1963 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

Award

The 1963 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Bonham, Harkness, Thacker, Kramer, Heyman.

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The consensus 1963 College Basketball All-American team as determined by aggregating the results of five major All-American teams. 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, and the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA). 1963 was the last year that the NEA was used to determine consensus All-American teams.

1963 Consensus All-America team

**Consensus First Team**
Player	Position	Class	Team
Ron Bonham	F	Junior	Cincinnati
Jerry Harkness	G	Senior	Loyola (IL)
Art Heyman	F	Senior	Duke
Barry Kramer	G/F	Junior	NYU
Tom Thacker	G	Senior	Cincinnati

**Consensus Second Team**
Player	Position	Class	Team
Gary Bradds	F	Junior	Ohio State
Bill Green	F	Senior	Colorado State
Cotton Nash	F	Junior	Kentucky
Rod Thorn	G/F	Senior	West Virginia
Nate Thurmond	C	Senior	Bowling Green

All-America Team
	First team		Second team		Third team
	Player	School	Player	School	Player	School
Associated Press	Ron Bonham	Cincinnati	Bill Bradley	Princeton	Bill Green	Colorado State
	Gary Bradds	Ohio State	Walt Hazzard	UCLA	Eddie Miles	Seattle
	Jerry Harkness	Loyola (IL)	Cotton Nash	Kentucky	Jimmy Rayl	Indiana
	Art Heyman	Duke	Tom Thacker	Cincinnati	Nick Werkman	Seton Hall
	Barry Kramer	NYU	Rod Thorn	West Virginia	Tony Yates	Cincinnati
USBWA	Ron Bonham	Cincinnati	No second or third teams (10-man first team)
	Ken Charlton	Colorado
	Bill Green	Colorado State
	Jerry Harkness	Loyola (IL)
	Walt Hazzard	UCLA
	Art Heyman	Duke
	Barry Kramer	NYU
	Cotton Nash	Kentucky
	Tom Thacker	Cincinnati
	Rod Thorn	West Virginia
NABC	Ron Bonham	Cincinnati	Mel Counts	Oregon State	Gary Bradds	Ohio State
	Bill Green	Colorado State	Walt Hazzard	UCLA	Bill Bradley	Princeton
	Jerry Harkness	Loyola (IL)	Cotton Nash	Kentucky	Joe Caldwell	Arizona State
	Art Heyman	Duke	Rod Thorn	West Virginia	Barry Kramer	NYU
	Tom Thacker	Cincinnati	Nick Werkman	Seton Hall	Tony Yates	Cincinnati
UPI	Ron Bonham	Cincinnati	Bill Bradley	Princeton	Bill Green	Colorado State
	Gary Bradds	Ohio State	Barry Kramer	NYU	Walt Hazzard	UCLA
	Jerry Harkness	Loyola (IL)	Cotton Nash	Kentucky	Eddie Miles	Seattle
	Art Heyman	Duke	Rod Thorn	West Virginia	Dave Stallworth	Wichita State
	Tom Thacker	Cincinnati	Nate Thurmond	Bowling Green	Nick Werkman	Seton Hall
NEA	Bill Green	Colorado State	Ron Bonham	Cincinnati	No third team
	Art Heyman	Duke	Bill Bradley	Princeton
	Barry Kramer	NYU	Jerry Harkness	Loyola (IL)
	Tom Thacker	Cincinnati	Cotton Nash	Kentucky
	Nate Thurmond	Bowling Green	Eddie Miles	Seattle

AP Honorable Mention:

Academic All-American teams were selected for the first time in 1963.

NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. 2009-05-04.
AP All-America Teams
"USBWA Men's All-Americans". Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
All-America - Division I (1960's) Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI and NEA) Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
"Heyman, Bonham Head AP Squad". St. Joseph Gazette. March 1, 1963. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
AP (March 27, 1963). "Pick Academic all-America". Schenectady Gazette. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
AP (March 27, 1963). "Terry Baker set to sign with LA Rams". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved October 9, 2013.

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