1954 College Football All-America Team
| 1954 College Football All-America Team |
|---|
| College Football All-America Team |
| 1954 college football season |
| 1952 1953 ← → 1955 1956 |
The 1954 College Football All-America team is composed of
United Press
(UP).
guard Bud Brooks
.
Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1954, the NCAA recognizes eight published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.
| Name | Position | School | Number | Official | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Guglielmi | Quarterback | Notre Dame | 8/8 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Howard Cassady | Halfback | Ohio State | 8/8 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Alan Ameche | Fullback |
Wisconsin | 8/8 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Bud Brooks | Guard |
Arkansas | 8/8 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | WC |
| Jack Ellena | Tackle |
UCLA | 7/8 | AAB, AFCA, AP, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Dicky Moegle | Halfback | Rice | 7/8 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP | WC |
| Kurt Burris | Center |
Oklahoma | 6/8 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Max Boydston | End |
Oklahoma | 6/8 | AAB, AFCA, FWAA, INS, SN, UP | WC |
| Ron Beagle | End | Navy | 6/8 | AAB, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN | WC |
| Cal Jones | Guard | Iowa | 5/8 | AAB, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Sid Fournet | Tackle | LSU | 5/8 | AFCA, FWAA, INS, NEA, UP | WC |
All-American selections for 1954
Ends
- Max Boydston, Oklahoma (AAB, AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-2, SN, UP-1, CP-3, WC)
- Ron Beagle, Navy (AAB, AP-1, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-2, CP-2, WC)
- Don Holleder, Army (AFCA, INS-2, NEA-1, UP-1, CP-1)
- Frank McDonald, Miami (Fla.) (AP-1, FWAA, NEA-3)
- Dean Dugger, Ohio State (FWAA, INS-2, NEA-2, UP-2, CP-2)
- Ron Kramer, Michigan (AP-3, INS-2, UP-3, CP-1)
- Bill Walker, Maryland (AP-2)
- Jim Pyburn, Auburn (AP-3 INS-2)
- Dave Dickerson, Ole Miss (NEA-3)
- John Kerr, Purdue (CP-3)
- Dan Shannon, Notre Dame (UP-3)
Tackles
- Jack Ellena, UCLA (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
- Sid Fournet, LSU (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, UP-1, CP-2, WC)
- Frank Varrichione, Notre Dame (AP-3, INS-2, NEA-3, SN, UP-2, CP-1)
- Rex Boggan, Mississippi (AP-1)
- Darris McCord, Tennessee (FWAA)
- Art Walker, Michigan (AAB, FWAA, NEA-3, UP-3)
- Jim Ray Smith, Baylor (AP-2, UP-2)
- Tom Jones, Miami (OH) (INS-2, NEA-2, CP-3)
- Bob Bartholomew, Wake Forest (NEA-2)
- Eldred Kraemer, Pitt (INS-2, CP-2)
- Dick Hilinski, Ohio State (AP-3)
- Bruce Bosley, West Virginia (CP-3)
- Francis Machinsky, Ohio State (UP-3)
Guards
- Bud Brooks, Arkansas (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-2, WC)
- Cal Jones, Iowa (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB, AP-2, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
- Tom Bettis, Purdue (FWAA, INS-1, NEA-2, UP-2, CP-1)
- Ralph Chesnauskas, Army (AP-1, UP-3)
- Jim Salsbury, UCLA (AFCA, AP-3, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-2, UP-2, CP-3)
- Frank Mincevich, South Carolina (FWAA)
- William Meigs, Harvard (AP-2)
- Gene Lamone, West Virginia (AP-3, NEA-3, CP-2)
- Ken Paul, Rice (NEA-3)
- Jan Smid, Illinois (CP-3)
- Franklin Brooks, Georgia Tech (UP-3)
Centers
- Kurt Burris, Oklahoma (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
- Hal Easterwood, Mississippi State (AP-2, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-2)
- Matt Hazeltine, California (INS-1, UP-3)
- Hugh Pitts, TCU (CP-2)
- Leon Cunningham, South Carolina (AP-3, NEA-3)
- Larry Morris, Georgia Tech (UP-2, CP-3)
Quarterbacks
- Ralph Guglielmi, Notre Dame (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
- Paul Larson, California (AP-2, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-2, UP-2, CP-3)
- George Shaw, Oregon (AP-3, INS-2, NEA-3, UP-2)
- Pete Vann, Army (INS-2, UP-3, CP-2)
- Len Dawson, Purdue (AP-3, UP-3)
- Buddy Leake, Oklahoma (CP-3)
Halfbacks
- Howard Cassady, (College Football Hall of Fame)Ohio State (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
- Dicky Moegle, Rice (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-2, WC)
- Tommy Bell, Army (FWAA, INS-1, NEA-2)
- Lenny Moore, Penn State (AP-3, CP-1, NEA-2, UP-3)
- Bob McNamara, Minnesota (AP-2, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-3, UP-2, CP-3)
- Frank Bernardi, Colorado (AP-2)
- Primo Villanueva, UCLA (UP-2)
- Corky Tharp, Alabama (INS-2)
- Corky Taylor, Kansas State (INS-2)
- Bob Watkins, Ohio State (CP-2)
- Robert A. Pascal, Duke (AP-3)
- Carroll Hardy, Colorado (NEA-3)
- Hubert Bobo, Ohio State (CP-3)
Fullbacks
- Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
- Bob Davenport, UCLA (AP-2, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-2, UP-3, CP-2)
- Henry Moore, Arkansas (NEA-3)
Key
- Bold – Consensus All-American[1]
- -1 – First-team selection
- -2 – Second-team selection
- -3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors
- AAB = All-America Board[2]
- AFCA = American Football Coaches Association, published in Collier's Magazine[3]
- AP = Associated Press: "The team was chosen on the recommendations of 11 AP regional all-America boards plus individual recommendations received from more than 500 AP member newspapers and radio stations, and is based on full reports for the entire season."[4]
- FWAA = Football Writers Association of America selected for Look magazine[5][6]
- INS = International News Service: "selected by INS grid experts throughout the nation"[7]
- NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association selected by an "electorate composed of coaches and football writers"[8]
- SN = The Sporting News[9]
- UP = United Press, "chosen by the ballots of 308 sports writers and broadcasters in all sections of the country"[10]
Other selectors
- CP = Central Press Association: selected by captains of college football teams[11]
- WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation[12]
See also
- 1954 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team
- 1954 All-Big Seven Conference football team
- 1954 All-Big Ten Conference football team
- 1954 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team
- 1954 All-SEC football team
- 1954 All-Southern Conference football team
- 1954 All-Southwest Conference football team
References
- ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 9. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ISBN 1401337031.
- ^ "SURPRISE! Ameche Gains All-American". Winona Daily News. November 19, 1954.
- ^ "Guglielmi Heads A.P. All-America Grid Team". Reading Eagle (AP story). December 8, 1954.
- ^ "FWAA All America" (PDF). Football Writers Association of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- ^ "Great Week-End for All America Footballers Selected by Look". The Victoria Advocate. December 6, 1954. p. 9.
- ^ John Barrington (November 29, 1954). "International News Picks All-American". The Daily Courier. Connellsville, PA.
- ^ Harry Grayson (November 19, 1954). "LSU Tackle Is Named On NEA All-American". The Tuscaloosa News (NEA story). p. 11.
- ^ "The Sporting News: College Football TSN All America Teams". The Sporting News. Archived from the original on February 27, 2009.
- ^ "UP List All-America". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 24, 1954. p. 11.
- ^ Walter Johns (November 28, 1954). "Penn State's Lenny Moore Named To Captains' All-America". Reading Eagle. p. 34.
- ^ "All-America Teams". Walter Camp Football Foundation. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007.