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An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.[1]
From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.[2]
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player had been named an All-American at that point |
♦ | Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame |
Position | Name | School | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Pitcher | James O'Neill | Holy Cross | College World Series Most Outstanding Player[3] |
Pitcher | Don Boenker | Missouri | |
Catcher | Larry Isbell | Baylor | |
First baseman | Billy Werber, Jr. | Duke | |
Second baseman | Hal Charnofsky | USC | |
Third baseman | Dick Groat (2) ♦ | Duke | 1960 NL MVP,[4] 5x MLB All-Star,[4] 1951 Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year[5] |
Shortstop | Harvey Kuenn | Wisconsin | 10x MLB All-Star,[6] 1953 AL Rookie of the Year[6] |
Outfielder | Tom Keough | California | |
Outfielder | James Monahan | Rutgers | |
Outfielder | Junior Wren | Missouri |
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