1957 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The consensus 1957 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, the USBWA, The United Press International, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and the International News Service.

Members of the 1957 Consensus All-America first team. Clockwise from upper left: Hundley, Krebs, Tyra, Rosenbluth (not pictured: Chamberlain, Forte).

1957 Consensus All-America team
Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Wilt Chamberlain C Sophomore Kansas
Chet Forte G Senior Columbia
Rod Hundley G/F Senior West Virginia
Jim Krebs F/C Senior Southern Methodist
Lennie Rosenbluth F Senior North Carolina
Charlie Tyra C Senior Louisville


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Elgin Baylor F Sophomore Seattle
Frank Howard F Junior Ohio State
Guy Rodgers G Junior Temple
Gary Thompson G Senior Iowa State
Grady Wallace F Senior South Carolina

Individual All-America teams
All-America Team
First team Second team Third team
PlayerSchool PlayerSchool PlayerSchool
Associated Press[2] Wilt ChamberlainKansasElgin BaylorSeattleJim AshmoreMississippi State
Chet ForteColumbiaFrank HowardOhio StateArchie DeesIndiana
Rod HundleyWest VirginiaJim KrebsSouthern MethodistBill EbbenDetroit
Lennie RosenbluthNorth CarolinaCharlie TyraLouisvilleLarry FriendCalifornia
Gary ThompsonIowa StateGrady WallaceSouth CarolinaGuy RodgersTemple
USBWA/Look Magazine[3] Elgin BaylorSeattleNo second or third teams (10-man first team)
Wilt ChamberlainKansas
Chet ForteColumbia
Frank HowardOhio State
Rod HundleyWest Virginia
Jim KrebsSouthern Methodist
Guy RodgersTemple
Lennie RosenbluthNorth Carolina
Gary ThompsonIowa State
Charlie TyraLouisville
NABC[4] Wilt ChamberlainKansasElgin BaylorSeattleBruno BoinWashington
Rod HundleyWest VirginiaGeorge Bon SalleIllinoisArchie DeesIndiana
Jim KrebsSouthern MethodistChet ForteColumbiaFrank HowardOhio State
Lennie RosenbluthNorth CarolinaGuy RodgersTempleRon KramerMichigan
Charlie TyraLouisvilleGary ThompsonIowa StateDick O'NealTexas Christian
UPI[5] Wilt ChamberlainKansasElgin BaylorSeattleJim AshmoreMississippi State
Chet ForteColumbiaJoe GibbonMississippiJohnny CoxKentucky
Rod HundleyWest VirginiaJim KrebsSouthern MethodistArchie DeesIndiana
Lennie RosenbluthNorth CarolinaGary ThompsonIowa StateFrank HowardOhio State
Grady WallaceSouth CarolinaCharlie TyraLouisvilleGuy RodgersTemple
NEA Wilt ChamberlainKansasElgin BaylorSeattleNo third team
Frank HowardOhio StateChet ForteColumbia
Jim KrebsSouthern MethodistRod HundleyWest Virginia
Guy RodgersTempleJimmy SmithSteubenville
Charlie TyraLouisvilleBennie SwainTexas Southern
International News Service Elgin BaylorSeattleChet ForteColumbiaNo third team
Wilt ChamberlainKansasRod HundleyWest Virginia
Jim KrebsSouthern MethodistGuy RodgersTemple
Lennie RosenbluthNorth CarolinaGary ThompsonIowa State
Grady WallaceSouth CarolinaCharlie TyraLouisville

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. "NABC Division I All-America Teams". NABC. Archived from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  5. 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, NEA & International News Service) Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
  6. "Two little men make AP All-America club". The Lawton Constitution. 7 March 1957. p. 23. Retrieved October 20, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
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