1961 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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The 1961 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Dischinger, Kaiser, Walker, Stith, Lucas.

The consensus 1961 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of seven major All-American teams.[1] 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), The Sporting News, and the National Collegiate Association Bureau (NCAB). 1961 was the only year where the National Collegiate Association Bureau teams were used in determining consensus teams.

1961 Consensus All-America team[]

Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Terry Dischinger F Junior Purdue
Roger Kaiser G Senior Georgia Tech
Jerry Lucas F/C Junior Ohio State
Tom Stith G/F Senior St. Bonaventure
Chet Walker F Junior Bradley


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Walt Bellamy C Senior Indiana
Frank Burgess G Senior Gonzaga
Tony Jackson G Senior St. John's
Billy McGill C Junior Utah
Larry Siegfried G Senior Ohio State

Individual All-America teams[]

All-America Team
First team Second team Third team
Player School Player School Player School
Associated Press[2] Terry Dischinger Purdue Walt Bellamy Indiana John Havlicek Ohio State
Roger Kaiser Georgia Tech Frank Burgess Gonzaga Art Heyman Duke
Jerry Lucas Ohio State Tony Jackson St. John's York Larese North Carolina
Tom Stith St. Bonaventure Billy McGill Utah John Rudometkin Southern California
Chet Walker Bradley Doug Moe North Carolina Larry Siegfried Ohio State
USBWA/Look Magazine[3] Terry Dischinger Purdue No second or third teams (10-man first team)
Roger Kaiser Georgia Tech
Jerry Lucas Ohio State
Billy McGill Utah
Tom Meschery Saint Mary's
Doug Moe North Carolina
Gary Phillips Houston
Larry Siegfried Ohio State
Tom Stith St. Bonaventure
Chet Walker Bradley
NABC[4] Walt Bellamy Indiana Dave DeBusschere Detroit Frank Burgess Gonzaga
Terry Dischinger Purdue Tony Jackson St. John's Wayne Hightower Kansas
Jerry Lucas Ohio State Roger Kaiser Georgia Tech Doug Moe North Carolina
Tom Stith St. Bonaventure York Larese North Carolina John Rudometkin Southern California
Chet Walker Bradley Billy McGill Utah Larry Siegfried Ohio State
UPI[5] Terry Dischinger Purdue Walt Bellamy Indiana Frank Burgess Gonzaga
Roger Kaiser Georgia Tech John Havlicek Ohio State Dave DeBusschere Detroit
Jerry Lucas Ohio State Tony Jackson St. John's Art Heyman Duke
Tom Stith St. Bonaventure Billy McGill Utah York Larese North Carolina
Chet Walker Bradley John Rudometkin Southern California Larry Siegfried Ohio State
NEA Walt Bellamy Indiana Frank Burgess Gonzaga York Larese North Carolina
Terry Dischinger Purdue Dave DeBusschere Detroit Tom Meschery Saint Mary's
Roger Kaiser Georgia Tech Tony Jackson St. John's Doug Moe North Carolina
Jerry Lucas Ohio State Billy McGill Utah John Rudometkin Southern California
Tom Stith St. Bonaventure Larry Siegfried Ohio State Chet Walker Bradley
Sporting News Terry Dischinger Purdue Walt Bellamy Indiana No third team
Roger Kaiser Georgia Tech Frank Burgess Gonzaga
Jerry Lucas Ohio State York Larese North Carolina
Larry Siegfried Ohio State Doug Moe North Carolina
Tom Stith St. Bonaventure Chet Walker Bradley
NCAB Terry Dischinger Purdue Walt Bellamy Indiana No third team
Roger Kaiser Georgia Tech Frank Burgess Gonzaga
Jerry Lucas Ohio State Tony Jackson St. John's
Tom Stith St. Bonaventure Billy McGill Utah
Chet Walker Bradley Larry Siegfried Ohio State

AP Honorable Mention:[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. Archived 2009-05-04.
  2. ^ AP All-America Teams
  3. ^ "USBWA Men's All-Americans". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
  4. ^ All-America - Division I (1960's) Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, NEA, Sporting News & NACB) Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
  6. ^ "Lucas On All-American Second Straight Season". Beckley Post-Herald. 2 March 1961. p. 12. Retrieved January 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
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