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1945 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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| image1 | Arnie_Ferrin.jpg | |||
| image2 | Wyndol_Gray_BGSU.jpg | |||
| image3 | Billy_Hassett.jpg | |||
| image4 | Bill_Henry_Rice.jpg | |||
| image5 | Walt Kirk 1945 All America.jpg | |||
| image6 | Bob Kurland OSU.jpg | |||
| image7 | George Mikan 1945.jpeg | |||
| caption | Members of the 1945 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Ferrin, Gray, Hassett, Henry, Mikan, Kurland, Kirk. | |||
| awarded_for | [1944–45 NCAA men's basketball season](1944-45-ncaa-men-s-basketball-season) | |||
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| main | All-Americans | |||
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The consensus 1945 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Helms Athletic Foundation, Converse, The Sporting News, and Argosy Magazine.
1945 Consensus All-America team
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnie Ferrin | F | Sophomore | Utah |
| Wyndol Gray | F | Junior | Bowling Green |
| Billy Hassett | G | Junior | Notre Dame |
| Bill Henry | C | Senior | Rice |
| Walt Kirk | G/F | Junior | Illinois |
| Bob Kurland | C | Junior | Oklahoma A&M |
| George Mikan | C | Junior | DePaul |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Dallmar | F | Junior | Pennsylvania |
| Don Grate | G | Senior | Ohio State |
| Dale Hall | F | Senior | Army |
| Vince Hanson | C | Sophomore | Washington State |
| Dick Ives | F | Sophomore | Iowa |
| Max Morris | F | Senior | Northwestern |
| Herb Wilkinson | G | Sophomore | Iowa |
Individual All-America teams
| All-America Team | First team | Second team | Third team | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helms | Adrian Back | Navy | Howie Dallmar | Pennsylvania | No third team | |||||
| Dale Hall | Army | Bob Dille | Valparaiso | |||||||
| Vince Hanson | Washington State | Arnie Ferrin | Utah | |||||||
| Bill Henry | Rice | Billy Hassett | Notre Dame | |||||||
| Walt Kirk | Illinois | Jack Hewson | Temple | |||||||
| Bob Kurland | Oklahoma A&M | Paul Hoffman | Purdue | |||||||
| George Mikan | DePaul | Jim Jordan | North Carolina | |||||||
| Max Morris | Northwestern | Don Otten | Bowling Green | |||||||
| Howie Schultz | Hamline | Bill Putnam | UCLA | |||||||
| Herb Wilkinson | Iowa | Arnie Risen | Ohio State | |||||||
| Converse | Arnie Ferrin | Utah | Howie Dallmar | Pennsylvania | Ernie Calverley | Rhode Island | ||||
| Wyndol Gray | Bowling Green | Billy Hassett | Notre Dame | Don Grate | Ohio State | |||||
| Walt Kirk | Illinois | Bill Henry | Rice | Dale Hall | Army | |||||
| Bob Kurland | Oklahoma A&M | Dick Ives | Iowa | Vince Hanson | Washington State | |||||
| George Mikan | DePaul | Arnie Risen | Ohio State | Max Morris | Northwestern | |||||
| Argosy Magazine | Don Grate | Ohio State | Ernie Calverley | Rhode Island | Hy Gotkin | St. John's | ||||
| Billy Hassett | Notre Dame | Bob Dille | Valparaiso | Dale Hall | Army | |||||
| Dick Ives | Iowa | Arnie Ferrin | Utah | Bill Kotsores | St. John's | |||||
| Bob Kurland | Oklahoma A&M | Bill Henry | Rice | Max Morris | Northwestern | |||||
| George Mikan | DePaul | Walt Kirk | Illinois | Herb Wilkinson | Iowa | |||||
| Sporting News | Howie Dallmar | Pennsylvania | Bob Dille | Valparaiso | Dale Hall | Army | ||||
| Arnie Ferrin | Utah | Vince Hanson | Washington State | Bill Henry | Rice | |||||
| Wyndol Gray | Bowling Green | Billy Hassett | Notre Dame | Bill Kotsores | St. John's | |||||
| Bob Kurland | Oklahoma A&M | Fritz Nagy | Akron | Max Morris | Northwestern | |||||
| George Mikan | DePaul | Herb Wilkinson | Iowa | Hank O'Keeffe | Rensselaer |
References
References
- [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.
- [http://www.ncaapublications.com/Uploads/PDF/m_basketball_finesta2ccdb4e-d86f-4abf-a138-5bb24fd77472.pdf 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (Helms, Converse, Argosy Magazine & Sporting News)] p.208. Accessed 2009-06-21. [https://www.webcitation.org/5iRBqsXi3?url=http://www.ncaapublications.com/Uploads/PDF/m_basketball_finesta2ccdb4e-d86f-4abf-a138-5bb24fd77472.pdf Archived] 2009-07-21.
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