1954 All-Big Ten Conference football team

American college football all-star team August 2023 25em 1954 All-Big Ten team border-top:#aaa 1px solid 1954 Big Ten Conference football season Selectors Associated PressSports editors border-top:1px #aaa solid 1952 1953 ← → 1955 1956 The 1954 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press (AP), the United Press (UP), and newspaper sports editors (Ed) as the best players at their positions during the 1954 Big Ten Conference football season. The UP team was selected by the Big Ten head coaches. The 1954 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, under head coach Woody Hayes, won the national championship and placed five players on at least one of the first teams: halfback Howard Cassady (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1, Ed-1); end Dean Dugger (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1, Ed-1); halfback Bobby Watkins (AP-2, UP-2, INS-2, Ed-1); tackle Francis Machinsky (AP-2, UP-1, Ed-2); and tackle Dick Hilinski (AP-1, UP-2). Cassady was also a consensus All-American.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 9 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf The 1954 Wisconsin Badgers football team, under head coach Ivy Williamson, tied for second place, and placed two players on the first team: fullback Don Ameche (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1, Ed-1) and center Gary Messner (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1, Ed-1). Ameche also won the 1954 Heisman Trophy. Purdue quarterback Len Dawson led the conference with 1,464 passing yards and was the consensus pick at quarterback. All-Big Ten selections Ends Dean Dugger, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; Ed-1) Ron Kramer, Michigan (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; Ed-1) John Kerr, Purdue (AP-2; UP-2; INS-2; Ed-2) Frank Gilliam, Iowa (AP-2) Jim Temp, Wisconsin (UP-2) Ron Locklin, Wisconsin (UP-3; INS-2; Ed-2) Dick Brubaker, Ohio State (UP-3) Tackles Art Walker, Michigan (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; Ed-1) Dick Hilinski, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-2) Sanford Sacks, Northwestern (INS-1) Randy Schrecengost, Michigan State (Ed-1) Francis Machinsky, Ohio State (AP-2; UP-1; Ed-2) Nate Borden, Indiana (AP-2; UP-3; INS-2) John Hall, Iowa (UP-2; Ed-2) Rodger Swedberg, Iowa (Ed-2) Joe Krupa, Purdue (INS-2) Bob Hobert, Minnesota (UP-3) Guards Cal Jones, Iowa (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; Ed-1) Tom Bettis, Purdue (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; Ed-1) Jan Smid, Illinois (AP-2; UP-2; INS-2; Ed-2) Jim Reichenbach, Ohio State (AP-2; UP-2) Mike Falls, Minnesota (INS-2) Jim Parker, Ohio State (UP-3) Clarence Stensby, Wisconsin (UP-3) Centers Gary Messner, Wisconsin (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; Ed-1) Chuck Stamschror, Minnesota (AP-2; INS-2; Ed-2) John Damore, Northwestern (UP-2) Ken Vargo, Ohio State (UP-3) Quarterbacks Len Dawson, Purdue (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; Ed-1) Dave Leggett, Ohio State (AP-2; UP-2) Florian Helinski, Indiana (UP-3; INS-2; Ed-2) Halfbacks Howard Cassady, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; Ed-1) Bob McNamara, Minnesota (AP-1; UP-1 INS-1; Ed-2) Bobby Watkins, Ohio State (AP-2; UP-2; INS-2; Ed-1) Edward Vincent Jr., Iowa (AP-2; UP-3; INS-2) Earl Smith, Iowa (UP-2; Ed-2) John Matsock, Michigan State (UP-3) Fullbacks Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; Ed-1) Hubert Bobo, Ohio State (AP-2; UP-2; INS-2; Ed-2) Bob Lauter, Northwestern (UP-3) Key AP = Associated PressA.P. Lists 1954 All Big Ten Choices The Daily Iowan November 23, 1954 4 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1954/di1954-11-23.pdf UP = United Press, selected by conference coaches for the United PressOhio State Dominates All-Conference Team The Journal Herald November 23, 1954 42 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104920000/ohio-state-dominates-all-conference-team/ Newspapers.com INS = International News ServiceAll Big Ten Team Is Chosen by INS Journal and Courier November 23, 1954 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104921489/ll-big-ten-team-is-chosen-by-ins/ Newspapers.com Ed = Sports editors 1954 all-conference teamEditors Pick Big Ten Squad Daily Illini November 23, 1954 9 http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19541123.2.56 Bold - named to the first team by at least three of the four selectors See also 1954 College Football All-America Team References All-Big Ten Conference Category:All-Big Ten Conference football teams