The consensus 1957 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of six major All-American teams.NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. 2009-05-04. To earn 'consensus' status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and the International News Service.
1957 Consensus All-America team
+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Wilt Chamberlain C Sophomore Kansas Chet Forte G Senior Columbia Rod Hundley G/F Senior West Virginia Jim Krebs F/C Senior Southern Methodist Lennie Rosenbluth F Senior North Carolina Charlie Tyra C Senior Louisville
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Elgin Baylor F Sophomore Seattle Frank Howard F Junior Ohio State Guy Rodgers G Junior Temple Gary Thompson G Senior Iowa State Grady Wallace F Senior South Carolina
Individual All-America teams
All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated PressAP All-America Teams Wilt Chamberlain Kansas Elgin Baylor Seattle Jim Ashmore Mississippi State Chet Forte Columbia Frank Howard Ohio State Archie Dees Indiana Rod Hundley West Virginia Jim Krebs Southern Methodist Bill Ebben Detroit Lennie Rosenbluth North Carolina Charlie Tyra Louisville Larry Friend California Gary Thompson Iowa State Grady Wallace South Carolina Guy Rodgers Temple USBWA/Look Magazine Elgin Baylor Seattle No second or third teams (10-man first team) Wilt Chamberlain Kansas Chet Forte Columbia Frank Howard Ohio State Rod Hundley West Virginia Jim Krebs Southern Methodist Guy Rodgers Temple Lennie Rosenbluth North Carolina Gary Thompson Iowa State Charlie Tyra Louisville NABC Wilt Chamberlain Kansas Elgin Baylor Seattle Bruno Boin Washington Rod Hundley West Virginia George Bon Salle Illinois Archie Dees Indiana Jim Krebs Southern Methodist Chet Forte Columbia Frank Howard Ohio State Lennie Rosenbluth North Carolina Guy Rodgers Temple Ron Kramer Michigan Charlie Tyra Louisville Gary Thompson Iowa State Dick O'Neal Texas Christian UPI2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, NEA & International News Service) p.208 Wilt Chamberlain Kansas Elgin Baylor Seattle Jim Ashmore Mississippi State Chet Forte Columbia Joe Gibbon Mississippi Johnny Cox Kentucky Rod Hundley West Virginia Jim Krebs Southern Methodist Archie Dees Indiana Lennie Rosenbluth North Carolina Gary Thompson Iowa State Frank Howard Ohio State Grady Wallace South Carolina Charlie Tyra Louisville Guy Rodgers Temple NEA Wilt Chamberlain Kansas Elgin Baylor Seattle No third team Frank Howard Ohio State Chet Forte Columbia Jim Krebs Southern Methodist Rod Hundley West Virginia Guy Rodgers Temple Jimmy Smith Steubenville Charlie Tyra Louisville Bennie Swain Texas Southern International News Service Elgin Baylor Seattle Chet Forte Columbia No third team Wilt Chamberlain Kansas Rod Hundley West Virginia Jim Krebs Southern Methodist Guy Rodgers Temple Lennie Rosenbluth North Carolina Gary Thompson Iowa State Grady Wallace South Carolina Charlie Tyra Louisville AP Honorable Mention:
Harold Alcorn, Saint Louis Dick Banton, UCLA Larry Beck, Washington State Bruno Boin, Washington Bill Bond, Stanford Barney Cable, Bradley Vinnie Cohen, Syracuse Boo Ellis, Niagara Dick Gaines, Seton Hall Dave Gambee, Oregon State Joe Gibbon, Mississippi Johnny Green, Michigan State Vernon Hatton, Kentucky Don Hennon, Pittsburgh Johnny Lee, Yale Lee Marshall, Washington and Lee Don Medsker, Iowa State Mike Moran, Marquette Jack Murdock, Wake Forest Hank Nowak, Canisius Jack Parr, Kansas State Hub Reed, Oklahoma City Dave Ricketts, Duquesne Al Rochelle, Vanderbilt Lloyd Sharrar, West Virginia Doug Smart, Washington Win Wilfong, Memphis State
See also 1956–57 NCAA University Division men's basketball season
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