1953 College Football All-America Team
Official list of the best college football players of 1953
The 1953 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1953. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1953 season are (1) the Associated Press , (2) the United Press , (3) the All-America Board, (4) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (5) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (6) the International News Service (INS), (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (8) the Sporting News
Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1953, 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
Stan Jones Tackle
Maryland
8/8
AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP
WC
Johnny Lattner Halfback
Notre Dame
7/8
AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, SN, UP
WC
J. D. Roberts Guard
Oklahoma
7/8
AAB, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP
WC
Paul Giel Quarterback
Minnesota
7/8
AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, SN, UP
WC
Don Dohoney End
Michigan State
6/8
AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP
WC
Crawford Mims Guard
Mississippi
6/8
AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP
WC
Paul Cameron Halfback
UCLA
6/8
AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, SN, UP
WC
Carlton Massey End
Texas
5/8
AAB, FWAA, INS, SN, UP
WC
Art Hunter Tackle
Notre Dame
5/8
AAB, FWAA, INS, SN, UP
WC
Larry Morris Center
Georgia Tech
5/8
AAB, AFCA, AP, SN, UP
WC
J. C. Caroline Halfback
Illinois
3/8
AFCA, FWAA, UP
WC
All-American selections for 1953
Ends
Don Dohoney (AFCA; AP-1; FWAA; NEA-1; SN; UP-1; WC) Carlton Massey (AAB; AP-2; FWAA; INS; NEA-3; SN; UP-1; WC) Steve Meilinger , Kentucky (AAB; AFCA; AP-2; NEA-1; UP-3) Sam Morley , Stanford (AP-1; NEA-2; UP-2) John Carson , Georgia (UP-3; FWAA; NEA-3) Ken Buck, Pacific (FWAA)
Joe Collier , Northwestern (INS) Don Penza , Notre Dame (UP-2) Dick Dietrich, Pittsburgh (NEA-2)
Clyde Bennett , South Carolina (AP-3) Gary Knafelc , Colorado (AP-3)
Tackles
Stan Jones (AAB; AFCA; AP-1; FWAA; INS; NEA-1; SN; UP-1; WC) Art Hunter (AAB; AP-2; FWAA; INS; NEA-2; SN; UP-1; WC) Jack Shanafelt , Pennsylvania (AP-1; FWAA; NEA-3) Ed Meadows , Duke (FWAA; NEA-3; UP-2) Jim Ray Smith , Baylor (AFCA; AP-3; UP-2) John Hudson, Rice (NEA-1)
Sid Fournet , LSU (AP-2) Bob Farris, Army (NEA-2)
George Jacoby, Ohio State (AP-3; UP-3)
Eldred Kraemer , Pittsburgh (UP-3)
Guards
J. D. Roberts (AAB; AP-1; FWAA; INS; NEA-1; SN; UP-1; WC) Crawford Mims (AFCA; AP-1; FWAA; NEA-1; SN; UP-1; WC) Bob Fleck, Syracuse (AFCA; INS)
Milt Bohart, Washington (AP-2; FWAA; NEA-2; UP-2)
Ray Correll, Kentucky (FWAA; NEA-2)
Steve Eisenhauer , Navy (AAB; UP-2) Gene Lamone, West Virginia (AP-2)
Morgan Williams, Texas Christian (AP-3)
Bob Burrows, Duke (AP-3)
John Bauer , Illinois (NEA-3) George Timberlake , Southern California (NEA-3) Norm Manoogian, Stanford (UP-3)
Joe D'Agostino , Florida (UP-3)
Centers
Quarterbacks
Halfbacks
Fullbacks
Key
Bold – Consensus All-American[ 4] -1 – First-team selection
-2 – Second-team selection
-3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors
Other selectors
See also
References
^ Orders HOF profile ^ Bolden obituary ^ CFHSN profile on Cavazos ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 9. Retrieved October 21, 2017 .^ a b c ESPN College Football Encyclopedia . ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1232. ISBN 1401337031 ^ Ted Smits (December 4, 1953). "Cavazos Is Named To'AP's Second All-American Team: Rice Star On First Team". Morning Avalanche . Lubbock, TX. ^ "FWAA All America" (PDF) . Football Writers Association of America. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 26, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2009 .^ Harry Grayson (November 29, 1953). "Harry Grayson Picks All-America for 1953". Independent Record . Helena, Montana.^ "Lattner Heads All-American Selections By Sports Paper". Evening Journal . Lubbock, Texas. November 30, 1953. ^ "UP Names All-American Gridders". Daily Telegram . Wisc. November 26, 1953. ^ "All-America Teams" . Walter Camp Football Foundation. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2009 .