1938 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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The Consensus 1938 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Helms Athletic Foundation
, Converse, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA)
, and Madison Square Garden
.
Helms Athletic Foundation
The Helms Athletic Foundation was an athletic foundation based in Los Angeles, founded in 1936 by Bill Schroeder and Paul Helms. It put together a panel of experts to select National Champion teams and make All-America team selections in a number of college sports including football and basketball...
, Converse, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA)
United Media
United Media is a large editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States, owned by The E.W. Scripps Company. It syndicates 150 comics and editorial columns worldwide. Its core business is the United Feature Syndicate and the Newspaper Enterprise Association...
, and Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden (1925)
Madison Square Garden was an indoor arena in New York City, the third of that name. It was built in 1925 and closed in 1968, and was located on Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets in Manhattan on the site of the city's trolley car barns. It was the first Garden that was not located near...
.
1938 Consensus All-America team
| Player | Class | Team |
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| Meyer Bloom Mike Bloom (basketball) Meyer "Mike" Bloom was an American basketball player.He played collegiately for the Temple University.... |
Senior | Temple Temple Owls men's basketball The Temple Owls men's basketball team represents Temple University in the Atlantic 10 Conference at the Division I level. The program is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The head men's basketball coach is Fran Dunphy.-History:... |
| Hank Luisetti Hank Luisetti Angelo "Hank" Luisetti was an American college men's basketball player and one of the great innovators of the game. In an era that featured the traditional two-handed set shot, Luisetti developed the running one-handed shot... |
Senior | Stanford Stanford Cardinal men's basketball The Stanford Cardinal Men's Basketball team represents Stanford University, located in Stanford, California, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Pacific-12 Conference. The team has won 13 conference championships , the last in 2004, and one NCAA championship, in 1942... |
| John Moir John Moir John Moir was a professional basketball player between 1938 and 1946 in the United States' National Basketball League.-Early life:... |
Senior | Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball The Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. The program competes in the Big East Conference of NCAA Division I. The school holds two national championships in... |
| Paul Nowak Paul Nowak Paul Nowak was an American basketball player. He was a three-time All-American at Notre Dame and was an early professional in the National Basketball League.... |
Senior | Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball The Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. The program competes in the Big East Conference of NCAA Division I. The school holds two national championships in... |
| Fred Pralle Fred Pralle Fred Pralle was an American college basketball standout at the University of Kansas from 1935–36 to 1937–38. In his three varsity seasons, Kansas won all three Big Six Conference regular season championships. Pralle led the Jayhawks in scoring in each of his last two seasons, and as a senior he... |
Senior | Kansas |
| Jewell Young Jewell Young Jewell Young was an American basketball player. He was an All-American at Purdue University and an early professional.... |
Senior | Purdue Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball The Purdue Boilermakers basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and is a member of the Big Ten Conference. Purdue basketball holds the record for most Big Ten Championships with 22, along with being the only program in the conference to boast winning records... |
Individual All-America teams
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| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |||
| Helms Helms Athletic Foundation The Helms Athletic Foundation was an athletic foundation based in Los Angeles, founded in 1936 by Bill Schroeder and Paul Helms. It put together a panel of experts to select National Champion teams and make All-America team selections in a number of college sports including football and basketball... |
Meyer Bloom Mike Bloom (basketball) Meyer "Mike" Bloom was an American basketball player.He played collegiately for the Temple University.... |
Temple Temple Owls men's basketball The Temple Owls men's basketball team represents Temple University in the Atlantic 10 Conference at the Division I level. The program is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The head men's basketball coach is Fran Dunphy.-History:... |
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| Bonnie Graham | Mississippi Ole Miss Rebels University of Mississippi sports teams, originally known as the "Mississippi Flood" , were re-named the Rebels in 1936 and compete in the twelve-member Southeastern Conference of the NCAA's Division I. The school's colors are cardinal red and navy blue , purposely chosen to mirror the school... |
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| Hubert Kirkpatrick | Baylor | |||||||
| Hank Luisetti Hank Luisetti Angelo "Hank" Luisetti was an American college men's basketball player and one of the great innovators of the game. In an era that featured the traditional two-handed set shot, Luisetti developed the running one-handed shot... |
Stanford Stanford Cardinal men's basketball The Stanford Cardinal Men's Basketball team represents Stanford University, located in Stanford, California, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Pacific-12 Conference. The team has won 13 conference championships , the last in 2004, and one NCAA championship, in 1942... |
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| John Moir John Moir John Moir was a professional basketball player between 1938 and 1946 in the United States' National Basketball League.-Early life:... |
Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball The Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. The program competes in the Big East Conference of NCAA Division I. The school holds two national championships in... |
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| Paul Nowak Paul Nowak Paul Nowak was an American basketball player. He was a three-time All-American at Notre Dame and was an early professional in the National Basketball League.... |
Notre Dame | |||||||
| John O'Brien | Columbia Columbia Lions men's basketball The Columbia Lions Basketball team is the basketball team that represents Columbia University in New York City, New York, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Ivy League. The team's last appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was in 1968... |
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| Fred Pralle Fred Pralle Fred Pralle was an American college basketball standout at the University of Kansas from 1935–36 to 1937–38. In his three varsity seasons, Kansas won all three Big Six Conference regular season championships. Pralle led the Jayhawks in scoring in each of his last two seasons, and as a senior he... |
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| Ignatius Volpi | Manhattan | |||||||
| Jewell Young Jewell Young Jewell Young was an American basketball player. He was an All-American at Purdue University and an early professional.... |
Purdue Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball The Purdue Boilermakers basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and is a member of the Big Ten Conference. Purdue basketball holds the record for most Big Ten Championships with 22, along with being the only program in the conference to boast winning records... |
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| Converse | Hank Luisetti | Stanford | Ernie Andres Ernie Andres Ernest Henry Andres was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox in the season. Born in Jeffersonville, Indiana, he batted and threw right-handed.... |
Indiana Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball The Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing Indiana University . The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the NCAA. The Hoosiers play on Branch McCracken Court at the Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana on the IU... |
Meyer Bloom | Temple | ||
| John Moir | Notre Dame | Chuck Chuckovits Chuck Chuckovits Charles H. "Chuck" Chuckovitz was an American professional basketball player of the 1930s and 1940s.A 6'1" All-American guard-forward from the University of Toledo, Chuckovitz played two seasons in the National Basketball League as a member of the Hammond Ciesar All-Americans and the Toledo Jim... |
Toledo Toledo Rockets men's basketball The Toledo Rockets team is the basketball team that represent the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. The school's team currently competes in the Mid-American Conference. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 1980. Stan Joplin was released from his duties as... |
Pick Dehner | Illinois Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball The Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference. Home games are played at Assembly Hall, located on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's campus in Champaign.... |
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| Fred Pralle | Kansas | Mike Novak Mike Novak Michael D. Novak was an American basketball player who played in the NBL, BAA, and NBA from 1939 to 1954. A 6'9" center from Loyola University Chicago, he was one of the first prominent "big men" to play professional basketball, averaging 8.5 points per game over the course of his career as a... |
Loyola (IL) Loyola Ramblers men's basketball The Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represents Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Horizon League. Loyola joined that league in the 1979-1980 season, when the league was founded. The Ramblers are currently coached by... |
Earl Keth | Central Missouri St. University of Central Missouri The University of Central Missouri is a four-year public institution in Warrensburg, Missouri.- History :... |
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| John Townsend John Townsend (basketball) John Frederick "Jake" Townsend, Sr. was an American basketball forward and center. He was an All-Big Ten player for the University of Michigan from 1936-1938. In 1938, he was named an All-American... |
Michigan Michigan Wolverines men's basketball The Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Michigan. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . The Wolverines play home basketball games at the... |
Martin Rolek | Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball The Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represents the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Golden Gophers have played in the Big Ten since the conference began sponsoring basketball in 1905... |
Red McCrocklin | Western Kentucky St. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents WKU in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Hilltoppers currently compete in the Sun Belt Conference. The team's most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was in 2009... |
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| Jewell Young | Purdue | Bob Spessard | Washington & Lee Washington and Lee University Washington and Lee University is a private liberal arts college in Lexington, Virginia, United States.The classical school from which Washington and Lee descended was established in 1749 as Augusta Academy, about north of its present location. In 1776 it was renamed Liberty Hall in a burst of... |
Slim Wintermute Slim Wintermute Urgel "Slim" Wintermute was an American collegiate and professional basketball player.-Collegiate career:... |
Oregon Oregon Ducks men's basketball Oregon Ducks men’s college basketball is an intercollegiate basketball program that competes in the NCAA Division I and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference, representing the University of Oregon. The Ducks play their home games at Matthew Knight Arena. Oregon, then coached by Howard Hobson, won... |
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| Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) United Media United Media is a large editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States, owned by The E.W. Scripps Company. It syndicates 150 comics and editorial columns worldwide. Its core business is the United Feature Syndicate and the Newspaper Enterprise Association... |
Bernie Fliegel Bernie Fliegel Bernard "Bernie" Fliegel was an American standout basketball player for the City College of New York during the late 1930s, and later, a professional in the American Basketball League... |
CCNY City College of New York The City College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York , in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning... |
Ernie Andres | Indiana | No third team | |||
| Hank Luisetti | Stanford | Meyer Bloom | Temple | |||||
| Paul Nowak | Notre Dame | Chuck Chuckovits | Toledo | |||||
| Fred Pralle | Kansas | Hubert Kirkpatrick | Baylor | |||||
| Jewell Young | Purdue | John Moir | Notre Dame | |||||
| Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden (1925) Madison Square Garden was an indoor arena in New York City, the third of that name. It was built in 1925 and closed in 1968, and was located on Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets in Manhattan on the site of the city's trolley car barns. It was the first Garden that was not located near... |
Meyer Bloom | Temple | Kit Carson | Washington & Lee | No third team | |||
| Lou Boudreau Lou Boudreau Louis "Lou" Boudreau was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970... |
Illinois | Matt Guokas Matt Guokas, Sr. Matthew George Guokas, Sr. was an American basketball player and broadcaster.A 6'3" forward from Saint Joseph's University, Guokas played one season of professional basketball with the Philadelphia Warriors of the BAA . He averaged 1.7 points during the Warriors' 1946-47 championship season... |
St. Joseph's Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball The Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team represents Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Its home court is the Hagan Arena. The team's only Final Four appearance in 1961 was removed from the NCAA records due to a gambling scandal. Through... |
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| Hank Luisetti | Stanford | Don Henderson | Temple | |||||
| John Moir | Notre Dame | Robert Neu | DePaul DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball The DePaul Blue Demons Men's Basketball program is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's basketball program of DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois... |
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| Paul Nowak | Notre Dame | Arthur Stoefen | Stanford | |||||