1945 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Members of the 1945 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Ferrin, Gray, Hassett, Henry, Mikan, Kurland, Kirk.
The consensus 1945 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 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[2] | 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 | ||
See also
References
- ^ NCAA Record Book - Award Winnersp.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. 2009-05-04.
- ^ 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (Helms, Converse, Argosy Magazine & Sporting News) p.208. Accessed 2009-06-21. Archived 2009-07-21.