# All-National Basketball League (United States) Team

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Coach of the Year
Most Valuable Player
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The All-National Basketball League Team was an annual National Basketball League (NBL) honor bestowed upon the best players in the United States league following the NBL season. The team was selected every season of the league's existence, from 1937–38 through 1948–49.
Nine players earned at least four total selections, three of whom have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame – Bobby McDermott (1988), Buddy Jeannette (1994), and Al Cervi (1985).

## Key

| * | Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been selected |
| Player (in bold text) | Indicates the player who won the NBL Most Valuable Player in the same year |

## Annual selections

| Season | First Team | First Team | Second Team | Second Team |
| Season | Players | Teams | Players | Teams |
| 1937–38 | Scott Armstrong | Fort Wayne General Electrics | Soup Cable | Akron Firestone Non-Skids |
| 1937–38 | Chuck Bloedorn | Akron Goodyear Wingfoots | Robert Kessler | Indianapolis Kautskys |
| 1937–38 | Leroy Edwards | Oshkosh All-Stars | Vince McGowan | Whiting Ciesar All-Americans |
| 1937–38 | Charley Shipp | Akron Goodyear Wingfoots | Jack Ozburn | Akron Firestone Non-Skids |
| 1937–38 | John Wooden* | Whiting Ciesar All-Americans | Bart Quinn | Fort Wayne General Electrics |
| 1938–39 | Paul Birch | Pittsburgh Pirates | Chuck Bloedorn (2) | Akron Goodyear Wingfoots |
| 1938–39 | Jerry Bush | Akron Firestone Non-Skids | John Moir | Akron Firestone Non-Skids |
| 1938–39 | Soup Cable (2) | Akron Firestone Non-Skids | Jack Ozburn (2) | Akron Firestone Non-Skids |
| 1938–39 | Leroy Edwards (2) | Oshkosh All-Stars | Charley Shipp (2) | Akron Goodyear Wingfoots |
| 1938–39 | John Sines | Indianapolis Kautskys | Jewell Young | Indianapolis Kautskys |
| 1939–40 | Soup Cable (3) | Akron Firestone Non-Skids | Ernie Andres | Indianapolis Kautskys |
| 1939–40 | Leroy Edwards (3) | Oshkosh All-Stars | Nat Frankel | Detroit Eagles |
| 1939–40 | Wibs Kautz | Chicago Bruins | Otto Kolar | Sheboygan Red Skins |
| 1939–40 | Charley Shipp (3) | Oshkosh All-Stars | Rube Lautenschlager | Sheboygan Red Skins |
| 1939–40 | Ben Stephens | Akron Goodyear Wingfoots | Jack Ozburn (3) | Akron Firestone Non-Skids |
| 1940–41 | Leroy Edwards (4) | Oshkosh All-Stars | Bob Calihan | Detroit Eagles |
| 1940–41 | Buddy Jeannette* | Detroit Eagles | Bill Hapac | Chicago Bruins |
| 1940–41 | Jack Ozburn (4) | Akron Firestone Non-Skids | Wibs Kautz (2) | Chicago Bruins |
| 1940–41 | Ed Sadowski | Detroit Eagles | Bobby Neu | Hammond Ciesar All-Americans |
| 1940–41 | Charley Shipp (4) | Oshkosh All-Stars | Jake Pelkington | Akron Goodyear Wingfoots |
| 1940–41 | Ben Stephens (2) | Akron Goodyear Wingfoots | Ralph Vaughn | Hammond Ciesar All-Americans / Chicago Bruins |
| 1941–42 | Chuck Chuckovits | Toledo Jim White Chevrolets | Ed Dancker | Sheboygan Red Skins |
| 1941–42 | Leroy Edwards (5) | Oshkosh All-Stars | George Glamack | Akron Goodyear Wingfoots |
| 1941–42 | Bobby McDermott* | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons | Herm Schaefer | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons |
| 1941–42 | Charley Shipp (5) | Oshkosh All-Stars | Ralph Vaughn (2) | Chicago Bruins |
| 1941–42 | Ben Stephens (3) | Akron Goodyear Wingfoots | Jewell Young (2) | Indianapolis Kautskys |
| 1942–43 | Curly Armstrong | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons | Sonny Boswell | Chicago Studebaker Flyers |
| 1942–43 | Ed Dancker (2) | Sheboygan Red Skins | Jerry Bush (2) | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons |
| 1942–43 | Bobby McDermott* (2) | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons | Leroy Edwards (6) | Oshkosh All-Stars |
| 1942–43 | Charley Shipp (6) | Oshkosh All-Stars | Buddy Jeannette* (2) | Sheboygan Red Skins |
| 1942–43 | Ralph Vaughn (3) | Oshkosh All-Stars | Ken Suesens | Sheboygan Red Skins |
| 1943–44 | Ed Dancker (3) | Sheboygan Red Skins | Jerry Bush (3) | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons |
| 1943–44 | Buddy Jeannette* (3) | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons | Rube Lautenschlager (2) | Sheboygan Red Skins |
| 1943–44 | Bobby McDermott* (3) | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons | Jake Pelkington (2) | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons |
| 1943–44 | Mel Riebe | Cleveland Chase Brassmen | Charley Shipp (7) | Oshkosh All-Stars |
| 1943–44 | Clint Wager | Oshkosh All-Stars | Ken Suesens (2) | Sheboygan Red Skins |
| 1944–45 | Leroy Edwards (7) | Oshkosh All-Stars | Jerry Bush (4) | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons |
| 1944–45 | Buddy Jeannette* (4) | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons | Ed Dancker (4) | Sheboygan Red Skins |
| 1944–45 | Bobby McDermott* (4) | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons | Huck Hartman | Pittsburgh Raiders |
| 1944–45 | Stan Patrick | Chicago American Gears | Jake Pelkington (3) | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons |
| 1944–45 | Mel Riebe (2) | Cleveland Allmen Transfers | Dick Triptow | Chicago American Gears |
| 1945–46 | Bob Carpenter | Oshkosh All-Stars | Frank Baumholtz | Youngstown Bears |
| 1945–46 | Ed Dancker (5) | Sheboygan Red Skins | Bob Calihan (2) | Chicago American Gears |
| 1945–46 | George Glamack (2) | Rochester Royals | Al Cervi* | Rochester Royals |
| 1945–46 | Red Holzman* | Rochester Royals | Leroy Edwards (8) | Oshkosh All-Stars |
| 1945–46 | Buddy Jeannette* (5) | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons | Mike Novak | Sheboygan Red Skins |
| 1945–46 | Bobby McDermott* (5) | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons | Jerry Steiner | Indianapolis Kautskys |
| 1946–47 | Al Cervi* (2) | Rochester Royals | Bob Calihan (3) | Chicago American Gears |
| 1946–47 | Bob Davies* | Rochester Royals | Bob Carpenter (2) | Oshkosh All-Stars |
| 1946–47 | Fred Lewis | Sheboygan Red Skins | Red Holzman* (2) | Rochester Royals |
| 1946–47 | Bobby McDermott* (6) | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons / Chicago American Gears | Arnie Risen* | Indianapolis Kautskys |
| 1946–47 | George Mikan* | Chicago American Gears | Hal Tidrick | Toledo Jeeps |
| 1947–48 | Al Cervi* (3) | Rochester Royals | Frank Brian | Anderson Duffey Packers |
| 1947–48 | Red Holzman* (3) | Rochester Royals | Bob Calihan (4) | Flint Dow A.C.'s |
| 1947–48 | George Mikan* (2) | Minneapolis Lakers | Bob Davies* (2) | Rochester Royals |
| 1947–48 | Jim Pollard* | Minneapolis Lakers | Bobby McDermott* (7) | Sheboygan Red Skins / Tri-Cities Blackhawks |
| 1947–48 | Mike Todorovich | Sheboygan Red Skins | Don Otten | Tri-Cities Blackhawks |
| 1948–49 | Frank Brian (2) | Anderson Duffey Packers | Bill Closs | Anderson Duffey Packers |
| 1948–49 | Al Cervi* (4) | Syracuse Nationals | Hoot Gibson | Tri-Cities Blackhawks / Denver Nuggets |
| 1948–49 | Gene Englund | Oshkosh All-Stars | Boag Johnson | Anderson Duffey Packers |
| 1948–49 | Dick Mehen | Waterloo Hawks | Mike Todorovich (2) | Sheboygan Red Skins |
| 1948–49 | Don Otten (2) | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | Whitey Von Nieda | Tri-Cities Blackhawks |

## Most selections

The following table only lists players with at least four total selections.
| Player | Total | First Team | Second Team | MVP | Seasons played |
| Leroy Edwards | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Bobby McDermott* | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Charley Shipp | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Ed Dancker | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Buddy Jeannette* | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Jerry Bush | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Bob Calihan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Al Cervi* | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Jack Ozburn | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |