1947 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The consensus 1947 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of three major All-American teams.^[1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Helms Athletic Foundation, Converse, and True Magazine.

1947 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Ralph Beard	G	Sophomore	Kentucky
Alex Groza	C	Sophomore	Kentucky
Ralph Hamilton	G	Senior	Indiana
Sid Tanenbaum	G	Senior	New York University
Gerry Tucker	C	Senior	Oklahoma

Consensus Second Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Don Barksdale	C	Senior	UCLA
Arnie Ferrin	F	Junior	Utah
Vern Gardner	C	Senior	Utah
John Hargis	G	Senior	Texas
George Kaftan	F	Junior	Holy Cross
Ed Koffenberger	C	Junior	Duke
Andy Phillip	G/F	Senior	Illinois

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
	First team		Second team		Third team
	Player	School	Player	School	Player	School
Helms[2]	Don Barksdale	UCLA	Charles B. Black	Kansas	Lew Beck	Oregon State
	Ralph Beard	Kentucky	Billy Gabor	Syracuse	Jim Homer	Alabama
	Leland Byrd	West Virginia	Alex Groza	Kentucky	Tony Lavelli	Yale
	Arnie Ferrin	Utah	Paul Hoffman	Purdue	Joe Lord	Villanova
	Ralph Hamilton	Indiana	Dave Humerickhouse	Bradley	Ed Macauley	Saint Louis
	John Hargis	Texas	Wallace Jones	Kentucky	Dick McGuire	St. John's
	George Kaftan	Holy Cross	Daniel Kraus	Georgetown	Clifton McNeely	Texas Wesleyan
	Ed Koffenberger	Duke	Kevin O'Shea	Notre Dame	Jack Smiley	Illinois
	Sid Tanenbaum	NYU	Red Rocha	Oregon State	Ernie Vandeweghe	Colgate
	Gerry Tucker	Oklahoma	Kenneth Shugart	Navy
			Herb Wilkinson	Iowa
Converse	Ralph Beard	Kentucky	Lew Beck	Oregon State	Don Barksdale	UCLA
	Vern Gardner	Utah	Arnie Ferrin	Utah	Bobby Cook	Wisconsin
	Ralph Hamilton	Indiana	Alex Groza	Kentucky	John Hargis	Texas
	George Kaftan	Holy Cross	Wallace Jones	Kentucky	Paul Hoffman	Purdue
	Gerry Tucker	Oklahoma	Sid Tanenbaum	NYU	Ed Koffenberger	Duke
True Magazine	Ralph Beard	Kentucky	Bobby Cook	Wisconsin	Don Barksdale	UCLA
	Alex Groza	Kentucky	John Dillon	North Carolina	Ralph Hamilton	Indiana
	Andy Phillip	Illinois	Tony Lavelli	Yale	John Hargis	Texas
	Sid Tanenbaum	NYU	Dick McGuire	St. John's	Ed Koffenberger	Duke
	Gerry Tucker	Oklahoma	Jack Tingle	Kentucky	Kevin O'Shea	Notre Dame

References

1. NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. Archived 2009-05-04.
2. 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (Helms, Converse & True Magazine) p.208. Accessed 2009-06-21. Archived 2009-07-21.