1953 All-Southwest Conference football team

American college football all-star team August 2023 The 1953 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1953 college football season. The selectors for the 1953 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold. All Southwest selections Backs Don Ellis, Texas A&M (AP-1 [QB]; UP-1) Lamar McHan, Arkansas (AP-1 [HB]; UP-1) Jerry Coody, Baylor (AP-1 [HB]; UP-1) Kosse Johnson, Rice (AP-1; UP-1) Cotton Davidson, Baylor (UP-2 [QB]) L.G. Dupre, Baylor (AP-2, UP-2) Dicky Moegle, Rice (AP-2, UP-2) Frank Eidom, Southern Methodist (UP-2) Ends Carlton Massey, Texas (AP-1; UP-1) Floyd Sagely, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1) Gilmer Spring, Texas (AP-2; UP-2) Ed Bernet, Southern Methodist (AP-2; UP-2) Tackles Dick Chapman, Rice (AP-1; UP-1) Jim Ray Smith, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame) Don Gross, Southern Methodist (AP-2) Dougal Cameron, Texas (AP-2) Herb Gray, Texas (UP-2) Jack Gunlock, Southern Methodist (UP-2) Guards Morgan Williams, TCU (AP-1; UP-1) Phil Branch, Texas (AP-1; UP-1) Kenneth Paul, Rice (UP-2) Clarence Dierking, Baylor (UP-2) Centers Leo Rucka, Rice (AP-1; UP-1) John Tatum, Texas (UP-2) Key AP = Associated PressOwls Dominate All SWC Team Selected by Coaches of Circuit The Corsicana, Texas, Semi-Weekly Light December 1, 1953 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3074184/owls_dominate_all_swc/ Newspapers.com UP = United PressMcHan, Johnson Unanimously Named To UP's All-SWC Team Brownwood Bulletin December 2, 1953 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3074146/mchan_johnson_unanimously_named_to_ups/ Newspapers.com Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP See also 1953 College Football All-America Team References All-Southwest Conference Category:All-Southwest Conference football teams