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AP Announces All-Americans;
Maravich Heads First Team
Pistol Pete Maravich, Bob
Lanier, Dan Issel, Rick Mount, and
Calvin Murphy were selected
yesterday to the 1970 college
All-American team by the
Associated Press. All are seniors.
In making the team for the third
year in a row, the 6-5 Maravich, the
major college all-time high scorer
with more than 3,500 points,
topped the voting from 384 sports
writers and band broadcasters.
The 6-4 Mount and the 5-10
Murphy are repeaters from the
1969 All-American team. Lanier,
6-22, and Issel, 6-8, moved up from
the second team last season.
Charlie Scott of North Carolina,
Austin Carr of Notre Dame, Artis
Gilmore of Jacksonville, Rudy
Tomjanovich of Michigan, and John
Roche of South Carolina were
named as the second team this
season.
Mike Maloy of Davidson, John
Johnson of Iowa, and Jim McMillan
of Columbia were selected for the
third team along with two UCLA
players, Sidney Wicks and John
Vallely.
Curtis Rowe of UCLA, Rich
Yunkus of Georgia Tech, Jim
McDaniels of Western Kentucky,
Mike Pratt of Kentucky, Howard
Porter of Villanova, Dave Robish of
Kansas, and Sam Lacey of New
Mexico State headed the list of
honorable mentions.
| The Cavalier daily Thursday, March 5, 1970 | |