1955 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The consensus 1955 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of six major All-American teams.[1] 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.

1955 Consensus All-America team
Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Dick Garmaker G Senior Minnesota
Tom Gola F Senior La Salle
Sihugo Green G Junior Duquesne
Dick Ricketts F/C Senior Duquesne
Bill Russell C Junior San Francisco


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Darrell Floyd G Junior Furman
Robin Freeman G Junior Ohio State
Dickie Hemric C Senior Wake Forest
Don Schlundt C Senior Indiana
Ronnie Shavlik F/C Junior North Carolina State

Individual All-America teams
All-America Team
First team Second team Third team
PlayerSchool PlayerSchool PlayerSchool
Associated Press [2] Darrell FloydFurmanDick GarmakerMinnesotaDick BoushkaSaint Louis
Robin FreemanOhio StateSihugo GreenDuquesneBob BurrowKentucky
Tom GolaLa SalleDickie HemricWake ForestTom HeinsohnHoly Cross
Dick RickettsDuquesneDon SchlundtIndianaMaurice StokesSt. Francis (PA)
Bill RussellSan FranciscoRonnie ShavlikNorth Carolina StateBuzz WilkinsonVirginia
UPI Dick GarmakerMinnesotaDarrell FloydFurmanTom HeinsohnHoly Cross
Tom GolaLa SalleRobin FreemanOhio StateJohnny HoranDayton
Sihugo GreenDuquesneDickie HemricWake ForestKen SearsSanta Clara
Dick RickettsDuquesneDon SchlundtIndianaJack StephensNotre Dame
Bill RussellSan FranciscoRonnie ShavlikNorth Carolina StateMaurice StokesSt. Francis (PA)
Look Magazine[3] Ed ConlinFordhamNo second or third teams (10-man first team)
Frank EhmannNorthwestern
Dick GarmakerMinnesota
Tom GolaLa Salle
Sihugo GreenDuquesne
Dickie HemricWake Forest
Bob PattersonTulsa
Dick RickettsDuquesne
Bill RussellSan Francisco
Maurice StokesSt. Francis (PA)
NEA Dick GarmakerMinnesotaEd ConlinFordhamArt BunteUtah
Tom GolaLa SalleDick RickettsDuquesneTom HeinsohnHoly Cross
Sihugo GreenDuquesneRonnie ShavlikNorth Carolina StateBob PattersonTulsa
Dickie HemricWake ForestMaurice StokesSt. Francis (PA)Don SchlundtIndiana
Bill RussellSan FranciscoJack TwymanCincinnatiKen SearsSanta Clara
International News Service Dick GarmakerMinnesotaArt BunteUtahNo third team
Tom GolaLa SalleDickie HemricWake Forest
Sihugo GreenDuquesneBob McKeenCalifornia
Bill RussellSan FranciscoDick RickettsDuquesne
Ronnie ShavlikNorth Carolina StateJack TwymanCincinnati
Collier's Robin FreemanOhio StateDick GarmakerMinnesotaJesse ArnellePenn State
Tom GolaLa SalleTom HeinsohnHoly CrossEd ConlinFordham
Sihugo GreenDuquesneDickie HemricWake ForestDarrell FloydFurman
Dick RickettsDuquesneJack StephensNotre DameRonnie ShavlikNorth Carolina State
Don SchlundtIndianaBill RussellSan FranciscoMaurice StokesSt. Francis (PA)

AP Honorable Mention:[4]

References
  1. NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. Archived 2009-05-04.
  2. AP All-America Teams
  3. 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, Look, NEA, Collier's & International News Service) p.208
  4. "Gola All-America Cager for Third Straight Year". St. Petersburg Times'. March 3, 1955. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
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