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1949 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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caption	Members of the 1949 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Beard, Boryla, Macauley and Groza (not pictured: Lavelli).
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The consensus 1949 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 Associated Press, Look Magazine, The United Press International, and Collier's Magazine.

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
Associated Press	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	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

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

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.
[https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_america.html AP All-America Teams]
[http://www.ncaapublications.com/DownloadPublication.aspx?download=BF05.pdf 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, Look, & Collier's)] p.208
(10 March 1949). "AP All-America Basketball Team". San Bernardino County Sun.

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