1962 College Football All-America Team
Official list of the best college football players of 1962
The 1962 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 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 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
Other
Bobby Bell Tackle
Minnesota
6/6
AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI
Time, WC
Lee Roy Jordan Center
Alabama
6/6
AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI
Time, WC
Terry Baker Quarterback
Oregon State
6/6
AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI
Time, WC
Jerry Stovall Halfback
LSU
6/6
AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI
Time, WC
Johnny Treadwell Guard
Texas
6/6
AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI
WC
Pat Richter End
Wisconsin
5/6
AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, UPI
Time, WC
Hal Bedsole End
USC
5/6
AFCA, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI
WC
George Saimes Fullback
Michigan State
5/6
AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, UPI
WC
Jim Dunaway Tackle
Ole Miss
3/6
NEA, SN, UPI
Time, WC
Jack Cvercko Guard
Northwestern
2/6
SN, UPI
Time, WC
Mel Renfro Halfback
Oregon
2/6
SN, UPI
Time, WC
All-American selections for 1962
Ends
Pat Richter (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-3, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Hal Bedsole (AFCA-1, AP-3, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, WC) Dave Robinson , Penn State (AFCA-2, AP-1, NEA-1, FWAA, SN-2, Time) Conrad Hitchler , Missouri (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2) Hugh Campbell , Washington State (AFCA-2, AP-2, NEA-3, SN-2) Tom Hutchinson , Kentucky (AFCA-3, AP-2, SN-3) Vern Burke , Oregon State (AFCA-3, NEA-2) Woody Dabbs, Ole Miss (SN-3)
Tackles
Bobby Bell (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Jim Dunaway (AFCA-2, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Don Brumm , Purdue (AFCA-3 [guard], AP-1, FWAA, NEA-2) Steve Barnett , Oregon (AFCA-1, FWAA, NEA-3, SN-3) Fred Miller , LSU (AFCA-3, AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, SN-2) Art Gregory, Duke (AP-2)
Ray Schoenke , SMU (AP-2) Bob Vogel , Ohio State (AFCA-2, SN-2) Scott Appleton , Texas (AFCA-3) Tom Nomina , Miami (Ohio) (AP-3) Chuck Sieminski , Penn State (NEA-3, SN-3)
Guards
Johnny Treadwell (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, WC) Jack Cvercko (AFCA-2, AP-3, NEA-2, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Rufus Guthrie , Georgia Tech (AFCA-1, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2) Jean Berry , Duke (FWAA) Leon Cross , Oklahoma (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-3, SN-3) Damon Bame , USC (AP-1) Ed Budde , Michigan State (Time) Tom Hertz, Missouri (AFCA-3, NEA-3, SN-2)
Dave Watson , Georgia Tech (SN-2) Gene McDowell , Florida State (AP-3) Steve Underwood, Wisconsin (SN-3)
Centers
Lee Roy Jordan (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Donald McKinnon , Dartmouth (AFCA-3, AP-2, NEA-1 [guard], FWAA, SN-3) Dave Behrman , Michigan State (AFCA-2, SN-2) Ray Mansfield , Washington (AFCA-2 [guard], AP-3) Wayne Lee, Oklahoma (NEA-2)
Billie Joe Armstrong, Ohio State (NEA-3)
Quarterbacks
Terry Baker (AP-1, NEA-1, UPI, WC, AFCA-1, FWAA, SN-1, Time) George Mira , Miami (Fla) (AFCA-2, AP-1, FWAA, SN-2) Glynn Griffing , Mississippi (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, SN-3) Tom Myers , Northwestern (AFCA-3) Daryle Lamonica , Notre Dame (AP-3) Bill King, Dartmouth (NEA-3)
Halfbacks
Jerry Stovall (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Mel Renfro (AFCA-2, AP-2, NEA-2, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Billy Moore, Arkansas (AP-2, NEA-1, FWAA)
Dave Hoppman , Iowa State (AP-3, FWAA) Roger Kochman , Penn State (AFCA-1, SN-2) Joe Don Looney , Oklahoma (SN-2) Kermit Alexander , UCLA (AFCA-2) Preacher Pilot , New Mexico State (NEA-2) Billy Gambrell , South Carolina (AFCA-3) Jerry Yost, West Virginia (AP-3)
Bobby Santiago, New Mexico (AP-3)
Paul Flatley , Northwestern (SN-3) Johnny Roland , Missouri (SN-3) Pete Pedro, West Texas State (NEA-3)
Gary Wood , Cornell (NEA-3) Mike McNames, Georgia Tech (NEA-3)
Fullbacks
George Saimes (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, SN-1, UPI, WC) Eldon Fortie , BYU (AFCA-3 [halfback], AP-2 [quarterback], NEA-1) Tom Myers, Syracuse (FWAA)
Ray Poage , Texas (SN-2, Time) Bill Thornton , Nebraska (AFCA-2, SN-3) Ed Cummings , Stanford (AFCA-3)
Key
Bold – Consensus All-American[ 1] -1 – First-team selection
-2 – Second-team selection
-3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors
Other selectors
See also
References
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