | Utah | Bob Cousy | Holy Cross | |||||
| Alex Groza | Kentucky | Slater Martin | Texas | |||||
| Tony Lavelli | Yale | Jim McIntyre | Minnesota | |||||
| Ed Macauley | Saint Louis | Ernie Vandeweghe | Colgate | |||||
| Collier's | Ralph Beard | Kentucky | No second or third team | |||||
| Vince Boryla | Denver | |||||||
| Bill Erickson | Illinois | |||||||
| Ed Macauley | Saint Louis | |||||||
| Jim McIntyre | Minnesota | |||||||
| Ernie Vandeweghe | Colgate | |||||||
AP Honorable Mention[4]
- Paul Arizin, Villanova
- Cliff Barker, Kentucky
- Leo Barnhorst, Notre Dame
- Leroy Chollet, Canisius
- Chuck Cooper, Duquesne
- Paul Courty, Oklahoma
- Dick Dickey, North Carolina State
- Pete Elliott, Michigan
- Bill Erickson, Illinois
- Bill Evans, Drake
- Ed Gayda, Washington State
- Chet Giermak, William & Mary
- Bob Harrison, Michigan
- Rene Herrerias, San Francisco
- Jack Kerris, Loyola (Illinois)
- Lou Lehman, Saint Louis
- Slater Martin, Texas
- Dick McGuire, St. John's
- Vern Mikkelsen, Hamline
- Joe Noertker, Virginia
- Ralph O'Brien, Butler
- John Oldham, Western Kentucky
- J. L. Parks, Oklahoma A&M
- Warren Perkins, Tulane
- Sam Ranzino, North Carolina State
- Don Rehfeldt, Wisconsin
- Jim Riffey, Tulane
- Frank Saul, Seton Hall
- Fred Schaus, West Virginia
- Chuck Share, Bowling Green
- Bill Sharman, Southern California
- Paul Unruh, Bradley
- Paul Walther, Tennessee
- Howie Williams, Purdue
- Johnny Wilson, Anderson
