# 1953 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The consensus 1953 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of six 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, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), Collier's Magazine and the International News Service.

## 1953 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Ernie Beck | F | Senior | Penn |
| Walter Dukes | C | Senior | Seton Hall |
| Tom Gola | F | Sophomore | La Salle |
| Bob Houbregs | F | Senior | Washington |
| Johnny O'Brien | G | Senior | Seattle |
Consensus Second Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Dick Knostman | F | Senior | Kansas State |
| Bob Pettit | C | Junior | Louisiana State |
| Joe Richey | G | Senior | Brigham Young |
| Don Schlundt | C | Sophomore | Indiana |
| Frank Selvy | G | Junior | Furman |

## Individual All-America teams

| All-America Team |
| All-America Team | First team | First team | Second team | Second team | Third team | Third team |
| All-America Team | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School |
| Associated Press | Ernie Beck | Penn | Paul Ebert | Ohio State | Jim Bredar | Illinois |
| Associated Press | Walter Dukes | Seton Hall | Dick Knostman | Kansas State | Bevo Francis | Rio Grande |
| Associated Press | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Larry Hennessy | Villanova |
| Associated Press | Bob Houbregs | Washington | Don Schlundt | Indiana | Bobby Leonard | Indiana |
| Associated Press | Johnny O'Brien | Seattle | Frank Selvy | Furman | Bob Speight | North Carolina State |
| UPI | Ernie Beck | Penn | Bevo Francis | Rio Grande | Paul Ebert | Ohio State |
| UPI | Walter Dukes | Seton Hall | Dick Knostman | Kansas State | Ron Feiereisel | DePaul |
| UPI | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | Larry Hennessy | Villanova |
| UPI | Bob Houbregs | Washington | Don Schlundt | Indiana | Chuck Mencel | Minnesota |
| UPI | Johnny O'Brien | Seattle | Frank Selvy | Furman | Eddie O'Brien | Seattle |
| Look Magazine | Ernie Beck | Penn | Irv Bemoras | Illinois | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Look Magazine | Walter Dukes | Seton Hall | Paul Ebert | Ohio State | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Look Magazine | Bob Houbregs | Washington | Tom Gola | La Salle | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Look Magazine | Dick Knostman | Kansas State | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Look Magazine | Johnny O'Brien | Seattle | Joe Richey | Brigham Young | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| NEA | Walter Dukes | Seton Hall | Ernie Beck | Penn | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| NEA | Tom Gola | La Salle | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| NEA | Bob Houbregs | Washington | Dick Ricketts | Duquesne | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| NEA | Dick Knostman | Kansas State | Don Schlundt | Indiana | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| NEA | Johnny O'Brien | Seattle | Gene Schwinger | Rice | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| International News Service | Walter Dukes | Seton Hall | Ernie Beck | Penn | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| International News Service | Tom Gola | La Salle | Jim Bredar | Illinois | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| International News Service | Bob Houbregs | Washington | Dick Knostman | Kansas State | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| International News Service | Johnny O'Brien | Seattle | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| International News Service | Don Schlundt | Indiana | Joe Richey | Brigham Young | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Collier's | Ernie Beck | Penn | Dick Knostman | Kansas State | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Collier's | Walter Dukes | Seton Hall | Bob Pettit | Louisiana State | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Collier's | Tom Gola | La Salle | Joe Richey | Brigham Young | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Collier's | Bob Houbregs | Washington | Don Schlundt | Indiana | No third team | No third team | No third team |
| Collier's | Johnny O'Brien | Seattle | Bob Speight | North Carolina State | No third team | No third team | No third team |
AP Honorable Mention:
* Irv Bemoras, Illinois
* B. H. Born, Kansas
* Don Bragg, UCLA
* John Clune, Navy
* Ron Feiereisel, DePaul
* Ken Flower, Southern California
* Dickie Hemric, Wake Forest
* Cob Jarvis, Mississippi
* Johnny Kerr, Illinois
* Tom Marshall, Western Kentucky
* Bob Mattick, Oklahoma A&M
* Bob McKeen, California
* Chuck Mencel, Minnesota
* Jack Molinas, Columbia
* Zippy Morocco, Georgia
* Togo Palazzi, Holy Cross
* Joe Richey, Brigham Young
* Dick Ricketts, Duquesne
* Arnold Short, Oklahoma City
* Art Spoelstra, Western Kentucky