1959 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
| 1959 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
The 1959 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Boozer, Cox, Howell, West, Robertson. | |
| Awarded for | 1958–59 NCAA University Division men's basketball season |
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The consensus 1959 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of five major All-American teams.[1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).
1959 Consensus All-America team
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Boozer | F | Senior | Kansas State |
| Johnny Cox | G | Senior | Kentucky |
| Bailey Howell | F | Senior | Mississippi State |
| Oscar Robertson | G | Junior | Cincinnati |
| Jerry West | G | Junior | West Virginia |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Byrd | G | Senior | Marshall |
| Johnny Green | F | Senior | Michigan State |
| Tom Hawkins | F | Senior | Notre Dame |
| Don Hennon | G | Senior | Pittsburgh |
| Al Seiden | G | Senior | St. John's |
Individual All-America teams
| All-America Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |||
| Associated Press[2] | Bob Boozer | Kansas State | Leo Byrd | Marshall | Bob Ferry | Saint Louis | ||
| Johnny Cox | Kentucky | Johnny Green | Michigan State | Jim Hagan | Tennessee Tech | |||
| Bailey Howell | Mississippi State | Tom Hawkins | Notre Dame | Ron Johnson | Minnesota | |||
| Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati | Don Hennon | Pittsburgh | York Larese | North Carolina | |||
| Jerry West | West Virginia | Lou Pucillo | North Carolina State | Joe Ruklick | Northwestern | |||
| USBWA/Look Magazine[3] | Bob Boozer | Kansas State | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | |||||
| Johnny Cox | Kentucky | |||||||
| Bob Ferry | Saint Louis | |||||||
| Johnny Green | Michigan State | |||||||
| Tom Hawkins | Notre Dame | |||||||
| Bailey Howell | Mississippi State | |||||||
| Lou Pucillo | North Carolina State | |||||||
| Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati | |||||||
| Al Seiden | St. John's | |||||||
| Jerry West | West Virginia | |||||||
| NABC[4] | Bob Boozer | Kansas State | Johnny Green | Michigan State | Bob Ferry | Saint Louis | ||
| Johnny Cox | Kentucky | Tom Hawkins | Notre Dame | Tony Jackson | St. John's | |||
| Bailey Howell | Mississippi State | Don Hennon | Pittsburgh | Lou Pucillo | North Carolina State | |||
| Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati | John Richter | North Carolina State | Joe Ruklick | Northwestern | |||
| Jerry West | West Virginia | Al Seiden | St. John's | Lee Shaffer | North Carolina | |||
| UPI[5] | Bob Boozer | Kansas State | Leo Byrd | Marshall | Charlie Brown | Seattle | ||
| Don Hennon | Pittsburgh | Johnny Cox | Kentucky | Bob Ferry | Saint Louis | |||
| Bailey Howell | Mississippi State | Johnny Green | Michigan State | Lou Pucillo | North Carolina State | |||
| Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati | Tom Hawkins | Notre Dame | Doug Smart | Washington | |||
| Jerry West | West Virginia | Al Seiden | St. John's | Walt Torrence | UCLA | |||
| NEA | Bob Boozer | Kansas State | Leo Byrd | Marshall | No third team | |||
| Bailey Howell | Mississippi State | Johnny Cox | Kentucky | |||||
| Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati | Bob Ferry | Saint Louis | |||||
| Al Seiden | St. John's | Johnny Green | Michigan State | |||||
| Jerry West | West Virginia | John Richter | North Carolina State | |||||
AP Honorable Mention:[6]
- Bob Anderegg, Michigan State
- Bob Ayersman, Virginia Tech
- Carl Belz, Princeton
- Ed Blair, Western Michigan
- Bill Bridges, Kansas
- Charlie Brown, Seattle
- M. C. Burton, Michigan
- Arlen Clark, Oklahoma State
- Ralph Davis, Cincinnati
- LaRoy Doss, Saint Mary's
- Johnny Egan, Providence
- Rex Frederick, Auburn
- Dave Gunther, Iowa
- Lee Harman, Oregon State
- Jim Henry, Vanderbilt
- Dick Hickox, Miami (Florida)
- Leon Hill, Texas Tech
- Darrall Imhoff, California
- Tony Jackson, St. John's
- H. E. Kirchner, Texas Christian
- Roy Lange, William & Mary
- Rudy LaRusso, Dartmouth
- Walt Mangham, Marquette
- Bobby Joe Mason, Bradley
- Don Matuszak, Kansas State
- Charlie McNeil, Maryland
- Bucky McDonald, George Washington
- Willie Merriweather, Purdue
- Doug Moe, North Carolina
- Paul Neumann, Stanford
- Pearl Pollard, Utah
- John Richter, North Carolina State
- Gerry Schroeder, Colorado
- Al Seiden, St. John's
- Lee Shaffer, North Carolina
- Doug Smart, Washington
- Bob Smith, West Virginia
- Tom Stith, St. Bonaventure
- Gene Tormohlen, Tennessee
- Walt Torrence, UCLA
- Wilbur Trosch, Saint Francis (PA)
- Tony Windis, Wyoming
- Leroy Wright, Pacific
See also
References
- ^ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. 2009-05-04.
- ^ AP All-America Teams
- ^ "USBWA Men's All-Americans". Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
- ^ "NABC Division I All-America Teams". NABC. Archived from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ Johnson, Gary K. (2005). NCAA Men's Basketball Finest (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 187. ISSN 1521-2955. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^ "Robertson Leads 1959 AP All-America Choices". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. March 6, 1959. p. 33. Retrieved November 16, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
