1954 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1954 August 2023 25em 1954 All-America college football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-America college football team 1954 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1952 1953 ← → 1955 1956 The 1954 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football teams in 1954. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1954 season are (1) the All-America Board (AAB), (2) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (3) the Associated Press (AP), (4) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (7) the Sporting News (SN), and (8) the United Press (UP). Wisconsin's fullback Alan Ameche won the Heisman Trophy in 1954 as the best player in college football and was a unanimous first-team selection by all eight official selectors. Three other players were unanimous choices among the official selectors: Notre Dame's quarterback Ralph Guglielmi; Ohio State's halfback Howard "Hopalong" Cassady; and Arkansas' 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 OtherRalph GuglielmiQuarterbackNotre Dame8/8AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCHoward CassadyHalfbackOhio State8/8AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WC Alan AmecheFullbackWisconsin8/8AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCBud BrooksGuardArkansas8/8AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPWCJack EllenaTackleUCLA7/8AAB, AFCA, AP, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WC Dicky MoegleHalfbackRice7/8AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPWCKurt BurrisCenterOklahoma6/8AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCMax BoydstonEndOklahoma6/8AAB, AFCA, FWAA, INS, SN, UPWCRon BeagleEndNavy6/8AAB, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SNWCCal JonesGuardIowa5/8AAB, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCSid FournetTackleLSU5/8AFCA, FWAA, INS, NEA, UPWC 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-AmericanFootball Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 9 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf -1 – First-team selection -2 – Second-team selection -3 – Third-team selection Official selectors AAB = All-America BoardESPN College Football Encyclopedia 1236 ESPN Books 2005 1401337031 AFCA = American Football Coaches Association, published in Collier's MagazineSURPRISE! Ameche Gains All-American Winona Daily News 1954-11-19 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."Guglielmi Heads A.P. All-America Grid Team Reading Eagle (AP story) December 8, 1954 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19541207&id=MakhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QJoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6517,3805283 FWAA = Football Writers Association of America selected for Look magazineFWAA All America Football Writers Association of America http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf 2009-04-19 2009-03-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20090326165534/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf deadGreat Week-End for All America Footballers Selected by Look The Victoria Advocate December 6, 1954 9 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19541206&id=17xHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ToAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4827,607820 INS = International News Service: "selected by INS grid experts throughout the nation"John Barrington International News Picks All-American The Daily Courier Connellsville, PA 1954-11-29 NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association selected by an "electorate composed of coaches and football writers"Harry Grayson Harry Grayson LSU Tackle Is Named On NEA All-American The Tuscaloosa News (NEA story) November 19, 1954 11 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19541119&id=ReohAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3ZkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7363,1996488 SN = The Sporting NewsThe Sporting News: College Football TSN All America Teams The Sporting News http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/almanac/nfl/cfbamer.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090227143400/http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/almanac/nfl/cfbamer.html 2009-02-27 UP = United Press, "chosen by the ballots of 308 sports writers and broadcasters in all sections of the country"UP List All-America Sarasota Herald-Tribune November 24, 1954 11 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19541124&id=4LAqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6mQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5887,4796020 Other selectors CP = Central Press Association: selected by captains of college football teamsPenn State's Lenny Moore Named To Captains' All-America Walter Johns Reading Eagle 34 November 28, 1954 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19541128&id=eAsrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MJoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4178,5607247 WC = Walter Camp Football FoundationAll-America Teams Walter Camp Football Foundation http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071218214203/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ 2007-12-18 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 2 All-America team Category:All-America college football teams