1946 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The consensus 1946 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 True Magazine.
1946 Consensus All-America team
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Klier | F | Senior | Notre Dame |
| Bob Kurland | C | Senior | Oklahoma A&M |
| George Mikan | C | Senior | DePaul |
| Max Morris | F | Senior | Northwestern |
| Sid Tanenbaum | G | Junior | NYU |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles B. Black | F | Junior | Kansas |
| John Dillon | G | Sophomore | North Carolina |
| Billy Hassett | G | Senior | Notre Dame |
| Tony Lavelli | F | Freshman | Yale |
| Jack Parkinson | G | Junior | Kentucky |
| Ken Sailors | G | Senior | Wyoming |
Individual All-America teams
| All-America Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
| Helms[2] | Charles B. Black | Kansas | Ernie Calverley | Rhode Island | Nicholas Buzolich | Pepperdine |
| Paul Huston | Ohio State | Billy Gabor | Syracuse | John Dillon | North Carolina | |
| Jim Jordan | North Carolina | Jackie Goldsmith | Long Island | Bill Flynt | Arkansas | |
| Leo Klier | Notre Dame | Paul Hoffman | Purdue | Wally Hatkevich | Penn State | |
| Bob Kurland | Oklahoma A&M | Ed Koffenberger | Duke | Jack Hewson | Temple | |
| Tony Lavelli | Yale | Don Otten | Bowling Green | Tony Jaros | Minnesota | |
| George Mikan | DePaul | Fred Quinn | Idaho | Bobby Lowther | LSU | |
| Max Morris | Northwestern | Jackie Robinson | Baylor | Garland O'Shields | Tennessee | |
| Jack Parkinson | Kentucky | Herb Wilkinson | Iowa | Red Rocha | Oregon State | |
| Sid Tanenbaum | NYU | Andy Wolfe | California | John Wallace | Indiana | |
| Converse | Leo Klier | Notre Dame | John Dillon | North Carolina | Charles B. Black | Kansas |
| Bob Kurland | Oklahoma A&M | Ed Koffenberger | Duke | Ernie Calverley | Rhode Island | |
| George Mikan | DePaul | Don Otten | Bowling Green | Paul Huston | Ohio State | |
| Max Morris | Northwestern | Ken Sailors | Wyoming | Tony Lavelli | Yale | |
| Jack Parkinson | Kentucky | Rollie Seltz | Hamline | Sid Tanenbaum | NYU | |
| True Magazine | Billy Hassett | Notre Dame | Vince Boryla | Notre Dame | Charles B. Black | Kansas |
| Leo Klier | Notre Dame | Harry Boykoff | St. John's | Bill Hall | Marshall | |
| Bob Kurland | Oklahoma A&M | Jack Goldsmith | Long Island | Dick Ives | Iowa | |
| George Mikan | DePaul | Milo Komenich | Wyoming | Jack Parkinson | Kentucky | |
| Ken Sailors | Wyoming | Max Morris | Northwestern | Sid Tanenbaum | NYU | |
| Sporting News | John Dillon | North Carolina | Charles B. Black | Kansas | Billy Gabor | Syracuse |
| Bob Kurland | Oklahoma A&M | Wyndol Gray | Harvard | Tony Lavelli | Yale | |
| George Mikan | DePaul | Leo Klier | Notre Dame | Red Rocha | Oregon State | |
| Max Morris | Northwestern | George Kok | Arkansas | Ken Sailors | Wyoming | |
| Sid Tanenbaum | NYU | Herb Wilkinson | Iowa | Jack Tingle | Kentucky | |
References
- ^ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. Archived 2009-05-04.
- ^ 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (Helms, Converse, True Magazine & Sporting News) p.208. Accessed 2009-06-21. Archived 2009-07-21.