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The Top Ranked ACC Basketball Players of the 1950s
Notes: The rankings are based on college stats.
What players did in the pros does not factor into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | College |
| 1 | Lennie Rosenbluth | North Carolina |
| 2 | Ron Shavlik | NC State |
| 3 | Dick Hemric | Wake Forest |
| 4 | Pete Brennan | North Carolina |
| 5 | Grady Wallace | South Carolina |
| 6 | Lou Pucillo | NC State |
| 7 | Buzz Wilkinson | Virginia |
| 8 | York Larese | North Carolina |
| 9 | Tommy Kearns | North Carolina |
| 10 | John Richter | NC State |
| 11 | Charles McNeil | Maryland |
| 12 | Mel Thompson | NC State |
| 13 | Gene Shue | Maryland |
| 14 | Vic Molodet | NC State |
| 15 | Lee Shaffer | North Carolina |
| 16 | Joe Belmont | Duke |
| 17 | Doug Moe | North Carolina |
| 18 | Jack Murdock | Wake Forest |
| 19 | Rudy D'Emilio | Duke |
| 20 | Bucky Allen | Duke |
| 21 | Carroll Youngkin | Duke |
| 22 | Herbert Busch | Virginia |
| 23 | Robert Kessler | Maryland |
| 24 | George Stepanovich | NC State |
| 25 | Jim Newcome | Duke |
| 26 | Lee Collins | South Carolina |
| 27 | Bill Yarborough | Clemson |
| 28 | Howard Hurt | Duke |
| 29 | Dave Budd | Wake Forest |
| 30 | Bob McCarty | Virginia |
| 31 | Ronnie Mayer | Duke |
| 32 | Vince Yockel | Clemson |
| 33 | Lefty Davis | Wake Forest |
| 34 | Al Bunge | Maryland |
| 35 | Mike Callahan | South Carolina |
| 36 | Fred Lentz | South Carolina |
| 37 | Ray Pericola | South Carolina |
| 38 | Jack Williams | Wake Forest |
| 39 | Joe Smith | South Carolina |
| 40 | Paul Schmidt | Duke |
| 41 | Bill Miller | Virginia |
| 42 | Bernie Janicki | Duke |
| 43 | Jerry Vayda | North Carolina |
| 44 | Joe Quigg | North Carolina |
| 45 | Nick Davis | Maryland |
| 46 | Paul Adkins | Virginia |
| 47 | Olin Broadway | Wake Forest |
| 48 | Dick Hoffman | South Carolina |
| 49 | Ames Wells | Clemson |
| 50 | Doug Kistler | Duke |
| 51 | George Krajack | Clemson |
| 52 | Gene Seay | Clemson |
| 53 | Cliff Dwyer | NC State |
| 54 | Phil DiNardo | NC State |
| 55 | Tom Hofferth | South Carolina |
| 56 | Bob Seitz | NC State |
| 57 | Woody Preston | South Carolina |
| 58 | Jim Halleck | Maryland |
| 59 | Ed Brinkley | Clemson |
| 60 | Jim Gilley | Wake Forest |
| 61 | Bob MacGillivary | NC State |
| 62 | Bob O'Brien | Maryland |
| 63 | Junior Morgan | Duke |
| 64 | Dave Gotkin | NC State |
| 65 | Dick Kepley | North Carolina |
| 66 | Jack Hufford | South Carolina |
| 67 | Bob Everett | Maryland |
| 68 | Ernie Wiggins | Wake Forest |
| 69 | George Ritchie | Wake Forest |
| 70 | John Nacincik | Maryland |
| 71 | John Maglio | NC State |
| 72 | Bob Cunningham | North Carolina |
| 73 | Dick Tyler | NC State |
| 74 | John Siewers | Virginia |
| 75 | Al Lifson | North Carolina |
| 76 | Bob Hardy | Virginia |
| 77 | Harvey Salz | North Carolina |
| 78 | Walt Gibbons | Clemson |
| 79 | Billy Lyles | Wake Forest |
| 80 | Bill Metzger | Virginia |
| 81 | Doug Hoffman | Clemson |
| 82 | Jerry Cooper | Virginia |
| 83 | Ray Lipstas | Wake Forest |
| 84 | Walt Hudson | South Carolina |
| 85 | Al DePorter | Wake Forest |
| 86 | Tom Young | Maryland |
| 87 | Tom Cameron | Clemson |
| 88 | Jerry Bechtle | Maryland |
| 89 | Hayes Clement | Duke |
| 90 | Bobby Joe Harris | Duke |
| 91 | Whitey Bell | NC State |
| 92 | John Sandbower | Maryland |
| 93 | Benny Fannin | South Carolina |
| 94 | John Haner | Virginia |
| 95 | Bill Casey | Virginia |
| 96 | Barry Ryan | Clemson |
| 97 | Bob Vernon | Duke |
| 98 | Maurice George | Wake Forest |
| 99 | Dickie Odom | Wake Forest |
| 100 | Bob Lakata | Duke |
| 101 | Tommy Smith | Clemson |
| 102 | Charley Gage | Clemson |
| 103 | Austin Pearre | Virginia |
| 104 | Tony Radovich | North Carolina |
| 105 | Don Carver | Clemson |
| 106 | Perry Moore | Maryland |
| 107 | Charlie Gamble | Virginia |
| 108 | Bobby McCoy | South Carolina |
| 109 | Bruce Hotzchuh | Clemson |
| 110 | Dickie Prater | South Carolina |
| 111 | Herb Applebaum | NC State |
| 112 | John Frye | Duke |
| 113 | Skippy Winstead | North Carolina |
| 114 | Cliff Hafer | NC State |
| 115 | Bob Frantz | South Carolina |
| 116 | Bob Mortell | Virginia |
| 117 | Hal Turner | Duke |
| 118 | Ken Clark | NC State |
| 119 | Gene Danko | Maryland |
| 120 | Lou Dickman | NC State |
| 121 | Wendell Carr | Wake Forest |
| 122 | Dan Englehardt | NC State |
| 123 | Dave Cooke | Virginia |
| 124 | Jack Kalbfus | Duke |
| 125 | Dick Stobbs | Virginia |
| 126 | Art Smejkal | South Carolina |
| 127 | Bill Warren | Clemson |
| 128 | Don Gallagher | NC State |
| 129 | Herky Lamley | Duke |
| 130 | Rudy Lacy | Duke |
| 131 | Charlie Forte | Wake Forest |
| 132 | Cecil Underwood | Virginia |
| 133 | Fred Kast | Duke |
| 134 | Ralph Greco | Maryland |
| 135 | Buddy Shook | Clemson |
| 136 | Frank Fuqua | Maryland |
| 137 | Jay McKenzie | Virginia |
| 138 | Winston Wiggins | Wake Forest |
| 139 | Ronnie Scheffel | NC State |
| 140 | Paul Likins | North Carolina |
| 141 | Marty Doherty | Duke |
| 142 | Jerry Robertson | Duke |
| 143 | Wistar Nelligan | Virginia |
| 144 | Bob Young | North Carolina |
| 145 | Dutch Shample | Clemson |
| 146 | Bud Maddie | North Carolina |
| 147 | Nick Pond | NC State |
| 148 | Danny Lotz | North Carolina |
| 149 | Bob Dilworth | Maryland |
| 150 | Jerry Steele | Wake Forest |
| 151 | Lefty Driesell | Duke |
| 152 | Dave Neilson | South Carolina |
| 153 | Don Goodroe | South Carolina |
| 154 | Carroll Stone | Clemson |
| 155 | Marv Decker | Duke |
| 156 | Melvin Quick | South Carolina |
| 157 | Bill Murphy | Maryland |
| 158 | Rock Stone | Clemson |
| 159 | Don Miller | Duke |
| 160 | Bob McDonald | Maryland |
| 161 | Don Tobin | Duke |
| 162 | Drew Schaufler | Maryland |
| 163 | Bill Hathaway | North Carolina |
| 164 | Ed Krajack | Clemson |
| 165 | Bill Riser | Clemson |
| 166 | Eddie Moncrief | Clemson |
| 167 | Paul Goldsmith | South Carolina |
| 168 | Julian Weingarten | Maryland |
| 169 | Ray Stanley | North Carolina |
| 170 | Henry Bowers | Wake Forest |
| 171 | Alley Hart | Wake Forest |
| 172 | Dick Yeary | Clemson |
| 173 | Fred Luigs | South Carolina |
| 174 | Larry Dial | South Carolina |
| 175 | Fred Shabel | Duke |
| 176 | Bury Hudson | South Carolina |
| 177 | Joe Ladd | Wake Forest |
| 178 | Kendall White | Virginia |
| 179 | Dick Lotts | Virginia |
| 180 | Bruce Hoadley | NC State |
| 181 | Marshall Perkins | South Carolina |
| 182 | Ronald Brooks | Maryland |
| 183 | Gerry McCabe | North Carolina |
| 184 | Dave Webster | Maryland |
| 185 | Tom Hopper | NC State |
| 186 | Jack Boyd | Duke |
| 187 | Sam Smith | South Carolina |
| 188 | Walter Densmore | Virginia |
| 189 | Dean Crain | South Carolina |
| 190 | Bob DiStefano | NC State |
| 191 | Mervin Rabinowitz | South Carolina |
| 192 | Sol Richardson | South Carolina |
| 193 | John Urbanik | Maryland |
| 194 | Ronnie Johnson | South Carolina |
| 195 | Dick Rosenthal | Duke |
| 196 | Mark Reiner | NC State |
| 197 | Jim DeVos | Wake Forest |
| 198 | Bill Watson | Duke |
| 199 | Tony Buhowsky | Duke |
| 200 | Wayne McGinnis | Maryland |
| 201 | Frank Goodwin | North Carolina |
| 202 | Frank McRae | Wake Forest |
| 203 | Pete Krukar | Maryland |
| 204 | Bill Martin | Maryland |
| 205 | Bob Gunderman | Virginia |
| 206 | Russ Porter | South Carolina |
| 207 | Larry Bateman | Duke |
| 208 | Bill Cullen | Wake Forest |
| 209 | Don Cashman | Duke |
| 210 | Tommy Tarlton | South Carolina |
| 211 | Bob Peterson | South Carolina |
| 212 | Don Dunlap | Maryland |
| 213 | Jack Neeley | South Carolina |
| 214 | Merrill Morgan | Duke |
| 215 | John Middleton | Virginia |
| 216 | Lou Brown | North Carolina |
| 217 | Stan Groll | North Carolina |
| 218 | Bill Tucker | Wake Forest |
| 219 | Joe Stepusin | Wake Forest |
| 220 | Jerry Shanahan | Maryland |
| 221 | Earle Maxwell | Clemson |
| 222 | Ken Rosemond | North Carolina |
| 223 | George Barrett | Duke |
| 224 | Stan Niewierowski | NC State |
| 225 | Al Long | North Carolina |
| 226 | Bill Landers | Clemson |
| 227 | Connie Berry | Clemson |
| 228 | Bob Hardiman | Maryland |
| 229 | Bill Greene | Wake Forest |
| 230 | Doc Morgan | Clemson |
| 231 | Frank Clarke | Clemson |
| 232 | Glenn Mitchell | Virginia |
| 233 | Don Shealy | Clemson |
| 234 | Tom Collins | South Carolina |
| 235 | William Berndt | Virginia |
| 236 | Bucky Waters | NC State |
| 237 | John Crotty | North Carolina |
| 238 | Marty Joyce | Duke |
| 239 | Bob Thuemmel | Duke |
| 240 | Dick Kocornik | North Carolina |
| 241 | Roy Searcy | North Carolina |
| 242 | Tom Preston | Wake Forest |
| 243 | Tucker McLaughlin | Virginia |
| 244 | John Kotecki | Wake Forest |
| 245 | Gehrmann Holland | North Carolina |
| 246 | John Peterson | Maryland |
| 247 | Tom Blackburn | Duke |
| 248 | Wayne Calloway | Wake Forest |
| 249 | Ben Crosland | Clemson |
| 250 | Bob Wilson | Maryland |
| 251 | Bruce Michelson | Virginia |
| 252 | Gene Clancy | North Carolina |
| 253 | Al Spotts | South Carolina |
| 254 | Bob Moorhead | Maryland |
| 255 | Bob Nardone | Maryland |
| 256 | Jim Donohue | North Carolina |
| 257 | Jim Lewis | Clemson |
| 258 | Ken Cox | Wake Forest |
| 259 | Hilliard Greene | North Carolina |
| 260 | Buddy Clark | North Carolina |
| 261 | Cooper Taylor | North Carolina |
| 262 | Bill Morris | Virginia |
| 263 | John Butler | Virginia |
| 264 | Jon Gerdes | Wake Forest |
| 265 | Wayne Godfrey | South Carolina |
| 266 | Bob McCann | NC State |
| 267 | Ed Bryson | Duke |
| 268 | George Grattan | Virginia |
| 269 | Marvin Kessler | NC State |
| 270 | Anthony Genovese | Virginia |
| 271 | Dan Morgan | South Carolina |
| 272 | Larry Jenkins | Virginia |
| 273 | Lee Anderson | South Carolina |
| 274 | Bob Adams | NC State |
| 275 | Ed Sutton | North Carolina |
| 276 | Dick Kelly | NC State |
| 277 | Doug Albright | Duke |
| 278 | Jimmy Rogers | Duke |
| 279 | Everette Newman | South Carolina |
| 280 | Graham Phillips | Wake Forest |
| 281 | Hal Estis | NC State |
| 282 | Tom Hockersmith | Virginia |
| 283 | Grey Poole | North Carolina |
| 284 | Bob Hickson | Virginia |
| 285 | Mark Vodopia | Maryland |
| 286 | Michael O'Bryan | Virginia |
| 287 | Jerry Mitchell | Wake Forest |
| 288 | George Baskerville | Virginia |
| 289 | Joe Granger | South Carolina |
| 290 | Tommy Shores | North Carolina |
| 291 | Willie Henderson | North Carolina |
| 292 | Bill Fennell | Wake Forest |
| 293 | Don Scalf | Wake Forest |
| 294 | Doug Kincaid | NC State |
| 295 | John Stevenson | NC State |
| 296 | Eddie Knowles | Virginia |
| 297 | John Love | Maryland |
| 298 | Dave Kelley | NC State |
| 299 | Ken Atchison | Maryland |
| 300 | Sonny Randle | Virginia |
| 301 | John Mikall | Clemson |
| 302 | James Moyer | Virginia |
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