1963 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The consensus 1963 College Basketball All-American team as determined by aggregating the results of five 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, and the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA). 1963 was the last year that the NEA was used to determine consensus All-American teams.

Future Hall of Famer Nate Thurmond was a consensus second team pick

1963 Consensus All-America team
Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Ron Bonham F Junior Cincinnati
Jerry Harkness G Senior Loyola (IL)
Art Heyman F Senior Duke
Barry Kramer G/F Junior NYU
Tom Thacker G Senior Cincinnati


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Gary Bradds F Junior Ohio State
Bill Green F Senior Colorado State
Cotton Nash F Junior Kentucky
Rod Thorn G/F Senior West Virginia
Nate Thurmond C Senior Bowling Green

Individual All-America teams
All-America Team
First team Second team Third team
PlayerSchool PlayerSchool PlayerSchool
Associated Press [2] Ron BonhamCincinnatiBill BradleyPrincetonBill GreenColorado State
Gary BraddsOhio StateWalt HazzardUCLAEddie MilesSeattle
Jerry HarknessLoyola (IL)Cotton NashKentuckyJimmy RaylIndiana
Art HeymanDukeTom ThackerCincinnatiNick WerkmanSeton Hall
Barry KramerNYURod ThornWest VirginiaTony YatesCincinnati
USBWA[3] Ron BonhamCincinnatiNo second or third teams (10-man first team)
Ken CharltonColorado
Bill GreenColorado State
Jerry HarknessLoyola (IL)
Walt HazzardUCLA
Art HeymanDuke
Barry KramerNYU
Cotton NashKentucky
Tom ThackerCincinnati
Rod ThornWest Virginia
NABC[4] Ron BonhamCincinnatiMel CountsOregon StateGary BraddsOhio State
Bill GreenColorado StateWalt HazzardUCLABill BradleyPrinceton
Jerry HarknessLoyola (IL)Cotton NashKentuckyJoe CaldwellArizona State
Art HeymanDukeRod ThornWest VirginiaBarry KramerNYU
Tom ThackerCincinnatiNick WerkmanSeton HallTony YatesCincinnati
UPI[5] Ron BonhamCincinnatiBill BradleyPrincetonBill GreenColorado State
Gary BraddsOhio StateBarry KramerNYUWalt HazzardUCLA
Jerry HarknessLoyola (IL)Cotton NashKentuckyEddie MilesSeattle
Art HeymanDukeRod ThornWest VirginiaDave StallworthWichita State
Tom ThackerCincinnatiNate ThurmondBowling GreenNick WerkmanSeton Hall
NEA Bill GreenColorado StateRon BonhamCincinnatiNo third team
Art HeymanDukeBill BradleyPrinceton
Barry KramerNYUJerry HarknessLoyola (IL)
Tom ThackerCincinnatiCotton NashKentucky
Nate ThurmondBowling GreenEddie MilesSeattle

AP Honorable Mention:[6]

Academic All-Americans

Academic All-American teams were selected for the first time in 1963.[7][8]

First Team
Player School Class
Art Becker Arizona State Junior
Ken Charlton Colorado Senior
Raymond Flynn Providence Senior
Rod Thorn West Virginia Senior
Gerry Ward Boston College Senior
Second Team
Player School Class
Terry Baker Oregon State Senior
Jay Buckley Duke Junior
Don Clemetson Stanford Senior
Brian Generalovich Pittsburgh Junior
Joe Dan Gold Mississippi State Senior

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 and NEA) Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
  6. "Heyman, Bonham Head AP Squad". St. Joseph Gazette. March 1, 1963. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  7. AP (March 27, 1963). "Pick Academic all-America". Schenectady Gazette. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  8. AP (March 27, 1963). "Terry Baker set to sign with LA Rams". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
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