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Billy Joe Adcock Billy Joe Adcock was a basketball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores. A prominent forward, he was the first player to be awarded a basketball scholarship by the school. He was also the school's first All-American basketball selection, by the ' ...

, Vanderbilt *

Cliff Barker Clifford "Cliff" Eugene Barker (January 15, 1921 – March 17, 1998) was an American basketball player who won the gold medal with the USA national basketball team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London and two national championships at the Unive ...

, Kentucky *

Leo Barnhorst Leo A. "Barney" Barnhorst (May 11, 1924 – August 25, 2000) was an American basketball player. A 6'4" forward/guard from Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, Barnhorst played four seasons at University of Notre Dame, where he was an honorab ...

, Notre Dame *

Edward Bartels Edward John Bartels (October 8, 1925 – November 4, 2007) was an American basketball player. He played collegiately for North Carolina State University. He played for the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks (1949–50) and Washington Capitols ...

, NC State *

Gene Berce Eugene Daniel Berce (November 22, 1926 – November 17, 2018) was an American basketball player. He played collegiately for the Cornell Big Red and what are now the Marquette Golden Eagles. He was selected by the New York Knicks in the 1948 BAA ...

, Marquette *

Nelson Bobb Nelson "Nitzy" Bobb (February 25, 1924 – December 8, 2003) was an American basketball player. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he played collegiately for hometown Temple University. He was selected by the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1949 BA ...

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Bob Brannum Robert Warren Brannum (May 28, 1925 – February 5, 2005) was an American basketball player. A 6'5" center from Winfield, Kansas, Brannum attended the University of Kentucky and Michigan State before playing professional basketball. Brannum wa ...

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* Clarence Brannum, Kansas State * Jack Burmaster, Illinois * Leland Byrd, West Virginia * Bobby Cook,

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

* Cliff Crandall,

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Nate DeLong Nathan J. DeLong (January 5, 1926 – May 5, 2010) was a center in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Biography A native of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, DeLong was a long-time resident of Hayward, Wisconsin. He attended the University of W ...

, River Falls Teachers * Pete Elliott, Michigan *

Billy Gabor William A. Gabor (May 13, 1922 – June 4, 2019) was an American professional basketball player. A 5'11" guard/ forward known as "Billy the Bullet", Gabor played collegiately at Syracuse University in the 1940s. He averaged 12.1 points per game ...

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* Vern Gardner, Utah * Dee Gibson, Western Kentucky * Tom Hamilton, Texas *

Chuck Hanger Charles E. Hanger (February 23, 1924 – July 23, 1995) was an American basketball player, known for his career as a collegian at the University of California, Berkeley (Cal) and as an All-American player in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) in th ...

, California *

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* Bob Harris, Oklahoma A&M * Paul Horvath, NC State * Harold Howey, Kansas State *

Dave Humerickhouse David D. Humerickhouse (August 10, 1924 – September 14, 2007) was an American basketball player, known for his All-American college career at Bradley University. Humerickhouse was a star high school player at Paris High School and was the firs ...

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, Marshall * Wallace Jones, Kentucky * Leo Katkaveck, NC State * Frank Kudelka, Saint Mary's * Ed Lerner, Temple *

Ray Lumpp Raymond George Lumpp (July 11, 1923 – January 16, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. Lumpp was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Queens. He played college basketball for New York University, and was on the team that made it t ...

, NYU * Al Madsen, Texas * Slater Martin, Texas * Mickey Marty, Loras *

Dick McGuire Richard Joseph McGuire (January 26, 1926 – February 3, 2010) was an American professional basketball player and coach. McGuire was one of the premier guards of the 1950s, playing 11 seasons in the NBA (1949–60), eight with the New York Knicks ...

, St. John's *

Dave Minor Davage T. Minor (February 23, 1922 – March 14, 1998) was a player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played with the Baltimore Bullets before being traded along with Stan Miasek to the Milwaukee Hawks for Don Boven, Pete Darce ...

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* Joe Nelson, Brigham Young * Jack Nichols, Washington *

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Warren Perkins Warren Charles "Red" Perkins (February 2, 1922 – September 12, 2014) was an American professional basketball player. Perkins was selected in the fourth round of the 1949 BAA Draft by the Providence Steamrollers after a collegiate career at Tu ...

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* Dan Pippin,

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Kenny Rollins Kenneth Herman Rollins (September 14, 1923 – October 9, 2012) was an American professional basketball player. He competed at the 1948 London Olympics and was a member of the University of Kentucky's "Fabulous Five" who won the 1948 NCAA tour ...

, Kentucky * Frank Saul,

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Fred Schaus Frederick Appleton Schaus (June 30, 1925 – February 10, 2010) was an American basketball player, head coach and athletic director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, player for the National Basketball Association's Fort Wayne Pisto ...

, West Virginia *

Otto Schnellbacher Otto Ole Schnellbacher (April 15, 1923 – March 10, 2008) was an American professional football player who was a safety and end for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was a two-time Pro Bowler. Also a professional b ...

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* Jack Spencer, Iowa * John Stanich, UCLA * Andy Tonkovich, Marshall *

Paul Unruh Paul Richard Unruh (May 7, 1928 – December 8, 2023) was an American college basketball standout at Bradley University from 1946 to 1950. He finished as Bradley's all-time leading scorer and was a consensus first-team All-American as a senio ...

, Bradley *

Paul Walther Paul P. Walther (March 23, 1927 – December 21, 2014) was an American basketball player. Life Walther was a native of Covington, Kentucky and a graduate of Covington Catholic High School. He was a 6'2" guard/ forward at the University of Tenn ...

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* Andy Wolfe, California

References

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All-Americans The All-America designation is an annual honor bestowed on outstanding athletes in the United States who are considered to be among the best athletes in their respective sport. Individuals receiving this distinction are typically added to an Al ...

1948 Consensus All-America team

Individual All-America teams

See also

References