1962 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1962 August 2023 25em 1962 All-America college football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-America college football team 1962 NCAA University Division football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1960 1961 ← → 1963 1964 The 1962 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 1962. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1962 season are (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (4) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (5) the Sporting News, and (6) the United Press International (UPI). Consensus All-Americans For the year 1962, the NCAA recognizes six 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 OtherBobby BellTackleMinnesota6/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPITime, WCLee Roy JordanCenterAlabama6/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPITime, WCTerry BakerQuarterbackOregon State6/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPITime, WCJerry StovallHalfbackLSU6/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPITime, WCJohnny TreadwellGuardTexas6/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPIWCPat RichterEndWisconsin5/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, UPITime, WCHal BedsoleEndUSC5/6AFCA, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPIWCGeorge SaimesFullbackMichigan State5/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, UPIWCJim DunawayTackleOle Miss3/6NEA, SN, UPITime, WCJack CverckoGuardNorthwestern2/6SN, UPITime, WCMel RenfroHalfbackOregon2/6SN, UPITime, WC All-American selections for 1962 Ends Pat Richter, Wisconsin (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-3, SN-1, UPI-1, Time, CP-1, WC) Hal Bedsole, Southern California (AFCA-1, AP-3, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI-1, CP-1, WC) Dave Robinson, Penn State (AFCA-2, AP-1, NEA-1, FWAA, SN-2, Time, CP-3) Conrad Hitchler, Missouri (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-3) Hugh Campbell, Washington State (AFCA-2, AP-2, NEA-3, SN-2, UPI-2, CP-3) Tom Hutchinson, Kentucky (AFCA-3, AP-2, SN-3, UPI-3) Vern Burke, Oregon State (AFCA-3, NEA-2, UPI-2, CP-2) Woody Dabbs, Ole Miss (SN-3) Art Graham, Boston College (CP-2) Tackles Bobby Bell, Minnesota (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI-1, Time, CP-1, WC) Jim Dunaway, Mississippi (AFCA-2, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI-1, Time, CP-3, WC) Don Brumm, Purdue (AFCA-3 [guard], AP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-3) Steve Barnett, Oregon (AFCA-1, FWAA, NEA-3, SN-3, UPI-2, CP-2) Fred Miller, LSU (AFCA-3, AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, SN-2, UPI-3) Art Gregory, Duke (AP-2, CP-3) Ray Schoenke, SMU (AP-2) Bob Vogel, Ohio State (AFCA-2, SN-2, UPI-2) Scott Appleton, Texas (AFCA-3) Tom Nomina, Miami (Ohio) (AP-3) Chuck Sieminski, Penn State (NEA-3, SN-3, CP-1) Charles Johnson, Villanova (CP-2) Guards Johnny Treadwell, Texas (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI-1, CP-1, WC) Jack Cvercko, Northwestern (AFCA-2, AP-3, NEA-2, SN-1, UPI-1, Time, CP-1, WC) Rufus Guthrie, Georgia Tech (AFCA-1, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2, CP-2) Jean Berry, Duke (FWAA) Leon Cross, Oklahoma (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-3, SN-3, CP-3) Damon Bame, USC (AP-1, UPI-3) Ed Budde, Michigan State (Time) Tom Hertz, Missouri (AFCA-3, NEA-3, SN-2, UPI-2) Dave Watson, Georgia Tech (SN-2, UPI-3) Gene McDowell, Florida State (AP-3) Steve Underwood, Wisconsin (SN-3) Don Dickson, Ole Miss (CP-2) Bob Lehman, Notre Dame (CP-3) Centers Lee Roy Jordan, Alabama (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI-1, Time, CP-1, WC) Donald McKinnon, Dartmouth (AFCA-3, AP-2, NEA-1 [guard], FWAA, SN-3, UPI-3, CP-2) Dave Behrman, Michigan State (AFCA-2, SN-2, UPI-2) Ray Mansfield, Washington (AFCA-2 [guard], AP-3) Wayne Lee, Oklahoma (NEA-2) Billie Joe Armstrong, Ohio State (NEA-3, CP-3) Quarterbacks Terry Baker, Oregon State (AP-1, NEA-1, UPI-1, WC, AFCA-1, FWAA, SN-1, Time, CP-1) George Mira, Miami (Fla) (AFCA-2, AP-1, FWAA, SN-2, UPI-2) Glynn Griffing, Mississippi (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, SN-3, CP-2) Tom Myers, Northwestern (AFCA-3) Daryle Lamonica, Notre Dame (AP-3) Bill King, Dartmouth (NEA-3) Billy Moore, Arkansas (UPI-3, CP-3) Billy Lothridge, Georgia Tech (UPI-3) Halfbacks Jerry Stovall, LSU (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI-1, Time, CP-1, WC) Mel Renfro, Oregon (AFCA-2, AP-2, NEA-2, SN-1, UPI-1, Time, CP-1, WC) Billy Moore, Arkansas (AP-2, NEA-1, FWAA) Dave Hoppman, Iowa State (AP-3, FWAA) Roger Kochman, Penn State (AFCA-1, SN-2, UPI-2, CP-2) Joe Don Looney, Oklahoma (SN-2, CP-2) Kermit Alexander, UCLA (AFCA-2) Preacher Pilot, New Mexico State (NEA-2) Billy Gambrell, South Carolina (AFCA-3, CP-3) Jerry Yost, West Virginia (AP-3) Bobby Santiago, New Mexico (AP-3) Paul Flatley, Northwestern (SN-3) Johnny Roland, Missouri (SN-3, CP-3) Pete Pedro, West Texas State (NEA-3) Gary Wood, Cornell (NEA-3) Mike McNames, Georgia Tech (NEA-3) Kermit Alexander, UCLA (UPI-2) Fullbacks George Saimes, Michigan State (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, SN-1, UPI-1, CP-1, WC) Eldon Fortie, BYU (AFCA-3 [halfback], AP-2 [quarterback], NEA-1, UPI-2) Tom Myers, Syracuse (FWAA, UPI-3) Ray Poage, Texas (SN-2, Time, UPI-3) Bill Thornton, Nebraska (AFCA-2, SN-3) Ed Cummings, Stanford (AFCA-3) Junior Coffey, Washington (CP-2) Pat Culpepper, Texas (CP-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 AFCA = American Football Coaches Association sponsored by the Eastman Kodak Company, selected by AFCA members "on the basis of on-the-field observations, scouting report data and analysis of game movies"Baker Tops Coaches' All-America Lodi News-Sentinel November 28, 1962 10 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19621127&id=UrQzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hzIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=5663,4657103 AP = Associated Press, "picked on recommendations of eight regional boards composed of sports writers and broadcasters"AP's 1962 All-America Team The Miami News 19C December 6, 1962 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19621205&id=CUM0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=8ekFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1867,1979863 FWAA = Football Writers Association of AmericaFWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team Ted Gangi February 8, 2015 http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf June 12, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150612055653/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf dead NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association, "elected by the nation's coaches and football writers", NEA All-Americans also required to meet "scholastic requirements"Jordan Named NEA All-America The Tuscaloosa News Harry Grayson November 23, 1962 8 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19621123&id=eXc0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=I5oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7382,2971725 SN = Sporting NewsBaker Summits SN All-American Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal November 25, 1962 3B https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19621125&id=kX4eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UsoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2393,4832070 UPI = United Press International - selected by nationwide ballots of 368 sports writers and broadcatersBama's Lee Roy Jordan Doubles IN All-America Jacksonville Journal December 6, 1962 17 https://www.newspapers.com/article/jacksonville-journal-upi-all-america/188074200/ Newspapers.com Other selectors CP = Central Press Association - selected based on voting by the captains of football teams at the major schoolsCP All-America Lists Bell, Richter, Saimes, Cvercko Brainerd Daily Dispatch Walter L. Johns December 5, 1962 5 https://www.newspapers.com/article/brainerd-dispatch-central-press-all-amer/188073012/ Newspapers.com Time = Time magazine - selected by "the men who should know best, the scouts of the professional football leagues"Best End, Maybe Best Football Player The Patriot Harrisburg, PA November 29, 1962 56 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-patriot-news-time-all-america-team/188072287/ Newspapers.com WC = Walter Camp Football FoundationAll-America Teams Walter Camp Football Foundation http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ 19 April 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071218214203/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ 18 December 2007 See also 1962 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team 1962 All-Big Eight Conference football team 1962 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1962 All-Pacific Coast football team 1962 All-SEC football team 1962 All-Southwest Conference football team References 2 All-America team Category:All-America college football teams